Protesters Celebrate as WTO Talks End in Defeat
In Seattle protesters celebrated the collapse of World Trade Organization talks, a major defeat for the Clinton administration. Violent protests turned downtown Seattle into a near battleground as negotiators faced deadlock over core issues including worker rights and agriculture subsidies. Officials argued talks failed due to substance and political risk, with plans to resume next year in Geneva.
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Seattle
Clinton
Trade Organization
Tracy Katelman
Alliance For Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
Uist
Nume
Charlene Barshefsky
Tus Mat
Bar Partners
Sau Barshefsky
Mike Moore
Geneva
Barshefsky
Moore
NASA searches for Mars Polar Lander signal
NASA engineers in Pasadena monitor Polar Lander after a troubled descent failed to yield any contact on expected Mars arrival times. Despite hopes for a beacon, Friday’s signals did not arrive and officials caution any loss remains possible while reviewing mispointing and fault mode explanations.
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Calif
Mars
Earth
Richard Cook
NASA
Jet Propision Laboratory
Engerness
JPL
Red Planet
Courage helps teen beat the odds
Laure Armstrong, 13, recovering from severe burns after a July fire, endures painful rehabilitation at University Hospital. Surgeries, skin grafts, and therapy aim to restore movement and vision as she battles long road to recovery with family support and a wrestling idol as motivation.
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Erin Duggan
Laure Armstrong
Maureen Sheridan
King Laure
Laurie
University Hospital
Laure
Sheraidan
Sheridan
Layne
Laune
Langier
Sock
Gifford Street
Syracuse
Eerie
Earlwood Armstrong
Lasten
Bill Myers
Ken Heffernan
Cal
Tomis
Myers
Michelle Scheiwiller
Scheimler
Maureen
Lava Lakstatt
Michelle Schweiwiller
Lauria Armstrong
Blind vendor foils credit scam at federal building shop
Bill Vogt, who runs Bill's Newsstand in Syracuse, set a tape recorder and bill scanner after a woman used a $1 bill for change. Federal officers stopped the suspect Jennifer Schmiegel, 22, who claimed she mistook the $10 for a $1. Vogt plans a belt alarm and hidden duress alarm to deter further thefts.
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Vogt
Bill
James M Hanley Federal Building
Syracuse
Jennifer Schmmegel
Schmegel
Hartlock St. Elbridge
Salvation Army
Federal Building
Schmuegel
Fnday- Vogt
Federal
State Office
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