Northern Ireland Protestants seek curb on hard liners in new Assembly
Ballot counting continues as Northern Ireland's cross-community Assembly determines final 41 seats. The Ulster Unionists led by David Trimble were projected to win 28 of 29 seats, aiming to blunt Protestant hard-liner obstruction. Sinn Fein and SDLP show strong results, shaping post direct-rule governance.
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Northern Ireland
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London
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North
Ian Paisley
Democratic Unionists
Bob McCartney
United Kingdom
John Hume
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SDLP
Sinn Fein
Clinton and Jiang clash over Tiananmen at summit
At a joint news conference Clinton and Jiang Zemin debated Tiananmen Square while reaffirming a detargeting nuclear pact. Clinton condemned the crackdown as an assault on freedom and urged protection of rights, while Jiang defended China's actions as necessary for stability and orderly modernization.
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White House
China
Tibet
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Tiananmen
U.N
Jiang
Community braces as cuts hit jobs and firm expands
Walsh said the firm faces lasting cuts but remains optimistic workers will find local employment. Buckbee-Mears completed an $85 million expansion in 1996 last year, helping buffer regional losses. A Chamber survey showed many employers expect growth in six to twelve months. Gallagher noted the community’s resilience.
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Buckbee-Mears
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Chamber of Commerce
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Lewinsky leaves Washington amid immunity doubt in June 1998
Monica Lewinsky flies to California to visit her father as prosecutors plan to call Linda Tripp before the grand jury. Her lawyers Erik Stein and Plato Cacheris may continue talks with Kenneth Starr's office while she is away, seeking an immunity deal in exchange for cooperation. Relatives of James Byrd Jr. urge calm and reflection amid the tense national climate following the case.
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Washington
Jacob Stein
Plato Cacheris
Kenneth Starr
Linda Tripp
Lewinsky
Starr
Governor spares life of confessed serial killer
Texas Governor George W. Bush commuted Henry Lee Lucas from a death sentence to life in prison, sparing the 62 year old man who confessed to killing hundreds before recanting. Lucas, convicted in 1984 of capital murder in the 1979 roadside death of an unidentified woman, had no witnesses or physical evidence linking him to the crime. He now says he was lying, and questions have been raised about his guilt.
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Texas
George W. Bush
Board of
Lucas
Austin
End hatred plea in Jasper as KKK and group rally
In Jasper Texas the family of a Black man dragged to death urged peace on the eve of separate rallies by the Ku Klux Klan and a Black militant group. Authorities braced for demonstrations from both sides while seeking calm and justice.
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Ku Klux Klan
Jasper
Texas
East Texas
KKK
Bear and cubs dine in Wains Falls Home Break-In
A bear and two cubs entered a residence in Haines Falls New York breaking down a door and rummaging a kitchen while a family slept upstairs. Officer James Volker shot the adult bear as it charged. Cubs climbed a tree and were later taken to Five Rivers Conservation Center Delmar for eventual release. The 125 pound bear had been a recurring problem in Greene County.
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N.Y
James Volker
Five Rivers Conservation Center
Delmar
Gary Sheffer
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Greene County
Prosecutors wrap Cosby murder case with surprise witness gambit
In Santa Monica California prosecutors halted the Ennis Cosby murder trial after five days, marching Eli Zakaria in in handcuffs to be seen by jurors but not questioned. The defense and judge weighed next steps as the case abruptly closed with no further witnesses.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Ennis Cosby
Anne Ingalls
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies
Eli Zakaria
Bill Cosby
Weather codes and online data from NewsLine service
Information line lists four digit codes for forecasts travel advisories and weather data. It includes toll free access numbers for Auburn Weedsport Oswego and Pulaski plus updates from WIXT TV Red Cross tips and a daily weather trivia question. It notes Syracuse Newspapers home page with forecast links and Nexrad images.
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Weedsport
Oswego
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