Chavis Attends Baltimore Summit After NAACP Firing
Benjamin Chavis declares himself free, blasts the NAACP as puppet to corporate interests at a Baltimore rally with about 150 supporters including Louis Farrakhan. He cites a 2.7 million deficit and misused funds amid his 16 month tenure, while continuing with a leadership summit the NAACP postponed.
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Benjamin Chavis
Nation of Islam
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Elephant Kills Trainer and Injures Twelve at Circus
In Honolulu a 9000 pound African elephant named Tyke killed trainer Allen Campbell and injured apprentice groom William Beckwith and twelve spectators after fleeing through the arena and city. The animal was corned and shot after a lethal injection by Honolulu Zoo workers.
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John Cuneo
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Cuneo
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Circus International
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Gore on crutches after surgery for Achilles tendon
Vice President Al Gore, nicknamed a court "raging bull," is on crutches after a 70 minute operation to fuse the Achilles tendon in his left foot at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He will remain for a second night and resume his usual schedule after discharge Monday. A Yale virus incident prompts health officials to monitor about two dozen contacts after a researcher contracted Sabia arenavirus, but officials say the risk to the public is limited.
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al Gore
Heidi Kukis
New Haven, Conn
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Yale-New Haven
Matt Cartter
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C.J. Peters
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Peters
Group urges tougher safeguards on weapon materials
Washington AP The Natural Resources Defence Council calls for lower thresholds to report and track weapons grade plutonium and uranium from production and reprocessing plants. Thomas Cochran warns of developing black market and smuggling. report to be released Monday after NYT preview.
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Natural Resources Defence Council
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New York Times
Rebel stronghold falls to Bosnian government
Thousands flee northwest Bosnia as government troops capture Velika Kladusa, the rebel Muslim leader Fikret Abdie's stronghold. UN and Red Cross report 22,000 to 25,000 refugees streaming toward Serb held Croatia, with many trapped in no man’s land and some wounded by fighting and mines.
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U.N
Croatia
No Man’s Land
Velika Kladusa
Fikret Abd
Piere Peeters
Zagreb
Bihac
Maj
Jean Francois Philippe
Mr. Abdiec
Mr. Abdic
Abdie
Zedillo claims victory in Mexico elections
Ernesto Zedillo of the PRI declared victory as early results showed him leading with about 47 percent, well ahead of PAN challenger Diego Fernandez de Cevallos at 31 percent. Turnout ranged 70 to 75 percent amid ballot shortages and protests, with PRD's Cuauhtemoc Cardenas at about 15 percent.
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Ernesto Zedillo
Mexico
Zedillo
PRI
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos
PAN
Federal Election Institute
Fernandez
National Action Party
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
Democratic Revolution Party
PRD
Notimex
Samuel J. del Villar
Refugees head toward new Zaire border crossing near Bukavu
Thousands of Rwandan refugees trek toward a reopened bridge over the Rusizi River six miles south of Bukavu as the UNHCR warns of tens of thousands more crossing in coming days. They flee a deadline for French troops withdrawal and distrust UN peacekeepers. Chaos preceded the bridge reopening as refugees clashed with Zairian troops and UN guards.
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Bukavu
Rusizi
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Ray Wilkinson
Rwanda
U.N
Ethiopia
Lake Kivu
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