Blast on Moscow to St Petersburg train kills three
An explosive device detonated Friday in a lavatory on the Moscow to St Petersburg passenger train No. 24 near Torbino, about 140 miles southeast of St Petersburg. Three people died and six were injured as the train continued to its destination amid ongoing regional violence linked to Chechen groups.
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Russia
Salman Raduyev
Chechnya
Raduyev
Flying asteroid Mathilde images wow NASA mission team
Washington AP reports the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft captured clear, dramatic photos of the asteroid Mathilde. Mission director Robert W. Farquhar of Johns Hopkins APL calls the shots excellent and says they expect great things and did not make mistakes.
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Mathilde
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Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Factory supervisor jailed for abusing workers in Vietnam
A floor manager at Pou Chen Company in Dong Nai near Ho Chi Minh City received six months in prison for mistreating workers at a Nike sub contractor. The 27 year old Hsu Chin-yun was convicted by the Dong Nai provincial People’s Court. Nike operates five plants in Vietnam and faces ongoing scrutiny over labor conditions.
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People's Court
Hsu Chin-yun
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Hsu
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Andrew Young
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Sunken ship holds fine wine rediscovered off Finland
Swedish divers located the Joenkoeping schooner sunk by a German submarine in 1916. It carried cognac champagne and red wine, with 9500 gallons cognac 5000 bottles champagne and 1585 gallons wine. Intact quantities unknown and recovery costs and auction potential await confirmation.
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Claes Bergvel
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Mir in danger as steering fails on battered space station
Mir drifted in a three hour uncontrolled orbit after steering broke from a power surge disabling gyros and computer. NASA opened a probe into Wednesday’s collision and plans a high risk repair spacewalk with Russian Mission Control aiding. Cosmonauts consider a covert hatch repair to route cables for solar batteries while conserving fuel.
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Senate approves $135 billion tax cut bill
The Senate approved 82 18 to push a $135 billion tax relief package aimed at families with children students and investors. It expands IRA eligibility and would raise the cigarette tax 20 cents a pack to fund health care for uninsured children while Democrats and Republicans hailed bipartisan progress ahead of final talks with the White House.
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Trent Lott
Last minute snags end Rio Earth Summit on sour note
At the United Nations the 1992 Rio follow up summit failed to issue a keynote statement, delaying consensus on a program of action. Razali Ismail cited serious divisions over funding for development and measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, as oil states warned against eco friendly reforms.
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Razali Ismail
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Killer caught after 34 years in Texas goat hill murder case
Ernesto Lopez, 60, the longest running Texas prison escapee, was recaptured in Mexico and returned to Laredo after fleeing since 1962 from the Goat Hill murder of 12 year old Jeannett Mangan on New Year’s Eve 1956. He told reporters he was innocent and had lived as a truck driver with four children in Penjamo Guanajuato near Mexico City.
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Jeannett Mangan
Houston
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U.S
Penjamo
Guanajuato
Mexico City
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