1 1	vital	Not a member of the UN
1 2	okay	Applied for membership
1 3	okay	Russia strongly opposes membership for Chechnya
1 4	okay	Chechnya maintains it is an independent country
1 5	okay	Russian government believes Chechnya is part of Russian
1 6	okay	No country recognizes Chechnya as an independent country
2 1	vital	Cassini Space Probe Mission was internationally sponsored
2 2	vital	European Space Agency was one partner
2 3	vital	NASA was one partner
2 4	vital	Italian Space Agency was one partner
2 5	okay	European Space Agency supplied the Hugyens probe
2 6	okay	Cassini's mission is to explore Saturn
2 7	okay	Cassini is plutonium powered
2 8	okay	Cassini probe launched in 1997
2 9	okay	Cassini probe will reach Saturn in 2004
2 10	okay	NASA was responsible for the Cassini orbiter
2 11	okay	Anti nuclear activists protested the launch of Cassini
3 1	vital	Hume and Trimble are leaders of Northern Irelands two main political parties
3 2	okay	Hume and Trimble shared the Nobel Peace Prize
3 3	okay	Hume and Trimble won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
3 4	okay	Hume and Trimble won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict
3 5	vital	John Hume is leader of the Democratic and Labor Party in Northern Ireland
3 6	vital	David Trimble is leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in Northern Ireland
3 7	vital	The Democratic and Labor Party is Northern Ireland's major Catholic Party
3 8	vital	The Ulster Unionist Party is Northern Ireland''s largest party supporting the majority Protestant position
3 9	okay	The Northern Ireland conflict has lasted for 3 decades
3 10	vital	The Democratic and Labor Party and the Ulster Unionist Party are rival parties in Northern Ireland
4 1	vital	The Turkish Government opposed the PKK
4 2	vital	KDP forces assisted the Turkish military in operations against the PKK
4 3	okay	PKK rebels have been involved in a guerrilla war agains the Turkish Government since 1984
4 4	okay	Turkish security forces conduct operations in northern Iraq in an effort to destroy PKK military bases
4 5	okay	Turkish security forces have killed thousands of PKK rebels
4 6	okay	The PKK wants to establish an independent Kurdish state in Southeast Turkey
4 7	okay	Turkey opposed the opening of a PKK bureau in Athens, GR
4 8	okay	Sri Lankan government forces attack LTTE forces and assets
5 1	vital	Prabhakaran is the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil EeLam (LTTE)
5 2	okay	The Sri Lankan government has banned the LTTE as an outlaw group
5 3	okay	More than 55000 people have been killed in fighting between the government troops and the LTTE
5 4	okay	Prabhakaran was tried in absentia for sponsoring terrorist activities in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo
5 5	okay	Prabhakaran has established terms for peace talks
5 6	okay	Prabhakaran founded the LTTE in 1973
5 7	vital	Prabhakaran has demanded a separte state for Tamils in Sri Lanka's northeast territory
5 8	okay	Tamils claim discrimination by the majority Sinhalese who dominate the government and military
5 9	okay	Sri Lankan President offered Prabhakaran Chief Minister of Jaffna Province in exchange for abandoning terrorist activity
5 10	vital	LTTE is known for using terrorism as a weapon
5 11	okay	Prabhakaran is reported to be located in a jungle hideout in the north east part of the country
5 12	okay	Prabhakaran is from the Velvettiturai village
5 13	okay	Sri Lankan government conducts attacks against LTTE forces and assets
6 1	vital	India has purchased Kilo SS submarines from Russia
6 2	vital	China has received Kilo SS submarines from Russia
6 3	vital	Iran has received Kilo SS submarines from Russia
6 4	okay	Russia delivered the first Kilo SS submarine to Iran in 1992
6 5	okay	Russia delivered the second Kilo SS submarine to Iran in 1993
6 6	okay	China purchased four Kilo SS submarines
6 7	okay	India purchased two Kilo SS submarines
6 8	okay	Iran purchased three Kilo SS submarines
6 9	okay	Iran paid 250 million dollars apiece for its Kilo SS submarines
6 10	okay	India paid 1.5 million dollars for two Kilo SS submarines
7 1	vital	Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
7 2	vital	Economic Development
7 3	okay	infrastructure improvement
7 4	okay	Departure of U.S. Navy
7 5	vital	Free Trade
8 1	vital	self produced
8 2	vital	source
8 3	okay	chemical production
8 4	okay	NBC Production
8 5	vital	Sarin Gas
9 1	vital	Turkey Wins
9 2	okay	Iran warns against foreign intervention
