OPEC to raise oil output amid price concerns
In Vienna officials said OPEC members agreed to a 6.3 percent rise in production totaling 1.48 million barrels per day. Nine members backed the move despite objections from a key member. Analysts say the impact on U.S. gasoline prices would be modest, with Clinton calling the step positive for global growth.
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U-nation Cartel
Clinton
Farah Alisbury
Alamo
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Energy
Bill Richardson
Rilwanu Kukman
Nigeria
Bridge player Phillip Alde claims East win in 2000 match
Bridge notes show Phillip Alde in a 2000 session with a sequence titled Pass Pass Pass, indicating a simplified play pattern. The fragment lists East and includes values suggesting a hands-on bidding event.
Pirates of Penzance and Bridge Strategy Paradox
A fragmented passage blends Gilbert and Sullivan lyric references with bridge tactics. It discusses a three no trump contract, defender versus declarer, overcalls, stoppers, and a dummy play sequence while noting the challenge of rapid stopper management and entry timing in a marathon like effort.
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England
Marathon
Waterloo
West
East
South
Devlater
Dumey
Aeek
Ex-leader Bao Tong protests police harassment in Beijing
Bao Tong, a senior former Communist Party official and ally of Zhao Ziyang, says he is harassed by security teams since early this year. In a March 13 letter to foreign media and the U.N. rights chief, he urges an end to surveillance and recalls his seven years in prison since the 1989 crackdown.
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Communist Party
United Nations
China
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Bao Tong
Beijing
Bao
Tiananmen Square
Zhao Ziyang
Iraq accused of rebuilding weapons program amid renewed scrutiny
Former U.N. weapons inspectors Richard Butler and Rolf Ekeus warned Congress that Saddam Hussein has exploited lax oversight to rebuild Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. They doubted Iraq will fully cooperate with the new Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and urged a united U.S.-Russian push to curb WMD development.
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U.N
Richard Butler
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rolf Ekeus
Ekeus
U.N. Special Commission For
Butler
International Atomic Energy Agency
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Baghdad
United Nations
Clinton
Vladimir Putin
Russia
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
Special Commission
Hans Blix
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