U S Offers Gear for Bosnian Peacekeepers Amid Hostage Crisis
In The Hague the United States proposes heavy equipment to back U N peacekeepers in Bosnia as 2000 Marines head to the Adriatic. Officials hint at possible commando action to liberate hostages while denying ground troop deployment.
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U.N
Bosnia
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Ington
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U.S
Warren Christopher
Defense
William Perry
Sion
Adriatic
Christopher
O J Simpson may testify in double murder case
AP reports the question of whether O J Simpson will take the stand looms large as prosecutors push for questions about his police statement. Legal experts caution against expecting testimony, noting risks for him in cross examination and potential juror expectations if he does not testify.
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Marcia Clark
Loyola Law
Laurie Levenson
Mr. Simpson
America
Eleanor Swift
University of California, Berkeley
Collin Yamauchi
Mr. Yamauchi
Lancette
Yamauchi
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Ms. Simpson
Brentwood
Robert Pugsley
Southwestern University School of Law
Ito
University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Bergman
Supreme Court weighs 1994 95 term decisions on race and rights
Controversial cases remain undecided as the Supreme Court considers affirmative action in government contracting and election districting, school desegregation limits, religious funding, and a potential environmental habitats ruling. The term could reshape race politics, voting rights, and church state separation nationwide.
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Three more bodies recovered after federal building blast
Oklahoma City officials say three bodies believed to be Christy Rosas and Virginia Thompson two federal credit union workers, and Alvin Justes a regular customer, were pulled from the wreckage. The remains include one male and two females. Families were notified but identifications were not yet confirmed.
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Oklahoma City
Federal
Medical Examiner
Federal Credit Union
Christy Rosas
Virginia Thompson
Alvin Justes
Justes
Ray Blakeney
Solingen arson case nears verdict in family killings
Mevlude Genc, mother of four victims, calls for life in prison for four youths accused of torching a Solingen home on May 29, 1993. Closing arguments may come this week as the trial proceeds, marking a historic anti-foreigner crime episode in reunified Germany.
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Solingen
Germany
Mevlude Genc
Turkey
Tokyo nerve gas cult eyed air spray plan
Japanese reports link Aum Shinri Kyo to testing remote controlled helicopters for gas dispersal in 1993. Asahi says top scientist Hideo Murai ordered the tests. Police have not confirmed these claims amid the March subway attack that left 12 dead and 5,500 sick. Murai was killed outside the cult headquarters last month by a man claiming gang orders.
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Tokyo
Aum Shinri Kyo
Asahi
Hideo Murai
Murai
China official urges tolerance amid crackdown critique
Lin Mu, once secretary to Hu Yaobang, urged China’s NPC to end the crackdown on dissent after two days’ detention for helping draft a pro tolerance petition. Human Rights in China released his letter urging leaders to stop the extremely intolerant treatment of petition drafters.
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Beijing
China
Lin Mu
Communist Party
Hu Yaobang
Human Rights In China
National People’s Congress
Four Die in San Marino Arson Fire
An arson fire destroyed a San Marino home early Monday killing four people including three children. A badly burned man found outside was in critical condition. Fire Chief Frank Wills said investigators treat it as a multiple homicide. The blaze started around 5:15 a.m. and firefighters took over an hour to extinguish it. The hospital reported the injured man was transported to Huntington Memorial in Pasadena. San Marino, near Los Angeles, observed a loud explosion before smoke appeared.
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Calif
Frank Wills
Wills
Wally Roswall
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Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena
Clement Mapanda
Willis
Los Angeles
Push polls raise ethical alarms in political campaigning
A caller tactic named push polling seeks to sway voters under the guise of a poll. It asks loaded questions that imply negative facts about opponents, then masks its partisan intent as independent research, drawing condemnation from pollsters and triggering debate over its use in local and national races.
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New York
Colorado
Roy Romer
Romer
National Council On Public Polls
Sultant
Ms. Martin
Martin
Virginia
Wisconsin
Australia
Scott Keeter
Virginia Commonwealth University
Harvard student journalist note linked to stabbing suicide
Investigators test a note promising a juicy story found with a photograph linking Sinedu Tadesse to the murder suicide at Dunster House Harvard. Tadesse stabbed Trang Ho 45 times, then hanged herself as police inspect the rooming dispute and the unsigned note.
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Harvard University
Martin Murphy
Middlesex County
Sinedu Tadesse
Trang Phuong Ho
Dunster House
Tadesse
John Towle
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