Militant attacks surge near Pristina with 15000 force claim
Kosovo violence rises as ethnic Albanian militants claim a 15,000 strong force and strike near Pristina. Seven villages reportedly under attack while NATO pledges air power to deter Milosevic. UN and US tribunals coordinate probes on alleged atrocities amid mass displacement and rising casualties.
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Pristina
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Decani
NATO
Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
U.N
Albania
Macedonia
Europe
Kosovo Liberation Army
Jakup Krasniqi
Drenica
Nigeria deploys force to quell Lagos protest against military rule
Police and troops clash with demonstrators in Lagos amid a mass anti junta rally. Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar uses heavy force to stamp out protests as opposition leader Gani Fawehinmi and activist Dupe Abiola are arrested. Demonstrators demand a return to democracy, while the regime signals continued military control.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Abdulsalam Abubakar
Sani Abacha
University of Lagos
Dele Alabai
Gani Fawehinmi
Fawehinmi
Woman imitates Titanic scene falls from ferry railing
A Norwegian woman in her 30s aboard a Oslo to Copenhagen overnight ferry plunged 65 feet into the sea off western Sweden after climbing the railing while imitating a Titanic scene. Dagbladet cited witnesses and a family friend in reporting she is presumed dead.
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Oslo
Norway
Rose
Sweden
Dagbladet
Copenhagen
Kate Winslet
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack
Discovery returns to Earth ending Mir program era
Space shuttle Discovery lands bringing home the last American who lived aboard Mir and ending three years of US Russian cooperation on the aging space station. Astronaut Andrew Thomas, weakened by four and a half months in zero gravity, is carried to Kennedy Space Center for medical tests and dinner after arrival. In Spain a loose bull caused a panic in Benavente injuring 21 people before being killed by authorities.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Earth
Mir
Space Station
Mission Control
Andrew Thomas
Thomas
Kennedy Space Center
Benavente
Spain
Hospital Comarcal de
Waste repository opening delayed at Waste Isolation Plant
The 1.8 billion Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico will delay its first shipment from Los Alamos National Laboratory after state officials said the contaminated waste cannot move because it may be mixed with solvents and lead. The delay follows ten years of waiting for the repository to begin receiving radioactive material.
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Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico
Los Alamos National Laboratory
State Environment Department
FCC Keeps Internet Funding for Schools and Libraries
The FCC voted 3 to 2 to provide 650 million in subsidies for school and library Internet connections in the program’s second half of the year, bringing 1998 total to 1.275 billion, a 43 percent cut from the original 2.25 billion request. Critics warn that many children and communities will be left unconnected as new fees appear on phone bills.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Michelle Richards
National School Boards Association
Cyclone death toll climbs in western India to 835
AP reports survivors trudging mud roads for food and water after a cyclone flattened villages in Gujarat and other states. unclaimed corpses burned for identification issues while salt workers and families face devastation. death toll rises with new counts in Kandla, Rajasthan, and Pakistan as aid pours in.
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Bombay
India
Gujarat
Kandla
Ahmedabad
Rajasthan
Pakistan
Tejabhai Desai
Madhabar
Kandl
Meher Bhatt
Tobacco bill gains momentum amid partisan bargaining
A fraught Senate battle over a tobacco control bill prompts bipartisan compromise as Democrats push for penalties on teen smoking and a tax cut, while GOP leaders weigh how to secure final passage. Key figures include Senator Daschle, Senator Lott, and Senator Kennedy as votes and tactics shift.
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Washington
Senate
Soi
House
Newt Gingrich
Clinton
Tom Daschle
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
GOP
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Texas
Phil Gramm
Don Nickles
Oklahoma
Edward M Kennedy
Massachusetts
United States Senate
Lott
Daschle
White House
Mr Lott
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