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Do fake leaders’ poor ratings need to be faked?

September 24, 2000 

  

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - A pro-government group has filed a lawsuit against several public opinion agencies that reported President Slobodan Milosevic trailing going into Sunday's crucial ballot, state media said Saturday.

 

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Indonesia: on the threshold of many events

September 24, 2000 

  

ATAMBUA, Indonesia (AP) - Militias surrendered hundreds of weapons in violence-wracked West Timor Saturday, but Indonesia's president accused security forces of not cracking down hard enough on the gangs that recently killed three U.N. aid workers.

 

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Russian plane: latest challenge to UN sanctions

September 24, 2000 

  

BAGHDAD (AP) - A Russian airliner touched down Saturday in Iraq with a soccer team, musicians, businesspeople and medical supplies aboard in another challenge to 10-year-old U.N. sanctions that the United States and Britain are finding hard to keep firmly in place.

 

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Taliban hang two convicted saboteurs

September 24, 2000 

  

KABUL (AP) - Two men convicted of planting bombs in the capital were hanged Saturday in front of a Kabul hotel, with several hundred people watching.

 

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Cuban plane crash survivors recount frightening trip

September 24, 2000 

  

KEY WEST, Florida (AP) - Ten Cubans fleeing their homeland in a vintage crop duster lost their way to America over the Gulf of Mexico and turned to God as their plane ran out of gas. Within minutes, a speck of a cargo ship, the Chios Dream, appeared on the horizon.

 

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Villages destroyed by assault on Sayaf kidnappers

September 24, 2000 

  

TALIPAO, Philippines (AP) - A military assault on Muslim rebels holding 17 hostages on a southern Philippine island has destroyed several villages and sent more than 14,000 people fleeing from their homes, officials said Saturday.

 

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Leaders of Japan & South Korea discuss security

September 24, 2000 

  

ATAMI (AP) - The leaders of Japan and South Korea met Saturday to discuss joint policy toward North Korea and ties between their own countries, important trading partners kept apart by wartime resentment.

 

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Russian media scandal

September 24, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov met Saturday with Russia's press minister to discuss his role in a controversy surrounding the prominent private media company Media-Most.

 

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Rebels spend time avoiding military troops

September 23, 2000 

  

JOLO, Philippines, SEPT 22 (AP) - An American held hostage by Muslim rebels said Friday they spend much of each day and night evading thousands of pursuing military troops but otherwise he is in good health.

 

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Suu Kyi's whereabouts unknown

September 23, 2000 

  

YANGON, SEPT 22 (AP) - A top aide to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not returned home after he and Suu Kyi were prevented from leaving the capital by train in their latest confrontation with Myanmar's military junta, a source said Friday.

 

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Jewish settlers dominated by security

September 23, 2000 

  

NETZARIM, Gaza Strip, SEPT 22 (AP) - In this isolated Jewish settlement, a tiny dot in a Palestinian sea, traveling to schools and workplaces in Israel means signing up for an armored convoy that leaves every 40 minutes.

 

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Indian PM says peace lies in strength

September 23, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI, SEPT 22 (AP) - India's nuclear weapons program is based on the tenet that peace and strength are compatible, and India's security is crucial to Asian stability, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said in an article published Friday.

 

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Taliban lobbies U.N., U.S. for recognition

September 23, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 22 (AP) - Afghanistan's ousted government called Thursday for increased sanctions against the Taliban at the same time the religious militia was lobbying the United Nations for official recognition four years after taking control of most of the country.

 

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Taliban denounce U.N. move to scrap anti-drug program

September 23, 2000 

  

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22 (AP) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban criticized the cancellation of an anti-drug program by a U.N. agency, saying Friday that international help was essential to stamping out opium production.

 

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Angola welcomes U.N.-led progress on staunching flow of blooddiamonds

September 23, 2000 

  

LUANDA, SEPT 22 (AP) - Angola's rebel UNITA group has lost at least 20 percent of its income due to international efforts to stem the illegal flow of diamonds, according to the government.

 

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General strike paralyze life in Nepal

September 22, 2000 

  

KATMANDU (AP) - Supporters of nine left wing political parties Thursday staged demonstrations in cities across Nepal to enforce a nationwide general strike.

