FBI and Australian mediators visit Antarctic bases for disputes
FBI agents join Australian investigators to examine an assault at McMurdo Sound and an interpersonal dispute at Casey base. A mediator will stay through January as 15 staff endure isolation. The case tests federal law reach in Antarctica under the treaty, where no nation owns the land.
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FBI
Antarctic
Associated Press
Ydney
Australia
Antarctica
Australian Antarctic Division
Casey
U.S. Antarctic
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo
Stan Wisneski
Antarctic Support Associates
U.S
World Digest from Luanda and Rome and New Delhi
Secretary of State Warren Christopher urged adherence to a peace pact in Angola as UNITA leaders avoided meetings. President dos Santos welcomed Christopher, while Savimbi stayed away for safety. In Rome, John Paul I's recovery proceeds after appendectomy with stitches soon to be removed. In New Delhi protests prompt Miss World to relocate swimsuit segment to Seychelles.
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Luanda
Angola
Warren Christopher
Jonas Savimbi
UNITA
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Christopher
Dos Santos
Africa
George Moose
Savimbi
Rome
John Paul 1
John Paul
Vatican
Medical Bulletin
Gemelli Polyclinic
New Delhi
India
Seychelles
Manohar Arcot
Amitabh Bachchan Corp. Ltd
Bangalore
AIDS activists toss urns over White House fence protest
More than 300 ACT UP protesters marched from Capitol to the White House with the AIDS Quilt bearing 70 000 names. Urns with alleged ashes were thrown onto the lawn as riders forced the crowd back. A participant said the urn contained cremated remains of a lover who died of AIDS.
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White House
Ashington
Steven Hardway
Oklahoma City
ACT UP
U.S. Park
Clinton
West
Jim Fetig
Capitol
Jeff Getty
Oakland
Calif
Iraq
Getty
Hillary
Aids Coalition To
Mexican army widens role amid rebels and traffickers
In Tepetixtla and across the north the Mexican military increases activity with more troops, spending, and equipment. Soldiers guard the town plaza after the June 28 rebel appearance, while observers warn of rising militarization as the army aids security and disaster response in a country of 91 million.
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Epetixtla
Mexico
Roderic A. Camp
Tulane University
Tepetixtla
Popular Revolutionary Army
Acapulco
Celestino Astudillo
Ignacio Ontiveros
Peasant Organization
Sierra
Peur Juys
Ertay
Latin America
Brazil
Zapatista National Liberation Army
Chiapas
Beatus Manuscript Stolen From Spanish Church Museum
A priceless 10th century Beatus manuscript, written about 970, was stolen from the Diocesan Museum in Seu de Argel, Spain. Police search ongoing, but Rev. Ramon Vilardell fears the hand written Bible commentary may never be recovered. Thieves, masked, incapacitated a staffer and smashed a display case before fleeing. The 300 page work is one of 20 surviving copies and details the Apocalypse with 79 miniatures. The museum plans stricter security and copies on display.
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Adrid
Spain
Ramon Vilardell
Seu de Argel
Miei
Madrid
Vilardell
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