Aid flows to Yugoslavia as EU moves to ease sanctions
Belgrade faces a severe economic crisis with unemployment near 50 percent and a $16 billion foreign debt. Norway pledges 18 million in health aid while Kostunica forms a coalition and seeks to stabilize an economy propped by dubious assets amid post Milosevic upheaval.
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Knight Ridder
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
European Union
Srboljub Antic
G17
Norway
Vojislav Kostunica
Antic
International Crisis Group
Slobodan Milosevic
Milan Protic
New Serbia Party
Kostunica
Clinton
Day-care centers aid children of HIV families in Tennessee
Hope House in Memphis serves 32 children from HIV affected families, offering a haven from stigma. Nurses note ongoing fears of rejection, while parents like Alana Denton describe challenges of raising HIV exposed children. The center, Tennessee’s only HIV family day care, funds care with subsidies and fees, linking poverty to AIDS impact.
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Hope House
Memphis
Tenn
Andriana VanBreda
Alana Denton
Darrel
Stephen
Denton
Tennessee
VanBreda
Centers For Disease Control
American-born rabbi slain in West Bank cave
American born Rabbi Hillel Lieberman was found shot dead in a cave near a West Bank highway. Israeli police attributed the killing to Palestinians as U.S. Jewish leaders urged President Clinton to hold Palestinian leadership responsible. Lieberman, 37, had immigrated to Israel and had six children.
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Lieberman
Joseph's Tomb
Israel
New York
Conference of Presidents
Ronald Lauder
Malcolm Hoenlein
Hoenlein
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sen
Joseph Lieberman
Connecticut
Kelly Moore
Middle East
Gunshot Wounds Decline Nearly Forty Percent 1993–97
Washington AP report notes gunshot injuries from all crimes dropped 39 percent from 64 100 to 39 400 between 1993 and 1997. Homicides by firearm fell 27 percent, while nonfatal assaults accounted for most treated injuries.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Big City
Federal Centers For Disease Control
Bureau
CDC
La Nada puzzles forecasters after El Nino La Nina
After three years of strong Pacific signals, climate experts warn that neutral conditions known as La Nada leave forecasts uncertain. NASA and NOAA researchers note lack of a dominant driver, forcing reliance on historical records and weaker ocean signals to project next season and beyond.
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Los Angeles
California
Great Plains
la Nada
Pacific Ocean
William Pattert
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Vernon Kousky
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Climate Prediction Center
United States
Top executive to be deposed in Tennessee tire case
In Nashville a seven hour deposition will question Masatoshi Ono about when Bridgestone Firestone knew of tire problems and why action was delayed. Attorneys say the session, part of lawsuits over fires linked to more than 150 deaths, follows recalls of 6.5 million tires and federal safety alerts.
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Nashville, Tenn
Bridgestone
Firestone
Nashville
Masatoshi Ono
Ono
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
Tokyo
Bridgestone Corp
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
Steeltex
U.S
Knoxville
Gordon Ball
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