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Iraqi President SADDAM HUSSEIN may be pleading poverty in his effort to get the U.N. to lift its devastating economic sanctions, but U.S. officials say Saddam has spent approximately $1 billion on palaces and VIP facilities since the Gulf War. One of the most opulent is a palace on Lake Tharthar, about 80 miles northwest of Baghdad, that is said to be five times the size of the White House. When the construction boom is over, the Master Builder of Baghdad, his family and top officials will have roughly 45 getaways, three times the prewar level...
...string of crossover endorsements gave the White House some badly needed cheer. Clinton aides made hopeful claims that they might reduce Democratic losses in the Senate by taking over seats in Minnesota and Vermont. Clinton stopped twice in Minnesota last week while crisscrossing the country in an effort to lift Democrat Ann Wynia above Republican Representative Rod Grams...
...dropped itsterritorial claim on Kuwait, which Baghdad has considered its 19th province since the days of the Ottoman Empire. (The British split the two countries in 1961, to Iraq's annoyance.) But the announcement didn't reassure Kuwaitis or attain Iraq's probable goal -- U.S. efforts to lift the crippling, three-year U.N. embargo. White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers called the news "positive" but warned that the U.S. would not help Iraq unless it backs up this announcement by also dismantling itsweapons program, releasing political prisoners and returning property seized from Kuwait.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...proud of Kennedy's role in the Senate as a champion of civil rights and women's equality. But those fights have largely been won and now the battle has moved to different fronts. Today, the pressing question is how to lift up the underclass. On this issue, Kennedy offers little that hasn't already been tried unsuccessfully...
Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in Morocco for a first-ever economic summit between Israel and Arab states, said the Arab League may lift the 43-year-oldeconomic boycott of Israelnext spring. "There is growing recognition" that the boycott is "really a relic of the past and ought to be consigned to the history books," Christopher said. Saudi Arabia and five Persian Gulf emirates led the way in September by deciding to stop discriminating against companies that do business with Israel...