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Clinton denies affair, but Starr is after the body of evidence
Special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, who is pursuing United States President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with a former White House aide, sought her help to secretly tape-record private comments by President and Vernon Jordan and their advice to her to lie. According to reports, the independent counsel tried to persuade Monica Lewinsky to secretly tape-record private comments by Clinton and his friend Vernon Jordon on the alleged affair.
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How Newsweek tripped on interngate
Just as long last Saturday was for United States President Bill Clinton, who endured six hours of grilling in the Paula Jones case, the day was even longer for the reporters and editors of Newsweek magazine. A year's worth of investigation by reporter Michael Isikoff had given Newsweek a story perhaps unrivaled since the watergate era: The President of the US allegedly had an affair with a White House intern, and then he and a top adviser allegedly encouraged her to lie to investigators about it.
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China wants nuclear file on Iraq closed
China has called upon the United Nations (UN) to wind up its nuclear file on Iraq giving a new turn to the standoff between Baghdad and the world body. Beijing believes that the issue in the nuclear field has been resolved and there is no need for further questioning Iraq.
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Too little, too late: Neither justice nor jobs for Russian women
Battered and abused women receive little or no protection from the law or the criminal justice system in Russia, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The report claimed that despite the growth of a women's rights movement in the former Soviet Republic, the government has yet to seriously address the problem of violence against women in Russia.
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