Looting in Gravata as drought drives hunger protests
In Gravata, Brazil, villagers and Landless Rural Workers Movement members looted a Nova Dia supermarket amid a six month drought, seeking meat, corn meal and rice. Police repelled the crowd. three movement directors were arrested, and leaders warned of further raids as relief efforts face political echo.
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Gravata
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Landless Rural Workers Movement
Jaime Amorin
Nova Dia
Catholic Church
Supreme Court
Jose Paulo Sepulveda Pertence
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Ceara
Cardoso
Iveda Pertence
Diesel pulls underwater jeans ad over dirty war echoes
In Buenos Aires, Diesel halted the April 9 Gente magazine ad showing youths chained to cement blocks underwater after Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and human rights groups linked it to Argentina's 1976 83 dictatorship and the fate of the disappeared. Diesel said the image was suspended only in Argentina and that the campaign runs in about 80 countries.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Diesel Jeans
Gente
Evel Petrini
Mothers
Plaza de Mayo
Diesel
Marco Manini
Manini
German Transrapid project forms management firm
Germany established Transrapid International to lead the planned Berlin Hamburg magnetic levitation train. Transport Minister Wissmann Berlin Mayor Diepgen and ex-minister Leber started a computer simulation of magelev. Cost at 5.5 billion dollars aims to cut the 185 mile trip to about an hour by 2005. Critics fear health and cost concerns, while advocates tout pollution free energy efficient travel.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Matthias Wissmann
Transrapid International
Wissmann
Eberhard Diepgen
Georg Leber
No-fly zone restraint anger pilots in Iraq clash
U S officials say Air Force Navy and allied pilots were pulled back from Iraqi intrusions in the no fly zone while warnings of luring traps were issued. Capt Chris Prusak says missions were constrained and pilots felt taunted as the war continued, with Sa d dam Hussein's threats adding to tensions.
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U.S
Ngee Seas Yh Seyammga
Saddam Hussein
Air
Air Force
Iraq
United Nations
Asia
Chris Prusak
Associated Press
Prutek Ensd
Canada moves to block Great Lakes water export plan
Canada vows to block a planned export of Lake Superior water to Asia amid border concerns. Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy calls large-scale water exports alarming, as a Sault Ste. Marie firm holds a five year permit to pump up to 158 million gallons annually.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
Asia
U.s-Canadian
Lloyd Axworthy
Canada
Lake Superior
Ontario Environment Mint
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Eee
Protestant No Camp Ramps Up Campaign Against Peace Accord
In Belfast a hardline Protestant movement launches its No campaign against the April 10 peace accord. Pro-British Protestants join ex-Ulster Unionists in urging a rejection while warning violence could rise, as Catholics stay broadly supportive of the deal amid ongoing sectarian tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Ulster Unionists
North
Sinn Fein
Northern
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Tay Liquidators
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Odessa
Hom
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N. County Rd
Ariene’s Flowers & Gifts
N. F.M. Rd
W. University Bivd
E. 42Nd St
Ste. D
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Aroma Electric Health Grill
West Bend
Bunn Home Brewing System
Oster
Dillard's
Dillard’s
Visa
Mastercard
American Express
Discover
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Music City Mall
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