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South Asia getting poorer except Lanka

June 14, 2000   

  

Dhaka (UNB)- The number of the poor is on the rise in the region, bar Sri Lanka, for a lack of good governance and misuse of some of the funds funneled into poverty programmers. 

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Al-Assad dynasty continues: Bashar firmly in charge

June 14, 2000   

   

DAMASCUS (AP) - Syria's heir apparent, Bashar Assad, met Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and vowed to pursue the same policies toward Israel established by his late father.

 

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Finally two Kims unite: Hope two Koreas will

June 14, 2000   

  

SEOUL,  (AP) - The leaders of South Korea and North Korea greeted each other for the first time Tuesday, clapping, chatting and holding hands during a limousine ride into the North's capital in a step toward ending the Cold War on the divided Korean Peninsula.

 

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A Train hits another from behind

June 14, 2000   

  

KARACHI, (AP) - Two passenger trains collided Tuesday outside this southern port city, killing two and injuring at least 11 people, many of them seriously.

    

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Israeli - Palestinian settlement by mid-September

June 14, 2000   

  

WASHINGTON, (AP) - With a White House admonition that "time is short," Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are resuming their sputtering talks on an overall settlement that their governments pledged to conclude by mid-September.

    

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Sharif accuses Musharraf of  involvement in Kashmir

June 14, 2000   

  

KARACHI, (AP) - A day after accusing Pakistan's army ruler of secretly orchestrating last summer's military confrontation in Indian Kashmir, Nawaz Sharif demanded an independent commission Tuesday to hear the evidence behind his accusation.

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US government to pay for “Watergate” evidences

June 14, 2000   

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - After 20 years of hotly contested litigation, the government has agreed to pay Richard Nixon's estate dlrs 18 million for his presidential papers and reel after reel - 3,700 hours worth - of secretly recorded tape it seized when he resigned in 1974.

 

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Traveling between U.S-Cuba soars

June 14, 2000   

     

WASHINGTON (UNB/AP) - The number of people who flew directly from the United States to Cuba soared by almost 50 percent last year as travelers took advantage of eased restrictions aimed at planting democratic seeds on the communist island.

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Gore’s “Broken Promises Tour” to battleground states

June 14, 2000   

   

TRENTON (AP) - Vice President Al Gore was still putting the finishing touches on the kickoff speech for his upcoming "Progress and prosperity tour" when Republicans began heckling it.

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Is the US “a bully or an ally”?

June 14, 2000   

  

MEXICO CITY, (AP) - The United States: a bully or an ally? A partner or a threat? Mexicans' conflicting feelings about their northern neighbor have become an issue in the country's July 2 presidential elections.

 

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NATO absolved of war crimes in Kosovo

June 14, 2000      

 

THE HAGUE (AP) - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said Tuesday it found no reason to investigate NATO for criminal activity during its 78-day bombing campaign in Kosovo last year that killed nearly 500 civilians.

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Solomon’s Prime minister threatens to resign 

June 14, 2000   

  

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) - The prime minister of the Solomon Islands said Tuesday that he would resign despite fears that quitting would ignite a new round of rebel fighting that could splinter this South Pacific nation.

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Tavern brawl kills Political activist 

June 14, 2000    

 

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (AP) - Political violence claimed another life, this one in a tavern brawl, police said Tuesday.

Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said a ruling party supporter was stabbed in the chest after refusing to take off a party T-shirt in a bar in Chivi, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Harare on Sunday.

 

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THIS DAY ,THAT YEAR

June 13, 2000 

 

JUNE 12 (AP) – Today is Sunday, June 18, the 170th day of 2000. There are 196 days left in the year.

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Tavern brawl kills Political activist

June 14, 2000    

 

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (AP) - Political violence claimed another life, this one in a tavern brawl, police said Tuesday.

Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said a ruling party supporter was stabbed in the chest after refusing to take off a party T-shirt in a bar in Chivi, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Harare

on Sunday.

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Israel in favor  of  uncrowned “Crown Prince”

June 13, 2000 

 

JERUSALEM, JUNE 12 (AP) - Israeli defense officials anticipate a smooth transition of power in Syria, believing that the late Syrian President Hafez Assad secured his son's succession before dying last week.     

 

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Ethnic Clash Kills Several People

June 13, 2000  

    

PATNA, India, JUNE 12 (AP) - Attackers armed with guns raided a village in eastern India, shooting and killing at least 10 people who were considered members of the upper caste, police said Monday.

 

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Muslim-Christian Clash in Indonesia

June 13, 2000 

    

JAKARTA, JUNE 12 (AP) - At least six people, including two police officers, were killed Monday in fresh Muslim-Christian fighting in Maluku, a strife-torn province in eastern Indonesia, officials and witnesses said.

  

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AIDS possibility Costs Job    

June 13, 2000

 

TOKYO, JUNE 12 (AP) - A court on Monday ordered a company and a hospital to pay damages to a Brazilian of Japanese descent for invading his privacy by conducting an HIV test, disclosing the results without permission and then firing him from his job.

