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Mbeki victory echoed
by parliament
| PRETORIA, South Africa, June 14 (UPI) _ Thabo
Mbeki (Monday) received an early birthday gift when the reconvened South African
parliament unanimously elected him as the country's new president, formally ending
the Nelson Mandela era. Mbeki, who turns 57 on Wednesday, was the presidential candidate
of the ruling African National Congress which came within one seat of an overwhelming
two-thirds majority in the 400- seat National Assembly. |
Clinton telephones Britain's
Blair
| WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) _ President Clinton
telephoned British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Sunday) to brief him on his earlier
call with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. A spokesman said Clinton wanted to update
the British leader on the progress of talks to include Russia in the Kosovo peacekeeping
force. Clinton heads to Europe Tuesday evening to attend a summit of the G-7 nations
and Russia. |
US gas prices continue
their decline
| LOS ANGELES, June 13 (UPI) _ The national
average price for a gallon of gasoline fell nearly 3 cents in the past three weeks,
according to the latest Lundberg Survey. Trilby Lundberg says (Sunday) the overall
price for all grades of gasoline including self-service and full-service is now a
$119.02, down 2.78 cents from the May 21 survey. Lundberg tells UPI the rate of decline
is expected to slow because of production cuts implemented by the OPEC nations and
other oil producing countries. |
Albright: No Russian
sector in Kosovo
| WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) _ Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright said (Sunday) she is confident an agreement will be worked out
with Moscow on Russia's role in Kosovo. Albright said on NBC's "Meet the Press"
that the Russians won't get an exclusive sector in the province and will have to
work within NATO's command system. |
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