Big Dig project reshapes Boston's aging Central Artery
The Boston tunnel plan replaces the 30-year-old nine to ten-lane elevated Central Artery with a vast underground expressway. completion eyed for 1998 if planning holds, while anti rat measures are launched to curb rats displaced by construction. The piece also notes related voter settlements and incidents from MOVE bombing in Philadelphia and Hazelwood Exxon Valdez case discussions in Alaska.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Joseph Hazelwood
Thomas Burr
Minneapolis
Hazelwood
Burr
Richard Prouty
Oklahoma
Prouty
Teenager slain over borrowed guns in West Springfield
In West Springfield Massachusetts a 15 year old died after being shot in the face with two guns borrowed from his father. A 14 year old friend was arraigned on juvenile Murder and weapons charges. Police called the incident a tragic result of unsafe gun storage. Chad MacDonald would have turned 16 the next day.
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West Springfield
Mass
Thomas Burke
Chad MacDonald
Haiti政治动荡结束后权力移交促民主进程
报道称Avril被推翻后 Maj. Gen Herard Abraham接管权力并承诺移交给民选政府 Unity Assembly担心军方操控要求他出国，周日及周一全国罢工示威；Avril清晨乘美军运输机离 Haitian前往目的地，华盛顿及白宫表示支持向民主过渡。
Woman named provisional president of Haiti faces historic first
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, 46, emerged as Haiti’s provisional president amid a deadline driven search for a new leader. She would be the island’s first woman president, applauded by supporters as a democratic beacon while she is noted for decades as a jurist, author, and reform advocate.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Supreme Court
Ertha Pascal-Trouillot
Pascal Trovillot
Port-au-Prince’s Bar Association
Nicaragua
Violeta Chamorro
Jean-Claude Roy
Pascal-Trouillot
Ertha Pascal
Petionville
Gonwves Law School
Ernst Trouillot
Ertha
Palace of Justice
Trouillot
United States
Gorbachev plan sparks debate on Baltic independence and bold powers
Moscow debates Lithuania’s bid for independence as Vaidotas Antanaitis reads the declaration of sovereignty. Gorbachev rejects wholesale talks with republics while Lithuania, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Latvia push for negotiations. The proposed presidency would grant sweeping control, including emergency decrees, veto power, and the ability to dissolve the Supreme Soviet, prompting questions about constitutional legitimacy and political alignment.
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Vaidotas Antanaitis
Antanaitis
Lithuania
Moscow
Gorbachev
Ths
Kremlin
Georgia
Algimentas Chekuolis
Congress
U.S.S.R
Mongolian reformers push for new government structure
In Ulan Bator reformers press for a constitutional overhaul as the Politburo plans to abolish power guarantees, hold a special congress, and schedule early elections for a new legislature. Central Committee debates reform with radicals and conservatives unevenly aligned, while leaders anticipate a potentially reshaped Politburo and leadership.
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Ulan Bator
Mongolia
Communist Party
Foreign Ministry
Tepbishim Chimeddorj
Soviet Union
China
Chimeddorj
Central Committee
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Miami
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White House
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Bush
Fitzwater
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Carrefour
Abraham
Liberty
Gilbert Austin
Unity
France
Jean-Claude
Baby Doc” Duva
Lier
Francois “Papa Doc” Duvailier
Duvalier
Henri Namphy
Namphy
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
Port Au Prince
Prosper Autil
Commerce
Association of
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Azerbayan
Estonia
Latvia
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Givi Gumbaridze
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U.S
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