Clinton pressuring North Korea to dismantle weapons at Osan
President Clinton urged Pyongyang to halt nuclear program and dismantle weapons as he spoke to U S troops at Osan Air Base in freezing conditions. He toured DMZ patrol posts with 7th Air Force and 51st Fighter Wing elements and visited Guam’s Andersen Base before returning to Washington.
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North Korea
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Earthquakes Leave 30,000 Homeless in China
In Yunnan and Sichuan provinces a pair of earthquakes killed three people and injured 1,543. Officials said about 30,000 residents were left outdoors in cold weather, as the disaster zone lies roughly 1,300 miles southwest of Beijing.
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China
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Yunnan
Yanyuan
Sichuan
Bangladeshi author freed on bail amid threats and risks
Taslima Nasrin, 33, was released on bail after surrendering to authorities ending a period in hiding since returning to Bangladesh in September. She faces blasphemy charges and says she remains at risk from Muslim extremists who have offered a reward for her death. Meanwhile in Israel ten members of the Colorado doomsday sect linked to Monte Kim Muller travel there amid warnings they may act on prophetic plans. police say Muller predicts his death in December 1999 and a three day resurrection. In California a NASA ER-2 set a new altitude record for a medium weight aircraft at 68 700 feet during an atmospheric mission at Dryden.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Thousands line up for look at septuplets home in Carlisle
About 3,500 people toured a 6,400 square foot home built for the McCaughey septuplets, a year after the world’s first living septuplets were born. Visitors from central Iowa and Canada toured the five bedroom, 15 closet house as the family plans to move in.
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Joel
McCaugheys
Donovan Baker
Kenny
Bobbi McCaughey
Ginny Brown
Missionary Baptist Church
Robert Hepworth
Hepworth
Riots erupt in Indonesia targeting churches in Jakarta
Deep seated ethnic and religious tensions sparked Sunday violence in Jakarta with mobs burning at least four Christian churches and attacking others. Six people died and many more were wounded as troops used tear gas and gunfire to quell rioters near the presidential palace amid broader economic crisis and unrest over political reform.
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Widodo
Plane crashes into Oakland school cafeteria killing passenger
A small Cessna crashed into Castlemont High School's cafeteria at 3:15 p.m. injuring the pilot and killing the female passenger. Ground victims were none. Both in their 50s, they were taken to Highland Hospital. FAA investigators arrive to determine cause.
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Cat of the Year winner Ginny is a dog at Westchester show
A 10 year old pet named Ginny won the Cat of the Year award at the Westchester Cat Show in White Plains New York. Although honored as a cat she is part schnauzer and part Siberian husky and reportedly prefers cats to dogs. Ginny’s owner Philip Gonzalez also earned a ribbon for finding homes for many cats and for rescuing felines with special needs.
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Funeral honors Kwame Ture father of Black Power movement
Radical leftists and African unity advocates paid tribute at Kwame Ture's funeral in Conakry Guinea. The former Stokely Carmichael died at 57 from prostate cancer after moving to Guinea in 1968. Speakers praised his lifelong struggle and pan-African calls for revolution and unity. His son Bocar wept as the coffin was buried in a red clay grave.
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Kwame Ture
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