Calm Amid Crisis Looms in Baghdad Over UN Inspections
In Baghdad nervous residents fear a worsening standoff with the United Nations over weapons inspections and potential military action. Sanctions curtail oil exports, fueling shortages while oil-for-food programs ease daily needs. U.N. inspectors resume work as Americans mull options amid protests and entry denials.
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Virginia Tech student dies after fall from eighth floor
Blacksburg Virginia Tech sophomore Melinda Marie Somers, 18, of Arlington, fell from an eighth-floor dormitory window during Halloween revelry. Her body was found by a newspaper carrier around 6:45 a.m. with two others in the room who were asleep and unaware of the fall. Investigators consider alcohol as a possible factor.
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Floods in Ethiopia kill 57 and displace thousands
Eastern Ethiopia suffered floods from overflowing rivers leaving 57 dead and more than 4,000 displaced, with 9,000 head of livestock washed away in Ogaden. Malaria and dysentery reappear in affected areas as heavy rains also hit southern Somalia, southern Sudan, and coastal Kenya. A separate blast at Ashdod refinery in Israel killed one worker and caused a major fire with smoke seen from Tel Aviv.
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Father stabs daughter over working a job in Bahrain
An 18 year old Bahraini woman Samia Yousef was repeatedly stabbed by her father who objected to her working. She was stabbed at least ten times as she boarded a bus and remains hospitalized in stable condition. The father was arrested in East Rifa to the south of Manama.
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Mir cosmonauts dismantle aging solar panel during six hour spacewalk
On Mir in six hours Ta Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov detached a failing solar panel while U S astronaut David Wolf directed inside. A second spacewalk will install a new panel while the crew also deployed a Sputnik replica and adjusted a carbon dioxide removal system amid earlier suit concerns.
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Clinton hits campaign trail to boost New York New Jersey races
President Clinton barnstorms New York and New Jersey, courting voters as Democrats face a $15 million debt and scarce party funds. He touts his record while urging turnout and attacking Republicans, backing Eric Vitaliano, Jim McGreevey, and Don Beyer as the party battles for key House seats and gubernatorial contests ahead of 1998 midterms.
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