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Secretary of State Madeleine Albright canceled plans to attend Tuesday's ceremony marking the handover of the US-administered Panama canal because of the progress in Middle East talks, a state department official said Friday. "A pivotal breakthrough in the Middle East peace process resulting from the secretary's trip there this week and the subsequent meeting of Middle East leaders in Washington next week made it impossible for the secretary to go to Panama," the official said. "The secretary regrets not being able to attend the historic ceremony." The cancellation of Albright's trip to Panama, announced Thursday evening by the Panamanian foreign ...

Two Florida Democrats Jump Ship RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson welcomed two Florida elected officials to the Republican Party last week. State Representative Irlo ‘Bud’ Bronson and Kissimee City Commissioner Wendell McKinnon have become the 442nd and 443rd elected officials to switch to the Republican Party under the Clinton-Gore administration. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Published by: Nevada Republican Liberty Caucus “The Conscience of the Republican Party” Chuck ...

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CNN/Time poll: McCain, Bush in tight races By Keating Holland/CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Arizona Senator John McCain and Texas Governor George W. Bush are running neck-and-neck among potential voters in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire GOP primary, with McCain holding a four-point lead, according to a new CNN-Time poll. The GOP race is just as tight in McCain's home state, Arizona, where he leads Bush by three points. On the Democratic side, Bill Bradley and Al Gore are in a close race in New Hampshire, where the former New Jersey senator leads the vice president by a narrow 42 percent to ...

I was just thinking how my life has changed since Bill Clinton has become President of the United States Of America. No more can I travel abroad and hold my head high and look people right in the eye, just to let them know that being an American means something. Now its kind of hang your head and maybe no one will notice you. Before this man took office I loved going to the movies..Didn,t matter much who was in the movie, because there was only two or three stars I didn,t care for..Now there is only two or three ...

True Believer: Against All Odds, Keyes Fights for Recognition By Stephen J. Yesner ABCNEWS.com N E W F I E L D, N.H., Dec. 10 — Diehard conservatives — the kind of people who will come out in the rain to see him speak on a Saturday morning nearly a year before the election — really like Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes. Or at least they appreciate him. They like that he can name obscure foreign leaders, that he doesn’t wear tan suits, and that he can spin even a question about NASA into an impromptu sermon on spirituality. It ...

Wen Ho Lee Indicted: Arrested on Charges of Removing Nuclear Secrets ABCNEWS.com Dec. 10 — Fired scientist Wen Ho Lee was indicted today on charges that he removed nuclear secrets from a secured computer at the Los Alamos weapons lab where he worked, government officials said. The 59-count indictment, unsealed hours after his arrest, charges Lee with violations of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Lee, 59, is alleged to have tampered with, altered and concealed classified information concerning the design, construction, use and testing of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, according to U.S. Attorney John J. Kelly in New Mexico. ...

Bush feels the heat as rival takes poll position FROM BEN MACINTYRE IN WASHINGTON LEADING presidential contender George W. Bush has conceded that he faces "a heck of a race" with Senator John McCain, his Republican rival who is storming up the polls by breaking almost every rule in the election book. Mr McCain launched yet another surprise yesterday with the announcement that he will cross party lines to share a platform with Bill Bradley, the former senator bidding for the Democratic nomination, to demonstrate their shared support for campaign finance reform. The two candidates, ideological opposites on almost every ...

Nuclear physicist Wen Ho Lee charged with 59 counts in Los Alamos case WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Wen Ho Lee was indicted on 59 counts of violating the Federal Atomic Energy Act and the Federal Espionage Act on Friday, U.S. Attorney John Kelly said at a news conference. Each count in the indictment deals with the possession, transfer, removal, concealment and other types of mishandling of classified information. Kelly said each count under the Espionage Act -- the least punitive of the two acts, could carry a 10-year prison sentence. Under the Atomic Energy Act, ...

The truth about Chechnya By Roman Khalilov Date: 11/16/99 http://www.amina.com/article/truth_abchech.html There are already more than 200.000 Chechen refugees in Ingushetia, mainly women and children. In addition, approximately, from 50.000 to 100.000 Chechen refugees are in other parts of Russia. More than 200.000 Chechen civilians are denied the way to get out of the war. Russians are using barbaric weapons against civilians. Chechen cities (there are only three of them) and villages are being completely destroyed. Chechen nation faces the danger of being wiped out. In short, all relevant norms of international law are being violated by Russia. More precisely, ...

