Castro attends boy's 6th birthday party in Cuba
Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance at Elian Gonzalez's sixth birthday party in Cardenas as Cuba intensifies its push to have Elian returned to his father Juan Miguel Gonzalez. The event followed government protests and a renewed Cuban call for international support, with U.S. officials rejecting Castro's 72 hour ultimatum.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Elian Gonzalez
Cuba
Elian
Florida
Florida Straits
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Cardenas
Castro
United States
State Department
James Foley
U.S
Vicki Huddleston
Foley
National Assembly
Ricardo Alarcon
Elan
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Mars Lander May Never Reveal What Went Wrong
NASA investigators face the likelihood of never knowing why the Mars Polar Lander failed during descent. With no wreckage and scant data, experts weigh theories from landing in a dangerous spot to a possible safe mode or hardware faults as mission controllers plan to detect a signal and search for evidence like a parachute deployment.
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Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Earth
Space Agency
Mars
Robert Park
University of Maryland
Laurie Leshin
Land
Mars Global Surveyor
Cook
Clinton targets China Russia over rights and Grozny threat
President Clinton used a human rights address to condemn China's Falun Gong crackdown and warn Russia over the Grozny siege while pledging aid for Afghan refugees. He lauded Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy and awarded five U S human rights leaders including Delores Huerta and Sister Jean Marshall.
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Clinton
China
Russia
Grozny
Afghanistan
United States
Pakistan
Hillary
United Nations General Assembly
Eleanor Roosevelt
National Security Council
Mike Hammer
Mrs
Roosevelt
Charlotte Bunch
Delores Huerta
United Farm Workers of America
Burke Marshall
Kennedy
Jean Marshall
Bronx
New York City
Leon Sullivan
Mideast Talks Derail Over Jewish Settlements
In Jerusalem a clash between Israel and the Palestinians derails month-old final status talks aimed at a peace treaty. Palestinians suspend negotiations over continued Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza, pending a freeze. No new session date set as Albright prepares to visit.
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Jerusalem
Madeleine Albright
Israel
Albright
U.S
Ehud Barak
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Yasser Abed Rabbo
Ramallah
Abed Rabha
Barak
Swiss banks found 54000 possible Holocaust accounts
The Zurich investigation found 54000 possible accounts not previously disclosed. It concluded the $1.25 billion settlement between banks and Jewish groups remains sufficient to pay all heirs, though records are too sparse to value total assets. The report cleared systematic destruction but cited deceit by some banks and insensitive handling of funds.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Paul A. Volcker
U.S. Federal Reserve
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