CRISIS IN SERBIA
Danica Draskovic grieved over the casket carrying her brother yesterday as her husband, Vuk Draskovic, right, a Yugoslav opposition leader, tried to comfort her. (AP Photo)
Serb opposition leader lays crash victim to rest
(By Alex Todorovic, Globe Correspondent)
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Seoul reports power plant leak
(By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press)
SEOUL - Radioactive water leaked inside a South Korean nuclear power plant Monday during repair work, exposing 22 workers to small amounts of radiation, the government said yesterday.
Tanzania's Nyerere, ill in London, hailed as African pioneer
(By Kurt Shillinger, Globe Correspondent)
JOHANNESBURG - That Tanzania is known more for Mount Kilimanjaro than for ethnic violence, more for the migrations of the Serengeti than for mass flows of refugees, is largely the legacy of one man.
Tapes reveal angry, worried Nixon
Archives releases 445 hours of recordings
(By Karen Gullo, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Determined to strike back at his perceived enemies, Richard Nixon is heard on newly released White House tapes ordering aides to conduct a break-in at the Brookings Institution and to circulate damaging stories about his political foes.
GOP alters opposition to HMO lawsuit
Patients' limits right to sue now favored
(By Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin Washington Post)
WASHINGTON - On the eve of the House debate on how much federal protection to offer patients in HMOs, Republican leaders signaled for the first time yesterday that they are willing to allow Americans a limited right to sue health plans that deny them the care they want.
Justices debate money, politics
Contribution limits case from Mo. heard
(By David G. Savage Los Angeles Times)
WASHINGTON - The future of campaign finance reform appeared to be in some doubt yesterday as the Supreme Court's five conservative justices questioned whether government-mandated contribution limits violate the First Amendment rights of candidates and their supporters.
Researchers say procedure could improve bypass success rate
(By Richard A. Knox, Globe Staff)
Boston heart researchers believe they have improved coronary bypasses by reducing the risk that vein grafts will clog within a year.
Trains collide in London; at least 26 dead
(By Kevin Cullen, Globe Staff)
LONDON - A local commuter train that may have failed to stop for a red warning signal collided nearly head-on with a high-speed express at the height of the morning rush hour yesterday, killing at least 26 people and renewing questions about safety on Britain's privatized railroads.
US antimissile test broke 1972 treaty, Russia says
(By Gareth Jones, Reuters)
MOSCOW - Russia said yesterday that the United States had violated the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and had undermined arms control efforts by testing a ''kill vehicle'' designed to destroy long-range strategic weapons.
Pentagon says hikes in pay kept ranks full
(By Charles Aldinger, Reuters)
WASHINGTON - The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps each met their force goals in the fiscal year that ended last Friday in large part because of increases in troop pay and retirement benefits, the Defense Department said yesterday.
Canadian natives block a wharf as fishing dispute escalates
(By Andrea Hopkins, Reuters)
BURNT CHURCH, New Brunswick - Natives in combat fatigues and traditional headbands blocked access to the seaside wharf in this tiny Atlantic Canadian fishing community yesterday, after a night of violence over fishing rights.
Remains of Sam Sheppard's wife tested
(By John Affleck, Associated Press)
CLEVELAND - The body of Marilyn Sheppard was exhumed yesterday and prosecutors performed tests to try to prove the guilt of her husband in the murder case that inspired the ''The Fugitive'' film and TV series.
Democrats push for vote on wage hike
(By Curt Anderson, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - House Democrats yesterday began a petition drive aimed at forcing majority Republicans to quickly schedule a vote on a bill that would increase the minimum wage by $1 over two years.
Senate rejects Clinton judicial nominee
(By Jim Abrams, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans for the first time voted down a Clinton judicial nominee yesterday, saying they were upset by the Missouri judge's opposition to the death penalty. Several Democrats suggested race was a factor.
Democrats criticize GOP 'work in progress' on spending cuts
(By Alan Fram, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Before House Republicans have embraced the plan, the Clinton administration and congressional Democrats attacked the GOP proposal yesterday to cut this year's spending by 2.7 percent.
For first time since 1961, US infant death rate does not fall
(By Laura Meckler, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - The nation's infant death rate held steady in 1998 after dropping for almost four decades, and black infants were more than twice as likely to die in their first year as white babies, the government reported yesterday.
Study sees lack of cancer test follow-up
(By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Only one-third of older Americans in a recent study received both follow-up procedures that were recommended when they initially tested positive for colon cancer, researchers say.