Ignorance Versus Enlightenment by Linda A. Prussen-Razzano Thursday, December 09, 1999 On December 6, 1999, in a rally protesting Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s program dealing with the homeless, Reverend Al Sharpton sharply criticized a member of the Human Resources Administration: "If Jason Turner had come into the barn that night," Sharpton said, "he would have said to the baby Jesus: 'You have been born to two unwedded parents. They don't have an address. They don't have a job. We have to take you in custody and arrest your parents.'"1 For a man reportedly well versed in Biblical studies, this is a ...

Aides say Bradley won't need procedure for irregular heartbeat WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley canceled West Coast campaign appearances Friday to seek treatment for an irregular heartbeat, but aides to the former New Jersey senator tell CNN that the procedure will not be necessary. Bradley, in California on a two-day swing, felt symptoms of the condition known as atrial fibrillation Thursday night, said Anita Dunn, his communications director. He decided to go ahead with his schedule Friday morning "to see if it would fix itself as it often would," Dunn said of the condition. Aides said he ...

Excerpts: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary (Little Rock, Arkansas) ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release December 10, 1999 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE LITTLE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Statehouse Convention Center Little Rock, Arkansas 10:15 A.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Shelby; and thank you, Joe, for your leadership. They've both been friends of mine for a long time, and it's good to see this Chamber so well led. And, thank you, Joe, for your pledge of support. Congratulations to Bob and Beverly on the well-deserved award. I'm delighted ...

Bradley sidelined by heart ailment Democratic presidential contender cuts short West Coast campaign swing MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Dec. 10 — Democratic presidential contender Bill Bradley cut short a West Coast campaign tour to get treatment for an irregular heartbeat Friday. An adviser quoted the Democratic presidential candidate’s cardiologist as describing his condition as “an inconvenience rather than a problem.” Bradley is set to resume his campaign schedule on Sunday in Florida speaking to the state’s Democratic Party convention. BRADLEY was being treated Friday evening at an undisclosed hospital near Palo Alto, Calif., with a mild electric shock to ...

Heart Problem Delays Bradley: California Swing Postponed Due to Irregular Heartbeat ABCNEWS.com S A N F R A N C I S C O, Dec. 10 — An irregular heartbeat has caused Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley to cancel his campaign appearances in California. His campaign is downplaying the development and says “atrial fibrillation” is a relatively common heart condition that has afflicted Bradley since 1996. The former New Jersey senator headed to a Bay Area hospital after noticing the irregular rhythm, but a cardiologist said tonight the condition righted itself while he was en route. In a prepared statement ...

Heart Problem Sidelines Bradley (CBS) Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley has interrupted a West Coast campaign swing to seek treatment for what's called an irregular heartbeat. Bradley’s campaign staffers say his cardiologist calls the condition "an inconvenience rather than a problem." CBS News Correspondent Phil Jones reports that the situation began Thursday night while the 56-year old Bradley was on his California campaign swing. The condition did not alarm Bradley because he had this same problem several years ago and was treated at the time. Bradley decided to go ahead with his campaign schedule Friday in hopes the condition would ...

Gore Goes on the Offensive in New Hampshire By Ceci Connolly Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, December 11, 1999; Page A8 The first time Al Gore ran for president, his mother slipped him a note as he prepared for an Iowa debate: "Smile, Relax, Attack." Twelve years later, the dutiful son is still following her advice. Today, as the sitting vice president locked in an unexpectedly tight nomination fight, Gore has returned to the offensive, hammering away at his rivals with a zeal and doggedness unmatched by any other candidate in the race. Gore has accused former senator Bill Bradley ...

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A state judge on Friday dismissed the city of Bridgeport's lawsuit that sought to make gun makers responsible for the costs associated with gun violence. Superior Court Judge Robert F. McWeeny agreed with gun makers who argued the city did not have legal standing to sue because the city had not suffered any direct injuries from guns. "The plaintiffs have no statutory or common law basis to recoup their expenditures. They lack any statutory authorization to initiate such claims," McWeeny wrote. Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim said the city would appeal. "We have a right, and ...

Bradley the Loner: A Campaign Liability? By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, December 11, 1999; Page A4 When Bill Bradley decided this summer to reverse his longtime – and very vocal – opposition to federal tax benefits for ethanol, a gasoline additive made from corn, he stunned farm lobbyists and former colleagues. But no one was more surprised than his advisers, who feared that the change would be seen as a craven sop to Iowa, where corn is the chief product, followed closely by caucuses. Some longtime aides fretted that Bradley could be squandering the image of rectitude ...

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