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June 22 to 30, 2000

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March 2000

Elian, no longer “Alien”

July 7, 2000 

  

HAVANA (AP) - A shy but joyful Elian Gonzalez was seen riding his bicycle in his hometown and splashing in a pool at a nearby resort as state television aired some of the first images of the boy since his return to Cuba a week ago.

 

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Blair’s blurred son!!

July 7, 2000 

  

LONDON(AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair's 16-year-old son was arrested after being found "drunk and incapable" in London's Leicester Square, news reports said Thursday.

 

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What a miss!!!

July 7, 2000 

  

BANGKOK(AP) - A speeding homemade rocket fired during a traditional festival in northeastern Thailand approached a passenger airplane as it came into land, airline officials said Thursday.

 

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Nazi-slave labor fund bill passed

July 7, 2000 

  

BERLIN (AP) - Parliament passed a bill Thursday setting up a 10 billion mark (dlrs 5 billion) fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers, clearing the way for payments to the aging victims to begin this year after some 18 months of negotiations.

 

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Death of Royal Bengal tigers

July 7, 2000 

  

BHUBANESHWAR(AP) - Another Royal Bengal Tiger died on Thursday at a zoo in eastern India, a day after nine tigers dropped dead of sleeping sickness despite being injected with antibiotics, a top state government official said.

 

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Ultimatum to shaven and skirted rebel

July 6, 2000 

  

SUVA (AP) - Fiji's military on Wednesday stepped up the pressure on rebels holding 27 hostages in Parliament, declaring an exclusive military zone around the area and offering amnesty to anyone who leaves within two days.

 

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‘Infidels’ fidelity in question indefinitely

July 6, 2000 

  

ANKARA (AP) - An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a one-year prison sentence imposed on a former premier who challenged secular rule and called deputies "infidels," the Anatolia news agency said.

 

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Perennial clashes dominate Irish streets again

July 6, 2000 

  

BELFAST (AP) - Police commanders and politicians appealed Wednesday for Protestant hard-liners to call off the street protests that have caused rioting, fear and destruction across Northern Ireland.

 

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Independence Day celebrated

July 6, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands gathered on the National Mall Tuesday, a day of festivities in the nation's capitol that included a parade, a concert-featuring singer Ray Charles and a fireworks show that lasted half an hour.

 

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Lawful marriage makes her ‘mother-in-law’

July 6, 2000 

  

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Joseph Pileggi thought he knew the woman he was marrying.

 

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Putin and Zemin preempt 5-nation summit

July 6, 2000 

  

DUSHANBE (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin met behind closed doors at a Tajik government residence on Wednesday to discuss regional security ahead of a five-nation summit.

 

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Hostage crisis continues in Malaysia

July 6, 2000 

  

SAUK (AP) - Members of a gang that raided two military armories fought back a heavy security assault Wednesday and held on to at least three hostages in the jungles of northern Malaysia.

 

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Fox wins over the tigers of Mexican politics

July 5, 2000

   

MEXICO CITY (AP) - With a hug and a handshake, the last leader of Mexico's ruling dynasty and the maverick rancher who will succeed him embarked on Mexico's first peaceful transfer of power in modern history.

 

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Bush’s campaign running without ‘running mate’

July 5, 2000

 

CRAWFORD, Texas  (AP) - The setting was relaxed, the business serious Monday as George W. Bush scoured the backgrounds of possible running mates and said he's giving equal consideration to men and women.

 

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Is Kuwait still in the 19th century? 

July 5, 2000

 

KUWAIT (AP) - Kuwait's highest tribunal on Tuesday refused to rule on four cases that could have led to granting women the right to vote and run for office.

 

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Nazi monsters’ legend like Loch Ness monster

July 5, 2000

 

LAKE TOPLITZ, Austria (AP) - In the cold waters of a pristineAlpine lake, an American salvage crew is trying to solve some of the last mysteries of World War II - what secrets or treasures did the Nazis hide here in the chaotic, final days of the conflict.

 

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The ‘Soviets’ are back!

