Rubber tires burn under road fill in Washington state
In Ilwaco Washington an experiment using a million recycled tires as road fill on Route 100 has overheated cracking asphalt and releasing toxic creosote like fumes. The underground fire threatens Baker Bay wetlands and could cost over one million dollars to remove. Cleanup may begin soon with tarry oil-like runoff and air masks for workers as fish and wildlife face disruption during salmon migration.
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Ilwaco
Wash
Columbia River
Baker Bay
Curlicue
Coast Guard
Rob Myles
Washington
Garfield County
Dana Humphrey
University of Maine
Philadelphia
Joe Zelliber
Scrap-Tire Management Council
Rubber Manufacturers Association
Fort Canby State Park
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Pacific
Lee wins Taiwan vote vows better cross strait ties
Lee Teng-hui celebrated a landslide victory cradling a child and toasting supporters while pledging to develop mainland relations. He urged stability and prosperity, noting missile tests during the campaign as Hong Kong moves toward Beijing appointed governance replaces the elected legislature after 1997.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Lee Teng-hui
China
Lee
Beijing
Mr. Lee
U.S
Hong Kong
Chris Patten
The
Democrats
Frederick Fung
North Korea shuts largest steel mill amid fuels loss
North Korea has closed its Kim Chaik ironworks, once a cornerstone of its steel output, due to acute fuel shortages and the loss of key oil imports after the Soviet collapse. By 1995 only one furnace operated and in 1996 the plant stopped completely, depriving Pyongyang of a major foreign currency source.
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Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
Kim Chaik
Soviet Union
Unification Board
Sudanese hijackers surrender on Eritrean flight
Two Sudanese men hijacked an airliner en route from Khartoum to Port Sudan, diverted to Asmara Eritrea, and surrendered without injuries to 49 passengers and crew. They claimed ties to Sudanese opposition parties but made no demands and only wanted to reach Asmara. The captain Bashir Ali reported one hijacker carried a pistol.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eritrea
Middle East
Khartoum
Port Sudan
Asmara
Saudi Arabia
Middle East Broadcasting Center
Bashir Ali
Ali
Clinton Plays Marathon 36 Holes at Congressional
President Clinton enjoyed a long round of golf at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda under sunny skies and mild 60s temperatures. He played 36 holes with Vernon Jordan Erskine Bowles and John Hilley while Hillary and Chelsea departed for an eight day Europe tour.
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Baumholder
Germany
Bosnia
Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S
Chelsea
Europe
Clinton
Baumholder Army
1St Armored Division
Washington
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda
Vernon Jordan
White House
Erskine Bowles
John Hilley
Avalanche victims found on Mount Washington in New Hampshire
Searchers recovered the bodies of two people buried in an avalanche on Mount Washington in the Gulf of Slides area. The 6,288 foot peak, warned about by the Appalachian Mountain Club last week for avalanches and falling ice, saw three struck around 9:30 a.m. with one escaping. Bodies found late afternoon at about 4,500 feet.
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Mount Washington
N.H
Gulf of Slides
Appalachian Mountain Club
Fish and Game
Ronald Alie
Marty Garabedian
John Sanders
McDonald’s bans burgers as British beef crisis grows
Britain faces a beef crisis as McDonald’s halts ham burgers in 660 outlets and plans to resume sales only after new beef imports. Nations have restricted British beef with France and Italy among the many bans. Scientists link BSE to a new brain disease affecting youths, eight deaths reported, with government panels weighing child risk and possible cattle slaughter.
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McDonald’s
Britain
France
Italy
New protease inhibitors offer hope for AIDS patients
Washington AP reports fifteen years into the AIDS epidemic new drugs, protease inhibitors, promise disease control rather than cure. Experts call it a time of discovery and hope as saquinavir and ritonavir received rapid FDA approvals, enabling combination therapies to suppress HIV and extend life, potentially turning AIDS into a chronic condition.
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Washington
Gordon Nary
International Association of Physicians In Aids Care
Tea intake linked to lower stroke risk in Dutch men
A European study of 552 Dutch men found long term black tea and flavonoid rich foods associated with a 73 percent lower stroke risk over 15 years. Flavonoids, in tea and produce, may reduce blood platelet clotting and act as antioxidants to protect arteries.
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Chicago
The
Archives of Internal Medicine
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