AT&T unions resume talks after contract expiry standstill
AT&T and two unions bargained late into Sunday and agreed to reconvene Monday to continue discussions after contracts for 125000 employees expired. Union leaders seek higher pay and job protections while the company notes progress but no schedule yet.
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Debate urged between Santiago and Ramos over May election
Anti graft crusader Miriam Defensor Santiago challenged Fidel Ramos to a televised debate on alleged fraud in the May 11 vote. She claimed Ramos declared victory to cover up vote padding by his party backed by Corazon Aquino. Ramos asserted victory citing a government count placing him ahead.
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Philips Components accused in Pentagon supply fraud
Philips Components faces allegations of falsifying records at Palm Beach County plants to obtain certification for U S weapons parts. The Palm Beach Post reports a 1985 onward loss of 200 million dollars and 107 million nonconforming parts sold to the U S military, with spokeswoman denying the center's data.
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Missing dissidents in Bangkok raise death toll fears
Bangkok Post reports 979 missing after May 17 20 protests, compiled by five agencies and the paper. Government tally cites 48 dead and 600 injured, with officials acknowledging uncertainty over the missing. A Buddhist prayer vigil in Klong Toey drew about 50 attendees including some wounded in the protests.
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Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah base and houses in Lebanon
Israeli aircraft blasted a Hezbollah guerrilla base in east Lebanon and fired on the houses of two Hezbollah officials in Maj dal Silim and Bir al Sanasil. At least three civilians were wounded as the clashes, the seventh and eighth in two weeks, left 25 dead and 63 wounded overall."}
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Bush to boost U S aid for forests by 150 million a year
President Bush plans a major forestry initiative ahead of Earth Summit including a 150 million annual increase in U S forest aid to developing nations and a Technology Cooperation Corps to assist, with the proposal to double worldwide forest assistance from 1.35 billion.
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Bush
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Associated Press
ABC
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Goddard Space Flight Center
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Reilly
Prisoners Treated Poorly In Hunan Under Pro Democracy Crackdown
Asia Watch released a 180 page report detailing torture, solitary confinement, and mental hospital commitments among activists in Hunan after the 1989 democracy movement. Over 1,000 detained during and after protests, at least 151 still jailed or in labor camps. Government silent, pledging rare access to outside observers.
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Beijing
China
Asia Watch
Human Rights Organization
Hunan
Meciar pushes equality as Slovak votes loom in split talks
Vladimir Meciar, the leading Slovak candidate, warned Prague not to neglect eastern regions saying Slovakia must be equal. Elections for Czech, Slovak and federal parliaments loom over whether Czechoslovakia remains united or splits amid 40 parties and debates on federation.
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Haiti Students vow more protests against military-backed rule
Haitian students on Sunday pledged continuing demonstrations against the military-backed government. The army probes the burning of a southern outpost, a bold resistance act. The United States returns thousands of boat people without screening for persecution as political killings rise nightly in poor neighborhoods.
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