Bush awards Poland major debt relief at White House visit
President Bush welcomed Lech Walesa to the White House and announced a 70 percent write down of Poland's 3.8 billion dollar debt to the United States, urging other creditors to follow. Walesa praised the move as Poland moves toward democracy and a market economy, with Mosbacher to lead a Polish investment mission this summer.
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Solidarity Trade Union
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France
Britain
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Europe
Commonwealth of Freedom
Free World
Commerce
Robert Mosbacher
Jury weighs fate of teacher in murder trial
Exeter AP report on Pamela Smart, 23, accused of conspiring to murder her husband with student Flynn, 17, who testified of seduction and threats. Flynn and two friends, Lattime 18 and Randall 17, pleaded guilty to the shooting at the Smart home. jury deliberates after closing arguments.
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Pamela Smart
Paul Twomey
William Flynn
Gregory Smart
Flynn
Mrs. Smart
Mickey Rourke
Kim Basinger
Vance Lattime
Patrick Randall
Senegal Faces Mourning After Saudi Plane Crash
A Saudi Air Force C 130 crash near Ras al Mishab in northern Saudi Arabia killed 92 Senegalese soldiers out of 101 aboard. Seven survived, eight day mourning declared by Senegal, cause under investigation as flight from Jiddah attempted landing.
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Saudi Arabia
U.S
Senegal
Medoune Fall
Ras al-Mishab
Khafiji
Jiddah
Charges against cop dropped in Wheaton pistol whipping case
Judge Hyatt dismissed charges against Montgomery County Officer Thomas A. Pecoraro who pleaded guilty earlier this year to pistol whipping a Wheaton man. The unusual move followed a 60 day unpaid suspension and notes Pecoraro’s prior commendations and earlier disciplinary losses.
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Jerry H. Hyatt
Montgomery County
Wheaton
Andrew L. Sonner
Sonner
Thomas A. Pecoraro
Donald Brooks
Pecoraro
Mr. Sonner
Philip H. Armstrong
Hyatt
Colleges may keep race based scholarships pending policy review
Washington Education Secretary Lamar Alexander said colleges may continue to award minority scholarships while the department develops new guidelines over about six months. He ordered an interim hold on restricting race specific aid and asked institutions to cooperate in crafting a uniform policy. In New York, Donald Trump announced a divorce settlement with Ivana Trump including a $10 million payment and properties.
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New York
Donald Trump
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East Side
Trump
Trumps
29-cent stamp sparks sharp words on Capitol Hill
Washington postmaster general Anthony Franc said he accepted responsibility for his actions but did not defend the 29-cent stamp rate before a House committee. Rep. Gerry Sikorski derided the Postal Rate Commission as 'tapeworms' weakening a vital service. Frank fired back at critics calling comments idiotic.
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Capitol Hill
Anthony Frank
Postal Rate Commission
House Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Gerry Sikorski
D-Minn
Commission
Mr. Frank
Clapton's 4-Year-Old Son Dies In Fall From Window
In New York police report, Conor Clapton, four, fell from a 53rd floor apartment and landed on a four story building roof. Lori Del Santo and a housekeeper were present when the accident happened while Eric Clapton was in the city but not in the apartment.
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Eric Clapton
Conor Clapton
Kim Royster
Lori del Santo
Royster
Ronnie Lippin
Los Angeles
Conor
Noriega Turns to Faith Behind Prison Walls
Manuel Noriega, awaiting trial in June on drug trafficking charges, has become a born again Christian in prison. His attorney Frank Rubino said evangelists Cliff Brannon and Rudy Hernandez visit him at the Metropolitan Correctional Center outside Miami and provide Bible instruction.
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Manuel Noriega
Cliff Brannon
Rudy Hernandez
Noriega
Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
Frank Rubino
Rubino
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