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1600 Pennsylvania Ave: Still a long way to go?

November 30, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Florida-- (AP) - Even as it wrestled with the perception that it would be viewed at providing George W. Bush a safety net, Florida's Republican-dominated state Legislature appeared headed toward deciding itself who should get the state's 25 electoral votes.

 

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Lawsuits go on and on, and still no president

November 30, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawsuits by the fistful, lawyers by the score, contested ballots by the thousands - and still no president-elect. That's the simple arithmetic of the 2000 race for the White House as Al Gore struggles to overcome George W. Bush's certified victory in Florida three weeks after Election Day.

 

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Iraq to forge strategic ties with India

November 30, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI-- (AP) - India has agreed to explore for oil in Iraq and end a 10-year inertia in economic and political ties created by the Gulf War, the Iraqi vice president said Wednesday.

 

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EU seeks ban on meat and bone meal in animal fodder

November 30, 2000 

  

BRUSSELS-- (AP) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a series of measures - including a temporary EU-wide ban on all animal products in fodder and mandatory animal testing – to eradicate mad cow disease and restore consumer confidence in European beef.

 

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With early elections, Barak gambles on Mideast peace

November 30, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - In the midst of a bloody conflict with the Palestinians, Israel has been plunged into political turmoil by an overwhelming parliament vote to hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

 

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Heavy fog grounds Russian airpowers in Chechnya

November 30, 2000 

  

NAZRAN-- (AP) - A car exploded in southwestern Chechnya, killing two alleged bombers, and rebels killed four Russian servicemen in a spate of attacks, an official said Wednesday.

 

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10 endangered rhinos relocated in Nepal zoos

November 30, 2000 

  

KATMANDU-- (AP) - Conservationists have successfully relocated 10 rare one-horn Rhinoceroses from a national park in southern Nepal to two wildlife reserves in the west, to balance the population of the endangered animal, officials said Wednesday.

 

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Saturday, the new deadline!

November 29, 2000 

  

AUSTIN, Texas-- (UNB/AP) - George W. Bush, in a bold gesture to assert authority, is moving key operatives to Washington and seeking private financing for a presidential transition.

 

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Dutch parliament passes euthanasia bill

November 29, 2000 

  

THE HAGUE (UNB/AP) - Parliament approved a bill Tuesday legalizing euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, which have been openly practice in the Netherlands for decades even though against the law.

 

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Opposition determined to force early elections in Israel

November 29, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM-- (UNB/AP) - Israel's hard-line opposition on Tuesday rebuffed a final appeal by Prime Minister Ehud Barak that it join a national emergency government, and said it was determined to force early elections with a crucial vote in parliament.

 

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Putin wants parliament to quickly approve new anthem

November 29, 2000 

  

MOSCOW-- (UNB/AP) - Russia is likely to celebrate the New Year to the familiar tune of the old Soviet national anthem - albeit with new lyrics - which would replace the current state hymn, a high official said Tuesday.

 

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Supreme Court to again examine issue of executing mentally retarded

November 29, 2000 

  

HOUSTON-- (UNB/AP) - By intervening a second time in the case of a mentally impaired killer, the U.S. Supreme Court could finally set standards for when people with diminished mental capacity may be executed.

 

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Unprecedented President election: Goes to highest Court

November 25, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into the bitter, overtime struggle for the White House on Friday, agreeing to consider George W. Bush's appeal against the hand recounting of ballots in Florida, the state that will decide whether he or Al Gore becomes president. But first, on Sunday, Florida's secretary of state plans to certify a winner.

 

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Pinochet Supporters Gather in Chile

November 25, 2000 

  

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Gen. Augusto Pinochet gathered across Chile Friday to mark his birthday and show support for the former dictator, who faces scores of criminal complaints stemming from alleged human rights abuses during his regime.

 

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Israel holds Arafat responsible for blast

November 23, 2000 

  

HADERA, Israel (AP) — A car packed with nail-studded explosives blew up next to a crowded Israeli commuter bus Wednesday, sending the bus flying into a building as victims writhed on the ground and nearby stores burst into flames. Two Israelis were killed and more than 50 were hurt in the blast blamed on Palestinian militants, further dampening hopes for a near-term Israeli-Palestinian truce.

