Alps Cable Car Fire Kills About 170 in Kaprun
A Kaprun Austria Alpine tunnel fire killed about 170 skiers and teens aboard a cable car as passengers were pulled through a mountain tunnel. Most perished from smoke and effort to escape while survivors spoke of desperate attempts to break doors and windows. Six Americans were reported among the missing, with a family of four including two children listed among the unaccounted.
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Kaprun
Austria
Manfred Mueller
U.S
Leighton Barracks
Wuerzburg
Germany
Drew Stathis
Stathis
Hans Wallner
Russian airliner hijacked from Dagestan with 58 aboard
A Russian airliner carrying 58 people was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Dagestan. It landed briefly in Azerbaijan before resuming flight. Officials said at least two armed hijackers were aboard demanding to be taken to Tel Aviv.
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Dagestan
Israel
Azerbaijan
Interfax
Tel Aviv
Barak to Meet Clinton on Mideast Violence Surge
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak heads to Washington to press President Clinton as six Palestinians and one Israeli soldier die in Gaza and the West Bank. The six week conflict has claimed 193 lives, mainly Palestinians, prompting hopes for a rapid end.
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Israel
Washington
Mideast
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Ehud Barak
Clinton
White House
Bosnia vote decides fate of ethnic parties
Bosnians voted Saturday in nationwide elections to determine if the country will follow regional trends and reject ethnic parties blamed for fueling the war. The News Service reports on the ballot and potential political realignment.
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Bosnia
Balkan
Lebanon buildings collapse in Naameh killing six
Rescue teams worked with hammers and saws after two four story structures fell in Naameh on Lebanon’s coast. Six dead and seven hours later a 7 month old girl was found unharmed, with reports of a 4 year old sister among the dead. Owner Wafiq Mezher arrested as investigators probe cause.
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Naameh
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Mouna Khan
Ibrahim Omeirat
Khan
Beirut
Civil Defense
Darwish Hobeika
Wafiq Mezher
Ie Associated Fre
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