Rev Jackson’s wife released from prison after protest trespass
Jacqueline Jackson, 57, walked from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo Puerto Rico after a 10 day sentence for trespassing during Vieques island protests. She described the experience as humiliating while noting solitary confinement during a strip search and alleged intimidation. About 70 protesters remain jailed as Navy training continues amid calls to halt exercises.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Jesse Jackson
Vieques Island
Jacqueline Jackson
Guaynabo
U.S. Navy
Bush
U.S. District Court
Daniel Dominguez
Jackson
Bureau of Prisons
Robert Kennedy Jr
al Sharpton
New York
Jose Paralitici
All
Congressmen blast Navy chief over Vieques pullout plan
Congressmen pressed Navy Secretary Gordon England at a Capitol Hill hearing over the decision to withdraw from Vieques Island by May 2003. Several lawmakers warned the move could harm military readiness and set a dangerous precedent while accusing the administration of bowing to protesters and politics. Rep. James V. Hansen warned of a propagandized Vieques debate and warned Okinawa and Korea could follow.
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Navy
Gordon R. England
Vieques Island
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Bush
Atlantic
U.S
James V. Hansen
Utah
Vieques
Okinawa
Korea
Hansen
Pope bids farewell in Ukraine unity call in Lviv
Pope John Paul II wraps a five day visit to Ukraine with a farewell at Lviv airport urging unity and harmony as essential for peace and social development He thanked Ukraine as homeland of faith and dialogue and urged reconciliation among long divided religious factions and nations
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Lviv
Ukraine
John Paul II
Community of Nations
John Paul
Rome
Kiev
Kuchma
Associated Press
Pope John Paul I
Leonid Kuchma
Dole undergoes experimental aneurysm procedure
Former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican candidate Bob Dole, 77, underwent an experimental stent graft to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the Cleveland Clinic. Three surgeons inserted the Y-shaped stent through a leg incision. he remained in satisfactory condition and is expected to recover within days.
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Cleveland
Bob Dole
Dole
Cleveland Clinic
Kenneth Ouriel
Elizabeth
Ouriel
Senate
Kansas
Oariel
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Immigrant Smuggling Ring Nets Nearly 8000 Arrests
The three week international sting named Operation Crossroads International arrested about 8,000 people from 39 countries. INS officials report 75 smugglers faced charges, including 38 for smuggling. Drug seizures valued at $9 million accompanied the arrests. Aided by hotel, airport, highway and safe house checks, the operation spanned the United States Canada and 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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Washington
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Canada
Crossroads International
INS
Kevin Rooney
Colorblind worker sues county over firing in 1997
Riviera Beach resident Cleveland Merritt, 54, sues Palm Beach County alleging ADA discrimination after his 1997 firing for colorblindness that made it hard to distinguish among 19 colored traffic-light wires. The EEOC already ruled discrimination occurred, while the county defends the action as job-related failure.
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Fila
Palm Beach
Cleveland Merritt
Riviera Beach
The
Palm Beach Post
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Merritt
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