 

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Exhausted Miami-Dade election board !

November 23, 2000 

  

MIAMI (AP) — A state appeals court Wednesday night upheld a decision by an exhausted Miami-Dade election board to drop its manual recount, an attorney for the board said. Democrats promised a state high court appeal.

 

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George W Bush resorts to court

November 23, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — George W. Bush asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to bar the use of hand-counted ballots in Florida's fiercely contested presidential election.

 

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Is the Socialist anthem making a comeback?

November 23, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) — A group of Russian governors on Wednesday suggested reinstating the old Soviet anthem to replace the country's current hymn, but left the final choice to parliament.

 

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Fox shows a glimpse of his herd

November 23, 2000 

  

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President-elect Vicente Fox offered the first glimpse of Mexico's new government Wednesday, naming a left-wing New York University professor as foreign secretary and a tenacious tax collector to head an economic team dominated by conservative businessmen.

 

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"Not Negotiable!!"

November 23, 2000 

  

BEIJING (AP) — China has made its strongest commitment to date not to sell nuclear missile technology abroad, winning an immediate promise from Washington to forgo possibly bruising sanctions and to boost commercial space cooperation.

 

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Are Israel-Palestine on verge of war ?

November 22, 2000 

  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An angry and frustrated Egypt, blaming Israel for escalating violence, recalled its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday, but said it is not abandoning efforts to achieve peace.

 

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Florida court waits for recount

November 22, 2000 

  

Election workers plowed over ballots into the night Tuesday, freed by the state Supreme Court to recount votes at the behest of Al Gore, who is trying to overtake George W. Bush in Florida and seize the White House in one of the closest presidential elections in America's history.

 

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Fujimori's resignation rejected by Congress

November 22, 2000 

  

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Outraged lawmakers dismissed President Alberto Fujimori in a raucous session of Congress late Tuesday night, refusing to accept his resignation and declaring him morally unfit for office.

 

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After winning no-confidence Mori shuffles party

November 22, 2000 

  

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's ruling party tried to regroup Tuesday after weathering its worst crisis in years when a senior party leader backed down from a threat to support a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

 

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Amnesty group looks into Myanmar

November 22, 2000 

  

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Amnesty International on Wednesday called for Myanmar's military government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and nine other leaders of her party from house arrest.

 

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Quakes leave up to 5,000 homeless

November 22, 2000 

  

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Three powerful earthquakes in northeast Papua New Guinea last week may have destroyed the homes of up to 5,000 people living on remote islands, media reported Tuesday.

 

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The untold story of GIs

November 22, 2000 

  

 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two ex-GIs who handled radio and message traffic told Pentagon investigators that American troops had orders from higher headquarters to fire on civilian refugees at No Gun Ri in the early days of the Korean War. The sworn statements by Lawrence Levine and James Crume, who were assigned to the headquarters of 2nd battalion, 7th Cavalry regiment, are the first from a higher command level to publicly support recollections of some other veterans that they were ordered to shoot civilians for fear North Korean infiltrators were among them.

 

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Israelis retaliate from bus attack

November 21, 2000 

  

KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians launched a bomb attack against a school bus Monday, killing two Israelis and wounding nine, and Israel retaliated with its most punishing airstrike in nearly two months of fighting. Helicopters and boats barraged the offices of Palestinian security forces in Gaza City with dozens of rockets.

 

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Florida top Court to rule on votes

November 21, 2000 

  

A transfixed nation turned its eyes to Florida's Supreme Court, where lawyers for Al Gore and George W. Bush battled Monday over whether the marathon election should drag on. Weary recount workers pecked through ballots in three Democratic-leaning counties, wondering if their labor would be for naught.After 13 days of suspended political animation, lawsuits and countersuits, ``chads'' and ``pregnant chads,'' the presidential election may come down to this: Seven justices, all appointed by Democratic governors, will decide if the GOP secretary of state can certify Bush's minuscule lead without accepting votes counted by hand.

