Liberia frees TV journalists after charges dropped
Under international pressure Liberia released four journalists from Insight News Television after charges were dropped in exchange for apologies. The Britons, a South African and a Sierra Leonean had been detained for three weeks over a documentary they were making. They departed for Abidjan after meeting with officials.
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Liberia
Eddington Varmah
Insight News Television
Varmah
Charles Taylor
Channel 4
Taylor
Insight News
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Robin Cook
London
Sierra Leone
City sprawl and funds threaten state parks study says
A National Park Trust study finds more than 90,000 acres within state parks across 32 states are at risk from development and traffic. It urges buffers between towns and parks, plus targeted land purchases and increased funding to counter sprawl and rising land costs. Georgia leads in threatened acres with Etowah Indian Mounds cited as an example. Rhode Island has the worst preserved land per person ratio.
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National Park Trust
Paul Pritchard
Trust
California
Texas
New York
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Georgia
North Carolina
Minnesota
Nevada
West Virginia
Florida
Burt Weerts
Etowah Indian Mounds
Rhode Island
Ohio
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Iowa
Suu Kyi blocked from leaving Yangon in standoff with police
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was halted by two trucks blocking her car near Yangon, the first attempt to travel outside the capital in two years. The National League for Democracy called the move illegal while the government cited threats of violence and protection concerns. She and companions rested in the Yangon suburb as authorities pledged safety. Kungyangon, 30 miles south of Yangon, was the intended party field site.
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Yangon
Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi
National League For Democracy Party
Kungyangon
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