Tensions rise in Nicaragua as hostages freed in Quilali
In Quilali, Nicaragua, former Contras released 20 hostages seized Thursday and promised to free the remaining 21. Rebels led by Analiz Tala vera and other factions dropped demands on Gen Humberto Ortega and Antonio Lacayo in exchange for amnesty and troop withdrawal terms. Pro-Sandinista gunmen in Managua freed two captives amid ongoing crisis.
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Jose Angel
Talavera Analiz
Humberto Ortega
Antonio Lacayo
Mayorga
Managua
Violeta Chamorro
Virgilio Godoy
Donald Mendoza
Esteli
Mass shooting in Germiston leaves 12 dead in race violence
Three attackers opened fire on a crowd outside Scaw Metals factory killing 12 and wounding 20 as funerals unfold. Sunday's violence also hits an Inkatha funeral procession in Tokoza. police cite possible ANC Inkatha tensions amid apartheid reforms. Tsomo Burial Society aids Transkei transport of dead. authorities unsure if attackers linked to rival factions.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Tsomo Burial Society
African National Congress
Inkatha Freedom Party
Inkatha
Tokoza
Weber
Tsomo
Transkei
Scaw Metals
Ephraim
Six GIs hurt in Somalia convoy attack
Six U.S. soldiers in a Mogadishu convoy were lightly wounded when a truck was destroyed by a remotely triggered explosion. Five smaller blasts and small arms fire accompanied the attack on the 22-vehicle convoy, targeting U.N. forces amid ongoing violence blamed on warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. All six were treated and released. they belonged to the U.S. Logistical Support Command.
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Somalia
U.S
Tim McDavitt
U.N
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Maj
David Stockwell
Abortion Doctor Shot Dead in Mobile Club District
Dr. George Wayne Patterson, 44, was killed near his Cadillac after confronting a suspected burglar in Mobile Alabama's nightclub district. A witness said two shots were fired and items were taken from the car. Police noted the motive was unclear amid related anti abortion violence history. Patterson had ties to clinics in Florida and Mobile. a 1990 arson at a Mobile clinic remains unsolved.
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Allan Carpenter
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Bay City
Ken Murphy
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Reich backs raising minimum wage to reflect cost of living
Labor Secretary Robert Reich urged lifting the hourly minimum wage from 4.25 and indexing it to inflation. He argued current pay fails workers from the 1970s and 1980s. Senate Republican Bob Dole opposed linking increases to cost of living, calling it a political and practical mistake.
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Washington
Robert Reich
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Face the Nation
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Bob Dole
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