Taiwan leader signals shift in China policy and amnesty
President Lee Teng-hui urged warmer ties with Beijing as a first step toward eventual reunification while ending the three No’s stance. He also promised amnesty and civil rights restoration for political prisoners, including DPP chairman. Protests erupted as defense nominee faced opposition from students and demonstrators.
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Taiwan
Lee Teng-hui
Beijing
Lee
Democratic Progressive Party
All China
Police halt fatal mass suicide plan in China
Police stopped a planned mass death by poison carried out by more than 100 followers of a peasant woman preacher who claimed the world would end. The Workers' Daily reported the group from a central China village in Tongbe Mountain district prepared to drink poisoned liquor on orders from Xiong Chenhua. More than 20 women in yellow with red insignia waited for her return from a Jesus meeting.
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Gansu tightens care with sterilization plan for mentally retarded
China’s Gansu province, the first to approve a mandatory sterilization law for the mentally retarded, reported 5,500 operations in 14 months. Officials aim to sterilize most of the province’s 260,000 mentally retarded residents by next year as couples planning marriage face compulsory examinations and villages receive outreach. China is also drafting a national eugenics bill to curb births of “inferior and abnormal” children.
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Governor's wife uses closed state library after hours
In Jefferson City Missouri Governor John Ashcroft apologizes after his wife Janet Ashcroft and their 12 year old son Andy used the Missouri State Library after hours to work on a report. Lawmakers joked about public tours while the governor defends parental help. The library is a weekday reference facility mainly for lawmakers and state workers.
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Governor's Mansion
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State Library
England
Wolves Returned to Yellowstone Seen as Beneficial to Park
Experts say reintroducing gray wolves to Yellowstone would enhance visitor enjoyment and restore ecological balance by checking elk populations. Ranchers oppose due to livestock fears after historic exterminations. A 600-page study for Congress argues minimal harm to wildlife or livestock, pushing the issue beyond speculation with noted scholars and wildlife advocates backing restoration.
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Yellowstone National Park
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University of Idaho
Durward Allen
Purdue University
Minnesota
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Cutler
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