Massacre at Harbel Refugee Camp Described in Liberia
A teen refugee recalls a brutal night in Harbel Liberia where rebels killed about 300 people at a abandoned Firestone rubber plantation camp. U N officials and US spokesmen condemned the slaughter and called for investigations amid a brutal civil war.
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Harrel
Liberia
Sarah Toen Qyn
Sarah
Charles Taylor
Nigeria
Taylor
Harbel
Monrovia
Attack at Pyramids Road injures tourists and Egyptians
A hazardous device dropped from an overpass exploded on the road to the Giza Pyramids, injuring 14 people including five British tourists and one Egyptian dead. Police blamed an explosive in a metal container with nails. Eight Egyptians and four tourists suffered mostly minor injuries. one Egyptian tour guide needed surgery for a lung injury. The incident follows frequent extremist attacks on tourists amid a broader anti-government campaign.
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Cairo
Egypt
Giza Pyramids
Pyramids
Salah el-Derwy
Tourism Ministry
Sayed Bishar
Interior Ministry
Rizk Ahmed Mahmoud
al- Haram Hospital
Menatours
Gunmen fire on U.N. and U.S. bases in Mogadishu
Gunmen opened fire on the U.N. military headquarters in Mogadishu with a machine-gun barrage as clashes with Somali militants kept the city tense. Two Somalis died earlier outside Pakistani and U.S. military headquarters. Snipers fired from two locations while helicopters patrolled with searchlights. no casualties reported.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
U.N
Alties
Stockwell
Shark kills woman diver off Tasmania shores
A 12 foot great white attacked Therese Cartwright a 34 year old diver near a Tasmanian seal colony after mistaking her wetsuit for a seal. Her husband and five children watched from a boat as searchers recovered a leg. Marine biologist John Stevens notes sharks rarely target humans and cites historical Australian shark fatalities since 1791.
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Sydney
Australia
Therese Cartwright
Tasmania
John Stevens
Marine Biol
Guatemala's Ramiro de Leon reshapes military high command
Guatemala's new president Ramiro de Leon Carpio widens reform by replacing the defense chief and naming a more moderate officer to the armed forces. He pledges to purge institutions, press for human rights prosecutions, and seeks unity while stalling major peace talks.
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Amos Sawyer
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Ramiro de Leon Carpio
de Leon
Human Rights
Serrano
Congress
Supreme Court
Garcia Samayoa
26 Chinese immigrants dumped outside Huntington Beach Kmart
A group of 26 male Chinese migrants aged 15 to 40 was dumped outside a Huntington Beach Kmart after a perilous sea voyage from Fujian province. Immigration agents say they traveled with a larger group of about 100, crossed from Mexico, were held in an Orange County safe house, and were en route to New York City. The driver fled, possibly fearing pursuit, as smugglers lost out on at least 500,000 in fees since travelers paid only a fragment of the 25,000 to 30,000 owed.
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China
Fujian Province
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Orange County
New York City
John Brechtel
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Los Angeles
Brechtel
OPEC leader urges end to overproduction to restore credibility
Geneva AP report notes Alicio Parra,Venezuela oil minister and OPEC president, calls on cartel members to curb output in line with demand and adopt a summer production accord. IEA data show OPEC nations produced 24.2 million bpd last month, Iran and Nigeria over quotas, helping keep prices low.
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Geneva
OPEC
Alicio Parra
Venezuela
International Energy Agency
Iran
Nigeria
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Joe Sills
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United States
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United Nations Children's Fund
Augustine Mahiga
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
British Broadcasting Corp
Middle East
U.S
Nile Bann
Asi
U.S. Army
David Stockwell
Thomas
James
Luke
Ogist
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Stevens
Midtown Manhattan
Tinseltown
Bank One
Bank One Home Equity
Cleveland
Nin Ou
Orange County Register
Huntington Beach
Calif
Kmart
Eld Lake
Fea
Dope
Oberlin Ues
Nestlake
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