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Kosovo Refugees Deaf To Clinton Plea - Kosovo refugees inMacedonia appeared to turn deaf ears to President Clinton'spleas for patience as they scrambled to return home Wednesdaydespite the dangers of mines and unexploded bombs. Rain and windthat made tents flap like thunder effectively blew away whateverheed the refugees had paid to Clinton's urging Tuesday to delaytheir return to Kosovo until NATO-led peacekeepers couldguarantee their safety.
Russia Will Send Troops To Kosovo Monday--Tass - Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev saidWednesday Russia would send peacekeepers to Kosovo Monday,Itar-Tass news agency reported. Russia unexpectedly sent about200 paratroopers to take control of the airport in Kosovo'scapital Pristina just before NATO troops arrived on June 12. Itis expected to increase its peacekeeping force in the southernSerbian province to 3,600.
War Crimes Investigators Make Progress In Kosovo - War crimes investigators are makinggood progress in Kosovo, where they are uncovering a grimpicture of widespread atrocities against ethnic Albanians, aUnited Nations prosecutor said Wednesday. The InternationalCriminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia started deployingforensic teams in the southern Serbian province last Friday.Over the next week, it will build its presence to almost 200investigators, with more in reserve.
U.S., North Korea Open Talks; Seoul Waits - North Korea began talks with the UnitedStates in Beijing Wednesday, but put simultaneous talks withSouth Korea on ice as Pyongyang weighed its next move in aseries of crises. U.S. special envoy Charles Kartman openedtalks with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan topresent the preliminary findings of a U.S. inspection last monthof what it had suspected was a North Korean nuclear weaponscomplex.
India Warns Pakistan As Kashmir Battles Rage - India, its confidence bolsteredby Western support, warned Pakistan Wednesday that it would paya ``stupendous price'' for further infiltration in Kashmir.Pressing its drive to wrest control of strategic Himalayanheights from guerrillas, New Delhi said there could be no peacetalks until the raiders had retreated behind the military lineof control with its nuclear rival.
Jakarta Loyalists Welcome Timor Vote Delay - Pro-Indonesian groups in EastTimor joined forces Wednesday to campaign against independence,saying they would benefit from a two-week delay in an Augustballot on self-rule for the territory. In Jakarta, detainedguerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao also said he backed the delay,announced by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan overnight.
Fed To Raise Interest Rates - Forecast - The U.S. Federal Reserve willraise interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point overthe next six months to check a growing risk of inflationthreatening the booming U.S. economy, according to a forecastreleased Wednesday. The widely watched quarterly report, issuedby economists at the Anderson School at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, noted this would fully reverse the ratecuts implemented last fall and bring about a so-called softlanding to the current eight-year U.S. economic expansion.
AMA Panel Endorses Organized Labor For Doctors - Avoiding the word ``union,'' an AmericanMedical Association committee recommended Tuesday that the AMAform a labor arm for doctors. The AMA's 494-member House ofDelegates will vote on the issue Wednesday as the group's annualpolicy meeting nears a close. The committee said it ``believesthat the conditions in the current environment are severe andphysicians have expressed a strong preference for having as manyadvocacy tools as possible available to them, includingcollective bargaining.''
Scientists Test Vaccine To Prevent Cervical Cancer - Scientists are testing a new vaccine forcervical cancer that could help eradicate the second biggestcancer killer in women. Cervical cancer, caused by the HumanPapilloma Virus (HPV), affects nearly half a million womenworldwide each year and kills nearly 200,000.
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