basic_data/test_datasets/wned-datasets/ace2004/ace2004.conll

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Xinhua	B	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
News	I	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
Agency	I	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
,
Shanghai	B	Shanghai	Shanghai	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai	000	000
,
April
3rd
,
by
reporter
Jierong
Zhou
Recently
,
HSBC	B	HSBC	HSBC	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC	000	000
has
moved
its
Shanghai
branch
to
the
China	B	China Shipping Mansion	International_Ocean_Shipping_Building	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ocean_Shipping_Building	000	000
Shipping	I	China Shipping Mansion	International_Ocean_Shipping_Building	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ocean_Shipping_Building	000	000
Mansion	I	China Shipping Mansion	International_Ocean_Shipping_Building	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ocean_Shipping_Building	000	000
in
the
Pudong	B	Pudong Lujiazui financial trading district	Lujaizui	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lujaizui	000	000
Lujiazui	I	Pudong Lujiazui financial trading district	Lujaizui	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lujaizui	000	000
financial	I	Pudong Lujiazui financial trading district	Lujaizui	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lujaizui	000	000
trading	I	Pudong Lujiazui financial trading district	Lujaizui	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lujaizui	000	000
district	I	Pudong Lujiazui financial trading district	Lujaizui	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lujaizui	000	000
,
becoming
the
third
foreign
capital
bank
to
be
approved
to
operate
RMB
business
and
shift
to
Pudong	B	Pudong	Pudong	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudong	000	000
.

At
the
moment
,
Shanghai
already
has
8
foreign
capital
banks
approved
to
operate
RMB
business
.

They
are
the
US	B	US	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
's
Citibank	B	Citibank	Citibank	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank	000	000
,
Hong	B	Hong Kong	Hong_Kong	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong	000	000
Kong	I	Hong Kong	Hong_Kong	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong	000	000
's
HSBC
,
Japan	B	Japan	Japan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan	000	000
's
Tokyo	B	Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank	The_Bank_of_Tokyo-Mitsubishi_UFJ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_of_Tokyo-Mitsubishi_UFJ	000	000
Mitsubishi	I	Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank	The_Bank_of_Tokyo-Mitsubishi_UFJ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_of_Tokyo-Mitsubishi_UFJ	000	000
Bank	I	Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank	The_Bank_of_Tokyo-Mitsubishi_UFJ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_of_Tokyo-Mitsubishi_UFJ	000	000
,
Japan
's
Industrial
Bank
,
the
Shanghai
Branch
of
the
Standard
and
Chartered
Bank
,
Shanghai
's
BNP
Paris
Bank
,
the
Shanghai
Branch
of
Japan
's
Dai-Ichi
Kangyo
Bank
and
the
Shanghai
Branch
of
Japan
's
Sanwa
Bank
.

According
to
regulations
,
these
8
banks
will
all
move
to
Pudong
soon
.

After
the
policy
was
formally
announced
for
the
Pudong
Lujiazui
Financial
Trade
District
to
allow
foreign
capital
banks
to
operate
RMB
business
,
more
than
40
foreign
capital
banks
and
financial
institutions
have
submitted
applications
to
establish
branches
in
Pudong
.

When
selecting
locations
in
Lujiazui
,
some
foreign
financial
institutions
do
not
mind
the
real
estate
prices
,
but
focus
more
on
whether
the
class
of
the
building
is
compatible
with
the
standing
of
the
company
.

The
Franklin
Templeton
Company
,
whose
headquarters
are
in
California
,
the
US
,
and
has
registered
capital
of
130
billion
US
dollars
all
around
the
world
,
decided
to
establish
its
local
China
headquarters
in
Pudong
.

The
president
of
the
company
and
the
Asian
regional
president
personally
surveyed
Pudong
and
decided
to
choose
office
locations
in
the
Shanghai
Securities
Building
,
which
has
a
floor
rate
of
more
than
2700
US
dollars
per
square
meter
.

Now
,
the
Templeton
Company
has
formally
signed
a
contract
,
and
bought
the
floor
area
of
the
entire
18th
floor
of
the
Securities
Building
.

Currently
,
foreign-capital
banks
and
financial
institutions
such
as
Hong
Kong
's
HSBC
,
the
Shanghai
Branch
of
the
Japan
Industrial
Bank
,
the
Holland
Co-operation
Bank
,
Shanghai
Branch
of
the
Belgium
Credit
Bank
,
etc.
,
have
successively
settled
down
in
the
Lujiazui
Financial
Trading
District
.

Soon
,
a
large
number
of
domestic
and
foreign
financial
institutions
,
and
large
companies
will
also
come
to
successively
settle
down
,
including
the
finance
street
which
has
already
formed
in
the
Waitan
district
,
and
the
Shanghai
central
commercial
district
framework
that
is
forming
.

(
End
)

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Welcome
to
this
hour
of
VOA
News
Now
.

I
'm
Erin
Brumett
in
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
.

The
incredibly
close
Florida
vote
count
for
President
is
in
the
state
courts
and
heading
for
the
US
Supreme	B	Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	000	000
Court	I	Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	000	000
at
the
end
of
the
week
.

That
's
virtually
unprecedented
,
as
the
Federal
Courts
have
tended
to
stay
out
of
elections
,
which
are
the
responsibility
of
the
states
.

Joe	B	Joe O'Grossman	Joel_Grossman	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Grossman	000	000
O'Grossman	I	Joe O'Grossman	Joel_Grossman	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Grossman	000	000
is
a
professor
of
constitutional
law
at
Baltimore	B	Baltimore	Baltimore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore	000	000
's
Johns	B	Johns Hopkins University	Johns_Hopkins_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University	000	000
Hopkins	I	Johns Hopkins University	Johns_Hopkins_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University	000	000
University	I	Johns Hopkins University	Johns_Hopkins_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University	000	000
.

He
says
that
in
this
instance
the
Supreme
Court
probably
felt
the
circumstances
were
such
that
they
had
no
real
alternative
but
to
take
the
case
.

Well
,
I
think
they
took
the
case
because
it
seemed
like
it
was
such
a
important
issue
that
it
would
be
kind
of
unseemly
for
them
to
try
to
reject
it
out
of
hand
.

In
fact
,
I
think
that
Lawrence	B	Lawrence Tribe	Laurence_Tribe	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tribe	000	000
Tribe	I	Lawrence Tribe	Laurence_Tribe	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tribe	000	000
,
the
Harvard
Law
School
Professor
who
is
arguing
for
Gore	B	Gore	Al_Gore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore	000	000
tomorrow
,
is
going
to
ask
the
court
to
hold
the
case
,
moot
and
dismiss
it
.

And
the
Bush
campaign
has
brought
the
case
,
but
recognizes
that
the
particular
issues
that
they
brought
to
the
court
last
week
are
really
not
very
relevant
anymore
.

They
are
going
to
probably
,
well
,
I
know
what
they
are
going
to
do
.

They
are
going
to
try
to
broaden
the
case
to
make
it
a
kind
of
a
general
referendum
on
election
procedures
.

So
,
they
are
looking
for
a
coronation
.

And
the
Gore
people
at
this
point
just
want
to
get
rid
of
this
case
,
because
they
think
they
have
a
better
chance
in
the
Florida
courts
.

Republicans
generally
support
states
'
rights
.

So
,
does
it
appear
somewhat
ironic
that
they
are
going
to
the
Supreme
Court
in
this
instance
?

No
,
I
think
first
of
all
the
notion
that
Republicans
favor
states
'
rights
and
Democrats
oppose
it
,
is
much
too
simplistic
.

That
's
generally
true
,
but
it
's
only
true
on
some
issues
.

And
in
this
case
,
you
could
argue
that
the
Bush
people
are
going
to
the
Supreme
Court
to
preserve
the
right
of
Florida
,
to
determine
its
own
electors
.

So
,
there
is
a
kind
of
states
'
rights
issue
there
.

But
they
need
,
or
at
least
they
once
thought
they
needed
the
Supreme
Court
to
endorse
it
.

So
it
goes
both
ways
.

What
are
the
justices
likely
looking
for
?

Well
,
I
do
n't
know
.

But
I
think
that
-
and
I
think
they
will
be
divided
,
I
mean
I
do
n't
think
they
will
be
unanimous
.

Obviously
,
they
would
like
to
be
able
to
achieve
some
kind
of
resolution
of
the
case
.

American
election
laws
are
often
challenged
at
the
local
level
and
sometimes
in
the
Federal
courts
,
but
this
is
certainly
the
first
time
we
have
had
a
Supreme
Court
challenge
over
presidential
election
.

So
,
there
is
a
lot
of
new
law
here
to
be
made
or
at
least
law
that
has
n't
been
made
yet
.

It
's
possible
that
if
the
court
accepts
the
invitation
of
the
Bush
campaign
,
at
least
as
it
is
expressed
in
the
briefs
they
submitted
yesterday
,
that
the
court
will
in
the
sense
,
take
the
entire
issue
,
even
-
not
just
the
specific
questions
that
it
was
asked
last
week
and
try
to
resolve
the
question
.

For
example
,
if
the
court
says
it
is
clearly
the
fact
that
the
legislature	B	legislature	Florida_Legislature	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Legislature	000	000
of
the
state
of
Florida
can
determine
for
itself
who
its
electors
will
be
,
that
will
pretty
much
end
the
case
,
because
that
's
what
the
legislature
already
plans
to
do
.

And
that
does
n't
mean
the
Gore
people
wo
n't
keep
trying
,
because
ultimately
Congress	B	Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
has
to
decide
and
only
Congress
can
decide
if
there
are
competing
slates
of
electors
submitted
,
which
slate
to
accept
.

The
Johns
Hopkins
University
constitutional
law
professor
Joe
O'Grossman
says
,
it
's
still
not
certain
the
Supreme
Court
will
actually
hear
the
Florida
case
.

As
their
first
order
,
business
Friday
,
attorneys
for
Vice
President
Gore
will
move
to
have
the
court
dismiss
the
case
brought
by
Republican
George
W
Bush
.

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Beirut	B	Beirut	Beirut	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut	000	000
10-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
The
Saudi
Soccer
Federation
sacked
the
team
's
Czech
coach
Milan
Machala
from
his
post
today
Sunday
and
appointed
his
assistant
,
Nasser
Jawhar
,
in
his
place
.

The
title-holding
Saudi
team
suffered
a
bitter
defeat
(
1-4
)
against
its
Japanese
counterpart
in
its
first
match
in
the
championship
yesterday
Saturday
.

The
Youth
and
Sports
Bureau
in
Saudi
Arabia
released
a
statement
saying
:
"
Prince
Sultan
Ben
Fahd
,
president
of
the
Youth
and
Sports
Bureau
and
president
of
the
Saudi
Soccer
Federation
,
has
issued
a
decision
by
order
of
which
Czech
coach
Machala
has
been
discharged
and
Nasser
Jawhar
has
been
placed
in
charge
of
training
the
team
during
the
championship
.
"

He
carried
on
:
"
This
decision
is
the
result
of
the
Saudi
Federation
ensuring
the
best
technical
conditions
for
the
team
in
order
to
reflect
the
true
level
of
Saudi
soccer
.
"

In
a
telephone
call
with
Agence
France
Presse
at
his
hotel
,
Machala
refused
to
give
his
opinion
regarding
the
decision
and
said
"
no
comment
.
"

Machala
is
the
first
victim
of
the
12th
Asian
Nations
Cup
finals
hosted
by
Lebanon	B	Lebanon	Lebanon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon	000	000
until
this
October
29
as
the
Japanese
blow
was
fatal
,
especially
since
the
Saudi
team
holds
the
title
from
the
previous
series
in
the
Emirates	B	Emirates	United_Arab_Emirates	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates	000	000
in
1996
.

Machala
took
over
training
the
Saudi
team
in
February
1999
and
led
it
in
the
Continents
Championship
hosted
by
Mexico	B	Mexico	Mexico	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico	000	000
in
July
of
that
year
.

Machala
is
considered
one
of
the
best-known
coaches
in
the
Gulf
region
and
has
achieved
remarkable
results
with
the
Kuwaiti
team
,
which
he
led
to
win
the
Gulf
Cup
on
two
occasions
and
to
take
fourth
place
in
the
last
Asian
Nations
Championship
in
the
Emirates
,
as
well
as
second
place
in
the
Asian
Games
in
Bangkok	B	Bangkok	Bangkok	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok	000	000
in
late
1998
.

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Beirut	B	Beirut	Beirut	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut	000	000
8-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
Lebanon	B	Lebanon	Lebanon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon	000	000
has
asked
the
international
peacekeeping
force
operating
in
the
south
to
investigate
reports
indicating
that
Israel	B	Israel	Israel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel	000	000
is
penetrating
the
shared
border
between
the
two
countries
and
to
prevent
this
from
happening
.

According
to
official
sources
,
the
Lebanese
authorities
contacted
the
peacekeeping
high
command
and
asked
it
to
put
an
end
to
infringements
by
Israel
,
which
is
carrying
out
operations
inside
Lebanese
territory
,
in
particular
dumping
sand
and
building
slopes
.

The
source
added
that
if
this
is
confirmed
,
then
such
acts
constitute
a
provocation
and
an
infringement
of
Lebanese
sovereignty
.

Witnesses
said
two
Israeli
bulldozers
started
work
today
Tuesday
on
a
slope
in
the
Abbad
sector
inside
Lebanese
territory
on
the
border
between
Lebanon
and
Israel
.

These
witnesses
told
Agence
France
Presse
that
an
Israeli
army
patrol
equipped
with
ultra-modern
binoculars
penetrated
a
few
meters
into
Lebanese
territory
but
withdrew
back
to
Israeli
territory
as
soon
as
a
peacekeeping
patrol
arrived
.

Families
in
southern
Lebanon
visit
this
area
where
,
according
to
tradition
,
the
burial
site
of
Sheikh
Abbad
,
who
died
500
years
ago
,
is
located
.

For
their
part
,
Israelis
also
regard
the
site
as
a
shrine
because
,
according
to
them
,
Rabbi
Ashi
lived
there
in
the
5th
century
.

The
Israeli
army
had
previously
carried
out
operations
inside
Lebanese
territory
in
the
same
border
region
on
August
11
.

Last
Friday
,
an
Israeli
bulldozer
crossed
the
wire
fence
in
Wadi
Marjayoun
near
the
Israeli
village
of
Matla
and
spread
sand
over
a
length
of
hundreds
of
meters
and
a
width
of
six
meters
in
order
to
expose
the
footprints
of
people
crossing
the
border
or
tire
prints
of
cars
from
the
Lebanese
side
.

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London	B	London	London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London	000	000
10-16
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
A
Saudi
Airways
spokesman
in
London
announced
that
passengers
on
the
Saudi
777
Boeing
,
hijacked
to
Baghdad	B	Baghdad	Baghdad	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad	000	000
on
Saturday
and
which
arrived
in
Riyadh	B	Riyadh	Riyadh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh	000	000
yesterday
evening
Sunday
,
left
the
Saudi
capital
for
London
at
2h43
local
time
(
GMT
22h43
)
,
approximately
30
hours
after
the
hijacking
operation
by
two
Saudi
hijackers
began
.

The
Boeing
arrived
at
Riyadh	B	Riyadh International Airport	King_Khalid_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Khalid_International_Airport	000	000
International	I	Riyadh International Airport	King_Khalid_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Khalid_International_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	Riyadh International Airport	King_Khalid_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Khalid_International_Airport	000	000
at
21h30
yesterday
Sunday
from
Baghdad
through
Jordanian
air
space
with
104
passengers
on
board
,
including
14
crew
members
.

Saudi
Airways
said
Saturday
that
40
British
,
14
Saudis
,
15
Pakistanis
,
4
Yemenis
and
4
South
Africans
,
2
Kenyans
and
an
American
,
Frenchman
,
Spaniard
,
Swiss
,
Swede
,
Nigerian
,
Indian
,
Omani
,
Palestinian
and
Lebanese
were
on
board
the
plane
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001102.1223.0376
JERUSALEM
(
AP
)
_
A
car
bomb
exploded
Thursday
in
a
crowded
outdoor
market
in
the
heart
of
Jerusalem
,
killing
at
least
two
people
,
police
said
.

Ambulances
raced
to
the
Mahane
Yehuda
market
,
which
sells
food
,
vegetables
and
clothing
in
Jewish
west
Jerusalem
.

Huge
plumes
of
black
smoke
rose
into
the
sky
.

The
blast
came
shortly
before
Israeli
Prime
Minister
Ehud
Barak
and
Palestinian
leader
Yasser
Arafat
were
scheduled
to
make
separate
announcements
of
steps
toward
a
cease-fire
.

-DOCSTART- (NYT20001123.1511.0062
WORLD
'
&LR;
&QL;
&UR;
By
STUART
ELLIOTT
&LR;
&QC;
&QL;
&UR;
c.
2000
N.Y.
Times
News
Service
&LR;
&QC;
&QL;
It
's
time
again
to
ask
20
questions
about
advertising
,
marketing
and
the
media
.

_
Will
Americans
ever
refer
to
the
day
before
Thanksgiving
as
``
Thanksgiving
Wednesday
,
''
as
ABC	B	ABC	American_Broadcasting_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company	000	000
did
repeatedly
this
week
in
commercials
promoting
its
Wednesday
sitcoms
``
The
Drew
Carey
Show
''
and
``
Spin
City
''
?

_
If
a
Hollywood
studio
makes
a
movie
about
the
Florida
election
standoff
,
would
the
title
be
``
It
's
a
Chad
,
Chad
,
Chad
,
Chad
World
''
?

_
How
many
readers
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
noticed
that
an
article
on
Wednesday
carrying
the
headline
``
Genetically
Altered
Protein
Is
Found
in
Still
More
Corn
''
ran
adjacent
to
an
advertisement
for
a
golf
tournament
on
Fox	B	Fox Sports	Fox_Sports_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Sports_(United_States)	000	000
Sports	I	Fox Sports	Fox_Sports_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Sports_(United_States)	000	000
sponsored
by
Sun	B	Sun Microsystems	Sun_Microsystems	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems	000	000
Microsystems	I	Sun Microsystems	Sun_Microsystems	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems	000	000
that
featured
a
fanciful
photograph
of
a
gigantic
ear
of
corn
as
big
as
a
Buick
?

_
Does
n't
a
new
television
commercial
for
Fidelity	B	Fidelity Investments	Fidelity_Investments	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelity_Investments	000	000
Investments	I	Fidelity Investments	Fidelity_Investments	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelity_Investments	000	000
,
centered
on
a
telephone
conversation
between
a
female
employee
and
a
male
customer
,
resemble
a
Citibank
campaign
from
the
late
1980s
that
was
so
brilliantly
parodied
as
the
``
First
Citiwide
Change
Bank
''
commercials
on
``
Saturday
Night
Live
''
?

_
Did
shoppers
at
the
New
York
supermarket
chain
Gristede
's
rush
to
take
advantage
of
a
recent
sale
on
the
``
BIG
150-count
box
''
of
Scotties
facial
tissues
,
or
did
they
recall
that
Scotties
has
usually
come
in
a
175-count
box
?

_
Can
Ocean	B	Ocean Spray Cranberries	Ocean_Spray_(cooperative)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Spray_(cooperative)	000	000
Spray	I	Ocean Spray Cranberries	Ocean_Spray_(cooperative)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Spray_(cooperative)	000	000
Cranberries	I	Ocean Spray Cranberries	Ocean_Spray_(cooperative)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Spray_(cooperative)	000	000
get
a
refund
on
a
full-page
ad
that
ran
in
newspapers
on
Nov.
8
and
carried
the
headline
``
Now
That
the
Election
Is
Over
,
You
Can
Focus
on
Some
Real
News
''
?

_
Was
it
a
coincidence
that
an
ad
for
the
Carnation
Coffee-mate
line
of
coffee
creamers
in
the
recent
issue
of
In	B	In Style Entertaining 2000 magazine	InStyle	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle	000	000
Style	I	In Style Entertaining 2000 magazine	InStyle	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle	000	000
Entertaining	I	In Style Entertaining 2000 magazine	InStyle	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle	000	000
2000	I	In Style Entertaining 2000 magazine	InStyle	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle	000	000
magazine	I	In Style Entertaining 2000 magazine	InStyle	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle	000	000
ran
opposite
an
article
about
``
great
trends
''
in
party-giving
that
began
by
describing
carnations
as
``
the
chic
flower
of
the
moment
''
?

_
Should
an
English
teacher
have
been
consulted
before
the
Tropicana
division
of
PepsiCo	B	PepsiCo	PepsiCo	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PepsiCo	000	000
produced
posters
that
described
its
Pure
Premium
orange
juice
as
being
``
as
packed
with
Vitamin
C
as
a
bus
on
a
rainy
day
''
?

_
Will
Jack	B	Jack Nicholson	Jack_Nicholson	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson	000	000
Nicholson	I	Jack Nicholson	Jack_Nicholson	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson	000	000
,
Helen	B	Helen Hunt	Helen_Hunt	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hunt	000	000
Hunt	I	Helen Hunt	Helen_Hunt	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hunt	000	000
,
Greg	B	Greg Kinnear	Greg_Kinnear	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kinnear	000	000
Kinnear	I	Greg Kinnear	Greg_Kinnear	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kinnear	000	000
and
James	B	James L. Brooks	James_L._Brooks	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Brooks	000	000
L.	I	James L. Brooks	James_L._Brooks	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Brooks	000	000
Brooks	I	James L. Brooks	James_L._Brooks	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Brooks	000	000
complain
about
an
ad
from
Campbell	B	Campbell Soup Co	Campbell_Soup_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Soup_Company	000	000
Soup	I	Campbell Soup Co	Campbell_Soup_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Soup_Company	000	000
Co	I	Campbell Soup Co	Campbell_Soup_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Soup_Company	000	000
.

for
Campbell
's
Cream
of
Mushroom
soup
that
carried
the
slogan
``
As
m
'm
!

m
'm
!

good
!

as
it
gets
''
?

_
Now
that
the
Roundabout	B	Roundabout Theater Company	Roundabout_Theatre_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Theatre_Company	000	000
Theater	I	Roundabout Theater Company	Roundabout_Theatre_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Theatre_Company	000	000
Company	I	Roundabout Theater Company	Roundabout_Theatre_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Theatre_Company	000	000
is
calling
its
new
facility
in
Times	B	Times Square	Times_Square	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square	000	000
Square	I	Times Square	Times_Square	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square	000	000
the
American
Airlines
Theater
,
will
the
ushers
give
out
peanuts
instead
of
Playbills
?

