Clinton lectures students on freedom at Peking University
President Clinton urged China's leaders to embrace open society while Chinese students and professors discussed pacing reforms. In a rare public back-and-forth, the event aired on state media with translation issues noted. students stressed gradual change and self-determined human rights progress.
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Eijing
Clinton
China
Peking University
Zhang Yun
Zhang
Jiangsu
Ying
Jiang Zemin
China Central Television
Bai Yansong
United States
Bai
Wang Xushi
Wang
Zhao
Eddie Murphy leads box office with Dr Dolittle debut
Eddie Murphy's Dr Dolittle opens at No. 1 with an estimated 29 million in North American ticket sales, followed by Mulan at No. 2 with 17.3 million. The X-Files, Out of Sight, and The Truman Show round out the top five as box office totals rise 11 percent year over year.
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Los Angeles
Eddie Murphy
Dr. Dolittle
Mulan
Murphy
Rex Harrison
John Davis
Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc
Disney
Phil Barlow
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Barlow
George
Clooney
Jennifer Lopez
GM Talks Deadlocked Over Flint Strikes
GM entered its summer shutdown with little progress in negotiations with the United Auto Workers over strikes at Flint Metal Center and the Delphi East plant. The walkouts idled 26 North American plants and cost an estimated $1 billion in net profits, with further losses expected weekly.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Automaker
UAW
Flint
Flint Metal Center
Delphi East
Mary Irby
Couric lands record NBC contract for Today show
NBC announced a new contract for Katie Couric, reportedly around seven million dollars per year, a substantial rise from her prior earnings of just over two million. The deal includes a major role in NBC's 2000 election coverage and secures her continued pre-dawn hosting duties on Today.
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New York
Katie Couric
NBC
Couric
Newsweek
Today
ABC
CBS
Bryant Gumbel
Matt Lauer
Angler Tries to Return 3-Foot Crocodile to Zoo
Paul Davenport found a 3-foot caiman crocodile sunning on the Cuyahoga River and sought to hand it to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The zoo declined, citing hundreds of exotic pet donations annually, as the couple considered giving the reptile to a pet store instead.
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Cleveland
Paul Davenport
Cuyahoga River
Davenport
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Nancy Davenport
Central
South American
United States
Larry Petersen
Lakewood
Ohio
Lake Erie
Scientists call for deeper study of UFO evidence
An international nine member panel concluded physical evidence from UFO sightings warrants serious scientific review though no proof of extraterrestrial intelligence was found. They highlighted a Vancouver Island photo and a Paris sighting with radar data needing access for rigorous analysis.
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Stanford University
Peter Sturrock
Laurance S. Rockefeller
Sturrock
Journal of Scientific Exploration
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Paris
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