Global finance ministers seek IMF reform amid crisis
G7 ministers push for expanding IMF powers to calm contagion and aid emerging markets while urging the United States to fulfill its share. Clinton presses Blair and Chirac for backing, but U.S. House opposition blocks an $18 billion credit. Rubin promotes a stronger global financial architecture and transparency. Brazil looming as keystone, with IMF funds eyed for rapid deployment.
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McVeigh defense cost cited in upcoming book
Oklahoma City lawyer Stephen Jones says McVeigh’s defense cost taxpayers about 15 million dollars due to prosecution tactics and discovery delays. He argues the trial did not reveal the full story of the bombing and alleges victims deserve broader facts in his forthcoming 25 dollar book Others Unknown, slated for November 9 release.
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Trial set for Kentucky school shooting defendant
Michael Adam Carneal, 15, faces adult charges for killing three classmates and wounding five at Heath High School in West Paducah on December 1. Jury selection begins Monday as prosecutors seek life sentences without parole for the murders, with concurrent terms possible.
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