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The Minnesota Daily

Judge accepts plan for Canada’s troubled Red Cross

Published July 21, 1998

TORONTO (AP) -- A judge approved on Monday a form of bankruptcy protection for Canada's Red Cross so it can reorganize while deferring payments to creditors and claimants, including victims of a tainted...

Recruitment firm finds employment

by Kane Loukas
Published July 21, 1998

Recent University graduate Anthony George's voice shows hints of guilty bragging as he talks about how easily he landed his job at U.S. Bank. "When I went in for the interview, I knew how everything was...

State supreme court upholds Buggs’ murder conviction

Published July 20, 1998

The Minnesota Supreme Court closed the final chapter on the case of convicted killer Louis "Butch" Buggs on Thursday when it upheld a lower court's 1997 first-degree murder conviction. The court ruled...

U grad student, teammates win milk carton boat race

by Amy Olson
Published July 20, 1998

To University graduate Chuck Ley, nothing could be finer than boating on a Minnesota lake on a sunny, hot July day -- unless you throw in a $500 prize. Ley, from Richfield, Minn., and his teammates from...

Amid high tensions, Israel and Palestinians hold talks

Published July 20, 1998

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Seeking to break a 16-month deadlock, Israel and the Palestinians held their first high-level talks in months on Sunday, hours after police foiled what they said was an attempted...

Only coconut trees remain in ravaged villages in Papua New Guinea

Published July 20, 1998

AITAPE, Papua New Guinea (AP) -- The wave higher than the coconut trees it crashed into swept away three villages on Papua New Guinea's northwest coast, turning flimsily built homes into matchsticks. The...

Police battle guerrillas for control of Kosovo town

Published July 20, 1998

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Hundreds of Serb police battled secessionist guerrillas for control of a central Kosovo town Sunday, while refugees streamed into nearby hills to flee some of the worst fighting...

IMF needs additional money from Congress

Published July 20, 1998

The Asian economic crisis is causing serious distresses for American workers, exporters and investors. America's robust economy is not as rosy a picture as most believe since our economy is strongly linked...

TODAY’S POEM Net…

Published July 20, 1998

TODAY'S POEM Net: And now, for something completely different, we have ... From Deau: Hi Net! Net: Hi. While going through some old papers, I came across a poem that an old friend of mine wrote. I thought...

Students exchange cultures in Guatemala

by Stacy Jo
Published July 20, 1998

Despite differences in geographic and economic conditions, the common histories of two indigenous cultures met face-to-face in June when five American Indian students from the University visited Guatemala. The...

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