Colombian jet crash kills 53 near Bogota El Cable
Investigators probe why the Boeing 727 en route Quito Bogota Quito crashed into El Cable mountain north of Bogota, killing 53 aboard. The Air France operated 727, leased by Ecuador's TAME, was off course despite warnings. Rescue workers recovered remains as authorities plan to transport the data recorders to Washington for analysis.
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Man found gagg ed and shot in parked car mission note
A 69 year old man, Robert Enlow, was found gagged and shot in the head in a car ticketed at an expired meter. He had been reported missing from a halfway house where he served time for fraud. Enlow remains in critical condition.
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Japan to build radar telescope system for space debris
Japan will construct a radar telescope network to detect space debris up to 620 miles high. The five year project has a $9.2 million budget and will be located at a uranium processing plant site in Okayama prefecture.
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Jailed teacher claims past life connection with teen pupil
Mary Kay Letourneau, jailed Seattle schoolteacher, tells Mirabel la magazine she and her 14 year old former pupil believed they had at least 10 children in a past life. She is serving seven years for raping the boy, now 13, and they have an 11 month old daughter Audrey.
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Planets forming around distant star hint life may be common
Two independent teams using new infrared instruments report a doughnut shaped dust disk around HR 4796, 220 light years away, with a central hollow likely carved by forming planets. NASA scientists and researchers from Harvard and Chile’s Cerro Tololo describe a birthing region for planets and potential commonality of life bearing worlds beyond our solar system.
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Mexico to honor poet Paz with special crypt at city cemetery
Mexico aims to place ashes of Octavio Paz in a dedicated crypt beside other eminent Mexicans at a Mexico City cemetery. The Nobel laureate died at 84 after a private cremation Monday attended by his widow Marie Jose.
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Pope John Paul II to visit Mexico in January
Vatican City AP reports Pope John Paul II will visit Mexico January 22 to 25 marking the 20th anniversary of a Mexico trip that shaped his papacy. Archbishop Justo Muller's announcement notes the 1979 Puebla gathering urged bishops to aid the poor without becoming partisan politicians.
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