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AP900511-0159 | Elizabeth Taylor Suffers Complications, Six More Weeks in Hospital | Elizabeth Taylor suffered complications including new infections in her fifth week of hospitalization for pneumonia, and will remain hospitalized for about six more weeks, doctors said Friday. The recovery of Miss Taylor, near death two weeks ago with viral pneumonia, was dealt a setback by bacterial pneumonia and a ye... | st. john's hospital;elizabeth taylor;sinus infection;viral pneumonia;intravenous therapy;58-year-old actress;yeast infection;bacterial pneumonia | |
AP900512-0038 | Taylor Faces Six More Weeks in Hospital | Elizabeth Taylor will remain in the hospital six more weeks due to complications in her fifth week of treatment for pneumonia, doctors said. The recovery of Miss Taylor, near death two weeks ago with viral pneumonia, was dealt a setback by bacterial pneumonia and a yeast infection, her doctors said Friday. ``This secon... | st. john's hospital;recovery;elizabeth taylor;viral pneumonia;58-year-old actress;yeast infection;miss taylor;bacterial pneumonia | |
AP900521-0063 | Increase Of Tuberculosis Due to AIDS Virus Poses New Health Threat | Tuberculosis is alarming health officials again because it's posing new health threats with its connection to the AIDS virus. A 35 percent increase in tuberculosis in 1989 in Newark, N.J., has caught the attention of health officials, who had been previously recording with satisfaction a slow, steady decrease in TB cas... | disease control;aids virus;tb cases;lung disease;new health threats;tuberculosis | |
AP900529-0005 | Hugo Instructive for Coastal Residents as Hurricane Season Begins | People caught by Hurricane Hugo last year might disagree, but forecasters here say the deadly storm may have had a positive side effect _ it got the public's attention. And one forecaster says hurricane seasons may be getting worse. Hugo, which caused an unprecedented $10 billion in damage, killed 28 people in the Less... | william gray;damage;forecasters;population density;deadly storm;atlantic hurricane season;southeastern u.s. coast;hurricane hugo;south carolina | |
AP900601-0040 | Hurricane Center Director Warns of New Era of Destructive Storms | The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season begins today amid dire warnings that killer storms on the East and Gulf coasts in the last two years may have been harbingers of a new era of destructive storms. The hurricane season runs until Nov. 30 and was ushered in by a tropical depression last week in the Caribbean that brought... | hurricane gilbert;destructive storms;caribbean;coastal residents;hurricane emergency;hurricane activity;hugo;predictions;atlantic hurricane season | |
AP900607-0039 | Shining Path Rebels Have Formed New Urban Front, Garcia Says | Shining Path rebels have formed a new front to push their insurgency into Lima and other coastal urban areas, President Alan Garcia said after two powerful car bombs exploded within blocks of the Government Palace. Garcia spoke Wednesday in an atmosphere of stepped up rebel attacks in Lima and a series of weekend raids... | shining path rebels;indigenous peoples;defense revolutionary movement;powerful car bombs;president alan garcia;lima;shining path leader abimael guzman;presidential runoff;coastal urban areas;political violence;rebel attacks | |
AP900619-0006 | Midwest Sees 1990 Tornado Parade | 1990 is fast becoming one of the worst years on record for tornadoes and flooding across the middle and southern sections of the nation. So far this year, 726 tornadoes have touched down nationwide, well ahead of the 640 tornadoes recorded during the first six months of last year, and the 30-year average of 482 tornado... | damage;storms;study;tornadoes;tornado trends;deaths;flooding | |
AP900625-0160 | Slovenia to Start Work on New Constitution Giving it Sovereignty | The republic of Slovenia plans to begin work on a constitution that will give it full sovereignty within a new Yugoslav confederation, the state Tanjug news agency reported Monday. Slovenia, whose 2 million inhabitants account for a fraction of Yugoslavia's total population of 23 million, is the most politically libera... | slovenian presidency;serbia;milan kucan;full sovereignty;federal goals;yugoslav federation;new yugoslav confederation;federal control;separatist tendencies | |
AP900629-0260 | England-France Tunnel Halfway There Despite Problems | It's been described as the largest current civil engineering project, a multibillion dollar link that will help revolutionize Europe's economy and physically end Britain's historic isolation, a dream born in Napoleon's day. The ``Chunnel'' between Britain and France is half-dug and scheduled to open on time in three ye... | contractor dispute;budget;english channel;chunnel trains;rail tunnels;easy conduit;high-speed rail link;chunnel project;investment money;three-tunnel thoroughfare | |
AP900703-0040 | Full Sovereignty Proclaimed by Slovenian Parliament | The lawmakers who replaced the Communists as leaders of the prosperous northern republic of Slovenia have proclaimed the state's full sovereignty, but stopped short of calling for secession. There was no immediate reaction to the Slovenian declaration from federal authorities or from rival Serbia. Monday's parliamentar... | communist-ruled yugoslavia;federal authorities;independent legal system;troubled yugoslav federation;loose confederation;yugoslav republics;slovenian control;full sovereignty;slovenian declaration | |
AP900721-0110 | Weather Could Cloud Eclipse Spectacle for Finns | Cloudy weather Saturday threatened to mar the show for thousands of Finnish and foreign skygazers hoping to glimpse a total solar eclipse in this land of the midnight sun. The weather forecast took a turn for the worse in the evening, when the Finnish Meteorological Services predicted cloudy weather with a chance of sh... | total phase;solar eclipses;total solar eclipse;watchers;observations;special eyeglasses;finland | |
AP900829-0120 | Military Cargo Plane Crash Site Yields Few Clues | Nine reservists helping in the U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf were among the 13 people killed in the crash of U.S. military cargo plane in West Germany, military authorities said Wednesday. The crash early Wednesday of the huge C-5A transport was the first major accident in the nearly 3-week-old, round-the-c... | crash;ramstein air base;u.s. military cargo plane;victims;major accident;west germany;massive aircraft;c-5a transport;reservists | |
AP900910-0020 | 1988 Drought Effects Not as Bad as Feared | Two years ago, it looked as if a vast part of the nation's farm empire was burning up as drought and heat parched crops and livestock. But the 1988 drought wasn't as bad as it might have been, according to an Agriculture Department analysis. Crop yields plummeted, but commodity prices rose. For those who eked out some ... | agriculture department analysis;federal payments;favorable financial position;commodity market prices;severe drought region;federal disaster relief;solvency position;emergency drought aid;1988 drought | |
