Manila disco fire toll tops 150 dead
The Ozone Disco Pub blaze in Manila killed at least 150 people and injured many as fear and panic swept the crowd. Survivors recalled darkness, a single entrance, and a stampede as investigators blamed blocked exits and a nearby new building.
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Manila
Philippines
Southgate
Remy Menguis
Megis
Russel
Rose
Marvin Reyes
Ismael Mathay
Quezon City
London
Britain
Rosemary West
Richard Ferguson
West
Frederick West
England
Gloucester
Cigarette makers tracked nicotine in brain affits affidavits
Washington AP A former Philip Morris scientist testified the company built an olfactometer to deliver nicotine to study brain reactions. The FDA released affidavits by two ex-scientists and a retired plant manager stating the firm used devices to gauge nicotine effects and receptor interaction.
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Washington (Ap
Philip Morris
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Justice Department
Liggett Group
Henry Waxman
Dcalif
Waxman
New York Stock Exchange
FDA
Jan Aydess
William Farone
Taiwan Tightens Security Amid Chinese War Games
Taiwan boosts security for presidential candidates as China conducts new war games near the island and off its coast. Officials note plots against candidates, with possible election delay if any candidate is killed. Chinese maneuvers overlap with ongoing drills near Matsu and Pingtan Island.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Lin Chia-chi
National Security Council
China
Taiwan Straits
Lee Teng-hui
Matsu
Defense Ministry
Pingtan
Mandela Divorce Ends 38 Year South Africa Marriage
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela were granted a divorce ending a long marriage marked by apartheid-era upheaval. Judge Frikkie Eloff ruled Winnie failed to counter serious adultery allegations and that the marriage has existed in name only since 1992.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Winnie Mandela
Frikkie Eloff
Sarajevo Reunites as Serb Grbavica Is Handed Over
Bosnian police and federal forces take Grbavica at dawn ending years of Serb control. Thousands cross the Unity Bridge to reclaim the neighborhood amid scenes of joy and ruin. Residents recall four years of fear as NATO troops detain arsonists and guard the ethnically mixed reintegration.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Grbavica
Miljacka
Brotherhood and Unity
Abdulah Alajbegovic
Mileva
Avdo Hebib
NATO
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Australia
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