Armenian gunmen surrender after deadly parliament siege
Nationalist gunmen who fatally wounded Armenia s Prime Minister and other officials surrendered to authorities after surrounding the parliament, freeing about 40 held people. President Kocharian promised a fair trial as leaders accused the government of corruption and national disintegration amid economic chaos.
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Erevan
Armenia
Robert Kocharian
Nairi Unanian
Security Ministry
Unanian
Kocharian
Vazgen Sarkisian
Hostages freed in Yemen after tribal kidnap saga
In Sana a American teacher Marta Colburn and her parents, Don and Gladys Colburn of Portland Oregon, were released after negotiations with the Bani Jabr tribe in Marib. They arrived in the capital and vowed to speak with officials as Yemeni authorities sought to resolve a larger hostage demand tied to an oil pipeline blast.
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San‘a
Yemen
Marta R. Colburn
Don
Gladys Colburn
Portland
Ore
Marib
Habab
Marta Colburn
Interior Ministry
U.S
Chris Eccel
American Institute For
Agroterrorism threat tests Senate panel with warnings
Experts told the Senate Armed Services Committee that agroterrorism could cripple U S crops and livestock undetected. They warned of pathogens like karnal bunt and Foot and Mouth disease, the delicate diagnostic gap, and the role of land grant universities in defense. A USDA task force and defense programs were discussed as needed responses.
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Senate
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Cuba
Floyd P. Horn
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Horn
Glickman urges overhaul of 1996 farm program
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman says the farm economy stinks and promises proposals to overhaul the market oriented 1996 Freedom to Farm law to provide more help when prices fall. He faces questions from House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest about detail and feasibility.
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Congress
USDA
House Agriculture Committee
Texas
Larry Combest
Glickman
Combest
August Schumacher Jr
Charles Stenholm
D-Texas
House bill bars doctors from aiding death by own action
Congress debates physician assisted death as House approves a bill barring doctors from using federally controlled drugs to aid a death by own action. The measure, opposed as federal overreach, would fund end of life care training and limit physicians exposure to criminal penalties.
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Ashington
Senate
Congress
House
Henry Hyde
Don Nickles
Rokla
Nickles
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Hyde
Peter DeFazio
Jack Kevorkian
Michigan
Kansas Delegation Voting on Suicide Assistance Bill
The Kansas delegation split on a Wednesday 271-156 House roll call approving a bill to penalize doctors who assist in suicide. Republicans Moran, Y and Tiahrt, Y supported. Democrats Moore among those voting yes. Voting no included 135 Democrats, 20 Republicans, and one independent.
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House
Moran
Ryan
Tiahrt
Moore
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