Israel weighs response to renewed Palestinian violence
Israeli troops sealed off West Bank and Gaza communities paralyzing life as days of clashes left three Palestinians dead and 15 wounded. Since Sept 28, 209 people have died, most of them Palestinians, as Barak rushed home for a security cabinet meeting to discuss new retaliatory steps.
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Gaza
Ehud Barak
Barak
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Tony Blair
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Kofi Annan
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Ben- Eliezer
Islamic Jihad Group
Yasser
Hussein al Sheik
Arafat
Fatah
Marwan Barghouti
Tanzim
PLO
Hussein Abayat
Bethlehem
Ben-Eliezer
Food inspections strained by budget and staffing
Kansas inspectors oversee 800 grocery stores 1 600 convenience outlets and 12 500 restaurants plus facilities from food manufacturers to drug wholesalers. The bureau employs 21 inspectors now handling 536 establishments each against FDA guidance of 350. Proposals for licensing fees and higher funding surface, but lawmakers die. Experts urge higher pay and broader, more frequent inspections with penalties and public posting.
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Parsons
Kansas
State General Fund
Sheehan
Alicia Salisbury
Topeka
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Salisbury
Glassburner
Inspector checks deli to prevent illness during surprise grocer inspection
Inspector Meierhoff visits Dillons on a routine surprise at 1 p.m. He quizzes staff on food handling, tests sanitizing solution, and samples temperatures in the deli and rotisserie. He finds the sink, raw versus cooked separation, and sneeze shields adequate, notes bakery and meat room, and ends with a brief debrief to store manager Bob Underwood.
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CBO sees growth boost widening potential surplus
The Congressional Budget Office weighs a 3.3 percent average growth over the coming decade, up from 2.7 percent, potentially lifting the 10 year surplus to about 6.6 trillion and expanding room for tax cuts and spending. Anonymity-protected officials note the figure is preliminary and likely to be trimmed.
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Congressional Budget Office
CBO
Barry Anderson
Clinton
George W. Bush
al Gore
Bush
Gore
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