Public TV groups reach compromise on programming control
Washington AP reports a settlement between the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting Service aims to keep public affairs programs under shared oversight. The agreement, announced by Ralph Rogers and James R. Killian Jr., calls for an arbiter if needed though no third party was named, and seeks private funds to support more public affairs content.
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Protestants face new peace push after Irish Republic president выбор
Irish Republic shocks with English born Protestant Erskine Childers elected president. He aims to bring Catholic and Protestant leaders to the conference table to ease Ulster tensions while Belfast violence and local elections unfold. Childers, 68, faces hurdles due to a largely ceremonial presidency.
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Otis Elevator workers flee Argentina after threat
Thirteen foreign Otis Elevator employees left Buenos Aires after a terrorist blackmail demand from a group calling itself the Trotskyite People’s Revolutionary Army. The group demanded 500000 dollars and a 100 percent pay rise, alleging ties to a Ford extortion case. Otis declined to comment and said operations continued normally.
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Jet crash kills 23 in Brazilian Amazon city
A Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle jet en route from Belem to Rio de Janeiro crashed on landing in Sao Luiz, Amazonas, killing 16 passengers and seven crew members. The flight departed Belem at 6 15 a m on schedule.
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Indian Airlines crash kills 48 near New Delhi
A Boeing 737 crash near New Delhi killed 48 people including four Americans three Britons and a Yemeni woman. Seventeen survived with critical burns or injuries as rescue teams searched the debris. The flight 440 from Madras crashed one minute before landing amid dust and rain, with officials unsure of the cause.
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