 

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Defiant Suu Kyi says she will take train to Mandalay

September 22, 2000 

  

YANGON (AP) - Security forces Thursday blocked both ends of a street leading to Aung San Suu Kyi's house, as her opposition party said she is ready to confront the military junta again if it prevents her from leaving the capital.

 

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Russian cosmonaut Gherman Titov,2nd man to orbit Earth, dies

September 22, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - Gherman Titov, a towering hero of the Soviet-American space race, has died in Moscow at age 65, police said Thursday.

 

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Ex-husband of Princess Margaret divorces second wife

September 22, 2000 

  

LONDON (AP) - Lord Snowdon, the photographer and former husband of Queen Elizabeth II's sister, Princess Margaret, has divorced his second wife Lucy after 22 years of marriage, according to court papers made available Thursday.

 

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Another Japanese City cuts friendly ties with U.S. Navy

September 22, 2000 

  

TOKYO, AP - A second Japanese city is ending friendly ties with the U.S. Navy to protest noisy aircraft-landing exercises at a nearby airfield, news reports said Thursday.

 

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Suu Kyi says she will travel outside Yangon on Thursday

September 21, 2000 

  

YANGON (UNB/AP) - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to northern Myanmar on Thursday to investigate government restrictions on her National League for Democracy party, a party statement said Wednesday.

 

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Yugoslav president bound for election rally in Montenegro

September 21, 2000 

  

BERANE, Yugoslavia (AP) - President Slobodan Milosevic ventures Wednesday to northern Montenegro for an election rally, uninvited by the republic's pro-Western leadership, but relying on support from many locals here who favor continued unity with Serbia.

 

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Ukrainian and South Africa sign cooperation agreements

September 21, 2000 

  

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine and South Africa signed 10 cooperation agreements in the geology, transport, military, educational, health and agricultural spheres, South Africa's Deputy President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday.

 

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What Plane? Cuban plane incident ignored by state media

September 21, 2000 

  

HAVANA (AP) - As the world awaited news on the nine survivors aboard a small plane that was pirated out of Cuba, the communist island's government for hours mentioned nary a word about the audacious act.

 

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Independent medical team to examine Suharto

September 21, 2000 

  

JAKARTA (AP) - State prosecutors announced Wednesday the formation of a 24-member independent medical team to examine ex-dictator Suharto's health to determine whether he is fit enough to stand trial on charges of massive corruption.

 

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Mandela's efforts to arrange Burundi cease-fire

September 21, 2000 

  

NAIROBI (AP) - Efforts by mediator Nelson Mandela to get Burundi's warring parties to sign a cease-fire Wednesday appeared doomed, a negotiator involved in the talks said.

 

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Two French journalists escape from Philippine rebels

September 21, 2000 

  

MANILA (AP) - Two French television journalists held hostage by Muslim rebels for 2 1/2 months left the Philippines Wednesday after crediting their escape to a military assault on the guerrillas.

 

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Rebels, Russian troops clash in southern Chechnya

September 21, 2000 

  

NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - The Russian military sent reinforcements to pursue rebels in the southern mountains of Chechnya after a clash that killed one Russian soldier and wounded eight others, officials said Wednesday.

 

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Is Gore slightly up or is it a dead heat?

September 20, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - Two new polls on the presidential race point to a highly competitive contest.

 

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Parliament security could be tightened

September 20, 2000 

  

BERLIN (AP) - Authorities were reviewing security precautions around the German parliament Tuesday after a man rammed his car against a glass entrance and tried to set the gasoline-soaked interior of the vehicle alight, a spokeswoman said.

 

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Intruder held in Vajpayee's bedroom in Washington

September 20, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - An unidentified Indian American was detained after he entered the bedroom of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his state visit to the United States, The Hindustan Times newspaper reported Tuesday.

 

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Government trying to whitewash Japan's history

September 20, 2000 

  

TOKYO, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - A Japanese grass-roots group warned Tuesday that an increasingly softer portrayal of Japan's wartime atrocities in textbooks may send students down a dangerous path toward neo-nationalism.

