Populist Leads Early Ecuador Presidential Returns
Official returns from Ecuador's first post dictatorship vote show Jaime Roldos Aguilera leading with 38 percent after less than a third of votes counted. Duran Ballen and Raul Huerta follow, while several others trail. a runoff is expected in August or September as the military promises to honor the results.
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Sixto Duran Ballen
Raul Clemente Huerta
Rodrigo Borja
Democratic Left Party
Abdon Calderon Munoz
Radical Alfarista Front
Rene Mauge
South America
Adm
Alfredo Poveda Burbano
Lisbon Prison Break Surpasses 100 Escapees at Dawn
AP reports more than 100 convicts escaped Alecentre prison north of Lisbon through a tunnel at dawn. Seven of about 124 escapes were recaptured by mid afternoon. The prison had seen a week long hunger strike by nearly 200 inmates to press for reforms, which ended after officials agreed to some demands and launch inquiries.
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Portugal
ANOP
Alecentre
Ten killed in propane tanker crash near Mexico City
In a second tragedy within a week, a propane tanker overturned on a rain slick highway north of Mexico City near Queretaro. The crash caused a blaze and a chain collision involving two buses, two trucks, and seven cars, killing ten and injuring about 150.
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Mexico City
Pereces
Qne
Rene Castillero del Sar
Ruben Lenero
Queretaro
Egypt proposes new peace moves amid West Bank doubt
Reports from Jerusalem indicate Egypt offered fresh peace ideas to Israel focused on Sinai return, while Dayan dismisses them as irrelevant to the London conference. Amid conflicting Israeli newspaper takes, Sadat’s stance on West Bank borders and possible military presence remains debated. In Puerto Rico, a surge of Dominican entrants to the U S details widespread illegal crossings and INS staffing limits.
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Moshe Dayan
Britain
Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel
London
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Austria
Haaretz
Sinai Desert
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Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
U.S
New York
New Jersey
Gene Smithberg
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Falta Chatan
British gambling total hits 15.2 billion yearly
The Royal Commission on Gambling reports Britons wager 15.2 billion dollars annually, about 271 dollars per person. The nine member panel notes high participation across blackjack, dog racing, machines, newspaper contests and soccer pools, with defense housing and health spending outstripped by gambling.
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