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...recent speech in which Gore stated that "the U.S. has not sought, does not seek and will not seek to establish any international right to abortion," Navarro-Valls said, "The draft document, which has the United States as its principal sponsor, contradicts, in reality, Mr. Gore's statement." To bolster his claim, Navarro-Valls cited a U.N. proposal that women "have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation." That language, he contended, was meant to include the right to abortion...
...into the first hot conflict of the cold war. Kim Il Sung, however, had reason to want such a war. He had always preached that war was the only way to unify the peninsula and drive out the U.S.-backed regime of Syngman Rhee in Seoul. Furthermore, it would bolster his stature against other Korean communists who were urging different ways to unite the country...
...contents. A coroner's report says the mother reported that they spoke at about 11 o'clock on the night of the murder. On the Sunday-morning talk shows, that point had been seized upon by F. Lee Bailey -- the famed defense attorney who is advising Shapiro -- to bolster the claim that when the killings took place, Simpson was at home waiting for a limousine that would take him to the airport for his 11:45 p.m. flight to Chicago. Nicole Simpson's father says the conversation took place closer to 10 p.m. If this is true, the prosecution could...
...late May, Fox sideswiped CBS, stealing eight affiliates to bolster its station roster. For Larry Tisch, 71, this was a humbling, sapping loss. After < huddling with family members, he put out the word that he was ready to consider any good offer seriously. In marched Diller, 52 and still hungry...
...Kidder, Peabody & Co. head Michael Carpenter was replaced by two GE executives as parent company General Electric tried to redeem the securities firm's stained image. The management shake-up followed a bond scandal in which a Kidder trader was accused of misreporting $350 million to bolster his bonus, as well as a projected second-quarter loss of up to $30 million...