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surrounding blood-pressure drugs known as calcium-channel blockers. Studies have shown that, in some patients, the drug may be harmful. A panel of experts says the newer versions of the drug are safe, but caution against older versions.

in Taiwan. Instead of relying on donations like American parties, the ruling Kuomintang party owns over a hundred companies, from a bank to a movie studio. Political opponents claim the income from these enterprises allow the Kuomintang to unfairly dominate Taiwanese politics.

to be held in Washington, DC today. The meeting will bring together hundreds of people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds to discuss their differences. The Anti-Defamation League pulled out of the conference after learning that a minister from the Nation of Islam would take part.

the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago over Meigs Field, a small airport located along Lake Michigan. Under the compromise announced yesterday, the State will continue to operate the airport for five years, after which the City will be allowed to use the land for whatever purpose it wants.

that went into the 1996 election campaign, the most expensive in American history. Democrats and Republicans alike created new ways to raise and spend millions of dollars. Washington lobbyists say the pressure to contribute was enormous, as were the amounts they were asked to donate.

where the city is banking on a new high-tech traffic management system to help ease the Olympian sized strain that's expected to be put on the city's roadways for the next few weeks. Atlanta officials hope a network of highway cameras and computers will help manage the traffic swell.

on Turkey's newly installed prime minister, Necemettin Erbakan. He is the country's first prime minister from a religious party. But, in a country whose constitution is based on the separation of church and state, analysts wonder how far he will be able to promote Islamic-inspired policies.

Secretary of State Warren Christopher's efforts to negotiate a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon... Christopher met with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad yesterday and is in Israel today to continue negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

says U.S. envoy Dennis Ross is en route to the Middle East, again in an attempt to save the peace process. Despite signs of reconciliation, such as cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian law enforcement agencies and a proposed delay in East Jerusalem construction, neither side is willing to return to the negotiating table.

that the Clinton Administration was politically motivated in pushing the Immigration and Naturalization Service to rush through tens of thousands of new citizenship applications before last year's presidential elections. Congress is investigating the political connection and is particularly concerned with the direct involvement by the vice-president's office.