AP901010-0036 | F-111 Crashes in Saudi Arabia, Killing Two | A U.S. Air Force F-111 fighter-bomber crashed today in Saudi Arabia, killing both crew members, U.S. military officials reported. It was the fourth American aircraft to crash in three days among those deployed to this kingdom for Operation Desert Shield. Eight Marines are missing in the crash of two helicopters in the ... | crash;crew members;f-model;operation desert shield;u.s. air force f-111 fighter-bomber;saudi arabia | |
AP901012-0032 | Desert Shield Training Flights Resume After Grounding | U.S. Air Force war planes participating in Operation Desert Shield are flying again after they were ordered grounded for 24 hours following a rash of crashes. Pentagon and Air Force officials said regular training flight schedules resumed Thursday at noon local time (5 a.m. EDT). The flights account for a majority of U... | u.s. air missions;u.s. aircraft accidents;regular training flight;operation desert shield;fatal crashes;u.s. air force war planes | |
AP901013-0046 | Fundamentalists Or Iraqi Agents Blamed For Slaying Of Parliament Speaker | Egypt honored its slain parliament speaker and four security men today with a state funeral led by a grim-looking President Hosni Mubarak. The government said Iraqi agents or Egyptian Moslem fundamentalists were to blame for the assassination Friday of its second-highest official, Rifaat el-Mahgoub. He was the first Eg... | islamic extremists;egyptian politician;egyptian moslem fundamentalists;iraqi agents;assassination;funeral;rifaat el-mahgoub;death toll;terrorist activities | |
AP901029-0035 | Accidental Shooting Another Blow to Police Force | The accidental shooting death of a young stockbroker by an officer looking for a burglar is one more strike against a police force already struggling with allegations of brutality and racism. Terry D. Barnes, 24, was shot between the eyes in his apartment. Police said an officer investigating a report of a prowler had ... | accidental shooting death;black citizens;brutality;terry barnes;excessive force;police force;racism | |
AP901030-0216 | British, French Link Up Under Channel Tunnel | Britain and France were linked beneath the English Channel on Tuesday when workers used a two-inch probe to connect two halves of a 31-mile undersea rail tunnel, officials reported. Management sources at TransManche Link, the construction consortium building the ``Chunnel'' - the Channel Tunnel - confirmed the historic... | chunnel;traffic congestion;continental europe;channel tunnel project;english channel;31-mile undersea rail tunnel;france;britain;historic linkup;transmanche link;cost overruns | |
AP901031-0024 | A First: `Chunnel' Links England to Continent | Workmen tunneling under the English Channel have created the first land link between Britain and the Continent, connecting 31 miles of tunnel in a prodigious feat of engineering and finance. TransManche Link, the construction consortium building the ``Chunnel'' said the historic linkup occurred at 8:25 p.m. Tuesday whe... | chunnel;english channel;france;channel tunnel;britain;historic linkup;tunnel trains;transmanche link;tunnel construction;first land link;growing unification;cost overruns;continental ills | |
AP901130-0060 | Atlantic Hurricane Season: A Lot of Sound, Not Much Fury | The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season had more storms than usual and some forecasters predict that's just a hint of more frequent and more forceful hurricanes in the coming years. But this year's batch did not include the devastating storms of years past and at least one forecaster thinks 1991 will be a calmer year. The s... | below-average hurricane season;devastating storms;intense hurricanes;forecasters;forceful hurricanes;dr. william gray;atlantic hurricane season | |
AP901203-0166 | At Least Four Earthquakes Occur; None Along New Madrid Fault | At least four moderate earthquakes rattled parts of the world, but there was nary a tremor Monday along the New Madrid Fault, where a scientist said a earthquake was likely to occur. ``This is just a normal day,'' said Waverly Person, chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center. ``We're... | earthquake center;moderate earthquakes;richter scale;u.s. geological survey;monitoring equipment;major earthquake;widespread heavy damage;countless earthquake predictions;earthquake emergency kits | |
AP901231-0012 | Mexico Gets Ready Early For Total Solar Eclipse | Mexico, where sun worship has passed from ancient civilizations to modern beachgoers, is gearing up early for the day next year when the sun will be blotted out. President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has appointed a Cabinet-level commission to prepare for what astronomers bill as ``the slar eclipse of the century'' on Ju... | mexico;total solar eclipse;partial eclipse;eclipse path;slar eclipse;tourists;moon | |
FBIS-41815 | Concern Over Transmission of Spongiform Encephalopathy | Language: English Article Type:CSO [Article by Nigel Hawkes, Science Editor: "Zoo Antelope Catch Mad Cow Disease"] [Text] Scientists at London zoo have discovered that a strain of "mad cow disease" affecting a type of antelope can be transmitted much more easily than was thought. The finding uncovers a threat to b... | affected animals;mad cow disease;london zoo;similar transmission;kudu herd;endangered species | |
FBIS-45908 | Spread, Concern Over Mad Cow Disease Reviewed | CSO [Article by Greg Neale, environment correspondent: "Creeping Cow Madness"] [Text] It is already a multi-million pound disaster for British agriculture and now it threatens to erupt into a major political row between European governments. It is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) -- "mad cow" disease -- and fe... | disease scrapie;british agriculture;mad cow disease;infected feed;bse case;maternal transmission;diseased sheep;british beef imports | |
FBIS3-11919 | Roundup of Reaction to Colosio Assassination | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of reactions to the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, presidential candidate for the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, on 23 March in Tijuana, Baja California. The Colombian Government and several presidential candidates tod... | pri;colombian government;mexican president carlos salinas;antidemocratic forces;presidential candidate luis donaldo colosio;sympathy;assassination;mexican government;reactions | |
FBIS3-22942 | Government, Shining Path Said Negotiating; Possible Agreement | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Text] Lima, 13 Feb (AFP) -- The "Sunday Review" television program said that according to a "very reliable source," the end of the "popular war," the surrender of weapons, and a general amnesty, would be the main points of a peace agreement "without victors or vanquished," between... | shining path members;peruvian government;general amnesty;10-point agreement;popular war;peace agreement;guerrilla army;economic support | |
