Firefighters rescue 100 from seven alarm Boston office blaze
In a ten story Congress and Exchange street building, firefighters on ladders broke windows and carried workers to safety as smoke filled stairwells. About 75 to 100 occupants were evacuated. Two people, including a firefighter, were hospitalized for smoke inhalation as damage reached about 500000 and the fire was contained by 8 40 am.
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Boston
Gordon Barrett
Boston Fire Department
Congress and Exchange Streets
Financial District
Martin Pierce
Martin Fisher
Hillary Clinton comments on Travel Office controversy in radio remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton on WAMU FM said aides could have misconstrued her comments about a travel office mismanagement probe as prompting firings. She noted the White House differs from the private sector and suggested her expressions of concern might have been interpreted as requests to dismiss employees.
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Washington
Hillary Odham Clinton
White House
Ravel
Avea
Clinton
Diane Rehm
Wamu-Fm
Endeavour crew captures second NASA satellite in four days
Space Center Houston reports Shuttle Endeavour crewmembers led by Koichi Wakata retrieve a $10 million NASA science probe from a 190 mile high orbit using a 50 foot robotic arm. This marks a second successful satellite retrieval in four days with no incidents.
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Houston
Brian Duffy
Wakata
Mission Control
Birth order link to gay sons reported in study
A study finds the chance a mother’s next son is gay rises with number of prior sons, not daughters, possible immune or psychological factors. Earlier research showed gay men have more siblings. the new work notes brothers drive the effect, including deceased siblings. ATHENS Greece Premier Papandreou resigns after long hospitalization, paving way for a new leader.
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New York
Athens
Greece
Andreas Papandreou
Socialist Party
Papandreou
Plane Crash Kills Eight Coca Cola Executives
A corporate twin-engine Mitsubishi MU 2B carrying four Coca Cola executives to a sales meeting crashed in a canyon near Malad City Idaho, killing all eight aboard. The flight from Salt Lake City to Pocatello ended in calm overcast weather two thirds into the 150 mile trip. FAA said pilot reported an emergency and wreckage lay 10 miles northwest of Malad. Cause under investigation.
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Malad City
Idaho
Coca- Cola
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Mitch Barker
Federal Aviation Administration
Alad
Jade and gold shroud unearthed in eastern China tomb
Archaeologists in Lion Mountain eastern China uncovered a king’s tomb with a 4000-plate jade garment sewn with gold thread. The ornate shroud features gold flowers and a belt with four large buttons showing two bears and a galloping horse, suggesting central Asia connections.
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Beijing
Lion Mountain
China
Xinhua
Central Asia
Central China
Hostages Freed as Russian Forces Battle Chechens
Russian troops fought rebels in Pervomayskaya Dagestan on the second day of heavy street fighting. They have removed about 24 hostages, mostly captives, while around 100 remain unaccounted. In Grozny unknown gunmen seized about 30 power plant workers as a special task force probes the incident.
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Pervomayskaya
Russia
Grozny
Itar-Tass
Alexander Zdanovich
Federal Security Service
Alexander Mikhailov
Republic of
Dagestan
Chechnya
Interior Ministry
Moscow
Prisoner release fails in Bosnia peace plan effort
In Sarajevo and Tuzla, a second day of failed prisoner releases under the Dec 4 accord undermines the first major deadline of the peace process. About 900 prisoners were to be swapped, but government and ethnic friction halted progress as NATO observers warned that missing-person inquiries and delays threaten the agreement.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
U.S. Navy
Mark van Dyke
Laurent Fellay
International Committee of the Red Cross
Tuzla
Gradacac
van Dyke
Red Cross
Maine senator Will Cohen quits bid for fourth term
Maine Republican Senator William Cohen, 55, a moderate who had planned to run, will not seek re election in 1996. He was to announce the change at a Bangor news briefing, becoming the 13th senator in a century to skip re election.
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Bangor
Maine
William Cohen
Cohen
Drug lord Juan Garcia Abrego arrested in Mexico
Mexico City AP reported Juan Garcia Abrego, long sought on the FBI most-wanted list, was captured after years of cross border evasion. The arrest marks a major government victory amid corruption concerns linked to top Mexican officials including Raul Salinas, elder brother of a former president.
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Mexico City
Mexico
FBI
Juan Garcia Abrego
United States
Garcia Abrego
Raul Salinas
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