Chinese prepare to flood Yangtze region to avert bigger losses
As Yangtze floods surge to record levels thousands evacuate Jingjiang plain a 47 mile flood zone near Gong an county while authorities weigh opening floodgates and blasting a near two mile dike to divert waters. Debris and broken embankments threaten Jiujiang and Wuhan with massive displacement and 1954 scale loss feared.
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Beljing
Yangtze River
Jingjiang
China
State Council
Jingjiang Plain
Xinhua
Gong’an
Yangtze
Chen Zhichao
Israeli park ranger shoots Bedouin in Negev
A Bedouin man was killed early Friday in Israel's Negev desert after an Israeli park ranger, who spotted a pickup entering an army firing range, fired warning shots that struck the driver. Tensions between Bedouins and park authorities date to policy moves to settle nomadic communities. The firing range access is restricted when the army is active.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Negev
Parks Authority
Families of switched babies plan weekend meeting
Charlottesville families tied to the Virginia hospital baby switch will meet this weekend to discuss the ordeal. The gathering, kept private by a lawyer for one family, will exclude the children. DNA testing confirmed Callie Johnson was not Paula Johnson’s baby, while Rebecca Chittum remains with Kevin Chittum and Whitney Rogers’ family.
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Harvey
Torricelli
Torricella
Senate
Washington
Democratic “Unity
Charlottesville
Virginia
Callie Johnson
Rebecca Chittum
Pete Robey
University of Virginia Medical Center
Callie
Paula Johnson
Rebecca
Kevin Chittum
Whitney Rogers
Travis Rogers
Whitney
Ms. Johnson
Five young girls die in Utah car trunk heat tragedy
WEST VALLEY CITY Utah five young girls aged 2 3 5 6 and 6 died from heat exposure after being trapped in a car trunk for an extended period. Police said two were sisters two were cousins and the fifth was being cared for by the sisters mother. The hourlong search in 90 degree heat led to the discovery of the bodies. Autopsies were planned for Saturday as investigators reviewed how the children entered the Saturn trunk and why no witnesses saw them. The incident follows two similar cases of children dying in car trunks recently.
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West Valley City
Utah
Charles Isley
Isley
Salt Lake City
Disley
Dennis Morgan
Arthritis drug Arava wins FDA advisory backing
The first new rheumatoid arthritis drug in over a decade, Arava or leflunomide, won unanimous FDA advisory approval with a caveat for women not yet through menopause. It matches the effectiveness of methotrexate and cancer drugs in reducing swollen joints and may slow disease progression.
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Bethesda
Arava
Hoechst
Marion Roussel
Kenneth Brandt
Indiana University
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Clinton aides face grand jury secrecy violations ruling
U S District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson found prima facie evidence that Starr staff violated grand jury secrecy laws by leaking information to news outlets. The ruling allows a hearing to determine contempt penalties, with appeals court backing to continue the investigation. Lewinsky testimony and Starr's ongoing probe frame the scrutiny as the impeachment debate looms.
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Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Starr
White House
U.S
Norma Holloway Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Court of Appeals
Monica Lewinsky
Grand Jury
Congress
Lewinsky
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