Yeltsin Enters Sanatorium For Restoration Treatment
Boris Yeltsin checked into a Moscow sanatorium a day after doctors ordered him to cancel another foreign trip due to high blood pressure and extreme fatigue. Spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin said he would undergo a course of restoration treatment with duration depending on the plan.
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Dmitry Yakushkin
Interfax
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Peru and Ecuador sign treaty to open borders
In a historic ceremony, Peru and Ecuador leaders signed a peace treaty to end a long conflict and open their borders for trade and development. The pact relies on four guarantor nations, including Brazil, the United States, Chile, and Argentina, to delineate boundaries and prevent renewed hostilities.
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Brazil
Peru
Ecuador
Clinton
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
United States
Chile
Argentina
Egypt School Lunch Poisonings Sickens Nearly 180
About 180 Egyptian students were hospitalized Monday after eating meals provided by schools. The incident is part of a string of poisonings that have sent at least 1,480 students to hospitals, with authorities launching investigations into the outbreaks.
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Egypt
British to dismantle Northern Ireland base at Fort Whiterock
Fort Whiterock, a major British Army base overlooking west Belfast housing and IRA support, will be dismantled within months as part of peacemaking. Gun and borh attacks have marked its history while engineers raised walls and towers. Noel Carroll, a 56 year old Irish track star and former Villanova runner, died after a heart attack following a noon jog.
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Northern Ireland
Fort Whiterock
Catholic West Belfast
Ronnie Flanagan
Noel Carroll
Villanova University
Carroll
Villanova
Housing group wins 100 million judgment from Nationwide
A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded 100 million to Housing Opportunities Made Equal alleging Nationwide Insurance refused to write policies for black homeowners and excluded minority neighborhoods from marketing. Nationwide plans an appeal while denying discrimination and noting prior settlements with the Justice Department.
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Nationwide Insurance
Constance Chamberlin
Housing Opportunities
Shanna Smith
National Fair Housing Alliance
Washington, D.C
Columbus
Ohio
Smith
Nationwide
John Millen
Millen
Justice Department
Gates Appears on Tape at Microsoft Antitrust Trial
Bill Gates did not attend the trial but his taped deposition from last summer was to be shown today in the government antitrust case against Microsoft. The excerpts were set to air after Netscape CEO James Barksdale faced continued cross examination.
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Microsoft Corporation
Gates
Microsoft
Netscape
James Barksdale
Defaults on student loans dip to under ten percent
Stricter controls and an improving economy cut the share of students defaulting on federally backed loans from about 25 percent earlier this decade to 9.6 percent in fiscal 1996, Education Department says. President Clinton called the program a shining example of opportunity with accountability after the announcement.
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Clinton
Congress
White House round table on Social Security for women
Tyra Brown, who relied on survivors benefits after her mother died, joins a White House round table with President Clinton and Vice President Gore. The discussion centers on how Social Security affects American women and barriers to retirement self sufficiency, with women in 10 cities watching via satellite.
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Tyra Brown
Brown
U.S
Report urges reform of U S diplomacy for information age
A CSIS panel report titled Reinventing Diplomacy in the Information Age urges sweeping changes in the U S diplomatic corps. It warns that diplomacy risks irrelevance without overhaul and calls for scrutiny of prospective appointees similar to Supreme Court nominees.
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United States
Supreme Court
U.S
Center For Strategic and International Studies
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