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Dr. Bashar to Gen. Bashar: Saga of an ophthalmologist turned C-in-C 

June 21, 2000   

 

DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria's official media went a gear higher in marketing the late President Hafez Assad's son as the country's next leader Tuesday, while the ruling Baath Party prepared to declare him its presidential nominee.

 

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Tamil Tiger rebels making a strong mark in Sri Lanka’s Civil War  

June 21, 2000

 

COLOMBO (AP) - Sporadic fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels near the northern city of Jaffna killed at least 17 guerrillas and wounded seven, the government said Tuesday.

 

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Russia won’t let go: but Chechen rebel fighters gets going

June 21, 2000   

 

NAZRAN (AP) - Rebels killed a Russian soldier in an ambush on a checkpoint in the Chechen capital Grozny, while bad weather kept federal jets from bombing rebel targets in the south, officials said Tuesday. 

 

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US-Russia nuclear arms control meet ends without result  

June 20, 2000   

 

OSLO (AP) - A high-level meeting between the United States and Russia on arms control ended Tuesday with no immediate comment from either side on the outcome. 

 

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Standup comic turned governor makes a comic of himself in sex scandal 

June 21, 2000   

 

TOKYO (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded 18 months in prison for a former governor of Osaka who was driven from office by allegations that he fondled a female college student in the back of a campaign van.     

 

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Prophet Mohammed (SM)’s birthday program canceled

June 21, 2000

   

JAKARTA (AP)-Indonesia has canceled an international celebration to mark the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed because invited Muslim leaders are too busy to attend, the official Antara news agency reported Tuesday. 

 

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"Robot maids" wouldn’t fall down from high-rise windows

June 21, 2000   

 

HONG KONG (AP) - A university says it may have found a solution to the occasional problem of window washers falling to their deaths from Hong Kong's many high-rises - a "robot maid" that will do the work.

 

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Obituary: Olivier Reverdin, Greek scholar and former Rolex chairman 

June 21, 2000  

 

GENEVA (AP) - Olivier Reverdin, former chairman of Rolex watches and a Greek scholar, has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 86. 

 

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Takeshita: "Shadow shogun" mentor of a  generation dies

June 20, 2000

 

TOKYO (AP) - Noboru Takeshita, a scandal-tainted former prime minister who mentored a  generation of Japanese leaders as a behind-the-scenes "shadow shogun," died Monday after a lengthy illness. He was 76.

 

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Arafat accuses, Barak disposes

June 20, 2000 

     

JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Cabinet accused Israel on Sunday of planning to attack the Palestinian areas, after Israel's top soldier warned that a delay in the peace process could lead to fighting.

 

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Now it’s Clinton vs. Bush in Texas

June 20, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON, (AP) - For the third time this year, President Bill Clinton is venturing onto Gov. George W. Bush's Texas turf, in hopes his presence will sweeten the Democratic Party's courtship of

pivotal Hispanic voters.

 

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Pakistan calls Indian allegations  about Kashmir:-'rubbish'

June 20, 2000 

  

ISLAMABAD, (AP) - Pakistan rejected Indian claims Monday that thousands of Muslim militants were massing on its border preparing to cross into Indian Kashmir.

 

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Kofi Annan urges Israel to respect border with Lebanon

June 20, 2000 

  

CAIRO, (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak early Monday to urge him to respect the U.N.-certified border with Lebanon.

 

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F-14 Tomcat crashes during US air show

June 20, 2000 

  

WILLOW GROVE, Pennsylvania (AP) - A military plane crashed in the woods during an air show at Willow Grove Naval Air Station, killing the two people aboard, authorities said. 

 

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List of last 3 years’ bomb blasts in Delhi

June 20, 2000 

     

NEW DELHI, (AP) - Here is a list of 12 bomb blasts in New Delhi - most in the congested old "Walled City" - during the past three years.

 

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Military rulers’ ambition drowning economy gradually 

June 19, 2000 

 

SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji's military rulers and coup leader George Speight spent Sunday locked in talks, raising hopes of progress in efforts to end a 31-day hostage crisis.

 

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Shootout continues to claim lives in Sierra Leone 

June 19, 2000 

 

FREETOWN (AP) - Gunfire erupted in the capital, Killing at least one civilian, hospital officials said Sunday, prompting the government to urge calm and insist security in Sierra Leone was assured.

 

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Even Russia has arrestable and releasable tycoons now !

June 18, 2000 

 

MOSCOW, (AP) - After four days in prison and an outcry accusing the Kremlin of cracking down on the press, media baron Vladimir Gusinsky was freed, smiling and thanking the press for their intense coverage of the case.

 

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Lebanon rejects U.N. verification of Israeli troop pullout

June 18, 2000 

 

UNITED NATIONS, (AP) - In a setback for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Lebanon rejected the United Nations' verification of Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon, saying Israel still controls some Lebanese territory.

     

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"No-fly zone" flights prevented Iraqi threats

June 18, 2000 

 

WASHINGTON, (AP) - The State Department expressed regret Friday over civilian deaths in Iraq from U.S. and British air strikes but said the flights in the "no-fly zones" have prevented Iraq from threatening citizens in these areas.

