Emperor Akihito Celebrates 62nd Birthday Today
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko appear in an official photo as he marks his sixty second birthday today. In Rwanda thousands of refugees return from a Burundi camp amid fears of fighting near the camp and at home with the UN evacuating thousands more to camps near the Tanzanian border. Dusty refugees cling to sides of tarpaulin trucks as they travel toward the border town near Burundi.
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Japan
SAKE
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Doomsday cult lawyer questioned in Tokyo case
The former lawyer for jailed doomsday sect leader Shoko Asahara admitted supplying a magazine with Asahara's statement about a follower’s death. Asahara, founder of Aum Shinrikyo, is accused of masterminding the March Tokyo subway nerve gas attack that killed 12 and wounded about 5,500. Prosecutors say he has not confessed to the charges.
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Aum Shinji Kyo
Tokyo
Shoji Yokoyama
Economy top issue shapes 1996 poll for Democrats
Democrats hold a light edge in the 1996 election year AP poll as voters cite jobs and the economy as the top issue. Education and health care follow, with Democrats viewed as better on these, while crime and taxes draw mixed feelings. Age 65 plus prioritizes health care, boosting Democratic support.
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Associated Press
Rose Bowers
Pittshurch
Scott Merrill
New Hampshire
Clinton
ICR Survey Research Group
AUS Consultants
GOP
Fearful Serbs dig up their dead in Sarajevo crisis
In Sarajevo fear rises as Serbs uproot graves to avoid Muslim Croat rule while NATO and UN watchers supervise a shaky ceasefire. The Paris peace accord splits Bosnia into Serb and Muslim Croat zones with troops withdrawing 1.2 miles from front lines to enable elections and reconstruction.
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Alija Izetbezovic
Paris
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Black box found at crash site in Colombia
Investigators recovered a flight recorder at a wrecked American Airlines jet crash near Cali after the Wednesday night crash that left 164 aboard and injured four survivors including two Americans. Family members seek word on missing Nancy and Gonzalo Jr. as rescuers work through forested slopes.
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Colombia
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Cali
Gonzalo Dussan Monrnv
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Nancy
Gonzalo Jr
Red Cross
Somerville
N.J
Vilma Rodriguez
Haiti killings spur partial aid freeze
A group of House Republicans accused the Clinton administration of withholding information on about two dozen Haitian murders opponents of President Aristide. Rep Benjamin Gilman said he would freeze 5 million dollars for a police training program in Haiti while State Department defends the effort as reducing violence. They questioned whether Clinton’s troop deployment and 2 billion in resources are building a stable democracy.
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Tiny preemie Jasmine goes home for Christmas
Jasmine Claudio, born 10 pounds at Centinela Hospital in February after toxemia, left the NICU for home in a Santa outfit. Doctors note she faced lung and ventilation challenges and a trachea tube remains for two years as her lungs mature. Nurses called her Princess Jasmine for her resilience and bright, social personality.
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Centinela Hospital Medical Center
Inglewood
Alice Goree
Centinela
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Goree
Santa Claus
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