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...members of the NATO alliance met with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev in the Netherlands to try to begin building a closer relationship between the former enemies. For the first time, Kozyrev agreed to participate fully in the Partnership for Peace program, which links NATO with its former Warsaw Pact enemies. But Kozyrev warned the ministers that Russia continues to oppose its neighbors' actually joining the alliance: "We would need to clarify whom nato is going to defend itself against," he said. "If one has Russia in mind, it is obvious that this would mean creating new dividing lines...
...change of venue for the trial, but does say McVeigh wishes to plead not guilty. "I tell clients, based on what you tell me, I will construct a defense. If you're lying, it will crumble," Jones says. "I don't view this association with McVeigh as a suicide pact," he adds. "All I can say is, let's not have a prejudgment...
...publicly promoting him as almost squeaky clean. Four of the union's past eight presidents had been indicted on criminal charges; three of them went to prison. In 1989 the union finally settled an epic racketeering suit in which the feds accused its leadership of forging a "devil's pact" with the Mafia. Under the settlement, the Teamsters agreed to allow the members to elect their president freely. Since then, Lacey and his team have booted out more than 200 union members on a wide range of corruption charges...
...wants Japan to open its market to American automakers, but so far the talks, set to end today, have been fruitless. President Clinton says he will impose punitive tariffs on Japanese products if an agreement cannot be worked out. At issue is the Japanese refusal to extend the 1992 pact that called for Japanese automakers to commit to purchasing more American-made parts. Nearly 60 percent of America's record $66 billion trade deficit with Japan is in autos and auto parts...
...anabrupt policy reversal, President Clinton today agreed to allow some20,000 Cuban refugees currently detained at Guantanamo Bayinto the U.S. Any other Cubans who flee their country will be forcibly returned home -- a provision to which Havana had not previously agreed.TIME Diplomatic correspondent J.F.O. McAllistersays the unexpected pact, announced this afternoon, is an effort to avert what the U.S. military worried would be new riots in the refugee camps in the hot summer months. (The Administration said it was increasingly concerned about the safety of some 6,000 American troops now stationed at Guantanamo.) That's not the only reason...