Japan coalition picks Tsutomu Hata for prime minister
Japan's ruling coalition nominated Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata for prime minister after weeks of infighting over tax reform and North Korea. Parliament is expected to elect him Monday. the coalition holds 248 of 511 lower house seats, with Lib Dems at 206. The split risks stalled market-opening measures promised to the United States by late June.
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Mother delivers anti lash petition to Singapore official
The mother of Michael Fay handed five bundles of signatures from the United States Britain Singapore and Hong Kong to a guard at the presidential palace in a bid to win clemency from a lashing sentence for Fay who pleaded guilty to vandalism. Fay also serves a four month sentence for a ten day vandalism spree with foreign teens. No official comment was made on the petition or clemency plea.
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Commission Opens Probe Into Postwar Radiation Experiments
The ASHINGTON presidents commission launches a year long study of government radiation experiments from 1944 to 1974. Attorney General Janet Reno and Cabinet secretaries attend the inaugural session as Sen. John Glenn cautions over tough findings and the need for informed consent and medical follow up.
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