South Africa launches three raids across southern Africa
Gaborone reporting that white South African leaders strike hard with three sudden attacks on alleged ANC targets in Botswana Zambia and Zimbabwe, killing at least three as Commonwealth negotiators visited. The raids surge conservatives against tentative race reforms and depress the rand amid outcry and sanctions fears. Botswana President Masire condemns the raids as terrorizing and aimed to impress fringe hardliners.
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Gaborone
Botswana
Africa
South Africa
African National Congress
Zambia
Zimbabwe
P.W. Botha
National Party
Botha
Quett Masire
Fort Stockton Man Cleared After Misidentification Detour
Lorenzo Encinos, 27, a Motel 6 worker from Fort Stockton, was jailed in Val Verde County for mistaken identity. Fingerprints and a photo waited a day in Del Rio post office before deputies confirmed the error. No justice of the peace was found to release him until four days later. His name remains on a law enforcement record.
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del Rio
Fort Stockton
Va Verde County
Lorenzo Encinos
Val Verde
Unseasonable Typhoon Namu Strikes Solomon Islands
Typhoon Namu battered Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands with 115 mph winds destroying homes flooding rivers and cutting power. At least 50 missing thousands homeless and a public holiday declared in Honiara to aid cleanup as Namu headed toward Rennell Island.
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Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Dykes Angiki
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corp
Honiara
U.S
Angiki
Australian Associated Press
Oil prices rise as rig count hits record low in 14 weeks
Oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange climbed with June crude at 17.16 per barrel after a sharp weekly drop in rigs. Hughes Tool Co reported a rig count of 757, the lowest since records began in 1940, as analysts note continued decline amid market volatility and light crude shortages.
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Hughes Tool Co
Hughes
New York Mercantile Exchange
West Texas
U.S
Charles Perry
Odessa
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Perry
Ex-mayor testifies in Odessa city suit over firing
Former Odessa mayor John Minor testified as the first witness in his lawsuit against the city and four other officials over his removal as Municipal Court administrator. The suit seeks damages, reinstatement, back pay and legal fees. Minor, 34, declined to say how much he seeks while in court.
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John Minor
Odessa
Bob Bryant
Minor
Midland
Robert L. Evans Jr
Jim O’leary
City
Tryon Lewis
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Misty Snyder
Clifford and
Mina Snyder
Northwest Odessa
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Grandview Avenue
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N.M
New Guinea
Australia
Vanuatu
New Zealand
Tuvalu
Western Samoa
Solomons
Rennell Island
Brisbane Meteorological Bureau
AAP
Malaita
Vlalin
Makira
161St District Court
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