Brcko Corridor Fights Intensify as Bosnian Serbs Brace
Bosnian Serbs warn the Brcko corridor could decide the war as Muslim Croat forces press prep for an attack. Col Pero Covic says 50,000 foe troops threaten Serb lines along the narrow link between east and west. Civilians remain on the front in Brcko amid mobilization and wartime fear.
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Bosnia
Brcko
Pero Covic
Dan Bitere
Breko Long
Serbia
Croatia
Covic
Kozarace
Sava
Bosn
Kupres
Miodrag Pajic
Truck Driver Cited In Coastal Fuel Tax Sting
Bryan Mackey of Emerald Isle was pulled from his W F Parker Construction truck at Clarks rest stop on US 70 in an Operation Blue Flame sting. Eight DMV officers stopped 18 wheelers within five miles starting 6 30 a m. The $3 000 fine raises attention from IRS and NC Revenue. NBC Nightly News filmed the enforcement as part of a nationwide fuel tax evasion probe.
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Emerald Isle
Clarks
US 70
Division of Motor Vehicles
Mackey’s
Maj
David Richards
Barbara Albright
Greensboro
IRS
Mackey
W.F. Parker Construction
Cape Carteret
N.C. Department of Revenue
NBC Nightly News
Tomb of Patriarchs reopens amid security changes
Eight months after a massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the site reopened with new security measures including separate facilities and metal detectors. About 60 worshippers visited during morning prayers as Muslims and Jews criticized the division. Some 15 Jews entered at opening time despite ongoing tensions and boycotts.
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Avishai Raviv
Raviv
Eyal
Kaci
Baruch Goldstein
Kach
Ian Biran
Israel Radio Today
Falih Raseb
Yesser Arafat
Palestinian Self-Rule Authority
Barnes to receive TransPark consulting job plan
The NC Global TransPark committee plans to delay hiring an executive director and offer a consulting position to acting counsel Henson Barnes of Goldsboro and John Nichols. Nichols opposes the move, calling it a political plum, as Barnes and Nancy Stallings faced criticism at prior hearings. The role pays about $75,000.
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N.C
Henson Barnes
Nancy Stallings
New Bern
Global Foundation
Barnes
Transpark
Advances in air crash survivability spark new safety ideas
Air safety experts say surviving crashes is not luck but can be improved. Research aims include seat airbags and sprinkler systems to douse post crash fires and even parachute ideas for small planes. While near impossible to guarantee survivors, FAA and researchers push incremental safety gains to reduce fire spread and improve egress after crashes.
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Indiana
Usair
Pennsylvania
Terrence Weisshaar
Purdue University
United Airlines
Sioux City
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
Jeffrey Marcus
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aeromedical Institute
Oklahoma City
Weisshaar
FAA
Gus Sarkos
Pomona
N.J
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