Yeltsin says Soviets held U S POWs in past wars
Russian President Boris Yeltsin disclosed that 2800 American prisoners from World War I, World War II, and Vietnam were moved to Soviet soil and many died while others may still be alive. State and U S officials weighed the startling claim as investigations and testimony continued.
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Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Nbc-Tv
U.S
U.S.S.R
NBC
State Department
Joe Snyder
Mr. Yeltsin
Smith
Kerry
Senate
ABC
Fox “Morning News
Vietnam
Laos
Ural Mountains
Dmitri A. Volkogonov
Bush
Volkogonov
Library of Congress
National Archives
Urals
Violence mars Bulls celebration in Chicago after title win
Chicago celebrated the Bulls second consecutive NBA championship with riots and looting. Police reported over 1,000 arrests, two seriously burned, two officers shot but not seriously wounded, and more than 90 officers injured as revelry turned violent after the victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Chicago
Chicago Bulls
NBA
Thomas Tutko
San Jose State
Bulls
Portland Trail Blazers
National Basketball Association
Briefs Suit Claims City Harassed Homeless in Miami
An attorney for the homeless argues in a federal trial before U S District Judge C Clyde Atkins that Miami illegally targets people with no shelter by arresting thousands living in parks and under bridges. The ACLU says police exploit ordinances to persecute the homeless while city lawyers say they enforce laws.
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Miami
U.S
C. Clyde Atkins
Valerie Jonas
Brazil counts gains from Earth Summit loans and roads
President Fernando Collor de Mello announced Brazil would receive 4.6 billion dollars in environmental loans. Rio de Janeiro residents enjoy new roads telephones clean streets and heightened security as the city reaped summit improvements. Most residents doubt the benefits will last, but Brazil hopes the summit raises its international standing and aids tourism.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Fernando Collor de Mello
Rio
Dayton to Bush Budget Balance by Cutting Salary to One Dollar
Minnesota State Auditor Mark Dayton, 45, heir to a department store fortune, quietly reduced his pay to one dollar to balance the office budget. The 120 employee agency faced a 60,000 cut that would have caused two layoffs, according to an anonymous letter to the Star Tribune. Meanwhile Bruce Springsteen drew about 15,500 fans in Stockholm on opening night of his first tour in four years.
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Minnesota
Mark Dayton
Dayton
Star Tribune
Minneapolis
Bruce Springsteen
Stockholm
Sweden
Mr. Springsteen
USA
United States
Wire
Germans freed after eight year Lebanon hostage ordeal
The Syrian news agency says last two Western hostages, Germans Heinrich Struebig and Thomas Kempner, were handed to a joint Syrian Lebanese committee at 12:20 pm after release by Shiite captors. German envoy Bernd Schmidbauer was to receive them later. no custody details yet.
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Lebanon
Syria
Heinrich Struehig
Thomas Kemptner
Damascus
Schmidbauer
Kemotner
Anne Schmeling
Associated Press
Terry Anderson
Struebig
Kemptner
Holy Warriors For Freedom
Germany
Abdul-Hadi Hamadi
Hezbollah
Party of God
Iran
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