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DATE: SUNDAY, January 3, 1993                   TAG: 9301030216
SECTION: HORIZON                    PAGE: F-5   EDITION: METRO   
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AP'S TOP STORIES OF '92

Here are the top news stories of 1992, as selected by Associated Press newspaper editors and broadcast news directors in the United States.

In the poll, 160 editors and news directors ranked the stories. A first-place vote gave a story 10 points, a second-place vote gave it nine points, and so on. A tenth-place vote earned a story one point. Stories are followed by the number of points they received.

1. Bill Clinton is elected president after campaign that includes strong third-party bid by Ross Perot. 1,517.

2. Four Los Angeles police officers are acquitted of nearly all charges in beating of Rodney King, touching off worst U.S. riots of century. 1,238.

3. South Florida devastated by Hurricane Andrew: 1,005.

4. U.S. troops intervene in Somalia after civil war and famine wrack impoverished nation. 799.

5. Civil war rages in Yugoslavia. 683.

6. The United States can't shake its recession. 579.

7. Former Soviet republics make the transition to independence amid ethnic violence and Russian President Boris Yeltin's reforms. 378.

8. U.S. Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban most abortions, upholding core of Roe vs. Wade. 278.

9. Kidnappers release two German men who were the last Western hostages in Lebanon. 244.

10. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty to 16 murders. 206.

Here are 1992's top 10 stories, based on an another Associated Press poll, this one surveying editors in 37 countries. Each is followed by the number of points it received from the 105 editors voting - 10 points for a first-place vote, one point for a 10th-place vote:

1. Yugoslavia. 938.

2. U.S. elections. 842.

3. Former Soviet republics' transition to independence; ethnic violence and Yeltsin's reforms. 598.

4. European Community friction over moves toward more unity. 455.

5. Famine hits war-town Somalia and other African countries. 440.

6. Germany plagued by neo-Nazi attacks on refugees. 382.

7. Earth Summit focuses attention on the environment. 265.

8. South Africa's rocky road to ending apartheid. 233.

9. Race riots hit Los Angeles and other U.S. cities. 232.

10. Mideast peace efforts. 179.

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 by Bhavesh Jinadra

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