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May 17 -23, 1998 edition
into this mess
more Vin: Justification for rate hike lost in mail? At first glance, the postal rate increase granted this week
by the independent Postal Rate Commission -- the price of a first-class stamp will
increase from 32 to 33 cents later this year -- doesn't seem out of line.
How Clinton threatens U.S. security By Joseph Farah This week's five nuclear tests in India "came as a complete shock, a bolt out of the blue," explained a senior Clinton administration official to The New York Times.
New York Post 'Like the Russians, she gets rid of the Germans for you, but then she sticks around.' By Dick Morris HILLARY Clinton's inappropriate foray into foreign policy with her "personal" opinion in favor of the creation of a Palestinian state, reflects a predictable cycle in her involvement in her husband's career. From the very beginning of his time in politics, she has alternated between constructive periods of abstinence from direct political involvement and destructive phases when she assumes a greater role and more power than the public will tolerate.
The politics of Microsoft persecution By Steve Allen Joel Klein, chief of the antitrust division of the Justice Department, is no stranger to the darker side of politics. A close friend of the president and first lady, he succeeded Vince Foster as deputy White House counsel after Foster's death, and he helped engineer the president's response to charges of political corruption and sexual predation. [more] World Net Daily By Alan Keyes As the pro-life community begins to look seriously at the possible field of Republican presidential contenders in 2000 we will see what, if anything, has been learned from the debacle of the 1996 race. In that race, pro-life conservatives split their support among a variety of candidates, all of whom claimed to be pro-life and many of whom were, in fact, no friends to the cause. Before we get too far along in the 2000 cycle, we should stop to think about what minimum conditions we should place on anyone who volunteers for the job of pro-life standard bearer in 2000. [more] Washington Times By Wesley Pruden Maybe acts do have consequences. Maybe competence,
if not character, actually matters after all.
additional reporting from the Democrats seek ouster of Burton from probe
Boehner accuses Democrats of hypocrisy in flap over leaked tapes
U.S. says India lied about intentions repeatedly
Senate, CIA probe spy agencies' failure to predict India's testing
U.N. human rights post goes to critic of U.S. death penalty
Veterans fight for medical benefits related to smoking
Secret Service must talk, Starr says
Somber ceremony begins mission to identify soldier
House votes 375-41 to punish religious persecution
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New York Times U.S. - Microsoft Talks Collapse WASHINGTON -- Negotiations between the Microsoft Corp. and state and federal justice officials collapsed on Saturday afternoon, apparently after the company's chairman, Bill Gates, ordered lawyers to withdraw earlier concessions. Justice Department officials said that they intended to file a sweeping antitrust suit on Monday. New York Times WASHINGTON -- A Democratic fund-raiser has told Federal investigators he funneled tens of thousands of dollars from a Chinese military officer to the Democrats during President Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, according to lawyers and officials with knowledge of the Justice Department's campaign finance inquiry. New York Times WASHINGTON -- On Oct. 9, 1995, Secretary of State Warren Christopher ended a lengthy internal debate within the Clinton administration by initialing a classified order that preserved sharp limits on China's ability to launch American-made satellites aboard Chinese rockets. New York Times Armed with new evidence that Chinese military intelligence funneled money to the Democrats in 1996, congressional Republicans Friday accused President Clinton of allowing U.S. national security to be threatened. Even senior Democrats who have steadfastly supported the White House Friday expressed deep concern.
Washington Post The battle over Proposition 226 on the June 2 California primary ballot pits organized labor and teachers associations against conservatives out to curb the political power of those mainstay liberal groups. So how did the United Way of America come to be caught in the cross-fire? Washington Post Two years ago, the Republican-controlled 104th Congress moved from a tumultuous series of confrontations with President Clinton to a conciliatory and productive windup. Now the GOP-led 105th Congress is moving in the opposite direction: from compromise to confrontation.
