Bombing at Jerusalem market kills two attackers and wounds twenty one
A crowded Mahane Yehuda market blast in Jerusalem leaves two attackers dead and 21 people injured. Ha mas claims responsibility as Palestinian leader Arafat and President Clinton condemn the attack while Netanyahu and Mordechai urge continuing the peace process.
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Jerusalem
Hamas
Gaza Strip
Islamic Jihad
Yusef Ali Mohammed Zughayar
Anata
Tshahi Hanegbi
Yasser Arafat
Israel TV
Arafat
Benjamin Netanyahu
Clinton
Netanyahu
Yitzhak Mordechai
Israel
Mahane Yehuda
Protesters dispute The Siege as Arab American stereotype
Protesters nationwide denounce Bruce Willis Denzel Washington film The Siege for portraying Arabs and Arab Americans as terrorists. In New York about 35 gathered outside Times Square theater with banners. Activists warn the movie reinforces prejudice while filmmakers defend its critique of stereotyping.
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New York
Middle East
Times Square
Hollywood
West
Richarde McKewen
Ers
Wa’il Qattan
Ed Zwick
Nizam Arain
Muslim Community Association
Ann Arbor
Mich
John Kashubek
Council On American-Islamic Relations
Columbus
Ohio
Washington
FBI
Willis
Colombians to complete troop pullout
President Andres Pastrana moves to finish evacuating government troops from a southern guerrilla stronghold amid rising FARC tensions. The 90 day plan aims to foster peace talks with the FARC, while critics warn concessions may jeopardize security after a major FARC attack in Mitu that killed dozens and boosted rebel leverage.
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Bogota
Colombia
Andres Pastrana
Switzerland
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Pastrana
FARC
Mitu
Waupes
Rafael Nieto
Census director warns of flawed 2000 count without quick method decision
Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt warned that delaying the ruling on using statistical sampling risks a deeply flawed 2000 census. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether to combine sampling with the traditional head count, with timing implying potential later start.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Supreme Court
Kenneth Prewitt
Senate
Prewitt
U.S. Census Monitoring Board
Congress
Clinton
New York
Social Science Research Council
James Holmes
Bureau
House
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Executive Plaza
the Downs
Hawkeye Downs
6Th Street
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Hwy. 30
I-380
Sun
C.R. Productions
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