South Korea cabinet offers to quit over bribery scandal
South Korea's prime minister and President Kim Young-sam's cabinet offered to resign over a bribery scandal tied to government loans to Hanbo Steel. Kim's aides say he will likely accept the resignations and form a new cabinet before his term ends in February. Hanbo Steel collapsed on January 23 after amassing billions in debt. Four close associates have been indicted for taking bribes to secure loans for Hanbo.
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Vatican Urges Ban On Human Cloning After Sheep Study
The Vatican backed a ban on human cloning after a Scottish adult sheep cloning report. The Vatican editorial urged humane birth rights and warned against cloning humans. President Clinton seeks ethics review while NIH head Dr. Harold Varmus called human cloning repugnant in testimony.
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UN sacks Rwanda war crimes tribunal leaders after probe
United Nations chief Kofi Annan dismissed Andronico Adede and Honore Rakotomanana from the Rwanda war crimes tribunal amid findings of widespread mismanagement and incompetence. The inspector general’s report cited ineffective administration and personnel support, prompting a prompt house cleaning in the U.N. bureaucracy.
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Swiss fund for Holocaust victims set up in landmark move
Switzerland opened a $71 million humanitarian fund to aid destitute Holocaust victims and their families. The fund, supported by major banks, ends government Jewish relations tensions and will be overseen by a board including Swiss and World Jewish Restitution Organization members. A council of consultants will assist in evaluating aid requests.
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Global push to ban child labor at Amsterdam conference
Leaders from 30 nations opened a two day conference in Amsterdam denouncing child labor as a shameful relic of the 19th century and laying ground for an international treaty. ILO cites up to 250 million children ages 5 to 14 in harmful, low paid work with maltreatment hunger and disease. A Nicaraguan street vendor testified on abuse while officials urged a UN style convention comparable to bans on chemical weapons.
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