_
Why
did
the
Reader	B	Reader 's Digest Association	Reader's_Digest_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest_Association	000	000
's	I	Reader 's Digest Association	Reader's_Digest_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest_Association	000	000
Digest	I	Reader 's Digest Association	Reader's_Digest_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest_Association	000	000
Association	I	Reader 's Digest Association	Reader's_Digest_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest_Association	000	000
go
to
the
trouble
of
airbrushing
the
identifying
information
from
a
label
on
a
pair
of
jeans
worn
by
a
man
in
a
photograph
featured
in
an
ad
for
Reader	B	Reader 's Digest magazine	Reader's_Digest	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest	000	000
's	I	Reader 's Digest magazine	Reader's_Digest	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest	000	000
Digest	I	Reader 's Digest magazine	Reader's_Digest	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest	000	000
magazine	I	Reader 's Digest magazine	Reader's_Digest	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader's_Digest	000	000
,
but
leave
the
red
tab
on
the
back
pocket
that
tells
everyone
the
pants
are
Levi	B	Levi	Levi_Strauss_&_Co.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss_&_Co.	000	000
's
?

_
Do
television
commercials
for
prescription
drugs
disclose
that
side
effects
in
tests
were
no
worse
``
than
a
sugar
pill
''
because
research
found
that
consumers
were
n't
familiar
with
the
word
``
placebo
''
?

_
What
was
in
the
zeitgeist
that
led
two
disparate
advertisers
_
Empire	B	Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	000	000
Blue	I	Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	000	000
Cross	I	Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	000	000
Blue	I	Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	000	000
Shield	I	Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Blue_Shield_Association	000	000
and
the
MSN	B	MSN network	MSN	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN	000	000
network	I	MSN network	MSN	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN	000	000
of
Microsoft	B	Microsoft	Microsoft	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft	000	000
_
to
introduce
about
the
same
time
campaigns
centered
on
butterflies
?

_
And
what
was
in
the
zeitgeist
that
led
two
automotive
marketers
_
Land	B	Land Rover	Land_Rover	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover	000	000
Rover	I	Land Rover	Land_Rover	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover	000	000
and
Volvo	B	Volvo	Volvo	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo	000	000
_
to
introduce
about
the
same
time
commercials
centered
on
drivers
rescuing
animals
on
rainy
roads
?

_
Are
folks
old
enough
to
remember
the
heyday
of
the
radio
and
television
personality
Arthur
Godfrey
reminded
of
his
longtime
greeting
,
``
How
are
ya
?

,
''
every
time
they
hear
the
name
of
the
new
Lucent
Technologies
spinoff
company
,
Avaya
Communication
?

_
How
appealing
was
a
recent
offer
made
by
Sprint	B	Sprint Communications Co	Sprint_Nextel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel	000	000
Communications	I	Sprint Communications Co	Sprint_Nextel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel	000	000
Co	I	Sprint Communications Co	Sprint_Nextel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel	000	000
.

to
give
buyers
of
a
Sprint
PCS
telephone
and
a
calling
plan
a
free
``
pre-owned
phone
''
?

_
Was
it
an
inside
joke
that
the
name
of
the
character
played
by
John	B	John Corbett	John_Corbett_(actor)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Corbett_(actor)	000	000
Corbett	I	John Corbett	John_Corbett_(actor)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Corbett_(actor)	000	000
on
``
Sex
and
the
City
,
''
Aidan
Shaw
,
was
almost
identical
to
the
name
of
a
longtime
star
of
gay
sex
films
,
Aiden
Shaw
?

_
How
many
tickets
did
the
Houston	B	Houston Grand Opera	Houston_Grand_Opera	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Grand_Opera	000	000
Grand	I	Houston Grand Opera	Houston_Grand_Opera	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Grand_Opera	000	000
Opera	I	Houston Grand Opera	Houston_Grand_Opera	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Grand_Opera	000	000
sell
after
mailing
out
a
promotional
brochure
featuring
photographs
of
cattle
with
headlines
like
``
It
's
udderly
fantastic
entertainment
!
''

and
``
Great
opera
.

No
bull
.
''

?

_
If
CBS	B	CBS	CBS	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS	000	000
shows
the
first
episode
of
``
Survivor
II
''
after
its
broadcast
of
Super
Bowl
XXXV
,
will
the
network
someday
show
the
first
episode
of
``
Survivor
XXXV
''
after
its
broadcast
of
Super
Bowl
LXVIII
?

_
Will
cheerful
chorus
members
dressed
in
V-neck
sweaters
interrupt
their
serenades
to
online
shopping
long
enough
to
tell
an
advertising
columnist
,
``
You
ask
a
lot
of
questions
for
someone
from
Brooklyn	B	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn	000	000
''
?

-DOCSTART- (APW20001207.2118.0838
WASHINGTON
(
AP
)
_
Fossil
remains
of
a
120
million-year-old
bird
with
unique
feathers
cast
doubt
on
the
theory
of
birds
evolving
from
dinosaurs
,
some
experts
say
,
but
others
disagree
.

Two
Chinese
researchers
report
that
a
fossil
called
Protopteryx
_
from
a
group
of
flying
animals
called
Enantiornithine
_
includes
feathers
that
are
``
different
from
those
of
all
other
known
fossil
and
modern
feathers
.
''

Fucheng
Zhang
and
Zhonghe
Zhou
of
the
Chinese
Academy
of
Sciences
suggest
in
the
journal
Science
that
the
discovery
supports
the
idea
that
feathers
evolved
from
scales
,
like
those
found
in
reptiles
.

The
study
was
to
be
published
Friday
.

Some
researchers
who
oppose
the
idea
that
birds
evolved
from
dinosaurs
embraced
the
new
fossil
as
proof
that
birds
and
dinosaurs
evolved
independently
from
a
common
reptilian
ancestor
.

But
others
say
Protopteryx
adds
nothing
to
the
dino-bird
debate
.

``
There
is
nothing
in
the
skeleton
of
this
bird
that
disputes
the
dinosaur
origin
of
birds
,
''
said
Thomas
R.
Holtz
Jr.
,
a
University
of
Maryland
paleobiologist
and
specialists
on
bird
evolution
.

``
The
fact
that
this
Protopteryx
has
these
weird
flat
feathers
really
does
n't
affect
that
issue
.
''

Alan
Feduccia
,
an
evolutionary
biologist
at
the
University
of
North
Carolina
,
said
the
Chinese
study
of
Protopteryx
``
is
a
hot
paper
...
that
directly
contradicts
the
idea
that
birds
evolved
from
dinosaurs
.
''

The
new
fossil
was
unveiled
the
day
after
researchers
announced
that
another
ancient
Chinese
bird
,
called
Microraptor
zhaoianus
,
supported
the
dinosaur
origin
of
birds
.

In
the
study
,
Zhang
and
Zhou
described
the
feather
and
bone
structure
found
in
a
fossil
of
a
starling-sized
bird
uncovered
in
northern
China
,
the
site
of
many
dinosaur
fossil
finds
.

The
Chinese
researchers
said
the
feathers
have
some
of
the
characteristics
of
modern
feathers
,
but
the
structure
is
more
primitive
than
feathers
found
on
Archaeopteryx
,
the
earliest
known
bird
.

Archaeopteryx
appeared
about
145
million
years
ago
,
while
Protopteryx
was
dated
as
more
recent
,
about
120
million
years
ago
.

Microraptor
,
which
was
about
the
size
of
a
crow
,
lived
about
125
million
years
ago
.

Some
elements
of
the
Protopteryx
wing
bone
and
muscle
structure
match
those
of
modern
birds
,
said
Zhang
and
Zhou
,
but
the
wing
retains
a
claw
found
on
some
primitive
birdlike
animals
.

In
modern
birds
,
that
claw
has
disappeared
and
been
replaced
with
a
structure
that
adds
lift
to
the
wing
.

Nonetheless
,
Protopteryx
is
thought
to
have
been
a
competent
flier
.

Most
dinosaur
researchers
believe
birds
evolved
150
to
180
million
years
ago
from
a
dinosaur
group
called
Theropods
.

Researchers
cite
fundamental
skeleton
similarities
to
support
the
theory
.

The
evolution
of
feathers
,
however
,
has
been
less
clear
.

Some
experts
believe
feathers
evolved
specifically
to
support
flight
,
while
others
say
feathers
evolved
first
to
provide
warmth
or
protection
from
water
.

Fossils
of
three
theropods
bear
hairlike
images
that
some
say
could
be
the
early
precursors
to
feathers
.

But
Feduccia
dismisses
the
theropod
hair
as
``
dino
fuzz
''
and
cites
the
Zhang
and
Zhou
paper
as
proof
that
feathers
evolved
from
reptilian
scales
and
that
this
could
mean
that
birds
evolved
independent
of
dinosaurs
.

``
Bird
feathers
are
very
closely
related
to
scales
,
''
said
Feduccia
.

``
It
is
clear
they
evolved
from
elongated
scales
.

Dino
fuzz
has
nothing
to
do
with
feathers
.
''

Larry
Martin
,
a
University
of
Kansas
paleontologist
,
said
the
Chinese
researchers
'
paper
``
is
the
strongest
evidence
yet
that
bird
feathers
evolved
for
flight
and
that
they
were
derived
from
scales
.
''

Holtz
,
however
,
notes
that
Protopteryx
,
with
its
primitive
feathers
,
lived
millions
of
years
after
Archaeopteryx
,
which
had
feathers
almost
identical
to
those
of
modern
birds
.

``
This
means
the
feathers
on
Protopteryx
were
probably
an
evolutionary
reversal
,
''
said
Holtz
,
adding
that
there
are
many
examples
where
such
reversals
occur
in
nature
.

``
This
just
shows
that
feathers
are
extremely
adaptable
structures
,
''
he
said
.

Michael
Novacek
,
a
dinosaur
expert
at
the
American
Museum
of
Natural
History
in
New
York
,
says
that
the
Zhang
and
Zhou
study
is
``
ambiguous
''
on
the
issue
of
dinosaurs
and
birds
.

``
The
fact
that
you
see
a
resemblance
between
scales
and
feathers
does
n't
eliminate
dinosaurs
as
close
relatives
to
birds
,
''
said
Novacek
.

He
,
too
,
said
that
evolution
reversals
are
not
rare
.

He
said
,
for
example
,
that
whale
ancestors
lived
on
land
and
had
fur
,
but
evolution
carried
the
huge
mammals
back
to
the
sea
.

Holtz
said
the
Zhang
and
Zhou
study
is
important
because
it
adds
new
understanding
about
the
Enantiornithine
,
a
bird
group
that
dominated
the
latter
part
of
the
age
of
dinosaurs
.

``
The
Enantiornithine
got
clobbered
in
the
extinction
event
''
that
killed
off
the
dinosaurs
about
65
million
years
ago
,
he
said
.

This
was
followed
by
the
dominance
of
another
bird
group
,
the
Ornithurae
,
which
later
evolved
into
modern
birds
,
said
Holtz
.

___
On
the
Net
:
Science
journal
:
http://www.eurekalert.org
Dinosaurs
:
http://www.micro.utexas.edu/courses/mcmurry/spring98/21/justin.html

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)
_
As
Republican
George
W.
Bush
and
Democrat
Al
Gore
prepared
to
perch
on
stools
and
take
voters
'
questions
in
a
crucial
third
debate
,
the
sudden
death
of
Missouri
Gov.
Mel
Carnahan
cast
a
pall
over
their
final
meeting
.

After
talk
of
cancellation
or
a
postponement
for
mourning
,
plans
were
made
early
Tuesday
to
continue
the
9
p.m.
EDT
event
on
schedule
,
officials
of
both
campaigns
said
.

``
In
the
end
,
there
was
general
agreement
that
Mel
Carnahan
would
have
wanted
us
to
go
forward
,
''
a
senior
Bush
campaign
official
said
,
speaking
on
condition
of
anonymity
.

Bush
's
wife
,
Laura
,
canceled
plans
for
a
morning
rally
.

Bush
campaign
officials
also
decided
to
tone
down
a
post-debate
rally
,
and
were
even
considering
canceling
it
.

Gore
had
n't
planned
any
events
before
the
debate
.

Carnahan
,
a
Democrat
who
was
running
for
the
Senate
,
campaigned
with
Gore
whenever
the
vice
president
was
in
Missouri
and
would
have
accompanied
Gore
aboard
Air
Force
II
to
a
Kansas
City
rally
on
Wednesday
.

Gore
called
Mrs.
Carnahan
with
his
condolences
after
the
news
broke
Monday
night
,
aides
said
.

``
We
're
all
waking
up
,
honestly
,
to
the
tragedy
and
the
pain
of
it
and
the
shock
of
it
,
''
Democratic
vice
presidential
candidate
Joseph
Lieberman
said
Tuesday
morning
on
CNN
.

The
Bush
and
Gore
campaigns
did
not
talk
to
each
other
directly
about
the
possibility
of
postponement
,
but
went
through
the
debate
commission
's
director
,
Janet
Brown
,
in
a
series
of
pre-dawn
phone
calls
.

Eventually
,
Brown
recommended
that
the
debate
should
go
on
,
and
neither
side
objected
,
according
to
campaign
officials
.

The
commission
was
to
announce
the
plans
later
Tuesday
,
with
each
candidate
given
time
at
the
debate
's
start
to
say
a
few
words
about
Carnahan
,
who
died
Monday
night
in
the
crash
of
a
small
plane
.

With
the
larger
bloc
of
uncommitted
voters
across
the
nation
apparently
holding
the
key
to
the
election
,
both
candidates
were
clearly
mindful
of
the
high
stakes
if
the
encounter
goes
forward
as
planned
.

The
informal
question-and-answer
format
is
one
Gore
is
comfortable
with
,
and
he
promised
on
Monday
to
``
just
have
an
open
meeting
,
''
as
he
had
done
many
times
before
.

Bush
,
who
has
less
formal
debate
experience
than
the
vice
president
but
whose
standing
in
public
opinion
polls
rose
after
the
first
two
face-offs
,
vowed
to
``
just
tell
it
like
it
is
.
''

The
debate
,
just
three
weeks
before
the
Nov.
7
election
,
will
be
held
on
the
campus
of
Washington
University
.

While
the
moderator
will
be
the
same
as
in
the
Boston
and
Winston-Salem
,
N.C.
,
debates
_
Jim
Lehrer
of
PBS
_
questions
this
time
will
come
from
the
audience
.

The
Gallup
polling
organization
,
assigned
by
the
Commission
on
Presidential
Debates
to
recruit
questioners
,
started
with
a
random
sample
of
all
registered
voters
in
St.
Louis
and
its
suburbs
,
and
then
screened
out
all
but
``
uncommitted
voters
,
''
said
Frank
Newport
,
Gallup
's
executive
editor
.

The
result
was
a
group
of
area
voters
who
say
they
could
support
either
Gore
or
Bush
_
though
they
might
be
leaning
one
way
or
the
other
.

The
theater-in-the-round
stage
will
be
informally
set
with
two
stools
and
surrounded
by
100
questioners
and
an
additional
500
onlookers
.

Tuesday
night
's
debate
marks
the
beginning
of
the
final
stretch
.

And
,
with
polls
continuing
to
show
the
race
to
be
neck-and-neck
,
any
stumble
could
have
major
impact
on
a
contest
in
which
both
candidates
are
fiercely
wooing
a
dwindling
band
of
undecided
voters
.

Gore
held
a
mock
debate
on
Monday
,
inviting
23
voters
to
the
Innsbrook
resort
outside
St.
Louis
to
help
him
practice
.

``
I
'm
going
to
do
what
I
've
done
a
lot
of
times
in
Tennessee
,
and
that
is
,
just
have
an
open
meeting
,
''
Gore
said
.

In
16
years
in
Congress
,
Gore
held
some
1,000
town
meetings
with
Tennessee
constituents
,
and
they
've
become
a
regular
feature
of
his
presidential
campaign
.

After
an
uncharacteristically
muted
demeanor
in
last
week
's
debate
,
Gore
,
was
looking
to
do
better
this
time
.

``
I
do
n't
think
you
play
it
safe
,
''
said
Gore
's
campaign
chairman
,
William
Daley
,
previewing
the
Tuesday
night
encounter
.

``
I
think
you
try
to
be
very
natural
and
lay
out
in
a
forward
way
the
compelling
reasons
for
the
election
to
go
your
way
.
''

Bush
had
long
resisted
the
town-hall-style
session
,
but
in
recent
weeks
on
the
campaign
trail
has
been
doing
them
almost
daily
.

``
I
've
felt
comfortable
about
it
,
''
the
Republican
said
Monday
.

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)
_
Russian
lawmakers
on
Friday
overwhelmingly
approved
the
Soviet
anthem
as
Russia
's
national
hymn
_
a
move
praised
by
some
as
a
gesture
of
reconciliation
and
denounced
by
others
as
a
symbolic
approval
of
the
nation
's
totalitarian
past
.

The
State
Duma
,
or
lower
house
of
parliament
,
voted
381-51
to
approve
the
bill
,
which
was
strongly
backed
by
President
Vladimir
Putin
.

The
move
restored
the
old
anthem
's
music
by
composer
Alexander
Alexandrov
but
not
the
original
text
that
included
praise
for
Communist
leaders
Vladimir
Lenin
and
Josef
Stalin
.

By
the
same
strong
majority
,
the
Duma
approved
legislation
formally
endorsing
the
country
's
current
white-red-and-blue
flag
as
Russia
's
official
flag
.

That
legislation
also
brings
back
the
Soviet-era
red
banner
as
the
military
's
flag
and
retains
the
Czarist
double-headed
eagle
as
the
state
emblem
.

Putin
has
said
the
mixture
of
old
Russian
and
Soviet
symbols
would
mend
bitter
rifts
in
society
by
paying
tribute
to
the
positive
heritage
of
both
periods
.

He
referred
to
opinion
polls
showing
that
most
people
prefer
Alexandrov
's
music
to
a
melody
by
19th-century
composer
Mikhail
Glinka
,
which
has
been
Russia
's
anthem
since
the
1991
Soviet
collapse
.

Liberal
politicians
and
many
leading
cultural
figures
have
strongly
opposed
the
reinstatement
of
the
Soviet
anthem
,
saying
it
symbolized
political
repression
.

``
We
strongly
protest
against
the
Stalinist
anthem
,
which
is
stained
by
the
blood
of
millions
of
victims
,
''
said
Grigory
Yavlinsky
,
the
head
of
the
liberal
Yabloko
faction
.

Yabloko
and
another
liberal
faction
,
the
Union
of
Right
Forces
,
said
they
might
appeal
Friday
's
vote
in
the
Constitutional
Court
.

The
Duma
usually
hears
speeches
by
faction
leaders
before
a
vote
,
but
this
time
lawmakers
skipped
the
debate
_
a
move
the
liberals
described
as
a
procedural
violation
.

``
For
the
first
time
,
the
opposition
was
refused
the
right
to
speak
out
,
''
Yavlinsky
said
.

``
The
presidential
administration
and
Communists
were
afraid
of
our
arguments
against
the
Soviet
anthem
.
''

Former
President
Boris
Yeltsin
has
joined
other
critics
of
the
move
to
restore
the
anthem
.

He
said
in
an
interview
published
Friday
in
the
daily
Komsomolskaya
Pravda
that
the
solemn
music
recalls
Communist
Party
congresses
,
not
Soviet
sports
victories
and
achievements
in
space
,
as
Putin
had
said
.

``
I
'm
categorically
against
the
restoration
of
the
Soviet
anthem
,
''
Yeltsin
said
.

Communists
and
other
hard-liners
had
opposed
the
tricolor
flag
and
the
eagle
as
a
vestige
of
the
Czars
,
forcing
Yeltsin
to
approve
them
by
decree
.

But
they
agreed
to
abandon
their
criticism
and
back
formal
approval
for
the
symbols
in
response
to
the
reintroduction
of
the
Soviet
anthem
.

No
conclusive
version
of
new
lyrics
for
the
old
music
has
been
approved
yet
.

The
Duma
asked
Putin
to
set
up
a
panel
to
consider
the
text
and
submit
the
final
version
for
its
approval
.

During
Friday
's
debate
,
Duma
speaker
Gennady
Seleznyov
said
officials
had
received
an
anonymous
telephone
call
saying
a
bomb
had
been
planted
in
the
building
.

Lawmakers
ignored
it
and
continued
their
session
as
police
officers
with
sniffer
dogs
searched
the
premises
.

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,
I
am
Gregor
Craigy
for
The
World
.

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Singapore
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flying
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Flight
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was
carrying
179
passengers
and
crew
when
it
crashed
in
flames
shortly
after
take
off
.

At
least
65
people
are
known
to
have
been
killed
and
around
30
passengers
remain
unaccounted
for
.

David
Chezan
reports
.

Survivors
from
the
Singapore
Airlines
flight
described
how
the
plane
was
taxing
down
the
runway
when
there
was
a
loud
noise
and
the
aircraft
split
in
two
.

An
American
passenger
said
he
had
almost
decided
not
to
board
the
plane
because
of
what
he
called
unbelievable
wind
and
rain
.

Survivors
described
how
the
tail
section
turned
over
several
times
,
leaving
passengers
hanging
by
their
safety
belts
,
some
were
quickly
engulfed
by
flames
.

One
survivor
described
saying
a
man
,
as
he
put
it
,
"
lit
up
like
a
torch
.
"
"

Flames
shot
up
right
next
to
me
and
there
was
jet
fuel
all
over
the
place
,
"
he
said
.

David
Chezan
,
BBC
News
.

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headed
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said
today
that
,
it
will
avenge
the
deaths
of
four
of
its
members
who
were
killed
today
by
Israeli
soldiers
.

Later
in
the
day
,
a
car
bombing
in
the
Northern
Israeli
town
of
Hadera
,
killed
two
people
and
injured
at
least
50
.

Israeli
Prime
Minister
Ehud
Barak
said
he
would
retaliate
.

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it
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last
week
,
killing
17
.

The
revised
accounting
of
the
incident
was
given
in
a
navy
statement
Friday
raising
new
questions
about
how
the
small
boat
carrying
the
explosives
was
able
to
get
near
the
ship
and
set
off
the
blast
.

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_
Lawyers
for
Vice
President
Al
Gore
said
Wednesday
their
only
chance
for
victory
in
his
contest
of
the
Florida
election
would
be
shattered
if
they
have
to
wait
until
Saturday
to
begin
counting
disputed
ballots
,
and
they
began
an
appeal
to
the
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to
do
the
counting
itself
,
immediately
.

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appeal
was
filed
with
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late
Wednesday
afternoon
,
and
will
be
submitted
to
the
state
's
highest
court
early
Thursday
,
Gore
's
lawyers
said
.

It
essentially
asks
the
Supreme
Court
to
take
over
Gore
's
contest
lawsuit
from
the
slow-moving
trial
court
,
to
count
the
ballots
itself
,
and
eventually
to
declare
Gore
the
winner
if
he
wins
the
recount
.

