U S cautiously handles oil rich Venezuela under Chavez
U S seeks restrained stance toward Venezuela's Hugo Chavez while weighing sanctions over his 1999 ban on U S surveillance planes. Officials warn the move aids drug traffickers as Curacao Aruba and Ecuador host surveillance while Venezuela touts limited cooperation and seizures rise. Chavez cites Cuba Libya and Gaddafi as models.
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Washington
U.S
Fidel Castro
Muammar Gaddafi
United States
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Venezuela
Bernard Aronson
State Department
Inter- American Affairs
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
Cuba
Castro
Gaddafi
Libya
John L. Mica
R-Fla
Mica
House Government Reform Committee
White House
Barry McCaffrey
Associated Press
Howard Air Force Base
Panama
Curacao
Aruba
Ecuador
Colombia
Caribbean
McCaffrey
Isaias Rodriguez
Rodriguez
OPEC Seeks OutputBoost as Markets Waver in Vienna Talks
Traders expected OPEC to raise output starting July 1 amid mixed data on supply and demand. West Texas Intermediate slipped to 31.69 while Brent fell to 27.98 as analysts noted potential supply increases and ongoing labor disputes in Norway.
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OPEC
West Texas Intermediate
New York Mercantile Exchange
North Sea
International Petroleum Exchange
London
Vienna
Richard Savage
SG Securities
International Energy Agency
Savage
Norway
Saudi Arabia
U.S
United States
Middle East
American
Drowning on the Rio Grande Draws Criticism and Debate
Walter and Jose Antonio Ramirez Martinez drowned during an attempted crossing as television cameras recorded the struggle. Mexican officials and media fault both Mexican Grupo Beta and U S Border Patrol for insufficient rescue efforts, while agency spokesmen defend their actions as already risky and often hopeless.
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Walter
Jose Antonio Ramirez Martinez
U.S
Grupo Beta
Border Patrol
Televisa
Juan Carlos Jimenez
Matamoros
Maria de la Paz Reyes
Mexico City
Mexico
Jose Angel Pescador
Reyes
Carlos Quevedo
Brownsville
Quevedo
Jose Antonio
McAllen
Roma
Starr County
Reynosa
Rio Bravo
Ciudad Miguel Aleman
Clinton eases U.S. North Korea trade embargo
The Clinton administration moves to lift half a century of trade restrictions with North Korea, publishing new rules to resume limited economic contact. Experts say trade will stay small due to NK's isolation, despite permission for raw materials, nonmilitary U.S. goods, farm products, travel, shipping, banking, and investment.
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Clinton
North Korea
United States
North
South Korea
Franklin Vargo
National Association of Manufacturers
Federal Register
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