9 3	vital	US promises Economic Support for Turkey Route
9 4	okay	Washington favors avoiding Russia and Iran
9 5	okay	Oil Reserves in Capspian Sea equals more than one-fifth of world's total
9 6	okay	Turkey to buy 3 billion cubic metres of Natural Gas from Iran
9 7	vital	Russia demands Involvement in Caspian Sea development
10 1	vital	Hijackers have links to several terrorist organization
10 2	vital	Are the hijackers members of terror organizations
10 3	okay	The Hijackers have ties to Al Qaida
10 4	okay	Pakistan Denies supporting Terrorism
10 5	okay	Freed Kashmiri militant calls on Muslims to destroy America and India
10 6	okay	India calls Pakistan a Terrorist State
10 7	okay	US claims Pakistan not involved in Hijacking
10 8	okay	Pakistan is home to four terrorist organizations
11 1	vital	Spy ring
11 2	vital	John Walker
11 3	vital	Arthur Walker
11 4	okay	Jerry Whitworth
11 5	okay	Soviet
11 6	okay	espionage
11 7	okay	u.s. navy
11 8	okay	top secret
11 9	okay	classified
12 1	vital	Wiring suspected in Crash
12 2	okay	Boeing report could have focused investigation
12 3	okay	NTSB expresses Displeasure and Dismay with Boeing
12 4	okay	US to install bomb-detection equipment in wake of Flight 800 explosion
12 5	okay	Terrorist connection Closely Evaluated
12 6	okay	US Navy missile blamed for downing of aircraft
12 7	okay	Improvements are still needed
12 8	vital	Terrorist's not involved in crash
13 1	vital	92 percent of all Security Clearance are incomplete
13 2	okay	77 percent of the time 2 critical areas missed
13 3	okay	68 DOD employess charged with espionage
13 4	okay	2.4 million current security clearances in the DOD
13 5	okay	Defense Security Service losses many positions causing backlog
13 6	vital	Is there evidence that the 68 cases of Espionage involved individuals with insufficient background checks
14 1	vital	Canada has lax immigration laws
14 2	vital	Terrorists enter the US through Canada
14 3	vital	Canada's immigration policy make it easy for terrorists
14 4	vital	US and Canada are working to increase security in North America
15 1	okay	Afghanistan is a poppy producer
15 2	vital	Opium is farmed in Taliban-controlled areas
15 3	vital	Drug trade suspected for financing Taliban
15 4	okay	Afghanistan produces opium
16 1	okay	The US has sanctioned Russian company for selling weapons to Syria
16 2	vital	US is against the sale of arms to Syria
16 3	vital	US threatened to stop aid to Russia if weapons sold to Syria
16 4	okay	Russia does not consider Syria an enemy
17 1	vital	Russia and Vietnam are in trade agreement
17 2	okay	Trade agreement between Russia and Vietnam is 400 million dollars per year
17 3	okay	Russia and Vietnam build oil refinery
17 4	vital	Vietnam and Russia have several agreements
18 1	okay	South Korea's sunshine policy works to build relationships with North Korea
18 2	vital	North Korea is making peace with South Korea difficult
19 1	vital	Terrorist group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front replaced Dev Sol
20 1	vital	Is there evidence of a active Nuclear Weapons program in Pakistan
20 2	vital	Does Pakistan currently have Nuclear Weapons
20 3	vital	Does India have Nuclear Weapons
20 4	okay	Does Pakistan have the capability of producing Nuclear Weapons
20 5	okay	Has Pakistan increased it's Nuclear Weapons production in response to the existing program in India
20 6	okay	Has India increased it's Nuclear Weapons program as a result of Nuclear Weapons activity in Pakistan
20 7	okay	India's Nuclear Weapons program/arsenal is larger than Britain's
21 1	vital	Organization of African Unity opposed the sanctions
21 2	vital	OAU stated it would not comply with sanctions
21 3	okay	The sanctions created immense human and material losses to Libyan people
21 4	okay	The sanctions were imposed on Libya in response to Libyan involvement in the Pan Am airliner bombing
21 5	okay	The Pan Am airline bombing took place in 1988
21 6	vital	OAU appealed for delivery of humanitarian and religious goods to Libya
21 7	okay	Sanctions nclude air, arms and deplomatic embargo
21 8	okay	Sanctions were initiated in 1992
21 9	okay	The Arab League did not join the OAU in its non compliance position
21 10	vital	The OAU did not believe the evidence against the Libyans was conclusive
22 1	vital	Guinea does not support refugee groups from either country
22 2	vital	Guinea government has expelled refugees from their temporary homes in Guinea
22 3	vital	Guinea government blames refugees for rising instability
