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John I do not write this to attack the great work you have done on FR. I really love the way you can do self searches and other searchs now going far back in time. The idea of user preferences is great too. Those are some of the things I like. It is neat how you stroll in here about every night and go to work. It reminds me of an old tune by Deo that I used to listen to called "I speed at night". LOL Now of course many things about the old format were also at ...

House Gun Bill Weakens Current Law U.S. Newswire 16 Jun 15:07 House Gun Bill Weakens Current Law, Says VPC To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Bill McGeveran of the Violence Policy Center, 202-822-8200, ext. 105; Web site: www.vpc.org (*1) WASHINGTON, June 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Violence Policy Center today warned that -- unless amendments pass to remove loopholes -- the overall impact of the House leadership's gun bill would be to weaken current gun laws. The rollback would be even more serious if the bill includes an amendment sponsored by Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and supported by the ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Stopping at a typical Cologne beer hall, President Clinton shook hands with stunned residents Thursday and sampled local specialties: Sauerbraten with dumplings and the city's famous light brew. When Clinton walked in, regular patron Dirk Rosenkranz stood up at his usual table, near the door, and was the first to receive a handshake from the personable president. "I can't wash my hand now, for what, two, maybe three months?'' he said to the amusement of his pals. Clinton greeted customers, exchanged a few words and autographed beer coasters as he walked to a long, wooden ...

For Editorial and Discussion use only: UN Sec-Gen envoy favors more consistent disarmament of KLA.PRAGUE, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - The Kosovo settlement will hardly be quick without the disarmament of the conflicting sides, envoy of the U.N. Secretary-General in the Balkans, Slovakian Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan said in an interview with the national radio on Thursday. Now that international troops have entered the Yugoslav province, the need for disarmament is especially true for the Kosovo Liberation Army, he said. The disarmament of the KLA must be more consistent, Kukan noted. In his words, the United Nations favors more decisive actions ...

U.S. House debates checking on gun buyers at shows By Joanne Kenen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With an impassioned debate about God, guns and schoolhouse murderers, the House on Thursday enacted a tough youth crime bill and then turned to measures aimed at keeping firearms away from criminals and children. Propelled by public outrage after the 15 deaths at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, the Senate last month approved a half-dozen modest new gun measures. But many lawmakers acknowledge that the House is unlikely to go as far as the Senate in the face of intense opposition from an invigorated ...

When Jane spoke out June 17, 1999 /3 Tamuz, 5759 Jeff Jacoby ANOTHER HONOR FOR JANE FONDA: At its national convention in Washington, DC, next week, the American Association of University Women will bestow its new Speaking Out for Justice Award on the famous actress and aerobics queen. She is being hailed, the AAUW says, as "a committed activist who champions the environment, human rights, and the empowerment of women and girls." ... There is no mention of "Barbarella," for instance. Or of Ted Turner. Or of Jim Jones and his People's Temple cult, which Fonda praised -- a ...

BAKU, Jun 17, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev has called for NATO's "peaceful" intervention in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ministry officials said Wednesday. "On June 14 Armenian forces three times tried to attack our positions," Abiyev said in a meeting with Italian ambassador Alessandro Fallavollita. "This shows once again the difficult internal situation in Armenia." "We would like NATO to become involved soon in peacefully settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict," he added, but did not say how. Azerbaijani and Armenian forces clashed Monday in the biggest border incident since a cease-fire was signed between the two sides ...

President Clinton gave a vote of confidence Thursday to Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak, saying the United States counted on his new government to revive a "vigorous pursuit" of the Middle East peace process. "I don't believe that I will have to take any steps to revive the peace process," Clinton said in response to a reporter's question about the stalled peace process. Clinton pledged that, once Barak gets the peace process back on track, the United States would "provide whatever security and other economic and other incentives we can to bring it to a successful conclusion."

News Release by the WGC in London IMF gold sales a flawed proposal Poorest countries hit by official gold sales LONDON: 17 June 1999 - Proposals for the International Monetary Fund to sell 10 per cent of its gold to assist debt relief among the world's poorest countries are flawed, according to a newly-published analysis by the World Gold Council. The recent fall in the price of gold as a direct consequence of the plans of the IMF, Switzerland and the UK to sell gold, has already lost these developing nations more than $150m in annual export earnings. This is ...

Link to article Officials with the FBI said Friday their lead investigator in the Columbine High tragedy will stay in his post despite close ties to the school. Dwayne Fuselier's son graduated from Columbine in 1997 and was one of the students who produced a videotape more than two years ago that shows trench coat-wearing students armed with weapons moving through the school's halls. The film ends with four students walking away from the school as it explodes in flames. "I have complete faith and confidence in Dwayne Fuselier," said Keith DeVincentis, acting special agent in charge of the FBI's ...

