Trade status shift eyed for Vietnam and small firms aid
A House Ways and Means subcommittee approved replacing most favored nation with normal trade relations and considered easing Vietnam’s tariff status. Separately, a bill would give small businesses incentives and technical help to implement drug free workplace programs, plus $10 million for community anti-drug coalitions through SBDCs.
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Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee
United States
Cuba
Laos
North Korea
Serbia
Clinton
Heathrow Express opens fast link to London airport
Britain launched a high speed rail service to Heathrow airport linking Paddington with trains every 15 minutes. The 17 mile route costs 750 million dollars and reaches speeds up to 100 mph. Prime Minister Tony Blair called the service stunning during the inauguration.
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Britain
Heathrow Airport
Tony Blair
Heathrow
Paddington Station
Bhutan King Starts Political Reforms Across Cabinet
In New Delhi, Bhutan plans broad reforms to increase public say in governance. King Jigme Singye Wangchuck announced the move to his 22 member Cabinet and sent a reform proposal to the National Assembly speaker via Kuensel. Six elected ministers stay, two remain. fourteen king appointed ministers will lose seats.
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India
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Himalayas
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
National Assembly
National Kuensel
Zinc lozenges fail to ease colds in youths study says
Chicago reports that Dr. Michael L. Macknin of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation notes a new study finds zinc lozenges ineffective for cold symptoms in children and teenagers. He suggests the zinc dose or cherry flavoring may have reduced efficacy, dating back to Macknin's 1996 Annals of Internal Medicine study that sparked the fad.
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Chicago
Michael L. Macknin
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Macknin
Annals of Internal Medicine
Groom Goes To Trial Over Horse Death In Insurance Plot
Houston AP reports Alton Stone, the groom on duty when Alydar broke a leg leading to the horse's death, goes on trial on federal perjury charges. The case hinges on whether Stone lied about standing in for the night watchman on November 13, 1990, potentially tying the incident to a $36.5 million insurance payout.
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Houston
Alydar
Alton Stone
Stone
U N inspectors find traces of nerve gas
U N inspectors detect deadly nerve gas on missiles fueling US demands to keep sanctions on Iraq. Clinton says inspections must continue until resolutions are met. Richardson says the claim would hinder Iraq’s bid to lift sanctions and questions disarmament.
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Washington
United States
Clinton
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Iraq
America
Linton
Bill Richardson
United Nations
Critics urge Clinton to remind China of American values
Republican critics on the Senate floor pressed President Clinton over China policy on the eve of his 10 day trip, while Democrats maneuver to suspend hostile votes. Clinton prepared in the Cabinet room with foreign policy advisers and scholars. Some Republicans offered a flag and copies of the Constitution to take to Tiananmen Square, urging him to present them to Chinese hosts. Clinton’s visit marks the first U.S. presidential trip to China since the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.
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China
Senate
Harry Harding
George Washington University
Nicholas R. Lardy
Brookings Institution
White House
Mike McCurry
Radio Free Asia
House
Newt Gingrich
Tiananmen
Benjamin Gilman
R-N.y
House International Relations Committee
U.S
Tiananmen Square
Priest admits to stabbing himself in fake attack
Warren Ohio police say Rev Thomas Spisak disclosed that he stabbed himself after claiming two intruders assaulted him at Christ Our King rectory. He initially described a break in, but later admitted self harm tied to medical bills and distress. No suspects were identified and charges for filing a false report are unlikely.
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Warren
Ohio
Thomas Spisak
Christ Our King
Spisak
Albert J. Timko
Timko
Oil nations to cut barrels by millions
OPEC ministers in Vienna voiced plans to remove over 1 million barrels per day from the global oil glut, potentially doubling prior cuts by six nations. Futures markets rose in New York and London as traders anticipated deeper supply reductions. Kuwait and Saudi ministers signaled willingness to exceed initial pledges. Japan backed LTCB support to steady investor nerves after a sharp stock fall.
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OPEC
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Sheik Saud Nasser al- Sabah
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