Exxon Valdez settlement and other briefs span Alaska to Washington
Exxon agrees to pay 20 million to settle a federal suit by 3 500 Alaska natives over the 1989 oil spill while Anchorage jurors hear a separate 900 million claim by commercial fishermen. Also notes a mass transit strike in Los Angeles and a health care records dispute in Washington with Clinton aides.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Exxon
Los Angeles
Amalgamated Transit Union
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Washington
Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
Ira Magaziner
U S Uses Night Landing to Speed Aid for Rwanda Refugees
U S military at a small Zaire airstrip landed a C 5A at night enabling round the clock aid for Rwanda refugees. Water purification units and trucks raise daily capacity toward 87 000 gallons. 60 million saline dehydration packets and 1 100 tons of food arrived.
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Washington
U.S
Zaire
Pentagon
John Sheehan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sheehan
Goma
Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Mombasa
Kenya
Uganda
Rwanda
Bukavu
Kigali
Go ahead for DNA testing in Simpson case
After a three hour session Judge Lance Ito allowed prosecutors to begin DNA tests on blood samples to place Simpson at the scene or connect blood to his estate. The ruling also permits a defense expert to attend and to reserve 10 percent of each sample for further testing.
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Brentwood
Ito
UN chief warns Bosnia peacekeepers may have to withdraw
Secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali warned the UN might have to leave Bosnia regardless of Bosnian Serbs acceptance of an international peace plan. He said the 60,000 troop mission would be overwhelming to raise and run, while a Serb rejection could leave 36,000 peacekeepers dangerously vulnerable.
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Washington Post
United Nations
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
U.N
Bosnia
United States
Altman denies involvement in Whitewater briefings
Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman said he told Congress he learned this year about Whitewater briefings for White House aides last fall and stands by his accuracy. He noted a recollection difference with Treasury general counsel Jean Hanson, as congressional hearings into Whitewater begin. Altman added there were no substantive discussions about the case with the president or first lady.
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Treasury
Roger Altman
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Whitewater
White House
Treasury Department
Jean Hanson
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Hanson
Altman
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