CNN - news update and Your Health - 1999-12-19

Name: CNN - news update and Your Health - 1999-12-19
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[0:00] [Music]

[0:02] CNN Today with Lou Waters and Natalie

[0:04] Allen, weekdays on CNN.

[0:08] Hello, I'm Gene Randall in Washington.

[0:10] In a moment, your health. But first,

[0:11] some headlines. Canadian authorities are

[0:14] exploring possible terrorist links to

[0:16] the Algerian charged with bringing

[0:17] bomb-making materials into the United

[0:19] States. The Canadians are probing

[0:21] suspect Ahmed Rasam's background for

[0:23] ties with the armed Islamic group. So

[0:25] far, US officials say they do not have

[0:27] information of a direct plot against

[0:29] Americans.

[0:31] >> We are not aware at this point of other

[0:34] uh specific threats against particular

[0:37] targets in the United States. But the

[0:39] State Department has said last week that

[0:43] this period between now and the New

[0:45] Year's, actually between now and the end

[0:47] of Ramadan and early January, is a

[0:49] period of heightened risk of terrorist

[0:51] action, including against Americans.

[0:54] Rasam was ordered held without bail on

[0:56] Friday after US customs officials say

[0:58] they found bomb-making materials in his

[1:00] car. US officials tell CNN they're

[1:02] looking for any connection between Rasam

[1:04] and Osama bin Laden. The accused

[1:06] mastermind of last year's US embassy

[1:08] bombings in Africa. Progovernment

[1:11] parties in Russia appear to have

[1:12] increased the representation in today's

[1:14] parliamentary elections. About 57% of

[1:17] the country's 107 million voters cast

[1:19] ballots for seats in the Duma, the lower

[1:21] house. Exit polls predict the communists

[1:23] will remain the largest party, but that

[1:25] their margin will slip dramatically. The

[1:27] election is seen as a dress rehearsal

[1:28] for next s