GM and UAW fail to resolve strikes ending shutdown talks
GM began an annual two week North American plant shut down as strike talks with the United Auto Workers ended Saturday without agreement. About 9,200 workers at two parts plants caused layoffs of roughly 162,600 others across 26 assembly plants and about 100 parts plants.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
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United Auto Workers
Flint Metal Center
Mary Irby
Delphi
Flint East
Rain relief cools severe heat wave across plains
The Associated Press reports heat waves persisted in the Southeast and Plains while scattered thunderstorms and rain cooled some areas. Nebraska saw temperatures in the 90s as power use rose. hail damaged crops and Omaha Fun Plex reported unusually crowded pools as residents sought relief from the heat.
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Nebraska
Scott Kirk
Omaha
Fun Plex
Quake in Adana Kills Over 100 and Injures Many
An earthquake near Adana Turkey killed at least 104 people and injured about 1 000 including several Americans at Incirlik air base. The quake measured around 6 2 6 3 and rattled Mersin Nigde Kayseri and Cyprus causing widespread damage and panic.
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Turkey
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Ceyhan
Anatolia
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Totuk
Oguz Koksal
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Europe
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Con
U.S. Geological Survey
Mersin
Nigde
Kayseri
Cyprus
Istan
Bul
Kandilli
NTV
Nedim Ince
Ince
Turkish Red Crescent
Red Cross
Klan rallies over Jasper dragging death of James Byrd Jr.
In Jasper Texas a Klan rally condemned the dragging death of James Byrd Jr by three white men. Police kept black counterdemonstrators and Klan members apart amid gun displays and one arrest. Byrd’s family urged peace and reform.
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Jasper
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Jasper County
Darrell Flinn
James Byrd Jr
Byrd
Berbers Expand Algeria Protests Over Singer Slaying
Violent protests spread in Algeria's Berber region after the slaying of singer Lounes Matoub. At least one person was killed as youths clashed with police outside hospitals and government offices. Authorities blamed the attack on the Armed Islamic Group amid rising tensions over language policy.
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Singer
Algiers
Lounes Matoub
Tizi- Ouzou
Akbou
Bejaia
Tizi-Ouzou
Matoub
Interior Ministry
North Africa
Ture
Islamic Salvation Front
Amateur archaeologists suspected of smuggling Mongol coins in Russia
A group of American archeologists on a Volga River expedition left Russia June 17 after a two week hunt. Customs seized more than 200 Mongol coins and artifacts and may file smuggling charges. The trip was organized by Global Research and Discovery Network. Each member paid about 3500 dollars. The group handed over items to local officials, who returned some. The Times quoted organizer Gustav Grabschied.
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Moscow
Russia
Volga
Moscow Times
Global Research and Discovery Network
Gustav Grabschied
The
Times
Pope John Paul II warns bishops on abortion ban in Catholic hospitals
Vatican city AP Pope John Paul II told American bishops from Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas that performing abortions sterilizations or euthanasia in Catholic hospitals is a grievous sin and that the ban reflects universal moral law inscribed on the human heart He urged bishops to remind hospital administrators and medical staff that noncompliance is a grievous sin and a source of scandal.
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Texas
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