But
lawyers
for
Gov.
George
W.
Bush
said
they
had
no
intention
of
allowing
any
hand
counting
to
begin
without
a
vigorous
legal
fight
.

To
that
end
,
they
persuaded
Circuit
Judge
N.
Sanders
Sauls
to
order
1.1
million
ballots
_
every
vote
cast
in
Miami-Dade
and
Palm
Beach
counties
_
brought
up
from
south
Florida
and
placed
in
the
court
's
custody
.

That
represents
83
times
the
number
of
disputed
ballots
that
the
judge
had
agreed
on
Tuesday
to
transport
to
Tallahassee
at
the
Gore
team
's
request
.

And
it
could
take
weeks
if
not
months
to
count
them
all
,
the
point
that
Barry
Richard
,
Bush
's
chief
trial
lawyer
here
,
said
he
was
trying
to
make
in
requesting
that
the
ballots
be
transported
here
.

``
We
did
it
to
make
a
point
,
''
Richard
said
in
an
interview
.

``
If
you
recount
any
ballots
,
you
have
to
recount
all
of
them
.

Now
,
we
do
n't
think
any
ballots
should
be
counted
,
because
the
manual
recount
of
ballots
is
finished
.

But
in
the
event
the
court
determines
that
some
ballots
should
be
counted
,
we
wanted
them
here
so
they
could
all
be
counted
.
''

Aware
that
they
could
not
stop
the
movement
of
all
the
ballots
,
Gore
's
lawyers
barely
objected
to
the
move
,
asking
only
that
the
disputed
ballots
that
might
contain
hidden
Gore
votes
be
separated
from
the
mass
.

``
I
know
when
it
's
futile
,
''
said
David
Boies
,
Gore
's
chief
trial
lawyer
,
to
Sauls
.

Nonetheless
,
Gore
's
lawyers
were
furious
at
the
move
,
aware
that
it
represents
yet
another
enormous
barrier
to
their
hopes
for
an
immediate
count
of
the
14,000
disputed
ballots
in
the
two
counties
and
a
quick
decision
from
the
judge
that
Gore
really
won
the
election
.

Even
if
the
Florida
Supreme
Court
should
swiftly
agree
to
their
request
and
orders
the
counting
to
begin
by
Friday
,
that
would
still
put
them
three
days
behind
their
original
timetable
.

And
facing
a
Dec.
12
deadline
for
the
state
to
name
electors
for
the
Electoral	B	Electoral College	Electoral_College_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)	000	000
College	I	Electoral College	Electoral_College_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)	000	000
,
Gore
has
absolutely
no
days
to
spare
.

``
It
's
a
stunt
,
''
said
Kendall
Coffey
,
one
of
Gore
's
election
lawyers
,
as
he
stormed
out
of
Sauls
'
courtroom
Wednesday
,
referring
to
the
request
for
all
the
ballots
.

``
They
're
trying
to
bog
down
the
case
,
the
system
,
the
clerk
's
office
and
everywhere
else
they
can
.
''

The
decision
by
Gore
's
lawyers
to
appeal
the
case
shows
how
perilous
their
situation
is
.

By
appealing
,
the
lawyers
were
forced
to
put
on
paper
their
fear
that
their
case
could
be
over
if
they
can
not
begin
counting
ballots
until
Saturday
.

The
decision
to
wait
until
a
Saturday
hearing
``
is
effectively
a
final
order
denying
all
relief
sought
by
plaintiffs
because
the
action
now
pending
below
must
be
completed
before
Dec.
12
,
2000
,
in
order
to
offer
any
relief
,
''
said
the
notice
filed
with
the
Court
of
Appeal
.

It
adds
,
``
the
court
must
allow
sufficient
time
to
complete
an
accurate
and
fair
count
of
the
contested
ballots
,
which
is
essential
for
the
proper
resolution
of
the
contest
action
.
''

But
the
decision
to
bring
up
all
the
ballots
means
that
they
will
not
be
assembled
in
Tallahassee
until
late
Friday
,
a
day
later
than
planned
.

And
even
then
,
the
hurdles
are
enormous
.

There
will
have
to
be
another
hearing
before
the
Florida
Supreme
Court
,
and
Gore
's
lawyers
will
have
to
refute
three
arguments
to
be
raised
by
the
Bush
team
:
There
should
be
no
more
counting
at
all
;
if
there
is
any
counting
,
it
will
have
to
include
all
1.16
million
ballots
;
and
if
there
is
any
counting
of
disputed
ballots
,
dimples
can
not
be
counted
as
votes
.

If
these
issues
are
heard
before
Sanders
,
there
will
have
to
be
briefs
,
witnesses
,
and
evidence
on
each
point
,
which
could
take
days
.

If
the
Supreme
Court
agrees
to
short-circuit
the
process
,
there
will
still
have
to
be
lengthy
briefs
filed
,
and
the
court
may
need
to
wait
several
days
before
finding
time
for
yet
another
momentous
hearing
in
its
schedule
.

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c.
2000
N.Y.
Times
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Service
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CHATTANOOGA	B	CHATTANOOGA	Chattanooga,_Tennessee	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee	000	000
,
Tenn.	B	Tenn.	Tennessee	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee	000	000
_
Nearly
17
months
after
he
first
issued
his
call
for
a
``
fresh
start
after
a
season
of
cynicism
,
''
Gov.
George
W.
Bush
ended
his
quest
for
the
presidency
Monday
on
a
nearly
identical
note
,
pledging
to
purge
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
of
what
he
cast
as
a
crippling
discord
.

The
course
that
Bush
charted
over
his
final
hours
on
the
campaign
trail
,
plotted
with
as
much
concern
for
symbolism
as
for
raw
electoral
arithmetic
,
left
no
doubt
about
where
he
placed
the
blame
for
that
atmosphere
.

His
first
major
rally
was
in
Tennessee
and
his
last
was
planned
for
Arkansas	B	Arkansas	Arkansas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas	000	000
,
the
home
states
,
respectively
,
of
Vice
President
Al
Gore
and
President
Clinton
.

The
Texas
governor
's
words
made
equally
clear
that
he
saw
himself
as
the
country
's
best
hope
for
bridging
ideological
divides
,
healing
partisan
wounds
and
making
sure
that
Americans
could
gaze
upon
the
White	B	White House	White_House	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House	000	000
House	I	White House	White_House	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House	000	000
with
unfettered
respect
.

``
There
's
a
better
day
ahead
if
we
have
a
leader
who
's
willing
to
unite
the
country
,
to
bring
people
together
,
to
elevate
the
people
's
business
above
everyday
politics
,
''
Bush
said
at
a
rally
inside
a
hangar
at
the
airport
here
,
where
supporters
'
chants
evoked
the
nearness
of
the
moment
of
decision
.

``
One
more
day
!
''

they
roared
.

``
One
more
day
!
''

What
the
nation
needed
,
Bush
told
them
,
was
``
a
president
who
can
unite
this
nation
,
a
president
who
puts
aside
the
endless
partisan
bickering
that
seems
to
gridlock
our
nation
's
capitol
,
a
president
who
puts
the
people
first
,
a
president
who
lifts
this
nation
's
spirits
.

``
I
'll
be
that
president
,
''
he
added
,
a
sentence
that
was
equal
parts
promise
and
prediction
.

It
underscored
the
optimism
that
Bush
has
,
from
the
very
beginning
,
sought
to
project
to
voters
.

His
schedule
over
the
course
of
a
16-hour
day
was
also
an
expression
of
that
confidence
.

In
between
Tennessee
and
Arkansas
,
his
campaign
plane
touched
down
in
Wisconsin	B	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin	000	000
and
Iowa	B	Iowa	Iowa	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa	000	000
,
and
while
any
one
of
those
four
states
could
wind
up
providing
the
key
to
a
Bush
victory
,
none
have
as
many
electoral
votes
as
such
battlegrounds
as
Michigan	B	Michigan	Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan	000	000
and
Pennsylvania	B	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania	000	000
.

But
they
are
genuine
tossups
that
were
initially
predicted
to
be
much
more
hospitable
to
Gore
.

By
visiting
them
Monday
,
Bush
emphasized
the
breadth
of
his
appeal
and
the
sometimes
surprising
vulnerability
of
the
vice
president
.

He
did
not
let
his
assertion
of
strength
and
confidence
distract
him
from
the
important
business
of
beseeching
supporters
to
grant
him
victory
.

With
just
24
hours
before
Election
Day
,
Bush
in
many
ways
stripped
campaigning
to
its
essence
:
coaxing
and
cajoling
,
pleading
and
persuading
.

``
I
want
you
to
understand
that
I
ca
n't
win
without
you
,
''
Bush
told
a
crowd
of
more
than
1,000
people
at
a
convention
center
in
Green	B	Green Bay	Green_Bay,_Wisconsin	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin	000	000
Bay	I	Green Bay	Green_Bay,_Wisconsin	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay,_Wisconsin	000	000
,
Wis.
``
I
hope
you
redouble
your
efforts
to
make
sure
people
get
out
to
the
polls
.
''

Minutes
later
,
he
added
:
``
When
you
go
out
there
and
tell
the
folks
where
we
stand
on
the
issues
and
where
we
stand
when
it
comes
to
bringing
people
together
to
get
things
done
,
and
you
tell
them
that
the
core
of
this
campaign
is
the
inherent
trust
in
the
American
people
,
I
believe
it
does
n't
matter
what
political
party
they
're
in
.

They
're
going
to
come
our
way
.
''

In
Chattanooga
,
Bush
repeatedly
needled
Gore
,
which
was
much
of
the
point
of
going
to
Tennessee
,
where
Gore
is
not
at
all
certain
to
prevail
on
Tuesday
.

The
Texas
governor
claimed
that
Gore
's
decades
of
experience
in
Washington
had
estranged
him
from
the
rest
of
the
country
by
making
him
too
trusting
of
federal
government
and
too
fond
of
federal
spending
.

``
My
opponent
vows
to
carry
his
home
state
,
''
Bush
said
.

``
He
may
win
Washington
,
D.C.	B	D.C.	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
,
but
he
's
not
going
to
win
Tennessee
.

``
He
forgot
his
roots
,
''
Bush
added
.

``
He
forgot
where
he
's
from
.

He
trusts
Washington
.

We
trust
the
people
.
''

-DOCSTART- (PRI20001128.2000.0055
Documented
.

From
NPR	B	NPR news	NPR	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR	000	000
news	I	NPR news	NPR	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR	000	000
in
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
,
I
'm
Corey
Flintoff
.

A
Florida
State
judge
has
ordered
local
election
officials
to
ship
thousands
of
ballots
to
the
state
capital
.

The
move
comes
as
the
judge
decides
whether
to
order
a
recount
of
those
ballots
in
the
presidential
election
.

NPR
's
Steve
Inski
was
in
the
courtroom
.

Steve
,
what
are
the
issues
that
came
up
in
this
hearing
tonight
?

Corey
judge
N.
Sander
Sauls
is
deciding
whether
to
order
a
recount
as
you
said
of
those
ballots
,
9000
or
more
actually
from
Miami	B	Miami Dade County	Miami-Dade_County,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida	000	000
Dade	I	Miami Dade County	Miami-Dade_County,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida	000	000
County	I	Miami Dade County	Miami-Dade_County,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida	000	000
that
apparently
were
never
counted
at
all
,
at
least
according
to
the
Democrats	B	Democrats	Democratic_Party_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)	000	000
in
the
presidential
election
and
about
3300
ballots
from
Palm	B	Palm Beach County	Palm_Beach_County,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach_County,_Florida	000	000
Beach	I	Palm Beach County	Palm_Beach_County,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach_County,_Florida	000	000
County	I	Palm Beach County	Palm_Beach_County,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach_County,_Florida	000	000
that
were
considered
by
local
officials
but
then
thrown
out
,
disallowed
.

Judge
Sauls
is
deciding
whether
to
count
those
ballots
and
go
through
them
and
perhaps
add
some
votes
to
Al	B	Al Gore	Al_Gore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore	000	000
Gore	I	Al Gore	Al_Gore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore	000	000
's
final
total
,
which
is
exactly
what
the
Democrats
want
.

He
is
not
ready
to
do
that
yet
.

He
did
not
agree
to
the
Democratic
proposal
to
begin
counting
tomorrow
morning
but
he
has
ordered
that
the
ballots
be
shipped
up
.

Later
this
week
,
Miami
Police
apparently
are
going
to
escort
them
upto
Tallahassee
and
they
will
be
ready
to
be
counted
if
the
judge
decides
at
a
later
time
to
do
so
.

Now
time
is
a
big
consideration
from
here
.

What
's
the
judge
's
timetable
?

Not
as
fast
as
the
Democrats
would
like
,
not
as
slowly
as
Republicans
would
prefer
.

He
is
going
to
order
a
major
hearing
on
Saturday
to
review
all
the
legal
and
evidentiary
issues
,
look
at
evidence
,
perhaps
hear
from
witnesses
and
after
that
the
judge
will
decide
if
there
are
any
ballots
to
count
.

It
might
take
another
five
days
or
so
to
do
it
.

Neither
side
seemed
particularly
pleased
by
the
timetable
but
the
judge
said
,
well
,
I
am
going
to
make
everybody
equally
unhappy
.

Thank
you
.

NPR
's
Steven
Inksi
reporting
from
Tallahassee
,
Florida
.

As
the
battle
over
votes
goes
on
in
Florida
,
Washington	B	Washington State	Washington_(state)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)	000	000
State	I	Washington State	Washington_(state)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_(state)	000	000
is
in
the
middle
of
recounting
the
votes
cast
in
its
very
tight
US
Senate
race
.

Jennifer
Nesan
reports
from
member
station
KPLU
in
Seattle	B	Seattle	Seattle	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle	000	000
.

The
recount
of
the
votes
cast
for
Democrat
Maria
Catwell
and
Republican
Senator
Slate
Gordon
is
calm
and
organized
.

The
State
's
Elections
Director
Garry
Macintosh
says
the
process
is
about
as
exciting
as
watching
paint
dry
.

There
are
a
lot
of
things
about
the
election
's
process
I
think
that
are
fairly
complex
.

This
is
n't
probably
one
of
them
.

Catwell
leads
Republican
incumbent
Slate
Gordon
by
fewer
then
2000
votes
.

At
this
point
neither
of
the
candidates
plan
to
contest
any
of
the
votes
.

State
law
requires
a
recount
when
the
margin
of
victory
is
less
than
one
half
of
1
percent
.

The
recount
is
expected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
the
week
.

No
statewide
recount
in
Washington
has
ever
changed
the
initial
outcome
.

For
NPR
news
,
I
'm
Jennifer
Nesan
in
Seattle
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001218.2221.0727
The
latest
in
a
series
of
storms
spread
fresh
snow
across
the
upper
Midwest
on
Monday
,
closing
schools
and
disrupting
travel
.

Up
to
8
inches
of
snow
had
fallen
by
midday
at
Rockwell
,
Iowa
,
and
more
than
4
inches
had
fallen
on
southern
Minnesota
.

An
area
of
low
pressure
area
over
the
Midwest
carried
light
to
moderate
snow
across
parts
of
Nebraska
,
Iowa
,
Minnesota
,
Wisconsin
,
northern
Missouri
,
Illinois
,
Indiana
,
and
Michigan
.

Schools
and
some
businesses
closed
in
parts
of
Nebraska
.

Snowplows
were
pulled
off
the
roads
in
northeastern
Nebraska
's
Cuming
County
during
the
morning
because
of
hazardous
driving
conditions
and
snowdrifts
.

Travel
was
discouraged
in
Minnesota
as
blowing
snow
cut
visibility
to
less
than
half
a
mile
and
about
three
dozen
school
districts
canceled
classes
.

Wisconsin
also
had
scattered
school
closings
.

A
line
of
mixed
precipitation
trailed
southward
from
the
storm
system
,
spreading
scattered
show
showers
and
freezing
rain
into
western
sections
of
Kentucky
and
Tennessee
.

Farther
south
,
scattered
rain
showers
extended
across
Arkansas
,
Mississippi
,
and
Louisiana
and
into
eastern
Texas
.

Those
showers
were
expected
to
move
eastward
into
Alabama
,
Georgia
,
and
northwestern
Florida
during
the
night
.

Farther
west
,
isolated
snow
showers
were
scattered
over
parts
of
Wyoming
,
western
South
Dakota
,
eastern
Colorado
,
and
western
sections
of
Nebraska
and
Kansas
.

In
the
Northeast
,
a
few
light
snow
showers
were
scattered
from
Pennsylvania
across
upstate
New
York
into
northern
New
England
.

Elsewhere
,
fog
formed
in
some
western
parts
of
Washington
,
and
showers
were
expected
to
move
into
the
region
from
the
Pacific
.

Monday
's
temperatures
around
the
Lower
48
ranged
from
a
morning
low
of
11
below
zero
at
Phillips
,
Wis.
,
to
midday
readings
of
77
at
Oceanside
,
Calif.
,
and
Brownsville
,
Texas
.

The
lowest
wind
chill
was
58
below
at
Jamestown
,
N.D.
___
On
the
Net
:
National
Weather
Service
:
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html
Intellicast
:
http://www.intellicast.com
Weather
Channel
:
http://www.weather.com

-DOCSTART- (APW20001219.1316.0416
DENVER
(
AP
)
_
The
Denver
Broncos
and
the
NFL
want
a
commercial
real
estate
agent
to
take
down
a
sign
advertising
a
site
for
a
potential
sports
bar
because
it
features
the
team
's
name
.

John
``
Jack
''
Hanlon
of
Coldwell
Banker
American
Spectrum
is
listing
an
acre
of
land
about
a
mile
from
the
Broncos
'
training
camp
in
Dove
Valley
.

Hanlon
,
a
longtime
Broncos
fan
,
thinks
it
is
the
perfect
place
for
a
sports
bar
and
has
put
up
a
blue-and-orange
sign
reading
,
``
Wanted
Broncos
Sports
Bar
On
This
Site
.
''

He
said
that
47,000
cars
drive
by
the
site
daily
and
``
because
the
players
have
to
drive
by
it
every
day
it
could
become
a
hangout
for
them
.
''

Hanlon
said
he
never
has
implied
that
the
future
sports
bar
would
be
called
the
Broncos
Bar
,
but
his
company
has
turned
over
the
matter
to
its
legal
department
.

``
I
thought
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
have
a
bar
that
would
celebrate
the
Broncos
,
emphasizing
everything
Broncos
with
pregame
and
postgame
activities
,
''
Hanlon
said
.

``
But
I
could
n't
put
that
on
a
4-by-8
sign
.
''

He
said
he
will
do
whatever
his
lawyer
advises
,
but
``
I
do
n't
think
the
Broncos
own
the
word
'
Broncos
.
''
'

NFL
lawyer
David
Proper
has
given
Hanlon
until
Dec.
26
to
remove
the
sign
.

In
a
Nov.
28
letter
,
Proper
states
``
while
we
have
no
objection
to
your
advertising
the
property
as
a
location
for
a
sports
bar
,
using
the
Broncos
'
name
and
colors
gives
the
false
impression
that
the
bar
is
or
can
be
affiliated
with
the
Broncos
.
''

The
land
is
valued
at
$
650,000
and
the
bar
could
cost
about
$
1
million
to
$
1.2
million
,
Hanlon
said
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0089.eng
Albus
(
Lebanon	B	Lebanon	Lebanon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon	000	000
)
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
Thousands
of
Palestinian
refugees
in
Lebanon
commemorated
in
their
camps
today
Wednesday
the
twelfth
anniversary
of
the
symbolic
announcement
of
independence
by
the
Palestinian	B	Palestinian National Council	Palestinian_National_Council	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council	000	000
National	I	Palestinian National Council	Palestinian_National_Council	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council	000	000
Council	I	Palestinian National Council	Palestinian_National_Council	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council	000	000
in
Algeria	B	Algeria	Algeria	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria	000	000
in
1988
.

Around
five
thousand
Palestinians
form
the
Albus
Camp
near
Souer	B	Souer	Tyre,_Lebanon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon	000	000
(
83
km
south
of
Beirut	B	Beirut	Beirut	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut	000	000
)
gathered
and
followed
a
march
by
children
dressed
in
military
clothing
who
held
stones
and
raised
pictures
of
Mohamed	B	Mohamed al-Dura	Muhammad_al-Durrah_incident	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Durrah_incident	000	000
al-Dura	I	Mohamed al-Dura	Muhammad_al-Durrah_incident	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Durrah_incident	000	000
,
the
12-year-old
Palestinian
child
killed
by
Israeli
army
bullets
in
the
Palestinian
Territories
in
early
October
.

A
France
Presse
correspondent
reported
that
around
200
Palestinians
marched
along
the
streets
of
Ayn
Alhilwa
refugee
camp
near
Saida	B	Saida	Sidon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon	000	000
,
one
of
southern
Lebanon	B	Lebanon	Lebanon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon	000	000
's
main
cities
,
toward
the
headquarters
of
the
Fatah
movement
led
by
Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
carrying
the
Palestinian
flag
.

A
group
of
young
people
burned
the
Israeli
and
American
flags
outside
the
headquarters
.

Khalid
Arif
,
am
official
with
the
Fatah
movement
in
Saida
,
said
the
Intifada
against
Israel
which
started
late
last
September
and
has
resulted
in
over
two
hundred
deaths
would
"
continue
until
the
Israeli
occupiers
and
settlers
were
chased
out
of
the
Palestinian
Territories
.
"

He
added
,
"
The
Intifada
will
continue
until
a
Palestinian
state
with
holy
Jerusalem	B	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem	000	000
as
its
capital
is
created
and
the
refugees
return
to
their
homes
.
"

In
the
nearby
Ayn
Alhilwa
refugee
camp
,
students
between
ages
fifteen
and
sixteen
marched
through
the
camp
's
alleyways
,
chanting
"
Jerusalem
is
ours
"
then
the
burned
Israeli
and
American
flags
.

Fatah
movement
called
on
Palestinians
to
declare
today
Wednesday
as
a
day
"
to
embody
national
independence
"
and
to
stop
"
Israeli
occupying
forces
and
settler
bandits
from
entering
occupied
Palestinian
territory
,
"
as
a
commemoration
of
the
twelfth
anniversary
of
the
symbolic
announcement
of
Palestinian
independence
.

Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
had
symbolically
announced
a
Palestinian
state
on
November
15
,
1988
in
Algeria
when
the
first
Palestinian
Intifada
was
at
its
height
and
which
continued
for
seven
years
until
the
Oslo
peace
accords
were
signed
in
1993
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001023.2100.0686
LITTLETON
,
Colo.
(
AP
)
_
The
wife
of
Patrick
Roy
,
the
NHL
's
winningest
goalie
,
called
911
because
she
was
afraid
of
what
her
husband
would
do
as
they
argued
about
in-laws
,
according
to
a
police
report
released
Monday
.

Michele
Roy
was
not
hurt
during
the
dispute
at
their
home
early
Sunday
,
but
Roy
admitted
pulling
a
bedroom
door
off
its
hinges
and
damaging
another
after
his
wife
called
Greenwood
Village
police
and
hung
up
without
speaking
,
the
report
said
.

The
somber
Colorado
Avalanche
goalie
,
accompanied
by
his
parents
,
sister
and
brother
,
stood
with
his
hands
clasped
behind
his
back
during
a
brief
court
appearance
.

The
initial
hearing
was
postponed
until
Nov.
7
.

Roy
remained
free
on
a
$
750
bail
and
left
by
a
side
door
without
comment
.

His
wife
was
absent
.

The
judge
also
issued
a
restraining
order
that
is
standard
in
domestic-dispute
cases
,
which
requires
Roy
to
refrain
from
alcohol
and
illegal
drugs
and
possession
of
guns
or
weapons
.

He
was
permitted
to
return
home
to
his
family
and
is
allowed
to
travel
with
the
team
to
out-of-state
games
.

After
the
Avalanche
's
practice
,
Roy
read
a
brief
statement
,
noting
that
he
could
not
comment
on
his
arrest
on
the
advice
of
his
lawyer
.

He
also
asked
that
the
public
respect
his
family
's
privacy
.

``
Obviously
,
this
is
creating
a
distraction
,
and
my
wish
is
that
this
distraction
will
be
over
soon
,
''
he
said
.

``
I
am
thankful
for
the
support
I
am
getting
from
my
family
and
every
one
of
my
teammates
.
''

Colorado
players
showed
unified
support
for
Roy
,
saying
they
believe
he
will
remain
focused
after
an
eight-game
(
6-0-2
)
unbeaten
streak
to
start
the
season
.

The
team
's
next
game
is
at
home
Wednesday
against
Nashville
.

``
We
've
always
stuck
together
and
we
'll
stick
by
Patrick
,
''
defenseman
Ray
Bourque
said
.

``
We
know
he
is
a
quality
person
and
a
great
family
man
.
''

Defenseman
Aaron
Miller
said
,
``
Until
we
find
out
exactly
what
's
going
on
,
we
're
not
going
to
let
it
bother
us
or
distract
us
.

I
think
I
speak
for
the
whole
team
that
we
're
behind
Patty
100
percent
.
''

Roy
,
35
,
was
arrested
and
charged
Sunday
with
misdemeanor
criminal
mischief
which
occurred
during
an
act
of
domestic
violence
.

If
convicted
,
he
faces
a
maximum
of
one
year
in
the
county
jail
and
a
$
1,000
fine
,
said
a
spokesman
for
the
Arapahoe
County
district
attorney
's
office
.

Officers
responded
to
the
911
hang-up
call
at
Roy
's
residence
,
where
Michele
Roy
told
them
the
two
had
been
arguing
.

Roy
was
honored
Friday
night
for
winning
his
448th
game
three
days
before
,
a
4-3
victory
in
overtime
against
the
Washington
Capitals
.

He
broke
the
mark
set
by
Terry
Sawchuk
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001211.0507.0196
COSTA
MESA
,
Calif.
(
AP
)
_
Joseph
Conrad
Parkhurst
,
who
founded
the
motorcycle
magazine
Cycle
World
in
1962
,
has
died
.

He
was
74
.

Parkhurst
had
lung
cancer
and
died
Tuesday
as
a
result
of
a
blood
clot
in
his
lung
,
his
wife
Claire
Parkhurst
told
the
Los
Angeles
Times
for
Sunday
editions
.

Cycle
World
brought
objective
journalism
to
motorcycle
periodicals
by
offering
road
tests
and
a
more
critical
eye
than
other
fan-oriented
magazines
,
said
analyst
Don
Brown
of
DJB
Associates
LLC
of
Irvine
.

In
its
first
year
,
Cycle
World
became
_
and
remains
_
the
largest
motorcycle
magazine
in
the
world
,
Brown
and
others
said
.

It
boasts
a
monthly
circulation
of
315,000
and
its
closest
rival
is
the
German
magazine
Das
Motorrad
.

``
Joe
was
a
true
pioneer
in
our
business
,
''
said
current
Cycle
World
publisher
Larry
Little
.

``
It
was
kind
of
a
breaking
of
a
good
old
boy
network
of
American
motorcycles
.

Joe
did
not
shun
the
Japanese
makers
.
''

Born
in
Jonesboro
,
Ark.
,
on
Oct.
20
,
1926
,
Parkhurst
moved
with
his
family
to
California
.

He
served
in
1954-56
as
a
clerk
in
an
Army
Reserves
office
,
then
took
a
job
as
art
director
of
Road
&
Track
magazine
in
Newport
Beach
.

He
later
quit
to
spend
a
year
traveling
in
Europe
and
returned
to
become
art
director
of
Carting
World
,
a
go-cart
magazine
,
in
1960
.

While
working
,
Parkhurst
began
dreaming
of
Cycle
World
.

He
thought
that
Road
&
Track
's
consumer
approach
could
serve
motorcyclists
,
said
Joe
Rusz
,
a
senior
editor
at
Road
&
Track
.

Parkhurst
also
loved
riding
motorcycles
and
once
told
a
friend
that
he
``
could
never
find
something
worthwhile
to
read
about
them
,
''
Little
said
.

Parkhurst
later
merged
with
another
company
that
owned
Road
&
Track
to
become
Bond/Parkhurst
Publishing
.

He
sold
both
magazines
in
the
early
1970s
,
said
his
wife
of
22
years
.

Since
1979
,
he
has
written
and
published
the
Motorcycle
Business
Newsletter
,
a
biweekly
for
industry
insiders
.

In
addition
to
his
wife
,
Parkhurst
is
survived
by
a
brother
,
John
Parkhurst
of
Hemet
.

A
memorial
is
planned
for
January
.

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Booking
Your
Ticket
:
_
Fly
nonstop
.

The
fewer
connections
you
make
,
the
lower
the
chance
that
you
will
suffer
a
delay
.

_
Pick
airports
with
care
.

If
you
have
to
connect
,
choose
the
least-congested
airport
possible
;
some
airports
,
like
Chicago	B	Chicago O'Hare	O'Hare_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_International_Airport	000	000
O'Hare	I	Chicago O'Hare	O'Hare_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_International_Airport	000	000
and
La	B	La Guardia	LaGuardia_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport	000	000
Guardia	I	La Guardia	LaGuardia_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport	000	000
in
New	B	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
,
experience
chronic
delays
.

Take
into
consideration
the
weather
and
the
season
;
an
airport
in
the
South	B	South	Southern_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States	000	000
might
have
fewer
winter
snowstorms
but
more
spring
and
summer
thunderstorms
.

_
Check
times
between
connecting
flights
.

Airlines
often
book
tight
connections
and
do
not
take
responsibility
if
you
miss
yours
.

Assume
each
leg
of
your
flight
will
arrive
late
,
and
book
connections
that
allow
ample
time
.

_
Check
on-time
records
.

The
Transportation	B	Transportation Department	United_States_Department_of_Transportation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Transportation	000	000
Department	I	Transportation Department	United_States_Department_of_Transportation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Transportation	000	000
requires
major
domestic
airlines
to
make
the
on-time
record
for
every
flight
available
to
consumers
.

You
can
check
online
at
www.dot.gov/airconsumer
.

That
site
also
reports
each
airline
's
on-time
record
for
the
previous
month
.

_
Travel
on
off-peak
days
and
at
off-peak
times
.

Saturday
is
usually
the
least-traveled
day
of
the
week
;
so
are
major
holidays
.

Monday
mornings
and
Friday
afternoons
are
peak
travel
times
for
business
travelers
.

Flights
leaving
earlier
in
the
day
are
less
likely
to
be
delayed
,
because
of
the
cascading
effect
that
disruptions
have
on
airline
schedules
.

_
Use
smaller
airports
.

Instead
of
Los	B	Los Angeles International	Los_Angeles_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport	000	000
Angeles	I	Los Angeles International	Los_Angeles_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport	000	000
International	I	Los Angeles International	Los_Angeles_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport	000	000
,
for
example
,
consider
flying
into
Burbank	B	Burbank	Bob_Hope_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope_Airport	000	000
or
John	B	John Wayne Airport	John_Wayne_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Airport	000	000
Wayne	I	John Wayne Airport	John_Wayne_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	John Wayne Airport	John_Wayne_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Airport	000	000
in
Orange	B	Orange County	Orange_County,_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_California	000	000
County	I	Orange County	Orange_County,_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_California	000	000
,
Calif	B	Calif	California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California	000	000
.

,
or
use
Westchester	B	Westchester County Airport	Westchester_County_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_County_Airport	000	000
County	I	Westchester County Airport	Westchester_County_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_County_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	Westchester County Airport	Westchester_County_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_County_Airport	000	000
instead
of
JFK	B	JFK	John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport	000	000
in
New
York
.

_
Avoid
electronic
tickets
.

Though
they
are
convenient
and
more
secure
than
an
easily
lost
paper
ticket
,
they
are
not
transferable
between
most
airlines
if
you
need
to
switch
carriers
because
of
delays
.

_
Watch
for
labor
disruptions
.

Check
newspapers
and
Web
sites
like
www.thenewfoundlandgroup.com
to
identify
airlines
experiencing
labor
strife
,
which
often
increases
cancellations
and
delays
.

_
Leave
a
number
.

Make
sure
the
airline
you
book
with
has
a
phone
number
at
which
you
can
be
notified
of
delays
or
cancellations
.

_
Use
a
travel
agent
.

A
good
one
can
be
a
great
ally
in
the
event
of
a
problem
_
and
may
save
you
time
and
money
.

Day
of
Departure
:
_
Be
informed
.

Check
your
flight
's
status
before
heading
to
the
airport
.

Automated
telephone
services
or
airline
Web
sites
often
provide
more
up-to-date
information
than
do
ticket
agents
.

The
Federal	B	Federal Aviation Administration	Federal_Aviation_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration	000	000
Aviation	I	Federal Aviation Administration	Federal_Aviation_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration	000	000
Administration	I	Federal Aviation Administration	Federal_Aviation_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration	000	000
's
Web
site
,
www.fly.faa.gov
,
has
real-time
information
on
operations
at
the
biggest
airports
.

_
Pack
defensively
.

Take
along
a
change
of
clothes
and
a
toothbrush
in
your
carry-on
bag
.

If
traveling
with
an
infant
,
take
24
hours
'
worth
of
diapers
and
extra
formula
.

When
possible
,
avoid
checking
luggage
,
in
case
you
need
to
switch
flights
or
carriers
.

Ship
your
gifts
ahead
.

_
Educate
yourself
.

Find
out
what
your
airline
promises
to
do
for
passengers
in
the
event
of
a
delay
.

Print
out
a
copy
of
the
policy
from
the
airline
's
Web
site
,
and
carry
it
with
you
_
in
case
the
airline
representatives
need
a
reminder
.

If
a
Flight
Is
Delayed
:
_
Keep
your
cool
.

Becoming
angry
at
airline
personnel
is
counterproductive
.

Sympathy
for
their
plight
will
sometimes
produce
results
.

_
Do
n't
stand
in
line
.

To
get
on
another
flight
,
it
is
often
more
effective
to
call
the
airline
from
the
airport
than
to
wait
at
the
ticket
counter
.

Carry
a
cell
phone
;
if
delays
are
widespread
,
public
telephones
may
be
in
demand
.

_
Check
the
competition
.

If
another
airline
has
seats
to
your
destination
,
ask
your
airline
to
endorse
your
ticket
to
the
other
line
.

_
Get
what
you
paid
for
.

If
you
paid
full
fare
or
are
a
high-mileage
frequent
flier
,
let
the
airline
know
.

Your
odds
of
getting
a
seat
on
the
next
flight
out
will
increase
,
or
the
airline
might
pay
for
your
hotel
,
if
you
are
delayed
overnight
.

_
Consider
driving
.

If
the
last
leg
of
your
flight
is
a
200-mile
hop
,
renting
a
car
might
be
a
better
choice
than
waiting
out
a
delay
.

Getting
Even
:
_
Write
a
letter
.

The
airlines
have
pledged
to
respond
to
consumer
complaints
within
60
days
.

They
almost
always
offer
a
refund
,
reimbursement
of
expenses
,
a
discount
on
your
next
ticket
_
or
all
three
.

Be
sure
to
save
the
relevant
paperwork
.

_
Make
it
a
federal
case
.

Send
a
copy
of
your
letter
to
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
.

Complaints
are
charged
against
each
airline
in
the
Transportation
Department
's
monthly
Air
Travel
Consumer
Report
and
serve
as
a
basis
for
rule
making
and
enforcement
action
.

Write
to
:
Aviation	B	Aviation Consumer Protection Div	Airline_complaints	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_complaints	000	000
Consumer	I	Aviation Consumer Protection Div	Airline_complaints	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_complaints	000	000
Protection	I	Aviation Consumer Protection Div	Airline_complaints	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_complaints	000	000
Div	I	Aviation Consumer Protection Div	Airline_complaints	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_complaints	000	000
.

(
C-75
)
Department
of
Transportation
400
Seventh
St.
S.W.
Washington
,
DC
20590

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0013.eng
Bandar	B	Bandar Seri Begawan	Bandar_Seri_Begawan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Seri_Begawan	000	000
Seri	I	Bandar Seri Begawan	Bandar_Seri_Begawan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Seri_Begawan	000	000
Begawan	I	Bandar Seri Begawan	Bandar_Seri_Begawan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Seri_Begawan	000	000
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
American
President
Bill
Clinton
attempted
today
Wednesday
to
reassure
money
markets
about
doubts
caused
by
the
battle
between
the
Republicans
and
Democrats
on
the
result
of
the
presidential
elections
in
the
United
States
,
which
is
still
unknown
and
dependent
on
the
results
of
the
recount
in
the
State	B	State of Florida	Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida	000	000
of	I	State of Florida	Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida	000	000
Florida	I	State of Florida	Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida	000	000
.

Clinton
told
a
group
of
businessmen
on
the
periphery
of
the
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
forum
in
Brunei	B	Brunei	Brunei	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei	000	000
that
"
one
of
the
issues
both
Vice-President
Al
Gore
and
Governor
George
Bush
agree
on
in
these
elections
is
the
need
to
maintain
a
strong
and
pioneering
role
by
the
United
States
in
order
to
achieve
flourishing
trade
and
greater
integration
for
the
world
's
economy
[
...
]
and
the
world
should
not
be
concerned
because
the
two
candidates
are
strongly
committed
to
following
this
path
.
"

The
American
stock
market
saw
an
upheaval
as
a
result
of
the
delay
in
announcing
the
final
results
of
the
presidential
elections
in
the
United
States
but
it
improved
on
Tuesday
.

Initial
results
in
Florida
on
Tuesday
evening
showed
Republican
candidate
George
Bush
to
be
300
votes
ahead
of
Democrat
candidate
Al
Gore
but
some
voting
stations
were
still
recounting
votes
today
Wednesday
.

In
Brunei
,
President
Clinton
refused
to
make
any
predications
about
who
might
win
the
presidency
in
this
exceptional
election
battle
between
the
Democratic
and
Republican
candidates
.

He
said
"
we
must
be
careful
when
we
talk
about
predictions
;
the
only
thing
I
can
predict
with
confidence
is
that
I
will
not
be
taking
part
in
the
next
Apec
summit
next
year
and
at
present
,
I
ca
n't
say
who
will
be
representing
the
United
States
.
"

-DOCSTART- (PRI20001201.2000.1828
From
BBC	B	BBC News	BBC_News	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News	000	000
News	I	BBC News	BBC_News	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News	000	000
in
London	B	London	London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London	000	000
,
I
am
Gregor
Cragy
for
The
World
.

The
US	B	US Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	000	000
Supreme	I	US Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	000	000
Court	I	US Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States	000	000
has
held
a
hearing
to
decide
whether
to
intervene
in
the
dispute
over
the
presidential
election
results
.

Judith
Spencer
reports
on
the
legal
wrangling
that
is
underway
.

Inside
the
stately
Supreme
Court
building
,
lawyers
for
Republican
George
W.
Bush
and
Democrat
AL
Gore
argued
over
the
validity
of
hand
re-counts
in
the
crucial
state
of
Florida
,
just
as
Ruth	B	Ruth Bater Ginsburg	Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg	000	000
Bater	I	Ruth Bater Ginsburg	Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg	000	000
Ginsburg	I	Ruth Bater Ginsburg	Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg	000	000
pressed
Bush
's
lawyer
to
explain
why
the
Federal
High
Court
should
intervene
in
the
Florida	B	Florida Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Florida	000	000
Supreme	I	Florida Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Florida	000	000
Court	I	Florida Supreme Court	Supreme_Court_of_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Florida	000	000
's
move
to
extend
the
deadline
for
finishing
the
re-counts
.

When
we
read
a
State
court
decision
,
we
should
read
it
in
the
light
most
favorable
to
the
integrity
of
the
State
Supreme
Court
.

But
later
on
,
Justice
Sandra	B	Sandra Day O'Connor	Sandra_Day_O'Connor	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Day_O'Connor	000	000
Day	I	Sandra Day O'Connor	Sandra_Day_O'Connor	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Day_O'Connor	000	000
O'Connor	I	Sandra Day O'Connor	Sandra_Day_O'Connor	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Day_O'Connor	000	000
suggested
the
State
court
might
have
been
out
of
line
.

The
legislature
had
very
clearly
said
,
you
know
,
7
days
after
,
that
's
the
date
and
it
just
does
look
like
very
dramatic
change
made
by
the
Florida
court
.

The
US
Supreme
Court
could
rule
on
the
matter
as
early
as
tomorrow
.

For
The
World
,
I
am
Judith
Spencer
in
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
.

Meanwhile
,
the
Florida
Supreme
Court
has
rejected
an
emergency
appeal
from
Al
Gore
for
an
immediate
re-count
of
thousands
of
disputed
ballots
from
Palm
Beach
and
Miami
Dade
counties
.

-DOCSTART- (chtb_227.eng
Xinhua
News
Agency
,
Moscow
,
August
31st
,
by
reporter
Rong
Xie
Presidents
of
3
Baltic
Sea
countries
issued
a
joint
statement
on
August
31st
,
pointing
out
that
Russia
's
withdrawal
of
troops
from
the
3
Baltic
Sea
countries
would
"
strengthen
European
security
"
.

The
statement
emphasized
that
Russia
's
completing
its
troop
withdrawal
should
promote
the
development
of
relations
between
Russian
and
Baltic
Sea
countries
.

This
joint
statement
was
issued
on
the
occasion
of
Russia
entirely
completing
its
troop
withdrawal
from
the
three
Baltic
Sea
countries
.

Russian
troops
stationed
in
Lithuania
had
withdrawn
to
Russia
one
year
earlier
.

On
August
31st
of
this
year
,
Russian
troops
stationed
in
Latvia
withdrew
completely
and
Russian
troops
stationed
in
Estonia
also
completed
withdrawal
on
August
29th
of
this
year
.

In
an
interview
with
International
Correspondence
Communication
News
Agency
on
the
31st
,
Klelov
,
vice-minister
of
Russia
's
Foreign
Affairs
,
pointed
out
that
,
although
Russia
has
withdrawn
its
troops
from
the
Baltic
Sea
countries
,
if
the
Baltic
Sea
countries
infringe
upon
the
rights
of
local
Russian-speaking
residents
,
the
Russian
government
still
has
measures
for
exerting
influence
over
these
countries
,
which
include
political
,
economical
and
humanitarian
measures
.

(
End
)

-DOCSTART- (NYT20001109.1946.0315
&UR;
By
JAMES
DAO
&LR;
&QC;
&QL;
&UR;
c.
2000
N.Y.
Times
News
Service
&LR;
&QC;
&QL;
WASHINGTON	B	WASHINGTON	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
_
Ralph	B	Ralph Nader	Ralph_Nader	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader	000	000
Nader	I	Ralph Nader	Ralph_Nader	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader	000	000
may
not
be
feeling
any
regrets
about
his
Green
Party
presidential
campaign
,
but
some
visitors
to
the
chat
room
on
Nader2000.org
,
Nader
's
official
campaign
website
,
sounded
as
if
a
bad
hangover
had
come
crashing
down
on
them
.

There
was
this
entry
,
for
instance
,
posted
Thursday
morning
by
a
writer
named
``
wreckz
''
:
``
I
,
too
,
feel
I
should
apologize
to
America	B	America	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
.

I
was
duped
.

Ralph
Nader
's
enjoyment
of
all
of
this
is
an
indication
of
a
man
more
concerned
with
vindictive
politics
than
the
future
of
our
country
and
planet
.

I
am
no
longer
a
member
of
the
Green
Party
.

Instead
,
I
'm
a
member
of
the
green
movement
_
a
movement
without
Ralph
Nader
.
''

Or
this
one
,
also
posted
Thursday
morning
,
from
``
Noni
''
:
``
I
saw
an
interview
with
Ralph
Nader
today
and
he
seemed
to
be
enjoying
what
has
happened
!

I
've
never
seen
him
smile
so
broadly
.

I
regret
my
support
.

Nader
,
you
're
a
well-intending
man
and
I
agree
with
most
of
your
positions
.

But
the
symbolic
run
for
the
White	B	White House	White_House	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House	000	000
House	I	White House	White_House	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House	000	000
has
destroyed
our
Party
and
our
cause
.

Very
bad
things
are
in
our
future
.

You
should
not
be
smiling
.

And
we
,
the
misled
,
should
feel
shame
for
what
we
've
done
.
''

The
remarks
expressed
fears
that
votes
for
Nader
may
have
put
Gov.
George
W.
Bush
in
a
position
to
defeat
Vice
President
Al
Gore
.

In
Florida	B	Florida	Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida	000	000
,
where
Gore
trailed
Bush
by
only
a
few
hundred
votes
Thursday
,
a
shift
of
just
a
fraction
of
Nader
's
95,000
votes
could
have
given
the
state
,
and
the
White
House
,
to
Gore
,
the
most
likely
major-party
alternative
for
Nader
's
supporters
.

John
Ruth
,
for
example
,
wrote
on
the
Nader2000
site
Thursday
morning
that
he
voted
for
Nader
because
he
thought
they
``
shared
a
common
goal
''
but
that
he
was
now
regretting
it
.

