WHO Downgrades SARS Prevention and Travel Advice
WHO downgraded its assessment of SARS prevention efforts after a Toronto visitor contracted the virus and returned to Canada. The UN agency said it has no plans for a travel advisory and removed parts of China from the warning while keeping cautions on essential travel to Beijing and Taiwan.
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Taiwan
Medicare drug plan approval signals major shift in coverage
The Senate Finance Committee backed a bipartisan prescription drug plan for millions of Medicare recipients. The bill increases the role of private insurers in delivering drugs and promises sweeping changes unseen since 1965. Rumsfeld paid tribute to Shinseki at the Army’s 228th birthday as Shinseki concluded his term.
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Eric Shinseki
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GOP senator rallies Jewish support for Bush effort
Republican Sen Norm Coleman travels the country appealing to Jewish groups to back President Bush and reverse a long Democratic tilt. He cites Bush’s terrorism policy and Israel ties while noting his own switch from Democrat to Republican as a Brooklyn born Jew.
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Senate wealth gap shows millionaires among lawmakers
Senate finance disclosures for 2002 reveal a highly affluent body led by Bill Frist with multimillion dollar blind trusts. Others report substantial stock holdings, property and incomes, including Alexander Bright Horizons stakes, Graham Florida properties, Feinstein Carlton Hotel, and Kennedy family trusts. Clinton earned 9.5 million from speaking and Hillary Clinton 1.15 million from memoirs. contrast appears with Leahy and Biden showing modest accounts and liabilities.
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Senate
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Richard Shelby
R-Ala
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D-Fla
Dianne Feinstein
Calif
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Any. Graham
Florida
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San Franciso
Sens
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D-Mass
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D-Wya
Peter Fitzgerald
RIL
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
D-Ny
Bill Clinton
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Israel widens strikes as Hamas leader targeted in Gaza City
Israel carried out its sixth missile strike in four days killing a Hamas operative in Gaza City and injuring 32 Palestinians including 10 children. One Israeli was killed and two wounded in Palestinian attacks. Seven strikes followed, with an unclear target in a later car hit. International calls for peacekeepers rise as witnesses describe the escalating cycle of violence.
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Flockhart gushes over Ford in People interview
Calista Flockhart opens about her romance with Harrison Ford in People magazine. She calls him cute in the morning and notes the couple met at the Golden Globes in 2002. Ford, age 60, and Flockhart, 38, have moved Liam to his Los Angeles home this year.
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Harrison Ford
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People Magazine
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Jockhart
Liam
Ford
Los Angeles
Bees Stampede At Busier Kmart And Other Local Tales
A shoplifter sparked a bee diversion in a Sedalia Mo restroom as he fled with about $60 in CDs perfume batteries and scissors. About 100 bees released from the door sent workers scrambling and the man escaped with no injuries. In York Pa mayor Robb Green officiated his 1 001st wedding at the Street Red Nationals East event. Mystic Iowa hopes goat racing will revive Independence Day, with a July 5 race parade pageant and concerts after population declines.
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John DeGonia
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Sheryl Sypult
Terry Williams
Williams Street
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