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...reference to last year's population summit in Egypt, Christopher said that U.S. involvement at the conference "had restored American leadership in the critical issue of population control...
...killed Malcolm, while the FBI declined to interfere. Asked on a WNBC television program whether Farrakhan was involved, she answered, "Yes. Nobody kept it a secret. It was a badge of honor. Everybody talked about it." In June, Farrakhan and Shabazz appeared on the same stage at a leadership summit in Baltimore; but they did not exchange words, and Shabazz's remarks were noticeably cold. Asked recently whether she stood by her WNBC statement, she replied that she had not changed her position ((on it)) in 30 years...
President Clinton met with Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in Washington to discuss trade. On the eve of the summit, Tokyo agreed to open parts of Japan's financial-services sector to American firms, giving them the chance to help manage some of the nearly $1 trillion in Japanese pension funds. American apples, meanwhile, made their debut on Japanese grocery shelves, where they sold briskly at prices of 78 cents to 98 cents apiece -- a bargain compared with the $1.28 to $1.58 levied for the homegrown variety...
President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama ended a quick Washington summit today by plugging the upbeat side of current U.S.-Japanese relations: joint support of the North Korean nuclear pact and the mini-breakthrough to allow U.S. apples onto Japanese shelves. The little-mentioned downside: The U.S. trade gap with Japan has grown, Clinton admitted, and "further progress must be made" to open Japan's markets to U.S. autos and auto parts, which account for nearly 60 percent of the deficit...
...Last week, after touring the muddy crash site of Flight 3379, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said that within 100 days, tougher safety regulations for small commuter planes will be formulated. He also announced plans to bring aircraft makers, pilots and other industry members to Washington for an aviation-safety summit. Jerome Lederer, president emeritus of the Flight Safety Foundation, says the airline industry needs to take advice from people in the field: "The airlines express an interest in safety, but the guys in the shops regularly are not consulted." Other experts say the problem lies not in the plane hangars...