Zimbabwe opposition supporters seek refuge at embassy

JOHANNESBURG: Some 200 opposition supporters mobbed the US Embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday to seek refuge while the United States said it expects the UN to vote next week on sanctions against President Robert Mugabe.

US airline and five people to stand trial for Concorde crash

PARIS: Continental Airlines and five people were ordered yesterday to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people.

Bus baby survives attack by Arab in bulldozer

IAN DEITCH A mother threw her baby girl from a car window in a desperate attempt to save her as a huge bulldozer bore down on her car, and another baby's mother was killed yesterday when a Palestinian worker went on a rampage on Jerusalem's main street.

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Search for man thought to have killed relatives

Police searched yesterday for a man suspected of killing his brother, sister and their spouses in the same Vienna suburb where a kidnap victim was held for eight and a half years.

Actors consider studios’ offer on contract

RYAN NAKASHIMA, LOS ANGELES The contract between film and TV actors and Hollywood studios expired early yesterday after the studios made a final offer and the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) said it would take time to study it.

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