 

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Anwar's lawyers have to wrap up    

June 13, 2000

 

KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 12 (AP) - A High Court judge on Monday ordered lawyers for jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim to wrap up their case despite angry protests from the defense team that it had not exhausted its list of witnesses or completed arguments.

 

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US Trial System “Seriously flawed”

June 13, 2000  

 

WASHINGTON, JUNE 12 (AP) - Two-thirds of death penalty cases in the United States that were appealed from 1973 through 1995 were successful, report researchers who contend the nation's capital punishment system is "collapsing under the weight of its own mistakes."

 

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Environment : Meeting on Bio-diversity   

June 13, 2000

 

SINGAPORE, JUNE 12 (AP) - More than 40 senior public and private sector representatives from Asia, Europe and the United States will meet in Singapore later this year to discuss environmental preservation in the Asia-Pacific, conference organizers said Monday.

 

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Speight Escapes injury in Fiji 

June 13, 2000 

 

SUVA, JUNE 12 (AP) - Soldiers opened fire Monday on a car carrying coup leader George Speight, putting bullet holes in the side but missing the rebel boss who holds 31 people hostage in Fiji's parliament.

 

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Chechnian Suicide Squad Strikes Back 

June 13, 2000 

 

NAZRAN, Russia, JUNE 12 (AP) - Two Russian policemen were killed and one was wounded when a suicide bomber set off an explosive in the trunk of his car when he was stopped at a roadblock, the military command said Monday.

 

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Finally Both Koreans meet 

June 13, 2000   

 

SEOUL, JUNE 12 (AP) - One year ago, a clash between warships symbolized the volatility between South Korea and North Korea since their peninsula was divided more than a half-century ago.

 

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Hostage Negotiators Suspend Talks 

June 13, 2000

 

MANILA, JUNE 12 (AP) - The government has decided to suspend negotiations for several days for a cooling-off period with Muslim rebels holding 21 mostly foreign hostages on a southern Philippine island, an official said Monday.

 

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Iraq demands extra money

June 13, 2000 

 

BAGHDAD, JUNE 12 (AP) - Iraq asked the United Nations on Sunday to allocate dlrs 400 million from the surplus in an escrow account to purchase humanitarian supplies for Iraqi people instead of freezing it in the bank.

 

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Approval Yesterday, disapproval Today

June 13, 2000 

 

LONDON, JUNE 12 (AP) - Public support for the royal family has fallen to its lowest level in years, a poll published Monday indicates.

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Landmark women's conference end's

June 12, 2000 


UNITED NATIONS, JUNE 11 (AP) - Five years after a landmark U.N. conference set women's equality as an achievable goal, more than 180 nations have adopted new measures to accelerate the international campaign to reach it.

 

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Strong earthquake jolts Taiwan

June 12, 2000

    

TAIPEI, JUNE 11 (AP) - A strong earthquake shook central Taiwan early Sunday, causing rockslides and injuring more than 20 people, officials and seismologists said.  

 

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Is Syria heading towards Monarchy ?

June 12, 2000

BEIRUT, JUNE 11 (AP) - President Hafez Assad had two vice presidents to fill in for him, but within hours of his death Saturday, the Syrian parliament pushed them aside and voted to clear

the way for the ascension of the 34-year-old son who had been groomed for power.  

 

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Charles-Camilla romance gets support

June 12, 2000

     

LONDON, JUNE 11 (AP) - A new opinion poll indicates overwhelming public support for Queen Elizabeth It's social meeting with Camilla Parker Bowles, but suggests less than half favor a marriage between Prince Charles and his longtime love.  

 

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Mahathir’s Party Wins Election

June 12, 2000

 

KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 11 (AP) - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling coalition rejoiced Sunday over its victory in a keenly watched parliamentary by-election, while opposition leaders warned that Chinese ethnic support for the government was waning.  

 

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Muslim rebels shift hostages

June 12, 2000

 

JOLO, Philippines, JUNE 11 (AP) - Muslim rebels holding 21 people in a remote Philippine jungle have moved their Caucasian hostages first to an area of dense mangroves and then to a watershed not far from their original location, police said Sunday.

 

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Soldiers Killed in Kashmir

June 12, 2000

 

JAMMU, JUNE 11 (AP) - A passenger bus carrying army soldiers veered off a mountain road and plunged into a gorge in the northern Kashmir state killing 27 people Sunday, officials said.

 

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Saddam’s whimsical wish !!!

June 12, 2000

 

BAGHDAD, JUNE 11 (AP) - The United States will be defeated in Iraq in the same way it was defeated in Vietnam, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said in remarks published Sunday.

