Oil dumping case pits independents against Big Oil
A petition from Oklahoma independent oilmen seeks a U S anti dumping ruling against four foreign suppliers Saudi Arabia Mexico Iraq and Venezuela claiming they sell oil in the United States below market value. If approved tariffs could raise imported oil prices impacting consumers and trade policy with the Commerce Department weighing the case.
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Brookings Institution
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International Trade Association
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Institute For International Economics
American Petroleum Institute
Georgia's Hunstein wins Margaret Brent Award for top judge
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol W. Hunstein, who overcame polio cancer and personal hardship, received the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar Association. She credited early county jurist urging her to run in 1984, and spoke of progress and ongoing equality efforts in the judiciary. Also honored were Barbara Allen Babcock, Carol E. Dinkins, Pauline A. Schneider, and Judge Norman L. Shapiro.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
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Clara Shortridge Foltz
California
Houston
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Pauline A. Schneider
Washington, D.C
U.S
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Pennsylvania
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Barbara Babcock
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Clinton plans info push via new public diplomacy unit
Washington AP Clinton seeks to counter global anti American propaganda with a State Department led International Public Information group IPI to coordinate news from State Department Pentagon and other agencies The IPI aims to organize federal messaging during crises and support diplomacy military and economic initiatives abroad The plan follows Kosovo war reporting gaps and USIA absorption later in October Evelyn Lieberman named as undersecretary for public diplomacy and USIA director confirmation noted
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White House
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Evelyn Lieberman
Associated Press
Kansas schools push to drop evolution from science curriculum
Kansas Board of Education eyes a new K through 12 science framework with little or no mention of evolution or natural selection. Teachers across the state would face pressure to follow the plan as public schooling tests align with the curriculum, a major win for the creationist movement amid ongoing debates between science education and religious belief.
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National Center For Science Education
Mormon Church backs California gay marriage ban drive
California Mormons are urged by church leaders to donate funds to a ballot measure that would restrict recognition to heterosexual marriages and to support a March 2000 vote. Merrill Higham, a Belmont resident, said the campaign is slowly gaining momentum after donating $2000 and described the issue as sacred.
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Belmont, Calif
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