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Federal authorities investigating the murder of a Buffalo-area obstetrician who performed abortions have identified a Vermont man as a material witness to the sniper attack last month and issued a warrant for his arrest Wednesday to bring him in for questioning. The man was identified as James Charles Kopp, 44, whose l... | Dr. Barnett Slepian, the mainstay of Buffalo's only abortion clinic, was slain as he stood at his kitchen window. Slepian has been described as a fatalist who stubbornly adhered to doing what he thought right. The FBI is looking for James Kopp for questioning as a material witness in the slaying. Kopp has long been ide... |
Federal authorities investigating the murder of a Buffalo-area obstetrician who performed abortions have identified a Vermont man as a material witness to the sniper attack last month and issued a warrant for his arrest Wednesday to bring him in for questioning. The man was identified as James Charles Kopp, 44, whose l... | Abortion clinics continue to be targeted by anti-abortion groups such as Operation Rescue, Lambs of Christ, and Army of God. Opposition ranges from silent vigils to vocal and physical intimidation, and even murder. Dr. Bart Shepian of Buffalo's only abortion clinic was murdered in his home. Police in the US and Canada ... |
Federal authorities investigating the murder of a Buffalo-area obstetrician who performed abortions have identified a Vermont man as a material witness to the sniper attack last month and issued a warrant for his arrest Wednesday to bring him in for questioning. The man was identified as James Charles Kopp, 44, whose l... | The primary doctor at the last abortion clinic in Buffalo, NY, was shot and killed. Dr. Slepian, a stubborn man, dedicated to women's care, and an unlikely martyr. It's the 7th such death, and the 4th similar attack. James Kopp is sought as a material witness. The anti-abortion movement has local and itinerate members.... |
Federal authorities investigating the murder of a Buffalo-area obstetrician who performed abortions have identified a Vermont man as a material witness to the sniper attack last month and issued a warrant for his arrest Wednesday to bring him in for questioning. The man was identified as James Charles Kopp, 44, whose l... | On Oct. 23, 1998, a sniper killed Dr. Barnet Slepian, a mainstay in the last abortion clinic in the Buffalo area and one of only a few doctors performing the procedure in the face of protesters and threats. Many of the protesters are itinerants like Rev. Norman Weslin, founder of the anti-abortion group Lambs of Christ... |
In a decision that will almost certainly lead to the first work stoppage in National Basketball Association history, the league Monday announced the cancellation of all 114 preseason games. Citing stalled negotiations with the Players Association over a new collective bargaining agreement, league officials said they wo... | In a dispute over a new collective bargaining agreement the National Basketball Association owners declared a lockout on July 1, 1998. They wanted to discard a clause in the old agreement allowing teams to pay their own free agents whatever they wanted, substituting a hard salary cap. The players wanted to keep earning... |
In a decision that will almost certainly lead to the first work stoppage in National Basketball Association history, the league Monday announced the cancellation of all 114 preseason games. Citing stalled negotiations with the Players Association over a new collective bargaining agreement, league officials said they wo... | The Larry Bird exception has been used to pay some NBA players much more than the salary cap allows. Stalled labor dispute over NBA salaries cancels preseason games and threatens regular season games. NBA owners and players plan meeting, which is unsuccessful. Players submit proposal at next meeting. Owners to respond ... |
In a decision that will almost certainly lead to the first work stoppage in National Basketball Association history, the league Monday announced the cancellation of all 114 preseason games. Citing stalled negotiations with the Players Association over a new collective bargaining agreement, league officials said they wo... | The National Basketball Association joined the NHL, the NFL and baseball when it canceled first the preseason games then two weeks of regular season. In litigation that is complicated by a dispute over the distribution of nearly $2 billion in league income, the main sticking point is the owner's insistence on a salary ... |
In a decision that will almost certainly lead to the first work stoppage in National Basketball Association history, the league Monday announced the cancellation of all 114 preseason games. Citing stalled negotiations with the Players Association over a new collective bargaining agreement, league officials said they wo... | In a dispute between the owners and NBA players over how to divide the $2 billion in league-wide income, all preseason and the first 99 1998-1999 regular season games were cancelled. The Larry Bird exception, a clause in the old agreement that allowed teams to pay their own free agents any amount, regardless of salary-... |
A top IOC official on Saturday made explosive allegations of widespread Olympic corruption, saying agents demand up to dlrs 1 million to deliver votes in the selection of host cities. Marc Hodler, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee executive board, alleged malpractices in the voting for the 1996 Atl... | In December 1998 a story broke that relatives of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members had received $400,000 in scholarships from promoters of Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The IOC immediately ordered a top-level investigation. Senior IOC official Marc Hodler called the scholarships a "bribe... |
A top IOC official on Saturday made explosive allegations of widespread Olympic corruption, saying agents demand up to dlrs 1 million to deliver votes in the selection of host cities. Marc Hodler, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee executive board, alleged malpractices in the voting for the 1996 Atl... | IOC executive board member, Marc Hodler, alleged that agents from cities bidding to host Olympic Games offer IOC members bribes to favor their city. The allegation was made public when Holder revealed the Salt Lake City 2002 Games organizers offered scholarship payments to IOC members' relatives. The IOC is investigati... |
A top IOC official on Saturday made explosive allegations of widespread Olympic corruption, saying agents demand up to dlrs 1 million to deliver votes in the selection of host cities. Marc Hodler, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee executive board, alleged malpractices in the voting for the 1996 Atl... | Salt Lake Olympic bidders gave $400,000 in scholarships to 13 IOC relatives in the first case of host-city bribery. Gifts of over $150 to IOC members or relatives is banned. The IOC's Marc Hodler says agents and a member demanded payment to 5-7% of the IOC for votes. Bribery was also part of 1996, 2000, and 2002 biddin... |
A top IOC official on Saturday made explosive allegations of widespread Olympic corruption, saying agents demand up to dlrs 1 million to deliver votes in the selection of host cities. Marc Hodler, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee executive board, alleged malpractices in the voting for the 1996 Atl... | In 1995 Salt Lake City was chosen to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. The revelation that from 1991 to 1995, the city's bid committee spent nearly $400,000 on scholarships to 13 people, six of them relatives of IOC members, ignited an international scandal. IOC rules forbid bidding cities from giving members or their rel... |
Deprived of a voice in state-controlled newspapers and television, supporters of Malaysia's jailed opposition leader have turned to the Internet to air their views. Although the government said police would ``check every bit of information and leaflet'' posted on the Internet, Malaysia's sole Internet provider acknowle... | Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ruled adroitly for 17 years until September 1998 when he suddenly reversed his economic policy and fired his popular deputy and heir apparent, Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar organized a political opposition leading Mahathir to arrest him. Mahathir met street demonsrations with tear gas a... |
