Russia to suspend foreign adoptions pending new law
Moscow will halt foreign adoptions as of December 1 while Russia implements a strict new law. The Education Ministry move largely ends Americans and others from using foreign agencies to place orphans with adoptive families. Agencies say many children would not meet Russian standards, and the law aims to regulate and restrict current adoption practices.
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Moscow
Russia
Education Ministry
Mandela calls U.S. aid to South Africa peanuts
President Nelson Mandela criticizes the United States three year 600 million dollar aid program as peanuts, while American officials say Washington remains South Africa’s most generous bilateral donor. Mandela notes very limited U S support prior to democratic reforms.
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Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela
United States
South Africa
Mandela
Mandela overstates aid as peanuts in rand mix up
At a news conference on Thursday Nelson Mandela said the aid package was peanuts, 600 million rands over three years, then corrected that the figure was 2.1 billion rands. Spokesman Parks Mankahlama said the rand-dollar mix up was a slip of the tongue but the substance remains. He urged the United States to do more relative to its economy.
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AIDS patents to be released on the Internet
Tokyo AP top patent officials from Japan the United States and Europe agreed to post information on AIDS related patents on the Internet. Officials also backed speeding up cooperation on implementing a treaty to protect intellectual property rights under the GATT. A Japanese official said the U S Patent Office has begun releasing AIDS treatment patent data online and Japanese data will take about six months to translate.
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United States
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South Korea to lead funding role in nuclear accord
The United States Japan and South Korea held a productive meeting on implementing the U S North Korea nuclear accord. South Korea will play a central role in financing the nuclear technology. Discussions covered a multilateral agency to supply light water reactors, handling of spent fuel and providing alternative energy.
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South Korea
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