Study boosts estimate of homeless prevalence
A telephone survey of 1,507 adults suggests about 13.5 Americans have experienced homelessness at some point, highlighting low income as the common risk factor. Critics warn recall bias may inflate figures, noting existing estimates range widely from 400,000 to several million and many snapshots miss duration.
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Washington
Columbia
Michael Horowitz
Hudson Institute
Clinton
Oregon judge blocks assisted death measure from taking effect
A U S District Judge Michael Hogan halted Measure 16, voter approved to allow terminal patients with two doctors consent to a lethal dose, from becoming law while a constitutional challenge proceeds. The ruling pauses the Dec 8 take effect and draws rapid court review.
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Ore
Oregon
U.S
Michael Hogan
Hogan
Tom Balmer
Uns
Portland
Nancy Dorr
National Right To Life
Four priests slain in Algeria attack targeted foreigners
Four Roman Catholic priests, three French and one Belgian, were shot dead in their rectory in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, amid an assault blamed on Muslim extremists seeking to expel foreigners. The strike followed French commandos killing four Islamic radicals who had attacked an Air France jet.
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Algiers
Algeria
Air France
Marseille
Tizi-Ouza
Bloodiest year on record for journalists 1995
Brussels report by the International Federation of Journalists cites 115 journalists killed at work in 1995, including 48 Rwandan reporters amid ethnic and political killings, and 19 slain in Algeria. Most victims were killed by Islamic militants opposed to media criticism of their four year insurgency.
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Brussels
Belgium
International Federation of Journalists
Federation
Algeria
Gift bearing Americans attacked in Honduras
Eight Americans traveling from Minnesota to donate gifts to a Honduran hospital were ambushed near Tegucigalpa. A Honduran driver was killed, two others wounded, and robbers stole an ambulance and a vehicle loaded with presents. The group had joined a Honduran dealer and his wife returning with two cars.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Minnesota
Danii
United States
Jose Noel Hernandez
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