Deprived of a voice in state-controlled newspapers and television, supporters of Malaysia's jailed opposition leader have turned to the Internet to air their views. Although the government said police would ``check every bit of information and leaflet'' posted on the Internet, Malaysia's sole Internet provider acknowle... | Mahathir's 17-year rule saw great advances. Now, Malaysia has economic crisis and instability. Photos show bruised Anwar, who says police beat him. Mahathir requests investigation. Anwar supporters use internet to air views, photos, speeches. EU is concerned about reports of his abuse and hopes for appropriate actions.... |
Deprived of a voice in state-controlled newspapers and television, supporters of Malaysia's jailed opposition leader have turned to the Internet to air their views. Although the government said police would ``check every bit of information and leaflet'' posted on the Internet, Malaysia's sole Internet provider acknowle... | Newspaper photos of the bruised face of Thailand's jailed former deputy minister, Anwar Ibrahim, has aroused international condemnation as well as local demonstrations. Ibrahim, considered heir-apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, was fired by Mahathir for being morally unfit for office. Anwar mounted a nationw... |
Deprived of a voice in state-controlled newspapers and television, supporters of Malaysia's jailed opposition leader have turned to the Internet to air their views. Although the government said police would ``check every bit of information and leaflet'' posted on the Internet, Malaysia's sole Internet provider acknowle... | Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad fired Deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim, once groomed as a successor but now called unfit to lead and trying to topple him, after an economic disagreement. Anwar and a friend were charged with illegal homosexual activity. Anwar showed marks of a beating during 10 days in custody. The EU condemned hi... |
Parliament on Thursday formally elected Gen. Emile Lahoud, the popular army commander who has the backing of powerful neighbor Syria, as Lebanon's next president. All the 118 legislators present at the session cast votes in his favor. Lahoud is to be sworn for a six-year term on Nov. 24, the day President Elias Hrawi l... | Power in Lebanon is shared equally by a Maronite Christian president, a Sunni Muslim prime minister, and a Shiite Parliament speaker, an arrangement made to prevent a recurrence of the 1975-90 civil war. Syria, with 30,000 troops in Lebanon is the main power broker there. The Lebanese parliament amended the constitutio... |
Parliament on Thursday formally elected Gen. Emile Lahoud, the popular army commander who has the backing of powerful neighbor Syria, as Lebanon's next president. All the 118 legislators present at the session cast votes in his favor. Lahoud is to be sworn for a six-year term on Nov. 24, the day President Elias Hrawi l... | Army Commander and Maronite Catholic Emile Lahoud was named Lebanon's president for the next 6 years, chosen by outgoing President Hrawi and Syria's Hafez Assad. Traditionally the president is a Maronite, the PM a Sunni, and Speaker of Parliament a Shiite. Election by Parliament is a formality. The constitution was ame... |
Parliament on Thursday formally elected Gen. Emile Lahoud, the popular army commander who has the backing of powerful neighbor Syria, as Lebanon's next president. All the 118 legislators present at the session cast votes in his favor. Lahoud is to be sworn for a six-year term on Nov. 24, the day President Elias Hrawi l... | Lebanon's leadership changed in Nov 1998. Army commander Emile Lahoud was elected to a 6-year term as President by the Parliament and took office on Nov 24. He had the backing of Syrian President Assad, the powerbroker in Lebanon, and a special constitutional amendment in Oct cleared his way. He did not immediately ask... |
Parliament on Thursday formally elected Gen. Emile Lahoud, the popular army commander who has the backing of powerful neighbor Syria, as Lebanon's next president. All the 118 legislators present at the session cast votes in his favor. Lahoud is to be sworn for a six-year term on Nov. 24, the day President Elias Hrawi l... | Lebanon's Parliament voted the country's top military man, Gen. Emile Lahoud, president. Lahoud, who promises to clean up a graft-riddled government, is popular and is backed by powerful Syria. It is unclear, though, whether Prime Minister Hariri, in office since 1992 and credited with the country's economic recovery, ... |
Greek media and officials leveled strong opposition Sunday to the possible extradition of Abdullah Ocalan, the arrested Kurdish guerrilla leader, to Greece's traditional rival Turkey. Ocalan, whose Kurdistan Workers Party has waged a 14-year war with Turkey for autonomy in southeastern Turkey, is in prison custody in R... | PKK leader Ocalan was arrested on arrival at the Rome airport. He asked for asylum. Turkey pressured Italy to extradite Ocalan, whom they consider a terrorist. Kurds in Europe flocked to Rome to show their support. About 1,500 staged a hunger strike outside the hospital where he was held. Italy began a border crackdown... |
Greek media and officials leveled strong opposition Sunday to the possible extradition of Abdullah Ocalan, the arrested Kurdish guerrilla leader, to Greece's traditional rival Turkey. Ocalan, whose Kurdistan Workers Party has waged a 14-year war with Turkey for autonomy in southeastern Turkey, is in prison custody in R... | The leader of the Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy in southeast Turkey, Abdullah Ocalan, was arrested at Rome's international airport on Thursday. The arrest set off a wave of protests throughout Europe as Kurdish groups in Italy, Romania, Germany, Austria rallied in support of Ocalan. The support ranged from ... |
Greek media and officials leveled strong opposition Sunday to the possible extradition of Abdullah Ocalan, the arrested Kurdish guerrilla leader, to Greece's traditional rival Turkey. Ocalan, whose Kurdistan Workers Party has waged a 14-year war with Turkey for autonomy in southeastern Turkey, is in prison custody in R... | An international incident resulted after the arrest in Rome of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). An armed struggle has ensued since the PKK was formed in 1978, and nearly 37,000 died. Turkey wants Ocalan extradited but Italy is reluctant since Turkey still has the death penalty. Kurds fr... |
Greek media and officials leveled strong opposition Sunday to the possible extradition of Abdullah Ocalan, the arrested Kurdish guerrilla leader, to Greece's traditional rival Turkey. Ocalan, whose Kurdistan Workers Party has waged a 14-year war with Turkey for autonomy in southeastern Turkey, is in prison custody in R... | Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish Workers Party, was detained in the Rome airport and is asking for political asylum. Ocalan has led the Kurdish insurgents in southeastern Turkey since 1978. Turkey, where he faces the death penalty, immediately requested his extradition and has heavily pressured Italy. Germany... |
North Korea is entering its fourth winter of chronic food shortages with its people malnourished and at risk of dying from normally curable illnesses, senior Red Cross officials said Tuesday. The officials warned against international complacency and hostility toward North Korea as the food crisis stretches on and the ... | Famine had become the rule as North Korea entered its fourth winter of chronic food shortage in 1998. In 1997 the nation produced only 2.8 million tons of grain of the 4.5 million required to feed its 23 million people. Poor harvests, floods and droughts contributed to the problem exasperated by government restrictions... |
