Chirac Calls for Mobilization After First Round Losses
French voters produced a fragmented result with the right projected to 380 446 seats and the Socialist left 127 192 seats while turnout hit a record low 65 percent. Le Pen criticized the electoral system and warned incumbents.
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le Pen
TF 1
France
National Front
Jean-Louis Maurax
Chirac
Cabinet reshuffle amid Middle East tensions and calls for reform
The piece notes Israeli and Palestinian leaders facing scrutiny as a cabinet reshuffle unfolds. It highlights Arafat’s new finance minister Salem Fayad and ongoing demands for reform, elections, and renewed peace talks amid violence and diplomatic efforts by Bush and Sharon.
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Salem Fayad
Jerusalem
International Monetary Fund
Palestinian Authority
White House
Ariel Sharon
Bush
Hosni Mubarak
Gaza Strip
Explo
Fires chew through New Mexico hills as crews strike lines
In western New Mexico the Cherry Fire expanded to 8200 acres with 90 firefighters on scene and 180 more en route. Firefighters built four miles of line around the Gila Wilderness blaze near Silver City as gusty winds and weather hampered containment efforts. Nearby Panther and Apache fires totaled 10 to 20 acres with about three dozen crews aiding containment while residents faced danger but were not evacuated.
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Jebaliya
Arab League
Israel
Islamic Jihad
Sheik Abdullah Shami
Gaza City
Arafat
New York Times
Sharon
New Mexico
el Malpais
Poinl Complex
Bernie Pineda
Gila
Silver City
Pineda
Dean Burnham
Roswell pilot’s Vietnam era combat and stealth service profile
The veteran recounts a career spanning Okinawa, Hill AFB Utah and Vietnam. He flew dignitaries, joined the Vietnamese Air Force as a fighter adviser, survived multiple missions with heavy enemy fire, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart, and later served with the 7th Special Operations Squadron and Whiteman AFB.
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Okinawa
Air America
Okinnawa
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Vietnam
Roswell
Schnucker
Cheyenne
Ramstein
Germany
7Th Special Operations Squad
7Th Sos
Greece
Denmark
7Th
SOS
Missouri
Whiteman Air Force Base
Fireworks ban unlikely in drought. local voices clash
Pave A devices are the only fireworks types a city or county can ban during drought per FLSA rules, but enforcement concerns and public resistance block statewide action. Roswell officials and residents oppose new ordinances, while county figures push for uniform rules, citing messy enforcement and political opposition.
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FLSA
Puckett
Georgianne Ditmore
Chaves County
Roswell
Ditmore
Chavez Seeks State Funding for Big I Landscaping
Albuquerque mayor Martin Chavez urges state cover for a 5 million landscaping plan for the I 25 I 40 Big I project, arguing the display would beautify the interchange. State officials counter that landscaping is a local cost and would divert funds from road work.
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Albuquerque
Martin Chavez
Ment
Michael Plese
Highway Department
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