NATIONAL BRIEFS
Carter is pushing for Hearst pardon
(By Globe Staff and Wires)
Former President Carter, who commuted Patty Hearst's prison sentence 20 years ago, is pressing President Clinton to pardon the newspaper heiress for her part in robbing a bank after an urban guerrilla group had kidnapped and tortured her when she was 19. In separate discussions with Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, and Attorney General Janet Reno, Carter stressed that Hearst, now Patricia Hearst Shaw, had led an exemplary life as a wife and mother since her release from prison in 1979. ''She's been a model citizen in every way,'' he said. (Los Angeles Times)
Clinton, officials seek ways to offset Medicare cuts
(By Alice Ann Love, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - President Clinton and the Senate Finance Committee chairman, William Roth of Delaware, agreed yesterday to seek a way this fall to ease Medicare cuts, set in motion two years ago, that have caused an outcry from hospitals and nursing homes.
Iowa, N.H. no closer to resolving dispute on primary schedule
(By Jill Zuckman, Globe Staff)
Iowa and New Hampshire remained at loggerheads yesterday over the scheduling of their 2000 caucus and primary, with the national parties refusing to intervene in the contretemps.
Hardy microbes help scientists answer cosmic questions of life
(By Kathy Sawyer Washington Post)
WASHINGTON - Microbiologist Rocco Mancinelli was at work in tidal flats along the coast of Baja California Sur one day about seven years ago when his research team noticed some interesting hummocks of dried-out, crusted salt. Mancinelli used a hammer to break one open and found inside a green stripe that turned out to be a thriving colony of microorganisms.
Antidrug chief hits a governor's call for legalization
(By Reuters)
LOS ANGELES - Barry McCaffrey, coordinator of US antidrug policy, yesterday accused the governor of New Mexico of ignorance and irresponsibility for advocating the legalization of drugs.
N.C. seeks$5.33b for hurricane recovery
(By Reuters)
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt said he will seek about $5.3 billion in federal funds to help the state recover from widespread flooding in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, the worst natural disaster in North Carolina history.
Kin sue school district in Colo.
(By Associated Press)
DENVER - Friends and relatives of victims in the Columbine High School massacre have sued the school district for refusing to display hallway tiles they made with religious symbols.
Amid Taliban conviction, Afghan fatigue
(By Tasgola Karla Bruner, Globe Correspondent)
KABUL - It looked like a sporting event, except for the soldiers bearing Kalashnikov rifles. Children were selling green apples and corn on the cob to the crowd in the stadium, women chatted with one another in the shaded section, and the men tried to stay cool. By the time the hooded doctors stepped out of the van to anesthetize the first of the convicted thieves, it was clear that this was no football match.
Another reason to eat broccoli
Study says fruits, vegetables can cut the risk of a stroke
(By Reuters)
CHICAGO - Five to six servings of fruits and vegetables a day, especially leafy greens, citrus fruits and juices, and cabbage family vegetables, can cut the risk of stroke by nearly a third, according to a study published yesterday.
WORLD BRIEFS
Quake jolts resort; dozens are injured
(By Globe Staff and Wires)
MARMARIS - Another earthquake hit Turkey yesterday, jolting a resort town and sending tourists and residents into the streets or jumping from balconies in panic. Hospital officials said 32 people were treated for broken legs or arms and 70 others suffered from shock. One person had a broken back. Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory said the epicenter of the quake was at Marmaris, 470 miles south of Istanbul. Most people in the resort were asleep when the magnitude 5.2 quake hit at 3:53 a.m. Several aftershocks followed. A magnitude 7.4 quake devastated Istanbul and other areas of northwest Turkey on Aug. 17, killing 16,000 people. (AP)
Albanian stoning kills Serb; French, Russians hurt
(By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press)
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Yugoslavia - Ethnic Albanian mourners stoned a Russian-escorted Serb convoy in northern Kosovo yesterday, injuring some Russian troops and 13 French soldiers trying to stop the clash.
Study backs pill for flu viruses
(By Brenda C. Coleman, Associated Press)
CHICAGO - An experimental drug nearing government approval would give flu sufferers their first effective pill against both A and B flu viruses, the two major types that afflict Americans, researchers say.
Bush raps rivals, own party on education
(By Ann Scales, Globe Staff)
NEW YORK - George W. Bush offered a sweeping plan to redefine the role of the federal government in public education yesterday, criticizing Democrats for their ''surrender to despair'' on the issue, but extending his criticism to fellow Republicans as well.
As war heats up, Russia says has seized a third of Chechnya
(By Brian Whitmore, Globe Correspondent)
MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russian troops had seized control of the northern third of the breakaway republic of Chechnya, as military officials in Moscow acknowledged that two Russian warplanes had been shot down by rebel fighters.
Annan outlines a UN plan for East Timor
(By John J. Goldman Los Angeles Times)
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary General Kofi Annan presented a blueprint yesterday to guide East Timor to independence, a task that the UN chief said will take two to three years and will require a ''robust'' military and police presence.
GOP toughens opposition to nuclear test ban treaty
(By Terence Hunt, Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Ratification of a treaty to ban nuclear testing worldwide appeared unlikely yesterday, as the Republican opposition hardened and a senior Democrat conceded that there were not enough votes to ratify it.
Firm to compensate Japan atom victims
(By Joseph Coleman, Associated Press)
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