Experts toast rollback of Pisa tower years of lean
In Pisa Italy engineers celebrated ending the major effort to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa and declared it safe for centuries. Professors and officials noted the lean was reduced to 13.5 feet off plumb with a return to pre 1990 height and planned reopening for tours likely in November.
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London
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Burland
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Pavia
Putin arrives in Yugoslavia for talks with Kostunica
Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in Belgrade for a short working visit to discuss support for Yugoslavia s pro democracy government. He meets President Vojislav Kostunica as Moscow pledges aid to repair damage from NATO air campaign and supply natural gas.
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Yugoslavia
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Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Kosovo
Russia
Balkans
Igor Ivanov
Bomb kills 15 at rally in Narayanganj near Dhaka
A bomb at a Awami League rally in Narayanganj killed at least 15 and injured about 100 as Shamim Osman spoke. Police detained a man named Liton. no group claimed responsibility. The attack comes amid tense political rivalries ahead of October elections.
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Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina
Awami League Party
Narayanganj
Shamim Osman
Liton
Hasina
Mosharaff Hossain
Osman
Chittagong
Gopalganj
Thousands rally for cannabis legalization in London park
In a rain soaked London protest, about 30,000 attendees packed a Brixton park for the Cannabis Freedom Festival calling for cannabis decriminalization. Speakers urged reform while bands from Europe Africa and Brazil performed and vendors sold hemp ice cream clothing and a Ganja cookbook. No arrests were reported.
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