Test flight lands at Sarajevo airport
A French plane landed at Sarajevo airport as Serbs agreed to permit UN aid flights for the first time in five months in exchange for a halt to NATO airstrikes. The accord, brokered by Richard Holbrooke, also allows UN use of a road through Serb-held territory to reach Kiseljak and pulls back heavy guns near the city.
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Mostar
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Bosnia
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Ratko Mladic
Belgrade
Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
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World’s women call for action despite dissent at Beijing conference
The Fourth World Conference on Women near its end as 5000 delegates seek a new partnership between men and women. Disputes over human rights and sexual freedoms surfaced amid debate on cultural traditions, with lesbian rights likely dropped from the final draft. The 150 page platform urges equal inheritance, end to rape as war weapon, and more women in decision making. US delegate Linda Tarr-Whelan calls it important for women and daughters.
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China
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D-W.va
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Bill Bradley
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Dodd
Alan Simpson
Kevorkian wears ball and chain to court mockery
Dr. Jack Kevorkian arrived at the Oakland County courthouse in homemade stocks and a mock ball and chain. He ridiculed his prosecution over the 1991 deaths of two ill women, calling the case nuts and the proceedings a circus.
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Mich
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Oakland County
Supreme Court
Shooting survivor killed in Nebraska car crash
Laura Kucera, 20, who survived four days after being shot by ex boyfriend Brian Anderson and fought to walk again, died in an auto accident en route to her grandmother in Clarkson. Anderson, 22, shot her last October and was sentenced to up to 125 years.
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David Kucera
Clarkson
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Endeavour Captures Wake Shield Satellite In Space Retrieval
Satellite aboard shuttle Endeavour returns the Wake Shield satellite to the ship after three days of free flight 250 miles above Earth. Commander David Walker steadies the 12 foot disk during thruster firings to test its response in microgravity.
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Hillary Clinton backs Miss America swimsuit poll
Mrs. Clinton said she won’t reveal her vote except for supporting her husband during a telephone chat with Miss America Heather Whitestone. Viewers can vote by phone during Saturday’s pageant telecast to decide whether the swimsuit competition proceeds. Whitestone, deaf, spoke via a system for the deaf at her farewell news conference.
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Hillary Clinton
Senate adds child care to welfare bill
Washington Senators agreed to add 3 billion dollars to the 5 billion already authorized for child care aid to welfare mothers required to work. The plan, part of a broad welfare overhaul, seeks final passage next Tuesday after a string of amendments.
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Christopher Dodd
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