Lawmaker blasts FEMA over list of gay workers
House subcommittee chairman Rep. Barney Frank says FEMA officials forced Jerald Johnson to name homosexual colleagues. Frank urges destruction of the list, describing it as a privacy invasion. FEMA notes the list aimed to flag potential blackmail threats after Johnson claimed others were homosexual.
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Philippines bars reporting of unofficial election tallies
Philippine officials barred media from reporting unofficial presidential tallies to curb conflicts over whether Miriam Defensor Santiago or Fidel Ramos leads. Allegations of vote buying ballot thefts and intimidation spread nationwide as slow counting left many contests in doubt.
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Police chief under investigation after newspapers seized
San Francisco police chief Richard Hongisto faces three probes over alleged orders to seize thousands of copies of a newspaper critical of him. Mayor Frank Jordan asked the police commission and internal affairs to investigate amid protests and calls for his removal.
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