Disney's Animal Kingdom faces animal deaths before opening
In Orlando, Disney's new Animal Kingdom reports four cheetah cubs two rhinoceroses two hippopotamuses three herd animals and two West African crown cranes killed by tour buses as the park nears its April 22 opening. A USDA review found no violations of animal welfare regulations.
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Animal Kingdom
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Easter egg hunt turns into fracas at church event
In Daytona Beach a World Harvest Church Easter egg hunt drew about 5000 people. A pile of artificial eggs with Bible verses and candy sparked crowd rushes as parents and kids surged forward trampling eggs and children. Ten-year-old Lizzy Ellenwood said she was shoved and foot crushed. An observer called it an Easter egg massacre.
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Fla
World Harvest Church
Lizzy Ellenwood
Joe Vetter
Daylight savings sparks bar brawl in Athens Ohio
Police in riot gear faced a crowd of about 2000 outside downtown bars near Ohio University as bars closed early for daylight saving time. Officers fired rubber and wooden projectiles after the crowd surged, marking a second consecutive year of trouble during the time switch.
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Ohio University
Thank-you note from Mother Teresa arrives 16 years late
In Cheyenne Wyoming a note from Mother Teresa dated November 28 1981 finally reached recipient Gilbert Ortiz 16 years after it was written. Ortiz 70 learned that day his kidneys were failing and he had an aorta aneurysm as the postmarked Calcutta India letter arrived. Mother Teresa died September 5.
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Pilgrimage to Memphis marks King's death anniversary
The 30th anniversary observance drew participants from across the nation to The Lorraine Motel and National Civil Rights Museum. Students from Champaign Illinois spoke with organizers and veterans about nonviolence training. A Saturday march with 4000 plus participants traced the original route, singing We Shall Overcome as they remember King, his planned 1968 sanitation workers march, and Earl Ray’s guilty verdict.
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Israeli Arabs call for general strike after Bedouin village clashes
Israeli Arabs urged a general strike after police clashed with protesters in Suweij northern Israel. Twenty two officers and about two dozen protesters were injured, eighteen arrested. The violence followed demolition of three Bedouin residences and reflected growing Arab politicization amid stalled peace talks and socio economic gaps.
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Gaza Strip
Linda Menuhin
Elie Rekhess
Tel Aviv University
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Gaza
Suweij
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Killings Continue in Rwanda Four Years After Genocide
In Ruhengeri the Hutu invaders killed civilians including a 19 month old, wounded 50, and battered a displaced persons camp. The attackers, linked to the 1994 genocide perpetrators, resumed weekly strikes as tensions rise in the northwest amid refugee repatriation from Congo.
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Rwanda
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Iran Iraq swap releases about 1600 more prisoners
Iran and Iraq freed nearly 1,600 prisoners on Sunday, lifting total releases in four days to 4,051 as part of a broad swap. Iran released 1,500 Iraqi detainees and Iraq freed 89 Iranians at a border crossing, with up to 30,000 prisoners believed held from the 1980 88 war.
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Iran
Iraq
Britain weighs indefinite detention for pedophiles afterCooke release
London(AP) A cabinet minister suggested detention without time limit for dangerous offenders amid public fury over the release of Sidney Cooke, 70, who was to be freed today after nine years of a 16 year sentence for gang rape and murder in 1988. Police say Cooke agreed to an electronic tag and probation supervision only after authorities threatened to reveal his residence.
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London
Sidney Cooke
Cooke
Palestinian negotiator blasts U S for not releasing proposal details
Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian negotiator, criticized the United States on Sunday for not making public its proposal to break the Israeli Palestinian deadlock. He said the Clinton administration’s secrecy encourages Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ignore signed agreements and persist with inaction. Erekat spoke after a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa in Cairo.
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Egypt
United States
Saeb Erekat
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Erekat
Amr Moussa
Korea to Reopen Talks on Aid and Policy Change
South Korea said it would accept a North Korean plan to reopen talks on economic aid and other issues. North Korea proposed deputy minister level talks in Beijing, potentially marking the first government contact since 1994 summit preparations were canceled after Kim Il Sung's death.
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