Family told to remove paths from near shore. Brick walkways had been installed to provide wheelchair access for disabled daughter. EASTON - A circuit court judge has given a local family one year to remove brick walkways from their waterfront estate. The Mastandrea family had installed the brick-in-sand walkways to allow their disabled daughter Leah to enjoy their property's waterfront. Leah has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair or motorized scooter to travel from the house to the waterfront and pier. But the walkways were placed within 20 to 25 feet of the shoreline, well within the 100-foot critical areas ...

KLA accused of terrorizing Serb monastery in Kosovo Shattered icons hang on the walls of the monastery reportedly ransacked by KLA fighters June 17, 1999 Web posted at: 9:21 p.m. EDT (0121 GMT) SRBICA, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- French peacekeepers stood guard Thursday outside a Serbian Orthodox monastery, following reports that a band of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters had ransacked the site near Srbica and terrorized its clergy for days. The incident is regarded as one of the most serious assaults by the KLA since NATO peacekeeping troops were deployed in Kosovo and could hurt attempts to convince Serb civilians that ...

Russia says Bulgaria to allow Kosovo flights MOSCOW, June 16 (Reuters) - Moscow's Balkan envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin said on Wednesday Bulgaria had given permission for Russia to use its air space for flights to Kosovo. ``The question of flights of Russian military aircraft over Bulgaria has been settled. It is expected that corridors will (also) be provided by Hungary and Romania,'' RIA news agency quoted Chernomyrdin as saying in St Petersburg. The Bulgarian embassy in Moscow could not immediately confirm the report. 11:45 06-16-99 Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing ...

FORUM "LESSONS FROM KOSOVO" FEATURING LEGAL, MEDIA, AND DIPLOMATIC EXPERTS SLATED JUNE 21 AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY A forum entitled "Lessons from Kosovo" will begin at 7:30 PM on Monday, June 21 in Dodds Auditorium of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School located at the intersection of Washington Road and Prospect Street. The forum will feature legal, media, and diplomatic experts who will reflect on NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, and alternatives for dealing with ethnic conflicts in the future. Among the experts slated to make presentations are: · Jack Matlock, former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union; currently a professor at ...

Anticipated Floor Schedule: The House Will Meet at 9:00 a.m. for Legislative Business Last Vote Expected: ?? * One Minutes * H.R. 2122 - Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act (Complete Consideration) * Special Orders Monday's Forecast: The House Will Not Be in Session

Italy just passed a law that allows its citizens to deface, burn, or otherwise disrespect that nation's flag. Several years ago, the United States Supreme Court addressed the same issue, and ruled that in a true democracy, freedom of speech is the most sacrosanct right a citizen can possess...and because of that, the citizens of the United States possessed the inherent right to disrespect this nation's flag...even to the extent, as an expression of free speech, to urinate on it. The Italian people, who do not possess a Bill of Rights, and do not possess an inherent right to free ...

Most people believe that they can handle the truth. However, every person has experienced other people who can't handle the truth. A person need look no further than the constant unfolding of objective, albeit disheartening, truths pertaining to Bill Clinton and those who refuse to handle the truth about him. Thus they create all manner of rationalizations to support their inability to handle the truth and end up defending Clinton in the process. It's not Clinton they're defending, they're defending their inability to handle objective truth. How To Profoundly Alter the Way People View Life Every new technology began as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Carter says the United States' approach to solving conflicts in other nations run by dictators too often hurts the people who live under their leadership. In an address to a group of international fellows Thursday, Carter lamented what he called dwindling U.S. support for foreign aid to assist people in developing nations. Instead, the United States has ended up punishing those people, he said. "It has become unpopular in our country to talk about even humanitarian aid, and we concentrate maybe too much on resolving conflicts by imposing punishment on people of a nation ...

A CRIMINAL STATE Editorial The Pioneer Established in 1865 http://www.the-pioneer.com/ Friday, June 18, 1999 It is not surprising that Pakistan has rejected India's demand that it must identify and punish those responsible for the torture, inhuman treatment and killing of Sqdr Ldr Ajay Ahuja and six Indian Army personnel including Lt Saurabh Kalia. If anything, its reaction has been entirely along predictable lines. Admitting its involvement in such monstrous crimes would have severely eroded whatever credibility and support it still retains in the world. The crimes by Pakistani troops are not only savage in themselves but constitute clear breaches ...

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