Iran disassociates from Rushdie bounty amid thaw in ties
Iran and Britain announced a step toward better relations after Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi distanced Tehran from the $2.5 million bounty on Salman Rushdie. Rushdie welcomed the move while affirming the fatwa remains. Separately in Washington, House Judiciary Committee chair Henry Hyde outlined plans to start an impeachment inquiry and release more Starr evidence, with a timetable targeting early October votes.
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Feminists urge Congress to drop Clinton impeachment push
Feminist leaders urged women to pressure Congress to halt efforts to impeach President Clinton. They charged impeachment supporters are foes of women's rights and warned the fight would harm women beyond the scandal. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich led the call with Betty Friedan Patricia Ireland and Eleanor Smeal among participants.
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France doctors attempt first hand transplant in years
In Lyon at Edouard Herriot Hospital surgeons began a 13 hour operation to attach a donor right hand and forearm to a 48 year old Australian man whose hand was amputated after a 1989 accident. The team used a microsurgical method to connect arteries nerves and tendons with a 50 percent success estimate.
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Ex-reporter Gallagher pleads guilty in Chiquita case
Cincinnati AP report states former Enquirer writer Michael Gallagher admitted intercepting Chiquita voice mail for a series of stories. He faced up to 2 1/2 years and a $7,500 fine with sentencing set for March 19 after the paper fired him and paid $10 million. Gallagher had no comment leaving the court.
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Man builds submarine quest for Nessie in Hardeeville
Dan Taylor, 58, spends days in a sweltering warehouse crafting a four man submarine to search Loch Ness. He plans to invest about 1 million dollars to finish a project started nearly 30 years ago, denying obsession and recalling a 1969 solo yellow submarine expedition tied to World Book Encyclopedia. The tale notes Beatles speculation and no sighting then or since.
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Boys Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Manitowoc Officer
Two 17-year-old suspects were arrested after the shooting death of Manitowoc police officer Dale TenHaken, 27, who had stopped a car for headlight violations. The youths fled but were taken into custody early Friday. two teenage girls in the car provided the suspects’ names. One boy faced bail jumping charges and the other failing to appear in court.
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Poverty among Blacks hits lowest level on record
The Census Bureau report shows poverty declines across ages races and regions with median family income up 1.9 percent to 37005 in 1997. Black poverty fell to the lowest rate in four decades as median black family income rose to 25050, while 26.5 percent of blacks remained poor for a family of four at 16400.
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Starr pushes ahead as grand jury probes Clinton years
Prosecutor Kenneth Starr moves forward with the criminal investigation into the Clintons. He has summoned two White House lawyers to testify on subpoena compliance as the probe nears completion. The perjury and obstruction angles center on Kathleen Willey and the Paula Jones case, with McDougal and Hubbell prosecutions still unresolved.
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