``
Gore
(
despite
what
you
have
said
)
is
NOT
an
environmental
clone
of
G.W.
Bush
.

Because
of
your
actions
and
statements
prior
to
Nov.
7th
,
we
are
on
the
brink
of
a
Bush
presidency
.

No
money
,
no
support
,
no
respect
for
you
,
Ralph
,
ever
again
!
''

And
in
Oregon	B	Oregon	Oregon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon	000	000
,
a
state
that
was
still
too
close
to
call
Thursday
afternoon
,
Nader
won
about
5
percent
of
the
vote
_
enough
to
cause
some
Nader
voters
to
feel
morning-after
qualms
.

Julie
Quastler
,
28
,
who
voted
for
Nader
in
Portland	B	Portland	Portland,_Oregon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon	000	000
,
said
on
Wednesday
that
she
was
feeling
``
a
little
alarmed
and
disappointed
''
that
Bush
seemed
on
the
brink
of
winning
the
presidency
_
suggesting
that
she
did
not
accept
Nader
's
assertion
that
the
two
parties
were
equally
bad
.

``
I
'm
just
so
sad
,
''
she
said
.

``
Bush
is
probably
going
to
be
our
president
and
Nader
did
n't
get
his
5
percent
.

It
seems
like
a
lose-lose
end
result
in
some
ways
.
''

Winning
5
percent
of
the
vote
nationwide
would
have
qualified
the
Green
Party
for
millions
of
dollars
in
federal
campaign
funds
in
2004
.

But
Quastler
,
the
development
director
for
a
nonprofit
cafe
,
said
she
did
not
feel
guilty
about
her
vote
.

``
I
voted
for
Nader
because
he
was
most
aligned
with
my
values
,
''
she
said
.

Of
course
,
there
were
also
countless
verbal
high-fives
among
Nader
supporters
Thursday
who
felt
the
Green
Party
had
sent
a
bracing
wake-up
call
to
the
two
major
parties
.

``
Stand
tall
and
proud
,
fellow
Nader
supporters
,
''
said
one
message
on
the
Nader2000
site
signed
GO
LOOK
ELSEWHERE
FOR
SCAPEGOATS
.

``
We
fought
the
good
fight
for
what
we
believed
in
.

This
does
not
make
us
villains
.
''

Such
sentiments
seemed
particularly
strong
in
Florida
.

Dorothy
Byrne
,
a
state
coordinator
for
the
Florida
Green	B	Green Party	Green_Party_of_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_Florida	000	000
Party	I	Green Party	Green_Party_of_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_Florida	000	000
,
said
she
had
been
inundated
with
angry
phone
calls
and
e-mails
from
Democrats
,
but
has
yet
to
receive
one
regretful
note
from
a
Nader
voter
.

``
I
can
see
positives
for
the
Greens
with
either
Bush
or
Gore
being
president
,
''
she
said
.

``
If
Gore
was
in
,
we
would
n't
have
to
worry
about
women
's
reproductive
rights
.

But
his
record
on
the
environment
is
so
abysmal
I
do
n't
see
how
Bush
can
be
any
worse
.
''

Barbara
Lange
,
the
Everglades
chairwoman
for
the
Florida
chapter
of
the
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,
said
she
and
other
environmentalists
voted
for
Nader
because
Gore
had
not
taken
a
stand
against
the
development
of
a
commercial
airport
near
the
Everglades
.

``
I
voted
my
conscience
,
''
she
said
.

``
And
I
'm
okay
with
that
.
''

Patricia
Newell
,
an
organizer
for
Nader
at
the
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in
Gainesville	B	Gainesville	Gainesville,_Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainesville,_Florida	000	000
,
said
that
Nader
had
won
far
fewer
votes
in
Florida
than
his
supporters
had
expected
_
due
,
she
said
,
to
``
scare
tactics
''
by
the
Democrats
.

``
Anyone
who
voted
with
Nader
on
Tuesday
knew
exactly
what
they
were
doing
,
''
she
said
.

``
On
the
contrary
to
feeling
guilty
,
they
feel
very
good
about
sticking
with
the
candidate
that
they
felt
was
best
.
''

-DOCSTART- (APW20001120.1450.0376
KABUL
,
Afghanistan
(
AP
)
_
The
ruling
Taliban
militia
on
Monday
released
137
Shiite
Muslim
prisoners
it
had
held
for
nearly
two
years
and
urged
the
opposition
to
follow
suit
and
release
government
prisoners
it
is
holding
.

The
freed
men
,
all
said
to
be
fighters
belonging
to
the
opposition
alliance
,
were
released
ahead
of
the
Islamic
holy
month
of
Ramadan
,
when
devout
Muslims
fast
from
sunrise
to
sunset
.

``
The
prisoners
are
being
released
as
a
gesture
of
kindness
''
by
the
Taliban
's
supreme
leader
Mullah
Mohammed
Omar
,
said
the
Taliban
's
Interior
Minister
Abdul
Razzak
Akhund
.

``
We
ask
the
opposition
to
show
their
heart
and
release
government
prisoners
in
their
jails
.
''

The
opposition
alliance
,
which
controls
barely
five
percent
of
Afghanistan
and
is
fighting
a
war
against
the
dominant
Taliban
,
is
mostly
made
up
of
the
country
's
minority
ethnic
and
religious
groups
.

The
Taliban
are
predominantly
Sunni
Muslim
,
which
is
the
majority
Islamic
sect
in
the
country
.

The
Taliban
have
been
accused
by
international
human
rights
groups
of
mistreating
the
minority
Shiite
Muslims
,
a
charge
they
reject
.

The
newly
released
prisoners
were
captured
when
the
Taliban
took
control
of
Afghanistan
's
central
Bamyan
province
,
nearly
two
years
ago
.

The
area
is
largely
inhabited
by
minority
Shiite
Muslims
.

``
I
am
very
happy
to
be
going
home
,
''
said
Ali
Jan
,
one
of
the
prisoners
who
said
he
was
a
farmer
in
Bamyan
and
not
a
soldier
.

-DOCSTART- (VOA20001208.2000.1275
It
's
now
official
,
former
star
Mario
Lameu
is
coming
out
of
retirement
to
play
for
the
National
Ice
Hockey
League
team
that
he
owns
,
the
Pittsburgh
Penguins
.

Lameu
was
the
first
NHL
player
to
become
a
team
owner
.

Now
,
he
is
the
first
owner
to
become
a
player
.

In
a
news
release
,
Friday
,
Lameu
said
he
missed
the
game
and
missed
the
challenge
of
competing
.

He
added
that
he
was
excited
by
the
challenge
of
attempting
a
comeback
and
looks
forward
to
the
chance
to
get
back
on
the
ice
with
the
players
.

The
35-year-old
Lameu
retired
as
a
player
three
and
one
half
years
ago
with
613
goals
in
745
regular
season
games
.

He
won
three
most
valuable
player
awards
and
led
the
Penguins
to
two
Stanley
Cup
Championships
in
1991
and
92
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001203.1456.0329
WHITE
SULPHUR
SPRINGS
,
W.Va
.

(
AP
)
_
Republican
Rep.
J.C.
Watts
joked
Saturday
night
that
he
had
revised
returns
on
the
presidential
election
:
``
Al
Gore
,
9,834
lawsuits
.

George
W.
Bush
,
7,652
.
''

Watts
,
chairman
of
the
House
Republican
Conference
,
bantered
about
the
Florida
election
dispute
in
a
speech
prepared
for
a
dinner
of
The
Gridiron
Club
at
the
Greenbrier
Hotel
.

``
I
knew
things
had
really
deteriorated
when
Yasser
Arafat
offered
to
broker
a
peace
between
Bush
and
Gore
,
''
Watts
said
.

The
Gridiron
Club
is
an
organization
of
60
Washington
journalists
.

Its
dinners
feature
parodies
of
politics
and
government
,
and
humorous
speeches
by
political
figures
.

Watts
noted
that
the
presidential
election
of
1876
was
so
disputed
that
a
congressional
commission
was
created
to
settle
it
.

``
I
did
n't
know
this
until
Strom
Thurmond
told
me
he
cast
the
deciding
vote
.

``
Strom
will
be
98
next
Tuesday
,
''
Watts
said
.

``
Of
course
,
he
was
only
67
when
the
recount
of
Florida
ballots
began
.
''

Watts
said
he
had
fond
memories
of
Florida
because
he
was
the
quarterback
when
the
University
of
Oklahoma
won
the
Orange
Bowl
there
in
1980
and
1981
.

``
But
our
victory
in
'81
was
by
a
single
point
and
it
was
weeks
before
it
was
confirmed
,
''
he
said
.

``
By
the
way
,
I
recently
learned
Al
Gore
was
pulling
for
Florida
State
and
demanded
a
recount
.
''

As
is
traditional
in
Gridiron
speeches
,
Watts
concluded
on
a
serious
note
.

``
Once-in-a-century
oddities
may
leave
an
election
result
up
in
the
air
for
a
time
,
but
the
fundamental
strength
of
our
democracy
is
never
in
doubt
,
''
he
said
.

``
Better
a
process
driven
by
an
army
of
lawyers
than
an
outrage
led
by
an
army
with
guns
,
''
he
said
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0210.eng
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(
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)
11-15
(
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)
-
The
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in
Florida	B	Florida	Florida	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida	000	000
today
Wednesday
refused
the
application
by
the
state
's
authorities
to
stop
the
new
hand
count
of
votes
in
some
counties
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001002.0615.0146
JAKARTA
,
Indonesia
(
AP
)
_
The
youngest
son
of
ex-dictator
Suharto
disobeyed
a
summons
to
surrender
himself
to
prosecutors
Monday
and
be
imprisoned
for
corruption
.

Hutomo
``
Tommy
''
Mandala
Putra
,
37
,
was
sentenced
to
18
months
in
prison
on
Sept.
22
by
the
Supreme
Court
,
which
overturned
an
earlier
acquittal
by
a
lower
court
.

It
found
him
guilty
of
enriching
himself
through
a
property
deal
with
the
state
's
main
food
supply
agency
.

Prosecutors
said
the
1997
deal
,
made
when
his
father
was
still
in
power
,
had
cost
the
Indonesian
state
$
10.8
million
.

Tommy
,
a
multimillionaire
with
a
playboy
image
and
love
of
fast
cars
,
is
the
first
member
of
Suharto
's
family
to
be
convicted
of
graft
.

Because
the
Supreme
Court
's
decision
to
imprison
Tommy
did
not
come
into
immediate
effect
,
prosecutors
served
a
summons
on
Tommy
to
be
taken
into
custody
Monday
.

He
instead
sent
a
legal
team
to
discuss
whether
he
would
appeal
the
ruling
or
admit
his
guilt
and
seek
a
presidential
pardon
.

The
delay
of
Tommy
's
arrest
comes
just
days
after
another
court
dismissed
other
corruption
charges
against
his
79-year-old
father
on
grounds
of
ill
health
,
enraging
pro-democracy
activists
and
triggering
violent
demonstrations
.

Critics
of
Indonesia
's
legal
system
have
accused
it
of
going
soft
on
the
Suharto
clan
.

A
co-defendant
in
Tommy
's
case
,
businessman
Riccardo
Gelael
,
separately
admitted
his
guilt
Monday
to
prosecutors
and
said
he
would
appeal
to
President
Abdurrahman
Wahid
for
a
pardon
.

Antasari
Ashar
,
chief
of
South
Jakarta
Prosecution
Office
,
said
Tommy
would
again
be
summoned
to
meet
prosecutors
on
Wednesday
.

If
Tommy
opts
for
a
judicial
review
of
the
case
,
his
fate
will
be
decided
by
the
same
court
that
last
week
dismissed
graft
charges
against
his
father
.

The
decision
to
let
Suharto
off
triggered
fierce
street
demonstrations
,
in
which
one
man
died
and
dozens
were
injured
.

For
weeks
Suharto
's
trial
had
been
marred
by
a
series
of
bombings
in
Jakarta
,
including
a
blast
at
the
city
's
stock
exchange
building
in
which
15
people
were
killed
.

Many
suspect
supporters
of
Suharto
,
who
ruled
for
32
years
until
his
ouster
in
1998
,
were
behind
the
attacks
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001016.1325.0321
NEW
YORK
(
AP
)
_
The
price
of
a
college
degree
continues
to
rise
faster
than
inflation
,
with
tuition
and
fees
at
public
four-year
colleges
up
an
average
4.4
percent
this
fall
,
even
more
at
private
schools
,
a
new
survey
has
found
.

And
loans
provide
a
growing
chunk
of
the
extra
money
students
need
to
pay
for
those
degrees
.

Average
in-state
tuition
and
fees
at
public
,
four-year
schools
is
$
3,510
per
semester
_
$
148
more
than
last
year
,
according
to
figures
released
Monday
by
the
College
Board
.

On-campus
room
and
board
now
averages
$
4,960
,
up
5.1
percent
.

At
private
four-year
colleges
,
tuition
and
fees
average
$
16,332
,
up
5.2
percent
from
last
year
.

Room
and
board
on
campus
is
now
$
6,209
,
a
4.2
percent
increase
.

Only
public
two-year
schools
,
chiefly
community
colleges
,
stayed
below
the
current
inflation
rate
_
but
barely
.

Tuition
rose
this
year
to
$
1,705
,
up
3.4
percent
,
the
survey
found
.

Private
two-year
schools
boosted
tuition
and
fees
to
$
7,458
,
a
7
percent
rise
.

This
pattern
follows
an
old
,
familiar
trend
,
said
Joni
Finney
,
a
policy
analyst
at
the
National
Center
for
Public
Policy
and
Higher
Education
in
San
Jose
,
Calif.
``
Colleges
and
universities
have
a
very
difficult
time
controlling
their
costs
,
''
she
said
.

``
These
institutions
were
underfunded
in
the
early
part
of
the
'90s
,
''
Finney
said
.
''

...
But
they
've
more
than
made
up
for
lost
ground
.
''

But
Stanley
Eikenberry
,
president
of
the
American
Council
on
Education
,
an
umbrella
group
for
higher
education
,
said
in
a
statement
,
``
Given
the
large
,
fixed
costs
of
most
campuses
,
in
personnel
and
facilities
especially
,
these
numbers
show
institutions
are
working
hard
to
hold
the
line
on
increases
.
''

The
recent
increases
push
past
inflation
.

The
Consumer
Price
Index
rose
2.7
percent
in
1999
;
the
first
eight
months
of
this
year
,
consumer
prices
rose
at
an
annual
rate
of
3.5
percent
.

Last
year
,
college
tuition
and
fees
rose
less
than
5
percent
.

Despite
the
increases
,
college
remains
affordable
and
a
good
investment
,
said
College
Board
President
Gaston
Caperton
in
a
statement
with
the
surveys
.

``
In
both
earning
potential
and
learning
potential
,
you
can
not
beat
the
value
of
a
college
education
,
''
the
former
West
Virginia
governor
said
.

The
College
Board
's
figures
concern
the
costs
for
6.4
million
full-time
undergraduates
_
54
percent
attending
four-year
public
institutions
,
27
percent
at
four-year
private
schools
,
17
percent
at
two-year
community
colleges
and
1
percent
at
private
two-year
schools
.

A
majority
of
students
need
grants
or
loans
_
or
both
_
but
their
exact
numbers
are
unknown
,
a
College
Board
spokesman
said
.

Last
school
year
,
loans
made
up
59
percent
of
a
record
$
68
billion
in
financial
aid
.

A
decade
ago
,
loans
made
up
just
over
41
percent
of
student
financial
help
.

The
pool
of
money
from
federal
,
state
and
school
sources
last
year
was
4
percent
greater
than
a
year
earlier
,
but
88
percent
more
than
a
decade
before
,
taking
inflation
into
account
.

The
New
York-based
College
Board
is
a
nonprofit
organization
that
administers
the
SATs
and
promotes
higher
education
.

It
surveyed
more
than
3,000
schools
to
find
out
undergraduate
charges
for
2000-2001
.

The
companion
survey
on
financial
aid
,
was
based
on
federal
,
state
and
school
statistics
from
1999-2000
.

Current
grant
and
loan
figures
are
not
available
until
the
school
year
ends
.

____
On
the
Net
:
http://www.collegeboard.org
American
Council
on
Education
:
http://www.acenet.edu

-DOCSTART- (APW20001216.2012.0590
TUSCALOOSA
,
Ala.
(
AP
)
_
Tornadoes
destroyed
homes
and
overturned
cars
in
several
areas
of
Alabama
on
Saturday
and
more
than
two
dozen
people
were
reported
injured
.

At
least
one
person
was
killed
in
Tuscaloosa
,
said
Debbie
Watson
,
spokeswoman
for
the
Tuscaloosa
County
Emergency
Management
Agency
.

Twisters
struck
just
before
noon
in
the
state
's
rural
southeastern
corner
,
then
hit
Tuscaloosa
and
the
northern
part
of
the
state
as
lines
of
thunderstorms
swept
across
the
South
.

The
Tuscaloosa
twister
struck
a
subdivision
,
Watson
said
.

The
National
Weather
Service
said
there
was
extensive
damage
.

Twenty-one
people
were
injured
,
according
to
broadcast
reports
.

Another
tornado
hit
Geneva
,
near
the
Alabama-Florida
line
,
said
Mayor
Warren
Beck
.

He
said
vehicles
were
overturned
and
homes
were
destroyed
.

Geneva
County
Emergency
Management
Agency
director
Margaret
Mixon
said
eight
people
were
injured
,
two
of
them
severely
.

That
tornado
also
damaged
about
a
half-dozen
homes
in
Dale
County
,
destroying
a
peanut
mill
at
Abbeville
and
damaging
a
textile
mill
,
authorities
said
.

Dale
County
Commissioner
Buddy
Stapleton
said
he
counted
about
a
half-dozen
homes
hit
near
Newton
.

In
northern
Alabama
,
about
eight
homes
were
reported
destroyed
and
trees
and
power
lines
were
toppled
in
Limestone
County
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0061.eng
Gaza	B	Gaza	Gaza	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza	000	000
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
A
high-level
Palestinian
source
said
today
Wednesday
that
the
Palestinian
Superior
Security
Council
led
by
President
Yasser
Arafat
issued
orders
to
stop
shooting
inside
area
"
A
"
under
Palestinian
control
.

The
source
said
that
"
the
Palestinian
Superior
Security
Council
led
by
President
Yasser
Arafat
issued
orders
to
stop
unknown
armed
persons
from
shooting
inside
zone
"
A
"
under
complete
Palestinian
control
and
between
buildings
and
civilians
in
the
Palestinian
Territories
.
"

The
Palestinian
decision
comes
a
few
hours
before
discussions
between
Israeli
Prime
Minister
Ehud
Barak
and
his
top
security
advisors
to
explore
the
measures
to
be
taken
against
Palestinians
after
four
Israeli
soldiers
were
shot
in
Palestinian
areas
last
Monday
.

-DOCSTART- (VOA20001223.2000.0139
Reformist
allies
of
Yugoslav
President
Vojislav
Kostunica
have
scored
a
decisive
victory
in
today
's
Serbian
parliamentary
elections
.

The
Democratic	B	Democratic opposition	Democratic_Opposition_of_Serbia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Opposition_of_Serbia	000	000
opposition	I	Democratic opposition	Democratic_Opposition_of_Serbia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Opposition_of_Serbia	000	000
of
Serbia
,
which
supports
the
President
,
estimates
it
has
won
65
%
of
the
vote
.

The
coalition
took
power
after
a
popular
uprising
ousted
long
time
Yugoslav
President
Slobodan	B	Slobodan Milosevic	Slobodan_Milošević	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milošević	000	000
Milosevic	I	Slobodan Milosevic	Slobodan_Milošević	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Milošević	000	000
in
October
.

Mr.
Milosevic
's
Socialist	B	Socialist Party	Socialist_Party_of_Serbia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Serbia	000	000
Party	I	Socialist Party	Socialist_Party_of_Serbia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Serbia	000	000
and
its
allies
won
about
1/5th
of
the
vote
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0065.eng
Camp	B	Camp Zeist	Zeist	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeist	000	000
Zeist	I	Camp Zeist	Zeist	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeist	000	000
(
Holland	B	Holland	Holland	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland	000	000
)
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
Today
Wednesday
,
the
judges
in
charge
of
looking
into
the
Lockerbie
case
in
Camp
Zeist
(
Holland
)
were
faced
with
an
awkward
problem
:
how
to
deal
with
a
witness
who
is
refusing
to
answer
questions
and
who
is
at
the
same
time
serving
a
life
sentence
and
who
is
not
subject
to
Scottish
law
?

The
problem
arose
after
Palestinian
Mahmood
Abu
Talib
,
whose
testimony
the
court
has
been
hearing
since
Friday
,
refused
to
continue
answering
a
question
by
defense
lawyer
Richard
Keen
about
the
detailed
reasons
for
his
having
lived
in
the
former
Soviet	B	Soviet Union	Soviet_Union	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union	000	000
Union	I	Soviet Union	Soviet_Union	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union	000	000
for
a
period
of
18
months
in
the
70s
.

The
lawyer
asked
the
judges
to
force
Abu
Talib
to
answer
the
question
aimed
at
demonstrating
the
witness
's
"
professional
terrorism
"
precedents
.

46-year-old
Abu
Talib
was
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
in
1990
in
Sweden	B	Sweden	Sweden	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden	000	000
for
terrorist
acts
in
Amsterdam	B	Amsterdam	Amsterdam	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam	000	000
,
Copenhagen	B	Copenhagen	Copenhagen	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen	000	000
and
Stockholm	B	Stockholm	Stockholm	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm	000	000
between
1985
and
1986
.

The
defense
council
in
the
Lockerbie
court
is
attempting
to
show
his
involvement
in
the
Lockerbie
attack
.

Based
on
Scottish
law
,
followed
in
this
court
,
if
Abu
Talib
insists
on
not
responding
to
the
question
,
this
is
considered
to
be
"
contempt
of
court
"
and
means
he
may
be
punished
in
accordance
with
Scottish
law
covering
such
incidents
.

The
problem
is
that
the
judges
may
not
punish
Abu
Talib
unless
Sweden
hands
him
over
to
Scotland
after
the
court
case
ends
to
apply
the
punishment
for
"
contempt
of
court
.
"

So
far
,
the
judges
have
not
asked
Abu
Talib
to
answer
the
defense
's
question
in
what
appears
to
be
a
move
to
avoid
a
tricky
situation
if
the
witness
refuses
to
answer
.

