Bomb attack at Colombo joint operations center kills scores
In Colombo Sri Lanka a car bomb at the Joint Operations Command killed up to 60 people and injured over 50 others. Two attackers died. guards repelled the attempt to breach the base, blamed on Tamil rebels as civilians and soldiers died.
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Franks recalled in Texas over Listeria risk
A Lincoln based Kohler Industries voluntary recall covers about 2000 pounds of its frank furters distributed to Texas after lab tests indicated possible Listeria contamination. Officials warn the bacteria can cause listeriosis, a potentially serious disease affecting the elderly, infants, the chronically ill, and pregnant women.
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Prison inmates strike as drug traffickers surrender
Thousands of prisoners in eleven cities began hunger strikes to protest unequal treatment as the government moved surrendering drug traffickers to a luxury jail. President Gaviria pushed a US backed campaign defending leniency deals while Escobar allies surrendered for reduced sentences.
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Evacuations Urged as Pinatubo Wakes Volcanic Activity
Rising magma and heavy rains push warnings for low-lying areas around Mount Pinatubo as tremors intensify. About 1,500 U.S. airmen have left Subic Bay and Clark, with thousands of refugees seeking shelter amid ash, floods, and new eruption fears.
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Seizure nets enough heroin to supply addicts for month
Federal agents seized 1,080 pounds of high grade heroin, arrested four people in Hayward California, saying the shipment from the Golden Triangle formed a major U S smuggling pipeline. The haul valued up to 4 billion dollars, biggest in the United States and second largest globally.
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