U S steps up probe into MIA photo from Indochina region
U S officials plan visits to Vietnam and Laos as a 10 member Defense Department team probes a grainy image allegedly showing three American MIAs. The photo, carried from Cambodia to Thailand, sparks renewed hope while officials express skepticism about its authenticity.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Kenneth Quinn
Vietnam
Laos
Defense Department
Cambodia
Pentagon
Navy
Air Force
Quinn
Hanoi
Vientiane
New pact fuels Star Wars debate over defense plans
Washington editors report that completing the historic U.S. Soviet START treaty shifts focus to anti-missile defenses. Soviet leaders fear a US shield would spark a new buildup and jeopardize arms reductions, while Bush administration foresees a shift to defenses with possible treaty revisions. Senate moves approve limited ground-based defense and pave talks to modify ABM. House stance blocks space talks and funding, effectively stalling Star Wars. Administration weighs its options.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
Bush
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Senate
Vices Committee
Reagan
Saddam grants amnesty as Kurdish refugees surge
Saddam Hussein's ruling council issued decrees forgiving government opponents and widening amnesty for army deserters as thousands of Kurds flee Iraqi forces. The Red Cross cited about 20,000 Kurds leaving Suleimaniyeh toward Iran, amid renewed clashes with Kurdish rebels and unrest among Shiite areas.
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Hussein
Baghdad
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
Suleimaniyeh
Turkey
Iran
U.S
Amesty
Atlantis countdown sails toward shuttle mission launch
NASA prepares for Atlantis 42nd shuttle flight and 5 astronaut crew with a large communications satellite. The countdown continues despite a crack repair found on a rear beam during final checks. Campaign tension and regional security news follow, with Iraq war developments and amnesty actions affecting deserters and political prisoners.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Atlantis
John Blaha
Kennedy Space Center
Siamese Twins Ruthie Verena Cady Die in Rhode Island
Ruthie and Verena Cady, seven year old Siamese twins from Cranston, Rhode Island, died Friday after seven years inseparable. Verena, about to die, dictated a funeral plan, asking that her sister be cremated to avoid a box and listing friends for flowers.
Soviet Sailor Defects During Visit At Mayport
A Soviet sailor defected while visiting Mayport Naval Station and turned himself in to the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service in Jacksonville seeking permission to stay in the United States. A State Department spokesman said no decision has been made yet. INS notified State and the FBI but details remain scarce.
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Mayport Naval Station
Fla
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jacksonville
United States
State Department
INS
FBI
Schwarzkopf returns to gulf on farewell visit
Gen. H Norman Schwarzkopf arrives in Saudi Arabia after a Cairo stopover with President Mubarak as the 33 nation Gulf War coalition leader signals readiness to command another strike if ordered by President Bush. In Pittsburgh a jury awards 1.2 million to widow Alvira Hill over her husband James Hill Jr death from asbestos related lung cancer.
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Manama
Bahrain
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Persian Gulf
Schwarzkopf
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Iraq
Cairo
U.N
Bush
Pittsburgh
Alvira H. Hill
St. Petersburg
Fla
James C. Hill Jr
Hill
Monaca
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp
Johns-Manville Corp
GAF Corp
Keene Corp
Louisiana executes child killer in electric chair
Andrew Lee Flash Jones, 35, was put to death in Angola for raping and murdering an 11 year old girl. He argued for delay until Sept 15 for lethal injection but faced the electric chair at 12 10 a m. It marked Louisiana 20th and the nations 149th post 1976 ruling.
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Angola
Andrew Lee
Jones
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
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Arab Baath Socialist Party
National Assembly
Revolutionary Council
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Baily
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Ong
Long Meadow Optical, Ltd
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