 

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Rivne nuclear reactor restarted after repairs

September 20, 2000 

  

KIEV, SEPT 19 (UNBAP) - The only working reactor at Ukraine's Rivne nuclear power plant returned to full output after repairs on a generator, officials said Tuesday.

 

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Mining experts gather for conflict diamonds

September 20, 2000 

  

PRETORIA, SEPT 19 (UNB/AP) - Mining experts from around the world gathered Tuesday in South Africa at the start of a three-day conference aimed at outlawing the trade in "blood diamonds," which help finance wars across Africa.

 

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Barak rules out Islamic sovereignty over Jerusalem shrine

September 19, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Monday ruled out Islamic sovereignty over a key Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews, formally rejecting a Palestinian compromise proposal.

 

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Pakistan kills three Indian soldiers

September 19, 2000 

  

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani troops repulsed an Indian assault on a border post in the disputed valley of Kashmir early Monday, killing at least three Indian soldiers and wounding 10, a Pakistan army spokesman said.

 

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Flood victims face uncertain future

September 19, 2000 

  

TAM NONG, Vietnam (AP) - Sitting under a ragged tarp alongside a road, Tran Van No huddled with a few precious possessions he managed to save before his house was swallowed by water: a bicycle, his pig, a few clothes.

 

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Cohen warns Indonesia of diplomatic backlash over Timor

September 19, 2000 

  

JAKARTA (AP) - Highlighting a growing diplomatic rift with Indonesia, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen warned President Abdurrahman Wahid on Monday of possible economic sanctions unless army-sponsored militias are immediately disbanded on the divided island of Timor.

 

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Widow and deputy to lead Sri Lanka's main Muslim party

September 19, 2000 

  

COLOMBO (AP) - Sri Lanka's main Muslim party on Monday chose as its new leaders the widow and deputy of Ports Minister M.H.M. Ashraff, who was killed in a helicopter crash during a campaign trip, said a senior party member.

 

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Opposition-minded journalist disappears in Ukraine

September 19, 2000 

  

KIEV (AP) - The editor of an electronic newsletter critical of the government is missing in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, his publication and police reported Monday.

 

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Thousands of Filipinos flee military assault on kidnappers

September 19, 2000 

  

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine officials appeared less certain Monday that all 19 hostages held by Muslim rebels were still alive after the third day of an assault by thousands of government troops attempting to rescue the captives.

 

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Palestinian leader backtracks on broken taboos

September 18, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - A senior Palestinian negotiator has backtracked on the willingness to discuss ceding some West Bank territory to Israel, a major taboo broken the U.S.-brokered Camp David talks.

 

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Jailed for spraying anti-Milosevic graffiti

September 18, 2000 

  

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Three student activists were sentenced to more than a month in prison Sunday for spraying anti-government graffiti in the capital, as authorities' attempt to silence opposition voices a week ahead of key Yugoslav elections.

 

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Floods a grim waiting game for Mekong Delta

September 18, 2000 

  

TAN CHAU (AP) - For the residents of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, this summer has been a grim waiting game, watching waters creeping up to claim their farmland and homes in the worst flooding in four decades.

 

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11 taken in for questioning in southwest France

September 18, 2000 

  

BAYONNE (AP) - Eleven people, including a half-dozen suspected members of a Basque separatist group, were taken in for questioning Saturday night during a large-scale sweep by French police.

 

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Police foil attempt to sell 1,700-year-old mummy

September 18, 2000 

  

AMMAN (AP) - Police have foiled an attempt to illegally sell a nearly 1,700-year-old naturally preserved mummy, officials said on Sunday.

 

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Astronauts wrap up space station work

September 18, 2000 

  

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts wrapped up work inside the international space station on Saturday, leaving the place "pretty homey" for the first permanent crew.

 

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China punishes clinics helping parents with sex selection

September 18, 2000 

  

BEIJING (AP) - Authorities in southern China handed out fines and other punishment to 13 health workers who illegally helped parents learn the sex of their unborn children, a newspaper reported Sunday.

 

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Republican George Bush continues 'bushism'

September 17, 2000 

  

SAN DIEGO (AP) - George W. Bush promised U.S. war veterans that as president he would press Vietnam, China and North Korea for information on missing servicemen and then share the information with families awaiting word on loved ones.