 

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Church urged to accept gay and lesbians

June 18, 2000 

 

CLEVELAND, (AP) - The United Church of Christ set up a dlrs 500,000 scholarship fund for gay and lesbian seminarians Friday and urged wider acceptance of homosexuals by other denominations.

 

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The Radioactive Man strikes back 

June 18, 2000 

  

TOKYO, (AP) - A Tokyo man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of mailing radioactive ore to 10 Japanese government offices earlier this month.

 

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Death sentence for 10 in China

June 18, 2000 

   

BEIJING, (AP) - A Chinese court has sentenced ten people to death for murdering 28 migrant workers and then collecting 520,000 yuan (dlrs 62,000) in insurance benefits, the state-run China Youth Daily reported Saturday.

     

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After summit, Koreas end propaganda broadcasts

June 17, 2000 

 

SEOUL (AP) - Responding to an olive branch from North Korea, South Korea ordered the suspension Friday of all anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts.

 

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Thousands of South Koreans rush to apply for reunions with North Korean kin

June 17, 2000 

 

SEOUL (AP) - Myung Shi-chung carefully wrote down everything he knew about the 8-year-old brother he left behind in North Korea in 1948. Then he glued his photograph to the application Friday, officially registering his family as one of the thousands divided by the North-South border.

 

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Malaysia's PM blasts hedge-fund operators again

June 17, 2000 

 

KUALA LUMPUR,(AP) - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday singled out hedge-fund operators as the main culprits who took advantage of globalization to enrich themselves by speculating on the weak currencies.

 

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Indonesia says handover of Suharto money is within reach

June 17, 2000 

  

JAKARTA, (AP) - An agreement for ex-President Suharto to surrender millions of dollars in assets taken from the Indonesian state is "within reach," President Abdur Rahman Wahid was quoted as saying.

 

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Pakistan welcomes Indonesian president

June 17, 2000 

 

ISLAMABAD, (AP) - Anxious for a share of Southeast Asian markets, an economically troubled Pakistan on Friday welcomed Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid.

 

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Lahoud: Israel's withdrawal incomplete if it is based on "fictitious" U.N. line

June 17, 2000 

 

ABBASSIYEH GATE, Lebanon, (AP) - Lebanon will consider Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon incomplete if it is based on a "fictitious" U.N.-drawn border that Lebanon contends has been misplaced, President Emile Lahoud said Friday.

 

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Muslim fighters to force Philippines to lower economic growth expectations

June 17, 2000 

 

MANILA, JUNE 16 (AP) - The cost of a military offensive against Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines will force the government to lower its economic growth expectations for this year, Finance Secretary Jose Pardo said Friday.

 

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Taiwan passes law to cut work hours for laborers

June 17, 2000 

 

TAIPEI, (AP) - Taiwan's Legislature passed a bill Friday to cut the weekly hours for blue-collar workers from 48 to 42 - despite fierce opposition by owners of labor-intensive industries.

 

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History in the making: Korean unification in sight 

June 16, 2000    

    

SEOUL (AP) - President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea disclosed Thursday that he had discussed sensitive security issues during his summit in North Korea, including the 37,000 U.S. soldiers stationed in the South and the North's nuclear and missile programs.In his speech upon his return to Seoul

 

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Nuclear plant free Germany by 2020 A.D.

June 16, 2000  

 

BERLIN (AP) - German nuclear plants could start going off line in 2002 following a landmark agreement by the government and the power industry to end the country's use of atomic energy, the environment minister said Thursday.

 

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Murderer convicted 14 years later by DNA test 

June 16, 2000  

  

TOWSON, Maryland (AP) - New tests on a preserved DNA sample have  linked a 41-year-old prison inmate to the 1986 shootings of a man  and his wife, police said.  

 

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U.S. forces of NATO train Georgians

June 16, 2000 

 

KODA, Georgia (AP) - About 60 doctors, nurses and medics from the U.S. Army and 100 Georgian counterparts on Thursday opened a 10-day joint exercise on evacuating casualties from a massive disaster.

 

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US-China military links being repaired 

June 16, 2000  

  

BEIJING (AP) - China's defense minister met with the superintendent of the U.S. Army academy West Point on Thursday, repairing military contacts suspended a year ago.

 

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Are Malaysian breads becoming bigger??

June 16, 2000  

 

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - A bakery was to be charged for producing loaves of bread that were heavier and more expensive than permitted under Malaysian law, a news report said Thursday.

 

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Bashar’s replacing Hafez confirmed in Assad dynasty

June 16, 2000    

    

DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria confirmed Thursday that its parliament would meet in 10 days to vote on Bashar Assad's presidential nomination, the latest step toward cementing his power in the wake of his father's death.  

 

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Constitutional amendment to safeguard dynasty

June 15, 2000    

    

DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria's powerful propaganda machine has been busy since President Hafez Assad died, smoothing the shock of his death and transferring the public devotion he had enjoyed to his chosen successor: his son Bashar.

 

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Arafat kisses Tlass, who called him “stripper”

June 15, 2000  

 

DAMASCUS (AP) - World leaders brought to Syria by death took time to try revive the Mideast peace process, holding talks alongside funeral services for longtime leader Hafez Assad.

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New chief for Kashmir ceasefire team

June 15, 2000 

    

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Maj. Gen. Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay has been appointed chief military observer of the U.N. mission monitoring the line of control between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Tuesday.

 

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