Linda Tripp Subpoenaed to Testify Before Grand Jury
Linda Tripp was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury next week as Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr presses for Monica Lewinsky cooperation. Starr's team questioned Sidney Blumenthal for the third time, with Blumenthal invoking executive privilege on some questions.
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Washington
Linda Tripp
Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Grand Jury
Tripp
Whitewater
Kenneth Starr
Lewinsky
White House
Joe Murtha
Starr
Charles Bakaly
Sidney Blumenthal
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Blumenthal
U S syphilis rate hits record low
ATLANTA AP The syphilis rate in the United States has fallen 84 percent since 1990 reaching the lowest level on record. In 1997 the rate was 3.2 per 100 000 people, the CDC said.
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Atlanta
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Lyn Finelli
CDC
Finelli
ASNE Withdraws Columnist Award From Patricia Smith
The American Society of Newspaper Editors withdrew the 1998 Distinguished Writing Award from Patricia Smith of the Boston Globe after she admitted making up people and quotations. The move followed pressure from Globe editor Matthew V. Storin and marked the first such withdrawal since the awards began in 1979.
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Boston
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Patricia Smith
Boston Globe
ASNE
Globe
Matthew V. Storin
Association
Clinton's trip to China dates and city timeline
The itinerary shows timelines across Xi’an Beijing Shanghai Guilin and Hong Kong. It spans June 25 to July 3 with each city in sequence and time zones noted as EDT with China ahead by 12 hours. The schedule covers Thursday June 25 through Friday July 3.
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China
Xi'an
Beijing
Shanghai
Guilin
Hong Kong
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
AIRCO
China Greets Clintons On Historic Xi An Welcome
President Clinton began a nine day China visit with a Tang dynasty style welcome in Xi An and urged freer political dialogue while criticizing rights abuses. U S officials planned to press for visa protests and dissident detentions, as tens of thousands lined the streets to view the 50 car motorcade.
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Xian
China
Clinton
U.S
James Sasser
Jiang Zemin
National
P.J. Crowley
White House
Radio Free Asia
Xi’an
Feng Xichu
Hillary
Indonesia and IMF seal revised bailout amid crisis
Indonesia and the IMF announced a new bailout deal to ease social hardship with fuel and food subsidies as the 43 billion dollar IMF rescue resumes. The agreement warns of deeper economic pain and calls for reforms while aiming to stabilize a rupiah hit by a severe crisis.
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International Monetary Fund
IMF
Hubert Neiss
B.J. Habibie
Indonesia
Jakarta
Suharto
Asia
Neiss
South Korean Navy Probes Submarine After Fishing Net Incident
South Korean commandos climbed down the captured North Korean submarine's tower but halted for booby trap fears. The crew’s fate remains unclear as the sub sank while being towed to Donghae base, with currents and seas hampering salvage operations. Two South Korean plastic beverage containers found on deck suggest spy movement.
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Donghae
South Korea
Kim Jong-sook
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donghae Naval Base
Guard says murder of women ordered in El Salvador case
Daniel Canales, one of five ex guardsmen imprisoned for rapes and murders of four American church workers in 1980, said the attack was ordered by higher-ups while denying involvement. A judge had ordered parole for him and two others, and Canales again refused to name who gave the order.
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Quezaltepeque
el Salvador
Daniel Canales
Associated Press
Canales
Imelda Marcos delays burial plan for Ferdinand Marcos
Manila Philippines AP Former first lady Imelda Marcos withdraws from burying Ferdinand Marcos in Heroes Cemetery deferring the burial to a more appropriate time as public fury and national sentiment shape the dispute nine years after his exile. The debate over the dictator's burial has reopened old wounds and divided Filipinos.
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Philippines
Imelda Marcos
Ferdinand
Heroes’ Cemetery
Marcos
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