Japanese Finance Ministry officials arrested on bribery charges
Tokyo prosecutors arrest Keiichi Miyagawa and Toshimi Taniuchi senior Finance Ministry officials on bribery charges amid alleged tips from banks regarding surprise inspections. The AP report notes broader political and economic upheavals across the globe with related items from London Moscow Oslo Dubai and New York on government reforms protests and market safeguards.
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Tokyo
Japan
Finance Ministry
Keiichi Miyagawa
Toshimi Taniuchi
Two Largest Teachers Unions Advance Toward Merger
The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers report substantial progress toward a merger creating a 3 million member union. Leaders say a joint design could be presented to members this summer with a 2002 target for formation.
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National Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
NEA
Bob Chase
New Orleans
Major wartime and space era milestones
In 1945 Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. In 1951 an Air Force plane dropped a 1 kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats Nevada. In 1967 astronauts Gus Grissom Ed White and Roger Chaffee died in a fatal Apollo test fire at Cape Kennedy Florida.
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Frenchman Flats
Nevada
Virgil J
Gus'’ Grissom
Edward H White
Roger B. Chaffee
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Associated Press
Iraq Says It May End Cooperation With U.N. Weapons Inspectors
Iraq warned at the United Nations that all cooperation with U.N. weapons inspectors could stop if a military strike occurs over the inspections impasse. Iraq mobilizes students for military training as U.S. Britain reinforce forces in the Persian Gulf amid renewed sanctions and diplomacy.
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Saddam Hussein
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Britain
Persian Gulf
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Nizar Hamdoon
Coopera
Special Commission
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Baghdad
Council
Saddam
Kuwait
Security Council
Richard Butler
U.S
White House
Mike McCurry
Spice Girls sweep American Music Awards with three honors
The Spice Girls dominated the American Music Awards winning best album for Spice and taking favorite new artist and best group. The show featured a Sinatra tribute with Nancy Sinatra accepting the Award of Merit as the event notes national polling data.
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Los Angeles
Spice Girls
Ireland
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
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