Slain girl’s father shows photo amid Kosovo probe
In Vitina, Hamdi Shabiu displayed a photo of his daughter’s battered corpse, saying a US officer brought it after she died Thursday. Neighbors say she was 11 or 12, killed in a building basement near their home. U.S. forces face protests and a pretrial investigation will decide if charges go to court martial.
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Vitina
Hamdi Shabiu
Shabiu
Dents
U.S
Viina
Islami
Camp Bondsteel
Ricardo Sanchez
Kosovo
Army
Global pharma majors push mergers to tame costs
At have a 7.5 percent share of the global pharmaceutical market. The planned merger shows pressure on big names to consolidate for rising R&D and selling costs. It could trigger more takeovers, with Pfizer favored to buy Warner-Lambert and a potential Warner-Lambert-APL tie. The new group could hold 6.5 percent of world market. About 105,000 employees will be cut by year three.
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Pfizer Inc
U.S
Warner-Lambert Co
Warner-Lambert
Pfizer
American Home Products Corp
Glaxo
SmithKline
Financial Times
Ashley
Veronica Barton
Malibu
Santa Monica
Beverly Hills
Shyness evolved into social anxiety disorder in adults
Dr. Michael Resnick and Dr. Robert Reichler explain social anxiety disorder as a treatable but impairing condition affecting 3 to 5 percent of Americans. Sufferers may avoid contact, experience rapid heartbeat and sweating, struggle in classes and jobs, and require medical help despite being more common than severe mental illnesses.
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Michael Resnick
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland
Turner
Washington, D.C
Robert Reichler
Pacific Institute of Mental Health
Seattle
Reichler
Resnick
Clinton proposes $1B more for biomedical research plan
Washington AP Clinton to seek $1 billion extra for biomedical research and lift restrictions delaying $4.3 billion in approved funds. He aims to reach a Medicare prescription drug compromise with drugmakers this week. NIH would get $19 billion in 2001 budget. A new Center for Research on Minority Health would study infant mortality and disease disparities.
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Washington
Clinton
White House
John Podesta
Podesta
ABC
NSA
Russian planes rain fire on Grozny as offensive deepens
Russian warplanes circled Grozny on Sunday while federal forces claim to have killed 126 rebels in Chechnya over the past 24 hours. Rebel commander Isa Munayev says at least 18 civilians were wounded or killed amid strikes near Grozny, including around a meat canning factory and the city’s horse track. The campaign moves toward a decisive phase as Lt. Gen. Gennady Troshev vows to press the assault until “the last bandit is destroyed,” with Gudermes becoming a shifted headquarters and possible future capital. Public opposition grows amid heavy losses and morale shifts among troops.
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Grozny
Russia
Chechnya
Russian Defense Ministry
Isa Munayev
Argun
Republic of Georgia
Gennady Troshev
Startass
Interfax
Mozdok
Republic
Ingushetia
Gudermes
Vladimir Kulikov
NTVV
Kulikov
Teens with Dreams concert aids Avon Lake fire house remodel
Teens with Dreams organizer Charlie Vanek leads a four band concert to raise about 10000 for remodeling the old firehouse. Original Euclid Beach Band members headline with John Hart and Rich Reising among the lineup. The event Friday Feb 4 at Avon Lake High School Fieldhouse runs 8 pm to midnight with $5 tickets and local business sponsors.
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Charlie Vanek
Vanek
Euclid Beach Band
John Hart
Euclid Beach
Will
Hart
Cleveland
Euclid
Rich Reising
Phil Giallombardo
James Gang
Choir Ndt
Kansas
REQ Speedwagon
Scott H. Seipel
Dave Schindler
Guitar Center
North Olmsted
Westgate Music
Westlake
Angelo’s Pizza
Avon Lake
Avon Lake High School
Spectra Cds
Learwood
Lear Road
Kathleen O'Brian Wilhelm
Artificial Vision Breakthrough Gives Blind Man Limited Sight
Researcher William Dobelle reports a brain implant helped a blind man named Jerry, blind since age 36, to perceive light and navigate by edge detection. The device uses a camera and ultrasonic sensor feeding signals to brain implants, offering a limited navigational aid and marking a major step toward useful artificial vision.
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William Dobelle
Dobelle
Jerry
Richard Normann
University of Utah
Bill Heetderks
National Institutes of Health
Heetderks
Stevie Wonder
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