Satellite firm aided China in rocket tech, Pentagon finds
A Pentagon report cites Hughes Space and Communications Co of California as providing China with detailed guidance to improve rocket reliability after a 1995 Long March 2E failure. The Hughes help, though not altering strategic balance, raises concerns about export restrictions and potential boosts to China’s missile capacity.
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Hughes
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Parole board denies death-row clemency bid
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles votes 17 to 0 with one abstention to deny clemency for Joseph Stanley Faulder a Canadian on death row. A 90 day reprieve and sentence commutation were rejected as his execution date nears amid international protests. Faulder a former Jasper Alberta mechanic faces execution with calls from Madeleine Albright and others for Gov Bush to intervene citing consular notification issues under Vienna Convention.
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George W. Bush
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Texas
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Alberta
Disney to open mini amusement park in Philadelphia
Disney plans DisneyQuest downtown Philadelphia as anchor of a 150 million development. The five story project on Market Street East includes a 20 screen theater a health club a 1200 car garage and 400000 square feet of retail space. It aims to draw about a million visitors yearly and broaden the citys tourism and entertainment offerings.
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Walt. Disney Co
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DisneyQuest
Market Street East
Orlando
Fla
Chicago
Blankets Fade as DoD Ends Homeless Aid
Washington cuts funding for the Defense Department blanket program leaving shelters nationwide short. Veterans and advocates call the move a loss of warmth and security as shelters report dwindling supplies and warn of a troubling impact on homeless veterans and families.
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Denver
Fayetteville
N.C
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Homeless Coalition
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National Law Center On Homelessness and Poverty
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Philadelphia
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Defense Center
America
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Kansas
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Shelter Partnership Inc
Los Angeles
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Exemplary citizen returns to serve in jail in Martinsville
Alfred Odell Martin HI, once stopped for a marijuana sale in 1974 and later fled, returns to Martinsville to finish a 10 year sentence. He faced escape and larceny charges after fleeing two days into his sentence and faces up to 25 years if convicted.
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Virginia
Michigan
Alfred Odell Martin HI
Detroit
Joan Ziglar
Martin
Ziglar
William Milliken
U.S. Supreme Court
Michigan Court of Appeals
Steve Draper
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