JonBenet prosecutor admits mistakes and defends probe
Boulder DA Alex Hunter acknowledged mistakes in the JonBenet Ramsey slaying investigation while defending his office. He said the Ramseys have not been eliminated and that the case remains under scrutiny though no new charges followed the 13 month grand jury probe. Doctors Without Borders wins 1999 Nobel Peace Prize for asserting a right to intervene in conflicts to treat the wounded and sick.
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Mark Beckner
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Saudi man harmed after conviction in Jiddah case
A Saudi interior ministry statement says Sultan bin Salem al-Shihri, convicted of fatally shooting compatriot Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman al-Amri after a dispute, was severely harmed in Jiddah. The note adds this year’s count up to at least 91 as executions are reported in 1998 under Islamic court procedures.
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Flying dinosaur fossil links flight to ancient birds
Archaeoraptor laoningensis, a turkey sized dinosaur with sharp claws and teeth, may be the first flying feathered dinosaur dating 120 to 140 million years ago. Researchers say its shoulder girdle and breast bone resemble birds and its wings show modified hands.
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Philp Currie
Royal Tyrrell Museum
Alberta
Canada
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Pakistan under martial law as Musharraf proclaims supreme control
Army Chief Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf declares himself supreme leader of Pakistan after dismissing provincial and federal legislators and top officials. The State Bank freezes lawmakers and spouses accounts. New Delhi says bilateral talks cannot resume while Pakistan remains effectively under martial law.
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India
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Russians Drive Toward Chechnya Capital in Offensive
Russian tanks and armored vehicles advanced toward Grozny as a top commander pledged a decisive assault. A column of about 100 tanks moved from the west into Chechnya, clashing with Chechen fighters near Pobedinskoye, 16 miles west of Grozny. Chechen commander Arbi Barayev said his men destroyed four armored vehicles while rebels fired from hills as six Russian helicopter gunships shelled positions.
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Chechnya
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Clinton blasts Republicans for defeat of test ban treaty
President Clinton accuses Senate Republicans of recklessness for defeating the nuclear test ban treaty and warns of more testing by Russia China India and Pakistan if the United States abandons the pact. He pledges to refrain from testing though the treaty was rejected.
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White House
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Kansas girl Pamela Butler abducted during roller skate ordeal
FBI fears for 10-year-old Pamela Butler after she was kidnapped in front of her sisters while roller skating near home in Kansas City. Suspect Keith B. Nelson, 24, was captured after a two-day manhunt and hospitalized with injuries. An FBI affidavit quotes a coworker about the suspect's stated motives. Nelson refuses to discuss the girl's whereabouts.
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Kan
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Pamela Butler
Jeff Lanza
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Nelson
Lanza
Police Girl Confesses to Newborn's Death
POPLAR GROVE ILL AP In 1996 a newborn was found dead on a back porch in near freezing conditions. The town laid to rest the unnamed child as Angelica Faith. Three years later investigators say the mother was the girl next door and a circle of connected relatives helped bury the infant. Authorities say Kelli Moye now 19 hid the secret until her parents learned last weekend.
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Angelica Faith
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