Assassination of Sri Lankan President and Global Briefs
In Colombo President Ranjan Premadasa was killed by a bomber linked to alleged use of wine and women by a palace valet. The assailant Kumarasingha Weerakumar detonated over two pounds of explosives beside the president as he led a cycle rally. The valet also died. In Israel Maj. Yossi Amit was jailed for espionage in 1987. In New York a Jesus show opened with anti Semitic elements removed after protests. A total lunar eclipse set for Friday affected wide regions. In Michigan voters rejected a school funding plan by 54 to 46, the third such defeat in four years.
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Colombo
Kumarasingha Weerakumar
Jerusalem
Israel
Dedi Zucker
Parliament
Law and Constitution Committee
Haifa
Yossi Amit
Army
New York
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Radio City Music Hall
Guinier fights for Senate hearing on civil rights post
Rights nominee Lani Guinier defends her bid to be the nations chief civil rights enforcer saying fairness requires a Senate hearing to respond to distortions. Clinton aides signal opposition may doom the nomination, amid reports he might withdraw it.
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Clinton
Lani Guinier
Fairness
Senate
Abc-Tv
Guinier
New York Times
White House
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Times
University of Pennsylvania
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
ABC
Washington Post
Navajo Medicine Tie Guides Fight Against Illness
Beulah Allen, a 56 year old Navajo doctor at Fort Defiance Indian Health Service Hospital, blends tribal and Western medicine to treat a fast spreading flu like illness that has killed 13. Navajo leaders urge cooperation with scientists and enlist medicine men to aid the investigation while taboos complicate autopsies.
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Fort Defiance
Ariz
Beulah Allen
Allen
Fort Defiance Indian Health Service
Peterson Zac
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Zah
Chinese boat seized off California coast in latest Coast Guard action
Coast Guard crews intercepted a fishing vessel off California with 120 Chinese immigrants aboard amid ongoing seizures. Moss Point spokesmen report the boat was tracked for days before boarding and detaining the occupants.
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California
Coast Guard
Moss Point
New York
Miss America Lectures on AIDS Education in Florida
Leanza Cornett, Miss America, was barred from saying condoms or AIDS during Florida school visits while she promotes AIDS education. At Wolfson High in Jacksonville she described glove use for safety and urged students to stay in school avoid drugs and make right choices. In Bradford County officials advised against mentioning AIDS at three elementary schools.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Leanza Cornett
Florida
Cornett
Wolfson High School
Bradford County
Kasey Dowling
Southside Elementary
Turks riot after tense Cologne memorial service
After a memorial for five Turks killed in a fire bombing, thousands gathered in Cologne as protesters clashed with police. President Weizsaecker cautioned that rightist violence threatens civilization while booing greeted Turkish officials and calls grew for action from Bonn.
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Germany
Richard von Weizsaecker
Bonn
Weizsaecker
Helmut Kohl
Turkey
Kohl
Solingen
Onur Oymen
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