22 4	vital	Guinea government believes refugees are aiding armed dissidents responsible for cross border attacks
22 5	vital	Guinea forces have mistreated both Sierra Leon and LIberian refugees
22 6	okay	Liberia has accused Guinea of harboring rebels
22 7	vital	Relations between Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are tense because of Guinea's crackdown on refugees
22 8	okay	Refugees in Guinea are fleeing wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia
22 9	okay	Guinea hosts nearly 500000 refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone
23 1	vital	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is a coalition of international non governmental organizations
23 2	vital	Amnesty International is a member
23 3	vital	Defense for Children International is a member
23 4	vital	World Vision International is a member
23 5	vital	Human Rights Watch is a member
23 6	vital	Save the Children is a member
23 7	vital	The Jesuit Refugee Service is a member
23 8	vital	The Quaker United Nations Office is a member
23 9	vital	Terre des Hommes is a member
23 10	okay	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is based near Geneva
23 11	okay	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is headed by a committee of six organizations
23 12	okay	Jo Becker is the head of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
23 13	okay	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers estimates more than 300000 children worldwide under 18 are involved in armed conflicts
23 14	okay	Countries most impacted by the Coalition's work are in Africa
23 15	okay	Coalition defines child soldiers as under the age of 18
23 16	vital	The Coalition is a response to the failure of negotiations to add to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child a non binding resolution raising the age for participation in war
23 17	okay	The Coalition wants to raise the age limit from 15 to 18
24 1	vital	Relief efforts have helped ease tensions between Greece and Turkey
24 2	vital	Tensions still exist with respect to long standing issues
24 3	okay	Greece and Turkey have nearly gone to war 3 times in the past 25 years
24 4	okay	Territory claims on the island of Cyprus is a point of contention between Greece and Turkey
24 5	okay	Territory claims in the Aegean Sea is a point of contention between Greece and Turkey
24 6	okay	Athens and Instanbul have signed a protocol of cooperation on issues of culture, tourism and maintenance of historic buildings
24 7	okay	Cyprus has been divided since 1974
24 8	okay	Greece insists it will not lift its veto on European Union financial aid to Turkey
24 9	okay	Greece has blocked Turkey admission to the EU
24 10	okay	Turkey and Greece have begun talks to improve their strained relations
24 11	okay	There is a minority Turkish population residing in northern Greece
24 12	vital	Large earthquakes in both Greece and Turkey have prompted unprecedented cooperation
25 1	vital	China's Xinhua reports Hong Kong residents satisfied with PLA troops in poll
25 2	vital	China's Xinhua report PLA wins praise of SAR government and locals
25 3	vital	China's PLA units in Hong Kong reported to abide by Hong Kong's laws and exist in harmony with residents
25 4	okay	PLA soldiers reported to give blood for Hong Kong's Red Cross
26 1	vital	Former astronauts opened a special bank account and asked for donations
26 2	vital	A British businessman offered to pump 100 million dollars into the Mir - this did not materialize
26 3	okay	Russia borrowed money from the US in 1998 earmarked for the international space station to keep Mir in orbit
26 4	vital	State controlled company that ran Mir sold shares to private investors to raise cash
26 5	vital	Walter Anderson formed MirCorp - a privately funded company formed to operate Mir and promote space tourism and other commercial uses for Mir
26 6	okay	Russia turned their priority from keeping Mir operational to their committments in the ISS
26 7	okay	Mir had various problems and malfunctions over its nearly 15 years in orbit
27 1	vital	Is the Mad Cow Disease only present in England
27 2	okay	Is Mad Cow curable
27 3	okay	Is Mad Cow spreading
27 4	okay	How many countries have reported cases of BSE
28 1	vital	Several joint exercises reported between US and Thailand
28 2	vital	6000+ US and Thai troops participate in CARAT exercise
28 3	okay	US and Thailand will hold joint air exercises
28 4	okay	CARAT exercise includes operation planning, shipboard ops, special warfare, etc.