Washington Post By the time Canadian cigarette taxes climbed to $5.65 a pack in 1993, Rod Stamler said, a black market had become so widespread that 10-year-olds were buying cheap cigarettes on Indian reservations and reselling them to fellow students on school grounds in the Ontario town of Cornwall. London Independent Xenophobia respectable again in Germany GERMANY'S most sensationalist tabloid, Bild Zeitung, stunned its readers yesterday by claiming that foreigners in their midst were no more inclined to criminality than the natives. In a prominently displayed article on "beer-hall prejudices", the paper set out to dispel myths that few politicians have had the courage to rebut in the run-up to September's elections. "Internal security" is one of the main themes of the campaign, and the threat to it is almost invariably perceived to be coming from outsiders. ZDNet Is the U.S. military disrupting web sites that report unflattering things about them? That's the allegation made by Merchant Technology Ltd., of Bath, England, a Web-hosting service that hosts a site for The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. According to an executive with the hosting company, investigation of hackers attempting to access private information on the site were tracked back to donhqns1.hq.navy.mil. -- part of the Department of Navy (US) Headquarters in the Pentagon. New York Times The House approved a bill to punish foreign countries that persecute people for their religious beliefs. Critics say the measure will imperil religious minorities, create a hierarchy of human rights violations and hurt United States foreign policy. Washington Post A federal judge Thursday dismissed a state manslaughter charge against the FBI sniper who shot and killed the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver during the bloody 1992 siege at northern Idaho's Ruby Ridge. New York Post NBC is doing a double dip with the "Seinfeld" finale. il Jerry & Co.'s much-hyped swan song - which attracted a whopping 76.3 million viewers Thursday - will be shown again Wednesday night at 8, NBC announced yesterday. Hindustan Times Defence Minister George Fernandes has declared China as the "potential threat number one" with its military and naval involvement beginning to "encircle" India along the border with Pakistan, Myanmar and Tibet.
Washington Post Last week, House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) accused President Clinton of blackmailing the Israeli government on behalf of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Wedmesday he criticized Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright as "the agent for the Palestinians." Thursday he was to help give Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a rousing welcome on Capitol Hill -- and relish his party's effectiveness in transforming its attitude toward the Jewish state in recent years. Washington Post The FBI is investigating allegations raised in an anonymous post-election memorandum describing senior workers in Republican Robert J. Dole's campaign as "on the take" and "motivated by one common goal -- to 'cash in,' " according to top GOP operatives who have been questioned. Washington Post The Hubble Space Telescope has peered farther than ever before into the heart of a giant galaxy that is smashing into -- and eating -- a smaller galaxy, to reveal the fiery maelstrom around a monstrous black hole that is feeding off the cosmic carnage New York Post WASHINGTON - Embattled Rep. Dan Burton is being pushed out of the spotlight in the White House funny-money probe after Democrats on his panel yesterday refused to grant immunity to key witnesses. Washington Post Abortion clinics across Wisconsin shut down Thursday after one of the nation's most sweeping "partial birth" abortion bans went into effect. Wisconsin doctors and virtually every clinic in the state have stopped performing abortions, citing fear that because of vague language in the state's new law, they could be prosecuted and imprisoned even for providing other types of abortions. Washington Post GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Robert K. Dornan, for 18 years the enfant terrible of the House Republican caucus, says he had an "epiphany" last week when he looked at the sample ballot for California's June 2 blanket primary and saw his name practically alongside that of his nemesis, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D). It was time to go negative, Dornan decided. New York Post WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court yesterday rejected Monica Lewinsky's repeated claim that Sexgate prober Kenneth Starr has guaranteed her criminal immunity. The ruling by the three-judge federal appeals court was another victory for Starr and another defeat for Lewinsky and gives Starr more legal options. Washington Post Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and 21 colleagues, mostly conservatives, introduced legislation yesterday to provide $25 million a year in U.S. government humanitarian assistance to the people of Cuba. New York Times OAKLAND, Calif. -- Over the course of his unconventional adventures, Jerry Brown has popped up in many places, wearing many faces: India, where he ministered to the wretched with Mother Teresa; Japan, where he sought Zen enlightenment; Sacramento, where he spurned the governor's mansion for a private apartment with a mattress on the floor. Washington Post A Republican-sponsored bill aimed at speeding deployment of a national antimissile defense system was narrowly blocked in the Senate Wednesday. The action came after lawmakers clashed over the impact of failed interceptor tests at home, continued nuclear testing in India and worldwide weapons proliferation.
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