North Korea is entering its fourth winter of chronic food shortages with its people malnourished and at risk of dying from normally curable illnesses, senior Red Cross officials said Tuesday. The officials warned against international complacency and hostility toward North Korea as the food crisis stretches on and the ... | N. Korea will have another poor harvest this year, making this its 4th winter of famine. Government has cut the number of people to get aid for security reasons. The possibility of nuclear weapons in N. Korea threatens U.S. aid. Millions have died of starvation. Two thirds of children under age 7 are malnourished and t... |
North Korea is entering its fourth winter of chronic food shortages with its people malnourished and at risk of dying from normally curable illnesses, senior Red Cross officials said Tuesday. The officials warned against international complacency and hostility toward North Korea as the food crisis stretches on and the ... | North Korea has suffered 5 years of famine, caused by floods and the loss of Soviet trade. The government distributed nutritionless substitutes and made food aid available to fewer people. Two million may have starved. Children are stunted. Curable diseases become fatal. A generation is impaired mentally and physically... |
North Korea is entering its fourth winter of chronic food shortages with its people malnourished and at risk of dying from normally curable illnesses, senior Red Cross officials said Tuesday. The officials warned against international complacency and hostility toward North Korea as the food crisis stretches on and the ... | The fourth year of devastating famine is striking North Korea, making it the worst in East Asia, and behind only India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with Cambodia catching up. North Korea is getting massive international aid, but investigators fear the young generation will be lost to severe malnutrition. The public healt... |
A sticking point for White House and congressional budget negotiators has been the issue of how the 2000 census will be conducted, and the White House is finding itself negotiating on the issue as much with House Democrats as it is with the House Republican leaders. On Monday, White House negotiators, led by chief of s... | Budget negotiations between the White House and House Republicans were delayed on several issues. At issue were provisions that included requiring Federal Health Insurance providers to provide contraceptives to women as Well as a provision to build a road across a wildlife preserve in Alaska. The contraceptive issue fa... |
A sticking point for White House and congressional budget negotiators has been the issue of how the 2000 census will be conducted, and the White House is finding itself negotiating on the issue as much with House Democrats as it is with the House Republican leaders. On Monday, White House negotiators, led by chief of s... | Whether to use the 1st surplus in decades for a tax cut, to pay off the national debt, or for new initiatives made the 1998 federal budget negotiations chaotic. The Oct 1 start of the fiscal year was extended 5 times. Major issues were census statistical sampling, federal health plan coverage of contraceptives regardle... |
A sticking point for White House and congressional budget negotiators has been the issue of how the 2000 census will be conducted, and the White House is finding itself negotiating on the issue as much with House Democrats as it is with the House Republican leaders. On Monday, White House negotiators, led by chief of s... | In 1998, for the first time in decades, the US budget negotiators faced a surplus. Both sides said this was harder than a deficit situation, but they finally spent $1.7 trillion. The last seven spending bills were the most difficult and finally were merged into one package. Controversial issues included health insuranc... |
A sticking point for White House and congressional budget negotiators has been the issue of how the 2000 census will be conducted, and the White House is finding itself negotiating on the issue as much with House Democrats as it is with the House Republican leaders. On Monday, White House negotiators, led by chief of s... | After several deadline extensions, Congressional leaders and the White House agreed on an omnibus spending package, the final portion of the $1.7 trillion budget. It includes more money for education and defense, business tax breaks, and farm aid, as well as funds for Colombia to use in drug interdiction. To offset the... |
Armored personnel carriers were deployed Tuesday around the convention center where U.S. President Bill Clinton will address 1,500 Palestinian delegates next week. U.S. Secret Service agents have already arrived in Gaza to work with their Palestinian counterparts on how to protect Clinton during his first visit to Pale... | Clinton will visit Israel, Gaza and the West bank Dec. 12-15 as agreed in the Wye River accord. The days preceding his trip are filled with violence, unrest and divisiveness. Hamas denounces Clinton's trip, but makes no threats against him. Netanyahu says Arafat is "making a farce" of the Wye accord. The two sides disa... |
Armored personnel carriers were deployed Tuesday around the convention center where U.S. President Bill Clinton will address 1,500 Palestinian delegates next week. U.S. Secret Service agents have already arrived in Gaza to work with their Palestinian counterparts on how to protect Clinton during his first visit to Pale... | Despite concerns it might cause more unrest, President Clinton met in Israel separately with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat to negotiate Wye Accord agreement terms. Israel is demanding revocation of anti-Israeli clauses in the 1964 Palestinian charter. Palestine is demanding Israel's release of Palestinian ... |
Armored personnel carriers were deployed Tuesday around the convention center where U.S. President Bill Clinton will address 1,500 Palestinian delegates next week. U.S. Secret Service agents have already arrived in Gaza to work with their Palestinian counterparts on how to protect Clinton during his first visit to Pale... | Security high for Clinton's visit to Gaza, part of the Wye Accord, as Palestinian leaders revoke a 1964 Israeli destruction clause. Israel claims Air Force One landing in Palestinian is sovereign recognition. It won't withdraw West Bank troops unless Palestinians formally vote to revoke the clause and violence stops. P... |
Armored personnel carriers were deployed Tuesday around the convention center where U.S. President Bill Clinton will address 1,500 Palestinian delegates next week. U.S. Secret Service agents have already arrived in Gaza to work with their Palestinian counterparts on how to protect Clinton during his first visit to Pale... | Clinton traveled to the mid-East in December in an effort to energize the Wye agreement signed by Israel and Palestine. Problems immediately faced this accord, intended to trade Israeli territory for security. Questions remained on which prisoners should be released and what constituted a vote to revoke a 1964 call to ... |
Endeavour's astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the international space station on Sunday, creating a seven-story tower in the shuttle cargo bay. It was the first time that the Russian-built Zarya control module and the made-in-America Unity chamber had ever touched. It looked to be a perfect and, hop... | After discarding a suggested change of orbit, the Russian Space Agency went ahead with plans to launch its Zarya module of the international space station on Nov. 20, 1998. Although delayed for a day, U.S. plans to launch the space shuttle Endeavour carrying the U.S. module Unity and six astronauts were carried out on ... |
Endeavour's astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the international space station on Sunday, creating a seven-story tower in the shuttle cargo bay. It was the first time that the Russian-built Zarya control module and the made-in-America Unity chamber had ever touched. It looked to be a perfect and, hop... | The International Space Station when completed will have a million pound mass and be longer than a football field. It will house up to seven space explorers. The initial assembly of space station components involves linking the US Unity, carried into space by the shuttle Endeavour, with the Russian Zarya. The Russians ... |