 

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Indian Prime Minister praises improvement in relations

September 17, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - India's Prime Minister praised the progress in U.S.-Indian relations during his visit this week, agreeing on more cooperative programs, particularly economic deals, but still he refused to budge on nuclear issues.

 

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Myanmar opposition resolves to draft constitution

September 17, 2000 

  

YANGON (AP) - Myanmar's democratic opposition declared Saturday it would draft a national constitution, a sign that a recent official crackdown against the party has not dented its ambitions to end military rule.

 

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Saddam orders year-round military training

September 17, 2000 

  

BAGHDAD (AP) - President Saddam Hussein has ordered his party members to receive military training year-round in response to rising hostility toward Iraq, newspapers reported Saturday.

 

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Crew installing treadmill at space station

September 17, 2000 

  

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis began installing a special exercise treadmill aboard the international space station early Saturday, one of their last major tasks inside the orbiting complex.

 

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Qatar Airways plane hijacked

September 16, 2000 

  

AMMAN, SEPT 15 (AP) - A man with a knife hijacked a Qatar Airways plane en route Thursday from the Gulf nation to Jordan with 144 people aboard and ordered it flown to Saudi Arabia, where the hijacker surrendered.

 

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No compromise over Jerusalem:Saudi Arabia

September 16, 2000 

  

NEW YORK, SEPT 15 (AP) - Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia said there can be no compromise over East Jerusalem and offered his country's backing to Palestinians negotiating a final settlement with Israel.

 

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Alternative `national song' to accommodate Arabs

September 16, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM, SEPT 15 (AP) - An alternative to Israel's national anthem, a paean to Jewish longing for Zion, is needed to accommodate the aspirations of the country's Arab minority, a highly respected establishment figure said Thursday.

 

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Floods in Vietnam, Cambodia: more than 1 million people affetced

September 16, 2000 

  

PHNOM PENH, SEPT 15 (AP) - Record floods in Cambodia and Vietnam have affected more than a million people, with many made homeless and needing food and other supplies, officials and relief agencies say.

 

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Germany expresses concern about globalization

September 16, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 15 (AP) - Germany is warning that with the Cold War over, globalization could become the new world divide unless development includes all.

 

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Wahid orders arrest of Suharto's son

September 16, 2000 

  

JAKARTA, SEPT 15 (AP) - Indonesia's president Friday ordered the arrest of ex-dictator Suharto's youngest son in a bid to end a series a terrorist bombings.

 

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Public toilets matters at world meeting in Singapore

September 16, 2000 

  

SINGAPORE (AP) - Public toilets will be the focus of attention when restroom professionals meet with government and business representatives in Singapore next year, organizers said Friday.

 

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Myanmar lifts security restrictions on Suu Kyi

September 15, 2000 

  

YANGON (AP) - Myanmar's military government Thursday lifted security restrictions on democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and eight other opposition leaders who had been confined to their homes for the last two weeks.

 

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Court asks independent to rule on Suharto's health

September 15, 2000 

  

JAKARTA (AP) - The corruption trial of Indonesia's ailing ex-dictator Suharto was adjourned Thursday after the court appointed an independent medical team to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.

 

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Unpleasantly, it has come down to 'rats' & cats

September 14, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican commercial that subtly flashes the word "RATS" across the TV screen is coming off the air amid allegations the Republicans were trying to send a subliminal message about Al Gore.

 

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Car bomb explodes at Jakarta stock exchange

September 14, 2000 

  

JAKARTA (AP) - A car bomb ripped through an underground garage in the Jakarta Stock Exchange building Wednesday, killing one man and injuring at least 23 people, police said.

 

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Members play to own tune at Millennium Assembly

September 14, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The General Assembly got down to the business of implementing the Millenium Summit agenda, but debate soon was dominated by the widely differing priorities and interests of member states.

 

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Protesters are getting tired at APES?

September 14, 2000 

  

MELBOURNE (AP) - Police in riot gear easily cleared a path Wednesday through a protest blockade at an economic conference, as demonstrator numbers dwindled after two days of sporadic and violent clashes.

