AIDS activists seize Abbott plant in France protest
ACT UP members blocked entrances and production lines at Abbott Laboratories in Saint Remy Sur Avre to oppose a French plan for a lottery to allocate new AIDS drugs. Police dispersed the sit in without violence as officials warned of shortages and Prime Minister Alain Juppe called the proposal unacceptable.
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ACT UP
Abbott Laboratories
Saint-Remy-Sur- Avre
Paris
Alain Juppe
National Council of Aids
Iraq appeals to release $50 million in frozen assets
Iraq called for the release of about $50 million in frozen assets held in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to allow citizens to perform the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The appeal, issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and reported by the Iraqi News Agency, cites assets in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and urges Islamic organizations to support the plea.
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Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Gulf Arab States
Mecca
Nicosia
Cyprus
Ministry of Religious Affairs
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Medina
Royal Divorce Details Stir Debate Over Diana Status
In London AP reports Diana will remain Diana, Princess of Wales, keep a palace presence and an office, while relinquishing HRH initials. Legal talks will settle titles finances and custody not expected to shift Prince William and Prince Harry’s upbringing.
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London
Diana
England
Charles
Jane Atkinson
Princess of Wales
Kensington Palace
Gorbachev Likely to Run for Presidency in Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev appears set to enter the June presidential race despite dismal public support and doubts about victory. He held a Moscow news conference at the Gorbachev Foundation and said he is internally ready to run, with an official declaration possible today on the eve of his 65th birthday.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Gorbachev Foundation
Boris Yeltsin
Gennady Zyuganogoy
Yeltsin
Tf Tran
Indian politicians arrested in $18 million bribery scandal
Judge orders the arrest of 10 politicians including four former Cabinet ministers and the opposition leader in a sweeping fraud case tied to the Jain family. Probes since 1988 list 115 officials paid to secure contracts, with trials set for March. The ruling criticizes investigators for shielding the powerful.
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India
V.B. Gupta
Central Bureau of Investigation
Jain
Gupta
CBI
Central Bureau of Intelligence
P.V. Narasimha Rao
Supreme Court
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