World Summit OKs global warming pact
The Kyoto agreement ends 11 days of talks with 150 nations backing a plan to cut greenhouse gases to 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. U.S. critics warn approval may fail in the Senate while Clinton and Gore tout the accord as a first step.
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Yeltsin cancels radio address amid illness
President Boris Yeltsin, 66, at a government sanatorium outside Moscow, canceled his weekly radio address on doctors advice after contracting a viral respiratory infection. Officials said he is resting 10 to 12 days. heart health described as good, with no heart problems.
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Mexico City appoints new judicial police chief amid scandal
Mexico City mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas announced that Jesus Carrera Gutierrez asked for a leave of absence amid allegations linked to a 1989 prisoner beating and drug trafficking. Mauricio Tornero Salinas was named to replace him, with Carrera reassigned to the city attorney general's office as a possible temporary reshuffle unfolds. The change follows Cardenas' landmark election and a wave of high expectations in the 8.5 million city. A separate Tokyo report noted an elderly woman and her daughter died of malnutrition while awaiting help in Koriyama.
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Asia education budgets risk boosting child labor says ILO
UN labor experts warned that cuts to education funding amid the economic crisis could worsen child labor. Officials from the International Labor Organization cautioned impact is unclear but expect a likely rise as more children enter the labor market.
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Carlos the Jackal goes on trial in Paris
The notorious extremist Tilich Ramirez Sanchez known as Carlos the Jackal faces a high profile Paris trial for the 1975 killings of two French intelligence agents. Prosecutors seek life terms. defense warns of a dramatic courtroom battle as security tightens.
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