FBIS3-23360 | Link Between Abu-Nidal, Jordanian Extremists | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Rafiq al-Zayn report from Beirut] [Text] In less than one month, Lebanese security authorities in coordination with Jordanian authorities have succeeded in unraveling the mystery of the assassination of Jordanian diplomat Na'ib al- Ma'ayitah in Beirut on 29 January. It seems that... | international terrorism;abu-nidal group;imyo;jordanian fundamentalist extremist groups;ayitah assassination;jordanian diplomat na'ib al- ma'ayitah;investigative report;lebanese security authorities;jordanian authorities | |
FBIS3-30788 | Article Examines Relations With Slovenia | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Article by Verica Rudar: "What Is Ljubljana's Message for Belgrade?"] [Text] In the view of Yugoslav diplomats, the normalization of relations between Slovenia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will certainly be a strenuous and long-term project. Although the establi... | slovene politicians;slovene government;yugoslav diplomats;slovene independence;federal republic;normalization;official belgrade;slovene attitude;possible political contacts;anti-serbian campaign;official slovene delegation | |
FBIS3-41 | Shining Path Document Raises New Doubts over Call for Peace | SUMMARY A lengthy statement attributed to the imprisoned Shining Path leadership, published recently in a leading opposition newspaper, provides what appears to be a strategic rationale for the peace proposal made by the insurgents last fall. While the newspaper has accepted the document as an authentic call for peace... | government representatives;genuine shining path statement;anti-fujimori daily;peace proposal;imprisoned shining path leader abimael guzman;peace talks;political defeat;peace agreement;shining path peace strategy document | |
FBIS3-51875 | Analyst: Shining Path Does Not Seek Reconciliation | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Text] The Shining Path does not intend to seek reconciliation in the country, has disarmed itself neither militarily nor ideologically, and is instead trying to become a semi-legal party operating as a shock force against the opposition, subversion specialist Carlos Tapia has said... | government favor;second party congress;semi-legal party;national reconciliation;imprisoned shining path members;shining path faction;peace proposal;peace negotiations | |
FBIS4-27602 | No Evidence Found for Assassination Implication | BFN [Text] Seoul, May 30 (YONHAP) -- The joint military-prosecution investigation team, which probed the assassination of President Pak Chong-hui by then Central Intelligence Agency Director Kim Chae-kyu in October 1979, had found no evidence that then Army Chief of Staff and martial law commander, Gen. Chong Sung-hwa... | joint military-prosecution investigation team;president pak chong-hui;gen. chong sung-hwa;assassination day;assassination;criminal evidence;concrete evidence;assassin kim;military prosecution | |
FBIS4-4674 | U.S. F-15 Fighter Crashes in Okinawa | BFN [Text] Tokyo -- An F-15 fighter of the U.S. Forces on Okinawa crashed near Kadena Air Base on 4 April. Commenting on the crash, Akira Takeshita, deputy director general of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency [DFAA], said, "Such a crash should not have occurred and it is very regrettable that the crash act... | investigation;crash;u.s. military bases;okinawa;f-15 fighter;routine training;u.s. forces | |
FBIS4-56863 | Shining Path To Continue `People's War' | BFN ["Exclusive" report by Angel Paez] [Text] The Shining Path Central Committee, comprised of leaders who have still not been arrested and alternate members elected by the Shining Path congress in 1988, held a meeting in February that was presided over by Oscar Ramirez Durand, a.k.a. "Comrade Feliciano." During the... | shining path congress;arrested leaders;peace accord;five-point document;abimael guzman reinoso;revolutionary violence;shining path central committee;black group;people's war;shining path meeting | |
FBIS4-67721 | Number of Tuberculosis Cases in Latvia Increases | CSO [Article by Anda Mikelsone: "Number of Tuberculosis Cases in Latvia Increases"] [Text] Riga, Feb.4. There has been an increase in tuberculosis morbidity and mortality during the past year. In comparison with 1992, tuberculosis morbidity has increased by 14.8%, and mortality -- by 44%. The total number of tubercu... | tuberculosis hospitals;mortality;mandatory treatment;tuberculosis cases;tuberculosis morbidity | |
FT911-2650 | Challenge to foster human capital: As bankers and finance ministers gather in Washington, the World Bank looks for fresh vigour under a new chief | How can 6,000 civil servants, mostly based in Washington, best promote development in the Third World? That is the vexing question facing Mr Lewis Preston, the former chairman of J P Morgan, the New York bank, who takes over as president of the World Bank this September. As bankers and finance ministers gathered in Was... | poverty alleviation;washington;world bank;third world;lewis preston;president;loan conditions | |
FT911-3463 | Commodities and Agriculture: Botswana tries to loosen De Beers' grip - The world diamond cartel faces strong calls for change | NEGOTIATIONS FOR a new contract between Botswana, the world's most important diamond producer in value terms, and De Beers, the South African group which controls 80 per cent of the market for rough (uncut) diamonds, are taking much longer than expected. The previous three-year contract ended on December 31. Some Botsw... | diamond trade;exclusive sales contract;rough diamond output;south african group;botswana politicians;botswana diamonds;central selling organisation;rough diamond sales;individual diamond producer;de beers;contract negotiations | |
FT911-5176 | Letter: Don't encourage Third World defaults | Sir, Mr James Skinner (Letters, April 11) charges me with misuse of statistics and understanding the debt burden of poor countries. He cites Africa to support his contention. The statistics I used refer to Latin America, the principal thrust of the argument of the Bishop of Oxford, which focused largely on Brazil. The ... | african debt;third world poverty;debt burden;government policies;james skinner;real factors | |
FT921-305 | Survey of Republic of Slovenia (2): EC-sponsored talks may help resolve problems - Debt: Relations with the former Yugoslav central bank must be settled | SLOVENIA'S economic prospects would improve significantly if it could settle its relations with the former National Bank of Yugoslavia (NBY), or central bank, establish new relations with foreign creditors as rapidly as possible, and join the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Relations with the NBY are compli... | foreign exchange deposits;foreign creditors;slovene banks;national bank of yugoslavia;yugoslavia;negotiations;independence;unallocated federal debt;slovene citizens;federal government | |
FT921-9310 | Commodities and Agriculture: 'Mad cow' disease spreads to antelopes | THE CONDITION known in cattle as 'mad cow disease', spongiform encephalopathies, has been found in Britain's sparsely-scattered antelope population, the government has admitted. Three elands, three greater kudu and an arabian oryx have been diagnosed with the disease over the past three years. In all, six species other... | mad cow disease;scrapie;sheep encephalopathies;antelope population;spongiform encephalopathies | |
