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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

UN suspends new weapons inspections in Iraq, keeps monitoring

Published August 10, 1998

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The United Nations has suspended new inspections of Iraqi arms sites in response to Baghdad's refusal to cooperate with weapons monitors, a U.N. official said Sunday. The arms inspectors...

THE SUMMER HEATS UP…

Published August 10, 1998

THE SUMMER HEATS UP Net: It looks like passions have reached a breaking point, folks. Linguistics and cultural studies are the order of the day, and stances are so set that we even have people using their...

Heartland strips away its reputation

by By Georgia
Published August 10, 1998

(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Peoria, Illinois. When I moved to this city of 112,000 in June, I expected to find myself living among all things all-American. County fairs featuring tractor pulls, livestock...

Lawsuit seeks $100 million over retracted Tailwind report

Published August 7, 1998

MIAMI (AP) -- A former Green Beret sergeant filed a $100 million defamation suit Thursday against CNN, correspondent Peter Arnett and Time magazine for a retracted report claiming his unit used deadly...

1998 means a whole new bowlgame

by Matthew Cross
Published August 7, 1998

CHICAGO -- The public, the players and the coaches have all cried for years about how college football does not have a true national championship game. At the 27th annual Big Ten Conference Kickoff Luncheon...

Emerging wealth

Published August 7, 1998

BEIJING (AP) -- With millions of Chinese being laid off from state factories and the economy teetering toward recession, most foreign retailers would be expected to look for ways to lure bargain seekers. Not...

Greedy Northwest burns labor unions

Published August 7, 1998

After two years of negotiations, the National Mediation Board has declared an impasse and cleared the way for Northwest pilots to strike on Aug. 29. Less recognized but equally important is the looming...

HUD grants tribes funds, encourages home ownership

Published August 7, 1998

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) --South Dakota Indian tribes are getting $30 million and the mandate to use it creatively to improve housing, a Clinton Cabinet official said Thursday as he toured some of the poorest...

Don’t put feminism in the has been’ category yet

by By Erin
Published August 7, 1998

(U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Feminism is dead. At least, Time magazine thinks so. On June 29, Time magazine officially declared the end of the modern American feminist movement as we know it. Again. The...

Notre Dame considers joining Big Ten conference

by Matthew Cross
Published August 7, 1998

CHICAGO -- Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday he recently initiated contact with Notre Dame about entering the conference in the near future. He said the move, which is the second attempt since...

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