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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted today to allow the Ten Commandments to be posted in schools and other government buildings. By 248-180, lawmakers approved Rep. Robert Aderholt's amendment to a juvenile crime bill that would allow states to decide whether to permit such displays on government property. The amendment, Aderholt said, was a ``first step'' for government in reinstilling the value of human life in children influenced by violent culture. One lawmaker, Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., said recently that if the Ten Commandments had been posted at Columbine High School, the April 20 massacre there would never have ...

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6/17/99 -- 12:06 PM First Lady: globalization can improve people's lives ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PARIS (AP) - Speaking today in the domed auditorium of the Sorbonne - the prestigious French university she'd long dreamed of visiting - Hillary Rodham Clinton urged people to harness technology and globalization to improve their lives. ``The real challenge is to try to understand globalization and harvest its benefits on behalf of society,'' she told an audience that included her daughter, Chelsea, U.S. Ambassador to France Felix Rohaytn and French First Lady Bernadette Chirac. Mrs. Clinton described how refugees from Kosovo, currently living in the French ...

COMPLEXITIES OF KOSOVO PEACE: NATO-RUSSIA 'STANDOFF', KLA ROLE This survey is based on 64 reports from 39 countries, June 12-16. As President Clinton travels to Europe to attend a G-8 summit--a meeting widely expected to be dominated by the Kosovo crisis--and Secretary of Defense Cohen arrives in Helsinki to try to resolve the impasse sparked by Russia's takeover of the airport in Pristina and the Kremlin's demand for control of its own sector in Kosovo, analysts overseas continued to weigh in on the diplomatic and military tracks of the Kosovo peace process. The roles of Russia, the KLA and ...

'The anomalies of the International Criminal Tribunal are legion. This is not victors' justice in the former Yugoslavia - in fact, it is no justice at all' International Criminal Court - Victor's Justice? Opinion John Laughland Emotion may be a spur to justice, but it is rarely its guarantor. The allegations of war crimes eagerly funnelled out of Kosovo by the thousands of journalists in the province have provoked a demand for retribution. That cry for justice is natural. But the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the body charged with pursuing those accused of war crimes in Kosovo, ...

'The anomalies of the International Criminal Tribunal are legion. This is not victors' justice in the former Yugoslavia - in fact, it is no justice at all' International Criminal Court - Victor's Justice? Opinion John Laughland Emotion may be a spur to justice, but it is rarely its guarantor. The allegations of war crimes eagerly funnelled out of Kosovo by the thousands of journalists in the province have provoked a demand for retribution. That cry for justice is natural. But the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the body charged with pursuing those accused of war crimes in Kosovo, ...

Government Is No God by Donald J. Boudreaux Assume you need surgery to remove a brain tumor. Two physicians in your town offer to perform this operation. Dr. Smith specializes in neurosurgery; it's his sole occupation. Dr. Jones, however, divides his time among a variety of occupations. Along with performing neurosurgery, he practices dentistry, gynecology, podiatry, and radiology. He also spends part of each day teaching political science at the local college, and another part of each day as an investment counselor. Which surgeon will you use? If your brain tumor hasn't yet seriously diminished your capacity for rational thought, ...

A British comedian probably isn't the only person who can't figure us out! "They say guns don't kill people. Oh, I think they have something to do with it. I mean, if a kid just points his finger and says 'BANG,' not much happens." --Eddie Izzard, British comedian, during an attempt to understand American culture. AUSTIN--The U.S. House is set to debate a "gun control" bill that simply overturns the gun control measures passed by the Senate a few weeks ago. Same old story--the National Rifle Association got to them. You have to say one thing for NRA members: They ...

Kings Of The Caspian Less than a decade after the final diplomatic skirmishes of the Cold War, the men who led the battle on both sides have joined forces to exploit the oil reserves of the Caspian Sea. The Caspian, which is the world's largest inland sea, is estimated to contain as much as 200 billion barrels of oil alone plus another 100 billion barrels' worth of gas under the neighboring Kara Kum Desert and other sites. At average price levels for the 1990s, that adds up to a treasure chest of roughly US$5 trillion. Today Amoco, British Petroleum, Chevron, ...

Yesterday's UI was excellent, it was direct and to the point, today, I really find it destracting, cumbersome, down right hard to read. Let's roll back to yesterday's UI.

The Last Commandant Dinko Sakic Faces Trial At Age 77 At 22, He Ran A Notorious Concentration Camp His Capture Reopens Old Wounds In Croatia Jasenovac, Croatia Wednesday, June 16,1999 - 06:11 PM ET (CBS) Dinko Sakic is one of the last living commandants of a World War II concentration camp. Now 77 years old, he is on trial in Croatia for crimes against humanity--crimes he allegedly committed at a camp called Jasenovac. 60 Minutes II Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. A little more than 50 years ago, tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of people were murdered ...

