Pakistani seamen stranded off Texas coast
Aboard the Pilot V in the Gulf of Mexico, the 740-foot Delta Pride sits idle four miles off the south Texas shore. Twenty two Pakistani crewmen, effectively stranded after their bankrupt Pakistani owners failed to secure entry to a U.S. port, have lived in limbo for two weeks with deteriorating health and uncertain holiday plans. The captain, Maqsood Ahmed, said many are mentally unwell and desperate to return home before Christmas.
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Pakistan
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Maqsood Ahmed
NASA launches Mars Climate Orbiter amid water search mission
NASA sent the Mars Climate Orbiter and soon the Mars Polar Lander on a 416 million mile voyage to Mars, with the orbiter to relay data and examine water vapor and dust for a Martian year while the Polar Lander prepares to descend in late 1999. Separately in Arizona, Mexican gray wolves are reintroduced to Apache National Forest as part of a recovery program, with two pairs released and others in captivity to prevent extinction.
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Mars
Red Planet
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Climate Orbiter
Phoenix
Arizona
Hans Stuart
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Albuquerque
N.M
Apache National Forest
New Mexico
Ted Turner
Mexico
United States
Dutch sea captain may have first sighted Antarctica
Amsterdam merchant Isaac Le Maire notes Dirck Gerritsz described a vast ice land in 1599, sighted far south of Cape Horn after a southward voyage. Wim Ligtendag of Groningen University cites 1622 notes claiming Gerritsz saw land white with snow and extending toward the Solomon Islands, decades before credited discoveries.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Antarctica
Dirck Gerritsz
Rotterdam
Wim Ligtendag
Groningen University
Arctic Center
Isaac le Maire
Gerritsz
Flying Heart
Cape Horn
Strait of Magellan
Norway
Solomon Islands
le Mare
Cashew butter recall widens for peanut cross contamination risk
A New York supplier expands a cashew butter recall to include more batches and brands sold nationwide after finding unlabeled peanut content. Recalled items include Woodstock and Once Again Nut Butter lines in 9 and 16 ounce jars with expiration dates from 03/01/99 to 16/10/99 or lot numbers Xit1 X770 K011 X371 XO12 X752 NBH2 N9S2 N3S2 X502 X6IS KIOCI NAC KH03.
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Washington
New York
Woodstock
Nut Butter Inc
Nut Butter
Whole Foods
Bread & Circus
Tree of Life
Nature
Holiday shoppers spend freely amid strong retail forecast
Americans spend heavily across cars furniture and clothing as departments report best sales in nine months. Auto dealers show brisk month three, while clothing and footwear rise sharply though warm weather dampens coats. Unemployment and mortgage rates boost buying. Dow dips as year-end retail optimism grows.
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Washington
Ros
National Retail Federation
Asia
Sandra Shaber
Wefa Group
Eddystone
Israeli troops clash with Palestinians kill two in West Bank
Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian stone throwers in Qalqiliya killing two and wounding many as a new burst of violence erupts a day before President Clinton's regional visit. Netanyahu remains firm on preconditions for any West Bank troop withdrawal linked to the Wye River agreement.
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Qalqiliya
West Bank
Clinton
Benjamin Netanyahu
Wye River
Netanyahu
Israel TV
Wye
Yasser Arafat
Hormone may rebuild bone in osteoporosis patients
Millions of women with advanced osteoporosis may gain from a biologically engineered hormone that could rebuild bone. Recombinant parathyroid hormone shows promise to stimulate osteoblasts, potentially reversing bone loss after years of stabilization-focused treatments. Experts caution several years of testing remain before prescription.
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Washington
Robert Lindsay
National Osteoporoms Foundation
David Sartoris
University of California, San Diego
Sherry Sherman
National Institutes of Health
Sherman
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