Mobutu Ready to Meet Rebel Kabila in Zaire Crisis
Mobutu Sese Seko told a U.S. ambassador he is ready to meet Laurent Kabila face to face without delay. U.N. airlift plans moved refugees from Kisangani as rebels forced a thousand on a train.
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Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
U.S
Mobutu
Laurent) Kabila
Bill Richardson
United Nations
Kabila
Richardson
Kisangani
Pam ‘O’toole
U.N
Geneva
First joint U S Russian spacewalk gathers dust
Korolov Russia AP An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut conducted a joint U S Russian spacewalk outside the Mir space station for almost five hours. They gathered cosmic dust samples installed a radiation meter and spoke in Russian as they passed controls and stools. Linenger and Tsibliyev finished in 4 hours 58 minutes and are reported to be in good condition.
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Korolyov
Russia
Mir ‘Space Station
U.S
Russian Mission Control
Jerry ‘Linenger
Vasily Tsibliyev
Gates Donates to Detroit Library and Focus HOPE
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, donates 2 million dollars in cash and software to Focus HOPE and the Detroit Public Library to empower users with Internet access. He toured the downtown branch as Burton International School students used 40 new computers, with 1.5 million in software to Focus HOPE and the rest to the library's new Internet lab opening in spring.
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Detroit
Bill Gates
Microsoft
Focus,hope
Detroit Public Library
Gates
Focus
HOPE
Library
Bomb at Pyatigorsk Train Station Kills One
A bomb exploded at Pyatigorsk train depot in the Northern Caucasus on Monday evening, killing one person and wounding 17. Chechen fighters claimed responsibility for a similar attack last week. Authorities added that two suspects were detained and initial casualty figures varied before confirmation of four serious injuries.
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Moscow
Russia
Pyatigorsk
Caucasus
Viktor Khoruzhii
Interfax
Federal Security Service
Ministry For Emergency Situations
Gene linked to short height found in study
New research identifies a gene that may contribute to extreme shortness defined as the bottom 2.5 percent of height. While genes play a role, nutrition and environment also matter, and most individuals are healthy. findings could guide biology of height and potential drug strategies.
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New York
Leptin hormone shown to burn fat inside cells
Researchers report leptin not only suppresses appetite but also burns fat within cells. In lab rats with high leptin, fat vanished from fat-storing cells and from muscle, liver, and pancreas within days, marking the first demonstration of intracellular fat burning.
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Washington
Roger H. Unger
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At
Dallas
National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Unger
Texas secessionists vow no surrender amid standoff
In Fort Davis Texas armed Republic of Texas members refuse to surrender as a 15 member state SWAT team and about 74 law enforcement agents surround the 6000 acre Davis Mountains Resort. Negotiations are described as cordial with some progress but leaders insist on no surrender while authorities pursue charges of organized criminal activity and aggravated kidnapping tied to a hostage incident.
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Fort Davis
Texas
Republic Group
DPS
Mike Cox
McLaren
FBI
Republic
Davis Mountains
el Paso
New York Times
Cox
Security alerts close London highways and airports
Police closed sections of four major London area highways and disrupted Heathrow Gatwick and Southampton airports amid a wave of security alerts linked to the IRA. Some flights halted others allowed to depart as parts of the M25 and three other routes reopened by noon. Suspicion fell on the TRA though no claim was made. Prime Minister Major defended the public against further disruption.
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BBC
IRA
Heathrow
Gatwick
Southampton
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
TRA
John Major
British Broadcasting Corp
Northern Ireland
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