Religious group aims to resurrect 80-year-old mother in Missouri
Evangelist Daniel Aaron Rogers moves the frozen body of his mother Gladys Rogers to Reeds Spring funeral home for a Sunday resurrection service. Arkansas authorities granted transit permission after mortuary owner Garland Clarkson offered services. If it fails, the body will stay 10 days for an Indonesian faith healer to arrive. Missouri officials warn against delaying burial and stress time limits for burial.
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Reeds Spring
Daniel Aaron Rogers
Rogers
Arkansas
Gladys Rogers
Harrison
Ark
Garland Clarkson
Clarkson
Boone County
Missouri
Olin A. Griffin
Springfield
Communists Await First Round Result in French Elections
In Paris the Socialist Communist alliance hopes to gain power after 20 years of conservative rule. Sunday’s first round will test support for candidates who may advance to a March 19 runoff.
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Paris
France
Socialist Platform
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
National Assembly
Bubbles the hippo dies after capture near lake
Irvine California AP reports Bubbles a freedom loving hippo died after tranquilizer darts left her immobilized and rolling down a hill into a tree. The incident occurred near Clucker Lake two miles from Lion Country Safari after she escaped February 20 for the third time. Officials say her position hindered breathing and led to death after late night shots and delayed recovery efforts.
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Steve Clark
Peta
Bubbles
Hippo
Lake
Irvine
Calif
Clark
Clucker Lake
Jerry Kobrin
Lion Country Safari
Orange County
Los Angeles
Don Dooley
African Wildlife Preserve
Dowley
Leon Unterhatter
Laguna Beach
Cocaine overtakes coffee as Colombia’s top export shock
In Bogota, officials say cocaine exports are booming and rival coffee as Colombia’s main earnings, with about 70 percent of illicit American cocaine supply coming from the country. Estimates place last year’s cocaine revenue at $1.5 billion, while a U.S. drug program funds run high, and a new middle class forms around earnings from cocaine.
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Bogota
Colombia
Peru
Bolivia
United States
Pregnancy unemployment dispute tested in New Jersey
A deputy attorney general filed a Division of Civil Rights complaint on behalf of his wife Alicia Kern challenging a denial of unemployment benefits after childbirth. The suit alleges supervisor Henry Tynes biased the decision claiming new mothers do not wish to return to work, despite active job search. A new hearing was set for Tuesday.
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Newark
N.J
State Division of Civil Rights
Steven Kern
Alicia
Henry Tynes
Elizabeth
Kern
Tynes
New Jersey
Ethiopia defends Cuban troops amid Ogaden clash
Ethiopia asserts Cuban and Soviet military presence is an internal issue and rejects any cease-fire in the eastern Ogaden while Somalia proclaims troop withdrawal. Washington says Moscow will press Cuba to reduce forces if fighting ends, with Carter and Dobrynin discussing settlement.
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Ethiopia
Ogaden
Russia
Eritrea
Somalia
White House
Rome
Mohammed Siad Barre
Siad Barre
Washington
Kremlin
United States
Cuba
Cyrus R. Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
Carter
Mogadishu
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Metropolitan Life
Charles C. Clipp
Great Gorge
Charles S.fllPe
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Boyne Falls
Hoye Falls of Virginia, Inc
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