 

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Libya pulls off publicity coup as hostages celebrate

September 14, 2000 

  

TRIPOLI (AP) - Four European men held captive in the Philippines for 140 days gathered at a historic fortress on the Mediterranean to offer gratitude to Libya for arranging their release, then finally headed home to family and friends. The German foreign minister later arrived in Tripoli to thank the government.

 

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Car bomb explodes at Jakarta stock exchange

September 14, 2000 

  

JAKARTA (AP) - A car bomb ripped through an underground garage in the Jakarta Stock Exchange building Wednesday, killing one man and injuring at least 23 people, police said.

 

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Palestinians hope to move toward independence gradually

September 13, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinians hope to move toward independence gradually, by holding general elections and seeking full U.N. membership even before a state is proclaimed, officials said Tuesday, on the eve of a sure-to-be missed deadline for a peace treaty with Israel.

 

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Fuel protests spread disruption across Europe

September 13, 2000 

  

LONDON (AP) - Protesters and union leaders called Tuesday for European governments to slash fuel taxes and continued demonstrations that snarled traffic, blockaded refineries and led panicked motorists to stock up on gasoline.

 

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Toyota stops production as torrential rains lash Japan

September 13, 2000 

  

TOKYO (AP) - Boulevards became muddy rivers and hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as Japan's heaviest rains on record soaked central areas, killing six people and forcing the nation's biggest carmaker to stop production.

 

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Protesters clash with police outside economic summit

September 13, 2000 

  

MELBOURNE (AP) - It was an unlikely meeting.

 

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Search for bodies buried in a campground

September 13, 2000 

  

SOVERATO, Italy, AP - For yet another frustrating day, rescue teams on Tuesday searched for bodies buried in a campground for the disabled that was inundated by a fatal flood over the weekend.

 

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Atlantis crew cracks open newest section

September 13, 2000 

  

SPACE CENTER (AP) - Atlantis' crew drifted into the newest section of the international space station early Tuesday and began hauling equipment into the module, which will be home for the station's first permanent residents.

 

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OPEC to boost oil output by 800,000 barrels a day

September 12, 2000 

  

VIENNA (AP) - Despite OPEC's agreement to boost its official oil output by 3 percent, analysts said the producers' cartel is not adding enough new crude to world markets to roll fuel prices back decisively from 10-year-highs.

 

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Gunmen take three Malaysians hostages at island resort

September 12, 2000 

  

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - Four heavily armed gunmen kidnapped three Malaysians from a resort island off Borneo and fled in a speedboat toward the southern Philippines, Malaysia's deputy prime minister said Monday.

 

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North Korean envoy begins 4-day visit to South Korea

September 12, 2000 

  

SEOUL (AP) - A special North Korean emissary embarked on a four-day visit to South Korea Monday, expressing hopes his trip would help further thaw the five-decade tensions between the two Korean states.

 

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Filipinos fear new wave of kidnappings

September 12, 2000 

  

CEBU (AP) - The abduction of three new hostages from a Malaysian diving resort sparked fears in the Philippines Monday of a new wave of kidnappings inspired by huge recent ransom payments to Filipino Muslim rebels.

 

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“Look before you leap”

September 12, 2000 

  

NEW YORK (AP) - First the kiss, now the handshake.

 

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Princess Diana’s effort lives on

September 12, 2000 

  

GENEVA (AP) - Anti-land mine campaigners Monday urged governments that have stopped using the weapons to show "more vigor" in shaming and isolating countries that have yet to join them.

 

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Pavlova’s unending wait even 70 years after death

September 12, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - It may be months before the ashes of famed prima ballerina Anna Pavlova are returned for burial in a Moscow cemetery alongside many of Russia's most famous artists, officials said Monday.

 

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Those who won at the Emmys were merry & gay

September 12, 2000 

  

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The big Emmy winner was the heartwarming political drama "The West Wing," but numerous wins by gay-themed programs had Hollywood's elite buzzing backstage.

 

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Complete list of Emmy winners

September 12, 2000 

  

UNDATED (AP) - Winners at Sunday night's 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards:

 

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Astronaut & cosmonaut spacewalk: Joint venture in space

September 12, 2000 

  

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut floated out of space shuttle Atlantis early Monday and lugged cables up the side of the towering international space station.

