Congress ends work on the $11 billion super collider
Congress killed the super collider project halting construction after spending about $2 billion and leaving a vast ground hole in Ellis County Texas. Lawmakers redirected $640 million to shut down the project, ending debates that stretched over 16 months and facing 2,000 site workers and 13,000 related jobs nationwide.
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Kansas
Dallas
Secret visit sparks Somalis to burn tires in protest
U N Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali made a secret trip to Somalia amid fears of unrest from his visit. Riot blocks formed as crowds chanted his name while he met U N commanders and visited a field hospital in Mogadishu before returning to Nairobi.
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U.N
Farouk Mawlawi
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Mogadishu
Aidid
Mawlawi
Somalia
Nayrob
Briefs Show Clinton plan strains NAFTA support
Senators labeled the filings to raise international traveler fees as a threat to NAFTA backing. Slade Gorton called the proposal a non-starter while Kantor said the administration trimmed the plan and would seek spending cuts to cover the gap.
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Clinton
Slade Gorton
R-Wash
Mickey Kantor
U.S
Kantor
Senate Commerce Committee
Hit men slay mob boss in Queens shootout
Joseph Scopo, 47, a suspected Colombo crime family leader, was killed by two to three hooded gunmen outside his home in Queens. Police said the attackers fired about two dozen rounds from automatic weapons, and Scopo died at a hospital. He had been an official in cement and concrete workers unions, linked to Colombo family extortion in the 1980s.
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Joseph Scopo
Queens
Scopo
Stephen Camardese
Ralph
Malval
Aristide
Samuel Milord
Radio Tropic FM
Antoine Joseph
Milord
Anstid
Justice
Guy Malary
Antoine Izmery
Raoul Cedras
Cedras
Haiti
Rangers head home from Somalia mission after Adid capture canceled
U S Army Rangers began returning home from Somalia with the mission to capture clan leader Mohamed Farrah Adid abandoned as the UN urged a peaceful solution. Mogadishu stayed tense amid rumors of a Boutros Boutros-Ghali visit and possible riots. Aidid remains a wanted man with a $25,000 bounty, though he is no longer actively pursued as reinforcements arrive.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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Boutros-Ghali
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Boutros- Ghali
Mohamed Farrah Adid
United Nation
Aidid
Texaco closes pumps in Haiti amid embargo standoff
Haitian Prime Minister Robert Malval and government officials condemned army moves while Texaco, the last major foreign owned oil retailer, shut its pumps to honor a UN embargo on Haiti. Shell and Esso followed, with shortages risking the economy and security forces, as Aristide allies faced threats and killings amid the political stalemate.
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