February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 As Mexico’s attorney general announced that his office will be overhauled to root out corruption and improve the Mexican battle against the narcotics trade, a foreign policy battle erupted here …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 State action came too late to save these cottonwoods along the St. Joe River. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. ‘The Ritz’ of emergency rooms. A trauma patient is wheeled into Sacred Heart Medical Center’s new state-of-the-art emergency room. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review 2. Tim Cox watches surveillance …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Clinton personally approved a plan in early 1995 to reward big campaign contributors with a variety of personal favors, including overnight stays at the White House, meals and coffees …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Chevie Kehoe

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s Washington Triple Choice: 6-2-4. Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 10-16-19-23-27- 32-35-36-43-47-48-49-50-53-58-61-62-66-74-79.

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sinyavsky

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Senate refused Tuesday to strip Social Security funds from calculations in the GOP-sponsored balanced budget amendment as a key Democratic senator declared her support, moving supporters to within one …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 More gay men and lesbians were discharged from the armed forces last year than in any other year since President Clinton and Congress adopted a policy designed to make it …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 The owner of a bombed gay nightclub had a doctor brother who was well known for pioneering a method of performing late-term abortions. Dr. James T. McMahon, who died in …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 The U.S. military was warned that Iraqi arms bunkers might hold chemical weapons but it never alerted the troops who were about to demolish those bunkers, according to a Pentagon …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 1. Schultz 2. Millionaire John du Pont is wheeled by sheriff’s deputies out of court Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 In a victory for President Clinton over anti-abortion forces, the Senate voted Tuesday to speed up the release of $385 million for international family planning without setting new abortion restrictions …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 The number of children being immunized against childhood diseases soared in Georgia after public health clinics began competing for plaques and barbecues. Other states report that coupons for diapers and …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5 Recurring middle-ear infections among preschoolers rose sharply during the 1980s, in part because more children were in day-care centers than before, a study suggests. Also contributing to the problem was …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6 Idaho Republican Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth wants the head of the Forest Service including the newly appointed chief to go through Senate confirmation like other administration nominees. In a bill introduced …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Divorced Catholics who remarry should be urged to stop living in a “state of sin” - meaning no sex in the new relationship, the Vatican said Tuesday in issuing guidelines …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Three undercover Israeli soldiers, evidently thinking they had been exposed on a stakeout in this Palestinian village, battered and shot several villagers Tuesday, killing one and injuring three, witnesses said. …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 After failing his driver’s test 17 times and driving illegally for three decades, a 73-year-old Dutchman says he will give it one last try. Jan Boekholt was caught driving his …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Mountaineer Raymond Lambert, whose climbs up Everest in 1952 led the way for Edmund Hillary to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain a year later, has died at …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Mourners weep while watching Deng’s funeral on TV Tuesday. Photo by Associated Press

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A9 The Palestinian gunman who opened fire on sightseers at the Empire State Building picked the landmark to express his anger against the United States, Great Britain and France and to …

February 26, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A9 A Jewish man was charged Tuesday with placing a pipe bomb at a synagogue to disrupt the speech of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Three children tried to open …