July 5, 2000

  

KIEV (AP) - Ukrainian designers want to send the world's largest cargo aircraft, built to transport the Soviet space shuttle, back into flight, an official said Tuesday.

 

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Mori appoints new cabinet in Japan

July 5, 2000

  

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Parliament voted Tuesday to let Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori keep his post, ensuring the continuation of his party's public-spending policies to turn around the economy.

 

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Vintage vessels gala on the 4th of  July

July 5, 2000

 

NEW YORK  (AP) - The city's picturesque harbor teemed with thousands of vessels, from oceangoing schooners and destroyers to small, tiny speedboats in the run-up to a Fourth of July nautical spectacular.

 

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Curfew in Chechnya: shooting without warning  

July 5, 2000

 

GUDERMES, Russia (AP) - Russian forces imposed a curfew in Chechnya, threatening on Tuesday that soldiers would fire without warning on any vehicles that violated it.

 

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Aga Khan III’s widow buried next to husband

July 5, 2000

 

ASWAN, Egypt (AP) - The sheik labored up the steps leading to the Aga Khan III's hilltop mausoleum to lay three wilted red roses on his grave Tuesday, carrying out the wishes of the late religious leader's widow even on the day of her funeral.

 

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Bangla2000 Editorial

July 4, 2000

 

Greetings on the occasion of the 4th of July 

 

It’s precisely two centuries and a quarter today since the people of the world saw a new concept of government in the history of mankind.

 

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They kill their women like clay pigeons

July 4, 2000

 

CAIRO (AP) - Nora Ahmed was on her honeymoon when her father cut off her head and paraded it down a dusty Cairo street because she had married a man of whom he did not approve.

 

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Pakistan disclaims Chinese help

July 4, 2000

 

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on Monday dismissed U.S. intelligence reports that his country is getting help from China to build missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

 

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Aftershocks continue to rattle Japanese island

July 4, 2000

 

TOKYO, JULY 3 (AP) - Strong aftershocks were likely to continue for a week on Japanese islands jolted by a powerful quake that killed one man, buckled roads and demolished a shrine, officials said Sunday.

 

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Roadside bomb goes off in Gaza

July 4, 2000

  

JERUSALEM, JULY 3 (AP) - A roadside  bomb went off near an Israeli patrol in the  Gaza Strip Monday and shots were fired  towards the patrol's soldiers, the army said.

 

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THIS DAY, THAT YEAR

July 4, 2000   

   

UNDATED (AP) - Today is Tuesday, July 4, the 186th day of 2000. There are 180 days left in the year.

 

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3 main parties in Mexican election

July 3, 2000

 

UNDATED (AP) - Glance at the main political parties in Mexico competing in Sunday's election:

 

-Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI: Formed by the government in 1929 to maintain and transfer power peacefully, the PRI has held the presidency ever since.

 

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Fighting kills 40 in Sri Lanka

July 3, 2000

 

COLOMBO (AP) - Fresh fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels killed 30 guerrillas and nine soldiers in the island nation's north and east, a government spokesman said Sunday.

 

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Pakistan to buy Chinese F-7 warplanes  

July 3, 2000

 

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan plans to buy Chinese F-7 fighter planes to strengthen its air force, a Pakistani newspaper reported Sunday.

 

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Success of Chechen rebels’ hit-and-run strategy  

July 3, 2000

 

GUDERMES, Russia (AP) - Three Russian policemen were killed when their car drove over a homemade land mine at the entrance to a shooting range in Chechnya, officials said Sunday.

 

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“I kept thinking it was like an earthquake hit”

July 3, 2000

 

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND, Ohio (AP) - A concrete terrace loaded with tourists collapsed at an island winery in Lake Erie, killing one person and injuring about 80, authorities said.

 

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Suspended for stealing leftovers

July 3, 2000

 

LONDON (AP) - Four of Queen Elizabeth II's footmen have been suspended from their duties after allegations that they stole crates of champagne left over from a royal birthday celebration, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.

