Haiti braced for Aristide return amid security build up
Haitian crowds gathered in Cite Soleil and at the National Palace as U.S. forces prepared protection measures for Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return. Marines and Army personnel fenced key sites while residents painted murals and celebrated with banners, amid reports of past abuses and political tension.
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Cite Soleil
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Mr. Aristide
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National
Army
Dominican Republic
William Swing
Gunderson Walks Line On Sexuality In Campaign
Madison AP report notes Rep Steve Gunderson a Republican seeking an eighth term hints at being gay while declining to confirm. He has granted interviews about a male companion and posed for photos, supports gay rights and Clinton's military policy. Dornan accuses him of a revolving door on his closet.
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Steve Gunderson
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Gerry Studds
Barney Frank
Massachusetts
Robert Dornan
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Reagan official sentenced for HUD kickback scheme
Joseph A. Strauss, a former HUD special assistant under Samuel R. Pierce Jr., received three years probation for conspiring to conceal a $50,000 kickback and lying about it. He admitted accepting the payout after leaving HUD and falsifying testimony to a House committee in 1989 amid the HUD scandal involving 16 convictions.
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Joseph A. Strauss
U.S
Harold H. Greene
Strauss
Housing and Urban Development
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
HUD
Arlin M. Adams
United States
Catalina Vasquez Villalpando
Deborah Gore Dean
Pierce
Delio Rojo
House
U S and Korea near accord on Korean nuclear tensions
U S and Korean officials pressed final word by word on a possible pact to end nuclear tensions on the peninsula. After two days of talks experts said agreement was close but draft language must pass both governments, with a few more days for approval. Deputy PM Lee Hong koo in Seoul said talks were in the final stage to detail regulations for full inspections of North Korea's nuclear facilities.
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U.S
Korean
Robert Gallucci
Seoul
Lee Hong-koo
Toy guns pulled from shelves as police misidentify
Toys R Us and others pull realistic toy guns after officers mistook look alikes for real firearms. CEO Michael Goldstein said the move aims to prevent violence and injuries following New York City shootings of youths with toy guns.
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Toys “R” Us
U.S
Michael Goldstein
Ty Gine
New York City
Mr. Goldstein
New York
Israeli raid fails to free hostage as soldier dies
Israeli commandos stormed a Bir Nabala safe house for hostage Cpl. Nachshon Waxman. The operation killed Waxman and three captors, and another Israeli officer, Capt. Nir Poraz, plus eight wounded. One kidnapper was captured as Hamas had demanded Sheik Ahmed Yassin’s release. Prime Minister Rabin defended the raid saying no negotiations with terrorists.
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Jerusalem
Bir Nabala
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Hamas
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Waxman
Dema
Sheik Ahmed Yassin
Israel
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Zahar
Gaza City
Islamic Jihad
Nir Poraz
Rabin
Israeli leaders share Nobel Peace Prize with Arafat
Rabin and Peres shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Yasser Arafat as a Palestinian-Israeli peace process faced a new crisis over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier. A Friday rescue raid in the West Bank ended with the soldier and three captors killed, underscoring fragile hopes for peace amid domestic protests and international controversy.
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Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Shimon Peres
PLO
Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Rabin
Peres
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