Rocket fire hits evacuees and cargo boat tragedy
Syrian rocket fire hit a boat carrying evacuees from Jounieh to Cyprus, causing a capsize and the drowning of a 15 month old girl and her 2 year old sister. Six survivors rescued by life rafts and a fishing boat. In Beirut, shelling and clashes along the Green Line left several dead and many wounded as the civil war widens.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jounieh
Cesar Abi Agi
Larnaca
Cyprus
Santa Maria
Tony Mansour
Ehelaye
Michel Aoun
Calses
Aoun
Byblos
Amsheet
Violent crime up 5.5 percent nationwide in 1988
The FBI reports 1988 violent crimes rose to a new high, with murders up 2.9 percent to 20,675 and rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults also higher. Property crimes increased 2.8 percent, driving overall crime per 100,000 people up 2.1 percent.
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Washington
FBI
Uniform
Cape Canaveral Set For Shuttle Columbia Launch
Weather outlook improves as countdown advances toward Tuesday launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on a mission to deploy four spy satellites. Columbia would mark its first flight in 34 years, NASA’s oldest shuttle used for parts. Forecasters assign only a 5 percent chance of weather interference, down from 20 to 40 percent earlier. Captain Ken Warren, Air Force spokesman, says it looks very good.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Columbia
NASA
Ken Warren
Air Force
Balloonist killed as hot air balloon crashes at Baton Rouge event
Robert Mack, 52, of Paonia Colorado, died when his balloon collapsed during the National Hot Air Balloon Championships. The craft fell 2000 feet near Airline Highway and the fairgrounds as thousands watched. Investigators from the NTSB and FAA studied the “Chariot of Fire Tao” while the week long contest continued.
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Baton Rouge
Robert Mack
Paonia
Colo
Mack
Charlene
Bob
Greater
Baton Rouge State Fairgrounds
Mock
Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Birk
Robert Shortess
East Baton Rouge
Morika A. Karamoko
Bermuda Hit by Dean Winds Top 113 MPH
Hurricane Dean battered Bermuda with winds over 100 mph ripping down power lines damaging homes and sinking boats. No injuries were reported though 65 000 residents lost power and several roads were blocked. Flights were resumed while authorities warned ships to stay in harbor amid high seas.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
National Hurricane Center
Coral Gables
Fla
Roger Sherrett
Continental
United States
John Instone
Hamilton Harbor
Dean
Sherrett
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Picnic Woods Road
Middletown
Bentz Street
Phister
Pvt
Diane Hawker
Hiroshima
Japan
Peace Memorial Park
U.S
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the Caring
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Beltone
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Hagerstown
Frederick - Hagerstown
MT. Airy
Caron Ruppe
U.S. Naval Air Station
Hartz & Co
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House OF Hearing
Chambersburg
Better Hearing Aids Company, Inc
N. Market St. Frederick, MD
First Bank of Frederick
Rose Hill Plaza
Oppossumtown Pike
Maryland
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