China to resume ambassadorial duties in Washington amid Western tensions
World news reports China will send its ambassador back to Washington as relations improve. The move follows Hillary Clinton's planned Beijing trip for a women’s issues conference and the release of activist Harry Wu.
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Washington
China
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Beijing
Li Daoyu
Clinton
Lee Teng-hui
Taiwan
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Harry Wu
Israel orders closure of three PLO offices in Jerusalem
Israel, citing the peace accord violations, closed three PLO offices in Jerusalem run by Yasser Arafat’s administration. Arafat and aides warned the move would harm peace talks, while his brother, heading one office, vowed to stay. Israel seeks to prevent a de facto Palestinian government in east Jerusalem, a disputed area Israel captured in 1967. It marks the first PLO office shut by Israel since peace processes began.
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Jerusalem
Israel
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Jordan
East Jerusalem
Palestine Liberation Organization
Topeka Man Drowns Crossing Lake Shawnee Cove
A 33 year old Topeka man, Randal J. Pattison, drowned while swimming across a northeast cove at Lake Shawnee with three friends about 2 a.m. Sunday. The park had been closed since 1 p.m. and Pattison's body was recovered five hours later. This was the lake’s second summer drowning after Dena Nottestad died on July 3 from a lightning strike while in a boat.
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Topeka
Kan
Lake
Shawnee
Randal J. Pattison
Shawnee County
Dave Meneley
Meneley
Pattison
Ottawa water officials say taps remain clean amid herbicide tests
City officials downplay Midwest reports of dirty water despite Environmental Working Group findings of herbicide traces in summer samples. Ottawa’s Ron Snethen notes minuscule atrazine traces below EPA limits while explaining Safe Water Drinking Act phases will increase quarterly testing and costs.
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Midwest
Ottawa
Ron Snethen
Environmental Working Group
Environmental Group
Snethen
EPA
Ottawa teacher receives real liver transplant after false alarm
J R Daugharthy, a Ottawa Middle School teacher, finally receives a donor liver after two dramatic calls. The first donor liver showed early disease, but a second call on Aug 18 led to successful surgery and an eight hour operation. He recovers with anti rejection meds as he and new organ learn to co existence.
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Ansas City
Kan
J.R. Daugharthy
University of Kansas Medical Center
Daugharthy
Ottawa
Pringle
County OKs 1996 Budget in Anklin County
County commissioners approved the 11.59 million 1996 budget with Chairman Russell Savage back after medical leave. Noxious Weeds Director Ray DeJulio urged raising the mill levy from 1.269 to 1.5 mills to cover full costs for his department.
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Anklin County
Russell Savage
Charles Mavity Jr
Gardner Hayden
Savage
Kansas City
Ray DeJulio
Wilson opens 96 campaign in New York speech
California Gov. Pete Wilson launched his 1996 GOP presidential bid with a New York speech claiming the nation and its values are under siege by a federal government. He described Americans as suffering from federal tyranny and feared crime while denouncing illegal immigration as an unfair burden.
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New York
California
Pete Wilson
Wilson
Bomb threat and robberies flash across police blotter
Tennessee police arrest Jack Allan Iles for telephone harassment after a bomb threat to the state attorney general's Nashville office. A March Farmington bank robbery involved a road flare bomb and a test drive white Dodge Caravan as the getaway. Bristol apartment burglary tied to a 13-year-old neighbor who did not flush. Boston crime veteran Nick Montes nabbed after an unsuccessful antique store robbery. Raleigh robbery accused Ricky Rose with a stapler, police unsure if it was loaded. Bethesda arrest of Jay Liebenow in July closes the excerpt.
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Tennessee
Jack Allan Iles
Nashville
Iles
First National Bank
Farmington
N.M
Bristol
Ind
Boston
Nick George Montes
FBI
Sonia Paine
Montes
Paine
Ricky Rose
Raleigh
N.C
Raleigh News & Observer
Jay Stanton Liebenow
Bethesda
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