Fog and fast drivingfuel deadly Italian fog crash
A major fog driven pile up on Italy's A4 highway near Soave, Verona killed at least 11 people and injured hundreds as 300 cars collided in dawn rush hour. Rescue crews rushed survivors to hospitals while authorities warned speed limits are ignored in dense morning fog.
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Rome
Italy
Roberto Mice
Automobile Club of Italy
Miceli
Enula Romagna
Milan
Venice
North Korean leader's wife may seek asylum in South Korea
A report cites Sung Hae Rim, 59, an estranged wife of Kim Jong Il, having vanished from a Swiss villa near Moscow amid her split and possible underground move toward asylum in South Korea. The brief item notes the dramatic marital split and travel concerns.
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Seoul
South Korea
Kim Jong I
Sung Hae Rim
Moscow
Kim
Conermen Tibo
Sai
Hope Aims For Tunnel Rescue In Japan
In Furubira Japan rescuers on day four struggle to blast into a highway tunnel buried by a massive boulder where 20 people remain trapped. The government orders a nationwide tunnel inspection to prevent future cave-ins, with safety checks to be finished by March end at thousands of risky sites.
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Furubira
Japan
Bosnian Serbs Clash With UN War Crimes Tribunal
NATO's transfer of two Serb officers to the U N war crimes court in The Hague risks undermining the Bosnia peace accord. Gen Djordje Djukic and Col Aleksa Krsmанovic were moved under guard from Sarajevo to the prison, triggering Serb protests and fears of further diplomatic strain with NATO.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
NATO
U.N
Hague
Netherlands
Velibor Ostone
Christian Chartier
Djordje Djukic
Aleksa Krsmanovic
Bosnia
Vienna
Djukic
Krsmanovic
Haiti crash kills nine on Port au Prince flight
An AP report says a Haiti Air Express Nomad twin turboprop crashed after takeoff from Port-au-Prince on Monday. Nine people were killed and five seriously injured. The flight was carrying 12 passengers and two crew bound for Cap-Haitien. one pilot was French and the other Belgian.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Haiti Air Express
Port-au-Prince International
Radio Metropole
North
Coma patient six months pregnant faces no joy from baby
A 29 year old woman in Rochester is six months pregnant while in a coma. She has been comatose for 10 of her 29 years and was impregnated by a person connected to an incident. Her parents refuse abortion and the pregnancy proceeds without anticipated celebration. Her life showed great promise before the accident.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
John Kitzhaber
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Rochester
N.Y
Justice system holds 4 of 10 young blacks in California
A study by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice shows nearly 40 percent of California black men in their 20s were in prison on probation or on parole last year. Whites in the same age group were 5 percent and Latino men 11 percent. The report notes higher drug offense arrests for blacks and critiques public policy. Mayor Willie Brown urged rehabilitation over incarceration. Two-thirds of black and Latino men in California were arrested at least once between ages 18 and 80.
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San Francisco
California
Center On Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Willie Brown
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U.S
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Cornell University
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