28 5	okay	Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled US Thai joint military exercise
28 6	okay	Cobra Gold includes joint combined land and air ops, naval, amphibious, and special ops
28 7	okay	US and Thailand have held Cope Tiger 2000 air and marine exercises since 1995
28 8	okay	US and Thailand to launch a new joint military exercise called the Peacekeeping Operation
29 1	vital	Suspected participants in 1998 bombings of US Embassies
29 2	okay	Terrorist Organization involved in 1998 US Embassy bombings
29 3	okay	Known terrorist organizations in Pakistan
29 4	okay	US Embassy in Kenya
29 5	vital	Which suspected participants were known to US intelligence authorities
29 6	okay	US Embassy in Tanzania
29 7	okay	257 killed in embassy attacks
29 8	vital	Is there a common thread between the suspects in the 1998 bombings
30 1	vital	Gun control is being considered in what countries
30 2	vital	Countries with current Gun Control regulations
30 3	okay	Canada moves to regulate all long-barreled guns
30 4	okay	South Africa tightens gun control
30 5	okay	Canada marks anniversary of massacre that fueled gun control
30 6	okay	China passes law on Gun Control
30 7	okay	Zambia Curbs illegal firearms
31 1	vital	Queen Noor will retain title
31 2	vital	Queen Noor more popular after King's death
31 3	okay	US hopes Queen Noor will be ally
31 4	okay	Queen Noor has new role
32 1	vital	Gibraltar is controlled by Britain
32 2	okay	Gibraltar formerly belonged to Spain
32 3	vital	Spain wants to rule Gibraltar
32 4	okay	Spain and Britain vie for control of Gibraltar
33 1	vital	Japanese Sovereignty
33 2	vital	military force
33 3	okay	mediation
33 4	vital	Chinese Control
34 1	vital	Strengthened Relationships
34 2	okay	Hunger in North Korea
34 3	vital	Economic Development
35 1	vital	Medical Aid
35 2	vital	Economic Development
35 3	vital	Human Rights Support
35 4	okay	Imports/Exports
36 1	vital	One-China Policy
36 2	okay	Economic Reform
36 3	okay	Global Expansion
37 1	vital	Intellectual Property
37 2	vital	China Trademark Law
37 3	okay	World Trade Organization
38 1	vital	Korean Automobile Exports
38 2	okay	American Automobile Manufacturers
38 3	okay	U.S. trade tarrifs
38 4	okay	trade negotiation
39 1	vital	Japan Russia Space Program
39 2	vital	Japan Russia Support International Monetary fund
39 3	vital	Japan Russia Science
39 4	vital	Russia Japan Naval Military Exercises
39 5	vital	Japan Russia International Relations
40 1	vital	Japan fishing
40 2	vital	International Tribunal
40 3	okay	Law of the Sea
40 4	okay	International Fishing Quota
40 5	vital	Australia Japan relations
40 6	okay	tuna program
41 1	okay	Colombian police seized a shipment of cocaine scheduled to transit Cuban waters
41 2	okay	Grand jury in Florida prepared an indictment against the Castro government on account of Cuban involvement with drug kingpins
41 3	okay	US and Cuba have communicated about suspicious boats and planes around Cuba, but Cuba will not let US pursue suspect drug boats into Cuban waters
41 4	okay	US counter drug specialist have become increasingly concerned about South American traffickers' use of Cuban waters and air space to transport drugs
41 5	vital	Barry McCaffrey, White House drug policy director, acknowledged that traffickers have been making increased use of Cuban air space & waters
41 6	vital	Jorge Masettii, former Cuban intelligence agent, and Ileana de la Guardia, daugter of a Cuban Colonel, testified to Congressional members about Cuban government officials involvement in the drug trade
41 7	vital	With the development of Cuban tourism, many traffickers have been using Cuba as a gateway to smuggle drugs into the US
42 1	vital	Taiwan has refused China's terms, and by electing Chen, whose party advocates a formal split with China, the Taiwanese can be seen as moving toward independence - which Beijing said would provoke a war.
