World Yugoslav tribunal opens in The Hague hearing
From The Hague three judges opened the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal the first international war crimes hearing since World War II. Prosecutor Richard Goldstone requested Tadic's surrender from German authorities as the panel considered jurisdiction over the torture murder case of Bosnian Serb Dusan Tadic.
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Richard Goldstone
Tadic
Munich
Joeng Sklebitz
Germany
Goldstone
Nuremberg
Hague
Tokyo
Security Council
Prijedor
Bosnia
Michael Keegan
Keegan
Early voters flock to Craven Pamlico and Jones counties
Robyn L. Davis reports voters in Craven Pamlico and Jones counties cast ballots early on hot local topics. Craven County elections supervisor Kathleen Orringer notes Township 7 in Grantham Precinct and Trent Woods as especially busy as residents decide whether to turn the area into a new district.
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Craven
Pamlico
Jones Counties
Board of Election Supervisors
Kathleen Orringer
Craven County
Township 7
Grantham
Trent Woods
Neuse Forest incorporation debate draws voters at fire station
Voters at the Old Cherry Point Road fire station in Neuse Forest gathered at dawn amid heated support and opposition. Campaigners lined the entrance as residents weighed incorporation, while a sign urged voting in favor before the board adjusted the display to read Vote Nov 8.
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Craven County
Cherry Point Road
Neuse Forest
Old Cherry Point Road
Township 7
Board of Elections
State Attorney General’s Office
Gary
Long Election Day Pressure on Party of Government
In a mud-splattered midterm, the American public votes on direction as Democrats fear losing Senate grip while Republicans aim for House gains. President Clinton tours swing states urging upbeat, aggressive problem solving, just before election day. Clashing moods color forecasts as GOP eyes stalled Clinton agenda and Democrats weigh heavy losses.
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House
Clinton
Minnesota
Delaware
Washington
GOP
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Mario Cuomo
New York
Thomas Foley
Pamlico County rejects central sewer plan at hearing
About 200 residents pressed county commissioners Monday night to oppose a central sewer system saying it would displace fixed income residents. Commissioners voted to spend 50 000 on environmental studies if grants can fund by March.
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Jose
Pamlico County
Whartonsville
Robin Doxey
Shuttle monitors confirm hole in Antarctic ozone
From Space Center Houston aboard Atlantis surveyed Earth's atmosphere as a French astronaut tested an aluminum pipe to cool future spaceships. Instruments in the shuttle's payload bay scanned for dozens of gases including the ozone layer that shields life from ultraviolet rays. NASA scientist Michael Gunst on said his ozone monitor aboard Atlantis confirms findings from orbiting satellites.
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Earth
Shuttle
NASA
Michael Gunson
Gunman opens fire at Wickliffe Middle School
Paranoid schizophrenic Keith Ledeger returned to his former middle school with a shotgun and killed custodian Peter Christopher while wounding four others before being shot and arrested. A police officer and a teacher remain in critical condition. 500 students were unharmed.
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Keith A. Ledeger
Jim Fox
Tanya Krishack
James A. Anderson
Lowell Grimm
Grimm
Thomas Schmidt
Gordon Gerber
Gerber
Ledeger
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
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