Ebola outbreak deepens in Zaire with 79 cases and 60 deaths
AP reports 79 confirmed Ebola cases in Zaire with 60 deaths including four Italian nuns caring for patients at Kikwit General Hospital. Villages Musango Vanga Yassa Benga and Kenge cited as affected. no vaccine or cure known. outbreak epicenter near Kikwit. Washington meanwhile notes Democratic push to drop tax cuts to aid deficit reduction and health care reform.
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Zaire
Kikwit General Hospital
Musango
Vanga
Yassa Benga
Kenge
Kikwit
Washington
Len Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Democratic National Committee
NBC
Meet the Press
Menem secures reelection in Argentina with broad win
President Carlos Menem clinched a new four year term in Argentina after leading with 49.5 percent and a 20 point margin over Jose Bordon of Frepaso, while the Radical Civic Union trailed at 17 percent. He pledged to tackle unemployment and social costs of the economic turnaround.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Menem
Menem
Jose Bordon
Frepaso
Radical Civic Union
Train collision in Tamil Nadu kills 43 near Salem
An express train collided with a freight train near Salem, 150 miles southwest of Madras, killing at least 43 and injuring more than 40 as the first three cars of the passenger train were destroyed. A faulty signal caused the crash, police said.
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Madras
India
Press Trust of India
Salem
Tamil Nadu
Dow Corning Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Dow Corning Corp a key breast implant maker filed for federal bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 as lawsuits over the devices loom. The 50 50 joint venture of Dow Chemical and Corning Inc faces billions in damages though it pledged 2 billion to settle claims with implant recipients many of whom reportedly opt out of the settlement.
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Midland, Mich
Dow Corning Corp
Dow Corning
Dow Chemical Co
Corning Inc
Lottery glitch doubles chances in California Super Lotto
A computer maintenance error at GTech caused misdated Super Lotto tickets statewide, printing Wednesday dates instead of Saturday. Clerks and players faced confusion as tickets showed both dates, and officials say the misdated tickets will be honored for both drawings. No estimate of losses is available.
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Los Angeles
California
Gtech
Bob Taylor
China conducts underground nuclear test amid treaty talks
China detonated an underground nuclear device at Lop Nor in Xinjiang, amid global momentum to extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a push for a comprehensive test ban. The blast, monitored as 6.1 magnitude by seismologists, is China’s first of five tests planned for 1995, drawing protests from Japan and Australia and signaling continued asserting in the Spratly region.
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China
Xinhua
Australian Seismological Center
Lop Nor
Xinjiang
United States
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Spratly Islands
South China Sea
FDA
New York
Britain
Russia
France
Police seek warrant for cult leader in Tokyo subway attack
After an eight week probe police sought arrest warrants on murder charges for the cult leader and 20 members suspected in the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack. A top sect official was arrested earlier for supervising the March 20 attack that killed 12 and sickened 5500 others. One person was hospitalized and 10 more fell ill in a fresh scare.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Aum
Shinji Kyo
Shoko Asahara
Ginza
Asahara
Mount Fuji
Kamakuishiki
Yoshihiro Inoue
Ministry of Intelli
Gence
Inoue
Asahi
Father kills son and himself after surname ruling
An unwed father Alan Gubernat, 33, shot and killed his son Scott in his Williams Township home three days after losing a New Jersey court fight over the boy's last name. He then shot himself. The case follows New Jersey Supreme Court's ruling granting custody to the mother and allowing her to determine the surname.
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Easton
Alan Gubernat
Scott
Gubernat
Williams Township
New Jersey Supreme Court
Steven Junkin
James Richardson
Gubernot
Karen Deremer
Washington Borough
N.J
Deremer
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