 

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September 13, highly unlikely to be that date

September 11, 2000 

  

GAZA CITY (AP) - Palestinian lawmakers reconvened Sunday to debate whether to declare statehood this week, with signs pointing to a delay despite a stalemate in peace talks with Israel.

 

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Atlantis closes in for trickier rendezvous

September 11, 2000 

  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis closed in for a weekend rendezvous with the international space station, a complicated job made even tougher by a failed navigation device.

 

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Philippine negotiators restart talks on hostage release

September 11, 2000 

  

JOLO, Philippines (AP) - Negotiators sent a go-between into a Philippine jungle Saturday in hopes of convincing Muslim rebels to release all six Europeans they have held for months on a remote island.

 

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Amid much criticism Hong Kong chooses new legislature

September 11, 2000 

  

HONG KONG (AP) - Discontentment with Hong Kong's political leader - and the lack of full democracy - bubbled out Sunday as citizens and special interests voted for a legislature that critics say will be unduly controlled by pro-Beijing forces and big business.

 

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Summers refrains from remarks on European currency

September 11, 2000 

  

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers maintained his aloof stance on the euro's new lows during his appearance at this weekend's gathering of finance ministers from 21 Pacific Rim countries.

 

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Cultural celebration marks end of Millennium Summit

September 11, 2000 

  

NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands celebrated the end of the U.N. Millennium Summit at a cultural show featuring a Chinese acrobat balancing parasols, American soul and Broadway singers and Filipino dancers imitating the movements of birds and fish.

 

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Colombia passenger plane hijacked into rebel territory

September 11, 2000 

  

BOGOTA (AP) - A man described as a leftist guerrilla prisoner hijacked a plane carrying 21 people Friday, later freeing his captives unharmed when the plane dropped him in rebel territory, police said.

 

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Returning to Orwellian 1948

September 11, 2000 

  

LONDON (AP) - One of Britain's favorite summer TV shows has been "Big Brother," featuring people living under the constant gaze of surveillance cameras.

 

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Ring of steel around economic summit venue

September 11, 2000 

  

MELBOURNE (AP) - Police turned a city center casino and hotel complex into a virtual fortress Sunday ahead of an economic summit that protesters have vowed to disrupt.

 

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Chernobyl revisited?

September 11, 2000 

  

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) - A nuclear power plant in Siberia was shut down after an unexplained power surge, officials said Sunday. No radiation leaks were reported.

 

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Finale of the Millennium

September 10, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With a bang of a gavel and a round of applause, more than 150 world leaders wrapped up their Millennium Summit with promises to send every child to school and deliver hundreds of millions of people from destitution by the year 2015.

 

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“INDECISION!!!”

September 10, 2000 

  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - With peace efforts looking grim, Palestinian lawmakers gathered Saturday in this seaside strip to debate whether to postpone their declaration of statehood past the deadline of Sept. 13.

 

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Parents of German hostage rejoice at son's freedom

September 10, 2000 

  

BERLIN (AP) - The parents of freed German hostage Marc Wallert rejoiced at news of his release Saturday by Philippine kidnappers, who had released his mother and father earlier but kept him captive.

 

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Security Council insists Indonesia disarm militias

September 10, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With pro-Indonesian gangs that terrorized East Timor last year again wreaking havoc, U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke said it was time to review whether an international war crimes tribunal is needed to prosecute militia leaders.

 

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Putin confers with top officials in Kremlin

September 10, 2000 

  

MOSCOW, (AP) - President Vladimir Putin discussed the Russian economy and other issues with top government ministers Saturday, shortly after returning from a summit of world leaders in New York, the presidential press service said.

 

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"Fidel! Fidel! Fidel!"--- Don’t be infidel!

September 10, 2000 

  

NEW YORK (AP) - A church full of admiring American supporters erupted in applause early Saturday when Cuban leader Fidel Castro told them how pleased he was to shake hands earlier in the week with U.S. President Bill Clinton.

 

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Holdout French truckers group calls to lift barricades

September 10, 2000 

  

PARIS (AP) - A French truckers union leading the remaining protests against high fuel costs called on Saturday for an end to a six-day blockade of oil refineries but faced the problem of convincing protesters nationwide to lift barricades that have strangled France's fuel supplies.