Endeavour's astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the international space station on Sunday, creating a seven-story tower in the shuttle cargo bay. It was the first time that the Russian-built Zarya control module and the made-in-America Unity chamber had ever touched. It looked to be a perfect and, hop... | On Friday the shuttle Endeavor carried six astronauts into orbit to start building an international space station. The launch occurred after Russia and U.S. officials agreed not to delay the flight in order to orbit closer to MIR, and after a last-minute alarm forced a postponement. On Sunday astronauts joining the Rus... |
Endeavour's astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the international space station on Sunday, creating a seven-story tower in the shuttle cargo bay. It was the first time that the Russian-built Zarya control module and the made-in-America Unity chamber had ever touched. It looked to be a perfect and, hop... | Russia and NASA jointly decided against a Russian cost-cutting proposal to orbit the 2nd space station, a 16-country cooperative project, closer to Mir, citing complexity, risk, and bad sun angles. After 5 years of assembly, the research station will house 7 people. A 12-day shuttle mission will attach the US Unity mod... |
A fire turned a dance hall jammed with teen-age Halloween revelers into a deathtrap, killing 65 people and injuring 157 others in Sweden's second-largest city. The fast-spreading fire that broke out just a few minutes before midnight Thursday gutted the building and left rescuers facing a hideous scene that local rescu... | At least 60 teenagers were killed and another 160 were injured in a dance hall fire in Goteborg, Sweden, Sweden's second largest city. The fire was the worst in Sweden's modern history. At least 400 teenagers, attending a Halloween dance, were crammed into a facility meant to hold 150. The dance attendees were mostly i... |
A fire turned a dance hall jammed with teen-age Halloween revelers into a deathtrap, killing 65 people and injuring 157 others in Sweden's second-largest city. The fast-spreading fire that broke out just a few minutes before midnight Thursday gutted the building and left rescuers facing a hideous scene that local rescu... | A fire rapidly destroyed a Goteborg, Sweden dance hall as some 400 teenaged Halloween revelers jammed up while trying to evacuate. At least 60 died, mostly from smoke inhalation, and about 150 were injured. The actual capacity of the 2nd floor dance hall was 150. Forensic experts are having success identifying the burn... |
A fire turned a dance hall jammed with teen-age Halloween revelers into a deathtrap, killing 65 people and injuring 157 others in Sweden's second-largest city. The fast-spreading fire that broke out just a few minutes before midnight Thursday gutted the building and left rescuers facing a hideous scene that local rescu... | A fire at an overcrowded dance hall in Goteborg, Sweden killed 60 and injured 180. Most victims were 13-18, immigrants covering 19 nationalities. The 2-story brick building was rated for 150 but held 400. Owned by the Macedonian Association, it had been rented out to 8 party arrangers for a Halloween dance, held on the... |
A fire turned a dance hall jammed with teen-age Halloween revelers into a deathtrap, killing 65 people and injuring 157 others in Sweden's second-largest city. The fast-spreading fire that broke out just a few minutes before midnight Thursday gutted the building and left rescuers facing a hideous scene that local rescu... | Sweden's deadliest fire occurred on Halloween when a dance hall in Goteborg, filled with teenagers, burst into flames. The cause is not known, but the hall, approved for 150, contained as many as 400 and one of the two exits was blocked. Sixty were killed and between 150 and 173 injured. Most were immigrants or their c... |
The Philippine ambassador to Malaysia said Friday he was summoned to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry to explain his president's statements in support of dissident Anwar Ibrahim. Ambassador Jose Brillantes said in a radio interview from Kuala Lumpur that he was called Thursday after the Malaysian dissident's eldest daugh... | Prospects for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum scheduled for Nov. 14-18, 1998 in Malaysia were cast in doubt in September when the Malaysian Prime Minister fired and then arrested his deputy and expected successor who was very popular at home and abroad. Widespread demonstrations occurred in Malaysia ... |
The Philippine ambassador to Malaysia said Friday he was summoned to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry to explain his president's statements in support of dissident Anwar Ibrahim. Ambassador Jose Brillantes said in a radio interview from Kuala Lumpur that he was called Thursday after the Malaysian dissident's eldest daugh... | Philippine and Indonesian presidents may not attend upcoming APEC summit in Malaysia due to Mahathir's arrest of Anwar. Malaysian leaders discuss replacement for Anwar. Philippine ambassador is asked to explain his president's support for Anwar. Issues at upcoming APEC summit will include the Asian economic crisis and ... |
The Philippine ambassador to Malaysia said Friday he was summoned to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry to explain his president's statements in support of dissident Anwar Ibrahim. Ambassador Jose Brillantes said in a radio interview from Kuala Lumpur that he was called Thursday after the Malaysian dissident's eldest daugh... | The coming Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Malaysia will open with most Asian countries still in dire economic straits. Thailand has made some reforms but reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund have not been adopted by other nations. Malaysia, on the eve of the meeting, discontinued trading i... |
The Philippine ambassador to Malaysia said Friday he was summoned to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry to explain his president's statements in support of dissident Anwar Ibrahim. Ambassador Jose Brillantes said in a radio interview from Kuala Lumpur that he was called Thursday after the Malaysian dissident's eldest daugh... | A gloomy economic picture is facing Pacific-rim nations as they prepare for the Asian-Pacific economic summit in late November. The debates will focus on the global economy and reforms verses quick fixes such as capitol controls. Host Malaysia is in disarray over the firing, arrest and trial of the deputy prime ministe... |
Taking a major step toward statehood, the Palestinians on Tuesday inaugurated Gaza International Airport, their first gateway to the world, with cheers, tears and an outpouring of patriotism. An Egypt Air plane was the first to land on the desert tarmac in the southern Gaza Strip at 8:30 a.m. (0630 gmt). But the emotio... | The Wye River Accord provided for an airport at Gaza, giving Palestinians their own airport with Israel in charge of security. Gaza International Airport opened on Nov. 24, 1998 with arrival of an Egypt Air flight, but the highlight was landing of the first Palestinian Airlines plane, greeted joyously by a celebrating ... |
Taking a major step toward statehood, the Palestinians on Tuesday inaugurated Gaza International Airport, their first gateway to the world, with cheers, tears and an outpouring of patriotism. An Egypt Air plane was the first to land on the desert tarmac in the southern Gaza Strip at 8:30 a.m. (0630 gmt). But the emotio... | On Tuesday, Palestinians celebrated the inauguration of the new Gaza International Airport as part of the latest Mideast peace accord. It will be the first unfettered access route Palestinians have ever had out of the Gaza Strip. An Egypt Air plane was the first to land, followed by an emotional touchdown of the first ... |