FT922-10200 | Violence in the US: Final blot on record of insensitive police chief | LOS ANGELES Police Chief Daryl Gates had been accused of nurturing one of the most brutal police forces in the country: now he is under attack for fuelling the violence and then standing by as it rolled across poor black neighbourhoods. Mr Gates acknowledged yesterday that his department had been overwhelmed by the sca... | resignation;investigation;daryl gates;violence;brutality complaints;brutal police forces;police brutality | |
FT922-3171 | World Trade News: US political sands shift under Nafta - Prospects for the free trade deal are no longer so certain | JUST weeks ago, the prospects for the North American free trade agreement seemed assured. The proposed pact between the US, Canada and Mexico had the support of the Republican establishment, of Governor Bill Clinton, the prospective Democratic nominee, of the powerful Texas Democrats on Capitol Hill and most of the Dem... | republican establishment;free trade agreement;us election campaign;congressional democrats;north american;labor coalition;food safety provisions;hispanic americans;public disaffection;president bush;environmental issues;nafta pact;governor bill clinton;mr ross perot | |
FT922-6646 | World Trade News: Slovenia looks to Community for new markets | THE war in the former republics of Yugoslavia is forcing Slovene enterprises to find alternative trading partners among European Community countries as a means of compensating for lost markets in the region. However, Slovene officials warn that capital inflows will not increase unless Slovenia re-establishes trade link... | european community countries;former yugoslavia;foreign investment;trade links;slovene exports;capital inflows;independence;slovenia;slovene officials;slovene enterprises | |
FT922-8860 | World Bank links loan volume to poverty relief | THE World Bank will link loan volume to the strength of a country's efforts to fight poverty, according to an operational directive to staff issued today by Mr Lewis Preston, the bank's president. The link between loans and poverty relief forms part of a new drive to make poverty alleviation the bank's central mission ... | poverty alleviation;world bank;poverty reduction objectives;third world;bank policies;poverty assessments;loan volume;poverty relief | |
FT923-5089 | Bush calls on power to dispense largesse: Hurricane's aid to the president | THERE are growing signs that Hurricane Andrew, unwelcome as it was for the devastated inhabitants of Florida and Louisiana, may in the end do no harm to the re-election campaign of President George Bush. After a faltering and heavily criticised initial response to the disaster, both the president and his administration... | florida;president george bush;disaster;election campaign;hurricane andrew;emergency relief;louisiana | |
FT923-5267 | Hurricane insurers expect record claims | US INSURERS expect to pay out an estimated Dollars 7.3bn (Pounds 3.7bn) in Florida as a result of Hurricane Andrew - by far the costliest disaster the industry has ever faced. The figure is the first official tally of the damage resulting from the hurricane, which ripped through southern Florida last week. In the batte... | property-casualty industry;insured losses;property claims;florida losses;hurricane andrew;insurance claims;insurance industry | |
FT923-5797 | Cleaning up after Andrew | SQUADS of workers fanned out across storm-battered Louisiana yesterday to begin a massive rebuilding effort after Hurricane Andrew had flattened whole districts, killing two people and injuring dozens more, agencies report from Florida and New Orleans. However, local officials in Florida, hit earlier in the week by the... | florida;federal emergency;storm-related injuries;hurricane andrew;widespread destruction;louisiana;massive rebuilding effort | |
FT923-5835 | UK Company News: GA says hurricane claims could reach 'up to Dollars 40m' | GENERAL ACCIDENT, the leading British insurer, said yesterday that insurance claims arising from Hurricane Andrew could 'cost it as much as Dollars 40m.' Lord Airlie, the chairman who was addressing an extraordinary shareholders' meeting, said: 'On the basis of emerging information, General Accident advise that the los... | losses;hurricane andrew;insurer;insurance claims | |
FT923-5859 | Commodities and Agriculture: Oppenheimer to visit Moscow as diamond shake-up looms | MR HARRY Oppenheimer, whose family effectively controls the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa and De Beers, is to visit Russia next week at a time when the republic is considering a big shake-up in its diamond industry. His visit also comes at a time when the beleaguered diamond industry is rife with rumours a... | state diamond centre;harry oppenheimer;russian federation;unofficial exports;yakut government;beleaguered diamond industry;london-based central selling organisation;rough diamonds;exclusive sales agreement;russian diamond industry;russian diamonds;de beers;south africa | |
FT923-6038 | Hurricane batters southern US but lets insurers off lightly | HURRICANE Andrew, claimed to be the costliest natural disaster in US history, yesterday smashed its way through the state of Louisiana, inflicting severe damage on rural communities but narrowly missing the low-lying city of New Orleans. The storm, which brought havoc to southern Florida on Monday and then headed north... | tropical storm;new orleans;uninsured losses;hurricane andrew;louisiana;landfall;severe damage | |
FT923-6110 | Hurricane damage put at Dollars 20bn as 2m people told to leave homes | DAMAGE CAUSED by Hurricane Andrew could rise to Dollars 20bn, it was estimated yesterday, as one of the costliest US storms this century threatened a further devastating landfall near the city of New Orleans. Government officials in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas yesterday advised or ordered more than 2m people to ev... | new orleans;disaster losses;property damage;hurricane andrew;emergency services;insurance claims | |
FT923-6455 | US insurers face heaviest hurricane damage claims | US CITIES along the Gulf of Mexico from Alabama to eastern Texas were on storm watch last night as Hurricane Andrew headed west after sweeping across southern Florida, causing at least eight deaths and severe property damage. The hurricane was one of the fiercest in the US in decades and the first to hit Miami directly... | southern florida;florida;new orleans;hurricane andrew;severe property damage;damage claims;insurance industry losses | |
FT923-7126 | Commodities and Agriculture: Prospectors go for grand slam in diamonds - The latest rush is raising doubts about De Beers' cartel | IT IS ironic that there is an unprecedented, greedy rush for diamonds by miners in Angola and Canada precisely at a time when the diamond business is in turmoil and questions are inevitably being asked about the ability of the world's most successful cartel to keep its tight grip on the market. In Canada's Northwest Te... | diamond prices;world diamond business;diamond market;london-based central selling organisation;diamond sales;first diamond mine;canada;diamond hunters;diamond cartel;rough diamond production;greedy rush | |
