Yeltsin weighs compromise candidate for prime minister
President Boris Yeltsin meets with aides at his country home outside Moscow to consider a compromise candidate for prime minister as political leaders call for swift steps to halt Russia’s economic nosedive. Duma speculation centers on Yuri Maslyukov, a Soviet era economic official and Communist.
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Global rich poor gap widens in new UN report
The UN Human Development Report warns of Brass inequalities with over 1 billion people living in deprivation. It notes consumption of 24 trillion globally fuels environmental damage while the richest 20 percent use 86 percent of goods and services and the poorest 20 percent only 1.3 percent. Canada remains atop the human development index.
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U.N. rights chief visits China amid rights clash
U.N. rights commissioner Mary Robinson urged that development accompany civil liberties in China during a Beijing stop. Moments earlier, plainclothes police dragged the imprisoned dissident's wife Chu Hailan from the Hilton Hotel lobby while she cried for Miss Mary. She later said she was beaten by security outside the hotel.
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Pomona Kansas adopts loud sound limit for vehicles
A September 1998 Pomona ordinance prohibits operating any sound amplification system within vehicles so its noise is plainly audible at 50 feet or more. Exceptions cover medical or safety use, emergency vehicles, city or utility vehicles, and authorized public activities. Violations carry up to 500 dollars fine or six months in jail per day of continued offense.
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