US says it will accept Kosovar refugees
The United States reversed its Kosovo refugee policy on Wednesday, scrapping protested plans to shelter them at a US base in Cuba and agreeing to allow them into the country.

US high school shooting rekindles gun debate
The recent shooting rampage in a Denver, Colorado high school -- the deadliest of its kind in US history -- has rekindled a debate on gun control laws across the United States.

Parliament brushes off Yeltsin, sticks by prosecutor
Russia's parliament on Wednesday issued a humiliating brush-off to President Boris Yeltsin by again refusing a Kremlin order to sack the country's scandal-tainted chief prosecutor.

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