Schroeder sworn in as German chancellor in Bonn
Gerhard Schroeder, elected last month on a reform platform, was confirmed today as Germany's chancellor by a 351-287 vote with 27 abstentions. He will be sworn in later, joining Oskar Lafontaine as he embraced the party. Helmut Kohl offered a brief handshake before leaving.
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Bonn
Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Schroeder
Social Democratic Party
Oskar Lafontaine
Helmut Kohl
John Glenn ready for countdown at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Florida a 70 percent chance of favorable weather for Thursday's launch. Winds from Hurricane Mitch pose a risk of 17.2 mph at launch time possibly delaying liftoff. Glenn and six crewmates spend leisure hours reviewing flight plans and equipment while spectators fill nearby motels and reporters bustle.
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John Glenn
Florida
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Glenn
Titusville
Cocoa Beach
Yeltsin Checks Into Sanatorium Over Fatigue and Pressure
Boris Yeltsin entered Barvikha sanitarium near Moscow after doctors ordered him to cancel a foreign trip due to high blood pressure and extreme fatigue. The 67 year old leader faced questions about his ability to guide Russia through a severe economic crisis while Prime Minister Primakov met EU and international leaders in Vienna. Doctors prescribed a course of restoration treatment as Yeltsin rests.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Austria
Russia
Yevgeny Primakov
Vienna
European Union
Onassis fortune suit spurs crossfire in Athens court
In Athens Greeks eyes focus on the $600 million Onassis fortune with Thierry Roussel filing a slander suit against Stelios Papadimitriou, a trustee of the Onassis Foundation. The four trustees countersued Roussel for defamation alleging he called them mismanagers and nepotistic.
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Greece
Onassis
Athina Roussel
Thierry Roussel
Stelios Papadimitriou
Onassis Foundation
Onassis Shipping Enterprises
Roussel
Papadimitriou
Gates Deposition Clips Touted in Microsoft Antitrust Case
Videotape footage of Bill Gates from last summer’s deposition is to be saved and released as part of the government antitrust case against Microsoft. Media outlets will broadcast the clips, a move Microsoft calls an effort to demonize Gates, as Netscape CEO James Barksdale faces cross examination.
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Washington
Bill Gates
Microsoft Corporation
Gates
Microsoft
Netscape
James Barksdale
National roundup case against MIT fraternity in limbo
MIT Phi Gamma Delta chapter disbanded after indictment in the drinking death of 18 year old Scott Krueger. With no named individuals and the chapter gone, the manslaughter case cannot proceed. Other briefs note assisted death law with patient families, Viagra color vision risk for pilots, racist firefighters fired, and caffeine overdose death of a Morehead City student.
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MIT
Phi Gamma Delta
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scott Krueger
Salem
Orc
Peter Rasmussen
New York
Thomas von Essen
Robert Steiner
Jonathan Walters
von Essen
Rosemarie Maldonado
Morehead City
N.C
Jason Allen
Wrenn Johnson
Allen
Carteret Community College
Carteret General Hospital
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