Panel urges blocking permanent trade with China over religious freedoms
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged denying China permanent normal trade status until it allows worship and religious rights. It also criticized Sudan and Russia for hindering religious practices and the State Department for withholding embassy cables. Rabbi David Saperstein heads the 10 member panel of religious and human rights experts.
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Politics overshadow peace talks in Eilat over West Bank settlement
Negotiations in Eilat enter a second day as Israeli coalition disputes and Palestinian protests over plans to build 174 new homes in Maale Adumim color the talks. US envoy Dennis Ross arrives to help broker a framework for a permanent peace and the scope of the final interim troop withdrawal.
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Chen selects economic planner and Japan envoy for cabinet
President-elect Chen Shui-bian named Chen Po-chih as chairman of the Council of Economic Planning and Development and Lo Fu-chuan as Taiwan's representative to Tokyo. Chen Po-chih, 51, is an economics professor at National Taiwan University and a longtime adviser to retiring President Lee Teng-hui. Lo Fu-chuan, based in Japan, becomes Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan.
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May Day clashes as protests flare across Asia
May Day actions turn violent in Manila with rocks and water cannon as police clash with leftist labor groups injuring a firefighter and several protesters. In Seoul hundreds of students clash with riot police while Tokyo sees placid rallies amid high unemployment.
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Gloria Estefan wraps filming TV special in Nassau
Gloria Estefan finished taping the CBS television special Gloria Estefan Caribbean Soul The Atlantis Concert in Nassau Bahamas to accompany her new Spanish language album Alma Caribeña The concert will air May 12 on CBS and includes duets with Celia Cruz Jose Feliciano and Marc Anthony plus a performance with Anthony. In Radnor Pennsylvania cast members of the CBS miniseries Jesus discuss taking on the title role Jeremy Sisto expresses the weight of playing Jesus Jacqueline Bisset plays Mary the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene confusion sparks humorous exchanges.
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Fire damages Brown owned office building in Augusta
An arson fire damaged an office building owned by James Brown in Augusta Georgia. Firefighters found the building empty and investigators found accelerant spots. Samples were sent to the GBI crime lab for analysis. Brown visited the scene after a Virginia concert and said the damage was less than expected.
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White House eyed 1999 email glitch fix for Congress
An internal memo shows White House officials planned to tell Congress in February 1999 about a non archived email system glitch and begin retrieving thousands of unarchived messages. Northrup Grumman proposed a $602000 design to recover missing records, but officials delayed action as inquiries continued.
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Citadel demotes top female cadet over prank reaction
Petra Lovetinska, among Citadel's first four women cadets, drops from cadet major to senior private after reacting to a knockoff shoes prank by wiping another cadet's trousers with her shoes. She receives 20 demerits and 40 marching tours in the bar racks.
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