Republicans push drilling in Arctic refuge to raise revenue
In a budget move, Republicans push to lift the ban and allow oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic refuge. The House Resources Committee advanced the measure as part of a deficit reducing package. Democrats struggled to block it, while Interior Secretary Babbitt warned of veto and environmental groups cautioned about wildlife. The plan also seeks to auction 23 federal dams and power assets in the Southeast for about 1.3 billion over five years.
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Arctic Wildlife
Alaska
House Resources Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
Clinton
Legisla
South
Southeastern Power Administration
Power Agency
The
Power Administration
FBI seeks tips as Unabomber prose spreads nationwide
FBI in San Francisco taps public aid after Washington Post prints the bomber’s 35,000 word manifesto. Jim Freeman warns the case is unprecedented in 17-year span, urging readers in Chicago Salt Lake City and Northern California to spot clues in the document and its anti industrialization rhetoric.
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San Francisco
FBI
Washington Post
Jim Freeman
Freeman
Chicago
Salt Lake City
California
Bomb attack near Grozny targets Yeltsin envoy
A powerful bomb exploded on a Grozny bridge as Boris Yeltsin's envoy Oleg Lobov rode nearby. Lobov escaped unharmed while another official and a bodyguard suffered minor injuries. Separately, a large fire erupted at the Grozny oil refinery. Unclear if accident. No claim of responsibility.
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Boris Yeltsin
Grozny
Interfax
Oleg Lobov
Yeltsin
Security Council
Chechnya
Itar-Tass
Lobov
Sergei Yushenkov
Officials apologize over Okinawa rape by U S troops
U S Ambassador Mondale and Lt Gen Myers apologized in Tokyo for the rape of a 12 year old Okinawan girl by three U S servicemen. They met Okinawa Governor Ota amid renewed calls to scrap the base legal status pact.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Walter Mondale
Richard B. Myers
Okinawa Prefecture
Masahide Ota
Okinawa
Israel seals Gaza Strip closure cuts off workers in job market
Israel shut the Gaza Strip to restrict access for thousands of Palestinians seeking work in Israel. Police Minister Shahal cited security reasons while offering no details. The move followed a failed Thursday deadline on wider autonomy talks with the PLO as tensions rose ahead of Jewish holidays. Moussa Arafat said Israeli officials warned of possible attacks during the period.
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Gaza City
Gaza Strip
Israel
Moshe Shahal
PLO
West Bank
Moussa Arafat
Man executed in Illinois for arsenic murders over inheritance
Ul. AP reports Charles Albanese aged 58 was executed by injection in Crest Hill Illinois for murdering his father Michael his mother in law Marion Mueller and his wife s grandmother Mary Lambert with arsenic laced food to gain the family business. He gave a final thank you and a posthumous innocence claim noting the justice system covered up the real killer. The 1982 conviction also included attempted murder of his brother.
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Crest Hill
Charles Albanese
Albanese
Michael
Marion Mueller
Mary Lambert
Arkan leads paramilitary force to aid Bosnian Serbs near Banja Luka
In Bosnia Serb rebels near Banja Luka receive Arkan led paramilitary support from Serbia as U.N. deadline looms for heavy weapon withdrawals around Sarajevo. The forces push back government and Croat advances, threatening peace talks and raising fears of renewed violence.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Bosnia
Serbia
Arkan
Banja Luka
Slobodan Milosevic
Zeljko Raznatovic
United States
SRNA
Sanski Most
Prijedor
Four FBI agents refuse to testify on Ruby Ridge hearings
Four FBI agents declined to testify at Senate hearings on the Ruby Ridge siege citing attorney-client privilege and Fifth Amendment rights. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee chair Arlen Specter questioned representation by Brendan Sullivan, suggesting a potential conflict of interest and possibly seeking an enforcement order. The agents include Rogers, McGavin, Hazen, and Gore, while Lon Horiuchi previously invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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Senate
Ruby Ridge
Washington
Randy Weaver
Arlen Specter
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Specter
R-Pa
Lon Horiuchi
Horiuchi
Weaver
Vicki
Weavers’ Idaho
U.S
Brendan Sullivan
Sullivan
Oliver North
Richard Rogers
Stephen McGavin
Lester Hazen
William Gore
Seattle
Eugene Glenn
Larry Potts
Carter launches Cuban thaw initiative at Carter Center
Former President Jimmy Carter invited Cuban exile activists to a Carter Center event to discuss U S Cuba relations and potential breakthroughs after 36 years of icy ties He will also meet Castro government officials separately to listen and explore common ground for future negotiations The Center plans a report on possible tasks and flexible paths forward for talks
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
Carter Center
Cuba
Rosalynn Carter
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