-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 4:30 AM +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= HEADLINE NEWS MAIL from CNN.com +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Top stories as of: Sunday, 04 Jul 99, 07:30:02 AM EDT WORLD NEWS-- .....NATO blocks entry of more Russian troops into Kosovo .....Nick Leeson back in Britain U.S. NEWS-- .....Liberty Bell demonstration for convicted cop killer ends with arrests .....Police release sketch of suspect in Chicago drive-by shootings .....75 arrested while protesting racial profiling on freeway .....AIM activist Russell Means, eight others arrested in Nebraska town Also ... .....POLITICS from AllPolitics .....SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY .....SHOWBIZ .....Your local weather forecast is at http://CNN.com/WEATHER/ .....Today's CNN Interactive Almanac is at http://CNN.com/almanac/daily/ .....Check the U.V. & Beach Report at http://CNN.com/WEATHER/uv.report/ .....Get involved with Chat and Message boards http://cnn.com/chat Check out these special features in our In-depth section: South Africa after Mandela? http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/safrican.elections/stories/mbeki.profile/ The Turks, the Kurds and a man called Ocalan http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/ocalan/ Databank:Arsenal in the Balkans http://cnn.com/kosovo Celebrate the Century: 100 years of history ... online http://cnn.com/100 # Subscribe to "Special Delivery" for a weekly e-mail update # # of CNN Interactive features and in-depth coverage: # # http://CNN.com/SPECIALS/mail # The full, updated version of Headline News is at http://CNN.com/QUICKNEWS/ ~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > NATO BLOCKS ENTRY OF MORE RUSSIAN TROOPS INTO KOSOVO NATO prevented Russian troop reinforcements from flying into Kosovo on Saturday while the alliance sought more clarification on the Russian role in peacekeeping in the Serb province. Moscow was preparing to send its first large peacekeeping contingent to Kosovo within the next few days. U.S. officials said that -- at the request of NATO and Washington -- Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria refused to allow Russian aircraft into their airspace to move more forces into Kosovo. KLA says shooting deaths unwarranted .... http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9907/03/kosovo.02/index.html > NICK LEESON BACK IN BRITAIN Nick Leeson, the young British trader whose financial gambles brought down Britain's oldest commercial bank, returned Sunday from a Singapore prison, saying he regretted what he had done. "I know I did wrong," Leeson said at London's Heathrow Airport after a 13-hour flight. "I'm not proud of my activities as a trader with Barings Bank in Singapore. I was foolish and I very much regret what happened," said the 32-year-old Briton, who served three and half years in prison. Leeson's $1.4 billion losses toppled Barings Bank .... http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9907/04/leeson.02.ap/index.html .....More World stories at http://cnn.com/WORLD ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > LIBERTY BELL DEMONSTRATION FOR CONVICTED COP KILLER ENDS WITH ARRESTS Supporters of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal blocked the entrance to the Liberty Bell at the start of the busy Fourth of July weekend on Saturday, and 55 people were arrested. The landmark was closed to the public for about three hours. The demonstration came on the 17th anniversary of the sentencing of Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther and radio journalist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer. Organizers say they'll be back Sunday .... http://cnn.com/US/9907/04/AM-Abu-JamalProtest.ap/index.html > POLICE RELEASE SKETCH OF SUSPECT IN CHICAGO DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS Police released a composite sketch Saturday of a white male suspect wanted for a spree of drive-by shootings in the Chicago area that killed a black former college basketball coach and wounded six Orthodox Jews. "There's nothing to indicate it was a hate crime, no utterance," said Lt. Nick Nickeas of the Chicago Police Department. "He said nothing to anybody -- he just fired on them." " Shell casings and witness descriptions like crimes .... http://cnn.com/US/9907/04/chicago.shooting.01/index.html > 75 ARRESTED WHILE PROTESTING RACIAL PROFILING ON FREEWAY The Rev. Al Sharpton and 74 other people were arrested Saturday when they converged on the Atlantic City Expressway to protest racial profiling by state police.Sharpton arrived with five busloads of protesters wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "New Jersey, the Police State" on the front and "Stop the Korrupt Kop Killers, Christine Whitman and her Hitmen" on the back.Sharpton and the protesters knelt on the roadway put up no resistance when they were arrested and taken away in a police bus. Police diverted traffic before demonstration began .... http://cnn.com/US/9907/03/AM-ExpresswayProtest.ap/index.html > AIM ACTIVIST RUSSELL MEANS, EIGHT OTHERS ARRESTED IN NEBRASKA TOWN Members of the Oglala Sioux tribe converged on this tiny town Saturday to protest alleged treaty violations, unsolved murders and alcohol sales, and nine people were arrested, including activist Russell Means. About 150 people marched the two miles from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and scores of others rode in cars. They were met by more than 100 riot-equipped Nebraska state troopers, who ordered them not to cross a line of yellow tape at the edge of Whiteclay. Demonstrators crossed tape and were arrested .... http://cnn.com/US/9907/03/AM-IndianRally.02.ap/index.html .....More U.S. stories at http://cnn.com/US ~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICS from AllPolitics ~~~~~~~~~~~ > QUESTIONS RAISED OVER BUSH'S VIETNAM-ERA SERVICE Texas Gov. George W. Bush received "highly favorable