42 2	vital	Ahead of Saturday's election, China limited its bullying to verbal threats
42 3	vital	Beijing's recent military threats toward Taiwan were aimed primarily at defeating Chen, who first entered politics as an advocate of Taiwanese independence
42 4	vital	Taiwan's justice minister pledged to crack down on gangsters meddling in politics and illegal campaign financing by China
42 5	vital	China fired missiles across the Taiwan Straits during Presidential elections
43 1	okay	Prison recruits of ideological gang commit racially-motivated murder after release from prison
43 2	vital	Mexican Mafia, a violent prison gang, attempts to assassinate a prison director outside of prison
43 3	vital	Several members of Mexican Mafia, already serving sentences on other charges, are charged for new crimes committed outside of prison including racketeering, murder, extortion and drug conspiracy
43 4	vital	Investigators believe two recent murders in Austin, Texas, may have been ordered by one prison gang
43 5	vital	surreptitious network of communication has allowed gangs to continue to expand their influence and criminal activity outside of prison
44 1	okay	US government delegation to visit Nigeria to propose a law enforcement plan to combat narcotics trafficking and financial fraud
44 2	vital	US and Nigerian Postal Services cooperate in effort to curb mail frauds; results in arrest of 100+ people for advance fee fraud
44 3	okay	US seeking Nigerian government assistance to extradite 27 Nigerians for various offences, including financial frauds
44 4	vital	US postal officials, in conjunction with Nigerian officials, have reached an agreement to sift thru Nigerian mail, reducing advance fee fraud
45 1	vital	No links, differences between Italian and Russian mafias organization and practices noted
45 2	vital	Italian mobsters team with Russian counterparts in a lucrative stock scheme
46 1	vital	Chechen rebels are slipping into Ingushetia to stage attacks on Russian troops
46 2	vital	Russian bombing has forced 88,000+ refugees to flee Chechnya for Ingushetia
46 3	vital	President of Ingushetia uses military to impose restrictions on Chechens trying to enter or exit Chechnya
46 4	okay	Russian federal troops used to blockade the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia
46 5	vital	Ingushetia suffering from tide of refugees, estimated at over 170,000
46 6	vital	Aid organizations are sending supplies to Ingushetia to assist Chechan refugees
46 7	vital	Chechan fighters are infiltrating Ingushetia to take humanitarian aid supplies
46 8	vital	Ingushetia hit by wave of kidnappings from Chechen fighters
46 9	vital	Ingushetia residents report being terrorized by Russian troops in the troops efforts to crush Chechan rebels
47 1	vital	Norway and OPEC negotiated over cuts.
47 2	okay	Norway will cut production to help increase prices.
47 3	vital	Norway and OPEC agreed to cut production.
47 4	okay	Norwegian companies cut oil production because of prices, independent of government plans.
47 5	vital	Norway says it wants to continue to cut production even without OPEC decision
47 6	vital	Norway decided to cut production in response to OPEC call for cuts
47 7	okay	Norway supports OPEC's decision to cut production.
47 8	vital	Norway plans to cut production only if OPEC cuts production
47 9	okay	Other non-OPEC countries also cooperated with OPEC
47 10	vital	OPEC-member Iran emphasized importance of cooperation from non-OPEC members
48 1	vital	U.S. companies asked the U.S. government to relax export controls
48 2	okay	The spread of (at least some) computing technology cannot be controlled
48 3	okay	Technology that was recently considered supercomputing is now everyday computing
48 4	okay	China wants the U.S. government to relax export controls
48 5	okay	China is trying to influence the U.S. government on this issue
48 6	okay	There is a national security risk to the U.S. in relaxing export controls
48 7	okay	The U.S. government decided to relax export controls
48 8	okay	U.S. companies lobbied Congress to relax export controls
48 9	okay	U.S. companies asked the administration to relax export controls
48 10	okay	Some U.S. government officials want increased emphasis on export control
48 11	okay	U.S. computer companies have been criticized for not controlling exports enough
48 12	okay	Export controls were created to keep advanced technology from potential enemies
48 13	okay	Computers perform at levels far above current threshholds for export
48 14	vital	Hewlett-Packard lobbied for relaxation of export controls
48 15	vital	Intel lobbied for relaxation of export controls
48 16	okay	Export controls harm U.S. companies
48 17	okay	Export controls make U.S. companies less competitive
49 1	okay	Philippine government position on MILF-Indonesia talks
49 2	okay	MILF attitude toward MILF-Indonesian meeting
49 3	okay	MILF chairman will attend the meeting
49 4	okay	(Hashim) Salamat (of MILF) will attend the meeting
49 5	okay	Indonesian president will attend the meeting
49 6	okay	(Abdurrahman) Wahid (of Indonesia) will attend the meeting
49 7	vital	Meeting to be held between leaders of MILF and Indonesian government
49 8	vital	Meeting between leaders of MILF and Indonesian government is cancelled
50 1	vital	Camilo Restrepo Villegas is the father-in-law of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela
50 2	okay	Fernando Jose Flores is linked to the Cali cartel.
50 3	okay	Camilo Restrepo Villegas is involved in Colombian drug trafficking
50 4	okay	Fernando Jose Flores is involved in Colombian drug trafficking
50 5	okay	Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela is involved in Colombian drug trafficking
50 6	okay	Camilo Restrepo Villegas was arrested.
50 7	okay	Fernando Jose Flores visited the Rodriguez brothers (Gilberto) in prison.
50 8	vital	The Rodriguez brothers (Gilberto) say Fernando Jose Flores is a friend