 

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Sri Lanka lifts censorship partially

September 10, 2000 

  

COLOMBO (AP) - The Committee to Protect Censorship, a U.S.-based media watchdog group, on Saturday welcomed the Sri Lankan government's decision to ease censorship restrictions, but expressed regret that Tamil separatist war-related news was still under censorship rules.

 

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What do Jordan, Titanic & Faulkner have in common?

September 10, 2000 

  

AMMAN (AP) - Jordan has eased visa restrictions for visitors from 13 countries in a bid to attract more tourists, according to a Tourism Ministry spokesman.

 

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Wanna go shopping? Warp back 2 and a half millenium

September 10, 2000 

  

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Scientists and looters ignored the ruin for nearly a century because it appeared devoid of temples and burial sites that might yield valuable treasures and artifacts.

 

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MTV Awards keep up its reputation for unpredictability

September 10, 2000 

  

NEW York (AP) - Eminem marched into the MTV Video Music Awards rapping his signature song trailed by an army of lookalikes, perhaps his salute to music fans who stood by him despite a summer on the firing line.

 

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Eight die in latest Aceh violence

September 9, 2000 

  

BANDA ACEH, SEPT 8 (AP) - At least eight people were killed in an upsurge of violence in Aceh, an Indonesia's province on the northern tip of Sumatra island, police and rebels said Friday.

 

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Wahid says international aid needed to help refugees

September 9, 2000 

  

NEW YORK, SEPT 8 (AP) - As Indonesian troops headed to West Timor following a ferocious attack on three U.N. workers, President Abdurrahman Wahid said the international community must help remove militia gangs from the beleaguered province.

 

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Family: Slain U.S. aid worker was left exposed to danger in Timor

September 9, 2000 

  

SAN JUAN, SEPT 8 (AP) - Their son is dead - and the family of the American relief worker slain in a militia-led rampage in West Timor wants answers from the United Nations and Indonesia: Why was Carlos Caceres allowed to work without protection even after he received a death threat?

 

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Clinton, Castro: Getting to know you?

September 9, 2000 

  

NEW YORK, SEPT 8 (AP) - President Bill Clinton said Friday his encounter with Cuban President Fidel Castro was over in a matter of seconds.

 

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Pakistan seeks help to end Kashmir dispute

September 9, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 8 (AP) - Pakistan will accept anyone's help to resolve its border dispute with India, since the United Nations can't seem to do it, strong man Gen. Pervez Musharraf said.

 

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Arafat rules out compromise, says he cannot betray his people

September 9, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 8 (AP) - Yasser Arafat seems very much concerned with his place in history these days.

 

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Myanmar official defends government action against opposition

September 9, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 8 (AP) - Myanmar's foreign minister on Thursday rejected charges his government mistreats opposition leaders, saying it merely had to take "preventive action" against those who want to lead the country to anarchy.

 

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The Summitiers: Participants at Millennium Summit

September 8, 2000 

  

UNDATED (AP) - World leaders scheduled to attend the Millennium Summit, according to a list released by the United Nations.

 

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Peacemaking uncertain, Clinton fails to breakthrough

September 8, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Mideast peacemaking lurched toward an uncertain future after U.S. President Bill Clinton failed to produce a breakthrough in meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. Millennium Summit.

 

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From “glasnost” with “perestroika”

September 8, 2000 

  

NEW YORK (AP) - Looking relaxed, Mikhail Gorbachev joked that he could only take one question at a time because he is 69. He then launched into a warts-and-all assessment of Vladimir Putin, criticizing the Russian president's "mistakes of style."

 

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Fidel’s fidelity & Putin put in others time

September 8, 2000 

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Despite a small protest, demands for his arrest and a snub by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Cuban President Fidel Castro has been relaxed during the U.N. Millennium Summit. In fact, he has been downright playful.

 

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Aborigines say Australian leaders ignore Mandela

September 8, 2000 

  

SYDNEY (AP) - Aboriginal leaders have accused the Australian government of being rude to former South African President Nelson Mandela for bypassing a reconciliation conference he will address.

 

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