Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:53:28 -0500
 
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Nov 19, 1996 (Reuter) - 12 out of the 18 families of victums
of the secret radiation tests the U.S. conducted during the
Cold War who were promised settlement will receive $400.000
each, Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary said, declaring the
money to be a apologize of the gouvernment for its behaviour
in the past. All but one - who was injected with Uranium -
were injected with Plutonium to investigate consequences of
radioactive fallout. Other lawsuits are still in process.

Nov 19, 1996 (Reuter) - The Peruvian newspaper El Comerico
said, Chile wanted a report from Russia on how a space
satellite headed for Mars had fallen into the Pacific ocean
off Chile's coast. Worries over a possible nuclear leak had
risen.

Nov. 19, 1996 (UPI) - U.S. President Bill Clinton and
Secretary of State Warren Christopher will at their meetings
with their Chenese counterparts next week address the tensions
with North-Korea, weapons proliferation, human rights and
Sino-U.S. relations in general.

Nov. 19, 1996 (UPI) - Paul Cleveland, the U.S. envoy in charge
of the program to deliver nuclear reactors to North Korea in
return for their promise to stop its nuclear weapon's program,
said an apology by Pyongyang for the recent submarine incident
would be substantial for the ongoing of the progam. Japanese
Parliament will discuss funding the project and possibly
reject it unless North Korea agologizes, Taku Yamasaki, head
of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Affairs
Research Council, said.

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