The
court
president
,
Ronald
Sutherland
,
who
adjourned
the
session
for
a
short
while
in
an
attempt
to
find
a
solution
to
this
dilemma
,
said
"
this
raises
an
important
question
of
principle
.
"

The
two
Libyans
,
Alameen	B	Alameen Khalifa Fahima	Lamin_Khalifah_Fhimah	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamin_Khalifah_Fhimah	000	000
Khalifa	I	Alameen Khalifa Fahima	Lamin_Khalifah_Fhimah	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamin_Khalifah_Fhimah	000	000
Fahima	I	Alameen Khalifa Fahima	Lamin_Khalifah_Fhimah	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamin_Khalifah_Fhimah	000	000
and
Abdulbasit	B	Abdulbasit al-Maqrahi	Abdelbaset_al-Megrahi	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelbaset_al-Megrahi	000	000
al-Maqrahi	I	Abdulbasit al-Maqrahi	Abdelbaset_al-Megrahi	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelbaset_al-Megrahi	000	000
,
are
suspected
of
sending
a
bomb
from
Malta	B	Malta	Malta	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta	000	000
which
was
used
to
explode
the
Pan
Am
plane
over
the
Scottish
village
of
Lockerbie
on
December
21
,
1988
killing
270
people
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0060.eng
Bandar	B	Bandar Seri Begawan	Bandar_Seri_Begawan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Seri_Begawan	000	000
Seri	I	Bandar Seri Begawan	Bandar_Seri_Begawan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Seri_Begawan	000	000
Begawan	I	Bandar Seri Begawan	Bandar_Seri_Begawan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Seri_Begawan	000	000
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
A
high-level
American
official
announced
today
Wednesday
in
the
wake
of
the
meeting
between
American
President
Bill
Clinton
and
his
Russian
counterpart
Vladimir
Putin
that
Putin
's
proposals
on
reducing
the
Russian
and
American
nuclear
capability
to
under
1500
nuclear
heads
does
not
include
"
many
new
elements
.
"

The
official
who
wished
to
remain
anonymous
confirmed
"
we
have
paid
a
great
deal
of
attention
to
President
Putin
's
announcement
but
it
does
not
contain
many
new
elements
,
in
fact
just
a
few
new
disparities
which
require
further
examination
and
discussion
by
experts
.
"

Clinton
and
Putin
are
taking
part
in
the
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
(
APEC
)
forum
in
Bandar
Seri
Begawan
the
capital
of
the
Sultanate	B	Sultanate of Brunei	Brunei	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei	000	000
of	I	Sultanate of Brunei	Brunei	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei	000	000
Brunei	I	Sultanate of Brunei	Brunei	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei	000	000
.

The
presidents
met
for
a
working
lunch
of
around
75
minutes
.

The
American
official
stressed
that
what
is
important
in
Putin
's
proposal
is
that
it
falls
within
the
"
framework
adopted
by
the
United
States
and
Russia
to
discuss
strategic
issues
from
a
defensive
and
offensive
point
of
view
.
"

Putin
proposed
limiting
the
Russian
and
American
nuclear
capabilities
by
reducing
the
number
of
nuclear
heads
to
under
1500
each
,
a
smaller
number
than
that
in
the
Russian-American
Start-3
treaty
currently
being
negotiated
.

He
proposed
that
the
current
reduction
should
be
between
2500
to
2000
nuclear
heads
.

Putin
said
this
reduction
would
depend
on
compliance
with
the
Russian-American
anti-ABM
missile
treaty
signed
in
1972
,
which
the
Americans
are
attempting
to
amend
to
set
up
anti-
missile
defenses
(
NMD
)
.

Washington
has
so
far
confirmed
agreeing
to
the
2000
to
2500
nuclear
warhead
ceiling
.

The
United
States
has
not
taken
a
final
position
on
the
NMD
system
because
Clinton
,
whose
term
ends
in
January
,
is
leaving
the
decision
in
this
matter
to
his
successor
.

In
response
to
a
question
about
Republican
presidential
candidate
George
Bush
Junior
's
approach
to
deploying
the
NMD
system
,
more
ambitious
than
the
one
proposed
by
the
Clinton
administration
,
the
American
official
said
the
United
States
would
continue
"
complying
with
the
present
framework
"
in
these
strategic
discussions
.

He
added
"
while
this
framework
does
not
reflect
the
basic
interests
of
the
United
States
,
we
feel
it
is
still
a
valid
approach
in
our
discussions
with
Russia
on
this
matter
.
"

He
also
said
that
Clinton
raised
the
issue
of
the
transfer
of
sensitive
Russian
technology
to
Iran	B	Iran	Iran	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran	000	000
,
adding
"
President
Putin
has
expressed
his
agreement
that
these
are
real
threats
and
is
strongly
committed
to
limiting
this
,
but
there
is
still
a
lot
of
work
to
do
"
in
this
area
.

Clinton
also
touched
on
the
matter
of
American
Edmond
Bob
who
is
being
tried
in
a
closed
court
in
Russia
on
charges
of
spying
.

The
United
States
believes
he
is
innocent
of
these
charges
and
is
demanding
his
release
on
humanitarian
grounds
.

The
official
said
Putin
understands
our
concern
and
we
hope
he
will
do
something
as
quickly
as
possible
.
"

-DOCSTART- (VOA20001220.2000.0060
I
am
David
Coler
,
VOA	B	VOA News	Voice_of_America	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America	000	000
News	I	VOA News	Voice_of_America	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America	000	000
.

President
Elect
George
W
Bush
made
more
cabinet
appointments
Wednesday
.

He
named
Al
Koha
Chairman
Paul
O
'
Neil
as
Treasury
Secretary
and
former
California
Food
and
Agriculture
Secretary
,
Anne
Venemon
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture
.

He
also
named
an
old
friend
,
an
oil
business
associate
,
Don
Evans
as
Secretary
of
Commerce
.

The
promotion
of
free
enterprise
first
in
America	B	America	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
and
then
abroad
will
be
our
first
priority
.

Free
flow
of
capital
,
free
and
open
competition
.

We
will
strive
to
be
an
advocate
for
US
businesses
first
in
America
and
also
those
wading
into
the
waters
of
the
global
market
place
.

Mr.
Bush
also
named
former
Cuban
refugee
Mel
Martinez
as
Secretary
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
.

Mr.
Martinez
is
a
close
political
ally
of
the
President
Elect
's
brother
,
Florida
Governor
Jeb
Bush
.

Mr.
Bush
says
he
will
step
down
Thursday
as
Governor
of
Texas	B	Texas	Texas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas	000	000
.

-DOCSTART- (chtb_267.eng
Xinhua	B	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
News	I	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
Agency	I	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
,
Beijing	B	Beijing	Beijing	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing	000	000
,
September
1st
,
by
reporter
Jingcai
Wu
The
Weir	B	Weir Group	Weir_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir_Group	000	000
Group	I	Weir Group	Weir_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir_Group	000	000
of
the
US	B	US	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
recently
signed
an
implementation
agreement
in
Beijing
with
Jiangsu	B	Jiangsu Province	Jiangsu	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu	000	000
Province	I	Jiangsu Province	Jiangsu	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu	000	000
's
Electric
Power
Department
to
build
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
's
first
large-capacity
power
plant
with
liquefied
natural
gas
as
fuel
.

Aixing
Dan
,
director
of
the
International
Co-operation
Department
of
the
Electric
Power
Industry
Ministry
,
on
this
matter
,
expressed
to
Xinhua
News
Agency
reporters
today
that
if
this
power
plant
is
successful
,
it
will
be
a
model
for
similar
plants
to
be
built
along
coastal
regions
.

Coal
,
water
,
oil
,
etc.
,
are
normally
used
for
traditional
electricity
generation
.

However
,
using
liquefied
natural
gas
as
fuel
for
joint
circulatory
electricity
generation
has
advantages
of
higher
power
generation
efficiency
and
lower
total
cost
,
is
beneficial
to
the
environment
,
etc.
.

According
to
presentations
,
with
this
type
of
electricity
generation
method
,
a
single
engine
with
liquefied
natural
gas
as
fuel
can
produce
waste
gas
with
temperatures
being
as
high
as
500
to
600
degrees
centigrade
.

This
gas
in
turn
can
heat
a
boiler
for
the
production
of
steam
to
turn
a
steam
turbine
which
generates
electricity
.

Because
of
the
efficiency
of
this
construction
method
,
the
electricity
generated
is
relatively
competitive
in
price
.

At
the
same
time
,
using
natural
gas
as
fuel
will
also
reduce
environmental
pollution
along
coastal
regions
.

The
Weir
Group
,
whose
headquarters
is
in
the
US
,
is
a
large
,
specialized
corporation
investing
in
the
area
of
electricity
generation
.

The
installed
capacity
of
electricity
it
has
invested
in
and
developed
globally
has
reached
15
million
kilowatts
.

Through
the
contact
of
the
Yizhong
Company
of
the
US
,
the
Weir
Group
and
the
Jiangsu
Electric
Power
Department
reached
an
initial
agreement
on
a
plan
to
build
a
joint
circulatory
electricity
generation
plant
.

This
power
plant
,
which
will
be
situated
in
Rudong	B	Rudong	Rudong_County	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudong_County	000	000
,
Jiangsu
,
has
an
annual
generation
capacity
of
2.4
million
kilowatts
.

The
investment
amount
is
2.4
billion
US
dollars
.

The
Chinese
side
holds
30
%
of
the
shares
while
the
Weir
Group
holds
70
%
.

According
to
the
agreement
,
the
Weir
Group
will
be
responsible
for
the
supply
of
natural
gas
from
the
international
market
for
use
by
the
power
plant
.

Renzu
Luo
,
managing
director
of
the
Weir
Group
,
is
optimistic
over
the
prospect
of
using
liquefied
natural
gas
as
fuel
for
electricity
generation
along
China
's
coastal
regions
.

He
holds
that
according
to
the
experience
of
Asian
energy
market
development
,
liquefied
natural
gas
has
become
the
main
material
of
clean
fuel
used
for
electricity
generation
.

When
the
gross
national
product
per
capita
reached
3000
US
dollars
in
Japan	B	Japan	Japan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan	000	000
,
South	B	South Korea	South_Korea	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea	000	000
Korea	I	South Korea	South_Korea	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea	000	000
and
Taiwan	B	Taiwan	Taiwan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan	000	000
,
etc.
,
environmental
protection
awareness
generally
rose
,
and
all
began
to
obviously
increase
usage
of
electricity
generated
by
liquefied
natural
gas
.

As
the
gross
national
product
in
China
's
coastal
regions
begins
to
approach
this
benchmark
,
it
can
be
said
to
have
had
the
conditions
for
electricity
generation
using
natural
gas
in
terms
of
financial
resources
.

John
Weir
,
president
of
the
Weir
Group
who
visited
China
with
US
Minister
Brown
and
signed
this
agreement
for
electricity
generation
plant
construction
in
Jiangsu
,
held
that
now
is
the
best
time
to
develop
a
project
of
joint
circulatory
electricity
generation
plant
with
natural
gas
as
fuel
in
China
.

Both
parties
,
the
US
and
China
,
will
invest
more
time
,
money
and
resources
to
make
this
power
plant
project
a
successful
model
.

(
End
)

-DOCSTART- (APW20001202.0257.0120
PHOENIX
(
AP
)
_
Boise
State
coach
Dirk
Koetter
,
who
just
a
day
earlier
was
reportedly
headed
for
Oklahoma
State
,
has
agreed
to
a
contract
to
coach
Arizona
State
.

Oklahoma
State
athletic
director
Terry
Don
Phillips
confirmed
Koetter
's
decision
in
a
news
release
issued
Friday
night
.

``
Coach
Koetter
informed
me
at
approximately
7
p.m.
(
CST
)
tonight
that
he
had
been
tendered
an
offer
from
Arizona
State
University
and
had
accepted
,
''
Phillips
said
.

Koetter
,
41
,
replaces
Bruce
Snyder
,
who
was
fired
after
nine
seasons
.

Snyder
will
coach
Arizona
State
in
a
bowl
game
,
most
likely
the
Las
Vegas
Bowl
.

The
Daily
Oklahoman
and
several
TV
and
radio
stations
in
Oklahoma
had
reported
Thursday
and
Friday
that
Koetter
had
accepted
the
Oklahoma
State
job
.

But
Phillips
never
confirmed
those
reports
,
and
Koetter
would
not
comment
on
any
job
possibilities
at
Boise
State
's
practice
Friday
.

Koetter
said
earlier
in
the
week
he
had
interviewed
with
Phillips
and
with
Arizona
State
athletic
director
Gene
Smith
.

Koetter
is
considered
one
of
the
country
's
top
young
coaching
prospects
.

Using
an
innovative
,
wide-open
offense
,
he
guided
Boise
State
to
a
25-10
record
in
three
seasons
.

His
first
team
went
6-5
,
followed
by
last
year
's
10-3
record
,
which
included
a
34-31
victory
over
Louisville
in
the
Humanitarian
Bowl
.

This
year
's
team
is
9-2
,
with
its
only
losses
38-31
at
Arkansas
and
42-25
at
Washington
State
.

Koetter
may
not
have
been
Arizona
State
's
top
choice
.

Phoenix
radio
station
KMVP
reported
Friday
that
Smith
had
quietly
been
working
on
a
deal
with
TCU
coach
Dennis
Franchione
that
would
have
matched
the
one
offered
by
Alabama
.

But
Franchione
apparently
could
n't
resist
the
lure
of
one
of
college
football
's
most
storied
programs
.

While
most
of
the
recent
speculation
centered
on
Koetter
,
there
was
pressure
from
some
Arizona
State
boosters
to
hire
Danny
White
,
the
former
Arizona
State
and
Dallas
Cowboys
quarterback
who
coaches
the
Arizona
Rattlers
of
the
Arena
Football
League
.

Snyder
was
fired
after
his
teams
went
6-6
last
year
and
6-5
this
season
.

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Stewart
Talbot
,
America	B	America	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
's
Assistant
Secretary
of
State
and
"
second
in
charge
"
at
the
State
Department
after
Madeleine	B	Madeleine Albright	Madeleine_Albright	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright	000	000
Albright	I	Madeleine Albright	Madeleine_Albright	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright	000	000
,
has
decided
to
resign
from
the
administration
to
head
one
of
the
departments
at
Yale	B	Yale University	Yale_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University	000	000
University	I	Yale University	Yale_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University	000	000
in
the
state
of
Connecticut
(
northeast
)
.

Richard	B	Richard Levin	Rick_Levin	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Levin	000	000
Levin	I	Richard Levin	Rick_Levin	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Levin	000	000
,
the
Chancellor
of
this
prestigious
university
,
said
Talbot
would
head
the
Globalization	B	Globalization Studies Center	Yale_Center_for_the_Study_of_Globalization	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Center_for_the_Study_of_Globalization	000	000
Studies	I	Globalization Studies Center	Yale_Center_for_the_Study_of_Globalization	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Center_for_the_Study_of_Globalization	000	000
Center	I	Globalization Studies Center	Yale_Center_for_the_Study_of_Globalization	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Center_for_the_Study_of_Globalization	000	000
as
of
next
July
and
would
also
teach
at
the
university
.

Talbot
is
the
second
top-ranking
American
diplomat
in
a
few
days
to
announce
his
intention
of
resigning
at
the
end
of
President
Bill
Clinton
's
second
term
next
January
20
.

The
special
envoy
to
the
Middle	B	Middle East	Middle_East	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East	000	000
East	I	Middle East	Middle_East	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East	000	000
,
Dennis
Ross
,
announced
last
week
that
he
intends
to
resign
from
his
post
,
for
personal
and
family
reasons
,
once
the
current
administration
's
term
comes
to
an
end
.

Talbot
,
a
Yale
graduate
and
former
correspondent
with
Time	B	Time magazine	Time_(magazine)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)	000	000
magazine	I	Time magazine	Time_(magazine)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)	000	000
,
was
appointed
assistant
to
the
Secretary
of
State
in
1994
after
acting
as
roving
ambassador
and
special
advisor
on
former
Soviet
Union
Affairs
.

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)
-
A
Japanese
official
announced
today
Wednesday
that
Japan
and
Russia	B	Russia	Russia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia	000	000
are
to
hold
a
summit
before
the
end
of
the
current
year
in
an
attempt
to
find
a
solution
to
their
dispute
about
the
Coral
Islands
,
which
has
hindered
the
signing
of
a
peace
treaty
between
the
two
countries
since
the
end
of
World
War
II
.

The
decision
to
hold
the
summit
was
made
during
the
meeting
between
Russian
President
Vladimir
Putin
and
Japanese
Prime
Minister
Yoshiro
Mori
on
the
periphery
of
the
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
forum
in
Brunei	B	Brunei	Brunei	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei	000	000
.

The
Japanese
official
said
that
those
responsible
had
"
agreed
to
meet
at
Irkotsik	B	Irkotsik	Irkutsk	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkutsk	000	000
(
east
Russia
)
before
the
end
of
the
year
.

In
1997
,
Russian
President
Boris
Yeltsin
and
Japanese
Prime
Minister
Riotaro
Hashimoto
agreed
to
sign
the
peace
treaty
before
the
end
of
2000
,
but
negotiations
have
not
progressed
much
since
then
.

Russia
and
Japan
have
been
unable
to
sign
a
peace
agreement
since
1945
because
of
their
dispute
concerning
four
of
the
Coral
islands
located
between
Russia
and
Japan
and
which
were
invaded
by
Russian
forces
in
the
last
few
days
of
World
War
II
.

Putin
visited
Japan
last
September
but
the
visit
did
not
produce
any
result
on
the
issue
of
the
islands
.

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PARK	I	GROSSE POINTE PARK	Grosse_Pointe_Park,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Pointe_Park,_Michigan	000	000
,
Mich.	B	Mich.	Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan	000	000
_
It
is
deer
hunting
season
in
Michigan
,
and
hunters
who
climb
trees
with
loaded
shotguns
have
state
officials
redoubling
safety
education
efforts
.

Two
men
have
been
killed
,
and
a
third
has
been
injured
since
the
hunting
season
opened
on
Nov.
15
.

All
three
accidents
involved
shotguns
,
elevated
platforms
and
a
practice
relatively
new
to
Michigan
hunters
_
shooting
at
deer
from
trees
.

The
Michigan
season
,
one
of
the
busiest
,
continues
through
Nov.
30
.

Firearm
hunting
from
elevated
platforms
has
long
been
legal
in
other
states
with
heavy
hunting
,
like
New	B	New York	New_York	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York	000	000
and
Pennsylvania	B	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania	000	000
.

But
the
practice
is
only
in
its
third
season
in
Michigan
,
and
officials
say
it
appears
that
hunters
still
have
a
lot
to
learn
about
safety
.

Lt.
Suzanne
Koppelo
,
hunter
safety
administrator
of
the
law
enforcement
division
of
the
Michigan
Department	B	Department of Natural Resources	Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	000	000
of	I	Department of Natural Resources	Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	000	000
Natural	I	Department of Natural Resources	Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	000	000
Resources	I	Department of Natural Resources	Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Natural_Resources	000	000
&UR;
,
&LR;
said
that
since
firearm
platform
hunting
began
in
Michigan
there
had
been
seven
shooting
accidents
linked
to
the
practice
.

Three
were
fatal
.

Two
hunters
shot
themselves
on
platforms
and
another
was
killed
on
the
ground
by
a
hunter
shooting
from
a
platform
.

``
If
hunters
exercised
the
kind
of
caution
one
would
expect
at
heights
of
20-some
feet
,
it
would
be
almost
a
nonissue
,
''
said
Koppelo
.

``
But
given
human
nature
,
that
's
not
the
case
.
''

More
than
750,000
licensed
hunters
are
taking
to
the
Michigan
woods
this
year
,
where
they
are
expected
to
kill
about
500,000
of
the
state
's
1.9
million
deer
.

The
numbers
reinforce
the
need
to
improve
education
about
platform
hunting
with
firearms
,
Koppelo
said
.

The
practice
is
more
commonly
associated
with
hunters
using
bows
and
arrows
.

Instead
of
hiding
on
the
ground
or
walking
through
the
woods
,
they
wait
quietly
,
typically
at
a
height
of
15
to
20
feet
,
and
fire
down
at
deer
that
wander
below
.

Despite
the
hunter
killed
from
the
platform
,
Sgt.
Larry
D.
Sargent
,
hunter
education
field
coordinator
for
the
law
enforcement
division
,
says
the
practice
does
offer
one
safety
advantage
:
errant
shots
typically
thump
harmlessly
to
the
ground
,
rather
than
whistling
through
the
woods
and
striking
other
people
.

The
problems
primarily
arise
when
hunters
get
in
and
out
of
position
.

``
It
's
kind
of
hard
climbing
a
tree
with
a
gun
,
''
Rob
Williams
said
,
as
he
and
a
hunting
partner
,
Art
Bush
,
waited
on
a
recent
morning
in
a
conventional
earthbound
hunting
blind
about
20
miles
west
of
Detroit	B	Detroit	Detroit	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit	000	000
.

For
Williams
,
Rule
No.
1
is
not
to
climb
a
tree
with
a
loaded
gun
.

He
says
that
when
he
hunts
from
a
platform
he
climbs
up
with
a
rope
dangling
from
his
belt
to
his
gun
,
which
he
leaves
unloaded
on
the
ground
.

When
he
is
secure
in
his
stand
,
he
pulls
his
gun
up
after
him
and
loads
it
.

Sargent
says
this
is
proper
procedure
.

One
accident
this
year
,
however
,
illustrates
the
importance
of
following
each
step
of
the
safety
procedures
.

A
16-year-old
hunter
used
a
haul
line
,
but
it
was
tied
to
the
trigger
guard
and
he
left
the
gun
loaded
,
Koppelo
said
.

The
teen-ager
's
gun
went
off
and
he
was
shot
in
the
foot
.

Others
are
hurt
falling
out
of
trees
.

Koppelo
said
that
state
officials
were
trying
to
keep
count
of
these
injuries
but
that
it
was
difficult
,
since
they
relied
on
hunters
reporting
minor
accidents
.

``
A
lot
of
guys
are
embarrassed
,
''
Sargent
said
.

``
They
'll
say
they
fell
working
in
the
yard
or
something
.
''

Others
,
Koppelo
says
,
do
not
want
to
report
accidents
for
fear
the
law
will
be
changed
.

And
she
adds
that
though
anecdotal
reports
show
Michigan
's
large
hunting
population
to
be
taking
slowly
to
firearm
deer
hunting
from
platforms
,
most
expect
the
practice
to
catch
on
as
it
has
in
other
states
.

As
Peter
Thompson
,
a
16-year-old
hunter
,
said
,
``
Usually
the
deer
do
n't
look
up
.
''

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_
After
three
defeats
in
the
House
of
Lords
,
Britain
's
Labor
government
resorted
to
rarely
used
powers
Thursday
to
pass
legislation
lowering
the
age
of
consent
for
homosexuals
from
18
to
16
.

