Survivors vigil amid rubble in Neftegorsk after 7.5 quake
In Okha and Neftegorsk, Russia, rescue teams labored through the night under floodlights as a magnitude 7.5 earthquake left almost 1,000 survivors found and about 400 bodies recovered. Officials warned the death toll could exceed 2,000 and promised relief measures including field hospitals and an ice breaker to clear a hospital path.
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Neftegorsk
Russia
Okha
Mikhail Yalch
Anton
Yalch
Star-Tass
Yaldh
NTV
Marines Near Bosnia Move By Sea To Adriatic En Route Crisis
Marines from Cherry Point and New River are part of a 2000-strong force steaming toward a position in the Adriatic near Bosnia Herzegovina. President Clinton favoring U.S. troop deployment, though no action decision. U.S. Marines aboard three ships in a holding pattern under AF SOUTH command.
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Cherry Point
New River Marine Corps Air Stations
Adriatic Sea
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Clinton
U.S
U.N
Melanie Morrell
Allied Forces South
Afsouth
Naples
Italy
Bosnia
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Morrell
U.S. Navy
Camp Lejeune
24Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
MEU
Martin R. Berndt
8Th Marines
Memorial Day observances honor American war dead
Veterans across North Carolina marked Memorial Day with ceremonies at Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain and Wayne Community College. Generals and officers emphasized the lasting impact of sacrifices in World War II and other conflicts while urging continued support for a strong military.
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Neal Price
Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
Black Mountain
Price
North Carolina
Wayne County
Air Force
U.S
Col
David Young
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Wayne Community College
Wayne County Veterans Association
Oklahoma City
Young
America
Russia Joins NATO Peace Program in Boost to Ties
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev confirmed Moscow will join NATO’s Partnership for Peace, easing fears of encroachment and enabling joint drills and information sharing. NATO officials welcomed the move as a step toward an enhanced Russia NATO relationship following talks in Noordwijk with U S and European leaders.
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Russia
NATO
Noordwijk
Andrei Kozyrev
U.S
Warren Christopher
Christopher
Kozyrev
Boris Yeltsin
Clinton
Partnership For Peace
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tornado kills three in Berkshire Mountain town search continues
A rare northeast tornado ripped a five mile by 300 yard path through Great Barrington and neighboring towns on Monday, killing three people from Eagleton School and injuring at least 24 others. Rescue teams from Connecticut and New York joined the search as authorities evacuated Timberlyn Heights residents and stretched crews to reach inaccessible areas.
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Louis Sinico
Berkshire Mountain
Ed McCormick
Great Barrington
Egremont
Monterey
Joseph Kellogg
Bruce Bona
Eagleton School
Bona
Timberlyn Heights
Ing Home
Fairview Hospital
Claire Bowen
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Charles Haddad
Haddad
Bowen
Connecticut
New York
Massachusetts
New York State
Boston
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Okha, Sakhalin Island
The
Associated Press
Sarajevo
Balkans
Split
Adriatic
avery/Sun Journal
Edward Peterson
Grace Dixon
Vanceboro
Mark Dixon
National Cemetery
New Bern
Dixon
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Adm
George Emery
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Ann Landers
Or Great Barrington, Mass Mass
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