Gunman shot to death after shooting spree
A man opened fire in a city personnel office in Phoenix killing a woman and wounding two others before police killed him. Leroy Johnson, 36, an unemployed salesman, sought confidential information on his estranged wife Judith. He wore a bulletproof vest and appeared to target no one in the office, with witnesses calling the incident indiscriminate.
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Leroy Johnson
Leo Speliopoulos
Speliopoulos
Johnson
Judith
Prostate Cancer Death Rates Rise Spark Health Alarm
ATLANTA—CDC reports 1980 to 1988 death rates from prostate cancer climbed 7.5 percent among white men and 5.9 percent among black men. Despite widespread use of advanced tests like ultrasound and antigen blood assays, officials fear a growing public health problem and question early detection benefits.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control
Ron Aubert
CDC
Biotech Industry Fights Biodiversity Treaty Shift
Biotech firms oppose the Earth Summit biodiversity treaty citing risks to patent rights and U S leadership in biotechnology. They argue Article 16 technology transfer demands threaten proprietary germ plasm access while other nations including Europe Japan and Canada move toward signing.
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Lisa Raines
Industrial Biotechnology Association
Council On Competitiveness
U.S
America
Todustry
Bush travels rocky road to Rio
President Bush attends the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro facing widespread dissatisfaction over the United States position on the biodiversity treaty. He marks his 8th birthday abroad while stressing balance between environment and growth amid security concerns and anti-American protests in Panama.
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Bush
United States
Panama
Panama City
Secret Service
U.S
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Associated Press
Albrook Air Force Base
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
World Leaders Arrive for Earth Summit
More than 110 world leaders including President Bush attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to sign treaties guiding international environmental cooperation. Europe pledges 4 billion dollars in aid for developing nations, while Britain and the United States unveil plans on climate and biodiversity.
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Europe
Anibal Cavaco Silva
Britain
John Major
United Sates
Bush
Family confronts AIDS stigma after HIV discovery in boys
A New York family shares how their two sons, Peter and Todd, born with HIV from contaminated Factor VIII, faced stigma at school. After the incident, district officials arranged education talks, parent assemblies, and support to reduce prejudice while medical treatment like gamma globulin began to be discussed.
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Oneida County
Peter
Vernon
Syracuse
Ontda County
Todd
Distret
Curtain
Chastine Fix
Central
Tiet
Kristine
Arthur
University Hospital
Earth Summit Advances Amid Forest Pact Talks
At the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, leaders including President Bush pressed to finish two key treaties. A forest protection pact and a plan for aid to the Third World were among remaining sticking points as William Reilly announced the US would sign the global warming treaty and seek Senate ratification, with $1.4 billion allocated for climate research and monitoring.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Bush
U.S
William Reilly
Environmental Protection Agency
Bush Administration
Senate
Perot vows no tax rise except in an emergency
Ross Perot on NBC Today pledged he would absolutely not raise taxes, except in an incredible emergency, and would seek clear public approval. He also said he would support laws to outlaw deficit spending and require a balanced budget, while outlining broad sweeping plans but offering few cost details. He promoted a mix of Democratic and Republican ideas to reshape federal economic policy and governance.
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Ross Perot
Perot
Hoase of Representatives
Ronald Reagan
Als
Bill Chinton
Bush
Dome Uc
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