Haiti opens parliament amid talks on amnesty for coup officers
Haitian lawmakers resume session after months of closure to debate a late deal offering amnesty to military officers who toppled President Aristide. U.S. troops secure the building and outside areas while Haiti weighs separating police from the armed forces and civilian oversight. Eleven ex-rule senators meet officials to resolve issues as 142 refugees return from Guantanamo camps.
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Aiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Haiti
United States
Canada
Frantz-Robert Monde
Chamber of Deputies
Thomas Eddy Dapiton
Senate
Firmin Jean-Louis
Evans Paul
Daniel Vallon
U.S. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba
Widow pleads guilty in husband murder case in Pamlico County
Patricia Gaskins Brawner, 20, admitted aiding in the killing of her husband William Anthony Brawner, 22, after a love triangle. She pleaded guilty to soliciting to commit murder and accessory after the fact as Jeremy Oakley, 21, faces murder charges for the Sept 1993 stabbing. Oakley is jailed without bond. Tony Brawner died from 14 stab wounds in their Wayne's Trailer Park home.
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Reelsboro
Patricia Gaskins Brawner
Pamlico County
W. David McFadyen Jr
McFadyen
Jeremy Lee Oakley
William Anthony
Tony” Brawner
Brawners
Oakley
Wayne’s
NC 55
Craven-Pamlico County
Brawner
Tony Brawner
State Bureau of Investigation
Cutter back in port after rescue mission
The Gentian returned to Fort Macon after a 52 day patrol off Haiti, aiding Operation Able Manner and Able Vigil. Crewmates rescued more than 100 Cuban and Haitian refugees from Guantanamo Bay to PortauPrince, seizing 1200 pounds of contraband, while a fragile eight-foot raft with eight inner tubes held by twine drifted empty.
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Fort Macon
Coast Guard
Caribbean
Cuba
Haiti
Cmdr
Edwin Daniels Jr
United Nation
Camp Lejeune
Guantanamo Bay
Port-au-Prince
Daniels
Fort Macon crew return from Caribbean duty in 52 day patrols
Fort Macon Coast Guard Station vessels Gentian and cutters Staten Island and Block Island served in Operation Able Vigil and rescue missions for Cuban asylum seekers. Gentian 180 foot with 55 crew returned Monday after 52 days. Staten Island 110 foot with 16 crew due back Thursday after 44 days. Block Island 110 foot with 16 crew deployed 44 days on the East Coast and set to replace Staten Island in the Caribbean.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Brian Edmiston
Gentian
Fort Macon
Caribbean
Staten Island
Block Island
Rose eyes subsidies to scrap federal tobacco quotas
North Carolina congressman Rep. Charlie Rose floats a plan to pay growers about 7.50 per pound to abandon federal quotas, funded by a higher cigarette tax. The proposal aims to replace the quota system with a price support program, citing industry support and discontent with U.S. tobacco buyers. Rose and several NC politicians and industry leaders back discussion at a Charlotte meeting.
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United States
North Carolina
Charlie Rose
Rose
Son
Jim Graham
Jim Hunt
Bob Jenkins
The
North Carolina Farm Bureau
North Carolina Tobacco Growers Association
Charlotte
U.S
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