Bush asks for patience in standoff with China
President Bush urges patience as 24 U S citizens remain in China after a surveillance plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet. Diplomacy is slow, while Beijing demands an apology and renewal of surveillance flights near its coast.
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American closes TWA deal to form global carrier
American Airlines has completed acquiring most TWA assets and plans a phased merger. Initially independent with separate payrolls and systems, TWA will be fully integrated into American. Robert W. Baker becomes CEO of the new TWA,L.L.C.. William F. Compton will be president.
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Bush Budget Sparks Partisan Clash Over Spending
President Bush faces fierce Senate and House opposition as Democrats warn cuts risk harming education health care and environment while Republicans may desert Bush to back tax cuts. House and Senate spar over 1.6 trillion tax cut versus 1.96 trillion spending plan and the budget resolution. Approval follows congressional recess and sets stage for spending bills.
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Keating commutes death sentence to life in prison
Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating halted the March 8 execution of Phillip Dewitt Smith, commuting the death sentence to life without parole. The ruling marks the first death row clemency in 35 years, prompted by recanted testimony and lack of eyewitness or forensic evidence linking Smith to the 1983 Muskogee murder of Matthew Taylor.
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