Africa faces famine blamed on policy and aid failures
AP Special Correspondent reports that Africa's famine is largely man made, worsened by misdirected relief and weak development. Despite $10 billion in Western aid over a decade, timing and deployment hindered local production, increasing hunger, with millions at risk and calls for a broad overhaul of policies and aid practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Rosenblum
EL Geneina
Sudan
Africa
C. Payne Lucas
Africare
Washington
Darfur
Ekber Menemencioglu
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
U.N
Kenya
Tarekegne Taka
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Paris
Eugene Whelan
U.N. World Food Council
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
British Broadcasting Corp
Lester Brown
Worldwatch
Shuttle Lands Safely at Edwards After Space Salvage Mission
At Edwards AFB California Discovery astronauts Joe Engle and Dick Covey landed the 100 ton space plane on a desert runway at 6 15 a m PDT nine minutes before sunrise following a 2 9 million mile voyage. They used braking rockets to descend from orbit and touched down on a hard packed sand strip lit briefly by xenon lights. The mission restored life to a derelict 85 million satellite and marked a dramatic return from a high risk operation over the Indian Ocean and Pacific routes.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Discovery
Joe Engle
Dick Covey
Engle
Indian Ocean
Pacific
California
Los Angeles
Rioting marks South Africa anniversary with tightened security
Johannesburg marked the first anniversary of a year of anti apartheid rioting as police and army sealed off black townships near Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark. The mine strike by the National Union of Mineworkers involved about 18,200 miners, with 12,400 reportedly on strike at one point, and confusion over which mines were still active.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Vereeneging
Vanderbijtpark
National Union of Mineworkers
Cyril Ramaphosa
General Mining Corp
Beatrix
Matra
General Mining
Marievale
Blinkpan
Koornfontein
Transvaal Navigation
Howard Gabriels
Frustration grows over aircraft fire safety progress
Washington report notes slow gains in protecting passengers from jetliner fires after the Airtours disaster. FAA aims to cut fire risk with flame retardant seat covers and floor lighting while testing emergency evacuation improvements. A costly AMK additive test failed to prevent a fireball during a simulated crash, underscoring ongoing safety challenges.
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Washington
Wayne Williams
National Transportation Safety Association
Daniel T. Smith
Dallas
International Airline Passengers Association
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Fred Farrar
Manchester
England
Air Canada
Seattle
Mojave Desert
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Teachers Walkouts Narrow Public School Vacations
Public school students in Michigan Illinois Pennsylvania and Seattle faced extended summer breaks as teacher strikes spread. Chicago halted talks while Seattle kept bargaining with 44 000 students awaiting word. Michigan districts Pontiac Marquette Flint Linden Beecher saw walkouts and Pennsylvania saw two small strikes enter week two.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Seattle
Philadelphia
Michigan
Pontiac
Marquette
Flint
Linden
Beecher
Pennsylvania
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