Enemies turned Nobel laureates in Oslo peace talks
In Oslo two rival figures were to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres met privately with Yitzhak Rabin absent from the session to discuss Palestinian elections and troop pullouts. Peres urged early ballots in exchange for limited Israeli withdrawals amid tight security and protests outside.
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Israel
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Shimon Peres
Arafat
Peres
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Rabin
West Bank
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Grand Hotel
Pentagon trims 7.7B from high tech weapons plans
Defense Secretary William Perry announced Pentagon cuts totaling 7.7 billion, canceling the Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile and reducing 1996 funding for the F-22, while limiting Army Comanche helicopter prototypes. The move aims to free money for troop pay, training, and quality of life, with 4 billion more savings sought later.
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Army
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William Perry
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Nazi guard tied to Auschwitz case faces U.S. citizenship loss
The Justice Department filed a civil complaint in Chicago alleging Wiatscheslaw Rydlinski, also known as Chester Rydlinski, concealed World War II service in the Death's Head Battalion of the Waffen-SS. He reportedly worked as a Nazi guard and dog handler, immigrated in 1956, and became a citizen in 1966, while living in Bloomingdale, Illinois. A separate report from Sterling, Michigan, describes a gunman at Chrysler's Sterling Stamping Plant killing one and wounding another, with witnesses noting a worker in a bad mood opened fire on the shop floor.
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Chicago
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Chester Rydlinski
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Bloomingdale
Ill
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Mich
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Sterling Stamping Plant
Chrysler
Mike Aberlich
Wjbk-Tv
Aberlich
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WJBK
Branding trend joins piercing as personal statement
SAN FRANCISCO AP. Body branding is rising with branding as a personal statement. Adam Huffman, a New York piercer, explains branding brings out what is already in the skin, with slogans like twin suns on forearms. He says the pain is not as bad as expected and can feel soothing.
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San Francisco
Adam Huffman
New York
Barneys Pulls Hello Kitty Nativity Scene in New York
Barneys department store withdrew its Hello Kitty Nativity Scene from its window after complaints from religious and civil rights groups and Trinity Baptist Church congregants. The display featured a kitten in a halo beanie, Bart Simpson dolls as the Magi, and a cat in an altered bra.
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New York
Barneys
Trinity Baptist Church
Jesus
Bart Simpson
Virgin Mary
Alice Cooper earns entry to $1.5M Fiesta Bowl final
Paradise Valley rocker Alice Cooper joined four players with a hole in one during Fiesta Bowl golf event. He will compete Sunday at the Arizona Biltmore Country Club where about 40 players seek the $1.5 million prize. Event spokesman Shawn Schoeffler notes Cooper regularly participates and this is his first hole in one.
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Rocker
Paradise Valley
Cooper
Arizona Biltmore Country Club
Shawn Schoeffler
Schoeffler
Clinton touts free trade as boost to U S jobs at hemispheric summit
President Clinton urged a 34 nation Americas summit to embrace a Free Trade Area of the Americas, calling it a partnership for prosperity that could create U S jobs. He urged Cuba to liberalize and addressed Cuban Americans as anti Castro protests planned a Saturday march in Miami.
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Clinton
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Latin America
Fidel Castro
Western Hemisphere
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Orange Bowl
Most Cubans recaptured after two days of rioting
NUEVO EMPERADOR Panama AP Most of the 1000 Cubans who escaped refugee camps were back in custody Friday after two days of riots that injured 236 US soldiers and damaged 23 military vehicles. Refugees broke through barbed wire and fled through jungle and canal. By Friday all but 39 were recaptured.
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Panama City
Clinton
U.S
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