 

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Peruvian President Fujimori resigns

November 21, 2000 

  

LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Alberto Fujimori, who brought leftist insurgencies and economic chaos to heel but ran roughshod over Peruvian democracy, cut short an unprecedented third term and resigned Monday.

 

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Ex-Chilean agent sentenced to life

November 21, 2000 

  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A former agent for the Chilean dictatorship under Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been sentenced to life in prison for his part in planning the assasination of Chile's ex-army chief in a Buenos Aires suburb.

 

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Official: Colombia to block US plan

November 21, 2000 

  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey on Monday predicted heavy fighting in an approaching U.S.-backed anti-drug offensive and warned that there would be repercussions for Colombia's neighbors.

 

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Christian Democrats confirm new secretary-general into power

November 21, 2000 

  

STUTTGART, Germany-- (AP) - The opposition Christian Democrats approved the appointment of a new secretary-general Monday, the latest in a line of personnel changes as ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl's party tries to move on from the financial scandal that has plagued it for a year.

 

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EU approves $ 4b in aid for nations of ex-Yugoslavia

November 21, 2000 

  

BRUSSELS-- (AP) - The European Union approved an economic aid package of dlrs 4 billion Monday for Albania and countries of the former Yugoslavia - nations the EU ignored during the Balkan wars of the 1990s when it opened its doors to other eastern neighbors.

 

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Ancient Indian drawings on walls of Wisconsin cave

November 21, 2000 

  

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin-- (AP) - An amateur archaeologist searching in a cave for ancient Indian art has found charcoal drawings depicting bow hunters taking aim at game, pregnant does and thunderbirds that date back more than 1,000 years.

 

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Magazine censured for Prince Williams photos

November 21, 2000 

  

LONDON-- (AP) - Britain's press watchdog has censured a magazine for publishing unauthorized photographs of Prince William taken with a telephoto lens during a vacation in South America.

 

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Will tragedies like the Mai Lei be forgotten by this visit?

November 20, 2000 

  

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam--(UNB/AP)- Concluding a historic visit, U.S. President Bill Clinton urged this communist nation Sunday to open its economy and allow greater individual freedoms, saying the rewards of a free-market system "should be embraced, not feared."

 

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One who got less Popular-vote may end up leading 1st Democracy!

November 20, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON--(UNB/AP) - George W. Bush's campaign fiercely attacked the hand-recounting of votes in Florida's presidential election, depicting it as a process riddled with human error and bias. Al Gore's lawyers defended the effort in papers filed with the state Supreme Court.

 

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Questions and answers about the Florida Recount

November 20, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON--(UNB/AP) - Qeustions and answers about the recount in Florida to determine whether Republican George W. Bush or Democrat Al Gore will win the state's 25 electoral votes - and the presidential election:

 

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Majority says it's important to make sure vote count fair

November 20, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON--(UNB/AP) - Even after two weeks of election wrangling, 61 percent of Americans say it's more important to be sure the Florida vote count is fair and accurate than it is to have the presidency decided quickly, a Newsweek poll said.

 

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Barak says Israel won't retaliate for killing of soldier

November 20, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM--(UNB/AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that Israel did not plan any immediate retaliation for the deadly attack on a soldier a day earlier, the latest sign that Israeli and Palestinian leaders were trying to reduce tensions and end seven weeks of fighting.

 

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Many Filipinos won't accept Estrada not-guilty verdict

November 20, 2000 

  

MANILA--(UNB/AP) - Opposition lawmakers said Sunday many Filipinos would not accept a close vote clearing President Joseph Estrada in his impeachment trial, prompting massive protests which could force him from power.

 

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Sri Lankan ruling party probes members for election malpractice

November 20, 2000 

  

COLOMBO--(UNB/AP) - At least four ministers, 15 deputies and 24 other ruling party members have been asked to respond to charges of election violence and malpractice, a newspaper reported Sunday.

 

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Police arrest organizer of demonstration in Azerbaijan

November 20, 2000 

  

BAKU, Azerbaijan--(UNB/AP) - An organizer of an opposition protest against the alleged rigging of this month's parliamentary elections was briefly detained Sunday, party officials said.

