Yugoslavia Struggles as EU Moves to Lift Sanctions
Belgrade economists in the G17 warn that even with EU sanctions easing, Yugoslavia faces a $1 billion revenue loss next year, 50 percent unemployment, $16 billion foreign debt, and waning state assets. Kostunica forms a coalition while assets are seized from old regime figures to curb smuggling and stabilize institutions. Germany provides aid for Danube cleanup as Lux embarks on sanctions relief.
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Antic
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Ers
Germany
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Serbia
Kostunica
Nobel prizes set for week of Stockholm announcements
Nobel prizes in medicine physics chemistry and economics will be announced this week in Stockholm with the peace prize announced Friday in Oslo. The medicine prize leads the lineup amid ongoing speculation over potential winners.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish Academy
Svante Fregert
Svenska Dagbladet
Oslo
Norway
Alfred Nobel
Study documents drop in gunshot injuries across crimes
The Justice Department report shows gunshot wounds from all crimes fell 39 percent from 1993 to 1997, from 64,100 to 39,400, driven by fewer gun homicides, police focus on illegal guns, aging crime-prone populations, and longer sentences.
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Justice Department
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
Big City
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Centers For Disease Control
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CDC
Gasoline prices fall nationwide as crude slips and demand drops
Gas prices declined over 3 cents in two weeks per the Lundberg Survey of 10,000 stations. National averages include taxes with self-serve regular at 1.54, midgrade 1.64, premium 1.72. Los Angeles regular 1.72. San Francisco highest.
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Trilby Lundberg
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Clinton
Tennessee tire executive to have deposition
Bridgestone/Firestone top executive Masatoshi Ono faces a seven hour deposition in Nashville to determine when he knew of tire problems and why action was delayed. Attorneys say the session, part of lawsuits over fires linked to more than 150 deaths, aims to uncover company knowledge and timing.
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Nashville
Masatoshi Ono
Ono
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
U.S
Knoxville
Gordon Ball
Ball
Thousands join Hong Kong protest against permit law
More than 1,000 people including lawmakers and students rallied Sunday in Hong Kong to denounce a rule banning demonstrations of over 30 without police permission. They marched from a playground to government HQ, carrying banners like The law is not a tool for political oppression and Uphold assembly freedom.
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Hong Kong
Beijing
Andrew To
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