Israel promises big West Bank pullback linked to east Jerusalem plan
Israel pledges to withdraw about ten percent of the West Bank if Palestinians quietly accept 6500 apartments in east Jerusalem. A government official said the cut could be larger than planned but denied ties to the east Jerusalem project. The move drew United States Britain and Arab backlash. In Hebron a military court ordered Pvt.Noam Friedman to be confined to a psychiatric hospital after he wounded five Palestinians in a New Year’s Day shooting.
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Mexico seeks full US ally status in drug reform push
President Ernesto Zedillo vows energy filled reform of law enforcement after drug corruption scandals. Foreign Secretary Jose Angel Gurria demands Washington grant Mexico full certification as an ally in the fight on drugs amid tensions before the weekend decision. In Xinjiang, police detain suspects after bus bombings killing at least a child and injuring others.
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400,000-Year-Old Spears Suggest Early Systematic Hunting
Researchers in Germany report three 6 to 7 foot spruce spears and thousands of animal bones at a lakeshore site near Schoeningen. The finds imply archaic Homo sapiens hunted large game, planned hunts, and organized groups long before 200,000 years ago, challenging scavenging assumptions.
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University of California At Berkeley
Doubt Arises Over First Exoplanet Discovery
Canadian astronomer David Gray argues in Nature that the signals attributed to the planet around 51 Pegasi are regular pulsations of the star, not gravitational wobbles from an orbiting world. He questions the existence of the 51 Pegasi planet and casts doubt on two or three similar cases, while other researchers defend the earlier finding.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail May Stage International Car Rally
A Vietnamese tourism agency may transform the Ho Chi Minh Trail into a countrywide speedway. The plan envisions an international rally Hanoi to southern Vietnam via Laos with about 20 drivers if approved and sponsored.
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