Taking a major step toward statehood, the Palestinians on Tuesday inaugurated Gaza International Airport, their first gateway to the world, with cheers, tears and an outpouring of patriotism. An Egypt Air plane was the first to land on the desert tarmac in the southern Gaza Strip at 8:30 a.m. (0630 gmt). But the emotio... | Gaza International Airport, the first Palestinian gateway to the world, opened on November 24 to celebrations, with Arafat greeting arrivals. The recent Wye Accords, signed between Israel and Palestine in the US, made the long-planned event possible. The Palestinian airlines began commercial flights on December 5 and l... |
Taking a major step toward statehood, the Palestinians on Tuesday inaugurated Gaza International Airport, their first gateway to the world, with cheers, tears and an outpouring of patriotism. An Egypt Air plane was the first to land on the desert tarmac in the southern Gaza Strip at 8:30 a.m. (0630 gmt). But the emotio... | Israeli security officials delayed the take-off of two planes from Gaza International Airport, further straining the Mid-East peace process. Considered a milestone toward Palestinian autonomy, thousands cheered Gaza's opening in November. Though some equipment was still not installed, Palestinian planes as well as plan... |
China's national soccer team could call back four players from overseas to boost its chances at the Asian Games in Thailand in December, an official newspaper reported Monday. Two of the players, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, play for Crystal Palace in the English First Division. Another, Yang Chen, plays in Germany, while ... | Despite concern that corruption, incompetence and financial failure would delay or prevent Thailand's ability to host the Asian Games, Bangkok was ready for the December 6 deadline. After an extravagant opening ceremony, the games went well despite a brief soccer brawl, a snooker game incident, the banning of Iran's eq... |
China's national soccer team could call back four players from overseas to boost its chances at the Asian Games in Thailand in December, an official newspaper reported Monday. Two of the players, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, play for Crystal Palace in the English First Division. Another, Yang Chen, plays in Germany, while ... | The Asian Games scheduled for Bangkok Dec. 6-20, 1998 were never a sure thing. Thailand was in economic doldrums and there was question whether the sports complex for the games would be completed in time. By late October, however, it was clear the games could take place. Thai police rounded up beggars who might intimid... |
China's national soccer team could call back four players from overseas to boost its chances at the Asian Games in Thailand in December, an official newspaper reported Monday. Two of the players, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, play for Crystal Palace in the English First Division. Another, Yang Chen, plays in Germany, while ... | Despite economic problems and threats from the Asian Olympic Committee that it would move the games, Thailand was able to meet construction deadlines and open the 13th annual Asian Games to participants from 43 countries. The games have not been without controversy. In a surprise move, Saudi Arabia pulled its athletes ... |
China's national soccer team could call back four players from overseas to boost its chances at the Asian Games in Thailand in December, an official newspaper reported Monday. Two of the players, Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, play for Crystal Palace in the English First Division. Another, Yang Chen, plays in Germany, while ... | Bangkok prepared for the 6000 athletes from 41 nations to compete in the Asian Games. Thai police detained more than 300 beggars to make the city's streets safer, but its notorious night life concerned some team managers. China considered recalling overseas soccer players to bolster chances at the Games. Saudi Arabia a... |
The United States and Russia are ratcheting up the pressure on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, warning that NATO airstrikes are inevitable unless he takes decisive action to end the crisis in Kosovo province. Fearing airstrikes, Yugoslav generals put the nation's air defense on high alert, but tried a belated co... | On Oct. 4, 1998 Yugoslav President Milosevic ordered his forces in Kosovo back to their barracks. While supressing the Albanian independence movement they had massacred hundreds of civilians and left 275,000+ refugees. NATO threatened airstrikes unless hostilities ceased and peace talks began. U.S. envoy Holbrooke insi... |
The United States and Russia are ratcheting up the pressure on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, warning that NATO airstrikes are inevitable unless he takes decisive action to end the crisis in Kosovo province. Fearing airstrikes, Yugoslav generals put the nation's air defense on high alert, but tried a belated co... | Under threat of NATO attack, Milosevic orders back most army units. US envoy says situation is as grave as it was 2 weeks ago, despite temporary abatement of fighting. US and Russia increase pressure on Milosevic to end the humanitarian crisis in Kosovo or face NATO airstrikes. US envoy tells Milosevic to pull back his... |
The United States and Russia are ratcheting up the pressure on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, warning that NATO airstrikes are inevitable unless he takes decisive action to end the crisis in Kosovo province. Fearing airstrikes, Yugoslav generals put the nation's air defense on high alert, but tried a belated co... | Yugoslav President Slbodan Milosevic does not appear to be complying completely with UN demands to withdraw his troops and stop anti-Albanian activity in Kosovo. U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said the level of fighting may have abated but the situation is such that it could resume. The U.S. and Russia have ratch... |
The United States and Russia are ratcheting up the pressure on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, warning that NATO airstrikes are inevitable unless he takes decisive action to end the crisis in Kosovo province. Fearing airstrikes, Yugoslav generals put the nation's air defense on high alert, but tried a belated co... | Yugoslavia failed to comply with a U.N. resolution demanding that the forces sent to Kosovo to suppress the ethnic Albanian separatist uprising be withdrawn and is now threatened with NATO airstrikes. Though Milosevic moved some units from the Serbian province, U.S. special envoy Holbrooke called the situation serious.... |
Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was kidnapped and severely beaten, died here Monday, five days after he was found unconscious on a Wyoming ranch where he had been left tied to a fence for 18 hours in near-freezing temperatures. His death, announced at Poudre Valley Hospital here, fanned the outrage that fo... | 1,000 people mourned Matthew Shepherd, the gay University of Wyoming student who was severely beaten and left to die tied to a fence. The crime sparked nationwide vigils and prompted President Clinton to call for federal hate-crimes legislation. In 19 states, including Colorado, sexual orientation is not included in ha... |
Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was kidnapped and severely beaten, died here Monday, five days after he was found unconscious on a Wyoming ranch where he had been left tied to a fence for 18 hours in near-freezing temperatures. His death, announced at Poudre Valley Hospital here, fanned the outrage that fo... | A passerby who found Matthew Shepard's nearly lifeless body tied to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming at first thought it was a scarecrow. Matthew, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming, had been kidnapped, brutally beaten and left to die in near freezing temperatures. Two men, Russell Henderson and Aaron M... |
Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was kidnapped and severely beaten, died here Monday, five days after he was found unconscious on a Wyoming ranch where he had been left tied to a fence for 18 hours in near-freezing temperatures. His death, announced at Poudre Valley Hospital here, fanned the outrage that fo... | A 22-year old gay University of Wyoming student was found beaten and left to die lashed to a fence. Two men were arraigned on kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder charges (changed to murder after Shepard died) and two females were charged as accessories. Expressions of sympathy came from across the nation, includi... |
Matthew Shepard, the gay college student who was kidnapped and severely beaten, died here Monday, five days after he was found unconscious on a Wyoming ranch where he had been left tied to a fence for 18 hours in near-freezing temperatures. His death, announced at Poudre Valley Hospital here, fanned the outrage that fo... | Two men in Wyoming kidnapped, robbed, and brutally beat a gay university student who died in a coma five days after the assault. The incident fanned public outrage. Hundreds in Laramie and on campuses across the nation demonstrated support to the student with marches and candlelight vigils. President Clinton responded ... |
It was not a voice mail message that Dr. Marilyn Rymer, a neurologist in Kansas City, Mo., would routinely delete, even as a registered Democrat. ``Speaker Newt Gingrich's office,'' it said, was calling to discuss a ``national leadership award.'' Dr. Rymer has won acclaim as the director of a prominent stroke-treatment... | Acknowledging his mistakes, Clinton supports Democrat candidates and speaks at fundraisers. He backs Mary Boyle of Ohio in her bid for U.S. Senate. Democrat candidates try to limit the effect of the Lewinsky debacle on their campaigns. A N.Y. labor union backs Democrat Schumer to keep Republicans from gaining a 60-seat... |
It was not a voice mail message that Dr. Marilyn Rymer, a neurologist in Kansas City, Mo., would routinely delete, even as a registered Democrat. ``Speaker Newt Gingrich's office,'' it said, was calling to discuss a ``national leadership award.'' Dr. Rymer has won acclaim as the director of a prominent stroke-treatment... | In addition to the usual factors that prevail in Congressional elections, this year's is complicated by the uncertain effect of the impending impeachment of President Clinton. The president has admitted mistakes, but remains a popular campaigner for House Democrats. In the New York race between D'Amato and Schumer, bot... |
It was not a voice mail message that Dr. Marilyn Rymer, a neurologist in Kansas City, Mo., would routinely delete, even as a registered Democrat. ``Speaker Newt Gingrich's office,'' it said, was calling to discuss a ``national leadership award.'' Dr. Rymer has won acclaim as the director of a prominent stroke-treatment... | President Clinton's impeachment woes are causing problems for the approaching mid-term elections. The President stopped apologizing, saying he must "live with the consequences" of his mistakes, and urging democrats to take pride in his achievements. Democratic candidates hope to contain the Lewinsky debacle while tryin... |
It was not a voice mail message that Dr. Marilyn Rymer, a neurologist in Kansas City, Mo., would routinely delete, even as a registered Democrat. ``Speaker Newt Gingrich's office,'' it said, was calling to discuss a ``national leadership award.'' Dr. Rymer has won acclaim as the director of a prominent stroke-treatment... | In tight congressional and Senate races leading up to the Nov. 1998 elections, strategists and candidates were unsure how to deal with the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. Though the President pointed to his record while stumping, many Democrats, embarrassed by his behavior, distanced themselves from him. With impeachment a p... |
Israel's Cabinet decided Friday to suspend indefinitely its ratification of the land-for-security agreement with the Palestinians. The decision came less than three hours after a car rigged with explosives blew up in an outdoor market in downtown Jersualem. Two people were killed and 21 others were wounded in the attac... | On Nov. 6, 1998 a suicide auto-bomb attack on a Jerusalem market killed two Palestinian "martyrs" and wounded 21 Israelis. Israel's cabinet immediately suspended consideration of the Wye peace agreement and the Prime Minister vowed to expand Jewish settlement in the Arab sector of Jerusalem. Islamic Jihad claimed respo... |
Israel's Cabinet decided Friday to suspend indefinitely its ratification of the land-for-security agreement with the Palestinians. The decision came less than three hours after a car rigged with explosives blew up in an outdoor market in downtown Jersualem. Two people were killed and 21 others were wounded in the attac... | After a bombing in a Jerusalem market Fri., the Israeli Cabinet postponed indefinitely its vote on the Wye River peace accord. At first, Hamas claimed responsibility for attack in which 2 suicide bombers were killed and 24 people were hurt. On Sat. , Islamic Holy War (Islamic Jihad) took credit for attack, vowing more ... |
Israel's Cabinet decided Friday to suspend indefinitely its ratification of the land-for-security agreement with the Palestinians. The decision came less than three hours after a car rigged with explosives blew up in an outdoor market in downtown Jersualem. Two people were killed and 21 others were wounded in the attac... | A car bomb exploded prematurely near a busy Jerusalem market killing the two suicide bombers and injuring 21 Israelis. One of the Islamic Jihad "martyrs" had said he was "going to Paradise". The Israeli cabinet was meeting at the time of the explosion and they put off ratification of the Wye River "land for security" a... |
Israel's Cabinet decided Friday to suspend indefinitely its ratification of the land-for-security agreement with the Palestinians. The decision came less than three hours after a car rigged with explosives blew up in an outdoor market in downtown Jersualem. Two people were killed and 21 others were wounded in the attac... | The Wye River accord has not been implemented. As the Israeli cabinet was considering the agreement, Islamic Jihad militants exploded a car bomb in nearby Mahane Yehuda market. The cabinet suspended ratification of the agreement, demanding the Palestinian Authority take steps against terrorism. Further, after the bombi... |
Rep. Bob Livingston, who confessed to his colleagues Thursday night that he had had adulterous affairs, stunned the House chamber Saturday morning by saying in the impeachment debate on President Clinton that he would not serve as speaker and would quit Congress in six months. He urged the president to follow his examp... | House Speaker-elect Robert L. Livingston was forced to admit to his Republican colleagues his past adultery. This was forced by an investigation by Larry Flynt. When Livingston called for Clinton to quit, House Democrats yelled, "You resign"! Stunningly, he did. TV commentators were caught off guard. Livingston put pre... |
Rep. Bob Livingston, who confessed to his colleagues Thursday night that he had had adulterous affairs, stunned the House chamber Saturday morning by saying in the impeachment debate on President Clinton that he would not serve as speaker and would quit Congress in six months. He urged the president to follow his examp... | House Speaker-elect Robert Livingston shocked his Republican colleagues in the midst of a Clinton impeachment debate by admitting to adulterous affairs during his Congressional tenure. He later urged Clinton to follow his example and resign that increased the fury of the impeachment debate. The House moved to impeach t... |
Rep. Bob Livingston, who confessed to his colleagues Thursday night that he had had adulterous affairs, stunned the House chamber Saturday morning by saying in the impeachment debate on President Clinton that he would not serve as speaker and would quit Congress in six months. He urged the president to follow his examp... | During the Clinton impeachment debate in the House, Speaker-elect Bob Livingston declared that he would set an example for the president and resign from Congress over revelations of his marital infidelities. Republican demands that the president also resign were rejected by Democrats who also said that Livingston shoul... |
