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your quick guide to news from around the world Texas separatist shot by police trackers 1FORT DAVIS, Texas — A fugitive member of the Repub lic of Texas was killed Monday in a gun battle with police who had been tracking him since he fled the secessionist group’s hideout. A second man remained at large in the rugged Davis Moun tains, where the two had headed separately before the rest of the militant group laid down their arms over the weekend. The group’s leader and several other people were named Mon day in a federal fraud indictment. The gunfire took place at a bunker about a mile from the group’s “embassy” headquarters in a sparse mountain develop ment, state officials said. The dead man had apparently been shooting at police tracking dogs and a helicopter that were searching for the pair, said Sher ri Deatherage Green, a spokes woman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. “Shots were fired from the he licopter and from the ground at the suspect,” she said. The dead man’s name was not immediately known. The two men being sought were identified as Richard Keyes III, 21, and Mike Matson, 48. R.J. Reynolds wins wrongful death suit 2 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A jury Monday found R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. not respon sible for the death of a lifelong smoker, a victory for the industry as it seeks to settle multibillion dollar health claims filed by state governments. The six-member jury decided that cigarettes made by RJR were not “unreasonably dangerous and defective” and should not be blamed for the death of Jean Con nor, who testified on videotape that cigarettes caused her lung cancer. McVeigh’s sister takes the stand 3 DENVER — Timothy McVeigh’s sister took the stand against him Monday and re called his festering hatred for the government and his statement that he was “in the action stage” just months before the Oklahoma City bombing. In calm, matter-of-fact testimo ny that came under immunity from prosecution, Jennifer McVeigh also spoke of her broth er’s fear of private eyes and wire taps, his use of disguises and an alias, and his anecdote about transporting 1,000 pounds of ex plosives. The testimony by the upstate New York student centered on her brother’s fixation on his safety in early 1995, and his warning for her to use pay phones to talk to him because he suspected her phones were tapped. She said in another letter sent earlier that McVeigh spoke of his shift in political attitude. “He indicated that he was not in the propaganda stage, which was like passing out papers. He was now in the action stage,” she said. Zaire rebels close in on capital, Mobutu 4LUBUMBASHI, Zaire — Des perate to prevent an all-out at tack on the Zairian capital, a U.S. envoy pressed rebels Monday to enter Kinshasa peacefully and shuttled around Africa to talk with their leader and the influen tial men who back him. Bill Richardson, U.S. ambas sador to the United Nations, urged restraint during the eight days that rebel leader Laurent Ka bila has given President Mobutu Sese Seko to resign or be chased out of Kinshasa. “He has to choose to relinquish power and he is safeguarded, or he perishes with his power,” Ka bila said in the southeastern rebel stronghold of Lumbumbashi, a day after peace talks with Mobu tu. The rebels said in a statement they would guarantee Mobutu’s safety and that of his family if he resigned now. Kabila’s 70,000-strong rebel army has captured more than three-quarters of Zaire in its drive to end Mobutu’s nearly 32-year dictatorship. FDA approves new smokeless inhaler 5 WASHINGTON — Smokers trying to kick the habit are get ting a new source of help: The Food and Drug Administration approved the first smokeless nicotine inhaler Monday. The Nicotrol Inhaler, to be sold by prescription only, allows smokers to suck nicotine through a plastic tube, letting the chemical be absorbed through membranes in the mouth. Currently, would-be quitters can buy nicotine patches or chew ing gum over the counter. The FDA said clinical trials showed the inhaler worked about as well as these other products. Compared to no help, McNeil said, the Nicotrol Inhaler as much as doubled the likelihood that users would abstain from smok ing for a year. Each puff of the inhaler con tains eight to 10 times less nico tine than a puff of a cigarette — and none of the dangerous tar and other toxins cigarettes deliver. Also, because the nicotine is ab sorbed gradually through mouth tissue, users don’t get the quick jolt that smokers feel when the chemical hits their lungs. FTC moves to loosen ‘Made in USA’ rules 6 WASHINGTON — The gov ernment wants to give manu facturers more leeway in promot ing their products as “Made in USA” even if some of the parts originate overseas. In proposing new guidelines Monday, the Federal Trade Com mission said it wanted to ensure consumers are not deceived when they see a “Made in USA” label and also make sure Ameri can manufactures have enough flexibility to meet global compe tition. “The claim that a product is ‘Made in USA’ is important to many consumers as they make pin-chasing decisions,” said Jodie Bernstein, director of the FTC’s bureau of consumer protection. “Understanding what the claim means to consumers is difficult given today’s world market- * place.” The agency’s proposal drew quick criticism from labor unions. The AFL-CIO said any weakening of the FTC’s stan dards would make the label “a fraud on the American public and open the door even wider to the export of U.S. jobs.” “The words ‘Made in USA’ are on their face simple, clear and easily understood as long as they mean what they say,” stated an AFL-CIO statement. “The words no longer would mean what they say under the new guidelines.” But Robin Lanier, from the In ternational Mass Retail Associa tion, said the proposal was a step in the right direction. She said it would allow manu facturers who use one or two for eign components in their prod ucts to “make the claim honestly that they are making things in the United States.” Under current rules, compa nies can’t make that claim if a product has more than a small amount of foreign content. While the percentage of non-U.S. con tent has never been specifically set, FTC officials said it is a very small or insignificant percentage. 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