 

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Japan's kimono industry struggles to keep cultural icon alive

November 20, 2000 

  

TOKYO--(UNB/AP) - For everyone, it's a struggle. The women twist and strain, wrestling with pieces of folded fabric and lengths of cord. "Ouch!" says one. "It's hot in here," complains another.

 

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"Vietnam, a country; No longer a war": Clinton

November 19, 2000 

  

HANOI--(AP) - U.S. President Bill Clinton, pledging that the United States will not rest "until we bring every possible fallen hero home," visited a rice paddy Saturday and watched excavation teams dig through thick mud for the remains of an American fighter pilot downed on a bombing run 33 years ago.

 

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Court slows down presidential tally

November 19, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON--(AP) - Florida's highest court intervened to stop the state's top election official from declaring a winner in the U.S. presidential election as ballots from overseas added to Republican George W. Bush's minuscule lead over Democrat Al Gore.

 

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Bush leading in overseas vote tally

November 19, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Florida--(AP) - Latest results from the overseas absentee ballot count in the presidential race in Florida.

 

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As usual, Castro steals the show!

November 19, 2000 

  

PANAMA CITY--(AP) - The king of Spain and leaders from throughout Latin America were here, but the spotlight was on one man at the Ibero-American summit: Fidel Castro, who stole the show by alleging that his enemies had sent armed assassins to murder him.

 

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Because of a cold? Or something more serious?

November 19, 2000 

  

TOKYO--(AP) - Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will stay in Tokyo a bit longer than planned because he has a cold, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

 

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"Air conditioner thumps, but toilet works great"

November 19, 2000 

  

CAPE CANAVERAL--(AP) - A Russian cosmonaut aboard the international space station had to bring in a cargo ship by remote control Friday night after an automatic system failed.

 

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Police plan to interrogate Suharto-family about son

November 19, 2000 

  

JAKARTA--(AP) - Police want to question members of ex-dictator Suharto's family after Indonesia's president Saturday ordered them to press on with their hunt for the fugitive youngest son of the former leader.

 

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Two Russian policemen killed in Chechen cafe shooting

November 19, 2000 

  

MOSCOW--(AP) - Two Russian policemen were killed and a local resident was wounded when gunmen opened fire in a cafe in the settlement of Goty in southwestern Chechnya, a news agency reported Saturday.

 

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Saudis investigate explosion & tightens security for US secretary

November 19, 2000 

  

RIYADH--(AP) - U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said Saturday he was "thankful" security has been tightened around him following an explosion in the Saudi capital that killed a British man and injured his wife.

 

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People and Places

November 19, 2000 

  

PLAINS, Georgia--(AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dedicated his rural boyhood home as a national historic site, recalling how his values came from his black neighbors.

 

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Deadline in Florida for overseas absentee ballots passes

November 18, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- As the George W. Bush campaign increased its slim lead in Florida as a midnight deadline in Florida for overseas ballots passed, the courts dealt the Republican candidate a double-whammy.

 

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Overseas ballots without postmarks rejected

November 18, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than 1,000 overseas absentee ballots were thrown out Friday as Republicans complained of a coordinated challenge by Democrats, particularly against ballots from military personnel.

 

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Arafat calls for end to gunfire

November 18, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) — Yasser Arafat ordered Palestinian gunmen to stop shooting at Israelis from areas under his control Friday in what appeared to be an effort to halt return fire that could hurt Palestinian civilians.

 

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4,000 peasants disappear in Peru in 16 years

November 18, 2000 

  

LIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 4,000 Peruvians, most of them peasants taken away by soldiers on suspicion of being leftist guerrillas, disappeared between 1980 and 1996 and were never heard from again, according to an official government report released Friday.

 

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Castro talks of U.S. death plot

November 18, 2000 

  

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Cuban President Fidel Castro said Friday that a U.S. Cuban exile group is plotting to kill him, and has smuggled weapons and explosives into Panama, where he is attending an international summit.

