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...soldiers raided the Port-au-Prince headquarters of the hated Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haitia (FRAPH), and several other locations, in the most dramatic strike yet against the ruling junta's recalcitrant militiamen. The move came hours after pro-junta Haitians in the southwestern town of Les Cayes shot and wounded a U.S. Special Forces soldier. After the raid -- in which about 100 U.S. Army personnel detained at least 10 armed Haitians, including a woman who packed a pistol in her bra -- a crowd of club-wielding pro-democracy demonstrators surged into the compound, trashing and smashing...
...Sweden-bound ferry that sank Tuesday, killing 1,102 people, had a door missing in its bow, according to Swedish authorities. Investigators said the door may have been ripped out by crashing waves, causing the ship to roll over and sink in a matter of minutes off the southwestern coast of Sweden. Another possibility is that the door "may have been left untied," says TIME reporter Ulla Plon in Copenhagen. Authorities maintained that the ferry complied with Swedish maritime safety standards. "They are now looking at whether those safety standards should be changed," says Plon. Investigators are using an unmanned...
That's why the Bells have been going Hollywood. Three weeks ago, the Walt Disney Co., whose chairman, Michael Eisner, had until recently seemed to disdain two-way TV, agreed to team up with Ameritech, BellSouth and Southwestern Bell to develop and distribute movies, games and other programs to home viewers. Not to be outdone, Hollywood dealmeister Michael Ovitz, who heads the powerful Creative Artists Agency, has reportedly been meeting with nynex, Bell Atlantic and Pacific Telesis to discuss the creation of a company of their own that would make and distribute films...
This drive for two-way TV also helps explain the Bells' growing appetite for acquiring cable operations. In July, US West agreed to pay $1.2 billion for two Atlanta cable systems over which it plans to provide interactive-TV service. Among other deals, Texas-based Southwestern Bell reached halfway across the country last year to acquire a pair of cable systems outside Washington. Not only is Southwestern Bell gearing up to provide two-way viewing over those systems, but next year it intends to offer telephone service over those same lines and thereby challenge local phone giant Bell Atlantic...
...consumers, these developing rivalries could mean lower phone and cable- TV bills. In the Washington area, Southwestern Bell plans to offer discounts of as much as 20% below Bell Atlantic's phone rates. In Britain, where US West and nynex joined with British partners and have provided telephone service over cable-TV wires since 1991, subscribers now save an average of 15% on their monthly phone bills...