U N Creates War Crimes Tribunal Worldwide
Delegates from 160 nations approved a treaty creating the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal, rejecting US objections. Final tally 120 to 7 with 21 abstentions. India attempted to torpedo the deal as allied nations joined in denouncing provisos. Canada and Britain backed the treaty’s defense.
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Canada
Britain
Prosecution Questions Clinton's Secret Service Before Grand Jury
Prosecutors in the Monica Lewinsky case questioned Secret Service agents guarding President Clinton before a grand jury as Chief Justice Rehnquist refused to extend a stay blocking their testimony. Agent Larry Cockell and six uniformed officers were subpoenaed and faced a tense courtroom as Starr summoned additional jurors to ensure questions could proceed. Cockell waited through the day but was excused, with officials expressing outrage at the compelled testimony.
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Lewinsky
Larry Cockell
Cockell
John Kotelly
Supreme Court
President Clinton
Heat wave pushes triple digits across South and West
A relentless heat wave drives temperatures above 100 across central Texas for 12th straight day and scorches regions from Arizona to California. Authorities report at least 60 deaths linked to heat, with 32 in Texas and others in Louisiana Oklahoma California and Arizona. Heat-related crop losses total about 1.5 billion dollars while utilities record surging power use. Three Fort Bragg soldiers were hospitalized for heat exhaustion during a 12 mile march.
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Salt River Project
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Texas
Louisiana
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Judge blocks family's plan for 12-year-old's abortion
In Mount Clemens Michigan a judge halted the 12 year old pregnant by her brother from traveling to Kansas for a late term abortion. Prosecutors asked for intervention and the court ordered psychological testing over the next two weeks with a hearing in 30 to 40 days, keeping the girl in Michigan.
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Mich
Kansas
Pamela Gilbert O'Sullivan
Michigan
Record US trade deficit reaches all time high in May
The Commerce Department reports May’s trade gap at 15.75 billion dollars, up 10.3 percent from April’s 14.27 billion as Asia crisis hurts exports. The drop hurts sales of apples to autos, with Asia accounting for a third of U.S. exports amid recessions in Japan and smaller nations.
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Asia
U.S
Commerce Department
Japan
National roundup and deaths probe mix in Marchs tax debate
National roundup reports lawmakers push for a marriage tax cut and planned Senate vote amid Democratic objections. In Ohio Dayton, four children in one family died of suffocation over eight months, with investigators focusing on a household child. In New Braunfels, Zamora case testimony links a cadet to a murder tied to jealous motives.
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Air Force Academy
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