U N chief visits genocide sites after rebuke
Rwanda survivor Charles Butera recounts eight days of resistance with rocks and hoes while awaiting UN help that never arrived. Annan faces criticism for UN inaction amid warnings before and after a parliament speech.
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Clinton says US cannot impose peace plan in Mideast talks
President Clinton defended his proposal for Israeli troop withdrawals from the West Bank and said the United States cannot impose a solution. He sent Dennis Ross back to Israel to restart talks and urged momentum toward final status negotiations by next year.
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States debate paying for Viagra for poor patients
New York reports that several states including Alabama Florida Arkansas Louisiana Maryland Utah and West Virginia are weighing Medicaid coverage for Viagra. Limits vary from four to ten pills monthly with cost concerns and policy debates over necessity and mental well being.
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Judge: Megan's Law must provide fair hearings
A federal judge rules sex offenders facing public release of records have rights to a lawyer and to challenge the state uses to justify notification. The decision affects more than 6,000 offenders on probation or recently released since January 1996.
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