Gasoline prices rise slightly amid ongoing price warfare
Nationwide Lundberg Survey shows gasoline averages about 1.10 per gallon including all grades and taxes, up 2.82 cents in two weeks after seven months of price warfare. analysts say savings versus a year ago persist despite the small rise. Paula Jones, who dropped her lawsuit against President Clinton, plans to announce Thursday whether she will appeal, with locations in Los Angeles or Dallas as possibilities.
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Convict and partner in crime killed in escape chase
Fort Lauderdale reports an armed robber Jay Sigler and an accomplice escaped Everglades Correctional Institution after ramming fences. They collided with a motorist during a police chase, killing the driver. The breakout was allegedly plotted by Sigler’s mother.
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Woman steals 25 ton fire pumper in Utah police chase
Shirley Jean Shay, 41, approached officers during a domestic dispute in Salt Lake City on Saturday, asked for help finding her car, then climbed into a idling fire truck worth 350000 dollars and drove off. The hour long pursuit on Interstate 15 reached speeds up to 70 mph with the parking brake engaged before her arrest.
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Easter celebrations spread from Jerusalem to the world
Pilgrims filled the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem as Michel Sabbah urged peace amid Israeli Palestinian tensions. Pope John Paul II urged reconciliation in Rome while Archbishop George Carey in England called for forgiveness and a future beyond Northern Ireland’s past violence.
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Officials confident in anti tobacco legislation
Washington officials and Congress members remain confident they will pass stringent anti-tobacco laws by year end despite industry boycotts and lawsuits threats. Health Secretary Donna Shalala asserts bipartisan progress, while industry lawyers warn of court challenges and potential consequences including job losses and black market activity. Senate and House figures express optimism the effort will advance by summer.
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Easter at Open Door Church Tornado Rebuilds Faith
In Birmingham Alabama a tornado wrecked the Open Door Baptist Church during Easter sunrise services. The congregation gathered in the debris filled parking lot four days after the storm to hear a message of rebirth. Sixty nine people escaped unharmed inside, 11 year old Janna Presley suffered 80 stitches but survived. Thirty three people died and over 160 were injured across three counties.
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Sudanese soldiers kill 74 student conscripts near Khartoum
Sudanese soldiers shot and beat to death 74 student conscripts trying to flee a military camp outside Khartoum, an opposition group said Sunday. The group also said at least 55 others drowned when their boat capsized on the Blue Nile as they fled, possibly raising the April 2 death toll above the government count of 31.
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Saddam Hussein Birthday Celebrations Planned Across Iraq
Police blocked traffic as buses hauled recruits and tens of thousands drilled with machine guns in anticipation of Saddam Hussein's 61st birthday on April 28. Celebrations were planned nationwide, especially in Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, despite poverty blamed on the United Nations embargo after the 1990 Gulf War.
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China offers barter aid to Indonesia to ease crisis
In Jakarta Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan pledged to help Indonesia by bartering goods and avoiding currency devaluation. He after talks with Ali Alatas reiterated a $3 million emergency food and medicine donation as inflation and unemployment plummet Indonesia’s 200 million people into crisis.
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Tanzanian mine floods leave 100 miners missing
Heavy rains flooded fourteen Tanzanite mines in northern Tanzania near Arusha. About 45 miles south of Arusha miners were at work when shafts up to 300 feet flooded. Arusha official Daniel Ole Njolay confirmed two bodies recovered and said the search is hampered by lack of heavy earth-moving equipment.
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