U.N. votes to overhaul peacekeeping missions
The Security Council unanimously approved reforms to create a more potent better financed peacekeeping force. Leaders at the Millennium Summit cited failures and pushed for faster response capabilities amid Africa AIDS poverty and conflict. Clinton urged broader security aims including disease poverty education and climate change.
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Long-term pattern of climate change seen in ice dates
An international team surveyed historical records from 26 sites across the United States, Canada, Siberia, Japan, Finland and Switzerland. They show lakes and rivers freezing up to 10 days later and thawing up to a week earlier than 150 years ago, suggesting a 3 degree Fahrenheit rise in regional temperature over 150 years.
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Clinton seeks boost in oil output
President Clinton urged oil producers to raise output to lower prices after meeting Crown Prince Abdullah on the sidelines of the U N Millennium Summit. He warned that high energy costs threaten Americans and the global economy amid a potential global recession.
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