Teens reject sex, condoms used at record high in CDC report
Nation Atlanta AP notes that over half of high schoolers abstain from sex this decade, while sexually active teens use condoms at a record high in the 1990s per CDC. Dr Lloyd Kolbe says safe sex education isn’t increasing promiscuity and virgins should not feel outcast. Washington AP reports a House panel advances a bill to restrict minors from harmful online content, aiming for a more targeted approach than the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
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House
Supreme Court
Congress
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Ohio
House Commerce Subcommittee On Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection
Vietnam veterans sue CNN Time over Tailwind defection gas claim
Eleven Vietnam veterans filed a federal suit in San Jose against CNN and Time over a retracted report alleging nerve gas use on American defectors. The plaintiffs include Art Bishop, a 65 year old former Air Force pilot who kept a journal, and claim others quoted or pictured were unjustly involved. Ten veterans are negotiating with the network.
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Calif
CNN
Time
San Jose
Laos
Art Bishop
Air Force
April Oliver
Massacre in El Sauzal targets three families near Ensenada
Gunmen tied, executed 19 residents of three neighboring houses in El Sauzal Baja California near Ensenada. Victims included nine adults two teens six children and a baby. A 15-year-old girl hid under a bed and survived as investigators probe possible Arellano Felix gang links.
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EL Sauzal
Mexico
Baja California
Associated Press
Marco Antonio de la Fuente Virrarreal
San Diego
Red Cross
Ensenada
Eugenio Carrillo
Mass flight from flood hit town of Mapastepec Chiapas
Survivors from Mapastepec in Chiapas crowded around military helicopters to flee floods. About 400 people evacuate daily to seek safety as government counts show 119 dead and 554 missing with 450,000 homeless in the region. President Zedillo visits Tapachula to coordinate relief efforts and estimate needs.
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Mexico
Chiapas
Juan Manuel Villafuerte Figuero
Ernesto Zedillo
Tapachula
Here
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Pacific Coast
Russia seeks new deal on $40 billion bad loans with banks
Russia aims to secure a fresh agreement over 40 billion dollars of bad loans with foreign banks to draw Western money for its crisis. Yeltsin delays full Cabinet formation a week while Prime Minister Primakov’s predecessor triggered the default and chaos. Israel Palestine tensions escalate after teen’s death and settler expansion fuels anger as Clinton envoy struggles. In Washington, Pentagon officials say China’s ICBM program sees no material gain from U.S. tech transfers amid Senate scrutiny of possible aid and campaign ties.
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Russia
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Boris Yeltsin
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Clinton
Yasser Arafat
Washington
China
U.S
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Senate
Franklin Miller
Senate Commerce Committee
John McCain
R-Ariz
Miller
Air Force
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Register-Herald and local historian unveil Raleigh County pictorial
Local historian David Sibray teams with the Register-Herald to publish a 128 page Raleigh County pictorial history. The library quality book features over 250 archival photographs with captions bound in leatherette. Pre publication price is 29 95. after release expected price 39 95.
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David Sibray
Raleigh County
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