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USA: US ENVOY TO N.IRELAND GEORGE MITCHELL PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The architect of the Northern Ireland's peace accord has welcomed the overwhelming 'yes' vote to the agreement in Friday's referendum.
George Mitchell, a former U-S Senator, spent three and a half years in Northern Ireland...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON PROPOSES NEW MEDICARE BENEFITS PLAN
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U-S President Bill Clinton proposed a plan on Tuesday to help nearly a million uninsured people who are at greater risk for being denied private health coverage,
The plan calls for early retirees and laid-off workers to be...
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WEST BANK: YASSER ARAFAT/DENNIS ROSS MEETING
Hebrew/Eng/Nat
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat discussed prospects of a Mideast summit with U-S envoy Dennis Ross on Monday, a day after telling thousands of supporters that a Palestinian state could be proclaimed within weeks.
Arafat...
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Botswana/South Africa - Visit US President Clinton
US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary on Sunday went on safari in the Chobe game park in northern Botswana, swapping politics for their first visit to the African bush. Botswana's government hopes the two-day visit and the...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON & BOB DOLE PREPARE FOR TV ELECTION DEBATE
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America's two candidates for president are huddling with aides this weekend as they prepare to face off in the first of two debates.
President Bill Clinton goes into Sunday's debate still holding a double-digit lead in ...
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USA: COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT PASTRANA/BILL CLINTON PRESS CONFERENCE
Eng/Spanish/Nat
President Bill Clinton and his Colombian counterpart have signed a joint agreement, committing their nations to cooperate in combating drug trafficking and consumption.
Clinton also announced 280 (m) million U-S dollar...
Bloomberg
Haitian PM Resigns Over Weekend
Dec. 15 -- Haiti President Michel Martelly is seeking his fourth prime minister since taking office in 2011 after Laurent Lamothe quit to diffuse growing protests over a delayed electoral law that could lead to parliaments dissolution....
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INDIA: US SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT PRESS BRIEFING
New Delhi, 21 March, 2000
1. Albright enters room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
3. Albright exits room
English/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton and Indian Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee have held detailed...
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USA: REACTION TO GO AHEAD ON CLINTON IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS
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The American public was digesting the unsurprising fact on Thursday that impeachment hearings into President Bill Clinton's conduct will soon begin.
After Thursday's vote of 258-176 by the House of Representatives, the...
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YUGOSLAVIA/BELGIUM: KOSOVO CRISIS: HOLBROOKE
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Efforts by U-S special envoy Richard Holbrooke to avoid NATO military action in Yugoslavia have failed and air strikes are imminent.
Holbrooke began Tuesday in Belgrade at a meeting with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic...
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Germany - Conference on global warming
A week-long conference on global warming began in Bonn on
Wednesday (22/10), where experts are beginning to prepare
proposals for a world environmental summit on reducing
greenhouse emissions which is slated to be held in Kyoto,
Japan,...
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USA: ERNESTO ZEDILLO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON
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Mexico's president-elect Ernesto Zedillo has met with U-S President Clinton in Washington D-C amid the growing row over Proposition 187.
That's the new Californian law which will deny illegal aliens, many of whom are ...
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INDIA: US ENERGY SECRETARY RICHARDSON VISIT (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
U-S Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has asked India to reign in its nuclear weapons programme to ensure a successful visit by President Clinton next year.
Richardson's 24 hour trip is being...
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USA: MIDDLE EAST LAND FOR PEACE DEAL (V)
English/Nat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agreed Friday on a breakthrough land-for-peace deal on the violence-scarred West Bank, the
culmination of marathon negotiations mediated by...
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RUSSIA: US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE TALBOTT VISIT
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Less than two weeks remain before U-S president Bill Clinton and newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin meet for the first time in Moscow.
U-S First Deputy Secretary of State, Strobe Talbott arrived in Moscow on...
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INDIA: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT: NAYALA VILLAGE (V)
Hindi/English/Nat
Voiced by: Vera Frankl
Continuing his tour of India on Thursday, President Clinton visited the village of Nayala in Rajasthan where women running a milk cooperative gave him a warm welcome. He learned something of their...
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USA: CRITICS URGE CLINTON TO SPEAK OUT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
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Just hours before President Clinton attends a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, human rights activists say there's still time for him to try to wring concessions from China's leaders.
At a hearing in...
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USA: WASHINGTON: NEWS OF N. IRELAND PEACE DEAL WELCOMED
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News of the Northern Ireland peace deal has been welcomed in the U-S.
Congressman Peter King said the opportunity for peace would not have been possible without the involvement of the United States.
U-S Congressman Peter King...
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IRELAND: BALLYBUNION: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT
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The seaside resort of Ballybunion, in County Kerry, was busily preparing to give President Bill Clinton a reception to surpass them all.
He promised to come back for a game of golf after cancelling a visit three years ago and...
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INDIA: US ENERGY SECRETARY RICHARDSON VISIT
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U-S Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said President Bill Clinton would continue to suspend economic sanctions against India that were imposed after it tested nuclear weapons last year.
Richardson's comments came during a...
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GAZA: ARAFAT SAYS HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PEACE PROCESS [V]
English/Nat
VOICED BY: Louise Bates
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says he's optimistic about the progress of the Middle East peace process after speaking to U-S President Bill Clinton.
Arafat's comments came after a meeting with the...
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Botswana/South Africa - Visit US President Clinton
US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary on Sunday went on
safari in the Chobe game park in northern Botswana, swapping
politics for their first visit to the African bush. Botswana's
government hopes the two-day visit and the...
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Italy - Clinton & Yeltsin Cement Ties At G7 Summit
Russian President Boris Yeltsin said on Sunday (10/7) he was prepared to cooperate with a new post-Cold War regime that aims to withhold sensitive technology from extremist states. Clinton said he and Yeltsin made progress on the...
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RUSSIA: EDMOND POPE CONVICTION UPDATE
Eng/Russ/Nat
A top Russian official said on Thursday that convicted U-S businessman Edmond Pope could be freed by a presidential pardon from Vladimir Putin.
Speaking to A-P-T-N, the head of the presidential pardons commission, Anatolyi...