Dam disaster toll in Gujarat dam failure may reach 25000
Unofficial estimates from New Delhi say 10000 to 25000 may have died in the Machu River dam collapse in Gujarat. Relief efforts are hampered by monsoon rains as Morvi and nearby Lilapur Adepar were hardest hit when a dam overflowed and breached another downstream. The Hindustan Times cites 25000 deaths based on affected populations. United News of India suggests 10000. officials report at least 1000 drowned in Morvi area.
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United News of India
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Factions clash again in Tehran streets during power struggle
About 350 members of the People's Fedayeen guerrilla group clashed with a Muslim faction described as anti Fedayeen in Tehran for a third day. Pars state troops fired into the air to separate both sides after the Fedayeen protested the Monday takeover of their headquarters by revolutionary guards. No injuries were reported.
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Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
People’s Fedayeen
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Fedayeen
Tehran University
Oil patches wash ashore on South Padre Island beaches
Corpus Christi reports two oil patches from a runaway Mexican well reached South Padre Island beaches near resort hotels, about 90 miles from a larger patch that floated ashore earlier. Coast Guard spokesman Jim McGrawmachan said winds would keep spreading slicks to odd places, with more fouling expected in the next two days.
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GM unit to aid Chrysler with new car financing
The GM Acceptance Corp will provide 230 million dollars to purchase receivables from Chrysler Financial Corp to fund dealer inventories. Purchases will occur monthly through January, marking Chrysler Financials second receivables sale in a week amid its credit troubles.
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Roof collapse at Rosemont Horizon kills five workers
Investigators probe debris from the Rosemont Horizon roof failure that killed five carpenters and injured fifteen more. Witnesses described vibrations from airplanes overhead and a building collapse resembling a war scene as responders from Chicago and nearby suburbs searched the wreckage of the all wood roof structure near O'Hare International Airport.
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Rosemont Horizon
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Stephens
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O’hare
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Prorok
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Neal Callahan
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Three Mile Island to vent tiny radiation during recovery
Safe venting of radioactive air will occur this fall from the damaged Three Mile Island containment building as part of a 400 million recovery project. General Public Utilities says the venting will occur over about 30 days and produce a dose well below dangerous levels with ample advance notice.
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Three Mile Island
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Two men charged with murder over boat of Haitian refugees
West Palm Beach police said James Knowles of the Bahamas and Jeffrey Hastings of Hypoluxo are charged with six counts of first degree murder after six drownings when the smuggling boat forced passengers into deep water near shore. Survivors said the captain ordered everyone overboard and fired into the air to push people into the water. The boat paid smugglers $550 per person to reach the United States.
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Fla
United States
Marie Ange Toussaint
James K. Knowles
Tarpon Bay
Bahamas
Jeffrey Robert Hastings
Hypoluxo
Knowles
Hastings
South Palm Beach
Kurt Halbin
Halvin
Albin
David Ward
Ward
John W. Ferguson
Delray Beach
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