Protests in Belfast Threaten Catholic District
Archbishop Robin Eames warns that ongoing protests in Belfast risk violence and possible killing if authorities do not halt them. The protests aim to force a Protestant march through a Catholic neighborhood, drawing religious and political tensions in Ireland.
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Belfast
Clinton eyes quick break in Israeli Palestinian talks
President Clinton says progress is possible within a few days as leaders Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat push to overcome the current impasse in the peace negotiations.
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Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
Tigers die at Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa toll rises
A sad day for wildlife officials as 10 Royal Bengal tigers, seven of them rare white individuals, died at Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa, India last week after antibiotic injections failed to prevent the deaths, said Chief Wildlife Warden S K Patnaik.
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Nandankanan Zoo
India
Orissa
Continuity on Supreme Court theme marks 1999 2000 term
The court reaffirmed precedents on school prayer abortion campaign finance and suspects rights while upholding Miranda and Roe. It limited expansive uses of public funds for parochial schools but kept states rights dominant over Congress. The term blended stability with constraints on major rights reversals as justices left Washington for summer.
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William H. Rehnquist
Scalia
Congress
Washington
Flawed health ranking sparks debate over WHO study
The World Health Organization ranking of the United States as 37th in health-system performance is challenged as biased and political rather than scientific. Critics say the report assigns subjective values across cultures, while defenders note progress in cost control and rising American health.
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Scripps Howard News Service
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Place is key to this ruling on free speech and abortion
Supreme Court ends term with Stevens leading a narrow ruling in Hill vs Colorado. The justices uphold a Colorado ban on approaching within eight feet of patients at health care facilities, emphasizing time, place, and manner limits. Concerns over confrontational protest surface, while dissenters claim content-based suppression. the piece reflects on privacy boundaries and enduring First Amendment values.
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John Paul Stevens
Hill
Colorado
Scalia
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Medical savings accounts offer patient price leverage and control
A reader explains using government qualified medical savings accounts to lower health care costs through high deductible insurance, tax free savings, and self pay discounts. She cites reduced hospital bills, physician discounts, and broader access as benefits, arguing all Americans should be eligible for MSAs and employers could allow health care dollars to fund them.
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Scripps Howard News Service
New Castle Superintendent Faulted Over Evacuation Plan
The News notes New Castle Area School District leadership faced criticism at a recent board meeting for lacking a written evacuation plan for the disabled. A custodian is said to be tasked with evacuations, a poor substitute. The piece compares to Pittsburgh Districts with formal plans and cites ADA sprinkler guidelines.
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Pittsburgh
Readers urged to send letters to the editor in New Castle
The News invites comments with rules: no libel, no anonymous letters, and a 350 word limit. Names, addresses, and phone numbers required for verification. letters may be edited. Andrea Przybylski voices concern over statewide and city school PSSA results and calls for accountability. full profiles at www.paprofiles.org.
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