Flight to Cuba sparks reunions at Havana airport
More than 200 travelers welcomed the first direct U S flight to Cuba in two years. Emotions ran high as families long apart reunited at the Havana airport, including Gladys Carpenter meeting her 18 month old grandson and relatives reconnecting after years apart.
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Cuban crowds greet return of direct Cuba flights
At Jose Marti airport hundreds of Cubans welcomed a United Airlines Boeing 767 from Miami as direct U S Cuba flights resumed after Clinton eased a ban. Passengers paid 399 for round trips, flights may drop prices later, while families like Carpenter and her daughter Daisy Dominguez discussed local shortages and work routines.
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Weapons found near rural church spark Orange Order tensions
Police resumed explosives and firearm searches near a rural church in Portadown after finding a submachine gun, two crossbows, and explosives in a field. About 200 Orange Order supporters had protested on a road to the church. eight lodge members were later restricted from the area. The Drumcree dispute has weakened but violence last week injured five officers and a Sunday fire killed three children.
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Exiled Nigerian playwright questions Abiola death
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, speaking at Emory University in Atlanta, questions Abiola's death by heart attack arguing possible slow poisoning. He cites autopsy hints and a four day earlier note of a plot, while Abiola’s 1993 election annulment and later imprisonment are noted.
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U.S. and NATO wary of Kosovo military intervention
Washington officials indicate the United States and NATO are not near any armed intervention in Kosovo. The briefing notes diplomacy as preferred but complex by disputes over who leads the Albanian insurgents and prospects for bargaining. More than 300 people killed since February amid Serb Albanian clashes.
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World Bank opens books to audit after internal probe
World Bank officials say outside auditors will review up to 28.6 billion in annual lending after an internal investigation found possible kickbacks and embezzlement. President James Wolfensohn announced a fraud team and hired PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Touche to conduct the probe.
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Clinton to Impose Sanctions on Nine Russian Firms
The Clinton administration will sanction nine Russian enterprises and institutions aiding Iran's missile program. The action follows a Russian probe into these firms for export control violations, with seven already having aid suspended by the United States.
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Hyundai strikers end nationwide strike in South Korea
Hyundai Motors Co. workers, numbering about 26,000 union members, returned to work on Thursday after a two day nationwide stoppage to protest increasing layoffs. The abrupt halt weakened the broader labor action led by Korea's two major umbrella unions.
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