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OPEN AND SHUT CASE, PART 2

For the second time in a month, the Federal Government was forced into a partial shutdown after budget talks between congressional Republicans and the White House collapsed. President Clinton accused the G.O.P. of wanting to make "deep and unconscionable cuts in Medicare and Medicaid." Senator Robert Dole retorted, "I don't think he's telling the American people the truth." The two sides could not agree on when to restart negotiations.

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Sidelined, as it has customarily been whenever the Commander in Chief has decided to commit U.S. troops abroad, a deeply...

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OMAR SHAKIR, an activist. Syrian government forces on Tuesday brushed aside a stern castigation from the top United Nations human rights official, resuming the brutal shelling of the city of Homs, particularly targeted at the neighborhood of Baba Amr.
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