Sakhalin quake toll nears two thousand as rescues continue
The Sakhalin Island earthquake left over 2 000 dead and nearly 400 recovered in Neftegorsk with four collapsed buildings still to sift through. Survivors remain in hospitals on Sakhalin and the mainland as rescue teams press on at the Far Eastern oil town.
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Italy
Doctor charged in poisoning linked to AIDS blood scandal
In Paris, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Brunet a Health Ministry official and AIDS expert was charged with complicity in poisoning connected to a scandal that infected over 1,000 hemophiliacs with HIV and killed about 400. The inquiry also involves former premier Laurent Fabius and other officials from the 1980s.
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Laurent Fabius
France
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Herve
Angola Mine Tragedy Halts Reopening Road Effort
Ten soldiers died and eleven were seriously wounded when their truck struck a land mine in eastern Angola during a road clearance operation between Luena and Luau. The incident follows UN efforts to clear war damaged routes as UNITA mines are suspected. The UN Security Council proposed cutting Rwanda peacekeeping forces from 5,586 to 2,330 within four months, with Bonn Boutros-Ghali and Rwanda pressuring for further reductions and eventual withdrawal.
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Tone Loc faces new indictment after pizza parlor incident
Tone Loc, 29, once dropped of charges in a 1994 pizza parlor robbery, now indicted and sealed until arraignment June 15. The rapper allegedly took 80 dollars from a cash register after a dispute, and previously received fines and 100 hours of community service for smashing a woman's car windows.
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Los Angeles
Wild Thing
Correction: Mercedes McCambridge Not Dead Yet in 40 Year Giant Reunion
The Odessa American corrected an erroneous May 30 report that Mercedes McCambridge is dead. Now 77, she acted in Giant, whose 40 year reunion was held May 29 to commemorate the film.
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McCambridge
Robbery defendant cites rap lyrics as motive
A 19 year old charged with robbery in Hayward California told police the lyrics of a rap song compelled him to act. The rapper Master P responded by saying the fan should have heard the moral now you know crime don’t pay and avoided the crime.
Mantle Liver Transplant Highlights Final Years
Mantle’s organs were given to five recipients after his death. His identity remains private as mourners reflect on a legendary Yankees career and a long battle with illness. Doctors noted age related risks and a 70 percent five year survival benchmark for liver transplants. Mantle, 63, faced jaundice and weakness before the operation and his family stayed by him throughout.
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Betty Ford
Rancho Mirage
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Dallas
Horne
Midland Park
Organ donor match shows urgency in Reyes Mantle case
Mantle, Status 2, received a near perfect organ match under UNOS criteria after a donor became available. National data show 4,657 on the UNOS list with 1,641 in Mantle’s age group, while regional waits vary from days to weeks depending on medical need and blood type.
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