House condemns China over abuse WASHINGTON (AP) - The House of Representatives joined the Senate Thursday in voting unanimously to urge the Clinton administration to sponsor a U.N. resolution condemning Beijing for human rights abuses in China and Tibet. Congress wants the United States to offer the resolution later this month at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on human rights in Geneva. Administration officials have expressed reluctance to do so, although have not yet announced a final position. "In the last eight months, the communist government in China has carried out the most symptomatic crackdown on democracy activists since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989," said Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y., chairman of the House International Relations Committee. The House vote was 421-0. The Senate passed a nearly identical resolution 99-0 late last month. Sponsors said the unanimous votes would send a powerful message to the Beijing government as well as to democracy advocates in China. Pr! esident Clinton ignored a similar resolution passed by Congress last year. ### Return To Top <#TOP> | U.S. Front Page Stories <#category1> Activists pelt Chevron chief SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Activists angered by the foreign business dealings of Chevron Corp. pelted the oil company's chief executive with pies. Kenneth Derr was hit Wednesday as he arrived for a high school speech. In a parody of Chevron's television advertisements, the activists yelled: "Do people really kill Nigerians for oil? People do." Police searched for six suspects who fled on foot and face misdemeanor battery charges. Derr toweled off and then went ahead with his talk. "A couple of environmental groups have claimed that we are complicit in several deaths in Nigeria...the fact is we have no involvement whatsoever," said Chevron spokesman Mike Libbey. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558762981-c5d> Group: Cambodia continues logging BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Illegal logging has resumed despite a Cambodian government vow to end the practice, an environmental group said Thursday. The activity could jeopardize international aid to Cambodia, which was based on the government's promise of major reforms, including stopping illegal logging, the British-based group Global Witness said. Thailand last month reopened a border pass to let in logs that had originated in Cambodia but been stockpiled in southern Laos. The logs had been stranded since Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai closed the border in the middle of last year, Global Witness said. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558765285-139>