House
of
Commons
speaker
Michael
Martin
said
he
was
invoking
the
Parliament
Act
to
force
through
a
Sexual
Offenses
Bill
that
makes
the
age
of
consent
the
same
for
both
homosexuals
and
heterosexuals
.

It
became
law
after
being
given
Royal
Assent
by
Queen
Elizabeth
II
.

Lawmakers
in
the
House
of
Commons
overwhelmingly
approved
the
bill
earlier
this
year
,
but
the
House
of
Lords
this
month
rejected
it
for
the
third
time
.

The
Lords
'
powers
,
however
,
are
limited
to
delaying
legislation
by
blocking
it
and
bouncing
it
back
to
the
House
of
Commons
.

The
Parliament
Act
was
created
to
ensure
that
the
will
of
the
country
's
elected
lawmakers
prevails
.

The
bill
brings
Britain
in
line
with
most
other
European
Union
nations
.

``
It
is
a
reform
which
,
in
my
personal
view
,
is
long
overdue
and
is
only
right
for
a
country
that
has
a
history
of
reform
and
challenging
prejudice
,
''
said
Home
Secretary
Jack
Straw
,
Britain
's
top
law
enforcement
officer
.

``
This
act
will
help
us
to
build
a
safe
,
just
and
tolerant
society
,
''
he
added
.

Angela
Mason
,
director
of
the
gay
rights
group
Stonewall
,
said
Parliament
's
action
was
``
a
great
step
toward
equality
.
''

``
When
the
history
books
come
to
be
written
I
believe
it
will
be
seen
as
the
moment
when
this
country
finally
began
to
change
,
when
lesbians
and
gay
men
started
to
take
our
place
as
equal
members
of
society
,
''
she
said
.

Peter
Tatchell
,
of
the
group
OutRage
!

,
said
:
``
This
victory
is
a
welcome
and
historic
milestone
in
the
long
struggle
for
gay
human
rights
.
''

``
My
only
regret
is
that
it
has
taken
33
years
during
which
time
hundreds
of
gay
men
have
been
unjustly
jailed
for
victimless
relationships
.
''

However
,
family
values
campaigner
and
Conservative
ex-Leader
of
the
Lords
Baroness
Young
accused
the
government
of
behaving
in
a
``
completely
dictatorial
manner
''
toward
Parliament
.

Straw
dismissed
the
criticism
.

``
In
the
circumstances
I
believe
that
the
use
of
the
Parliament
Act
in
this
case
is
proper
and
justified
,
''
he
said
.

Five
years
ago
,
Parliament
narrowly
rejected
lowering
the
age
of
consent
for
homosexuals
to
16
,
reducing
it
instead
from
21
to
18
.

Homosexual
sex
between
adults
ceased
to
be
a
crime
in
Britain
three
decades
ago
.

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_
For
most
of
this
year
,
Asia	B	Asia	Asia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia	000	000
's
economies
have
performed
a
sort
of
levitating
act
_
growing
by
double-digit
rates
month
after
month
even
as
economists
predicted
they
would
fall
to
earth
.

That
dichotomy
was
on
vivid
display
here
Friday
:
Hong
Kong
reported
that
its
economic
output
surged
10.4
percent
in
the
third
quarter
,
and
it
raised
its
projection
for
full-year
growth
to
10
percent
from
8.5
percent
.

Yet
a
block
away
,
the
International	B	International Monetary Fund	International_Monetary_Fund	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund	000	000
Monetary	I	International Monetary Fund	International_Monetary_Fund	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund	000	000
Fund	I	International Monetary Fund	International_Monetary_Fund	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund	000	000
warned
in
a
news
conference
that
Asian
economies
could
be
hit
hard
by
soaring
oil
prices
and
turmoil
in
the
financial
markets
.

The
IMF
said
a
$
5
increase
in
the
price
of
a
barrel
of
oil
could
slow
the
growth
rates
of
Asian
countries
next
year
.

``
The
prospects
for
growth
in
2001
have
weakened
,
''
said
David
Robinson
,
assistant
director
of
research
at
the
fund
.

``
There
has
also
been
increased
political
instability
across
the
world
,
not
least
in
Asia
.
''

Several
Asian
countries
_
notably
the
Philippines	B	Philippines	Philippines	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines	000	000
,
Taiwan	B	Taiwan	Taiwan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan	000	000
,
and
Indonesia	B	Indonesia	Indonesia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia	000	000
_
have
been
gripped
by
political
tumult
in
recent
weeks
.

The
Philippines
president
,
Joseph
Estrada
,
was
impeached
last
week
,
while
Chen	B	Chen Shui-bian	Chen_Shui-bian	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian	000	000
Shui-bian	I	Chen Shui-bian	Chen_Shui-bian	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian	000	000
,
the
president
of
Taiwan
,
is
trying
to
fend
off
a
recall
vote
.

Even
in
more
stable
countries
,
like
Malaysia	B	Malaysia	Malaysia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia	000	000
and
South	B	South Korea	South_Korea	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea	000	000
Korea	I	South Korea	South_Korea	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea	000	000
,
Robinson
said
the
Fund
was
concerned
by
the
haphazard
pace
of
economic
reforms
.

In
many
countries
,
the
banks
and
corporations
remain
financially
shaky
.

``
We
're
still
seeing
chaebols
in
deep
trouble
,
''
he
said
,
referring
to
Korea
's
heavily
indebted
conglomerates
.

But
Robinson
acknowledged
that
these
weaknesses
had
not
yet
been
reflected
in
the
economic
performance
of
the
countries
.

On
Tuesday
,
South
Korea
reported
a
9.2
percent
increase
in
its
third-quarter
output
_
beating
the
estimates
of
most
analysts
and
extending
a
string
of
powerful
quarters
.

Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
and
Singapore	B	Singapore	Singapore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore	000	000
have
also
beaten
expectations
,
while
Hong
Kong
's
growth
rate
was
nearly
three
percentage
points
above
a
median
forecast
of
12
economists
surveyed
by
Bloomberg	B	Bloomberg News	Bloomberg_News	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News	000	000
News	I	Bloomberg News	Bloomberg_News	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News	000	000
.

Like
other
Asian
economies
,
Hong
Kong
has
been
buoyed
by
an
unquenchable
appetite
for
its
exports
,
principally
in
the
United	B	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
States	I	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
.

Exports
surged
17.7
percent
in
the
third
quarter
.

Hong
Kong
has
done
a
particularly
booming
business
in
repackaging
and
shipping
goods
from
mainland
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
.

Consumer
spending
rose
by
a
much
less
impressive
5.6
percent
,
as
retail
sales
slackened
from
the
second
quarter
.

And
consumer
prices
fell
2
percent
,
extending
a
decline
that
began
during
the
crisis
.

Ian
Perkin
,
chief
economist
at
the
Hong	B	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	000	000
Kong	I	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	000	000
General	I	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	000	000
Chamber	I	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	000	000
of	I	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	000	000
Commerce	I	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce	000	000
said
the
double-digit
growth
in
Hong
Kong
and
other
Asian
countries
masked
their
underlying
condition
.

While
the
region
's
growth
in
exports
has
been
torrid
,
domestic
demand
has
remained
tenuous
.

``
We
have
n't
built
up
our
domestic
economies
yet
,
''
he
said
.

``
The
recovery
has
relied
almost
completely
on
export
growth
.

``
If
consumer
spending
slows
down
in
the
States
,
it
will
have
a
devastating
effect
on
Asia
,
''
said
Perkin
.

``
2001
could
be
a
crunch
year
.
''

Robinson
of
the
IMF
was
similarly
wary
about
next
year
.

In
October
,
the
IMF
projected
that
the
world
economy
would
grow
4.2
percent
in
2001
,
while
Asia
as
a
region
would
grow
6.6
percent
.

On
Friday
,
Robinson
said
the
growth
rate
could
be
lower
,
though
he
would
not
say
by
how
much
.

A
principal
culprit
of
possibly
slower
growth
is
the
dependence
of
many
Asian
countries
on
imported
oil
.

Oil
prices
have
risen
$
5
per
barrel
since
the
IMF
issued
its
semi-annual
economic
outlook
in
October
.

Asia
has
little
control
over
oil
,
but
Robinson
said
the
region
could
improve
its
economic
prospects
by
calming
its
political
waters
.

One
bright
spot
in
the
Asian
landscape
is
China
,
which
is
on
track
to
record
8
percent
growth
in
2000
.

Robinson
said
the
main
question
facing
Chinese
leaders
was
whether
they
need
to
spend
billions
of
dollars
in
public
funds
to
further
stimulate
an
economy
that
was
already
expanding
.

Like
Perkin
,
Robinson
said
Asia
's
future
depended
in
large
part
on
the
health
of
the
United
States
.

But
he
disputed
those
who
predict
dramatically
slowing
growth
_
the
so-called
hard
landing
_
for
the
American
economy
.

``
The
chances
of
that
happening
are
less
than
40
percent
,
''
he
said
,
``
substantially
less
.
''

-DOCSTART- (APW20001022.1735.0376
ROME
,
Italy
(
AP
)
_
A
little
mountain
village
in
northern
Italy
buried
five
victims
of
last
week
's
devastating
high
water
and
mudslides
on
Sunday
,
the
day
a
state
of
emergency
finally
ran
out
.

Floodwaters
throughout
the
region
,
including
the
raging
Po
River
,
have
ebbed
,
emptying
into
the
Adriatic
and
revealing
a
rising
toll
of
damage
.

Some
roads
and
bridges
are
still
closed
and
could
remain
so
for
some
time
,
officials
say
.

The
death
toll
from
the
raging
floodwaters
and
fearsome
mudslides
reached
37
combined
for
the
Alpine
region
of
northern
Italy
and
southern
Switzerland
.

Eighteen
of
those
were
from
the
Valle
d'Aosta
in
the
Italian
Alps
.

At
the
church
of
San
Maurizio
in
Fenis
,
a
mountain
hamlet
near
the
city
of
Aosta
,
villagers
paid
their
final
respects
to
five
local
victims
.

Among
them
,
double
losses
for
two
families
_
a
father
and
son
in
one
,
a
mother
and
daughter
in
another
.

Amid
the
grief
in
communities
throughout
the
stricken
area
,
life
was
slowly
returning
to
something
resembling
normal
.

But
thousands
were
still
unable
to
go
back
to
their
drenched
or
damaged
homes
and
a
huge
task
of
rebuilding
lay
ahead
.

Authorities
estimate
the
damage
in
the
hundreds
of
million
of
dollars
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0030.eng
Gaza	B	Gaza	Gaza	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza	000	000
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
A
Palestinian
medical
source
reported
today
Wednesday
that
more
than
fifteen
Palestinians
were
injured
this
morning
in
the
town
of
Rafah
in
the
southern
Gaza
Strip
in
clashes
with
the
Israeli
army
.

Medical
sources
said
"
at
least
15
Palestinians
were
injured
by
live
bullets
fired
by
Israeli
soldiers
,
including
six
children
all
shot
in
the
head
.
"

Eyewitnesses
said
the
clashes
broke
out
when
the
Israeli
army
began
bulldozing
Palestinian
land
near
the
border
with
Egypt	B	Egypt	Egypt	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt	000	000
and
opened
fire
randomly
on
Palestinian
citizens
when
they
threw
stones
at
the
soldiers
in
protest
.

An
Israeli
tank
also
fired
a
rocket
.

Elsewhere
,
Israeli
bulldozers
dug
up
dozens
of
hectares
of
Palestinian
farmland
near
the
village
of
Alkarara
(
near
the
Kosovim
checkpoint
)
last
night
for
the
second
day
in
a
row
,
destroying
two
houses
and
a
well
,
where
the
army
erected
a
new
military
camp
instead
.

The
town
's
authorities
said
last
night
the
Israeli
army
dug
up
several
hectares
planted
with
orange
trees
in
southern
Gaza
(
Nitsarim	B	Nitsarim	Netzarim_(settlement)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netzarim_(settlement)	000	000
)
.

The
bulldozing
of
land
began
the
night
before
last
when
an
Israeli
soldier
was
killed
in
a
shooting
incident
in
the
area
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0184.eng
Jerusalem	B	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem	000	000
11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
Official
Israeli
radio
reported
that
the
lesser
security
cabinet
which
met
this
evening
Wednesday
has
made
a
series
of
practical
decisions
pointing
to
its
desire
to
avoid
confrontations
with
the
Palestinians
.

The
radio
reported
"
senior
political
officials
"
as
saying
at
the
close
of
the
security
cabinet
's
meeting
,
chaired
by
Prime
Minister
Ehud
Barak
,
that
the
army
would
continue
with
the
procedure
it
has
followed
over
the
past
days
and
that
there
would
be
no
escalation
.

Military
officials
who
also
attended
the
meeting
that
Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
"
wants
to
drag
Israel
into
an
escalation
which
would
lead
to
international
intervention
.
"

The
head
of
the
prime
minister
's
office
,
Jalaad
Shir
,
had
previously
said
on
official
television
that
"
a
compromise
must
be
found
between
a
studied
response
not
leading
to
escalation
and
the
need
to
pave
the
way
for
political
openness
,
on
the
condition
that
the
Palestinians
resolutely
stop
the
violence
and
incitement
to
violence
.
"

Shir
added
"
only
then
will
it
be
possible
to
think
about
resuming
the
political
process
and
on
what
basis
.
"

The
security
cabinet
was
convened
to
a
session
with
the
aim
of
examining
new
measures
to
deal
with
the
escalation
in
attacks
against
Israelis
in
the
West
Bank
and
Gaza
Strip
.

Last
week
,
Barak
gave
his
consent
,
for
the
first
time
since
the
Intifada
began
,
to
elimination
of
Hussein
Abiyat
the
military
leader
of
Fatah
movement
led
by
Arafat
killed
when
a
missile
fired
from
a
combat
helicopter
targeted
his
car
.

Israeli
security
forces
arrested
15
Fatah
officials
in
the
West	B	West Bank	West_Bank	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank	000	000
Bank	I	West Bank	West_Bank	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank	000	000
on
the
night
of
Tuesday
to
Wednesday
.

In
his
statement
,
Barak
praised
this
operation
and
the
elimination
of
Abiyat
,
stressing
that
this
policy
would
continue
.

He
said
"
the
long
arm
of
our
forces
will
reach
those
who
attack
our
civilians
and
soldiers
.
"

-DOCSTART- (APW20001225.2035.0477
WASHINGTON
(
AP
)
_
All
else
being
equal
,
Duane
Roelands
would
prefer
to
dash
off
short
instant
text
messages
to
co-workers
and
friends
with
the
service
offered
by
Microsoft
_
the
one
he
finds
easiest
to
use
.

But
for
Roelands
,
all
else
is
not
equal
:
His
office
,
clients
and
nearly
everyone
else
he
knows
use
America
Online
's
messaging
system
.

Now
,
he
does
too
.

``
There
are
features
that
I
want
and
I
like
,
''
said
Roelands
,
a
Web
developer
,
who
likens
it
to
the
battle
between
VHS
and
Beta
video
recorders
in
the
1980s
.

``
But
the
reality
is
if
I
use
the
better
product
,
I
get
less
functionality
.
''

For
this
reason
,
instant
messaging
rivals
like
Microsoft
,
AT&T
and
ExciteAtHome
maintain
their
users
ought
to
be
able
to
send
messages
to
anyone
else
,
regardless
of
what
service
they
happen
to
have
.

That
's
not
currently
possible
.

The
companies
are
lobbying
the
Federal
Communications
Commission
to
require
AOL
to
make
its
product
compatible
with
those
offered
by
competitors
as
a
condition
of
its
merger
with
Time
Warner
.

So
far
,
the
agency
appears
to
favor
a
more
tailored
approach
.

The
commission
's
staff
has
recommended
that
AOL
be
required
to
make
its
system
work
with
at
least
one
other
provider
,
but
the
requirement
would
apply
only
to
advanced
instant
messaging
services
offered
over
Time
Warner
's
cable
lines
.

How
the
agency
defines
advanced
services
is
unclear
.

They
could
refer
to
features
beyond
text
messaging
,
such
as
video
teleconferencing
,
the
sharing
of
files
or
messaging
over
interactive
television
.

Today
,
consumers
more
commonly
take
advantage
of
the
garden
variety
functions
.

They
type
short
real-time
phrases
to
others
,
allowing
them
to
``
chat
''
back-and-forth
using
text
.

Unlike
e-mail
,
it
's
instantaneous
and
gets
the
recipient
's
attention
right
away
.

People
can
communicate
with
international
friends
without
the
hefty
phone
bills
.

And
the
service
has
taken
hold
with
those
who
have
hearing
or
speech
disabilities
.

Unlike
the
telephone
,
people
can
discreetly
interact
with
others
_
or
decide
not
to
.

``
It
's
communications
that
can
be
ignored
,
''
said
Jonathan
Sacks
,
a
vice
president
at
AOL
,
which
runs
the
two
leading
messaging
services
_
ICQ
and
AIM
_
with
140
million
users
.

``
On
the
telephone
,
you
ca
n't
see
when
somebody
is
near
the
phone
.

You
ca
n't
see
when
it
's
convenient
for
them
to
communicate
with
you
.
''

AOL
rivals
say
that
if
instant
messaging
is
to
be
as
ubiquitous
as
the
phone
network
,
it
has
to
work
the
same
way
:
People
who
use
different
providers
must
still
be
able
to
contact
one
another
.

They
continue
to
lobby
the
FCC
,
hoping
to
see
the
conditions
broadened
before
the
agency
issues
its
final
decision
.

``
It
's
really
important
to
get
this
right
before
innovation
is
squashed
because
one
company
has
a
monopoly
,
''
said
Jon
Englund
,
vice
president
of
government
affairs
for
ExciteAtHome
.

``
It
's
absolutely
critical
that
Internet
uses
have
real
choice
among
competing
platforms
.
''

AOL
has
said
it
wants
to
work
toward
interoperability
,
but
first
needs
to
protect
consumer
privacy
and
security
to
prevent
the
kinds
of
problems
that
have
emerged
in
the
e-mail
world
,
like
spamming
_
unwanted
junk
messages
.

Company
officials
disagreed
that
AOL
's
market
share
was
keeping
out
competitors
.

AOL
executives
cited
a
recent
study
by
Media
Metrix
indicating
that
the
messaging
services
offered
by
Yahoo!
and
Microsoft
are
the
fastest
growing
in
the
United
States
.

Why
all
the
fuss
over
a
free
product
that
anyone
,
even
those
who
do
n't
subscribe
to
AOL
,
can
use
?

Some
pointed
to
the
recent
demise
of
two
instant
messaging
competitors
_
iCAST
and
Tribal
Voice
_
as
evidence
that
AOL
's
dominance
could
prevent
choices
in
the
market
.

Another
concern
is
that
AOL
could
use
its
substantial
customer
base
to
tack
on
new
advanced
services
and
then
charge
for
them
.

Rivals
said
the
ability
of
various
services
to
work
together
will
become
increasingly
important
in
the
future
.

For
example
,
as
instant
messaging
migrates
to
cell
phones
or
hand-held
computer
organizers
,
consumers
wo
n't
want
to
have
to
install
multiple
services
on
these
devices
,
said
Brian
Park
,
senior
product
for
Yahoo!
Communications
Services
.

``
You
can
have
the
best
service
and
the
coolest
features
,
but
nobody
is
going
to
use
it
if
it
does
n't
communicate
with
other
services
,
''
Park
said
.

___
On
the
Net
:
America
Online
corporate
site
:
http://corp.aol.com
IMUnified
,
coalition
formed
by
AT&T
,
ExciteAtHome
,
Microsoft
:
http://www.imunified.org/

-DOCSTART- (NYT20001101.2212.0429
MERGER
&QL;
By
ALEX
BERENSON
&QC;
&LR;
&QL;
&UR;
c.
2000
N.Y.
Times
News
Service
&QC;
&LR;
&QL;
&UR;
&LR;
Back
in
January
,
when
Internet
stocks
were
hot
,
America
Online
agreed
to
buy
Time
Warner
with
AOL
stock
.

The
deal
,
if
approved
by
regulators
,
would
leave
AOL
shareholders
with
55
percent
of
the
merged
company
,
even
though
Time
Warner
's
revenue
and
cash
flow
are
far
greater
.

Since
then
,
AOL
's
stock
has
fallen
by
almost
a
third
,
destroying
most
of
the
premium
the
company
had
offered
for
control
of
Time	B	Time Warner	Time_Warner	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner	000	000
Warner	I	Time Warner	Time_Warner	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner	000	000
.

So
a
Time
Warner
shareholder
might
conclude
that
America
Online
's
chairman
,
Stephen
Case
,
had
bamboozled
his
Time
Warner
counterpart
,
Gerald
Levin
,
into
taking
AOL
's
shares
at
the
worst
possible
time
.

``
Short
term
,
anyone
objective
would
say
probably
Steve
got
the
better
part
of
the
deal
,
''
said
Larry
Haverty
,
a
senior
vice
president
at
State	B	State Street Research	State_Street_Corporation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Corporation	000	000
Street	I	State Street Research	State_Street_Corporation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Corporation	000	000
Research	I	State Street Research	State_Street_Corporation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Corporation	000	000
in
Boston	B	Boston	Boston	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston	000	000
and
a
longtime
media
investor
.

But
Haverty
,
like
many
other
Time
Warner
shareholders
and
industry
analysts
,
hardly
cares
.

With
the
merger
likely
to
be
completed
later
this
month
,
he
predicts
that
the
merged
company
will
grow
quickly
by
combining
AOL
's
marketing
skills
and
captive
base
of
online
users
with
Time
Warner
's
huge
library
of
films
,
magazines
and
the
like
and
its
relationships
with
major
advertisers
.

``
The
deal
strategically
and
financially
makes
all
the
sense
in
the
world
,
''
Haverty
said
.

``
Five
years
out
,
if
you
're
a
shareholder
in
this
company
,
you
're
going
to
be
a
happy
camper
.
''

That
view
is
widely
shared
.

``
Strategically
,
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense
,
''
said
Tom
Wolzien
of
Sanford	B	Sanford C. Bernstein	Sanford_Bernstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Bernstein	000	000
C.	I	Sanford C. Bernstein	Sanford_Bernstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Bernstein	000	000
Bernstein	I	Sanford C. Bernstein	Sanford_Bernstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Bernstein	000	000
.

``
These
companies
fill
the
holes
of
the
other
one
.

They
're
subscription-advertising
combo
models
.

The
reality
is
the
pieces
are
very
compatible
.
''

To
be
sure
,
the
recent
history
of
big
media
mergers
is
hardly
comforting
for
shareholders
in
either
AOL
or
Time
Warner
.

