Flooding in Venezuela Leaves Dozens Dead and Homeless
In Maracay and surrounding towns heavy rains triggered floods and mudslides that buried homes and stranded thousands. Authorities report 150 bodies recovered, about 250 missing, and up to 20,000 left homeless as rescue teams search roads and beaches.
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Maracay
Venezuela
Limon
Delicia
Caracas
Ocumare
Puerto Cabello
Jaime Lusinchi
el Limon
el Progreso
West German hostage Schmidt freed after seven months in Beirut
West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher thanked Iran and Syria for helping secure the release of Alfred Schmidt, a Siemens engineer held by Shiite militants in Lebanon for seven months. Schmidt returned to Bonn and planned to visit his mother in West Berlin. Authorities say no ransom was paid and Cordes remains missing.
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Bonn
West Germany
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Iran
Syria
Alfred Schmidt
Michael Gerdts
Genscher
Hafez Assad
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Schmidt
Rudolf Cordes
Lebanon
Beirut
West Berlin
Holy Warriors For Freedom
Frankfurt
Siemens Electrical Company
Damascus
Siemens
Terry Waite
Terry A. Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Cordes
Mohammed Ali Hamadi
Ali Abbas Hamadi
United States
TWA
U.S
Hamadi
Upper Hand Gained On Wildfires Amid Smoke Hurdles
The West sees 1,000 plus square miles burned with 22,000 firefighters in eight states. California evacuees drop to about 1,000 homes as 15,000 left earlier return. Fort Ord infantry aids Oregon mop up while smoke grounds air support and crews tackle two major blazes in the Siskiyou National Forest. Three firefighters killed in vehicle accidents and at least 35 injured. Idaho Sawtooth blaze 10,500 acres controlled.
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Howard Goldberg
Associated Press
Jack Wilson
Coordinating Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
California
Oregon
Wilson
Forest Service
Brian Barrett
Fort Ord
Calif
Siskiyou National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest
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Allegre
Ottawa
Magnum
Sheldon Equipment CO. Inc
Irn
Thand
Ole’ Marais
Forest Park
Kansas
Uptown Bike Shop Club
Lawrence
Princeton Circle
Ameri
Walwart
Wal-Mart
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