 

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A 'push' from Bush, moves Gore a little 'more'

November 17, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Florida--(AP) - As the stalemated presidential election drags into a second week, the thicket of court cases – two dozen by rough count - is growing denser.

 

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German doctor killed in Israeli rocket attacks

November 17, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM--(UNB/AP) - Israeli helicopters rocketed West Bank targets, including offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, before dawn Thursday, killing a German chiropractor and wounding 10 Palestinians in a further escalation in the worst Mideast fighting in decades.

 

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Russia to dump Mir space station

November 17, 2000 

  

MOSCOW--(UNB/AP) - The 14-year-old Mir space station will be ditched in February in a controlled descent that will send it hurtling into a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, Russia's Cabinet decided Thursday.

 

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Neck to neck: Eternal search for holes in ballot!

November 16, 2000 

  

UNDATED-- (UNB/AP) - Developments in the presidential election recount:

 

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Fiji High Court shaves off Speight from the scene

November 16, 2000 

  

Fiji (UNB/AP) - A Fiji High Court judge ruled Wednesday that the country's 1997 constitution, scrapped by the military after a May 19 coup, remains in force.

 

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Clinton, Putin look at Russian missile-cuts proposal

November 16, 2000 

  

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN-- (UNB/AP) - U.S. President Bill Clinton examined proposals by Russia's President Vladimir Putin for drastic reductions in their nuclear arsenals when both leaders met during a Pacific Rim summit Wednesday.

 

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Clinton to decide "soon" on whether to visit North Korea

November 16, 2000 

  

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN-- (UNB/AP) - South Korean President Kim Dae-jung told U.S. President Bill Clinton on Wednesday that he "clearly sees value" in a Clinton visit to North Korea, but that the United States must decide if such a trip was in its national interest, a U.S. State Department official said.

 

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6 killed as Palestinians mark Independence day

November 16, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM-- (UNB/AP) - Palestinians marked their symbolic independence day Wednesday with angry funeral processions, rock-throwing and gun battles, and said they will keep fighting Israel until they have a state of their own. Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in confrontations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

 

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Yugoslav leader sets EU membership as its goal

November 16, 2000 

  

BRUSSELS-- (UNB/AP) - Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said Wednesday that European Union membership is the final goal of his democratic reforms, but that the path to it will be long and hard.

 

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Hiccups at APEC summit

November 16, 2000 

  

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN-- (UNB/AP) - Bill Clinton helped tiny Brunei inaugurate its newest hotel - an eye-poppingly lavish showcase with gold-plated chairs and a history of scandal.

 

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Election 2000: A process of passage to eternity?

November 15, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - With a deadline fast approaching, judges in three Florida cities are deciding the fate of recounted votes while Republican George W. Bush's legal team weighs whether to appeal to a higher federal court.

 

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Lawyers bearing briefcases, writs and rhetoric

November 15, 2000 

  

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida-- (AP) - They're in courthouses up and down the state and dead center in nearly every news conference.

 

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Pakistan shows off its military might

November 15, 2000 

  

KARACHI-- (UNB/AP) - Pakistan's missile capability was on show for everyone to see at the opening of a three-day international defense exhibition Tuesday, sponsored by the military government here and attended by 20 countries.

 

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Voters criticize final runoffs of Egyptian elections

November 15, 2000 

  

CAIRO-- (UNB/AP) - Police fired tear gas into crowds and prevented supporters of opposition candidates from voting in Tuesday's final runoffs, following the same course of action they have used in previous rounds of Egypt's parliamentary elections.

 

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Rebels attack Russians & Russians shell Chechen mountains

November 15, 2000 

  

NAZRAN, Russia-- (AP) - Chechen rebels staged 30 attacks on Russian military convoys, checkpoints and offices, killing at least nine servicemen in the past 24 hours, while Russian helicopters strafed suspected rebel hide-outs, an official said Tuesday.

 

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Indian police yet to decide on Sikh leader's arrest

November 15, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI-- (AP) - Federal investigators said Tuesday they not decided whether to arrest a prominent Sikh leader charged with murdering her pregnant, teen-age daughter.