House Mulls 10 Commandments Bill By Laurie Kellman Associated Press Writer Thursday, June 17, 1999; 10:54 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Churning through a debate on the causes of youth violence, the House is considering a measure that would permit the Ten Commandments to be posted in schools and other government buildings. The debate follows the sharp defeat of a proposal that would have curbed access by children to explicit sexual or violent material in video games and movies. Propelled by aggressive lobbying by the entertainment industry, the House rejected the measure Wednesday on a 282-146 vote. ``Of course we ...

For fair use Clinton's stealth China policy The president would rather look like a bumbler than own up to a policy that ignores China's wrongdoing, from campaign finance to nuclear espionage. Editor's Note:This is the first of a two-part series. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Christopher Hitchens June 17, 1999 | WASHINGTON -- Why does President Clinton not emulate his role model, Richard Nixon (at whose funeral he was so husky and forgiving), and deflect domestic and foreign criticism by claiming that his administration's incredible generosity to China -- from nuclear proliferation ...

KLA plays role of conqueror -- despite NATO Rebels act like they're in charge, and peacekeepers tick them off BY LORI MONTGOMERY FREE PRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- In an elegant hilltop villa ringed with wrought iron, the Kosovo Liberation Army is busy establishing its headquarters in Pristina, setting up roadblocks, churning out public statements and scheduling shifts of armed guards. Just one thing stands in the way of a triumphant KLA takeover of the provincial capital now that the Serbs have gone: NATO peacekeeping troops are taking the rebels' guns away, and it's starting to tick them off. ...

Sen. Orrin Hatch's closest aides and friends expect him to announce as soon as next week that he will form a presidential exploratory committee, the first step toward seeking the Republican nomination for president. "He feels in large part he's doing this for his home state," said Spencer Stokes, Hatch's Senate campaign manager, who answered questions reluctantly. "It would probably be the first time in the history of this state that someone here [from a major party] ran for president, and he doesn't take that lightly." However, Stokes quickly added: "There's only one person who really knows if he's ...

Fathers Day Special on Politically Incorrect America’s most Popular Right Wing Dad Moves to June 18th on ABC’s Politically Incorrect. In what can only be called a stroke of genius on behalf of Politically Incorrect’s producer and Bob Enyart’s booking agent, Bob will now appear on a Fathers Day special broadcast of ABC’s Politically Incorrect. It will be a show to remember as Bob is joined by Hollywood fathers including Donnie Osmond, along with host Bill Mahr. Be sure to tune in to see ABC’s best idea since they fired Barbara Walters. Of course Ms. Walters was rehired, but ...

Teresa Heinz Teresa Heinz is Chairman of the Heinz Family Philanthropies and of the Howard Heinz Endowment, which are considered among the nation's most innovative philanthropic institutions. She is also the creator of the prestigious Heinz Awards, an annual program recognizing outstanding vision and achievement in the arts, public policy, technology and the economy, the environment, and the human condition. Following the death of her husband, U.S. Senator John Heinz, in 1991, Teresa Heinz was urged by national and Pennsylvania political leaders to seek election to his Senate seat. She chose instead to assume direction of the family's extensive philanthropic ...

Leaders of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban affirmative action in Florida have begun collecting the signatures necessary to put the measure on the November 2000 ballot. They also have begun raising the $1 million needed to finance the signature-collecting effort for the proposed Florida Civil Rights Initiative. In making the pitch for money, one letter sent across the country this month for the proposed measure says, ``Many of the Florida politicians who you would expect to be on our side, like Republican Governor Jeb Bush, have cowered to the politically correct proponents of preferences and refuse to ...

Yesterday, Mary Kathleen Flynn, "internet correspondent" and chatroom host, announced in chat that she was leaving MSNBC Friday. My impression is that the whole internet participation portion of MSNBC is headed out the door, probably at the behest of NBC News corporate management. The "News Chat Question of the Day" results yesterday were just so embarassing to Hillary, I guess it had to stop.Anyone heard anything regarding a new direction for MSNBC's internet junior partners? I've been told before that the media pukes look down on the internet side of the house.The MSNBC chatroom could have been mistaken for a ...

WASHINGTON, DC--Citing years of frustration over their advice being misunderstood, misrepresented or simply ignored, America's foremost experts in every field collectively tendered their resignation Monday.       "Despite all our efforts to advise this nation, America still throws out its recyclables, keeps its guns in unlocked cabinets where children have easy access, eats three times as much red meat as is recommended, watches seven hours of TV per day, swims less than 10 minutes after eating, and leaves halogen lights on while unattended," said Dr. Simon Peavy, vice-president of the National Association of Experts. "Since you don't seem ...