Confederate soldier statue seeks preservation at Cedar Hill Cemetery
In Suffolk a group of Sons of Confederate Veterans hires expert Nicolas Veloz to assess Cedar Hill Cemetery memorial to Civil War soldiers after long decline. Repair costs remain undetermined until work starts, highlighting ongoing heritage efforts. In Massachusetts a father and son from West Virginia died in a light plane crash near Hanscom Air Force Base, identified as Thomas E. Ludovico and Christopher Ludovico.
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Suffolk
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Tom Smith
Cedar Hill
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Nicolas F. Veloz
Lincoln, Mass
West Virginia
Hanscom Air Force Base
Thomas E. Ludovico
Christopher Ludovico
Parkersburg
W.va
Crockford
Soldiers' IDs restored for Civil War soldiers at Union Dale
World War II veteran George Ed Evans enlisted comrades to identify 260 Civil War soldiers buried at Union Dale in north Pittsburgh. New headstones are ready, with only one soldier remaining unidentified. Bill Reynolds, 80, says Evans, who died in March, urged that the effort not die.
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Pittsburgh
George
Ed” Evans
Union Dale
Bill Reynolds
Evans
Reynolds
Lost man survives on roots for 8 days near Canada
In Minnesota near the Northwest Angle a 69 year old Pembina man survived eight days living on lily pad roots in woods before a passing couple found him by a road. John C Johnson was taken to Roseau hospital where nurses said he appeared stable and walked to the bed.
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Minneapolis
Canada
John C. Johnson
Pembina
N.D
Roseau
Minn
Muriel Fevold
Belfast politicians Face Difficult Path After Peace Pact
Protestants and Catholics unite in support of the Northern Ireland peace agreement as elections loom for a multiparty government. Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble may need Protestant backing for a Sinn Fein inclusive government while Gerry Adams faces pressures over IRA disarmament. Voters backed the compromise accord by Friday, a historic result amid cross community tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster Unionist Party
David Trimble
Sinn Fein
Gerry Adams
Trimble
Adams
Indonesia’s Habibie faces early election push from new ministers
Indonesia’s new leader Habibie confronts a push for early elections as five cabinet ministers joining Ginandjar Kartasasmita demand a parliamentary vote to choose a new president. Opposition figure Amien Rais says Habibie agreed to hold elections. government officials unavailable. The unrest follows Suharto’s resignation ending 32 years in power.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Ginandjar Kartasasmita
Amien Rais
Habibie
Rais
Suharto
Ginandjar
Finance
Bank Indonesia
Indone
Immigrant labor under siege in Vidalia onion fields
Juan Cano clips onions in a 90 degree Georgia field as Mexicans fill 50-pound bags for the Vidalia harvest. The INS Southern Denial raid halted after a week amid a truce with farmers who rely on 4,000 to 5,000 migrant workers. Farmers say American workers won’t do the field work, stressing dependence on migrants.
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Jose Escobar Cruz
W.J. Grimes
Whitfield County
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Lyons
Juan Cano
Cano
Vidalia
INS
Georgia
Sam Hall
Labor Department
Taliban religious police tighten Islamic law in Kabul
Taliban officials say a fresh campaign lashes men with short beards and beats taxi drivers for carrying unaccompanied women. Nearly 500 men lashed in Kabul, 10 taxi drivers beaten, and over 100 women reprimanded for not fully covering faces as the movement widens its strict rule across about 85 percent of Afghanistan.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Taliban
Bus Crash Kills 16 Buddhist Pilgrims in Thailand
A Thai bus carrying sixteen Buddhist pilgrims plunged down a steep slope near the Burma border, killing 16 and injuring 27. The group, bound for a famed Sangklaburi temple, was traveling about 230 miles northwest of Bangkok when the accident occurred, FM 100 radio reported.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Burma
Sangklaburi
FM 100
Hijacked plane forced to land as fuel runs out
An airliner carrying 38 people was hijacked while en route from Baluchistan to Karachi. The Pakistan International Airlines Fokker Friendship landed in Hyderabad after running low on fuel, with hijackers still aboard and weapons unspecified.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines
Baluchistan
Karachi
Karachi International
Hyderabad
Sphinx Smiles Again at Cairo Restoration Ceremony
After a decade and 2.5 million, the Sphinx in Giza regains its smile as Egypt marks the restoration. President Mubarak will attend with an orchestra and light show while workers rejoined the limestone blocks to stabilize the paws legs and stomach of the lion body and human head.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
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Raleigh General Hospital
Sphinx
Carpenter
Priddy’s
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