Segways outlawed in San Francisco sidewalks
San Francisco became the first large city to ban Segway Human Transporters on sidewalks. City officials, citing safety concerns for disabled and senior residents, acted after lobbying by Segway LLC, despite state laws allowing operation in other areas.
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Cuban parliamentary vote and Kmart chief named in brief roundup
Cast row observers say Cuba election shows 609 candidates ran unopposed with dissidents calling it a farce while Fidel Castro votes in Santiago. In Detroit Kmart names Julian Day as chief executive replacing James Adamson as the company nears Chapter 11 exit by April 30. In Hartford authorities arrest Renaldo Rose in Canada over the Greenwich ESL chief kidnapping. In New York a Northwest A319 strikes a jetway at LaGuardia injuring six workers.
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Sharon says peace plan unrealistic ahead of elections
In Jerusalem Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejects the U S backed road map and says Europe is biased against Israel He cites eye to eye alignment with Washington and warns of refusing to move on Palestinian statehood while campaigning ahead of the January 28 vote The road map envisions a settlement freeze and a Palestinian state by 2005 and faces resistance from a potential narrow right wing government with Labor unlikely to join.
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