Bush signs law legalizing gambling on U S cruise ships
The president signed a bill to legalize gambling on U S flagged cruise liners within international waters if not the cruise s main purpose. Sponsors say it helps U S ships compete with foreign lines.
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Supreme Court Backs State Term Limits Case
The Supreme Court ruled states may lawfully limit time officials serve and ban reappointment, leaving intact a California ruling and signaling possible challenges to congressional term limits. It also voided a Delaware killer’s death sentence over extraneous bias by the jury and upheld a Oregon sex harassment damages award. The Puerto Rico case on permit denials was left undecided.
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Doctors Demand End to Old Joe Camel Ads
Washington AP reports the AMA backs limiting the Old Joe Camel tobacco ads used by RJR Nabisco. Surgeons General and health groups say the campaign appeals to children and should be halted voluntarily by cigarette makers in a bid to curb youth smoking.
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Family planning urged to reduce mothers deaths worldwide
World Bank President Lewis Preston said three priorities for safe motherhood include safer pregnancy care, training health workers, and expanding education and opportunities for women. He noted about a quarter of maternal deaths stem from unsafe abortions at the opening of a three day conference with 120 delegates from 20 developing countries.
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Three Indicted in Hamlet Chicken Plant Fire
In Rockingham North Carolina three Imperial Food Products officials face 25 counts each of involuntary manslaughter for the September 3 fire at the Hamlet plant that killed 25 and injured 56. The plant lacked a fire alarm or sprinklers and exits were unmarked with doors locked. A fourth man was not indicted.
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U.N. prepares to confront Iraq over weapons program
The UN Security Council plans a showdown with Iraq as Tariq Aziz arrives to press for lifting sanctions while the United States Britain and allies insist Iraq cooperates only partially with inspectors seeking to neutralize nuclear chemical and biological weapons.
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U S Detains HIV Positive Haitians at Guantanamo Bay
The memo orders over 230 HIV infected Haitian refugees to be detained at Guantanamo Bay Cuba while they seek political asylum. Immigrant authorities are to conduct full interviews of asylum claims under INFSA rules. Rights advocates criticize the policy as unequal treatment despite humanitarian provisions.
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