Looting suspects held after Clark Base fuel theft
Police arrested 79 people for allegedly stealing aviation fuel from the former Clark Air Base fuel depot in Sapang Bato, 50 miles northwest of Manila. The U S Air Force abandoned the base last June due to volcanic eruptions, and the U S Navy plans to close a facility in Olongapo province after a Senate lease rejection.
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Philippine Senate
Engineer says he can fix Pisa tower
A Chinese engineering professor Cao Shizhong announced he can correct the Leaning Tower of Pisa to a six foot tilt, down from its current about thirteen feet. He claimed to have repaired fifteen leaning structures with a method he invented ten years ago, stating it saves time and money with a claimed perfect success rate.
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Lisbon Subway Workers Strike Causes Citywide Traffic Jams
A 24 hour subway strike in Lisbon disrupted Metropolitano de Lisboa services causing heavy city center congestion. 120 extra buses were deployed to substitute for reduced service while police reported heavy traffic on routes into the city. The union plans four hour walkouts during rush hours today and Friday to pressure for higher pay.
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Portugal
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Metropolitano de Lisboa
Transport Union
Oil slick from ship collision reaches Mikonos coast
Coast Guard officials on Mikonos prepared for an oil spill headed to its beaches after a Russian cargo ship rammed a tanker near the Aegean island. A 12,000-barrel spill from May 3 was previously linked to the collision that polluted the sea. Gunmen fatally wounded two Istanbul police as three attackers fled after stopping at a bus stop.
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U N to aid new influx of Somalis
The U N High Commissioner for Refugees will provide relief supplies for 32 000 Somali refugees who crossed into eastern Kenya in the last week. The refugees fled fighting in northwest Somalia between United Somali Congress forces and remnants of Mohamed Siad Barre's former army.
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Peru troops storm Canto Grande prison in Lima
Police and troops blew a hole in the prison roof to seize about 120 barricaded inmates early Wednesday at Canto Grande in Lima. Tear gas filled the building as a battle raged. 4 police and several inmates were hurt.
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Alberto Fujimori
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