FT931-11394 | Clinton promises welfare task-force | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton yesterday promised to name a task-force within the next 10 days to reform the US social safety net of welfare programmes. He told the National Governors' Association that he was committed to 'ending welfare as we know it' with measures to finance expanded job training for the unemployed, matched ... | bill clinton;family support act;welfare reform;welfare programs;social safety net;president clinton | |
FT931-341 | Survey of the Republic of Slovenia (1): The Balkans' lucky ones - Though the country has suffered economically from the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the war in the Balkans, independence has given its 2m inhabitants the opportunity to build an open market economy and democratic institutions | SLOVENES always had at least as much in common with their Alpine neighbours as with their Balkan partners in the former Yugoslavia. Since Slovenia's declaration of independence in June 1991, the gap between the peaceful, ethnically homogeneous new republic of 2m people and the war-impoverished rest of former Yugoslavia... | former federation;privatisation policies;former yugoslavia;rational market reforms;independence;slovenian economy;slovene border;normal economic ties;slovene enterprises | |
FT931-3883 | Government seeks to allay fear of 'mad cow' disease | GOVERNMENT veterinary and health experts were yesterday putting out reassuring messages about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or 'mad cow' disease, in the face of growing public anxiety. Dr Kenneth Calman, the government's chief medical officer, yesterday repeated the official advice that beef can be eaten safe... | causal link;mad cow disease;bovine spongiform encephalopathy;cjd cases;infectious protein;public anxiety;bse case;scientific evidence | |
FT932-12322 | World Bank pledges drive to cut poverty: Preston fails to respond to demands from Clinton to set more precise targets | MR Lewis Preston, World Bank president, yesterday promised to strengthen the bank's efforts to reduce poverty in developing countries. 'Poverty reduction must be the benchmark against which our performance as a development institution is judged,' he said. However, he failed to respond to demands from the Clinton admini... | world bank;adjustment loans;developing countries;third world;lewis preston;bank lending;poverty relief;poverty reduction | |
FT932-5855 | World Trade News: US Hispanic groups link Nafta support to side deals | KEY Hispanic groups in the US are making stringent side agreements, aimed at protecting worker rights and the environment, a condition of their support for the North American Trade Agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico. Several Hispanic leaders said last week that the Clinton administration also had to present a ... | hispanic community;key hispanic groups;north american trade agreement;trilateral north american development bank;worker rights;stringent side agreements;nafta;negative impact | |
FT933-10881 | Nafta foes campaign on a shoestring | IN California, labour leaders, environmentalists and the 'Perotistas' supporting Mr Ross Perot have signed a Declaration of War against the North American Free Trade Agreement. The site of the signing ceremony in Sacramento sent a warning to the city's congressman, Mr Bob Matsui, one of the leading proponents of Nafta ... | north american free trade agreement;environmental degradation;nafta foes;leading proponents;fair trade campaign;anti-nafta crusaders;side agreements;california;american public;nafta opponents;massive campaign;free trade pact | |
FT933-2760 | World Trade News: Battle for hearts and minds over Nafta - Guerrilla tactics versus White House pomp and press machine | GUERRILLA tactics by Greenpeace were swamped by the White House pomp in which Mr Clinton and three past US presidents this week endorsed the North American Free Trade Agreement. But the environmental activists, who momentarily disrupted a House hearing to unfurl a 15 foot anti-Nafta banner, saw their stunt repeated aga... | environmental activists;house hearing;impoverished immigrants;environmental protection;president clinton;anti-nafta sentiment;pro-nafta case;widespread public hostility;north american free trade agreement | |
FT933-5709 | World Trade News: Chicago back-room operator to sell Nafta - Laurie Morse on a Daley drafted in to lead ratification drive | THE MAN President Bill Clinton has chosen to head the task force to help get his free trade pact with Canada and Mexico ratified may lack experience in international trade arenas. But he comes to Washington well prepared for the kind of back-room political arm-twisting that will be required to persuade a divided Congre... | north america free trade agreement;labor groups;president bill clinton;side agreements;grassroots opposition;congressional support;anti-nafta campaign;william daley;controversial battle;free trade pact | |
FT933-6011 | Read Clinton's lips: No more welfare: America | President Bill Clinton's pledge to 'end welfare as we know it' was one of the most popular lines in last year's election campaign. His idea of a strict two-year time limit on welfare cheques appealed to voters (especially 'Reagan democrats') not just as a way of cutting government spending and thus reducing taxes, but ... | deficit reduction;president bill clinton;welfare reform;welfare problems;welfare benefits;healthcare reform;federal assistance | |
FT933-8272 | Technology: An outbreak of conflicting opinions - Despite assurances that BSE is waning, there is new concern about the epidemic | The epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or 'mad cow' disease - which has killed more than 100,000 animals in the UK - is causing a new wave of public concern. New cases are still running at almost 1,000 a week and last month a second dairy farmer died of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease, a brain disorder similar to BS... | scrapie-contaminated feed;mad cow disease;public concern;bovine spongiform encephalopathy;human brain disease;bse;maternal transmission;epidemic | |
FT933-8941 | Commodities and Agriculture: Investors sought for Zimbabwe diamond mine | INVESTORS are being asked to provide money for a diamond mine near the River Limpopo in Zimbabwe, which De Beers, the South African group that dominates the diamond business, discovered but then let get away. The mine is River Ranch, 12km upstream from Beitbridge on the southern border of Zimbabwe. De Beers found diamo... | diamond deposit;joint venturers;diamond trade;diamond mines;exclusive exploration rights;south african group;central selling organisation;diamond exploration experience;diamond business;river ranch;zimbabwe government | |