 

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"Titanic" and "Braveheart" fall guy dies

July 3, 2000

 

LONDON(AP) - British stuntman Terry Forrestal, a veteran of Hollywood blockbusters like "Titanic"  and "Braveheart," died in a jumping accident in Norway on June 10, news reports said. He was 52.

 

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A feature:-The diversified state ‘Bushy Texas’

July 3, 2000

 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Let's dispense with this right away: It's big. Really big. But you already knew that.

 

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Arkansas court committee seeks to strip Clinton of law license

July 2, 2000

 

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, JULY 1 (AP) - In an unprecedented rebuke of a sitting U.S. president, an Arkansas Supreme Court committee on Friday sued President Bill Clinton to strip him of his law license, saying he was dishonest during the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and lacked "overall fitness" to be a lawyer.

 

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Young Fijians call for reconciliation and tolerance

July 2, 2000

 

SUVA, Fiji, JULY 1 (AP) - A group of Fijian youths staged a day of fasting and prayer Saturday to call for greater tolerance in the political standoff that has seen the nation's Indian-led government

held hostage for 43 days.

 

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China tries Olympics to lure Taiwan to table

July 2, 2000

  

BEIJING, JULY 1 (AP) - Having failed so far to coax rival Taiwan into talks, China is trying to entice the island with the prospect of co-hosting the 2008 Olympic Games.

 

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Clinton renews sanctions against Taliban

July 2, 2000

 

WASHINGTON, JULY 1 (AP) - U.S. President Bill Clinton renewed sanctions Friday intended to punish the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan for refusing to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden for trial. 

 

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Ethnic war in Sri Lanka: Government's peace plan grounded

July 2, 2000

 

COLOMBO, JULY 1 (AP) - A Norwegian peace initiative to end the 17-year-old civil war has failed to take off with Tamil Tiger rebels out rightly rejecting the government's autonomy offer.

 

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Mahathir attacks Western media for biased reporting against Islam

July 2, 2000

 

KUALA LUMPUR, JULY 1 (AP) - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged Muslim nations to cooperate by sharing news with each other rather than depending on "corrupt" Western news organizations, a news report said.

 

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Eight dead, three injured at rock festival in Denmark

July 2, 2000

 

COPENHAGEN, JULY 1 (AP) - Fans surged toward the stage at a Pearl Jam concert, killing at least eight people and injuring three others at one of Europe's largest rock festivals, police said.

 

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Denmark & Sweden to be linked after 7,000 years' separation

July 2, 2000

    

COPENHAGEN, (AP) - The kingdoms of Sweden and Denmark were to be formally linked Saturday, 7,000 years after glaciers cleaved a waterway that divided the Scandinavian countries.

     

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Elian's life will be 'normal,' but he will always be special

July 1, 2000

 

HAVANA, (AP) - Now that his American saga has drawn to a close, Elian Gonzalez began a new chapter Thursday in his homeland, where officials say they will work to provide the boy with as normal a life as possible.

 

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Lawmakers elect opposition leader as new prime minister

July 1, 2000       

  

HONIARA, Solomon Islands, (AP) - Lawmakers elected a new prime minister in the Solomon Islands on Friday in a move observers hope will end months of ethnic fighting.

 

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Prime Minister expects consensus on CTBT signing by year end

July 1, 2000       

      

NEW DELHI, (AP) - Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said Friday he expects to achieve a national consensus on India signing the global nuclear test ban treaty by the year's end, a news agency reported.

 

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Israel: U.N. land-for-peace resolution does not apply to West Bank,Gaza 

July 1, 2000       

    

JERUSALEM, (AP) - Israel's attorney general has ruled that U.N. Security Council resolutions stipulating Israel's withdrawal from war-won lands do not mean that Israel must give up all of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, prompting angry Palestinian protests Friday.

 

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U.N. wants talks on East Timor constitution to start in September

July 1, 2000       

   

UNITED NATIONS, (AP) - The top U.N. official in East Timor said Thursday he expects grassroots consultations to begin in September on the kind of government and constitution the people want when the territory becomes independent possibly late next year.

     

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