Rep. Bob Livingston, who confessed to his colleagues Thursday night that he had had adulterous affairs, stunned the House chamber Saturday morning by saying in the impeachment debate on President Clinton that he would not serve as speaker and would quit Congress in six months. He urged the president to follow his examp... | As impeachment proceedings in the House approached a climax, House members were stunned by an admission from House Speaker elect Livingston that he was guilty of an adulterous affair. The admission follows disclosures by Hustler published Larry Flynn, who had offered one million dollars to anyone who could provide such... |
Russian space officials gave the first module of the international space station a routine tweak Saturday to push it into higher orbit, and convened a meeting on Earth to map out its future. Flight controllers fired one of the module's two maneuvering engines to raise it to an orbit about 230 kilometers (157 miles) in ... | NASA and the Russian Space Agency readied the first part of an international space station for launch from Baikonur base. They decided not to change the orbit of the Zarya module as Russia had requested. Zarya's Nov. 20 launch was a success. The Zarya module orbited Earth for 2 weeks before a rendezvous with U.S. shutt... |
Russian space officials gave the first module of the international space station a routine tweak Saturday to push it into higher orbit, and convened a meeting on Earth to map out its future. Flight controllers fired one of the module's two maneuvering engines to raise it to an orbit about 230 kilometers (157 miles) in ... | Russia launched the first piece of the international space station into orbit a year after the originally scheduled date. The launch follows a last minute Russian request to change the orbit of the space station to put it closer to Mir. This request was set aside. Two weeks later, the U.S. carried the Unity chamber int... |
Russian space officials gave the first module of the international space station a routine tweak Saturday to push it into higher orbit, and convened a meeting on Earth to map out its future. Flight controllers fired one of the module's two maneuvering engines to raise it to an orbit about 230 kilometers (157 miles) in ... | After a year's delay Russia launched the first unit of the international space station, then pushed it to a higher orbit. Zarya will provide propulsion, power, and comms. US shuttle Endeavour made a blind docking with Zarya. Two spacewalks made electrical connections with Unity, which will serve as a passageway, attach... |
Russian space officials gave the first module of the international space station a routine tweak Saturday to push it into higher orbit, and convened a meeting on Earth to map out its future. Flight controllers fired one of the module's two maneuvering engines to raise it to an orbit about 230 kilometers (157 miles) in ... | Jerry Ross and James Newman spacewalked to attach antennas to Unity, the American half of the first stage of the 16-nation space station. Unity will be a connecting passageway for other modules. The other portion of the fledgling station, the Russian- built and launched Zarya module, will provide power and propulsion t... |
In stern judgments capping a decisive crackdown on dissidents, Chinese courts sentenced two prominent democracy campaigners to 13 and 11 years in prison Monday for trying to organize an opposition political party. The 13-year prison term given Xu Wenli after a 3 1/2-hour trial in Beijing was the longest for a Chinese d... | While China plans to sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the U.N., it is still harassing and arresting human rights campaigners. Three prominent leaders of the China Democratic Party were put to trial and sentenced to 11-, 12- and 13-year prison terms. Germany and the U.S. condemned the arr... |
In stern judgments capping a decisive crackdown on dissidents, Chinese courts sentenced two prominent democracy campaigners to 13 and 11 years in prison Monday for trying to organize an opposition political party. The 13-year prison term given Xu Wenli after a 3 1/2-hour trial in Beijing was the longest for a Chinese d... | The US trade-driven policy of expanded ties encouraging Chinese democracy is questioned. China signed rights treaties and dissidents used new laws to set up China Democracy Party, but China violates the new laws by persecuting dissidents. It regularly frees activists from prison then exiles them so they lose local infl... |
In stern judgments capping a decisive crackdown on dissidents, Chinese courts sentenced two prominent democracy campaigners to 13 and 11 years in prison Monday for trying to organize an opposition political party. The 13-year prison term given Xu Wenli after a 3 1/2-hour trial in Beijing was the longest for a Chinese d... | After 2 years of wooing the West by signing international accords, apparently relaxing controls on free speech, and releasing and exiling three dissenters, China cracked down against political dissent in Dec 1998. Leaders of the China Democracy Party (CDP) were arrested and three were sentenced to jail terms of 11 to 1... |
In stern judgments capping a decisive crackdown on dissidents, Chinese courts sentenced two prominent democracy campaigners to 13 and 11 years in prison Monday for trying to organize an opposition political party. The 13-year prison term given Xu Wenli after a 3 1/2-hour trial in Beijing was the longest for a Chinese d... | Xu Wenli, Wang Youchai, and Qin Yongmin, leading dissidents and prominent members of the China Democracy Party, were found guilty of subversion and sentenced to 13, 11, and 12 years in prison, respectively. Soon after the sentencing, China's president, Jiang Zemin, delivered speeches in which he asserted that Western p... |
Two yacht crew members are dead, three yachts remain missing and rescue resources were stretched to the limit Monday as huge seas and gale-force winds continued to batter the Sydney-to-Hobart race fleet. A helicopter rescue team flew to a spot about 50 nautical miles off the far south New South Wales town of Merimbula ... | As contestants prepared for the 1998 running of Australia's 630 nautical mile Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race, the American maxi yacht Sayonara emerged as the favorite followed by Australia's Brindabella and Wild Thing. Winds of 15-30 knots were forecast. The first day of the race Brindabella and Sayonara led. By the end o... |
Two yacht crew members are dead, three yachts remain missing and rescue resources were stretched to the limit Monday as huge seas and gale-force winds continued to batter the Sydney-to-Hobart race fleet. A helicopter rescue team flew to a spot about 50 nautical miles off the far south New South Wales town of Merimbula ... | Gale-force winds and high seas struck the 155 participants in Australia's Sydney to Hobart yacht race. One sailor, Glyn Charles, who was swept off the yacht Sword of Orion, is presumed drowned and two seamen on the Business Post Naiad were killed. Search and rescue efforts were stretched to the limit also as three yach... |
Two yacht crew members are dead, three yachts remain missing and rescue resources were stretched to the limit Monday as huge seas and gale-force winds continued to batter the Sydney-to-Hobart race fleet. A helicopter rescue team flew to a spot about 50 nautical miles off the far south New South Wales town of Merimbula ... | US-owned Sayonara, favored to win the Sydney-Hobart yacht race, set an early, fast lead. Weather deteriorated. In Bass Strait, boats rolled in heavy seas and crewmen were swept overboard. 37 yachts dropped from the race, with many dismasted and many crewmen injured. The race continued as winds gusted to 90 mph and seas... |
Two yacht crew members are dead, three yachts remain missing and rescue resources were stretched to the limit Monday as huge seas and gale-force winds continued to batter the Sydney-to-Hobart race fleet. A helicopter rescue team flew to a spot about 50 nautical miles off the far south New South Wales town of Merimbula ... | Before this year, only two deaths had occurred in the 54-year history of the Sydney-to-Hobart race. Since the start of this year's classic, Bruce Guy and Phil Skeggs from The Business Post Naiad have died, three from the Winston Churchill are missing, and Glyn Charles is presumed drowned after being washed overboard th... |
