Navy flier appeals ban ruling after 3-0 discharge vote
Lt. j.g. Tracy Thorne, 25, faced anti gay slurs after Oceana board of inquiry recommended an honorable discharge amid a military ban on homosexuality. He plans to appeal to the Navy secretary or seek federal court, while defense officials say homosexuality is compatible with service.
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Virginia Beach
Oceana Naval Air Station
J.g. Tracy Thorne
Thorne
Secretary of the Navy
Sean O'Keefe
Defense Department
Five Children Die In Pittsburgh House Fire
A three story brick house in Pittsburgh burned Friday night killing five children. The youngest was four weeks old. A mother rescued two others by throwing them to neighbors and then jumped to safety. Terrence Spears and other teens aided by catching a child from the smoke filled alley.
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Pittsburgh
Charlie Dickinson
Kimberly Fry
Terrence Spears
Fry
Spears
Slaughter at Bronx Fieldston petting zoo shocks camp
Police report two goats, a sheep, a pig and six rabbits killed at a summer camp petting zoo on 18 acre Fieldston School campus in Riverdale New York. Janet Hirschfeld describes the animals as domestic and accustomed to children and says no signs of occult involvement or mutilation.
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Bronx
Fieldston School
Riverdale
Janet Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld
Mines halt first U.N. relief convoy to besieged Goradze
In Bosnia, a mine blocked the initial U.N. relief run toward Goradze as Serb forces close in. The three trucks later returned to Sarajevo airport. more aid efforts and refugees move toward Germany and Croatia amid ongoing clashes.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Goradze
Janimiad
Germany
Bosnia
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Bonn
Dervo Harbinja
Mass starvation feared as UN seeks Mogadishu monitors
A UN official warns of mass starvation in Somalia and aims to win rival clan warlords to back unarmed truce monitors in Mogadishu. Secretary General Boutros-Ghali pushes urgent airlift to the Horn of Africa while envoy Mohammed Sahnoun hopes monitors patrol by Monday to offer a symbolic presence amid drought, corruption, and conflict. About 1.5 million on brink of starvation and 4.5 million in need of aid.
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Somalia
U.N
New York
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Horn of Africa
Mohammed Sahnoun
Algeria
Sahnoun
Baker urges early start for Mideast talks
Secretary of State James A. Baker pressed for a fast track to new bargaining, seeking an Aug. 10 start in Washington with Arab and Israeli negotiators. Washington, Moscow and Rome back the talks, Rabin’s concessions aligning with U S aims as Bush weighs a $10 billion loan guarantee to Israel amid an election year.
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Philippines
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Yitzhak Shamir
Shamir
U.S
Saddam warns end to impasse amid Gulf crisis
Saddam Hussein faces US and United Nations demand for an immediate response as Iraq resists U.N. inspections. Cheney and Baker criticize Iraq while Bush lines up a Camp David retreat before resuming campaign travel.
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Philippines
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Molson Breweries USA Acknowledges Delayed Beer Price Rise
John Barnett, president of Molson Breweries USA, Inc., says American consumers will not feel the new duty for weeks due to库存 stockpiles. Katz notes government monitoring to prevent Ontario brewers from routing exports through neighboring provinces to dodge the duty.
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Molson Brewenes USA, Inc
U.S
Molson
Barnett
Katz
Canada
Ontario
Lawyer says Congress knew of Contra supply network
Former CIA official Clair George faced trial amid claims that Congress already knew about Oliver Norths covert network financing the Nicaraguan Contras. Senator John Kerry testified he did not receive straight answers when questioned about a supply plane downed in October 1986.
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Iidden
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John Kerry
D-Mass
Priday
Nicaragua
Richard Hibey
White House
Oliver North
Raw
Central America
Hibey
Clar George
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CLA
Craig Gillen
North
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Kerry
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Max Gomez
Eugene Hasenfus
Gomez
Felix Rodriguez
Bush
Three Democrats refuse to testify in House post office probe
Three Democratic lawmakers Dan Rostenkowski Austin Murphy and Joseph Kolter say they will invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying before a federal grand jury about the House post office inquiry. They call the probe a political fishing expedition and witch hunt while a separate Justice Department review targets the now closed House bank with a timetable extending into September.
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House Post Office
Dan Rostenkowski Ofllinois
Austin J. Murphy
Joseph Kolter
Pennsylvania
U.S
Jay B. Stephens
Stephens
Thomas S. Foley
Mark Lied
United States
Dupallue
House Democrats
Post Office
Jim Smyth
Justice Department
House
Malcolm R. Wilkey
Wilkey
Weekend Rain Forecast With Offbeat Weather Mix
Cloudy skies over Nebraska and Arizona as storms trigger floods and rescues. In Phoenix six inches of rain caused evacuations near west-central areas. Supai village isolation noted on the Havasu Reservation. Thunderstorms reached Syracuse area in Nebraska with water six feet deep.
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Phoenix
Havasupai
Supai
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Syracuse
Omaha
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