Thousands Rally Against Milosevic Near Belgrade
Tens of thousands of protesters marched toward Belgrade to demand Milosevic's ouster in what organizers called a final push. Police offered limited resistance as larger crowds pressed forward while authorities tried to block routes from Nis and other cities.
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Selgrade
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Smederevska Palanka
Belgrade
Independent Radio B2.92
Nis
Cacak
CIA admits obligation to fund defectors in Seattle case
Two Cod war spies allege the CIA reneged on a life long cash commitment after defecting to the United States. They say a 1990s document shows the agency acknowledged an obligation to provide ongoing financial support. The couple, once a foreign diplomat and spouse, seek damages and raise medical debt. The CIA has declined comment.
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Seattle
CIA
United States
CLA
Non-OPEC Nations Weigh In As Oil Prices Stay High
Non-OPEC producers show limited impact on price declines as OPEC members keep output steady or rising. Mexico Norway Russia and Oman followed OPEC actions last year and now push full capacity, capitalizing on ten year high prices despite calls to ease production.
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Mexico
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Norway
Russia
Oman
Ford Venezuela faces protests over Exploders Firestone recall
Venezuelan victims protest Ford Motor Co subsidiary over proposed compensation for accidents tied to Ford Explorers with Firestone tires. Ford attended a government meeting with over 50 victims. Bridgestone Firestone Venezuela refused, saying attendance would imply guilt.
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Vakacas
Venecuela
Ford Motor Co
Venecuelan
Ford
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
Bridgestone /Firestone
Ana Cecilia Colmenarez
Los Angeles Transit Strike Intensifies as Drivers Refuse Return
Striking drivers rejected Gov. Davis request to return to work without a contract while county workers staged walkouts seeking new terms. About 450,000 commuters faced reroutes for a 19th day as the MTA announced a significant new offer to end the dispute.
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Los Angeles
Gray Davis
Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Barak and Arafat Order Forces to Pull Back in Key Areas
In Paris talks with Madeleine Albright and Dennis Ross Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian leader Arafat ordered commanders to separate forces in three flashpoints Netzarim junction in Gaza Joseph's Tomb in Nablus and the Ramallah Circle. The move aims to reduce violence as tolls rise in the West Bank and Gaza and peacemaking stalls. Transportation Minister Lipkin-Shahak said Arafat ordered a halt to violence.
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Sharm Elsheik
Egypt
West Bank
Gaza
Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
Barak
Arafat
Paris
Madeleine Albright
Dennis B. Ross
Netzarim Junction
Joseph
Ross
Madeleine ‘Albright
Red Sea
Hosni Mubarak
Arafat Barak
CLA
George Tenet
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
Army Radio
Israel
Jerusalem
Jacques Chirac
Ozone Hole Over City Expands To Punta Arenas Readings
New Zealand researchers report the Antarctic ozone hole stretched over the Chilean city Punta Arenas for two days, exposing residents to high UV. NASA data cite a 11.4 million square mile area, three times the U.S. size, with potential global impacts on Argentina and southern regions.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Antarctica
US Space Agency
NASA
Atmospheric Research
Stephen Wood
United States
Chile
Punta Arenas
Wood
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric
King describes writing as unearthing ideas like an archaeologist
Stephen King told ABC that stories come from within and must be dug out for completion. He spoke during a promotion for On Writing about his 1999 car accident and the death of driver Bryan Smith, whose body was found after King turned 53.
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King
Bryan Smith
Smith
Rosie O'Donnell plans adoption advocacy after TV contract
The outspoke celebrity tells November Ladies' Home Journal she will devote the rest of her career to helping couples adopt children. She has been a go-between for 39 adoptions including a son for Kate Jackson and started Rosie Adoptions with Children of the World in New Jersey.
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Rosie O'Donnell
November
Ladies’ Home Journal
Charlie's Angels
Kate Jackson
Rosie
Kate
O'Donnell
Rosie Adoptions
Children of the World
New Jersey
Justices Hear Retirees Tax Dispute in South Carolina
In Columbia, the Pennsylvania style dispute centers on federal versus state retirees taxed differently. Doris Stieglitz Ward, a federal retiree, leads a 1998 suit claiming SC tax law violated a 1989 US Supreme Court ruling requiring equal taxation. The state argues Ward failed to exhaust revenue procedures, aiming to delay the case.
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Doris Stieglitz Ward
U.S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Ward
Circuit
The
Revenue Department
Camden Lewis
Lewis
Alison Renee
Lee
Supreme Court
US Supreme Court
Jean Toal
Costa Pleicones
Toal
John Hoefer
Plebones
Six students charged after Goose Creek high school melee
Six teens from Stratford and Goose Creek high schools face rioting and malicious injury charges after a brawl involving up to 35 students from rival schools. Five adults and one juvenile were charged. weapons included baseball bats crowbars knives hammers and lumber.
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Goose Creek
Stratford
Gregory Gunn
Erin Chance
Justin Heinz
Wendy Milton
Stephanie O'Rourk
Storms Drive Insurance Rate Hikes Across South Carolina
A string of violent storms and near hurricane misses, including Floyd in September 1989, spurs several insurers to seek rate increases in South Carolina. State Farm seeks 92 percent statewide. Farm Bureau 96 percent statewide with up to 236 percent beach-area hikes. Auto-Owners 25 percent. Companion 10 percent for condo coverage. Nationwide files 11.9 percent statewide with 3.8 to 7.7 percent in Charleston.
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Theorth
South Carolina Farm Bureau
State Farm
Nationwide
Farm Bureau
Auto-Owners
Companion
Insurance Services Office
Allison Wright
The
South Carolina Insurance News Service
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Berkeley
Beach
Auto-Owners Insurance
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