Overhaul of farm policy debated for next session
Key House and Senate farm chairmen clash over policy changes as Kansas and Missouri lawmakers push for tinkering with the 1996 system. Hearings are planned nationwide in early 2000 amid falling wheat, corn and soybean prices and a bleak Farm Department forecast. Senate GOP leaders see no need for hearings while Democrats push subsidies to aid trade talks. Senator Pat Roberts argues change is inevitable before 2002, and the question remains when and how.
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Pat Roberts
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Eight-day hijacking ends peacefully in Kandahar
Five hijackers and their hostages reached a peaceful resolution after Indian Airlines Flight 814 landed in Kandahar. Three prisoners including Masood Azhar were released and flown to Afghanistan in exchange for 155 hostages. Taliban security surrounded the scene as negotiations concluded.
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Taliban
Masood Azhar
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Al-Umar Mujahideen
Ahmad Omar Sayed Sheikh
Pakistan
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Katmandu
Nepal
United Arab Emirates
Russian forces press toward Grozny amid Yeltsin resignation
Russian artillery and rockets pounded Grozny as federal troops tried to reach the city center while rebels harassed them from bunkers. Yeltsin announced resignation and transfer of power to Vladimir Putin with elections within 90 days.
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Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Chechnya
Vladimir Putin
Aslan Maskhadov
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