Solidarity retakes Poland's parliament
After four years in the opposition, Solidarity Election Action AWS leads with 32.7 percent, ahead of the Democratic Left Alliance at 26.5 percent and Freedom Union at 15.5 percent. Official results due Wednesday. exit polls from state TV show about a 1 percent margin of error.
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Solidarity Eyes New Era Under Manan Krzaklewski Leader
Manan Krzaklewski, 48, emerges as a unifying but untested figure to lead Solidarity after succeeding Lech Walesa. AWS formed from 34 parties spans right wing Catholics to blue-collar unions, aiming to safeguard workers' rights while distancing from past Communist ties.
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Right-Wing surge in Hamburg share of vote shocks city
In Hamburg a staunchly anti foreigner party gained startling ground Sunday while the Social Democratic mayor announced his resignation after losses. The German People's Union seen as expelling foreigners won just under 5 percent, boosting Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic Party with gains.
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Kosovo Albanians Boycott Serb Elections Amid Independence Push
In the Kosovo province of Serbia, Albanians largely stayed away from polling on election day to protest Milosevic's regime. Milosevic previously stripped Kosovo of autonomy in 1990, disbanded its government and fired over 100,000 Albanians from their jobs.
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Central New York Politicians Speak On Federal Timber Credits And Budgets
The Senate rejected a plan to end free timber credits for loggers building roads in National Forests, while the House approved a Labor Health and Human Services and Education funding bill plus a 2.3 percent federal worker pay raise. Central New York representatives listed include Boehlert Hinchey Houghton McHugh Paxon Walsh, with Moynihan and D Amato voting on timber credits. Cleanup measures aim to curb wasteful subsidies and reform ethics procedures in Congress.
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Michael Jackson plans vast Warsaw theme park venture
In Warsaw, Poland, Michael Jackson aims to build a $200 million family entertainment complex on a 173-acre former military airport. The project would open in 2000 with a 15,000-seat hall, circus, Lego and Barbie zones, and a futuristic megadisco. Jackson reportedly plans to live in a rented 17th century palace nearby.
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Virtual reality road test probes older drivers' problems
Researchers using a VR driving simulation note elderly drivers remain highly responsible yet crash prone. The Maryland study sensors forewarn drivers and measure brain eye coordination to build training and safer car designs. Dr Fox of ophthalmology cites aging vision as a crash factor while other Maryland work links ultraviolet light to cataract risk.
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