treatment" in the Texas Air National Guard which he joined during the Vietnam War, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. The paper concluded that Bush lacked the military experience and aviation skills that some other applicants had when he was admitted to the elite ranks of those training to be fighter pilots. Commander denies any special influence .... http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/04/bush.ap/ > TREASURY SECRETARY KIDNAPPED IN GOODBYE SPOOF Late in his tenure as Treasury secretary, Robert Rubin often had occasion to tear into the way Japan handled its reeling economy. The Japanese probably didn't like it, but enough to kidnap him? Yep, said a videotape spoof shown in the White House's state dining room at a retirement party thrown by the president Thursday night.The premise was that retired Japanese bureaucrats took Rubin hostage in Tokyo and refused to let him go unless he would say something positive about the Japanese economy. "Free Bob: A Documentary" created by Sperling .... http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/03/rubin.ap/index.html > PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES IMPORT INSPECTION PLAN IN RADIO ADDRESS When President Bush prevailed in Iraq, his popularity rating soared to 91 percent. By contrast, President Clinton got no such bounce in the polls from the Kosovo campaign, even though his goals were achieved without a single U.S. combat casualty. The American people paid much more attention to the Gulf War and seemed to give scant applause to the outcome of the Clinton-led campaign against Serbian forces clearing Kosovo of its ethnic Albanian population. Waiting for acknowledgement .... http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/03/clinton.radio.ap/index.html > GOP LAWMAKER PLUGS $1 TRILLION TAX CUT Marking the Fourth of July holiday by calling for "financial independence" for America's families, Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Arizona, on Saturday detailed GOP plans to push for a $1 trillion tax cut. "For too long, you've been asked to sacrifice so that Washington could supposedly do more," Hayworth said in the Republican Party's weekly radio address. "Our common-sense majority in Congress wants to declare financial independence for America's families." Surplus large enough to cut taxes .... http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/03/gop.radio.ap/index.html .....More Politics stories at http://allpolitics.com .....Commentary & cartoons at http://CNN.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/ ~~~~~~~~~~~ SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY ~~~~~~~~~~~ > BALD EAGLE REMOVED FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST Once near extinction, the American bald eagle is being removed from the endangered species list, President Clinton announced Friday. On hand for the ceremony on the White House South Lawn was "Challenger," a 10-year-old male bald eagle cared for by the National Foundation to Protect America's Eagles. "Challenger" was blown from a wild nest as a baby and experienced too much human contact at a young age to be able to survive in the wild. (Full Story) .... http://cnn.com/NATURE/9907/02/bald.eagle.ap/index.html > THE HARSH FACTS OF LIFE FOR BLACK PEOPLE SEEKING EGG, SPERM DONORS Married 14 years and yearning to have their own baby, Cathy and David, a young black couple from suburban Philadelphia, have had their share of troubles looking for an egg donor. The couple's determination to have a child whose skin color is like their own brought them face to face with a racial squeeze in the rapidly growing field of assisted fertility -- a severe lack of black and other racial minority donors of eggs or sperm. Emotionally and financially draining .... http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9907/03/infertile.and.black.ap/ > HMOS TO CLOSE DOORS TO 200,000 ELDERLY, DISABLED Around 200,000 elderly and disabled Americans who get health care through HMOs will have to find alternatives when those plans shut their doors to Medicare beneficiaries in 2000. Still covered by Medicare .... http://cnn.com/HEALTH/seniors/9907/02/losing.hmo.coverage.ap/index.html .....More Sci-Tech stories at http://cnn.com/TECH .....What's new in high-tech? See http://CNN.com/TECH/index.html#tomtod ~~~~~~~~~~~ SHOWBIZ ~~~~~~~~~~~ > BEYOND THE DRUM: THE RICH HERITAGE OF NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC Indigenous traditional and modern music take center stage at the Gathering of Nations -- the biggest meeting of American Indian tribes anywhere on the continent. This year, the event brings together more than 2,000 dancers and singers, representing 500 tribes, to trade intra-cultural traditions. Their heritage stretches back at least 3,000 years and their songs and instrumentals are widely recognized as North America's first music. The beat goes on .... http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/02/wb.native.american/index.html > 'GODFATHER' AUTHOR MARIO PUZO DIES AT 78 Best-selling author Mario Puzo, creator of the fictional Corleone mob family and winner of two Oscars for his screen adaptations of his book "The Godfather," died Friday of apparent heart failure. He was 78. His last novel is still to be released .... http://cnn.com/books/news/9907/02/obit.puzo.ap/index.html .....More Showbiz stories at http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ .....Your local U.S. TV listings are at http://CNN.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/ ========================================================= = Please send comments and suggestions to: = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = = To unsubscribe from Headline News Mail go to = = http://CNN.com/EMAIL = ========================================================= > Copyright 1998 Cable News Network Inc. < DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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