Steelworkers,J&L reach tentative three year contract
United Steelworkers of America and J&L Specialty Steel Inc announce a tentative three year pact covering 725 workers at Midland Pennsylvania Louisville Ohio and Detroit plants with ratification expected next week. The deal reportedly includes higher wages benefits and pensions.
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Taliban warns Clinton to back off over human rights critique
The Taliban told President Clinton that U S criticism of Afghanistan's treatment of women will harm relations. A Foreign Ministry statement urged that Muslims raise such concerns, not Clinton, who it said is not Muslim. In Libya, King Abdullah and Yasser Arafat met Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte for separate talks.
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Starr weighs turning parts of Clinton probe to Justice Dept
Kenneth Starr considers handing over portions of his independent counsel inquiry into the Clintons to the Justice Department if the post-Watergate statute expires. He would consult DOJ before deciding and may replace three Washington deputies as the inquiry continues amid disputes with the department.
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New destroyer Winston S Churchill launched at Bath Iron Works
The U S Navy launched the 505 foot destroyer Winston S Churchill at Bath Iron Works in Maine. Lady Soames joined officials including William Cohen and George Robertson to witness the ceremony as peace activists were briefly detained. The $800 million Arleigh Burke class vessel weighs over 8000 tons and features Tomahawk missiles Harpoon missiles and torpedoes with speeds up to 30 knots. Churchill named an honorary U S citizen in 1963 with British heritage noted.
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Government resigns in India after narrow confidence vote
India's Hindu nationalist government resigns after losing a 270 to 269 confidence vote. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee stays as caretaker while Congress led by Sonia Gandhi contemplates forming a new administration.
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Caribbean leaders discuss regional FTAA precursor at Santo Domingo summit
Twenty one Caribbean Basin nations met in Santo Domingo to discuss a regional tariff system as a step toward the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Fidel Castro visited for the first time in this forum, leaders pledged closer tourism cooperation and disaster response, and security was tight amid debates on preparing for the FTAA by 2005.
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