Rebels seize Kinshasa as Mobutu flees and Zaire renamed
Kinshasa returns to work under the new rebel leadership of Laurent Kabila after his forces captured the capital and Mobutu Sese Seko fled. International recognition grows with the United States and several African nations acknowledging Kabila while Paris and London watch developments closely. Rebels warn elections will be postponed to avoid mob influence, as the country maps a path to democracy and a new constitution.
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Bugera
Inter
United States
Mr. Kabila
South Africa
London
Brussels
Congo
Paris
France
Mr Kabila
Africa
Togo
Seven Years of Prosperity A Peek at a Strong Economy
Washington reports robust 5.6 percent winter growth and unemployment near 23 year lows. Inflation remains tame at 1.5 percent aided by falling energy costs as economists warn only modest risks ahead.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Reserve
Bruce Steinberg
Merrill Lynch
New York
Richard Nixon
Allen Sinai
Primark Decision Economics
Border Patrol Agent Wounded Near San Diego
A U S Border Patrol agent in his 20s was wounded by gunfire from across the Mexican border near the Ensenada Highway and released from hospital a day later. He was alone in a marked vehicle when six to ten bullets hit the windshield hood and struck his head and shoulder. no arrests reported as patrols are increased on both sides of the border.
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San Diego
U.S
Border Patrol
Mexico
Ensenada
EPA Upholds Shooting Ban at Cape Cod Base
The EPA deputy administrator backs a ban on firing range training at the Massachusetts Military Reservation in Bourne to protect public health and drinking water for 200,000 residents. The order halts all training using propellants and pyrotechnics on the Cape Cod base starting today.
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Bourne
Mass
Massachusetts Military Reservation
Frederic Hansen
Environmental Protection Agency
Cape Cod
Hansen
New England
Army National Guard
Balcony collapse at Virginia graduation kills one
At the University of Virginia a balcony on a faculty home collapsed minutes before 10 am graduation, killing Mary Jo Brashear of Texas and injuring 18 others. The fallen balcony dropped about 15 feet onto a brick walkway as professors and graduates lined up for the ceremony.
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Mary Detmner
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Mary Jo Brashear
el Paso
Texas
University of Virginia Medical Center
University
Clinton sets 10 year goal for AIDS vaccine progress
President Clinton declared a national aim to develop an AIDS vaccine within ten years, announcing a NIH research center in Bethesda with up to 50 staff from existing programs. He framed it as a new era for biology and urged that prevention vaccine progress protect all people despite activist criticism.
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Clinton
John F Kennedy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Washington
NIH
Morgan State University
United States
Wayne Turner
ATDS
Act-Up
First female B 52 pilot pressures for honorable discharge
MINOT N D AP The nations first female B 52 pilot 1st Lt Kelly Flinn says she will court martial if not granted an honorable discharge She plans to resign rather than accept a general discharge and faces trial at Minot Air Force Base Tuesday Her civilian attorney filed letters and reviews to support the resignation move and a judge Den is Kansala has denied delay requests
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Air Force
Kelly Flinn
CBS
60 Minutes
Minot Air Force Base
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Flinn
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Spinner
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