Panel blasts technology deals with China
A House committee unanimously concluded that technology transfers to China over two decades harmed U.S. national security. The report cites use of Chinese rockets to launch satellites and broader militarily significant tech transfers beyond Hughes Electronics and Loral. Cox notes bipartisan findings and 38 recommendations for action.
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Washington
China
U.S
House
Christopher Cox
R-Calif
Clinton
Cox
United States
People’s Republic of China
Hughes Electronics Corp
Loral Space & Communications
Congress
Rep
Norman Dicks
Balloonists test final checks for world balloon flight
A U S team lifted the capsule a few inches for ballast and landing tests near Alice Springs ahead of a January launch. Weather could push back the schedule, with winds at the Australian desert site. The team aims to circle the globe at about 25 miles up, under a 460 foot diameter balloon.
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Alice Springs
Australia
Red Sands
Re/Max International
Chicago
Steve Fossett
Richard Branson
Per Lindstrand
Sweden
Lott Proposes Early Senate Vote on Impeachment Trial
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott seeks an early two thirds vote to allow full evidence in President Clinton's impeachment trial and to open the door to censure if it fails. House Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde objects saying the move would short-circuit the process and lacks substance.
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Washington
Senate
Trent Lott
Clinton
House
House Judiciary Committee
Henry Hyde
Lott
Hyde
Tom Daschle
Congress
Daschle
Internet sales threaten state tax revenue decline
The National Governors Association warns states could lose 15 to 20 billion dollars annually from sales taxes as online shopping grows. With online purchases untaxed, states seek rainy-day reserves amid a robust economy and pending Congress actions.
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Washington
National Governors’ Association
Association
Raymond C. Scheppach
Congress
Commission
Governors’ Association
U.S. Grants 18 Month Stay for 150000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans
The United States will allow about 150,000 Honduran and Nicaraguan migrants to remain and work in the country for 18 months to aid recovery from Hurricane Mitch. El Salvador and Guatemala are not eligible for the period but may stay until March 8. Deportations involving all four nations had been suspended.
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U.S
United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Doris Meissner
el Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honda
Ex-hostages recount Yemeni gun battle over kidnapped Westerners
Two former hostages from Croydon England Eric Firkins and Brian Smith testified that Yemeni abductors led 16 Westerners toward a mountain hideout before shots fired. They said Yemeni soldiers opened fire triggering a two hour clash leaving four hostages dead and two wounded including an American woman.
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Aden
Yemen
Eric Firkins
Brian Smith
Firkins
Croydon
England
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