Refugee aid plunder by Rwandan troops near Goma
AP reports thousands of defeated Rwandan soldiers pillage aid for Hutu refugees in camps along the Zaire border. UN urges Zaire to curb theft of food medicine blankets and plastic sheeting and move 15 000 to 20 000 soldiers away from civilian camps in the Goma area. In Jerusalem, King Hussein piloted his royal jet through Israeli airspace near Muslim holy sites seeking a peace process milestone.
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Jerusalem
Hussein of
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Middle East
Attorney General faults judge in rape case ruling
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office says Frederick County Circuit Court erred when dismissing rape charges against Charles Caudill. Curran asserts post separation cohabitation is not a defense to forcible rape. Caudill was later found guilty only of a misdemeanor assault. prosecutors cannot appeal the ruling.
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Frederick
Maryland
Frederick County
J. Joseph Curran Jr
G. Edward Dwyer
Charles Caudill
Caudill
Dwyer
Curran
Myersville
Arkansas executes 3 in one night in first triple death row rise
Hoyt Clines James Holmes and Darryl Richley were executed in a single night after the Supreme Court rejected appeals claiming they were treated like hogs at a slaughter. The 1981 robbery killing of businessman Don Lehman was the crime.
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Supreme Court
Hoyt Clines
James Holmes
Darryl Richley
Clines
Richley
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Holmes
8Th Circuit
High Court
Don Lehman
Lehman
U.S. Supreme Court
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Feminist author Nasrin faces Muslim wrath in Dhaka court appearance
Taslima Nasrin emerged from hiding in Dhaka after two months as police guarded her apartment. She appeared in court on charges of insulting Islam, freed on 125 dollars bail. Fundamentalists offered a 5000 dollar reward for her execution as protests demanded her punishment. Nasrin denies the quoted statement but supports amending Islamic laws to grant women more rights.
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
Taslima Nasrin
Salman Rushdie
Nasrin
Bentsen Altman under fire in Whitewater hearings
In Washington hearings, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen faced Republican criticism over evasive officials as his aide Roger Altman faced grilling in the House. Altman resisted resignation, winning a House vote of confidence, while Democrats and Republicans pressed for fuller answers about Madison Guaranty and Whitewater.
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Henry Gonzalez
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Sen
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Alabama
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Jean Hanson
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