Death toll in storm rises to nearly 3,000 in Bangladesh
The cyclone, strongest on record, killed 2,977 confirmed and may reach 5,000 on Sandwip island near Dhaka. Authorities airlift food and medicine as massive areas remain isolated. The typhoon with 145 mph winds swept Cox's Bazar and eastern islands for eight hours, flooding villages and killing thousands.
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Manpura
Bangladesh
Hishamuddin Ahmed
Red Crescent Society
Dhaka
Sandwip
Meghna
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Chittagong
Cox's Bazar
Ahmed
Bay of Bengal
Mohammad Kamaluddin
Helicopters aid quake victims in Georgian villages
AP report from SACHKHERE U S S R describes helicopters evacuating the injured from remote villages after a 7.1 quake near Mount Samertskhie. At least 81 were killed, 1000s missing or homeless, with widespread destruction in Sachkhere and Chordi as rescue teams search rubble.
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Sachkhere
U.S.S.R
Soviet Georgia
Archil Kostava
Kutaisi
Chordi
Besik Kukateladze
Samertskhie
Tbilisi
Soviet Union
Armenia
May Day Rally In Moscow Shows Quiet Dissent
Thousands march in Red Square for a subdued May Day rally organized by unions, with few anti-government protests amid heavy security. Gorbachev and Lukyanov attend but say nothing as Boris Yeltsin remains away amid a coal strike in Siberia.
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Red Square
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Viktor Ampilov
Josef Stalin
Mr. Gorbachev
KGB
Interior Ministry
Vladimir Shcherbakov
The
Federation of Trade Unions
Lukyanov
Lenin
Communist Party
Boris N. Yeltsin
Siberia
Novokuznetsk
Star Wars satellite experiments postponed from Discovery mission
NASA delayed the first observations of shuttle exhaust plumes after astronauts with the Discovery faced aiming trouble with a $94 million two ton Star Wars research satellite released from the cargo bay. Ground control lost contact with the satellite antenna and shifted attempts to later today.
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Space Center
Houston
Discovery
Mission Control
Brian Duffy
Michael Coats
Mission
NASA
Pentagon
Palm Beach chief near end of Kennedy case
Palm Beach police chief Joseph Terlizzese argues 18 years of fighting crime left him tired as the Kennedy estate investigation into a 29 year old rape claim nears completion. Smith denies wrongdoing while Terlizzese faces public scrutiny and a flood of letters praising or criticizing the probe.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Joseph Terlizzese
Kennedy Estate
William Kennedy Smith
Edward Kennedy
Smith
Kennedy
Terlizzese
Fort
Palm Beach
FBI
William Barry
Patrick
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