Mexican leader vows to ease border tensions
Vicente Fox, winner of Sunday's presidential election, promises to ease U S Mexican border tensions with a long range development plan, opening the border gradually, fighting poverty, and pursuing closer relations with Cuba. He also outlines a more human rights oriented foreign policy and a multiparty cabinet. Fox plans talks with President Clinton in Washington to become true partners and neighbors.
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Harold Nicholas dies at 79 noted tap dancer and Nicholas Brother
Harold Nicholas, famed half of the Nicholas Brothers, dies at 79 from heart failure in New York. The tap dancer rose from vaudeville to Broadway and films with Fayard Nicholas, appearing in more than 50 movies including The Big Broadcast of 1936 and Sun Valley Serenade. He is survived by his brother Fayard and his third wife, Rigmor Newman Nicholas.
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Notable events on July 5 through history
Highlights include David Farragut's 1801 birth in Knoxville and Venezuela's 1811 independence, Algiers occupation in 1830, William Booth founding the Salvation Army in 1865, Britain Vichy break in 1940, the 1946 bikini debut in Paris, Larry Doby breaking the AL color barrier in 1947, NHS Act in 1948, Pvt. Kenneth Shadrick's Korean War death in 1950, and Arthur Ashe's 1975 Wimbledon win.
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Russia hunts suspects after Chechnya truck bombings
Russian troops rounded up suspects in a series of death by own action truck bombings in Chechnya. In Vladikavkaz a wounded lieutenant recounted the blast near his barracks in Argun that killed 26 soldiers. Police detained 46 in Urus-Martan as curfew threats expanded across the region.
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Interfax
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Michelangelo drawing sells for record price in London auction
A Michelangelo drawing linked to the risen Christ statue sold to German dealer Katrin Bellinger in Munich for 12.38 million dollars at Christie's auction. The sale, more than double the pre sale estimate, surpasses Raphael’s previous record and comes from Sir Brinsley Ford's estate.
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