Confirmation hearings open for Albright as secretary pick
Madeleine Albright urged Congress to fund foreign policy and lead abroad at her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing. She pledged U.S. support for UN reform and said arrears amount to 1.4 billion, while facing skepticism from Sen. Helms over U.N. overhaul and sanctions diplomacy.
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Arkansas Executes Three Killers in One Night
WARNER Ark AP Condemned killer Kirt Wainwright read a self penned poem as lethal injections began after 40 minutes on a gurney. He was the last of three men executed Wednesday night in Arkansas the second triple execution in the nation since 1976. Wainwright 30 was toed for the 1988 slaying of a convenience store worker. two others were for the 1977 murders of a town marshal and a park ranger. The 2 minute poem cited readiness to die and belief in an afterlife as final words were not given by the other two inmates.
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Serbia concedes opposition victory in Nis clashes
Serbia's ruling Socialists admitted that opposition candidates won in Nis after weeks of protests and international pressure. Milosevic's courts had annulled the Nis result previously, sparking large demonstrations as authorities pledged to punish those who blocked the rightful winners. It remained unclear how control would transfer to the opposition.
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Yeltsin Returned to Hospital With Pneumonia Fears
Moscow reports say Boris Yeltsin was taken back to the Central Clinical Hospital with signs of pneumonia after heart surgery. The Kremlin issued a brief statement saying he will remain at the Kremlin hospital for several days, stirring questions about his ability to govern Russia and prompting calls for his resignation from opponents.
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Santa Drives Brinks Truck Into Overtown Loot Storm
In Miami Overtown a Brinks armored truck overturned on an elevated highway causing coins bills and food stamps to spill onto the street. Hundreds rushed the area scooping about four hundred thousand dollars before police containment. A youth described the scene as Santa Claus coming to the ghetto with no arrests reported.
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Hostage siege tightens as journalist enters Lima residence
In Lima, Peru police expanded security around the Japanese ambassador’s home where Tupac Amaru rebels hold 74 hostages, after a Japanese TV reporter and interpreter briefly entered the compound and were detained for questioning. Separately in Newark, NJ, a pilot’s ex-wife allegedly baked marijuana-laced bread to sabotage him, tied to a Continental Airlines lawsuit.
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Justices Skeptical on Death by Own ActionRight
Supreme Court justices pressed by advocates to recognize a constitutional right to doctor assisted death by own action show doubts. Six of nine signal concerns about a sweeping ruling that could upend state bans in New York and Washington. Demonstrators filled the frigid Capitol steps as debates echoed through a period of intense emotion.
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911 call before JonBenet Ramsey death investigated
Investigators reviewing a 911 call from the Ramsey home three days before JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement. The Denver Post says no complaint resulted from the call and it is unclear if it relates to the case. The Rocky Mountain News notes the body was behind a stuck basement door when first searched.
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