Farm DC settlement settles 4.2 million on 1985 FmHA loans
U S Attorney Charles Larson announced a 4.2 million settlement with PCAM and Farm Credit Bank of Omaha over inflated 1984 to 1985 FmHA loan guarantees in Cedar Jackson Clinton and Jones counties. The deal covers 20 guaranteed loans with 3 million for fraud, plus investigative costs and civil penalties. The agreement allows audits of 30 more Iowa loans to spot fraud with possible repayments.
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Cedar
Jackson
Clinton
Jones
PCAM
Farm Credit Bank of Omaha
Larson
FIHA
U.S. General Fund
Iowa
Robert Teig
Gale Cameron
USDA
Fmha
Cameron
Opponents of Saddam treated in London after suspected thallium poisoning
Two Iraqi opposition figures Abdallah Abdelatif and Abdel Karim al Mashihi arrived in Britain for tests at Guy's Hospital in London. Officials say they were poisoned by Iraqi security agents using thallium, a method reportedly used to kill dissidents.
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Saddam Hussein
Guy’s Hospital
Abdallah Abdelatif
Abdel Karim al-Mashiwi
Britain
Campaign For
Saddam
Mohammed Abubeai
Najib Alyassiri
BBC
Foley Resists Broad Subpoenas in House Bank Scandal
House Speaker Thomas Foley opposed the Justice Department subpoenas for House bank records including members without overdrafts. He convenes leadership to respond while noting House recess limits actions. Republican Robert Michel supported Foley against the sweeping, unprecedented scope. Wilkey pressed for a full records review, saying it would satisfy the public.
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Foley
Washington
House
Thomas Foley
Justice Department
Robert Michel
Malcolm Wilkey
Bush Administration
House Bank
Wilkey
FAA to order cockpit equipment modification amid data gaps
The FAA plans an air worthiness directive to modify about 500 aircraft transponders after repeated incidents in Chicago area where flight data like number altitude and speed failed to appear on radar. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association warns of unsafe incidents but the FAA says no safety issue exists.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Union
Chicago
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Chicago O'Hare
Joseph M. Bellino
Miner Fletcher faces murder charges in child death
Inez Kentucky AP report notes Tommy Fletcher once met LBJ during a 1964 poverty push. Now 66, Fletcher and wife Mary Fletcher are indicted for murder and first degree criminal abuse in the death of their 3 year old daughter, held on $100000 bail each.
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LBJ
Inez, Ky
Johnson
Fletcher
Russia slows pace of free market reforms
Moscow reports a phased reform plan delaying some shock therapy measures. Yegor Gaidar and Cabinet officials cite postponing privatization and expanding welfare to ease transition. Deficit rises to 7 percent of GNP this quarter as unemployment fears grow. The plan aims for a gradual shift without collapsing the economy.
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Los Angeles Times
Moscow
Yegor Gaidar
Boris Yeltsin
Gaidar
Alexei Ulyukayev
Vasily Barchuk
the Economist
Yeltsin
The
Economist
Two ministers resign in Peru amid Fujimori shakeup
In Lima two cabinet ministers resigned on Friday while an economic adviser chose to stay. The moves follow a broader purge after Fujimori dissolved Congress and suspended the courts and come as financier Bolona and the OAS debate continued.
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Peru
Alberto Fujimori
Fujimori
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Industry and Foreign Relations
Roberto MacLean
Washington
Luis Marchand
Oscar de la Puente
Jorge Camet
Ister
Blacker
Bolona
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