Word: airport
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES FROM TURKEY WERE ARRIVing at Sarajevo's airport, an occasion that called for an official reception. Because the road from the capital is frequently under fire, Bosnian Deputy Prime Minister Hakija Turajlic chose to travel by U.N. convoy. The precaution was of no avail. En route back to town, the convoy was halted by 40 Serb irregular troops. After 90 minutes, his captors shot Turajlic, a Muslim, seven times in the chest and head through the open door of the U.N. armored car, in the presence of five French peacekeepers. He died at U.N. headquarters, the first high...
...pursuit of business excellence." The country is the world's busiest container port, the third largest oil-refining center, the major exporter of computer disk drives. Its manufacturing relies on multinational corporations, and it has attracted some 3,000 foreign companies with generous tax breaks, ultramodern telecommunications, an efficient airport and tame labor unions...
...plane to Cuba and whisked his entire family to freedom, the pilot and passengers on an internal flight bound for a popular resort tied up their co-pilot, knocked out a security guard with chloroform and, 50 minutes later, were gleefully exchanging high-fives on the tarmac at Miami Airport. All but five of the 53 people aboard requested asylum...
...LITTLE ACAPULCO vacation without the children. When they're left behind with no adult supervision, though, it's a crime. David and Sharon Schoo of St. Charles, Illinois, found that out last week on returning from nine childless days in Mexico. The couple was arrested at O'Hare Airport and charged with felony child abandonment, cruelty to children and misdemeanor reckless endangerment for leaving alone daughters Nicole, 9, and Diana, 4. The girls were left with a refrigerator full of food and a note full of instructions -- but no information on how to contact their parents. The children were found...
Mediation begins. President Neil L. Rudenstine, on vacation in Europe, is accused of "skipping town." When he arrives at Logan airport, he is met by union members bearing flowers. Provost Jerry R. Green accuses the union of spreading "disinformation...