"Bear Lincoln To Be Retried	by Nicholas Wilson Jurors at first trial angered by apparently political decision by Mendocino County District Attorney
Nuke, Oil Industries Claim Green Image	by Suvendrini Kakuchi Global Warming summit began under pressure from nuclear and oil industries that they can present cleaner alternatives to "dirty" fuel if left alone
Developed Nations Wanted to Play Pollution Poker	by Dipankar De Sarkar Following the lead of the European Union, the U.S. and developed Asian nations wanted to be able to swap emission credits with the Third World as if they were poker chips
Gore Efforts Draw Mixed Reaction	Environmental critics said that Gore sidestepped the opportunity to take a leadership role as conference stumbled towards collapse
Meaningful Results Doubtful	At best, laying diplomatic groundwork for future talks
Twilight of the God	by Andreas Harsono In every corner of Jakarta, whether its an army barracks, a student clearinghouse or a business office, people are secretly discussing a post-Suharto Indonesia as rumors spread about the dictator's illness -- or death
Depression Hits Indonesia Economy	by Kafil Yamin Entire industries shutting down as economic squeeze tightens
HMO Members Face Greater Risks in Emergency Rooms	Study finds significant number of patients at risk because emergency room physicians must okay treatment with corporation "gatekeepers" that may not have medical training
Extremist Influence Growing in U.S. Military	by Jim Lobe Hostility toward Clinton by elite military gatherings and maneuverings by Colin Powell to expand influence in policy-making seen as evidence of a growing military-civilian gap
Bombing Conspiracy Theorists No-Shows at Grand Jury	by Bill Johnson J.D. Cash, whose conspiracy stories appeared in right-wing publications, fails to appear before Oklahoma City grand jury, and jurors also hear that often-cited "evidence" of advance government knowledge of bombing revealed to be vague message repeated from Internet
Supreme Court Weakening Fourth Amendment, Study Finds	by Kelli Whitlock U.S. Supreme Court justices have granted more power to law enforcement officials by ruling that police roadblocks, drug testing in schools and the workplace and police search of household garbage are deemed legal
The Real Controversy Behind "Fen/Phen "	Analysis by David Sjostedt In the wake of the mid-September warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the diet drug cocktail known as "fen/phen" posed life-threatening risks, angry consumers are wondering why the agency approved the drugs at all
Oil Giants Try to Rewrite History	by Danielle Knight Controversial new exhibit at the National Museum of American History on the Alaskan pipeline was funded by a $300,000 grant from Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and has short one-sentence mention in the timeline of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Alaskan oil spill
Significant Western U.S. Air Pollution Comes From Asia	by David Brand About 10 percent of the ozone and other pollutants found in the western United States is wind-borne from industrialized nations of East Asia
China's Growing Cities Face Enviro Crisis	by Antoaneta Bezlova Three Chinese cities -- Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin -- are among the world's megacities, those with more than 10 million residents, but though more and more people are living in cities, living conditions have not always kept up with urbanization
New Evidence of Army Terrorism in Peru	by Abraham Lama 1992 murder of union leader reopened following new evidence against the Army Intelligence Service, which could effect next year's presidential elections
Rich Get Richer: Debunking the Forbes 400	by Peter Werby According to a yearly study published by a Boston think tank, not only are the rich getting richer at the expense of the classes below them, but the pace is accelerating
Indonesia Covertly Sterilizing E Timor Women, Says Researcher	by Sonny Inbaraj A number of East Timorese women have been covertly sterilized under Indonesia's national family program as part of efforts to "undermine the survival" of its people as a distinct group, a new study from Yale University says
Loss of Local Plants, Animals as Troubling as Extinction	by Janet Basu While species are being lost globally with alarming speed -- the highest rate since the mass extinction that included the dinosaurs -- separate populations that make up various species are going extinct at a rate three to eight times faster
Russian Scandal as Former KGB Caught Trying to Railroad Enviro Activist	by Judith Perera and Andrei Ivanov Shakeup includes head of secret police agency fired after Russia embarassed by tampering with case
Washington Scrambles as Worries About Haiti Grow	Fears that the situation could collapse if the economic situation worsens and people despair of seeing the tangible improvements in their daily lives that were promised by Aristide and the international community
Rare "Aquarium" Fish Risk Extinction	by Felix Mponda One of the world's rarest fish, the "cichlidae," commonly known in the African nation of Malawi as the mbuna, is threatened with extinction because of the destruction of its habitat and excessive fishing
Sacred Pipe Returning to N Cheyenne After 120 Years	by Bill Johnson Loss is believed by some Cheyenne traditionalists to be responsible for many of the tribe's troubles, including defeats by the U.S. Army on the Plains
Section 404: Stories Missing From the News	Summaries of under-reported news, short updates on previous Monitor stories