Putin backs referendum on private property and immunity limits
Acting President Vladimir Putin urged reforms including guarantees for private property and limits on parliamentary immunity. He condemned censorship as harmful to democracy and said immunity should apply only during lawmakers' terms, noting current law blocks prosecutions for pre-appointment charges unless removed by peers.
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Irkutsk
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Interfax
Syria Blasts Israel Over Peace Talks and Golan Threats
Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al Sharaa accuses Israel of undermining the Syrian Israeli peace process and violating international law by threatening to attack Lebanon. In a February 14 letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, he cites January talks in Shepherdstown West Virginia as proof Israel refuses to withdraw from the Golan Heights and prefers force to diplomacy.
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Syria
Israel
Lebanon
Kofi Annan
Farouk al-Sharaa
Shepherdstown
West Virginia
Golan Heights
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Russian tanker leaves Oman after detention over sanctions
The Volga-Neft-147 and its crew of 18 including 17 Russians and one Iraqi were released from Oman on Friday after unloading oil via a jetty transfer to another vessel at Al-Fahal port. The vessel had been detained by the U.S. Navy for alleged sanctions violations related to Iraq. The official gave no destination for the tanker.
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Foreign Ministry
Omani
Syed Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi
Reformists poised to win Iran parliamentary vote
Iranians show split loyalties at the ballot. Reformists were favored to narrow the edge held by conservatives in the parliamentary elections. First results due Sunday. Voter lines reflected the clash between Islamist tradition and Western-leaning reformers. Traditional dress contrasted with some modern styles among voters.
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Iran
Tehran Radio
India seizes Time magazines to block Gandhi interview
In Calcutta India seized 3000 copies of Time magazine to black out an interview with the brother of Mohandas Gandhi's assassin. Customs commissioner Sumit Dutta Mazumdar said the article contained derogatory remarks injurious to national prestige and that the Feb 21 edition would be released only after the piece was blotted out.
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India
Time Magazine
Mohandas Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Sumit Dutta Mazumdar
Mazumdar
Ford shades fear as he reads life achievement award
Beverly Hills AP reports Harrison Ford, famed for bold on screen roles, admits fear of public speaking while reading a life achievement at the Fan Film Institute. He thanks mentors, jokes he may cry, and asks for humor to end soon. Cincinnati AP notes Marge Schott funds aid to girls and Scouts. She donates 2 million to a girls school and Boy Scouts. 1 million for St. Ursula Academy’s Margaret Annewehr Schott Hall and 1 million to Dan Beard Scout Reservation lake project. New York AP says Anna Soares seeks CBS sign removal near Ed Sullivan Theater over a Letterman likeness, claiming the illuminated sign violates her privacy and stays lit all night.
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New York
David Letterman
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Soares
Ed Sullivan
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Winter storm triggers school closings and travel delays
A broad winter storm dumped snow sleet and freezing rain across the Midwest and Northeast causing many schools to close or dismiss early and delaying flights. Heaviest snow hit northern Illinois southern Michigan southeastern Wisconsin Pennsylvania and New York with 2 to 9 inches in places. A Virginia couple died in a Harrisburg area crash as drivers faced slick roads. In Madison Wisconsin residents described the snow as a rare sight with mixed emotions about the disruption and the cold.
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NASA extends radar mapping mission on Endeavour
NASA keeps the 197 foot radar antenna mast deployed for nine more hours delaying mast retraction to Monday morning. The extra mapping time means astronauts will not attempt a spacewalk to retract the mast before Endeavour returns Tuesday. If the mast jams it would be ejected and burned up, a $35 million piece left behind.
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NASA
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Clemson teens face expulsion over knives at school
Two Pickens County 17 year olds Matthew Hedden and Michael Boggs were arrested and released after bringing knives to Daniel High School. A school resource officer said Hedden was seen cutting an apple with a Swiss Army knife at lunch and Boggs showed a three inch blade in an office before being questioned.
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Pickens County
Daniel High School
Matthew Alexander Hedden
Michael Benjamin Boggs
Marvin Nix
Hedden
Boggs
Nix
Inflation Loosens While Wall Street Dives on Rate Fears
Energy costs surged with fuel oil at a four year high and overall energy up 1 percent in January while clothing prices fell. Inflation rose 0.2 percent as stocks tumbled on fears of higher rates, with Greenspan signaling more hikes ahead and the Dow and Nasdaq posting sizable losses.
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Wall Street
Fridday
Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
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Fed
Alan Greenspan
Ing
Congress
Greenspan
Texas woman pleads for mercy as execution date nears
Betty Lou Beets, 62, asks Gov. Bush for mercy hours before scheduled execution for killing two husbands and burying them in her yard. Bush awaits Texas Board recommendation before acting. Tucker last woman executed in Texas in 1998 for a 1983 slaying.
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George W. Bush
Betty Lou Beets
ABC
Bush
George Ryan
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South Carolina
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Karla Faye Tucker
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