Aristide names moderate prime minister in Haiti shift
Aristide picks Smarck Michel, a longtime ally with business ties to cooking oil, rice, and gasoline, as his moderate choice for prime minister after dropping Claudette Werleigh. The US plans a police academy to train selected Haitian army and police to meet international standards, aiming for 3,000 new officers by December amid human rights concerns. Cap-Haitien residents previously rejected former soldiers joining interim police due to rights violations.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Aristide
Smarck Michel
Claudette Werleigh
Michel
United States
David C. Meade
U.S
U.S. Justice Department
Meade
Cap-Haitien
Warden, wife and two inmates slain at Alabama prison ranch
In Greensboro Alabama a prison ranch warden Charlie Farquhar was bludgeoned to death along with his wife Doris and two inmates. The four bodies were burned in a house fire. An inmate serving 20 years for theft and attempted murder was arrested on the ranch property hours after the blaze. Kelvin O Neal Washington 27 had not been charged as of Sunday night. The motive was unclear.
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Greensboro
Ala
Charlie Farquhar
Doris
John Hale
Kelvin O’ Neal Washington
Hale
Cuba presses U S to repeal migration pressure measures
Cuba seeks U S repeal of last summer’s economic pressure measures as talks resume, calling the moves absurd and against the migration pact. In Durham, a two year old girl was killed during a public housing shooting as adults ran for safety. Thrill seekers at the North Carolina State Fair set single day and total attendance records before it closed. A Whiteville prison lockdown followed an inmate attack, nine inmates moved to another facility, and guards were bruised. New York reports the Index of Social Health shows improvement in seven areas after years of decline.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
U.S
Ricardo Alarcon
Durham
Shaquana “‘Nuna
Atwater
Few Gardens
Antoinette Atwater
Raleigh
Agriculture
New York
America
Marc
Ship channel back to traffic after sunken boat removal
Houston Ship Channel reopened as salvage crews lifted a sunken tow boat from the San Jacinto River mouth clearing the route for oceangoing traffic. Coast Guard officials called the cleanup dramatically better, though debris and oil sheen persisted in the river as engineers surveyed for obstructions.
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Houston
San Jacinto
Coast Guard
Richard Ford
Peace talks suspended as Sri Lankan election bomb kills candidate
In Colombo the government halted peace talks with Tamil rebels, raised military alert, and postponed elections after a bombing at an election rally killed presidential candidate Gamini Dissanayake and at least three party leaders. Police suspect a woman bomber. Curfew and emergency measures were reimposed nationwide.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Gamini Dissanayake
Tamil Tiger
Dissanayake
United National Party
Tigers
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
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