Black infants face higher SIDS risk despite declines
CDC analysis of death certificates from 1980 to 1988 shows black babies have higher Sudden Infant Death Syndrome rates than whites, though both groups declined. The 1988 black rate was 226.2 per 100 000 live births, down 19.2 percent from 280.0 in 1980, while whites fell 3.5 percent from 128.3. Unexplained infant deaths are higher in the West and Midwest than in the South or Northeast.
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White House argues judges cannot halt RU486 ban
The Bush administration told the Supreme Court that federal judges lack power to overturn the U S ban on the abortion pill RU486. In a 13 page brief the Justice Department said the FDA decision to enforce the statute is not subject to judicial review. Justice Thomas requested the brief as emergency cases in New York proceed. Leona Benton a 29 year old American who brought RU486 from England on July 1 is eight weeks pregnant.
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Space exchange proposed in Moscow
A Russian cosmonaut may ride a U.S. space shuttle by October 1993 and an American could join the Mir station in 1994 as part of civilian space cooperation ordered by Presidents Bush and Yeltsin. NASA administrator Daniel Goldin says the move sets the stage for mutual cooperation between the United States and Russia.
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California court refuses review of Latasha Harlins case sentence
The California Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by LA County DA's Office regarding Soon Ja Du's probation sentence for manslaughter of 15 year old Latasha Harlins. The denial leaves intact an appeals court ruling that Judge Joyce Karlin did not exceed authority in the non prison sentence.
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Indians clash with police over New York sales tax protest
At the Cattaraugus Reservation near Buffalo protesters clashed with state troopers over taxes on sales to non Indians on reservations. Thirteen were arrested and seven injured as 200 extra troopers were deployed. Leaders from the Seneca Nation and the Six Nations planned a coordinated response.
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U S Warns China on Trade Practices and Tariffs
The Bush administration says it will move to punitive tariffs on Chinese goods unless China agrees by next month to open its markets. U S Trade Representative Carla Hills delivered a list of required changes on July 8. Further talks are set in Beijing the week of August 17 with low level sessions July 30 and 31 in Washington as negotiations continue.
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Vatican backs restrictions on gay rights in civil life
Vatican statement to U S Catholic bishops endorses discrimination against homosexuals in housing benefits hiring and military recruitment to protect traditional family values. It labels homosexuality an objective disorder and urges considering sexual orientation in adoption employment and conscription.
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U S Keeps Case Against Demjanjuk in High Court
The Justice Department urged the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold Demjanjuk extradition to Israel to face trial as Ivan the Terrible. It argued surviving Treblinka witnesses still identify him, with no reason to revisit the 1985 extradition case despite new statements.
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