FT934-10911 | Party loyalties do not apply: The stakes are high in the battle to guide Nafta through the US Congress | 'They'd sell off bits of the White House lawn for a vote if they could' - Jim Jontz, head of the Fair Trade Campaign against Nafta 'It's one president, all the living former presidents, 41 governors, 14 Nobel Laureates and 284 economists versus Perot, Buchanan and Brown; it's your choice' - Mickey Kantor, US trade repr... | president bill clinton;fair trade campaign;side agreements;intense retail political war;democratic coalition;anti-nafta strategist;political battles;global trading structure;pro-nafta campaign;jim jontz;north american free trade agreement | |
FT934-11014 | States win approval for welfare reform plans | THE US administration has given the go-ahead for pilot plans to reform welfare benefits in Wisconsin and Georgia that could serve as experiments for the broader overhaul of the welfare system promised by President Bill Clinton. The Wisconsin plan would cut off cash payments under the principal welfare programme, known ... | wisconsin;president bill clinton;welfare reform;clinton administration;food stamps;healthcare reform;georgia;welfare plans | |
FT934-12800 | Welfare versus wealth of nations: Governments are anxious to cut the cost of pensions, healthcare and benefit payments | The welfare state, the glue that binds the social fabric of the world's advanced capitalist economies, is coming unstuck. The immediate cause is its increasing cost at a time when budget deficits burden most of the 24 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Rising welfare spending h... | budget deficits;welfare costs;healthcare reforms;welfare reform;national welfare systems;president clinton | |
FT934-13350 | World Trade News: US ready to back Nafta bank - White House steps up campaign on pact with aid for affected communities | THE Clinton administration will soon announce support for a North American Development Bank, which would fund projects in communities hit by job losses resulting from the North American Free Trade Agreement. The so-called NADBank has been strongly supported by Congressman Esteban Torres, who has insisted on some sort o... | undecided congressman;house vote;job losses;president bill clinton;pro-nafta votes;clinton administration;anti-nafta public opinion;north american development bank;pro-nafta campaign;north american free trade agreement | |
FT934-5781 | Guns 'n' poses: George Graham examines an important victory for US advocates of tougher firearms laws | The smoke has cleared a little. After seven long years, the US Congress this week passed its first significant gun control law since the assassinations of Mr Robert Kennedy and Rev Martin Luther King Jr in 1968. The legislation - known as the Brady bill after Mr James Brady, the former White House press secretary sever... | gun control law;complete ban;restriction;gun ownership;brady bill;us congress;gun purchase | |
FT934-8628 | Virginian congressmen feel the Nafta heat: Nancy Dunne sees protesters trying to influence the vote on Wednesday | IN VIRGINIA the North American Free Trade Agreement evokes a passionate opposition, but football, apparently, still is the reigning obsession. A 'not this Nafta' rally on Saturday provided little competition for the college 'game of the century' - Florida State University against Notre Dame. Only 115 demonstrators turn... | pro-nafta lobbying effort;foreign policy implications;demonstrators;president bill clinton;pro-nafta congressmen;virginia;opposition organiser;passionate opposition;anti-nafta forces;judicial system;north american free trade agreement | |
FT934-8748 | Markets: Traders nonplussed by trade vote - Wall Street | just try explaining what GATT, the Uruguay Round or Blair House are all about - but US investors have adopted a sensibly direct approach to the North American Free Trade Agreement: if Congress passes the treaty next week, it will be good for the economy, good for US companies, good for the stock markets, and good for P... | international protectionism;trade pact;economic benefits;investors;open trading environment;anti-nafta forces;global inflation;president clinton;north american free trade agreement | |
FT934-9116 | US public opinion swings behind Nafta | THE FIGHT over the North American Free Trade Agreement yesterday shifted outside Washington to the Congressional districts of members, sampling public opinion at home during this Veterans' Day holiday weekend. The pro-Nafta forces, exulting over the debate victory of Vice President Al Gore over Texan billionaire Ross P... | house vote;anti-nafta whip;debate victory;trade pact;public opinion;mexican congress;trade campaign;pro-nafta forces;congressional districts;north american free trade agreement | |
FT941-1547 | Commodities and Agriculture: Germany sets scientist to work on BSE threat | The German government yesterday announced the launch of a new research project to examine whether the cattle disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can be transmitted to human beings. The initiative comes as the country is pushing for a European Union ban on British beef imports, arguing that there is still no ... | mad cow disease;cattle disease;bovine spongiform encephalopathy;possible connections;bse;british beef imports | |
FT941-1750 | World Trade News: Neighbours line up at the door of Nafta - Caribbean basin nations hope for help to ease the pain | Central American and Caribbean governments are awaiting with more than passing interest an imminent US statement on measures to cushion the economic dislocation which the region expects from the North American Free Trade Agreement. However, Washington's proposals, promised by Mr Alexander Watson, assistant secretary of... | economic dislocation;possible diversion;nafta market;parity proposals;president bill clinton;caribbean basin countries;competitive mexico;central american;north american free trade agreement | |
FT941-4219 | Survey of Residential Property (1): Tunnel to increased value - The Chunnel is about to change life in northern France and Kent. Gerald Cadogan looks at the implications for the property market | On May 6 the Queen and President Mitterrand will declare the Channel Tunnel open. That should be the starting signal for a recovery in the property market in Kent and north eastern France. At the moment, agents report more inquiries, but the markets in both countries are still quiet and prices low, especially in France... | property market;recovery;starting signal;prospective buyers;france;channel tunnel;britain;price competition;uk market;french property | |
FT941-575 | Commodities and Agriculture: Commission to back Britain on 'mad cow disease' | The UK will get strong backing from Brussels today when Germany seeks a ban on British beef exports because of fear of 'mad cow disease', or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The European Commission planned to tell Germany that it would take legal action if Bonn attempted to introduce a unilateral ban, commission... | british beef exports;mad cow disease;bovine spongiform encephalopathy;restrictions;unilateral ban;british exports;bse-affected cows;germany | |
