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...estimated death toll increased. Doctors Without Borders, an international relief organization, said in Amsterdam that Health Minister Yevgeny I. Chazov told workers the quake had claimed between 50,000 and 60,000 lives. The previous government estimate...
After the blaze was extinguished, fire fighters discovered two smoldering craters, 30 ft. to 40 ft. wide and 7 ft. deep. The death toll in the worst fire-fighting disaster in Kansas City's history: all six of the fire fighters who first arrived at the scene. Investigators suspect arsonists set the fire that ignited more than 20 tons of ammonium nitrate, an explosive used at the construction site. But their search for clues and a motive will be no easy task. The explosion was so destructive that it may have obliterated crucial evidence...
Starr is versatile in the role, playing a wide range of emotions well. He begins the play as a bright-eyed, optimistic and ambitious biologist. But by the end of the play, the weight of the evening's events take their toll on him and Starr's Nick becomes a confused, worn and downtrodden...
...this does not even begin to address the toll of a war that, by Managua's count, has taken 28,547 lives. The Nicaraguan government is asking the U.S. for $12.2 billion in reparations, 25% of which would cover what they call "moral damages." But who is going to assess damages against the Sandinistas for their own incompetence and chronic mismanagement? Since 1979 the Sandinistas' most salient achievements have been to consolidate their power, build a formidable military machine and suppress dissent. While the Sandinistas claim they could triumph in any election, Nicaraguans are voting otherwise with their feet. More...
...elections next March, ARENA is expected to defeat the moderate Christian Democrats, currently headed by President Jose Napoleon Duarte, who is dying of cancer. The new government, backed by a reshuffled military, can be expected to move more aggressively against the guerrillas, which will probably mean a heavier civilian toll...