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday acquitted a Muslim commander of war crimes against Bosnian Serb prisoners in 1992, but convicted three underlings in the first U.N. case dealing with anti-Serb atrocities. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal cleared Zejnil Delalic, a Muslim, of responsibility for war crimes committe... | The UN war crimes tribunal demands Yugoslavia's full cooperation in its investigations. It blasted Belgrade for refusing to let investigators probe alleged atrocities in Kosovo. The tribunal acquitted a Muslim commander, but convicted 3 underlings. The commander was greeted by hundreds at Sarajevo a irport on his retur... |
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday acquitted a Muslim commander of war crimes against Bosnian Serb prisoners in 1992, but convicted three underlings in the first U.N. case dealing with anti-Serb atrocities. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal cleared Zejnil Delalic, a Muslim, of responsibility for war crimes committe... | Yugoslavia has cooperated with the UN War crimes tribunal in cases where Serbs were victims in Bosnia and Croatia, but has been slow to allow investigation of alleged atrocities in Kosovo. Serbs fighting there suffered losses to the guerillas and took revenge on civilians including women and children. The war crimes tr... |
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday acquitted a Muslim commander of war crimes against Bosnian Serb prisoners in 1992, but convicted three underlings in the first U.N. case dealing with anti-Serb atrocities. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal cleared Zejnil Delalic, a Muslim, of responsibility for war crimes committe... | Yugoslavia was told to cooperate with the UN War Crimes Tribunal whether Serbs were victims or accused. Belgrade refused visas to Kosovo atrocity investigators. Serbians took revenge on Kosovo civilians for heavy losses. Muslim commander Delalic was acquitted of anti-Bosnian Serb atrocities after 3 years and welcomed h... |
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Monday acquitted a Muslim commander of war crimes against Bosnian Serb prisoners in 1992, but convicted three underlings in the first U.N. case dealing with anti-Serb atrocities. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal cleared Zejnil Delalic, a Muslim, of responsibility for war crimes committe... | Milosevic cooperates with the U.N. war crimes tribunal when Serbs are victims, but is an obstructionist when they are the accused. Officials, for example, limited U.N. investigators' access to Kosovo, where Serbs massacred 21 ethnic Albanian civilians of the Delijaj clan. Further, while U.S. and allied forces arrested ... |
Brazil and the International Monetary Fund moved closer Tuesday to agreement on an expected dlrs 30 billion rescue package for the world's ninth-largest economy. A joint statement by the IMF and the Brazilian government said the two sides agreed Brazil should aim to reduce its budget deficit from an expected eight perc... | Latin leaders at Ibero-American summit explore ways to avoid economic turmoil and warn of likely global recession. Brazil President Cardoso will announce deficit-cutting austerity measures. Brazil and the IMF move closer to an agreement on a $30 billion rescue package. Cardoso readies his plan for spending cuts and tax... |
Brazil and the International Monetary Fund moved closer Tuesday to agreement on an expected dlrs 30 billion rescue package for the world's ninth-largest economy. A joint statement by the IMF and the Brazilian government said the two sides agreed Brazil should aim to reduce its budget deficit from an expected eight perc... | As Latin American nations gathered for the Ibero-American summit, there was general concern for the global economy. Most leaders attending warned that the downturn in the global economy could have dire consequences. The crisis facing Latin America has had an effect on the U.S. economy as exports declined as a result of... |
Brazil and the International Monetary Fund moved closer Tuesday to agreement on an expected dlrs 30 billion rescue package for the world's ninth-largest economy. A joint statement by the IMF and the Brazilian government said the two sides agreed Brazil should aim to reduce its budget deficit from an expected eight perc... | In an effort to stem the financial crisis in Brazil, the world's ninth largest economy and the financial engine of Latin America, U.S. officials have signaled a willingness to provide billions in direct aid. Brazil is also negotiating with the IMF for a $30 billion bail-out package. The agreement almost certainly inclu... |
Brazil and the International Monetary Fund moved closer Tuesday to agreement on an expected dlrs 30 billion rescue package for the world's ninth-largest economy. A joint statement by the IMF and the Brazilian government said the two sides agreed Brazil should aim to reduce its budget deficit from an expected eight perc... | In an effort to stem the financial crisis in Brazil, the world's ninth largest economy and the financial engine of Latin America, U.S. officials have signaled a willingness to provide billions in direct aid. Brazil is also negotiating with the IMF for a $30 billion bail-out package. The agreement almost certainly inclu... |
Jose Saramago became the first writer in Portuguese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. His personal delight was seconded by a burst of public elation in his homeland. Saramago, 75, and Portuguese said they were pleased the Swedish Academy had finally acknowledged the literary contribution of Portugal, a... | One of those mentioned for the 1998 Nobel Literature Prize was Jose Saramago, Portuguese writer, atheist and Communist. Saramago was weary of hearing again that this year he might win. But this time he did, much to the delight of Portugal, but not to the Vatican. In speculation on the Peace Prize it came out that only ... |
Jose Saramago became the first writer in Portuguese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. His personal delight was seconded by a burst of public elation in his homeland. Saramago, 75, and Portuguese said they were pleased the Swedish Academy had finally acknowledged the literary contribution of Portugal, a... | Announcement of the Nobel Prize awards always generates great interest. The prize for literature has always been one to receive varying responses. Past selections have been praised, questioned, or even written off as politically or nationally "correct". This year's winner is 75-year old Jose Saramago, the first Portugu... |
Jose Saramago became the first writer in Portuguese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. His personal delight was seconded by a burst of public elation in his homeland. Saramago, 75, and Portuguese said they were pleased the Swedish Academy had finally acknowledged the literary contribution of Portugal, a... | 1998's Nobel prize for literature went to a Portuguese for the 1st time, imaginative novelist Jose Saramago, long a candidate. Portugal celebrated but the Vatican called him a communist and anti-religious. The meaning of Nobel's advice to honor "literature that works in an ideal direction" is unclear. 3 Americans won i... |
Jose Saramago became the first writer in Portuguese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. His personal delight was seconded by a burst of public elation in his homeland. Saramago, 75, and Portuguese said they were pleased the Swedish Academy had finally acknowledged the literary contribution of Portugal, a... | Jose Saramago is the first Portuguese-language writer and one of few communists to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is widely acclaimed for his imaginative allegories. Three American researchers, Robert Furchgott, Louis Ignarro, and Ferid Murad, shared the 1998 Nobel Prize for Medicine for discovering how nitric ... |
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