Kyoto Conference on Climate Shows US Stance and EU Tensions
Delegates from 160 nations wrestle toward a binding climate pact at Kyoto while balancing science and economics. The United States backs a gradual approach, delaying abrupt cuts, arguing for feasible technology timelines whereas the European Union pushes deeper cuts by 2010.
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Kyoto
Intergovernmental Panel On
IPCC
U.S
United States
European Union
Europe
Senate
Miracle on 34th Street shines for Mountain View group
Mt View Middle School National Honor Society staged Miracle on 34th Street. Four widowed grandmothers praise the performance and the students who rehearsed at home and traveled to Pueblo Auditoriuna. Grandmother thanks Mrs Turner, Scott Sehoen and others for their dedication to children.
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Mountain View Middle School
Pueblo Auditoriuna
Local business news and civic awards in brief
Twenty five years ago a Roswell sales manager for Quaker State attended a fall motivation and sales drive in Dallas. Irene Swann, though retired from the school district for 40 years, still teaches workshops on Christmas decorations. Mack and Mrs. Mead of 2007 Gaye Drive won the monthly residential award for civic beautification.
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James Walters
Roswell
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Oi City
Rule Dodson OH Co
Dallas
Texas
Irene Swann
Tow
Mack Mead
Gaye Drive
Contempt image shapes New Mexico's political fate
In Santa Fe Gov. Gary Johnson faces a Supreme Court clash over contempt of court. The dispute centers on welfare reform veto and plan, with three lawmakers and welfare recipients seeking compliance. Public opinion tilt and political fallout shape Johnson's image amid recurring legal battles and broader trust in government institutions.
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Santa FE
Wii
Gary Johnson
New Mexico
State Supreme Court
Johnson
Supreme Court
Governor and Human Services Department
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Mr. & Ms
John
Son
Clinton
Tonga profits from space slots amid UN tie
In an intricate tale of space and politics, Tonga leverages UN links to profit from geosynchronous satellite parking slots. A U.N ITU official allegedly helped Tonga bid for and lease seven slots, claiming extended territorial seas justify rights to 16 positions above the equator.
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Suva
Fiji
United Nations
Tonga
Pacific
Hawaii
New Zealand
Manna
Equator
Cadi and
Gieir
Soviet Union
United States
China
Gelling
Earth
Mister X
ITU
Dale van Atta
Tonia
San Diego
Clinton pushes acting civil rights pick amid affirmative action debate
The article notes Bill Lan Lee as acting assistant attorney general for civil rights, with Clinton urging a Senate yes or no vote. Republicans rail at affirmative action policy and race based hiring while Congress debates quotas and preferences. Hatch hints at a possible acting appointment as a calmer path, but oversight will be intense.
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Washington
Bill Lan Lee
Clinton
Justice Department
Senate
Man
Senate Committee
Lee
House Judiciary Committee
Lee Nous Hehon
Lt Cindor
New York Times
CBS News
Lac
NAACP
Tania
Hatch
Trent Lott
GOP
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