Middle East peace hopes fade as talks show sharp divides
Secretary Powell heads to the region while envoy Zinni meets Arafat to push for a cease fire. Israeli minister Ben Eliezer pledges to press on with operations, signaling a hard road to any lasting settlement amid mutual distrust.
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Middle East
Colin Powell
U.S
Anthony Zinni
Yasser Arafat
Zinni
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
United States
Israel
Powell
Arafat
Ariel Sharon
United Nations
Bush
Jerusalem
U.N
Letter defending Roswell Police Officers and community support
A Roswell wife responds to a letter by David Janssen defending law enforcement. She asserts officers risk their lives daily and deserve gratitude, noting the police and other agencies protect the community and should not be blamed for tragedies.
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David Janssen
Janssen
APD
Lockheed better for lab in Sandia funding clash
Santa Fe columnist probes Albuquerque mayor Martin Chavez's push for UT to back off Sandia Lab management. He weighs DOE praise for current contractor Lockheed Martin, Texas aims to reopen bidding, and past Texas- NM border tensions, visiting Texas history museums before assessing whether Texas motives are legitimate.
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Albuquerque
Martin Chavez
University of Texas
Sandia National Laboratory
Duke City
Chavez
Martin Marietta
Lockheed Martin
Department of Energy
Texas
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Bush
Sandia
Los Alamos
Livermore National Laboratories
Livermore
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Anton Chico
Mexico City
Glorietta
Arizona
Mesilla
Las Cruces
XIT
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Capitol Building
Austin
Elfego Baca
Today in History highlights from April 7
Key events on this date include 1927 first long distance television image of Herbert Hoover in New York, 1862 Grant’s Union victory at Shiloh, 1948 WHO founded, and 1969 Supreme Court ruling on private possession of obscene material. The brief list covers global politics, industry, and culture.
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Associated Press
New York
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Ulysses S. Grant
Shiloh
Tennessee
Italy
Albania
Okinawa
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
World Health Organization
U.N. General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
Queens
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Clinton Still Hounded by Controversy and Pardon Debates
Newsweek's April 8 cover features Bill Clinton as he discusses image over pride, pardons, and regrets. He cites high speaking fees and a $12 million book deal while denying principled pardons and blaming politics for past decisions.
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Newsweek
New York-Washington
Marshals of the Desert to Valley Life in New Mexico
Marion Russell recalls a frontier New Mexico from Mexican rule to late 19th century growth. She and husband Richard Russell run a Tecolote trading post then cattle ranch in Stonewall Valley near Trinidad, sharing human sides of famous figures and a 1888 eviction by the Maxwell Land Grant Company.
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New Mexico
Marion Sloan Russell
United States
Mexico
Jack Campbell
Los Beaubien
Guadalupe Miranda
Lucien Maxwell
General Kearny
Charles Bent
Wootten
Bent
Marion
Kit Carson
Bishop Lamy
Richard Russell
DeHague
Tecolote
Las Vegas
Russells
Richard
Marian
Stonewall Valley
Maxwell Land Grant
Trinidad
Taos
Santa Fe
John Sanger
Sanger
Chile
Maxwell Land Grant Company
Maxwell
Maxwell Company
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Ruidoso
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Jay Miller
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Insidethechapitol.com
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By Ace Reid
Cowpokes.com
Ames
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Clinton
Bill Clinton
Marc Rich
Roger
Webster Hubbell
Jim Guy Tucker
Arkansas
Whitewater
Susan McDougal
Houston
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Cal
Thomas
Morrrow Hall
Marion Russell
Dick Wootten
Raton
Colo
William Bransford
Colonel Carson
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