Albright Sets Deadline for Netanyahu on West Bank Pullback
London report says Madeleine Albright gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deadline to accept Washington's compromise plan for withdrawing from an additional 13 percent of the West Bank. If he agrees by next Monday, Clinton will oversee talks with the Palestinians on the Oslo accord's final phase. otherwise the U.S. may alter its mediation approach. Dennis Ross and aides will press Netanyahu and Palestinian negotiators to resolve key territorial issues amid Netanyahu's insistence on Israeli security. Also in Atlanta, Tele-Communications Inc. threatens to drop CBS and NBC's new HD channels unless they adopt less space‑hungry formats, potentially forcing viewers to switch to antennas for those networks.
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Madeleine Albright
Benjamin Netanyahu
Washington
West Bank
Clinton
Israel
Ms. Albright
Netanyahu Balks
U.S. Initiative
Yasser Arafat
White House
U.S
Mideast
Dennis Ross
Netanyahu
Danny Naveh
Yitzhak Molcho
Atlanta
Tele-Communications Inc
CBS
NBC
TCI
John Malone
Malone
ABC
Fox
Bob Okun
Mr. Okun
Leo Hindery
House
Okun
Train Collision Derails Amtrak Cars Near Round Rock Texas
A Central Texas Refuse garbage truck driven by 27-year-old Cody Joe Pearson collided with Amtrak cars on Route 79 in Round Rock. Two locomotives and seven cars derailed. The truck driver died at Austin Breckenridge Hospital and eleven train passengers were injured.
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Amtrak
Round Rock
Texas
Central Texas
Cody Joe Pearson
Austin Breckenridge Hospital
El Nino wipes out romaine lettuce crop
Heavy rains last February wiped out the romaine lettuce crop on many California farms forcing restaurants to drop Caesar salads. Wendy's nationwide eliminated them. others switch to red leaf or baby greens with a $2 surcharge for romaine requests.
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Boynton Beach
Fla
California
Wendy’s
Centro At the Mill
Greenwich
Conn
Centro
Clinton Dedicates Reagan Office Building
President Clinton and Nancy Reagan presided over the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. The glass-roofed atrium facility rises on a former parking lot near the White House as the country marks Reagan’s legacy. Reagan, age 87, long battle with Alzheimer's disease, did not attend.
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Washington
Nancy Reagan
Clinton
Reagan
Ronnie
Ronald Reagan
International Trade Center
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Wildfires Rage Across Canadian Prairies Forcing Evacuations
Wildfires blaze across Alberta Manitoba and Ontario with over 30 fires in Alberta two dozen in Manitoba and a major blaze in western Ontario. In northern Alberta Swan Hills evacuated 2500 residents while about 100 maintenance and security personnel remained as a fire burned six miles away.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Berta
Manitoba
Ontario
Swan Hills
Dawn frees blocked highway with Dawn dish soap aid
In Cincinnati a 6700 gallon animal fat spill closed a highway for 3 1/2 days. Crews scrubbed with sand and solvents, then Dawn dishwashing liquid finally cleaned the five acre mess. Procter & Gamble donated 3 1/2 tons of Dawn worth about 12000 dollars and gave no plan to alter advertising, though jokes about Dawn helping the cleanup circulated at headquarters.
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Cincinnati
Dawn
Procter & Gamble Co
P&g
Prosecutors finish work in Arkansas in Clinton case
Federal judge denies president's executive privilege in Lewinsky matter. Arkansas grand jury work completed and focus shifts to Vernon Jordan. White House may appeal, delaying Starr's probe into Clinton Lewinsky claims. Background notes reference Nixon case and privilege in Watergate era.
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Washington
Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
Associated Press
Arkansas
Vernon Jordan
White House
Whitewater
Kenneth Starr
Starr
Ms. Lewinsky
Supreme Court
U.S
John Sirica
Nixon
Norma Holloway Johnson
Bruce Lindsay
Sidney Blumenthal
Bitter Vatican guard kills two and himself
Vatican officials say Cedrick Tornay, a Swiss Guard noncommissioned officer, shot Commander Alois Estermann and his wife Gladys Meza Romero before turning the pistol on himself. Tornay allegedly felt unappreciated after a reprimand and a letter about a late night, with the Vatican confirming the killings inside Vatican City. Pope John Paul II expressed sadness and a funeral was set for the Estermanns at St. Peter's Basilica.
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Vatican City
Vatican
John Paul II
Alois Estermann
Col. Estermann
Gladys Meza Romero
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter's Square
Cedrick Tornay
Navarro-Valis
Tornay
Navarro-Valls
Estermanns
John Paul I
FBI adds Rudolph to 10 Most Wanted list for Atlanta bombings
The FBI seeks Eric Rudolph for questioning in the January 29 Birmingham abortion clinic bombing and three Atlanta blasts at Centennial Olympic Park in July 1996 that killed one and injured over 100. A $1 million reward was announced, raised to attract national attention.
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Washington
FBI
U.S
Atlanta
Eric Robert Rudolph
Louis Freeh
Birmingham
Ala
Rudolph
Freeh
Centennial Olympic Park
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