Man charged with faking medical credentials in Lansing
Dennis E. Roark, 39, was charged in Lansing with forging a medical school degree and other documents to obtain a Michigan doctor’s license. If convicted, he could face up to 14 years in prison. Roark treated patients at a hospital walk-in clinic a few shifts monthly, mainly headaches and backaches, with no major surgeries performed.
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Mich
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Aichigan
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Madison
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Protesting Miami high school riot ends with arrests
In Miami area, a peaceful walkout against Principal Carroll Williams led to a melee at a 2300-student high school. Seven students were arrested for fighting disorderly conduct and inciting a riot after rocks were thrown vending machines smashed and trophy cases damaged. No injuries were reported.
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Miami
Carroll Williams
Miami-Dade County
Williams
Christian Guerrier Jr
Notre Dame valedictorian to address graduates despite blindness
Timothy Cordes, a biochemistry major at Notre Dame with straight A’s, will give the commencement address while preparing for seven years at Wisconsin Medical School. Born with Leber’s disease, he was blind by 14 and is believed to be among the first totally blind medical students in the U.S. He views blindness as an inconvenience and credits hard work and a love of science for his success.
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South Bend
Ind
Timothy Cordes
Notre Dame
University of Wisconsin
Medical School
School of Medicine
Cordes
Leber
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Explosion at Rawalpindi fireworks warehouse kills at least 13
An explosion ripped through an illegal fireworks warehouse in Rawalpindi, flattening a three story building. At least 13 people died including three children and 57 were injured as fires spread to nearby shops and buses. Rescue teams warn of possible further collapses and more fatalities.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Islamabad
Azim Hussein
Raja Bazaar
Jets chartered to evacuate Americans from Jakarta chaos
The U S Embassy arranged three extra Boeing 747s to fly about 800 Americans to Singapore and Bangkok, with another 800 leaving by Friday. Hundreds of expatriates crowded Jakarta airports, some sleeping in the Jakarta International School, as riots hit the capital and looting burned malls.
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Indonesia
U.S
Singapore
Bangkok
Jakarta International School
Tom Jones
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Taiwan
Malaysia
Japan
Hong Kong
Martha Tarore
New Jersey
Tarore
U S shifts from Suharto as Indonesia faces reform speaks
Washington halves its tolerance as Suharto, elected amid protests, faces scrutiny. Clinton urges dialogue and reforms while avoiding calls for his resignation, citing strategic interests. Analysts compare the stance to Marcos in 1986 as U S debates leadership in Indonesia.
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Suharto
Clinton
Birmingham
England
Indonesia
International Monetary Fund
Congo Renamed and New Leader Amid Ongoing Struggles
Congo has changed from Zaire to Congo with Laurent Kabila as leader after Mobutu. The regime pledges anti corruption but faces stubborn unemployment near 75 percent and slow reforms. Hope faded from 1997 celebrations as Kinshasa tightens political repression and economic revival stalls.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Laurent Kabila
Kabila
Mobutu
Patients given mad cow blood in Dutch lung scans
Up to 350 patients in the Netherlands were injected with American Pulmonate II a lung imaging blood product made from British plasma donated by a donor later linked to Creutzfeld Jakob disease. The illness is fatal and tied to mad cow disease which has killed 20 in Britain.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Britain
Pope John Paul II to mark 78th birthday and longest-serving pope
Vatican says John Paul II will turn 78 on Monday and on May 24 become the longest-serving pope this century surpassing Pius XII. He will have a private celebration with close aides and will receive Lithuania's president. Belgium’s king and queen offered early birthday wishes during a Vatican visit.
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John Paul II
Vatican
Pius XII
John Paul
Lithuania
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