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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2000
Page
6
The 1992 letters show George W. Bush urged aides to help remove a drilling cost tax to protect the oil base. Now a presidential candidate, he receives significant oil industry backing while rival Al Gore highlights Bush's oil ties, noting hundreds of thousands in donations.
In Harare 14 opposition poll watchers were abducted and held for hours as Zimbabwe nears a tightly watched election. Rights groups and some observers accuse M A U P F forces of intimidating opponents to suppress MDC gains.
Russia's Security Council backed an information security doctrine to bolster state control of information flow while Putin said it protects journalists and aids cybercrime crackdown. Critics doubt the move's media freedom impact as Vladimir Gusinsky faces fraud charges and was questioned for 3 days before release.
In Damascus Bashar Assad told UN secretary general Kofi Annan Syria will seek full peace only with Israel’s full withdrawal from the Golan Heights. The scene, in father Hafez Assad’s chair, shows the young leader ready to engage internationally while consolidating power at home.
Morgantown AP Elvis Presley fan and Carter aide Hamilton Jordan spoke at West Virginia University promoting his book about surviving three cancers including non-Hodgkins lymphoma prostate cancer and skin cancer. Jordan 55 described Presley’s calls to Carter and passing the phone to staff. Celebrities attend Seattle museum opening and Ted Turner discusses foundation giving.
The 11th Circuit refused to rehear the Elian Gonzalez custody case, clearing the path for possible return to Cuba. The decision denies all further stays or injunctive relief and dissolves the U.S. stay at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Justice officials urged swift action by the family.
Huntsville Texas Governor George W Bush faces renewed scrutiny over the death penalty as a dozen Texas inmates await execution before the November 7 election. Jessy San Miguel is slated to die next for a 1991 murder, with more executions planned into July and August amid debate over the system’s fairness. Juan Raul Garza’s August 5 federal execution in Terre Haute adds to national attention as campaigns loom.
A federal appeals court allowed the EPA to push a region wide plan targeting nitrogen oxide from coal plants to curb smog. Michigan led the challenge with South Carolina joining others opposing costly controls though the rule gains four months for 19 midwestern states to submit plans by May 2008.
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