Retired Gen Marion Carl Shot During Home Robbery
NATION Roseburg Oregon Retired Gen Marion Carl a World War II ace and test pilot known as the Chuck Yeager of the Marine Corps was killed in a home robbery. Authorities say a gunman kicked in the door and shot Carl in the head as his wife Edna was wounded by a shotgun blast. Deputies searched the wooded hills nearby for the suspect.
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Ore
Marion Carl
Chuck Yeager
Marine Corps
Carl
Edna
Kiss Ends In Fatal Turnpike Crash Near Fort Lauderdale
A couple on the Florida Turnpike shared a last kiss before their car hit a parked pickup, killing Jerold Luckhurst, 37, of Pompano Beach, and injuring his girlfriend Robin Resnick Fern, 33, of Wilton Manors. The incident prompted remarks on deadly risks of kissing while driving.
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Miami
Florida Highway Patrol
Mike Long
Jerold Luckhurst
Pompano Beach
Robin Resnick Fern
Wilton Manors
Gore praises Volusia firefighters amid Florida wildfire crisis
Vice President Al Gore commended Volusia County firefighters for protecting homes as wildfires scorched more than 80 000 acres in the state s worst blaze in five decades. Meteorologists and emergency workers briefed Gore on origins and status amid a wet winter and exceptionally dry spring.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
al Gore
Florida
Gore
Volusia County
Serb war crimes defendant Dokmanovic found dead in Dutch jail
Slavko Dokmanovic hanged himself in his cell at the Hague awaiting a verdict in a war crimes trial. The Yugoslav suspect pleaded innocent and faced life imprisonment. his death closes the case and no posthumous verdict will be issued.
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Netherlands
U.N
Slavko Dokmanovic
Dokmanovic
Christian Chartier
Chartier
Yugoslavia
U.N. Yugoslav Tribunal
Drug could prevent HIV infected babies
At the World AIDS Conference doctors report AZT given to pregnant HIV positive women can lower infant infection risk, with Thailand studies showing a shorter, cheaper course may cut costs to about 50 dollars. Caveats include breastfeeding transmission and limited prenatal HIV testing in many regions. The UN AIDS program plans a pilot to offer testing, AZT, and milk formula to about 30,000 women in 12 countries.
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Thailand
Developing World
Mercy Makhlamena
Durban
South Africa
Lynne Morenson
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Bethesda
United Nations
Asia
Africa
Central America
Botswana
Burkina
Faso
Cambodia
Ivory Coast
Honduras
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Europe
Peter Piot
Aids Program
New teen laws tighten curbs as others loosen rules
States enact tougher measures restricting teens on driving drinking marriages and tobacco while easing some limits. New limits on minor alcohol and tobacco sales rise fines and age checks. Some states curb teen driving hours and require guardian consent for at home alcohol service.
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Mississippi
Maine
Kentucky
Kansas
Florida
New AIDS pills cut daily doses by two thirds
Two new drugs Sustiva and Ziagen show equal effectiveness to breakthrough therapies and could reduce daily pill counts from up to 20 to five or six. Presented at the World AIDS Conference, the two medicines may supplement protease inhibitors, with FDA review pending.
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Geneva
DuPont Pharmaceuticals
Sustiva
Glaxo Wellcome
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
UN chief mourns Angola envoy as crash tally grows
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged both sides to push harder to finish the Angola peace process following the death of Alioune Blondin Beye in a charter plane crash east of Abidjan Ivory Coast. Eight others were aboard including seven UN observers and two pilots.
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U.N
Angola
Alioune Blondin Beye
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Beye
Kofi Annan
Vienna
Gunmen Kidnap 13 American Missionaries in Guatemala
In northern Guatemala on a remote ranch eight unidentified gunmen abducted 13 American missionaries from the Nueva Vida group. Police and military later reported they were freed hours later, though details were scarce.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Felix Flores Diaz
Peten
Flores
Nueva Vida
New Life
Defense Ministry
Chili peppers as monkey deterrent in Tokyo fields
A Tokyo team reports success with a new chili pepper defense to keep crop-eating monkeys away. Chili powder is projected from sensors to irritate eyes and noses of passing monkeys, a novel pest control method tested after years of fruitless attempts.
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Tokyo
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