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High-profile guests including Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby and Fmr. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell attended a memorial ceremony for Philadelphia Inquirer owner Lewis Katz, who was killed in a plane crash Saturday. (June 4)
There was no missing Bill Cosby at a memorial for businessman and philanthropist Lewis Katz.
Among a sea of dark suits, Cosby sported red Temple University sweatpants and a school T-shirt.
The 72-year-old Katz died Saturday in a plane...
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USA/UK: REPORT CLAIMS US ADVISOR OFFERS TO HELP BRITISH LABOUR LEADER
English/Nat
British press reports claim White House adviser George Stephanopoulos is offering to help British Labour leader Tony Blair in his election bid in the Spring of 1997.
The British newspaper "The Guardian" reported Blair saying...
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CHINA: REACTION TO US SENATE TRADE TIES APPROVAL
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
China has welcomed U.S. Senate approval of permanent low-tariff trade ties as a boon for relations but objected to the creation of a commission to monitor Chinese human rights practices.
China's foreign and trade...
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USA: CLINTON/LEWINSKY STARR INVESTIGATION REPORT LATEST (5)
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U-S Democrats are bracing themselves for more damaging disclosures about President Bill Clinton as Congress prepares to release portions of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report.
The report, delivered to the U-S Capitol...
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MEXICO: STUDENTS STAGE PROTEST OUTSIDE US EMBASSY
Spanish/Nat
Mexican students have staged a protest outside the American Embassy in Mexico City against U-S government plans to place a nuclear waste site near its border with Mexico.
Officials in Texas are still deciding whether or not...
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USA: CHINA ASKED NOT TO PASS US NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN
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The U-S is asking China for a guarantee that it will not pass on American nuclear technology to Iran.
If Beijing can make that promise, then it may mean a green light for the sale of peaceful American nuclear technology to...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON ANTI BRIBERY AGREEMENT SPEECH
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President Clinton on Tuesday signed legislation enforcing an international anti-bribery agreement intended to make U-S companies more competitive in foreign markets.
The agreement requires major U-S trading partners to pass...
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USA: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with President Clinton Wednesday at the White House.
On the agenda were several matters which have strained relations between the United States and Pakistan, including an escalation...
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ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: US PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON VISIT
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President Bill Clinton confirmed on the final leg of his South American tour that he was seeking non-NATO military-ally status for Argentina.
He said the move was to recognise the country's role in international...
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USA: WASHINGTON: VOTE TO RATIFY TREATY TO BAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Washington DC, USA, April 24th, 1997
1. Medium Shot of U-S Vice president Al Gore presiding over the Senate
2. Wide shot of the U-S Senate floor with voting results on the screen
3. SOUNDBITE: Joseph Biden, Democratic Senator from...
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FINLAND: PRESIDENT CLINTON & YELTSIN END HELSINKI SUMMIT UPDATE
Russian/Eng/Nat
In an unusual public airing of their rift, President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin ended summit talks Friday deeply divided over NATO expansion.
But both leaders did agree to a new round of arms-reduction...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S SPEECH TO THE GIRLS NATION
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It's been a big day in the showdown between the U-S Secret Service and independent counsel Ken Starr - and this round goes to Starr.
Starr was demanding that President Bill Clinton's bodyguards appear at court by noon on...
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USA: CLINTON RECEIVES HARRIMAN AWARD
Washington, Dec 8 1998
1. President Clinton receiving Harriman Award
2. First Lady applauds
3. Audience applauds
2. SOUNDBITE President Bill Clinton
3. Irish leaders on podium together
4. SOUNDBITE Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
5....
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USA: WASHINGTON: REACTION TO LATEST BOSNIAN SITUATION
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President Clinton has stopped short of calling on the Croatian government to ease their attacks on the rebel Serbs. But he's come out strongly against a widening of the war.
He says he understands the Croatian desire to...
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VIETNAM: CLINTON VISIT TO HO CHI MIN CITY
English/Nat
President Clinton on Sunday wrapped up his history-making visit to Vietnam with a whirlwind day in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon.
He attended a road safety event, where he was serenaded by children wearing bicycle...
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ISRAEL: US VICE PRESIDENT GORE JOINS INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS (2)
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The U-S Vice President Al Gore on Thursday told religious and political leaders in Israel 'we support your dream'.
Gore is representing the U-S President, Bill Clinton and the American people at the official celebrations...
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USA: REACTION TO PETE PETERSON APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
English/Nat
Optimism ran high in Washington on Friday that decades of animosity between the U-S and Vietnam were finally over as Pete Peterson took up his job as the first U-S ambassador to Vietnam since the war.
But not everyone was...
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SWITZERLAND: GENEVA: US/JAPAN TRADE TALKS
Jap/Eng/Nat
The United States and Japan have averted a potentially catastrophic trade war with an eleventh hour agreement in Geneva.
U-S President Bill Clinton had threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on some 6 (b) billion dollars...
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US: MIAMI : SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEMO
Eng/Nat
The 34 leaders attending the Summit of the Americas finally began getting down to business today. But as they arrived for the first formal discussions of the gathering, protestors expressed anger that human rights is not on...
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Memorial Service At National Cathedral In Washington Dc, Memorial Service At St Patrick's Cathedral, New York]
[Memorial service at National Cathedral in Washington DC]
Washington DC
US President George W Bush in church with wife Laura who is greeted by George Bush senior
Stained glass
Church interior
Colin Powell, Secretary of...
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USA: TENNESSEE: PRESIDENT CLINTON ELECTION CAMPAIGN
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The Clinton campaign made its way to familiar territory with a rally in vice president Al Gore's home state of Tennessee.
Both men were looking like victors before a largely hometown audience at the Knoxville rally, where...
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USA: WASHINGTON: FOREIGN AID PACKAGE VETOED
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U-S President Bill Clinton has vetoed a 12.5 (b) billion U-S dollar foreign aid package saying the money is inadequate.
Clinton says the measure under-funds everything from debt relief to the Wye peace accords.
He has called...
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USA: FORMER US PRESIDENT GERALD FORD ATTACKS US BOSNIA POLICY
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Former US President Gerald Ford attacked Bill Clinton on Monday over his policy on Bosnia, saying Clinton was failing to provide strong leadership.
But the White House has hit back.
Republican former President Gerald Ford...
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USA: NEWT GINGRICH TO RUN FOR ELECTION DESPITE TAX EVASION CHARGES
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One of Washington's most controversial figures, Newt Gingrich, says he'll win re- election to the top post in the House of Representatives - despite question marks over his political future.
The House's ethics committee is...