UN experts inspect Saddam palace again in Iraq
UN arms experts conduct a comprehensive inspection of Saddam Hussein s main presidential palace in Baghdad as part of the search for weapons of mass destruction. Jayantha Dhanapala notes the Republican Palace is among eight presidential compounds opened to inspectors under a UN agreement.
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Clinton closes Africa trip with Goree Island visit
President Clinton ends his Africa tour on Goree Island Senegal visiting a former slave house and outlining future U S African partnerships. He aims to address the past without issuing an official apology while aides note the speech will stress reconciliation and forward looking ties.
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House passes 217 billion highway bill
The House approved a six year 217 billion spending package for highway and mass transit projects by a 337 to 80 vote. It would fund road bridges and safety programs while provoking concern over fiscal discipline and potential pork barrel politics.
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Senate tests plan to end income tax after 2001
In Congress a GOP budget plan to terminate the federal income tax after 2001 faces its first test as Senate debate on a 1999 budget continues. Democrats push to erase the end tax language while opposing home mortgage and charitable deductions. Republicans hail the move as a display of anti tax sentiment and a prompt to replace the tax code.
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Priest gets life in assaults on altar boys
Rudolph Rudy Kos a 52 year old priest was sentenced to life in prison for three counts of aggravated sexual assault and given 20 year terms on four more counts. He pleaded guilty to a sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child in Dallas. A record $1.196 billion verdict against the Diocese of Dallas followed the scandal. In Albion Illinois the manhunt for two shooters in Indiana and Illinois ended with one man dead and the other in custody as police released few details.
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NYU harassment ruling shields school in sex case
A transsexual plaintiff Jennifer Miles proved harassment by ex professor Cliff Eisen but jurors cleared New York University of responsibility in a 14 million suit. Judge Knapp allowed the case to proceed on gender unclear grounds, citing persistent harassment during Miles's 1998 musicology studies. FDA approves new no calorie sweetener sucralose from sugar.
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