 

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Sri Lankan army, rebels in fierce northern fighting

June 11, 2000 

  

COLOMBO, JUNE 10 (AP) - Government jets and artillery bombarded rebel bunkers in heavy fighting in Jaffna Peninsula as the freshly supplied military kept up attacks on guerrilla positions, according to information given by both sides on Saturday.

 

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Iraq accuses United Nations of mishandling oil-for-food revenues

June 11, 2000 

  

BAGHDAD, JUNE 10 (AP) - Iraq accused the United Nations Saturday of mismanaging billions of dollars in revenues from the oil-for-food program, saying the money could have been well spent combating a severe drought in the country.

 

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With no end to hostage crisis in sight, Fiji rebels go on rampage

June 11, 2000 

  

SUVA, JUNE 10 (AP) - A mob armed with sugarcane-cutting knives torched a seaside restaurant late Saturday - the latest in a string of violent incidents close to Fiji's parliament where armed rebels are holding 31 hostages.

 

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Nine policemen, seven civilians killed by Maoist rebels in Nepal

June 11, 2000 

  

KATMANDU, JUNE 10 (AP) - Nine policemen and seven civilians were killed when Maoist rebels attacked a police station in midwestern Nepal earlier this week, police said Saturday.

 

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Convicted murderer, rapist beheaded in Saudi

June 11, 2000 

  

RIYADH, JUNE 10 (AP) - Two Saudi men convicted of murder and rape were beheaded in Saudi Arabia Saturday, an Interior Ministry statement said.

 

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Clinton discusses Korean summit with South Korean leader

June 10, 2000 

  

TOKYO, JUNE 9  (AP) - On a quick trip to Asia, U.S. President Bill Clinton met with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in a show of solidarity before next week's first summit between the long divided Korean nations.

 

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Chiefs meet Speight in latest attempt to break coup deadlock

June 10, 2000 

   

SUVA, Fiji (AP) - An influential delegation of tribal chiefs met Friday with Fijian coup leader George Speight in the latest attempt to break the deadlock at parliament where he is holding the deposed prime minister and 30 other hostages.

 

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Russia makes spirited attack on U.S.-British patrol of Iraq no-fly zones

June 10, 2000 

   

UNITED NATIONS, JUNE 9 (AP) - What should have been a perfunctory extension by the Security Council of the U.N. humanitarian program in Iraq erupted into an acrimonious debate early Friday over the impact of sanctions and American and British air strikes in Iraq's no-fly zones.

 

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Moscow foresees prolonged direct rule of Chechnya

June 10, 2000 

  

MOSCOW, JUNE 9 (AP) - President Vladimir Putin's decision to put rebel Chechnya under his direct rule gained support Friday from lawmakers as officials said the Kremlin was likely to run the region for several years.

 

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Putin to visit North Korea in first ever trip by a Russian leader

June 10, 2000 

  

MOSCOW, JUNE 9 (AP) - President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for talks on efforts to defuse the political situation on the Korean peninsula and U.S. plans to build an anti-missile defense system, officials said Friday.

 

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Sri Lanka police detain suspects after suicide bombing

June 9, 2000 

 

COLOMBO, JUNE 8 (AP) - Police detained 15 men Thursday as suspects in a suicide bombing that killed a Cabinet minister and 20 others in a suburb of the capital. Sri Lanka's president urged

people to refrain from retaliatory attacks on the Tamil minority.

  

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U.S. president meets new Japanese leader

June 9, 2000 

 

TOKYO, JUNE 8 (AP) - Joining an array of world leaders, U.S. President Bill Clinton Thursday paid respects to the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi - a man who "touched hearts around the world" - and talked diplomacy with Obuchi's successor.

 

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Rebel leader warns of reprisals if military fires at supporters

June 9, 2000 

 

SUVA, Fiji, JUNE 8 (AP) - In another sign of rising tension among Fijian coup leader George Speight's supporters, a police officer was savagely beaten Thursday and briefly detained at parliament where gunmen are holding 31 hostages.

 

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Earthquake of moderate intensity jolts northeastern India

June 9, 2000 

 

NEW DELHI, JUNE 8 (AP) - An earthquake of moderate intensity shook the remote northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh early Thursday, the United News of India reported.

 

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21 Korean leftist students arrested for anti-U.S. protests

June 9, 2000 

 

SEOUL, JUNE 8 (AP) - Police on Thursday arrested 21 leftist students who staged an illegal anti-American street demonstration in Seoul.

 

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French Cabinet adopts bill to shorten presidential mandate

June 8, 2000 

 

PARIS, JUNE 7 (AP) - France's Cabinet on Wednesday adopted a bill to reduce the presidential mandate from seven years to five, days after President Jacques Chirac signaled his approval for the long-debated proposal.

 

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Burundi president makes key concessions in civil war

June 8, 2000 

 

JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 7 (AP) - Burundi President Pierre Buyoya on Wednesday agreed to close down so-called regroupment camps and integrate the Tutsi-led army - key concessions in negotiations to end Burundi's seven-year civil war.

 

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