FT942-11114 | Survey of The Channel Tunnel (16): Big potential benefits - Belgium looks for economic spin-offs | The official opening of the Channel Tunnel later this year promises to help revitalise the north-west regions of Belgium, even though the country's biggest ports will suffer a loss of traffic. The chambers of commerce in Veurne and Courtrai, along with the West Flanders Regional Development Authority in Bruges, are gea... | chunnel;holidaymakers;european metropolitan area;rapid increases;western flanders;channel tunnel;traffic loads;freight carriers;development;official opening;belgium | |
FT943-12341 | Technology: Waiting for the big one - There is growing scepticism about Japan's earthquake prediction programme | Some 160km west of Tokyo in Japan's coastal Tokai region is what may be the world's most dense array of geophysical instruments. More than 150 meters and gauges track seismic activity, rock strain, crustal tilt, tidal movements and ground water levels. The data are telemetered to Tokyo where they are monitored around t... | earthquake warning;japan;general earthquake prediction research;imminent earthquake;coastal tokai region;richter scale;seismic activity;tokai earthquake | |
FT943-4951 | Commodities and Agriculture: De Beers digs deeper into its resources - The new lease of life for the Jwaneng and Finsch diamond mines | The Jwaneng mine, on the fringes of the Kalahari desert in Botswana, is known as 'a gem in the world of gems' because it almost certainly is the richest diamond mine in the world - at least in terms of the value of the stones it yields. Jwaneng's position is being reinforced by a USDollars 160m expansion programme at p... | wholly-owned finsch mine;diamond mines;jwaneng mine;south african group;diamond output;botswana;central selling organisation;underground mine;russian exports;de beers;world diamond production | |
FT943-5628 | Commodities and Agriculture: Showpiece diamond mine shares the market's strain | Turbulence in the global diamond markets is being felt even here at Venetia, De Beers' newest diamond mine, 30km from South Africa's borders with Botswana and Zimbabwe. Only weeks before the mine came into production in July 1992 at a cost of USDollars 400m, De Beers' Central Selling Organisation, which controls 80 per... | south african diamond mine;russian exports;rough gem diamond output;central selling organisation;diamond cartel;venetia;turbulence;global diamond markets;de beers | |
FT944-18184 | Who next? Reformers fear the assassin in Mexico - The aftermath of the killing of another PRI leader | If Mr Ernesto Zedillo, Mexico's next president, had any doubts about the difficulties of reforming Mexico's governing party and the country's corrupt judicial and legal system, the assassination last week of Mr Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, the party's number two official, will probably have removed them. Mr Ruiz Massie... | mexico;alleged alliance;gulf drug cartel;violent resistance;criminal justice system;reform-minded politicians;assassination;jose francisco ruiz massieu | |
LA010890-0031 | COLUMN ONE; POLITICS, PAIN AND THE POLICE; ANTI-ABORTION PROTESTERS DECRY HOLDS APPLIED BY OFFICERS DURING ARRESTS. THEIR STAND HAS TURNED LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCES TOPSY-TURVY. | A controversial videotape being shown among activists nationwide shows Los Angeles police officers intentionally hurting the nonviolent demonstrators they are arresting. They press fingers under their noses. They dig their knuckles into protesters' necks, and torque martial arts weapons around their wrists. At one po... | los angeles police officers;anti-abortion cause;nonviolent protesters;police abuse;police brutality charges | |
LA011889-0067 | D.A., FBI TO INVESTIGATE LONG BEACH POLICE CASE | The Los Angeles County district attorney's office and the FBI are investigating a videotaped incident in which a white Long Beach police officer appeared to shove a black man's face into a plate glass window after a routine traffic stop. The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday to ask the district attorney's office ... | investigation;dickey;police brutality;civil rights violation;los angeles;jackson;police force | |
LA012090-0090 | LANDSCAPING CAN BE 1ST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST WILDFIRE; GARDENING | Most Southern Californians would agree that hills and canyons are among the most desirable places to live. But these wild, yet settled, places at the edge of the metropolis -- what botanists sometimes call "the urban-chaparral interface" -- are the properties most threatened by wildfire. While little can be done to c... | fire-resistant landscaping;firescape garden;southern californians;firescaping;fire-retardant succulents;ice plant;wildfire;firescapes demonstration garden;fire-resistant plants;four plant zones;maximum fire protection | |
LA012590-0174 | EXXON RAISES VALDEZ CLEANUP COSTS TO $2 BILLION; EARNINGS: THE OIL GIANT WILL TAKE ANOTHER $500-MILLION CHARGE OVER THE SPILL, BRINGING ITS TAB FOR THE YEAR TO $1.38 BILLION. | Exxon Corp. on Wednesday increased its estimate of the total 1989 costs of cleaning up the massive Alaskan oil spill to $2 billion and said it would take another $500-million charge in the fourth quarter to cover costs from what is now the most expensive environmental disaster in history. In reporting its estimated 1... | exxon corp.;exxon valdez accident;tanker exxon valdez;lower net income;expensive environmental disaster;cleanup charge;total cleanup costs;revenue;valdez spill;financial effect;valdez cleanup;massive alaskan oil spill | |
LA021090-0005 | GUN NUTS HAVE A REAL POINT; CONSTITUTION: THE CLIMATE MAY NOW BE RUNNING IN FAVOR OF MORE RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING A BAN ON HANDGUNS. BUT THERE'S STILL THE SECOND AMENDMENT. | Around the world, national theologies are crumbling: communism, apartheid and, here in America, the worship of guns -- to foreigners, the single craziest thing about us. Do you sense an outbreak of sanity about gun control? I do. There was retired Chief Justice Warren Burger preaching sacrilege on the cover of Parade... | gun ownership;right;gun control;law enforcement;kates;constitution;second amendment;handgun purchases | |
LA021689-0227 | BEN JOHNSON'S STEROID USE TOLD | Ben Johnson's personal physician has said the disgraced Olympic sprinter took a banned steroid on one occasion four months before the Seoul Olympics last year, the Toronto Star newspaper reported today. Dr. Jamie Astaphan, in a telephone interview from the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, said Johnson was depressed las... | banned steroid;johnson scandal;stanozolol use;disgraced olympic sprinter;olympics gold medal;jamie astaphan;ben johnson;seoul olympics;personal physician | |
LA030489-0068 | OFFICER ADMITS HE ERRED IN REPORT ON VIDEOTAPED ARREST | A white Long Beach police officer who allegedly pushed a black man through a plate-glass window during an arrest that was secretly videotaped by a television crew acknowledged Friday that he made errors in his official report. Officer Mark Dickey, speaking publicly for the first time since the Jan. 14 incident, told ... | police officer;arrest;dickey;police brutality;don jackson;racism | |