 

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Putin seeks increased cooperation with Asia-Pacific

November 15, 2000 

  

MOSCOW-- (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is bringing several ambitious economic plans to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this week, as he seeks to increase Russia's role in the region and the world.

 

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Slave laborers in Nazi Germany to get compensation

November 15, 2000 

  

NEWARK, New Jersey-- (AP) - More than 1 million people who endured slave and forced labor under the Nazi regime are closer to obtaining compensation from Germany and German companies.

 

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France suspends animal-based feeds & bans T-Bone steaks

November 15, 2000 

  

PARIS-- (AP) - France is suspending the use of animal-based feed for all livestock in France and banning T-bone steaks as part of a series of stepped-up measures to reduce the possible spread of mad cow disease, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin announced on Tuesday.

 

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The Super-Tuesday after the Super-Tuesday today

November 14, 2000 

  

MIAMI (AP) - After more than a year of fierce campaigning, dlrs 3 billion in political spending and countless thousands of miles (kilometers) traveled, the long road to the White House detoured through a federal courthouse.

 

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Philippine lawmakers vote on Estrada impeachment

November 14, 2000 

  

MANILA (AP) - The Philippine House of Representatives met Monday to vote on whether to impeach President Joseph Estrada, as supporters of the president sought to replace the House speaker to increase their control over an impeachment trial.

 

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China accuses Mexico of blocking its WTO membership

November 14, 2000 

  

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) - China accused Mexico on Monday of blocking its attempt to join the World Trade Organization, saying Mexican negotiators are demanding unreasonable concessions.

 

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Israel welcomes Arafat to attend Leah's funeral

November 14, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Monday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is welcome to attend the funeral of Leah Rabin, the fiery peace advocate peace he befriended after her husband, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated.

 

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Sri Lanka attempts to put SAARC summit back on track

November 14, 2000 

  

COLOMBO (AP) - Attempting to revive a summit of South Asian heads of state after a two year lapse, Sri Lanka hosted a meeting of senior officials from regional foreign ministries Monday.

 

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Hand-to-hand combat: Election struggle goes ballot by ballot

November 14, 2000 

  

DELAND, Florida (AP) - Republicans and Democrats battled county by county, ballot by ballot, over further recounts in Florida's presidential election. Each new round of counting changed vote totals by dribs and drabs.

 

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Bear at unfinished zoo in Kyrgyzstan kills boy

November 14, 2000 

  

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - A bear at the city zoo attacked and killed a 7-year-old boy who tried to feed the animal through its cage, a police official said Monday.

 

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US election: Court to decide the fate

November 13, 2000 

  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democrats argue George W. Bush's legal effort to block a manual recount in four Florida counties is not a matter for the federal courts and note that the tradition of counting by hand started with the nation's founding.Lawyers for the Florida Democratic Party filed their response Sunday evening to the Bush campaign's Saturday request for a federal injunction halting the hand recount requested in four counties

 

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Barak, Clinton meet about violence

November 13, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak appealed to President Clinton Sunday to do all he could to end a violent confrontation with the Palestinians.

 

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U.S. jets collide in Japan: one missing 

November 13, 2000 

  

TOKYO (AP) — Two U.S. military jets collided over waters off northern Japan early Monday, the Japanese Coast Guard said. One pilot was rescued but the other was missing.The F-16s collided off Oshima Island, 410 miles north of Tokyo, said Toshifumi Nishikawa, spokesman for the Coast Guard based in Otaru, on nearby Hokkaido Island. 

 

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Israel's Leah Rabin dies of cancer

November 13, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) — Leah Rabin, who became an outspoken campaigner for peace after her husband, the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was struck down by an assassin's bullet, died Sunday of cancer. She was 72.

 

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Thousands call for nuke-free Taiwan

November 13, 2000 

  

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday to support Taiwan's president, the focus of widening criticism for scrapping a partially completed nuclear power plant.Protesters in the capital, Taipei, and the southern port city of Kaohsiung demonstrated for President Chen Shui-bian, whose decision last month to abandon the $5.4 billion project has prompted calls for his ouster. 

 

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