Time Warner eyes Turner Broadcasting in $8.5B deal
Reported talks place Time Warner to acquire Turner Broadcasting in a stock swap valued around $6.5 billion for control of Cable News Network Cartoon Network and Turner assets with ownership turns split among Time Warner 18 percent and TCI 21 percent. Stock moves paused as discussions proceed.
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Women forum opens in Beijing defying restrictions
The largest ever global gathering of women begins in Beijing with about 18 000 attendees as organizers pledge to ignore Chinese limits on protests. Supatra Masdit leads a peace torch ceremony amid calls to influence UN Fourth World Conference on Women. Irene Santiago says no instruction on protest restrictions was given.
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Amnesty International criticizes Beijing rights record before UN conference
Amnesty International in Beijing launches an above ground campaign during the U N Fourth World Conference on Women criticizing China for dissident arrests harassment of churchgoers and executions. Secretary General Pierre Lane questions the defense of rights violations as Beijing hosts the event.
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Briefs warn antacid overuse risks magnesium poisoning
CHICAGO AP Mindlessly downing antacids could risk life from magnesium poisoning. FDA doctors linked fourteen deaths, 31 hospitalizations, and four disabilities from 1968 to 1994. Lead author Man C Fung notes people drink Maalox and Mylania-people like water. Symptoms include clumsiness, weakness, paralysis, drowsiness, confusion, and coma.
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Clinton relaxes with a book during rests after outdoor trip
In Jackson Wyoming President Clinton after 14 days of hiking camping and other activities canceled a second white water rafting venture and read a book with his family. Deputy press secretary Ginny Terzano said he relaxed indoors and exercised outdoors daily.
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Police sweep Golden Gate Park to clear homeless encampments
San Francisco police swept Golden Gate Park's 1000 acres to remove homeless people after an August incident in which a transient allegedly shot three squatters a police officer and a police dog. Mayor Frank Jordan observed the operation as officers removed tents bedding and trash left behind by fleeing squatters.
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Ito to Decide on Fuhrman Tapes in Simpson Trial
Los Angeles AP reports Judge Lance Ito weighing whether the majority black jury will hear excerpts from Mark Fuhrman tapes. The ruling could affect Simpson’s fate and LA's racial tensions, with prosecutors and defense arguing over context and impact. Fuhrman’s remarks included coded praise of police brutality and disparaging questions about arresting blacks.
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