Cholera cases rise in Ecuador amid cross-border outbreak
About 300 people have contracted cholera and five died as disease spread from Peru into Ecuador this month. Health Ministry reports vary, with 44 infected and two deaths. Most cases centered in Machala and Guabo in El Oro province near Bajo Alto and La Pee.
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World’s Shortest St Patrick's Day Parade in Blue Springs
In Blue Springs Missouri a tiny St Patrick's Day parade will run along Main Street with three marchers and a grand marshal for a crowd of about 40,000. The event starts before 9 am and will feature a theme song chosen by participants. Police have standby officers and coordination with state and local agencies.
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Germany denies Honecker fled with Soviet help
Bonn Germany denied deliberately allowing Erich Honecker to flee to the Soviet Union while admitting no action was taken to prevent the flight The government said Kohl learned of the plan about 90 minutes before Honecker departed from a Red Army hospital near Berlin and was told by the Soviet ambassador Honecker was headed for medical treatment in the USSR The justice minister demanded Moscow hand over Honecker who faces charges over East German deaths during escapes The lawyer Friedrich Wolff claimed Honecker would stay in the Soviet Union and that German investigations would be dropped
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Rebels claim Iraqi troops attacked civilians
Kurdish rebels say Saddam Hussein loyalists used warplanes and helicopter gunships to attack civilians as part of a drive to crush uprisings. Jalal Talabani and other leaders allege massacres in Kirkuk and other Kurdish areas, while Bush warns against using helicopters if a cease-fire remains elusive.
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Yeltsin vows no vote will not destroy the union
Russian President Boris Yeltsin told Radio Russia that a weekend referendum on preserving the union will not destroy the country. He urged calm and warned against panic despite Kremlin warnings and a propaganda campaign. Balloting began Thursday in three boycotting republics while Gorbachev prepared a national TV address.
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