LA030789-0047 | ATTORNEY SAYS IMPLICATING LEWIS UNFAIR | Carl Lewis said he knew Ben Johnson was taking performance-enhancing drugs just after their 100-meter final last fall at the Seoul Olympics. "He got out of those blocks like a caged lion," Lewis said in an interview Sunday at the Los Angeles Marathon, where he was representing a sponsor. "How can anybody in the world... | carl lewis;world record-holder;drug test;ben johnson;seoul olympics;performance-enhancing drugs;drug use;steroid furazabol;anabolic steroid stanozolol | |
LA030889-0163 | JOHNSON WAS WORRIED ABOUT TEST, FRANCIS' FRIEND SAYS | Canadian Coach Charlie Francis, who claimed that sprinter Ben Johnson's urine sample at the Seoul Olympics was spiked with a banned steroid, told an acquaintance in Seoul that Johnson had worried that he might test positive. Lynda Huey, who was at Seoul working for NBC-TV and as a physical therapist for some American... | canadian inquiry;banned steroid;sprinter ben johnson;canadian coach charlie francis;seoul olympics;urine sample;u.s. sprinter carl lewis;lynda huey;drug use | |
LA032589-0044 | TANKER SPILLS OIL AFTER HITTING REEF OFF ALASKA | A Long Beach-bound Exxon oil tanker ran aground on a reef Friday and spilled an estimated 8.4 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, a pristine Pacific waterway heavily used by kayakers, fishermen and tourists. It was the largest Alaskan oil spill ever. The Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot tanker ow... | exxon valdez;alaskan oil spill;long beach-bound exxon oil tanker;cleanup equipment;crude oil;wildlife hurt | |
LA032789-0038 | ALASKA TANKER PILOTED BY UNQUALIFIED OFFICER; EXXON UNABLE TO EXPLAIN CAPTAIN'S ABSENCE; RISING WINDS STIR FEARS OF OIL SLICK DAMAGE | An unqualified mate was piloting the Exxon Valdez -- violating both Coast Guard regulations and company policy -- when the tanker crashed into rocks, unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Exxon Shipping Co. said Sunday. Exxon also disclosed that the Long Beach-bound tanker actually was involved in two separ... | investigation;exxon shipping co.;separate accidents;unqualified mate;long beach-bound tanker;federal disaster;cleanup efforts;exxon valdez spill;oil contamination;oil spill;environmental conservation;coast guard regulations;pilot | |
LA040689-0056 | SHIP REFLOATED; FORMER SKIPPER GIVES SELF UP | Exxon salvage crews successfully refloated the stricken tanker Exxon Valdez on Wednesday as the former captain of the vessel surrendered to authorities in New York to face criminal charges in the massive oil spill. Joseph Hazelwood, 42, surrendered to police in a Long Island suburb of New York City and hours later Ju... | massive oil spill;stricken tanker exxon valdez;cleanup;alaska;joseph hazelwood;exxon salvage crews;wildlife deaths;criminal charges | |
LA040789-0051 | ALASKA GOVERNOR THREATENS OIL SHUTDOWN OVER CLEANUP | Backed by public antipathy toward the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster, Gov. Steve Cowper on Thursday threatened to close down the trans-Alaska oil pipeline unless its owners meet his terms for improved safety and cleanup measures. At the same time, it was disclosed that federal officials are probing the possibility t... | trans-alaska oil pipeline;exxon valdez oil spill disaster;oil companies;cleanup response plans;gov. steve cowper;six-point safety plan;cleanup measures;oil-spill cleanup;oil spills;improved safety;minimal environmental effects | |
LA041889-0039 | ETHIOPIAN WALTZES THROUGH BOSTON; MEKONNEN WINS IN 2:09:06; KRISTIANSEN FIRST IN 2:24:33 | Out of the horn of Africa has emerged the most devastating and dominant group of marathon runners the world has seen. Or at least since the last time Ethiopia ventured from its athletic isolation and won three consecutive Olympic gold medals, putting its indelible stamp on the marathon. It appears to be happening aga... | ingrid kristiansen;dominant group;african runners;ethiopia;abebe bikila;consecutive olympic gold medals;race;marathon runners | |
LA042190-0060 | METRO DIGEST / LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF: ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S DOCTORS WILL NOT FACE CHARGES | The Los Angeles County district attorney's office declined Friday to press charges against several physicians, ending its investigation into allegations that they over-prescribed painkillers to actress Elizabeth Taylor. In a written report, the district attorney's office said the prescribing practices "fell below the... | actress elizabeth taylor;rehabilitation clinic;investigation;ms. taylor;medical practice;physicians;painkillers | |
LA042290-0104 | 'MAD COW DISEASE' KILLS 10,000 CATTLE IN BRITAIN; LIVESTOCK: THE GOVERNMENT SEES ONLY A REMOTE RISK TO HUMANS. THE MALADY MAY BE SPREAD THROUGH CATTLE FEED. | "Mad cow disease" has killed 10,000 cattle, restricted the export market for Britain's cattle industry and raised fears about the safety of eating beef. The government insists that the disease poses only a remote risk to human health, but scientists still aren't certain what causes the disease or how it is transmitte... | mad cow disease;exports;british cattle;bovine spongiform encephalopathy;sheep disease;bse;cattle feed;imports;ban | |
LA042490-0142 | LIZ TAYLOR PUT ON VENTILATOR AFTER BIOPSY FOR PNEUMONIA | Elizabeth Taylor is breathing with the assistance of a ventilator after undergoing surgery aimed at determining the cause of pneumonia that has kept her hospitalized for three weeks, her physicians said Monday. The Academy Award-winning actress was admitted to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica last week for treatme... | st. john's hospital;elizabeth taylor;surgery;health problems;pneumonia;ventilator;serious condition;actress | |
LA042790-0205 | LIZ BIZ; THROUGH SICK AND THIN, THE WORLD WATCHES TAYLOR | Her movies now are few and far between, but when she is ill, the world still stands at attention. Liz Taylor's latest bout with pneumonia has drawn the kind of intense scrutiny normally accorded presidential polyps. It has inspired a raft of rumors and handed up a field day for the giddy tabloids. And today, yet again,... | st. john's hospital;liz taylor;celebrity;pneumonia;rumors;addictions | |
LA043089-0197 | FRESH OIL SHEEN SEEPS FROM EXXON VALDEZ | In Valdez, Alaska, the Coast Guard confirmed Saturday that a fresh oil sheen has seeped from the ruptured Exxon Valdez and that a complete cleanup of the damaged tanker is impossible. Later in the day in Juneau, a package of bills aimed at protecting Alaska from another devastating oil spill like the one that fouled ... | spill-response fund;fresh oil sheen;tanker exxon valdez;alaska;spill damage;spill contingency plans;complete cleanup;exxon valdez spill;crude oil;spill costs;spill-related bills;devastating oil spill | |
LA050889-0075 | LONG BEACH MARATHON; WILSON, YANMIN HAVE THE PATIENCE TO WIN WITH COURSE RECORDS | Patience is often difficult to muster for those who run the 26.2 miles of a marathon. The tendency is to want to finish the race as soon as possible and get a head start on recovering from it. Patience was its own virtue in the Long Beach Marathon Sunday, as the men's and women's winners shrewdly waited for others to... | long beach marathon;wen yanmin;patience;winners;race;rex wilson;course record |
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