Haider Shifts to Immigration Ban in Austria Coalition Talks
Populist leader Joerg Haider warned a government led by his Freedom Party would ban most immigration with seasonal workers allowed briefly. The party, Austria's second largest, seeks a coalition with the Austrian People's Party as talks continue for a joint cabinet next week.
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Joerg Haider
Haider
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Austrian People’s Party
People’s Party
NASA plans record-long radar boom for shuttle Endeavour
NASA aims to extend a 197 foot radar antenna boom from the shuttle Endeavour after liftoff to map most of Earth's terrain with high accuracy. If deployed, it would become the longest rigid space structure. Scientists praise potential over environmental needs while critics cite safety jitters and a mapping cut.
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NASA
Diane Evans
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
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Rules for genetically engineered products reach agreement in Montreal
UN talks in Montreal produced new rules governing trade in biotech products after failed talks last year. The framework allows a country to ban imports citing insufficient safety evidence and requires exporters to label shipments of GM commodities such as corn or cotton. It seeks to balance safety with WTO free trade rules, with the United States conceding on labeling and import bans amid pressure.
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World Trade Organization
United States
Williams joins Hall of Fame for fishing in Florida
Dania Beach AP reports Ted Williams was inducted into the International Game Fish Association Fishing Hall of Fame becoming the first living member. The 81 year old Red Sox legend famed hitter and skilled fly fisher discussed lakes lures and colors with bass pros at a dinner despite a prior stroke.
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Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
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International Game Fish Association
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Curt Gowdy
Clinton urges open trade while stressing aid to poor nations
At Davos the US president urged world leaders to advance trade openness while addressing labor and environmental concerns. He cited gains for poor countries from open markets, cautioned against overreliance on trade deals, and noted the need for accountable governance.
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Switzerland
Clinton
World Economic Forum
Texas NAACP pushes to remove Confederate flags from public spaces
Texas civil rights leaders meeting in San Marcos urged Texans to reject Confederate symbols as racist. They pressed Gov. Bush to back removing a Confederate flag plaque from the state Supreme Court building and called for stronger hate-crime laws.
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Texas
Gary Bledsoe
NAACP
Bledsoe
George W. Bush
State Supreme Court
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Bush
Scott McClellan
Kye
Tatum
Hill Country
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Elian Gonzalez stir grows as protestors demand return
About 200 protesters marched in front of the Immigrations and Naturalization Service office on Saturday urging Elian Gonzalez be sent back to his father in Cuba. Rep. Dan Burton said Elian told him he wants to stay in the United States. Elian’s mother and others died when their boat sank off Florida. The Cuban government planned a rally to welcome the boy’s grandmothers home amid nationwide demonstrations.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Elian Gonzalez
Cuba
Dan Burton
Elian
United States
Florida
Cienfuegos
Two Florence men arrested in Israeli citizen shooting death
Antwan Dean Ellis 22 was arrested Friday Ezra Thomas 22 turned himself in later in the day Richland County deputies say a murder warrant is out for Leon Blackmon Jr 29 of West Columbia in the robbery and shooting of Moshe Bhar 34 outside the Club House nightclub on Jan 6 Bhar was shot in the neck while seated in a car Two days later two men attempted to use his credit cards at a Columbia area Wal Mart deputies said
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Florence
Antwan Dean Ellis
Ezra ‘Thomas
Richland County Sheriff's Office
Leon Blackmon Jr
West Columbia
Joseph Pellicer
Moshe Bhar
Bhar
Columbia Area
Vietnamese Tet celebration planned in Greenville
Upstate Vietnamese community invites officials and Vietnam veterans to a Tet dinner on Feb 6 marking the lunar new year. Dat Nguyen says the event promotes reconciliation with leaders from Greenville County schools and local businesses. Tim Zerr notes potential therapeutic value for veterans as community ties grow. G Donald Gibbons highlights the chance for leaders to meet a growing population.
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Dat Nguyen
Greenville County School District
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Tet
Nguyen
Tim Zerr
G. Donald Gibbons
International Center
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