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Burma|083640|up089702
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Golf|228820|up089712
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Hogan, Ben|258880|up089703
Iran|280940|up089709
Laos|312840|up089702
Nova Scotia|396020|up089710
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Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar|457970|up089709
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up089701|Banzer chosen as president of Bolivia|<STRONG>Banzer chosen as president of Bolivia</STRONG><P>The Bolivian Congress chose Hugo Banzer Suarez to be president of the country on Aug. 5, 1997. Banzer gained the majority of votes in presidential elections held June 1, 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Nationalist Action Party. Congress chose between the top two vote winners in the election. Banzer ruled Bolivia from 1971 to 1978 as head of military dictatorship.</P>
up089702|Association of Southeast Asian Nations admits Laos, Burma|<STRONG>Association of Southeast Asian Nations admits Laos, Burma</STRONG><P>The Association of Southeast Asian Nations admitted Laos and Burma on July 23, 1997.</P>
up089703|Ben Hogan dies|<STRONG>Ben Hogan dies</STRONG><P>Ben Hogan died on July 25, 1997, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 84 years old.</P>
up089708|Scientists announce further cloning advances|<STRONG>Scientists announce further cloning advances</STRONG><P>Biologists at a private research firm in the United States reported successfully cloning a calf from a bull embryo cell in August 1997. The same firm--ABS Global Inc. in De Forest, Wisconsin--also reported that it had cloned other calves from body cells taken from adult cattle. The Wisconsin experiments followed the achievement of Scottish researchers, who announced the world's first successful cloning of an adult mammal--a sheep--in February 1997.</P><P>The Wisconsin reseachers used a method that they claimed was more efficient than the Scottish method. The ABS Global researchers fused body cells from donor cattle with cow egg cells from which the nuclei had been removed. The resulting cells developed into embryos containing the genetic material of the donor cells. The researchers took cells from these embryos and fused them with other cow egg cells from which the nuclei had been removed. These cells developed into embryos capable of growing into adults. The scientists implanted these embryos into cows' wombs.</P><P>Scottish scientists achieved another cloning milestone in July 1997, when they reported that they had used cloning techniques to produce animals that contained human genes. Scottish scientists at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh reported that they placed human genes within skin cells from sheep fetuses. The researchers fused these skin cells with sheep egg cells from which the nuclei had been removed. The egg cells developed into embryos containing human genes, which the scientists placed in surrogate mothers.</p><P>The scientists hope animals with human genes will produce concentrated levels of medically useful proteins and organs that transplant patients will accept more easily.</P>
up089709|Rafsanjani steps down as president of Iran|<STRONG>Rafsanjani steps down as president of Iran</STRONG><P>Ali Akbar Rafsanjani stepped down as president of Iran on Aug. 3, 1997, to make way for Iran's new president, Mohammed Khatami. Khatami was elected on May 23, 1997. Rafsanjani had served the legal limit of two four-year terms.</P>
up089710|MacLellan takes over as premier of Nova Scotia|<STRONG>MacLellan takes over as premier of Nova Scotia</STRONG><P>Russell MacLellan of the the Liberal Party was sworn in on July 18, 1997, as Nova Scotia's new premier.</P>
up089711|Line item veto initiated|<STRONG>Line item veto initiated</STRONG><P>United States President Bill Clinton used the line item veto for the first time in the history of the U.S. presidency on Aug. 11, 1997. Clinton exercised power that Congress granted the president in 1996 to delete three provisions from federal tax and budget bills. The line item veto allows the president to strike particular sections from tax and spending bills while leaving other provisions of the bills intact. Congress cannot override a line item veto.</P>
up089712|Leonard wins British Open|<STRONG>Leonard wins British Open</STRONG><P>Justin Leonard of the United States won the British Open on July 20, 1997, at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Leonard shot a 65 on the final day to finish with a four-day total of 272. He defeated Sweden's Jesper Parnevik and Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke by three strokes.</P>
