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...congressional panel's recommendation that the military suspend its controversial anthrax vaccination program will surely spell ongoing headaches for the military's top brass. After a mounting chorus of complaints from soldiers, the House Government Reform national security subcommittee on Thursday released a report urging that the inoculation of 2.4 million military personnel be halted until the procedure is further tested. Almost 400,000 troops have so far been inoculated, with at least 400 complaints of side effects, ranging from dizziness to severe thyroid problems...
...council voted repeatedly to suspend its own bylaws and extend debate, eventually spending around 2 1/2 hours on the two articles...
...Gerry Adams or David Trimble who has imperiled Northern Ireland's peace deal; it is their supporters. Britain has given the IRA until Friday to provide a "credible commitment" to disarm, failing which it will suspend the territory's historic joint assembly and executive. That would flash-freeze the peace process, which London considers preferable to allowing the total collapse that would result if Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble carries out his threat to resign by February 12 in the absence of any disarmament. The crisis reflects the mood of the hard-liners on both sides unconvinced by the compromises...
HIGHS AND LOWS Here's some news: PC prices are up, and you're not getting more for your money. Did somebody suspend Moore's law? Don't PC prices always go down? Gravity has been reversed, at least temporarily, in PC pricing. Supply constraints, increased demand and a chip shortage tied to last year's earthquakes in Taiwan have kept prices up. But don't run out to buy that PC to beat the next hike. With Y2K problems no longer a threat and production back on track, prices should head down in a few months...
...party, Noboa was appointed by Mahuad to join the presidential ticket without having to campaign. "The nation appears to be more stable for now," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk, reporting from Quito. McGirk, who interviewed Noboa Tuesday morning, reports that Ecuador's indigenous leaders agreed to suspend protests for a few months to allow reforms to take root. "Considering that the recent presidents have either been grandstanders or have shut themselves off from the public, Noboa seems to be good news. From what we hear from his students, he has a social conscience. He's not beholden...