Space shuttle Atlantis lands as Mir docking ends
Space center Houston reports astronauts and cosmonauts wrapping up medical tests aboard Atlantis after a historic U S Russian docking mission. Norman Thagard Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov prepare for return after 115 days in space, while Endeavour faces a third launch delay to August 3.
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Srebrenica siege wounds five amid sharp Bosnian fighting
Reports from Srebrenica describe fierce tank mortar and artillery clashes between Serb forces and Bosnian Muslims under UN protection. Five people wounded as sporadic shelling and sniper fire persist around Sarajevo. Eleven mortars hit near the French Embassy. health ministry notes ongoing civilian injuries.
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Seoul mall collapse kills hundreds in South Korea
Relatives of more than 300 missing people face the certainty their loved ones are dead after six days since the Sampoong Department Store wing collapsed. The disaster, one of peacetime history's worst, left over 1 000 people beneath the wreckage with no lived rescues expected.
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Gephardt Proposes Dem Tax Reform Alternative to Flat Tax
House leader Gephardt unveils a sweeping reform cutting the top rate to 10 percent for about three quarters of taxpayers and eliminating most deductions except mortgage interest. He frames it as an alternative to Armey's flat tax and Archer's consumption tax as Republicans push tax reform ahead of 1996 elections. Clinton aides criticize but offer no plan, while Kemp and Dole back a bipartisan commission effort.
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Simpson defense to call family witnesses in murder case
OJ Simpson's lawyers plan to open their case with testimony from his family and friends about his demeanor before and after the killings. Prosecutors consider calling Nicole Brown Simpson's mother as their last witness, with Eunice Simpson possible as the defense's first. The trial proceeds as fiber evidence and cross examination of an FBI lab witness shape the remaining strategy.
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