Greenspan warns again of higher rates
    More interest rate increases may be needed to ensure the U.S. economy continues to expand without igniting faster inflation, but they aren't specifically intended to deflate the zealous stock market, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday. Last week, Greenspan put Wall Street on red alert after suggesting in the first leg of his semi-annual testimony to Congress that the Fed would raise rates again to slow the economy down. The Fed last lifted short-term rates in early February, raising its benchmark Fed funds rate by a quarter-point in an effort to deter consumers and businesses from borrowing too much.

President to announce creation of national cyber security center
President Bill Clinton on Tuesday will endorse the creation of a national cyber security center where Internet and e-commerce companies can work together to cope with hacker attacks, administration officials said.

Production cuts boost oil prices to post-Gulf War high
Oil prices hit their highest level since the 1991 Persian Gulf War as observers blamed production cuts by oil exporters and panic buying for a yearlong spike in the per-barrel cost of crude.

Cyanide spill pours across Romanian border into Yugoslavia: Marine life may be gone for years
A trail of death flowing downstream from a Romanian gold mine through Hungary and into Yugoslavia marks the route of a cyanide spill some are calling Europe's worst ecological disaster since the nuclear accident at Chernobyl.
There's no telling exactly how far the poison has traveled -- but the scores of dead fish are a good indication of its progress.

Scores released from Afghan plane seek asylum in U.K.
Nineteen people have been arrested after the five-day-long hijacking of an Afghan airliner ended peacefully at London Stansted Airport on Thursday. Authorities say the hijackers' motives remain unclear, but that scores of people who were on board the plane have asked for asylum in Britain.
About 60 of the people on board the Ariana Boeing 727, plus 14 of their dependents, want to apply for asylum, according to British Home Secretary Jack Straw.

Afghan hijack negotiations may last for days
British authorities negotiating with the hijackers of an Afghan airliner are warning that the standoff could last several more days.
Meanwhile, another hostage was released on Tuesday as the Ariana Airlines jet sat on a runway at Stansted Airport, about 25 miles (40 km) north of London. The plane landed early Monday at Stansted, its fourth stop after being hijacked Sunday on an internal flight in Afghanistan.
"Negotiations remain our favorite option," Joe Edwards, an assistant chief constable for the Essex Police, said Monday. "I will say it could be a very protracted technique. It could go on for days."

Israeli warplanes strike Lebanon again
Israeli planes struck more targets in Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after destroying three power plants. Thousands of Israelis fled to bomb shelters in fear of counterattacks by Hezbollah guerrillas.
Meanwhile, a soldier from the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army was killed in what was described as anti-tank fire in southern Lebanon.

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Gunmen kill 14 in Colombia Attacks  - Feb. 4, 2000
At least 14 people died in attacks by leftist and right-wing gunmen in Colombia on Friday, including a 6-year-old boy killed by a car bomb detonated by suspected Marxist rebels.

Kenyan jetliner crashes off African coast; 10 survivors found
Recovery operations for the Kenya Airways jet that crashed at sea Sunday night were called off late Monday and will resume Tuesday, the Ivory Coast Transportation Ministry announced. Ten people survived the crash of an Airbus A310 aircraft carrying 179 people, Kenya Airways officials said.

Alaska Airlines Plane crashes off California coast
The Coast Guard said Tuesday that debris and remains of four bodies have been recovered off the California coast near Los Angeles where an Alaska Airlines jet carrying 88 people nose dived into the Pacific. No survivors have been found in the cold ocean water.
Crash site of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, bound from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to San Francisco and Seattle: about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles International Airport and about eight miles southwest of Oxnard in Ventura County.