Rebels drive Chechen gunmen toward border amid hostage crisis
A convoy of seven red and white buses carrying Chechen gunmen and about 150 volunteers stalled at the Dagestan border near Khasavyurt. Russian troops and 13,000 residents surrounded the column as helicopters hovered. The group sought safe passage home in exchange for hostage releases after the Budyonnovsk siege.
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Dagestan
Interfax
Federal Security Service
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Star-Tass
Justices Won't Touch Law On Abortion Clinic Access
The Supreme Court rejected a free speech challenge to the FACE Act, leaving intact rulings that the law protects access to abortion clinics while not infringing on expression. Other actions in the term included decisions on parade participation, custody in the Baby Richard case, Matsushita-MCA shareholders, Christmas displays, inmate disciplinary hearings, and a pending challenge from American Life League.
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Russian envoy presses peace bid before Pale talks
Russian NATO envoy Vitaly Churkin met Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic for 90 minutes in Belgrade as part of a France Russia and Serbia mediated peace plan. He and Milosevic press Bosnian Serbs to accept a five nation proposal amid a widening government offensive around Sarajevo with Croat artillery support and Bosnian forces delaying infantry actions per UN.
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Pale
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IRS probes nonprofits over tax exempt status
IRS missions scrutinize tax exempt groups as line by line ledger reviews target nearly 700 billion dollars raised by nonprofits annually. Marc Owens notes sophistication and aims to ensure funds support stated purposes, with hospitals and universities often in the top revenue tier including NRA and AARP.
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Internal Revenue Service
Tax Agency
Marc Owens
Izations Division
National Rifle Association
American Association of Retired Persons
Rescue ship reaches stranded Carnival liner Ecstasy
Carnival Cruise Lines ships rescued more than 2,500 people from Celebration after a weekend fire cut power and air, leaving the vessel dead in the water about 22 miles southeast of San Salvador in the Bahamas. The Ecstasy reached the scene to assist.
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Carnival Cruise Lines
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Ecstasy
Celebration
San Salvador
Man Executed for Stabbing After Spouse Uncooked Meal
In Huntsville Texas AP reports John Fearance Jr. 40 was executed by injection for the 1977 fatal stabbing of Larry Faircloth after fearing a bad casserole. Fearance said in his final statement he had a psychotic break and lost control.
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John Fearance Jr
Fearance
Larry Faircloth
Tagamet OK'd for heartburn over the counter
FDA approves a lower dose of Tagamet as a nonprescription heartburn remedy making it the second potent OTC option this year after Pepcid AC. Zantac seeks FDA approval.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Niagara daredevil freed on bail after falls plunge
Lori Martin, 29, of Columbus Georgia, released on 1800 bail in St Catharines provincial court after plunging over Niagara Falls with Steve Trotter, 33, of Fort Lauderdale Florida. Trotter faced bail hearing as the pair were rescued from Horseshoe Falls.
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Lori Martin
Columbus
Steve Trotter
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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