Poland ex-communists buoyed by Kwasniewski win
President Aleksander Kwasniewski won re election with 53.90 percent as Solidarity waned. Andrzej Olechowski 17 percent and Marian Krzaklewski 15.6 percent trailed. Turnout reached 60 percent with Lech Walesa at 1.01 percent. Ex-communists push for early parliamentary elections while Prime Minister Buzek resists destabilization.
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Poland
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Solidarity Bloc
Kwasniewski
Andrzej Olechowski
Solidarity
Marian Krzaklewski
Lech Walesa
Krzaklewski
Democratic Left Alliance
Jerzy Buzek
USDA to draft new rules for use of lab animals
The USDA will begin drafting regulations to bring laboratory mice rats and birds under the Animal Welfare Act for the first time. Animal rights groups call it a major victory while Johns Hopkins and other researchers warn about potential costs and say researchers will have a voice in the process.
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Baltimore Sun
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tina Nelson
Johns Hopkins University
Hopkins
Dennis O’shea
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Lithuania runners-up seek to form government after election
Two runner-up parties the New Union and Liberal Union told President Adamkus they can command a majority in the 141-seat Seimas. They promise to bypass the top vote-getter as Social Democrats react, noting 31 percent of votes and 51 seats.
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Lithuania
New Union
Liberal Union
Valdas Adamkus
Seimas
Adamkus
Violetta Gaizaukaite
Social Democratic Coalition
Algirdas Brazauskas
Communist Party
United States
Brazauskas
Soviet Union
Social Democrats
Arturas Paulauskas
Promarket
Popular Vilnius
Rolandas Paksas
Temelin nuclear plant begins activation despite protests
Workers started preparatory steps to activate the Temelin plant near the Austrian border after receiving permission. Inspections confirmed fuel rod activation, with the first fission expected within 20 to 30 hours and 1,000-megawatt output ready for commercial use. Austrian protests and high officials urged delay.
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Prague
Czech Republic
Milan Nebesar
Notable events on October 10 across history
A concise roll of significant occurrences dated October 10 from 1845 the Naval Academy opened in Annapolis Maryland. 1886 the tuxedo dinner jacket debuted at Tuxedo Park New York. 1911 Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Manchu dynasty. 1935 Gershwin's Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway. 1938 Germany annexed Sudetenland. 1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China. 1970 Fiji gained independence. 1973 Spiro Agnew resigned after tax evasion plea. 1978 Carter signed the Susan B Anthony dollar bill. 1985 Achille Lauro hijackers captured. 1995 Robert Lucas won Nobel Prize.
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N.Y
Sun Yat-sen
China
George Gershwin
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Chiang Kai-shek
Fiji
Spiro Agnew
Carter
Susan B. Anthony
U.S
Achille Lauro
Italy
University of Chicago
Robert Lucas
Associated Press
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