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...uncertain whether the blast came from a bomb, "but the presumptions are very strong." Some witnesses reported the strong smell of gunpowder after the explosion. Several victims, faces covered with blood, were carried off in stretchers; a nearby restaurant was turned into a rescue base to treat minor injuries. "I saw six or seven people who were wounded; bleeding from their faces and legs. It was scary," one witness told the Associated Press. "Tonight I take the bus." Paris was last hit by a wave of bombings in 1986, when terrorists -- apparently an Iranian-backed Lebanese group -- killed 13 people...
Both these groups are predominantly Republican, as is a third organization run by Charles Kelly, a retired Washington banker and former minor official in the Eisenhower Administration. His main effort is to talk to business friends about giving money to a Powell campaign, to preach the Powell gospel to influential Republicans and to organize a shadow national committee. None of this is big league enough to represent a real political force, but that's not surprising given that they have no real candidate to support...
...While minor differences will undoubtedly be ironed out, more serious questions remain about whether both nations can sustain political and economic support for such an ambitious project. NASA originally estimated that working with the Russians would shave $4 billion off the space station's cost. Later the estimate was revised to $2 billion, then $1.5 billion. A recent report by the General Accounting Office put the savings at a mere $600 million...
...tiptoe between paychecks and have no savings, who ride the bus to the discount stores, who sell their plasma until their veins scar, who don't bother to clip coupons for Cheerios because the generic version is still cheaper, and who can be wiped out by even a minor medical problem...
...morning during a powerful earthquake (5.6 on the Richter scale) centered 75 miles beneath the surface of Sagami Bay to the southwest of the city. The depth of the quake helped to mitigate its force. While the bullet trains lost power for about an hour, and some homes sustained minor structural damage, no injuries were reported...