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Emergency relief officials said at least 6152 people had been left homeless by Typhoon Thelma. People were being sheltered in local schools and government buildings...
SEOUL, South Korea--At least 42 people were killed and 66 others were missing yesterday after Typhoon Thelma smashed across the southern coast demolishing settlements with 80 mph winds...
Emergency relief official said they feared many more people were missing and possibly killed after the typhoon ripped into coastal settlements overnight...
John Updike, on whose lovely, wicked novel this film is based, is alert to the minutest shifts in a suburbanite's emotional barometer. George Miller, director of the wondrously violent Mad Max movies, sneezes and blows a typhoon. At first it seems a mix of two unsuited masters. And anyone who comes to The Witches of Eastwick expecting a Masterpiece Theatre adaptation will be disappointed, not to say grossed out. Alex wakes up in a bed of snakes; puke spumes as if from a seasick sewer pipe. No problem. Miller and Michael Cristofer have simply chosen to tell the story...
...week of stormy weather. First a typhoon deluged Manila, then Washington criticized President Corazon Aquino for not being tough enough on Communist insurgents. And there were new rumblings from negotiators for the rebels, who warned that government statements were threatening the month-old cease-fire talks. President Aquino found a patch of political sunshine, however, in a historic agreement with Muslim Leader Nur Misuari to pursue autonomy for the 5 million Muslims in the southern Philippines...