Clinton Leaves for Africa with Cairo Stop in Key trip
President Clinton launches weekend tour to Africa aiming to bolster Nigeria’s fragile democracy and urge peace in Burundi. He adds a Monday meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak in Cairo and will press for better Nigeria oil management, anti corruption efforts, and expanded aid.
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Clinton orders supervisors to join frontline firefighting effort
President Clinton ordered up to 2000 federal supervisors and managers to shift into support roles on the Western wildfires. The move aims to bolster backstop operations as 1.5 million acres burn and fire weather persists, with impacts in Idaho and Montana and costs rising past 325 million dollars.
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Terror plot foiled before Sydney Olympics
New Zealand police reportedly disrupted a terrorist plot aimed at a nuclear reactor in Sydney during the Sept 15 to Oct 1 Olympics. Auckland raids found maps of Sydney and notes on security tactics in a converted home linked to Osama bin Laden. New South Wales police said no specific Sydney games threat had been identified.
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Bush pledges freetrade push and Cuba sanctions stance
In Miami George W. Bush outlined foreign policy aims for the Western Hemisphere. He pledged to revive stalled free trade talks with Latin America, keep sanctions on Fidel Castro, hire more border officers, and seek fast track authority to resume talks with Chile and others. He also met Vicente Fox and discussed humane, enforced border policy.
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Bush Ads Under Fire Over Social Security Claims
Gore aides call a new Bush campaign ad misleading on prescription drugs and Medicare. They say it omits that many seniors needing drug assistance may not be low income. Bush defends the spot as a promise to safeguard Social Security and Medicare with no reductions. The ad targets 21 states already on the campaign's schedule.
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