OPEC to Slash Oil Production to Halt Price Slump
OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna agreed to withdraw 1.355 million barrels per day from the market starting July 1. The move follows earlier cuts as they acknowledge prices won’t rise instantly and vow to banish market volatility. Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseri, UAE oil minister and OPEC president, urged stability.
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Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseri
Electric fields tied to cancer risk study panel says low but possible
A National Institutes of Health panel reviews research and cautions that electric and magnetic fields around power lines may be a possible cancer risk. Panel chair Michael Gallo notes the risk is probably small compared with other health hazards.
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National Institutes of Earth
Michael Gallo
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National Institutes of Health
Florida wildfires threaten homes near Daytona Park Estates
Firefighters battled several wild fires in densely wooded Volusia County and investigators suspected arson, with one blaze near Daytona Park Estates likely set on purpose. Officials warned of more fires as aircraft, water tankers, and bulldozers aided crews amid ongoing efforts.
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Clinton vows to back human rights in China
President Clinton pledges during a nine day trip to press for human rights and nuclear nonproliferation while in China. He says he will speak on democracy in other forums as dissidents face arrests and surveillance ahead of his meetings with Jiang Zemin. He notes progress in freeing dissidents and plans to push China to accept UN rights observers.
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Disputed awards OK'd for deceased admiral
Washington AP The Navy has quietly decided that Adm Mike Boorda earned Vietnam War combat V decorations and added them to his record. Elmo Zumwalt Jr says the action provides posthumous validation of Boorda’s right to wear the V's, though formal public acknowledgment of no rule violations was not given. Boorda, 56, killed himself May 16, 1996 amid questions over honoring the decorations.
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Mike” Boorda
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Senate approves education tax break bill amid veto fight
The Senate backed a plan expanding education savings accounts for private school withdrawals totaling 1.5 billion dollars in breaks, claiming 20 million children would benefit. Most Democrats faulted the measure as hypocritical amid cuts to federal education spending, while supporters planned to push public support during the recess.
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House
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R-Ga
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Rhode Island
James M. Jeffords
Vermont
House blocks FDA from funding abortion drug RU-486
The House voted 223 to 202 to bar using federal money to test develop or approve any drug that could induce abortion including RU-486. Abortion rights groups denounced the move as an attack on women. RU-486 is not yet finally approved by the FDA despite prior safety and efficacy findings. The Population Council holds U S marketing rights but has faced manufacturing hurdles.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Population Council
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Clinton signs tough on child support bill
President Clinton signed child support legislation that could bring federal felony charges and prison time for more than 3 million out-of-state delinquent parents. The bill creates two felony categories with up to two years in prison and fines, targeting those who cross state lines to evade payments.
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Clinton
Bills propose later school start times for teens
Washington AP reports Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduces two bills urging schools to start after 9 a.m. and offer up to $25,000 in grants to cover operating costs. She cites research on adolescents' sleep needs and notes her own experience as a mother of two teens.
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Zoe Lofgren
D-Calif
Ms. Lofgren
Syria accused of arming with sarin nerve gas
The Clinton administration said Syria maintains an active chemical weapons program with nerve gas sarin in missiles, warplanes, and artillery shells. Outside help reportedly came from Indian firms and possibly a retired Russian general, though not from the Russian government. U.N. inspectors found traces of VX on Iraqi warheads.
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