Trade tensions rise as Japan backlash sparks US debate
AP reports increasing calls for Buy American in reaction to Japanese rhetoric and a Sumitomo rail car contract pullback by LA’s transit agency. Greece NY rejected a Komatsu bid to make a political point against Sakurachi's remarks while Sen. Don Riegle likened the stance to Pearl Harbor era arrogance. Analysts urge cooling tensions to protect vital US Japan trade.
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Yoshio Sakurachi
Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
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Vincent Campbell
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Pearl Harbor
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Scientists reverse chicken female sex using aromatase inhibitor
Washington AP reports researchers Alex Elbrecht and Roy G. Smith publish in Science on inducing sex reversal in chicken embryos. By injecting a chemical, genetically female eggs develop as males with testes and potential sperm production. The aromatase inhibitor, considered for breast cancer therapy, is also explored for male infertility treatments.
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Science
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Bush administration studies possible cuts in long range missiles and submarines
U S officials weigh reducing or ending multi warhead missiles including Trident submarine based weapons. Analysts say cuts could prompt Russia and other republics to scrap SS 18 and SS 24 missiles, potentially trimming START bound arsenals by about 20 percent.
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State of the Union
Russia
Mendelsohn
Senate
Nations unite to feed former Soviet Union
Forty seven nations agreed on a global humanitarian effort to aid the former Soviet states. The United States will airlift 33.4 million pounds of Gulf War leftovers and 1 million Desert Storm antibiotic doses to 12 republics across 54 sorties starting February 10, with NATO delivering complementary shipments.
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NATO Alliance
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Western baby food fuels aid push amid Russian shortages
In Moscow, 330 of 6,500 children received Western infant cereal at Polyclinic No. 119 as aid talks open. Bush pledges 645 million dollars. Saudi Arabia releases 1.5 billion. Countries offer loans, grants, and refugee pledges as international donors coordinate relief.
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Galina
Bush
Saudi Arabia
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Foley Orders Expensive Capitol Elevator Floors
Washington AP reports Speaker Thomas Foley had marble floors installed in three Capitol elevators for more than 20000 dollars, about 250 dollars per square foot, paid from the Architect of the Capitol contingency fund after a letter signature without wider consult. Rep. Jerry Lewis notes the move amid public scrutiny of federal spending.
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House
Capitol
Thomas Foley
Congress
Foley
Jerry Lewis
R-Calit
Architect of the Capitol
Capitol Hill
Bush program opens veterans hospitals to non veterans in test
The Bush administration will run a test program allowing non veterans to access care at two veterans hospitals. The Tuskegee Alabama and Salem Virginia facilities will still prioritize veterans with service related disabilities and low income veterans while adding medical services for non veterans through government funded community clinics in rural areas.
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Bush Administration
Alabama
Virginia
Veterans
Tuskegee
Ala
Salem
Astronauts Induced Space Motion Sickness Test
Discovery astronauts were spun in a chair and strapped to a sled with blindfolds and electrodes high above Earth in a space motion sickness study on the mission's second day. More than half of astronauts feel nauseous early in orbit, and David Hilmers urged doing whatever it takes for science.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
David Hilmers
Hanford Nuclear Site Sees 127 Accidents Since 1943
A DOE report obtained by the AP shows 127 significant accidents tied to Hanford weapons production since 1943. Fourteen reached the most serious level, with the last major event in 1980. No worker fatalities were reported, and the record is described as exemplary overall.
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Yakima
Wash
Hanford
Associated Press
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
Dallas Upholds Ban on Gay Cops
Dallas City Council votes to keep a ban on hiring homosexuals in the police force while the sodomy law remains in effect. Police Chief Rathburn says the department must comply. Gay rights activists express disappointment but stay hopeful for a court reversal of the 112 year sodomy statute.
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Dallas
Bill Rathburn
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