World roundups and political tensions span globe
The report covers Boris Yeltsin illness in Moscow forcing a shortened trip, East Asia economists urging Japan to cut rates to avert recession, Congolese rebels seizing Kindu, Russia expanding foreign bank roles, and Netanyahu facing cabinet pressure over West Bank land policy.
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Boris Yeltsin
Gorky-9
Dmitry Yakushkin
Yeltsin
Central Asia
Singapore
Japan
World Economic Forum
Netanyahu
Jerusalem
Benjamin Netanyahu
West Bank
PLO
National Religious Party
Yasser ‘Arafat
Washington
Gaza Strip
Coalitio
Kosovo crisis: Milosevic agrees to pull forces and start talks
US envoy Holbrooke hails a Kosovo settlement after Milosevic agrees to withdraw troops, begin negotiations with Albanian separatists, and allow international observers. NATO warned of air strikes if commitments fail as emergency relief and winter loom. Holbrooke urges proof of commitment and notes ongoing danger.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Richard Holbrooke
Kosovo
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
Clinton
New York
NATO
Holbrooke
US scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for quasiparticles
Robert C Laughlin of the United States Horst L Stoermer of Germany and Daniel C Tsui born in China now US citizens share the 978000 prize. They showed that electrons in strong magnetic fields at near zero temperature form composite quasiparticles and these findings were confirmed by later experiments. Laughlin is at Stanford Stoermer at Columbia and Tsui at Princeton.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Robert C. Laughlin
Horst L. Stoermer
Germany
Daniel C. Tsui
China
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Laughlin
Stanford University
Stoermer
Ster-Mer
Columbia University
New York City
Tsui
Tsoo-Ee
Princeton University
Should fish be served at aquarium protests spark debate
A Boston article notes the New England Aquarium serving Maine crab cakes tuna chowder and breaded haddock while animal rights activists from PETA plan a protest. Christine Dorchak questions how displays of fish align with conservation goals.
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Boston
Maine
New England Aquarium
Aquarium
People For the
Christine Dorchak
Prince Charles lithograph donated to aid Omagh hospital auction
In Dublin a signed lithograph of Windsor Castle by Prince Charles will be auctioned to benefit County Tyrone Hospital in Omagh following the August 15 car bombing by IRA dissidents that killed 29 and wounded 370. Christie's values the piece at 2000 to 3000 pounds with no reserve.
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Royal Art
Dublin
Ireland
Prince Charles
Windsor Castle
Northern Ireland
County Tyrone
Omagh
John de Vere White
Washington State
Walla Walla
Wash
Jeremy Sagastegui
Washington State Penitentiary
Sagastegui
John Lambert
Keivan Sarbacher
Washington
Keivan
Melissa Sarbacher
Lisa Vera-Acevado
Student murder suspects face death penalty in Wyoming case
The beating death of Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old University of Wyoming student, sparked national condolences and calls for hate crime protections. Shepard died after being found bound near Laramie following a brutal assault.
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Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Clinton
Matthew Shepard
Fort Coll Colp
Shepard
Michael Weinstein
West Hollywood
Calif
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