Disney	B	Disney	The_Walt_Disney_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company	000	000
stumbled
badly
after
it
bought
Capital	B	Capital Cities/ABC	Capital_Cities_Communications	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Cities_Communications	000	000
Cities/ABC	I	Capital Cities/ABC	Capital_Cities_Communications	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Cities_Communications	000	000
in
1996
,
and
Time
Warner
stagnated
for
five
years
after
it
was
created
in
1990
by
the
merger
of
Time	B	Time	Time_Inc.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Inc.	000	000
and
Warner	B	Warner	Warner_Communications	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Communications	000	000
.

``
Huge
deals
are
really
hard
to
do
and
create
a
lot
of
uncertainty
,
''
said
Roger	B	Roger McNamee	Roger_McNamee	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_McNamee	000	000
McNamee	I	Roger McNamee	Roger_McNamee	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_McNamee	000	000
of
Integral
Capital
,
which
sold
its
404,000
AOL
shares
the
day
the
merger
was
announced
.

But
if
the
merged
company
can
overcome
that
hurdle
,
it
will
have
big
advantages
over
Disney
and
other
traditional
media
companies
,
which
are
still
struggling
to
figure
out
how
they
can
profit
from
the
Internet
,
said
Jessica
Reif
of
Merrill	B	Merrill Lynch	Merrill_Lynch	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Lynch	000	000
Lynch	I	Merrill Lynch	Merrill_Lynch	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Lynch	000	000
.

``
Given
the
multiple
distribution
platforms
that
they
have
,
it
's
obviously
a
very
powerful
consumer
engine
,
''
Reif
said
.

``
There
's
a
reason
that
you
see
Disney
and
to
a
lesser
extent
NBC	B	NBC	NBC	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC	000	000
screaming
in
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
.
''

John
Schreiber
,
an
assistant
portfolio
manager
at
Janus	B	Janus Capital	Janus_Capital_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Capital_Group	000	000
Capital	I	Janus Capital	Janus_Capital_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Capital_Group	000	000
,
the
mutual
fund
company
that
is
Time
Warner
's
largest
shareholder
,
with
more
than
120
million
shares
,
said
the
companies
had
already
begun
to
demonstrate
how
they
would
work
together
.

For
example
,
AOL
has
pitched
Time
Warner
's
magazines
to
its
users
,
resulting
in
hundreds
of
thousands
of
new
subscriptions
.

And
the
companies
are
trying
to
sell
big
advertisers
on
deals
that
will
reach
both
America
Online
users
and
the
people
who
watch
Time
Warner
cable
channels
and
read
its
magazines
,
Schreiber
said
.

``
Once
the
merger
closes
,
I
think
you
'll
see
some
very
powerful
cross-promotional
deals
across
all
of
Time
Warner
's
advertisers
,
''
he
said
.

Schreiber
also
says
the
risk
of
cultural
clashes
between
the
companies
is
limited
,
because
the
companies
disclosed
publicly
where
top
executives
would
stand
in
the
combined
company
only
a
few
weeks
after
the
merger
was
announced
.

So
people
who
feel
their
responsibilities
have
been
diminished
have
had
months
to
look
for
new
jobs
,
and
some
have
already
left
,
he
said
.

Given
the
strength
he
sees
in
the
combined
company
,
Schreiber
said
the
question
of
whether
Levin
could
have
negotiated
a
better
deal
with
America
Online
is
moot
.

Shares
in
cable
companies
like
Comcast	B	Comcast	Comcast	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast	000	000
have
fallen
15
percent
or
more
this
year
,
while
big
media
companies
have
been
flat
or
up
slightly
.

So
``
it
's
not
as
if
Time
Warner
shareholders
have
lost
out
on
a
great
deal
of
upside
,
''
Schreiber
said
.

-DOCSTART- (20000715_AFP_ARB.0072.eng
Jerusalem	B	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem	000	000
7-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
A
high
level
Israeli
army
official
has
said
today
Saturday
that
Israel
believes
Iran	B	Iran	Iran	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran	000	000
is
set
to
begin
acquiring
nuclear
capability
for
military
purposes
from
2005
and
will
be
in
a
position
to
equip
missiles
with
nuclear
warheads
,
capable
of
reaching
Israel
,
within
ten
years
.

The
official
,
who
wished
to
remain
anonymous
,
told
journalists
:
"
Iran
will
start
accumulating
nuclear
capability
for
military
purposes
from
2005
and
will
be
in
a
position
,
within
the
space
of
10
years
,
to
produce
nuclear
warheads
that
can
be
fitted
to
missiles
capable
of
striking
Israel
.
"

The
official
made
these
statements
after
Tehran
announced
today
Saturday
that
it
had
"
successfully
"
completed
a
new
test
on
the
Shahab
3
ground-ground
missile
with
a
range
of
1300
kilometers
.

The
official
further
said
:
"
Iran
is
not
capable
of
developing
a
nuclear
program
without
Moscow	B	Moscow	Moscow	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow	000	000
's
help
.
"

He
said
that
according
to
information
obtained
by
Israel
,
tests
on
the
Shahab
3
ground-ground
missile
were
in
fact
"
successful
and
reached
their
maximum
range
of
1300
kilometers
which
allows
them
to
reach
strategic
centers
in
Israel
.
"

The
official
said
that
the
design
of
the
Shahab
missile
is
based
on
a
North
Korean
missile
called
Nodong
,
itself
developed
from
the
Soviet
Scud
missile
.

The
official
also
stressed
that
Iran
regards
the
"
destruction
of
Israel
as
legitimate
,
"
saying
that
"
Tehran
is
embroiled
in
strategic
terrorist
activities
targeting
Israel
,
especially
alongside
Palestinian
and
Lebanese
organizations
.
"

The
official
further
considered
that
"
the
Shahab
missile
will
not
come
into
operation
for
two
years
and
that
an
improved
range
of
2000
kilometers
would
only
be
achieved
after
this
period
.
"

Israel
's
Deputy
Defense
Minister
,
Ephraim
Sneh
,
said
today
Saturday
that
Israel
would
"
know
how
to
find
a
suitable
response
"
to
the
Iranian
Shahab
3
ground-ground
missile
with
a
1300
kilometer
range
.

Sneh
said
on
army
radio
that
"
Israel
will
prepare
itself
to
find
a
suitable
response
to
this
threat
,
"
without
giving
any
further
details
.

The
Iranian
army
announced
today
Saturday
that
it
had
"
successfully
"
completed
a
new
test
on
Shahab
3
ground-ground
missiles
.

An
official
at
the
Iranian
Ministry	B	Ministry of Defense	Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)	000	000
of	I	Ministry of Defense	Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)	000	000
Defense	I	Ministry of Defense	Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)	000	000
told
Tehran
Radio
that
the
"
Shahab
3
defense
missile
was
tested
a
second
time
to
ensure
it
conforms
to
international
standards
.
"

In
July
1998
,
the
first
test
on
this
missile
was
announced
.

It
is
capable
of
reaching
the
majority
of
countries
in
the
region
,
including
Israel
.

-DOCSTART- (APW20001127.1346.0419
ARLINGTON
,
Texas
(
AP
)
_
One
of
baseball
's
biggest
free-agent
prizes
,
Alex
Rodriguez
is
getting
red-carpet
treatment
from
the
Texas
Rangers
.

And
even
the
Dallas
Stars
are
lending
a
hand
in
trying
to
win
over
the
All-Star
shortstop
.

Rodriguez
and
agent
Scott
Boras
were
expected
to
meet
Monday
with
Rangers
owner
Tom
Hicks
.

He
will
be
joined
by
general
manager
Doug
Melvin
,
manager
Johnny
Oates
and
several
players
.

The
team
's
bid
for
Rodriguez
has
n't
been
slowed
by
the
expected
demand
of
at
least
a
10-year
contract
,
in
the
range
of
$
20
million
a
year
,
loaded
with
fringe
benefits
.

``
We
feel
at
the
expense
of
last
year
,
we
have
our
roster
where
we
do
n't
have
to
trade
people
to
make
this
work
,
''
Melvin
said
in
the
Fort
Worth
Star-Telegram
on
Monday
.

``
I
'm
not
saying
we
have
all
the
money
in
the
world
,
but
we
do
n't
have
to
bust
our
budget
completely
.

We
're
in
a
better
position
than
most
other
clubs
.
''

Stars
center
Mike
Modano
is
being
called
in
to
help
show
Rodriguez
around
the
Dallas-Fort
Worth
area
and
tell
him
why
it
would
be
a
great
place
to
play
.

Melvin
said
he
does
n't
expect
the
Rangers
to
make
a
formal
offer
until
they
can
gauge
the
level
of
interest
from
Rodriguez
.

The
25-year-old
shortstop
,
who
hit
.316
with
41
homers
and
132
RBIs
at
Seattle
last
season
,
also
reportedly
has
been
targeted
by
the
Chicago
White
Sox
,
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
,
New
York
Mets
and
Atlanta
Braves
.

The
Mariners
,
Rodriguez
's
team
the
past
six
years
,
also
wanted
to
re-sign
him
.

``
This
gives
us
a
chance
to
tell
him
about
our
organization
and
the
direction
we
're
going
,
answer
any
questions
they
might
have
about
us
,
''
Melvin
said
.

Some
even
have
a
neighborhood
_
the
fashionable
Dallas
suburb
of
Highland
Park
_
picked
out
for
Rodriguez
.

Neighbors
of
one
available
residence
_
a
five-bedroom
spread
worth
$
11.95
million
_
would
include
Hicks
,
Modano
and
Dallas
Cowboys
owner
Jerry
Jones
.

``
Alex
needs
to
buy
this
house
,
''
Ronda
Needham
,
a
listing
agent
,
told
The
Dallas
Morning
News
.

``
The
people
who
own
this
house
set
it
up
around
their
two
baseball-playing
sons
.

It
's
a
very
sports-minded
house
.
''

The
Mets
,
once
considered
the
favorites
to
get
Rodriguez
,
have
slowed
their
chase
.

General
manager
Steve
Phillips
publicly
criticized
some
of
the
demands
supposedly
made
by
Boras
.

But
the
agent
says
Rodriguez
is
making
no
special
demands
.

``
I
ca
n't
anticipate
any
change
that
would
draw
us
back
into
it
,
''
Phillips
said
.

-DOCSTART- (chtb_171.eng
The
eighth
Andes
parliament
meeting
was
convened
in
Lima
on
the
13th
.

Alberto
Fujimori
,
president
of
Peru
presided
over
the
opening
ceremony
.

President
Fujimori
appealed
at
the
opening
ceremony
for
the
countries
of
the
Andes
to
strive
together
to
achieve
local
integration
,
in
order
to
shake
off
the
state
of
being
undeveloped
.

He
also
appealed
for
all
countries
to
unite
as
one
to
deal
with
foreign
debt
,
drug
trafficking
and
violent
activities
.

This
session
of
the
Andes
parliament
meeting
will
last
until
the
16th
.

-DOCSTART- (20001115_AFP_ARB.0072.eng
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11-15
(
AFP	B	AFP	Agence_France-Presse	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse	000	000
)
-
The
head
of
the
French
Interests
Section
in
Baghdad
,
Ambassador
Andre
Janier
,
today
Wednesday
welcomed
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
's
decision
to
deal
in
euros
and
said
this
would
encourage
relations
between
the
two
countries
.

In
an
interview
in
today
's
edition
of
the
official
newspaper
"
al-Jamhouriya
,
"
Janier
said
"
we
French
believe
this
decision
is
positive
for
the
international
economy
,
and
this
decision
encourages
economic
relations
,
especially
in
terms
of
oil
,
between
Iraq
and
France
.
"

The
French
diplomat
carried
on
to
say
"
we
have
a
vested
interest
in
this
matter
as
Europeans
and
French
because
all
trade
payments
and
exchanges
are
paid
in
euros
and
there
is
no
danger
to
European
and
French
companies
because
of
fluctuations
in
the
price
of
the
dollar
on
the
stock
exchange
.

This
compensates
for
any
loss
in
buying
and
selling
in
euros
rather
than
dollars
.
"

Iraq
decided
to
deal
in
euros
,
rather
than
the
dollar
,
as
of
the
sixth
of
this
month
for
its
oil
sales
and
outside
trade
deals
.

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Swarms
of
jellyfish
consumed
so
many
fish
eggs
and
larvae
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
this
summer
that
some
scientists
are
talking
about
the
potential
for
serious
future
threats
to
commercial
and
recreational
fisheries
in
the
northern
Gulf
.

The
jellyfish
,
a
native
species
and
an
invading
one
,
appeared
in
prime
spawning
areas
just
as
breeding
season
for
many
of
the
Gulf
's
most
important
species
kicked
into
high
gear
.

According
to
the
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service
,
the
number
of
jellyfish
in
the
Gulf
has
been
rising
for
at
least
13
years
.

Scientists
say
the
jellyfish
are
exploiting
three
major
human-induced
changes
in
the
environment
:
thousands
of
oil
rigs
and
artificial
reefs
established
to
attract
game
fish
have
greatly
increased
the
breeding
habitat
for
jellyfish
,
which
need
a
hard
surface
for
spawning
;
nitrogen
pollution
from
farm
runoff
and
industrial
sources
feeds
plankton
blooms
,
providing
extra
food
for
jellyfish
;
and
commercial
fishermen
take
great
numbers
of
menhaden
,
a
soft-finned
,
bony
fish
that
competes
with
jellyfish
for
the
plankton
.

Dr.
Monty
Graham
,
a
researcher
at
the
Dauphin
Island
Sea
Lab
in
Alabama
,
worries
that
with
all
these
advantages
jellyfish
can
not
help
but
multiply
at
an
astonishing
rate
.

Making
matters
much
worse
,
he
said
,
is
the
advent
of
Phyllorhiza
punctata
,
or
Australian
spotted
jellyfish
.

The
giant
species
,
previously
unreported
in
the
Gulf
,
is
a
25-pound
bruiser
of
a
jellyfish
native
to
the
Pacific
.

Some
time
ago
the
basketball-size
jellyfish
established
themselves
in
the
Caribbean
.

This
summer
,
after
apparently
riding
ocean
currents
north
,
they
concentrated
themselves
in
the
passes
between
the
barrier
islands
that
separate
the
Mississippi
Sound
from
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
.

The
Australian
jellyfish
have
now
mostly
died
off
in
the
Gulf
.

But
fishery
scientists
worry
that
they
may
already
have
affected
next
year
's
fish
populations
.

And
scientists
say
the
animals
were
spawning
prodigiously
,
broadcasting
millions
of
their
own
eggs
as
they
ate
the
eggs
and
larvae
of
native
species
.

Popular
sport
fish
,
including
redfish
,
speckled
trout
,
white
trout
and
Spanish
mackerel
,
as
well
as
commercially
important
species
like
crabs
and
menhaden
,
spawn
just
outside
the
barrier
islands
.

This
year
,
their
eggs
and
larvae
had
to
drift
with
tidal
currents
through
the
jellyfish-choked
passes
to
reach
the
estuaries
that
serve
as
nurseries
for
the
baby
fish
.

``
These
things
are
incredibly
efficient
at
turning
the
water
over
,
cleaning
it
of
everything
in
it
,
''
Graham
said
.

``
We
're
finding
them
with
200
fish
eggs
in
their
guts
.
''

The
newcomers
had
a
frighteningly
effective
feeding
pattern
that
involved
swimming
to
the
surface
,
then
diving
down
to
the
bottom
,
scouring
the
water
of
virtually
every
living
thing
smaller
than
a
BB
pellet
.

After
flowing
through
the
jellyfish
gantlet
,
scientists
said
,
the
water
was
almost
devoid
of
living
things
.

``
You
really
have
two
problems
in
terms
of
commercially
important
fish
,
''
said
Harriet
M.
Perry
,
director
of
the
fisheries
section
of
the
Gulf
Coast
Research
Laboratory
in
Mississippi
.

``
First
the
jellies
are
ingesting
the
larvae
and
eggs
of
these
commercially
important
species
,
and
then
the
fish
larvae
must
compete
with
these
incredibly
efficient
jellies
for
the
same
food
source
.
''

Perry
said
she
worried
that
the
Phyllorhiza
might
become
permanent
residents
.

Graham
said
he
feared
that
their
offspring
might
appear
in
larger
numbers
next
spring
.

He
noted
,
though
,
that
the
newcomers
represented
a
small
threat
compared
with
the
monstrous
herds
of
native
moon
jellyfish
still
swarming
offshore
below
Alabama
,
Mississippi
and
Louisiana
in
a
huge
swath
roughly
100
miles
long
and
30
miles
wide
.

It
is
these
jellyfish
that
worry
Dr.
Joanne
Lyczkowski-Shultz
,
a
larval
specialist
with
the
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service
.

Lyczkowski-Shultz
said
the
long-term
picture
might
be
bleak
if
the
jellyfish
populations
continued
to
grow
at
their
current
pace
.

``
It
could
be
totally
devastating
,
''
she
said
.

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The
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today
Wednesday
deemed
the
order
issued
by
Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
for
a
ceasefire
in
territories
under
Palestinian
Authority
control
as
a
positive
gesture
but
considered
that
it
does
not
release
constitute
a
release
form
the
terms
of
the
Sharm
el-Sheikh
agreement
.

James
Stewart
,
the
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's
spokesman
in
Bandar
Seri
Begawan
,
the
capital
of
the
Sultanate
of
Brunei
which
American
President
Bill
Clinton
is
visiting
,
said
"
of
course
we
positively
welcome
the
announcement
aimed
at
stopping
the
violence
.

But
the
important
point
is
that
Palestinian
and
Israeli
officials
take
the
right
steps
to
provide
a
safer
climate
in
the
whole
region
.
"

Clinton
is
to
take
part
in
the
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
forum
(
APEC
)
in
Brunei
.

The
American
spokesman
said
President
Bill
Clinton
spoke
to
Arafat
on
the
telephone
after
arriving
in
Brunei
yesterday
evening
Tuesday
.

He
said
"
their
conversation
focused
on
ways
to
stop
the
violence
because
we
believe
that
it
is
extremely
important
for
the
sides
to
take
immediate
measures
to
end
the
tension
and
reduce
the
violence
.
"

A
high-level
Palestinian
source
said
today
that
the
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Council	I	Palestinian Superior Security Council	Palestinian_National_Council	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council	000	000
led
by
President
Yasser
Arafat
issued
orders
to
stop
shooting
inside
area
"
A
"
under
Palestinian
control
.

The
source
who
wished
to
remain
anonymous
said
that
"
the
Palestinian
Superior
Security
Council
led
by
President
Yasser
Arafat
issued
orders
to
stop
unknown
armed
persons
from
shooting
inside
zone
"
A
"
under
complete
Palestinian
control
and
from
between
buildings
and
civilians
in
the
Palestinian
Territories
.
"

Zone
"
A
"
covers
areas
controlled
completely
by
the
Palestinian
Authority
in
the
West
Bank
and
Gaza
Strip
.

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_
In
his
foreign
policy
debut
as
Syria	B	Syria	Syria	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria	000	000
's
president
,
Bashar
Assad
met
Sunday
with
Egyptian
President	B	President	President_of_Egypt	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Egypt	000	000
Hosni
Mubarak
in
talks
on
Mideast
peace
and
the
escalating
violence
in
the
Palestinian
territories
.

Assad
,
on
his
first
trip
abroad
since
becoming
president
in
July
,
also
dealt
with
the
issue
of
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
in
the
talks
with
Mubarak
,
Egyptian
Foreign
Minister
Amr
Mussa
said
.

The
Syrian
leader
's
visit
came
on
a
fourth
day
of
clashes
that
have
raged
in
the
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,
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and
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,
leaving
more
than
two
dozen
Palestinians
dead
.

``
There
is
complete
agreement
(
between
Mubarak
and
Assad
)
as
to
the
seriousness
of
the
situation
and
that
the
negative
repercussions
would
adversely
effect
the
peace
process
,
which
is
in
itself
in
a
very
precarious
state
,
''
Moussa
said
.

Assad
,
35
,
has
focused
on
domestic
issues
since
his
father
,
Hafez
Assad
,
died
in
June
after
30
years
in
power
.

He
has
taken
steps
to
modernize
his
nation
's
bureaucracy
and
revive
its
stagnant
economy
.

``
This
was
the
first
meeting
of
the
first
visit
of
President
Bashar
Assad
after
the
funeral
of
his
father
,
so
it
was
only
normal
for
the
discussions
to
have
a
general
tone
...
in
addition
to
certain
specifics
of
special
importance
to
both
countries
and
the
Arab
world
,
''
Moussa
said
.

The
late
Syrian
president
rarely
traveled
abroad
.

In
his
last
few
years
,
however
,
he
had
sent
Bashar
,
educated
as
an
eye
doctor
,
on
foreign
trips
as
part
of
his
grooming
to
become
president
.

Prospects
appear
dim
for
progress
on
either
the
Syrian
or
Palestinian
peace
track
.

The
deadlock
in
Palestinian-Israeli
talks
is
exacerbated
by
the
worst
violence
in
four
years
.

Syria
's
government-run
media
said
last
week
that
no
progress
could
be
expected
now
because
of
the
U.S.
elections
and
Israeli
Prime
Minister
Ehud
Barak
's
precarious
situation
as
leader
of
a
minority
government
.

Syrian-Israeli
peace
negotiations
broke
down
in
January
,
with
Syria
demanding
a
full
withdrawal
from
the
Golan
Heights
,
a
strategic
plateau
captured
by
Israel
in
1967
.

Israel
insists
on
waiting
to
settle
borders
until
it
knows
what
it
will
gain
by
returning
Golan
land
.

Assad
has
made
it
clear
he
intends
to
follow
his
father
's
course
in
any
negotiations
with
Israel
.

Mubarak
and
Assad
met
after
a
week
when
Russia
,
France
,
Jordan
and
Yemen
sent
planes
to
Baghdad
,
challenging
U.N.
sanctions
imposed
on
Iraq
after
its
1990
invasion
of
Kuwait
.

Iraq
is
hoping
other
Arab
countries
will
follow
,
despite
U.S.
complaints
,
easing
its
isolation
.

Moussa
said
the
presidents
discussed
the
situation
in
Iraq
and
would
return
to
it
Monday
.

However
,
he
would
not
comment
on
whether
Syria
and
Egypt
were
planning
to
send
planes
to
Baghdad
.

Egypt
and
Syria
are
on
good
terms
,
but
they
have
had
their
differences
.

Hafez
Assad
's
attempts
to
rally
Arab
leaders
to
present
a
unified
front
against
Israel
gained
little
ground
.

He
derided
Egypt
for
signing
a
peace
treaty
with
Israel
in
1979
.