Arafat Blasts Barak as Peace Talks Stumble On
Yasser Arafat sharply attacked Ehud Barak after a White House meeting with Bill Clinton, saying Barak lacks the desire to reach comprehensive Middle East peace. Negotiations stalled over prisoner releases and a West Bank pullback, with Arafat threatening statehood if a deal is not reached by September 13. Clinton urged calm while U.S. mediators pressed hard issues and kept expectations measured.
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Death Penalty Becomes Campaign Scrutiny for Bush and Gore
The death penalty tests the candidates with Texas leading executions while Gore and Bush debate policy. A Columbia study finds two thirds of sentences overturned on appeal. Gore considers potential federal moratorium if state issues mirror federal cases, while both remain firm on capital punishment.
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Reno urges better defense for death penalty cases
Attorney General Janet Reno calls for competent counsel and access to genetic and other scientific tests for capital defendants before conviction. She cites a Columbia study showing two thirds of death sentences overturned on appeal. Reno, who opposes the death penalty, must enforce it in 149 cases.
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Gore campaign shakeup with Daley replacing Coelho
In Cincinnati AP report William Daley is named to replace Tony Coelho as Gore campaign manager. Coelho, 58, cites health issues and will be hospitalized for diverticulitis. Daley, linked to Clinton and Gore, to lead with seven months left in Clinton term.
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Feds smash coast to coast Mexican heroin ring
Federal agents broke up a multimillion dollar Mexican heroin ring moving 80 pounds monthly across 22 U S cities. Based in Nayarit, the network sold unusually pure black tar heroin at low prices, with 70 arrests to date and a sweep planned for 170 to 200 more suspects and 60 locations. Joe Keefe of the DEA called it a first major operation against black tar heroin in the United States.
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