Massacre at Sebokeng Township Shocks South Africa
Gunmen in a car opened fire on mourners at a vigil for ANC member Eli Nangalembe in Sebokeng, killing at least 35 and wounding about 50. Witnesses describe a coordinated ambush as police scramble to contain a threats of broader township violence amid ANC and Freedom Party clashes. The attack follows years of black political turmoil and includes condemnation from Pan Africanist Congress and Azania People’s Liberation Army factions.
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Ikeng
South Africa
African National Congress
Seboberg
Isburg
Sebokeng
Ers
ANC
Freedom Party
Gill Marcus Re
Eli Christoffel Nangalembe
Nangalembe
New aid to Central America announced at regional summit
Mexico and Venezuela agreed to a Central American aid package with development grants and oil payment rebates. A two day summit hosted by President Salinas de Gortari adopted a framework for a free trade zone in the isthmus, with observer nations Colombia and Venezuela signaling tariff relaxations. The San Jose Pact underpins oil supplies to the region on favorable terms.
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Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexico
Latin America
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Honduras
Venezuela
Colombia
San Jose
IRA leader arrested in U S in armored truck plot
Michael Oliver McNaught 45, an Irish national, linked to an alleged IRA plot outside The New Bank of New England as six suspects awaited an armored truck carrying nearly 1 million dollars. Police recovered gasoline bombs, handguns, radios, masks and three Uzi guns. The Boston Herald cites sources calling him the highest level IRA operative arrested in the United States.
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Abington
Mass
Irish Republican Army
United States
Michael Oliver McNaught
New Bank of New England
McNaught
Boston Herald
Sparkler Soft Drink Recalled Over Bottle Explosions
Tropicana Products Inc recalls Sparkler nationwide after reports of one illness and bottles bursting. A December water filtration issue near the filling area caused spoilage and fermentation increasing internal pressure. Consumers are urged not to drink it and to open bottles away from people before discarding.
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Bradenton
Fla
Tropicana Products Inc
George Zulanas
Tropicana
Shutdown at Chernobyl NPP After Technical Stop
Moscow reports two reactors were shut off at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant due to a water cooling system issue caused by a personnel error. Tass quotes shift supervisor N. Fedoseyev saying the stop is purely technical and poses no danger to people or the environment.
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Moscow
Chernobyl
Tass
N. Fedoseyev
Subcommittee Flunks Federal Child Support Efforts
The congressional panel gave federal efforts a low C and the states a high D in reviewing child support enforcement. Collections rose to over $5 billion in 1989 with paternities established jumping from 111,000 to 333,000, while 9.4 million custodial mothers lived with children without the fathers in spring 1988 and only half had awards.
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Washington
Congressional
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
Subcommittee
Soviet troops seize Lithuanian buildings amid independence standoff
Pro independence Lithuanians guard parliament and TV station as Soviet forces seize more sites in Vilnius including the national guard HQ and the main printing plant. Seven wounded as clashes intensify with Gorbachev pressing for Kremlin control.
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Vilnius
U.S.S.R
Lithuania
Kremlin
National Guard
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Baltic Republic
Russia
Soviet Union
Presidium
Supreme Soviet of Russia
Moscow
Gorbachev
Voluntary Society
Army
Air Force
Navy
Darius Tanaus
Academy
Vytautas Jakucevicius
Britain
Independent Television News
Rita Dapkus
Ship sinks in Atlantic. 58 crewmen missing near Newfoundland
A Singapore-registered cargo vessel Protektor carrying 33 crew sank in 260 miles southeast of St Johns Newfoundland amid 40-foot waves and 90 mph winds. A Spanish trawler with 25 crew and a 27-ship Spanish fleet were unaccounted. Canadian and U.S. rescue planes, private ships, and a Russian trawler joined the search in the North Atlantic as officials marshaled Liferafts and survival gear. Last month 14 Canadian fishermen died in three sinkings.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Newfoundland
U.S
North Atlantic
St. John’s
Charlie Fleming
Fleming
Canada
Edwardo Chao
Grand Banks
Prince Edward Island
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Brian Krenzien
New York
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Quebec
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Frederck Motor Company
Subaru
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