Ancient Egyptian mummies may yield AIDS type virus clues
Dutch researchers will search ancient Egyptian mummies for AIDS like DNA using a new cloning method on skin and bone samples. They aim to detect sequences similar to AIDS and study long term virus evolution. Analyses are planned for early next year.
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Colombia hikes bounty on Escobar amid manhunt
Authorities say Pablo Escobar remains at large in northeastern Colombia as the reward for leading to his capture rises from 400000 to 600000. Gen. Octavio Vargas reports 2000 troops and helicopters continue the search in the Magdalena Medio region amid bribe-related arrests and ongoing jungle patrols.
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Athens Faces Worst Water Shortage in a Century
Greece orders emergency water saving and tanker deliveries to Athens amid drills to tap fresh supplies and repair pipes. Rates rose earlier this year, cutting consumption by 15 percent as reserves may last until the rainy season begins in November.
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MIA hunt to take experts to Cambodia
A U S team will travel to Cambodia on July 24 to examine remains of potential U S servicemen missing from the Vietnam War. Sen Charles Robb said the trip follows his Cambodia visit earlier the year to seek cooperation for accounting the 83 Americans listed as KIA. The effort marks a first since 1975 and reflects U S cooperation with Vietnam and Laos on MIAs. Overall about 2,302 missing Americans are believed to be in Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia.
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Thousands realize a dream at Brindisi ferry arrival
Thousands of weary Albanians disembarked in Brindisi after seven hour journeys from Durres aboard four ferries chartered by West Germany Italy and France. Refugees hailed freedom in Europe while Albanian police faced crowded embassies and Red Cross teams provided milk socks and shirts. About 100000 rallied in Skanderbeg Square backing the communist leadership.
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Albanian family seeks liberty as they flee to Italy
Arjan Xhaferi and his pregnant wife with children among 4,000 Albanians ferried from Albania to Italy in a UN coordinated sealift. They left after escaping a government crackdown, seeking democracy and a better life while facing harsh conditions at the West German Embassy housing.
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Dow crosses 3000 briefly before retreating amid Fed signals
The Dow Jones Industrial Average touched 3,000 for the first time briefly before sliding back. The close was 2,980.20 up 10.40 on the day and up 75.25 for the week. Leaders included IBM, GE, Merck, and Ed Lally with notable moves. Motel 6 and Castle & Cooke also traded heavily as Greenspan signaled possible easing.
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Forecast of showers and storms across the Great Plains and Midwest
Tonight expect showers and fog with a low in the upper 60s. Sunday turns cloudy and humid with showers and a thunderstorm risk, highs in the mid 80s. Showers to develop into thunderstorms for the eastern United States, with Illinois rain and Texas and Minnesota Nebraska storms. Continued weather data on NOAA radio frequencies 167 and 540 MHz.
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Weather forecast and hot spell sweep nationwide
National Weather Service Hancock forecasts a 60 percent chance of showers tonight and 50 percent Sunday with warm humid conditions. Oneida and Onondaga lakes expect southerly winds 6 to 12 knots with showers tonight. Monday and Tuesday look sunny with a chance of rain on Wednesday. Elsewhere a hot, dry spell continues in the West with record electricity use and high temperatures.
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