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Tight security in Qatar for OIC summit
November 12, 2000
DOHA (AP) - Qatar deployed scores of policemen and
soldiers Saturday at major intersections in the capital and closed
the country's airspace to commercial flights, part of preparations
to receive heads of state and officials from 56 nations attending an
Islamic summit.
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"THE CLIFFHANGER", Starring: G W Bush & Al Gore
November 12, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. election is over but the campaign
continues in the improbable 2000 presidential race, with Al Gore and
George W. Bush raising funds for legal battles, waging a public
relations struggle and deploying waves of lawyers and political
aides to Florida, site of an intensely watched recount.
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About 170 people dead in Austrian train fire
November 12, 2000
VIENNA (AP) - A train transporting skiers to an Austrian
Alpine resort caught fire deep inside a mountain tunnel Saturday,
trapping passengers inside and killing about 170 people, the
provincial governor said. Many of the dead were children, local
media reported.
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Gaza shootings leave two Palestinians dead
November 12, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian gunmen fired on an Israeli army jeep
patrolling the Gaza Strip, triggering a gun battle that left two
Palestinians dead and one Israeli soldier critically wounded on
Saturday. A third Palestinian was shot dead elsewhere in Gaza,
officials said.
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Early turnout appeared moderate in Bosnian polls
November 12, 2000
SARAJEVO (AP) - Bosnians chose national and
regional leaders Saturday in an electoral showdown between reformers
and hard-line ethnic nationalists who led the country to war eight
years ago.
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Lawmakers call on Wahid to resign
November 12, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - Lawmakers called on beleaguered
President Abdurrahman Wahid Saturday to resign saying he was no
longer capable of fixing Indonesia's ailing economy or stemming
separatist and sectarian violence.
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Rally in Aceh demanding an independence referendum
November 12, 2000
BANDA ACEH (AP) - Despite threats of violence from
security forces, tens of thousands of people rallied Saturday in
Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province demanding an independence
referendum.
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Remains of MIA since Korean War handed over to US military
November 12, 2000
TOKYO (AP) - Remains believed to be those of 15 U.N. Command
soldiers missing in action since the Korean War were flown to Japan
and honored in a military ceremony Saturday.
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Sierra Leone rebels & government agree to cease-fire
November 12, 2000
ABUJA (AP) - A cease-fire reached in Sierra Leone was in
doubt Saturday after a rebel leader said the deal did not guarantee
an end to the West African nation's nine-year civil war.
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Demise of former French Prime Minister
November 12, 2000
PARIS (AP) - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, a former French prime
minister remembered for his willingness to embrace social change
despite the disapproval of fellow conservatives, has died at age 85,
his family said Saturday.
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US election looks to the judicial branch
November 11, 2000
George W. Bush is seriously considering seeking a court order to stop Al Gore's campaign from securing manual recounts of contested ballots in Florida, as both sides of an improbably deadlocked presidential election looked to the judicial branch for help in the make-or-break state.
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Arafat makes plea for U.N. force
November 11, 2000
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat personally appealed to the Security Council on Friday to deploy a U.N. force to protect Palestinian civilians, but Israel rejected any international involvement and won critical U.S. support.
Arafat appeared before the 15-member council for about 90 minutes in a stepped-up bid by the Palestinians to involve the United Nations and other international players in the Middle East peace process, traditionally the domain of the two sides and the Americans.
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Bosnians vote today, change uncertain
November 11, 2000
SARAJEVO (AP) - Following democratic changes
in neighboring Croatia and Yugoslavia, Bosnians choose leaders
Saturday in a ballot international officials hope will weaken the
grip of hardline parties that led the country into war eight years ago.
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Wahid criticizes security forces for Aceh bloodshed
November 11, 2000
BANDA ACEH (AP) - President Abdurrahman Wahid Friday
blamed the army and police for the escalating violence in Aceh
province and the deaths of at least 19 civilians in the lead-up to a
massive separatist rally.
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British activists to protest U.N. sanctions for Iraq
November 11, 2000
BAGHDAD (AP) - A group of British peace activists flew into
Baghdad on Friday after chartering a Hungarian plane and flying out
of a British airport under the cover of darkness, becoming the first
flight from Britain in a decade.
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Pakistan shuts its borders to Afghan refugees
November 11, 2000
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Left largely alone to clothe and feed
one of the world's largest refugee populations, Pakistan on Friday
said "no more" and closed its borders to the flow of people from
neighboring Afghanistan.
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German upper house approves ban proposal against extreme-rightist
November 11, 2000
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's upper house of parliament Friday approved
a government plan to seek a ban of an extreme-right party that has
been compared to the Nazis and blamed for fueling a renewed wave of
violence against foreigners and Jews.
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Filipinos unsure whom to support in Estrada scandal
November 11, 2000
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Many Filipinos are unsure whether to
support President Joseph Estrada, his accuser, or opposition
politicians in a corruption scandal that threatens Estrada's
administration, according to a survey released Friday.
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Democracy's 'pain in the neck': -Electoral College
November 10, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - That George W. Bush could join
John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison as White
House winners who lost the nation's popular vote is fueling new calls to
abolish the state-by-state Electoral College.
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Good-old Florida: Always 'the bone to pick with'
November 10, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential election was searingly
close. The Democratic candidate won the popular vote but fell a single vote
short in the Electoral College. And Florida became a key to victory.
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Ballot Papers' punching added fuel to the flames
November 10, 2000
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) - Confusion over ballot
design has resulted in a flood of complaints and a lawsuit in a Florida county
where more than 19,000 ballots have been disqualified
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Nation waits for Florida recount: It may turnout to be a long wait
November 10, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - In agonizing doubt, Americans
waited for a crucial Florida recount to settle the election between George
W. Bush and Al Gore amid rival claims of victory and the possibility it
will be days or weeks before the nation knows its next president.
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Bush holds narrow margin in Florida recount
November 10, 2000
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) - The recount of presidential
balloting in Florida was to resume Thursday just hours after disputed Palm
Beach County results came in and helped Al Gore trim 843 votes off
George W. Bush's lead in the presidential race.
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Israel rockets car with Palestinian gunmen
November 10, 2000
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (AP) - An Israeli combat helicopter
rocketed a carful of Palestinian commanders just outside Bethlehem
on Thursday, killing one and wounding another critically. Another
six people were injured.
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Florida votes being recounted: election in limbo
November 9, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida election officials prepared for a recount in their stunningly close election for president after the margin between George W. Bush and Al Gore shrank through the night.
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Republicans keep control of Senate and Congress
November 9, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans retained their hold on the Senate
and House early Wednesday by the slimmest of margins, barely turning
back a ferocious, well-financed Democratic bid to gain a majority.
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Iraq questions oil-for-food deal
November 9, 2000
BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi leader said in remarks published
Wednesday that his government is questioning the benefits of
exporting oil while the payments are piling up in a U.N. escrow
account.
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US Elections matters a little: Arabs
November 9, 2000
CAIRO (AP) - For many in an Arab world caught up in a
50-year-old conflict with Israel and convinced of the United States'
strong bias in favor of the Jewish state, it makes almost no
difference who occupies the White House.
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No sign of violence abating in Mideast
November 9, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak made the
learest offer yet of an independent state for the Palestinians but
said it must be the result of negotiations and that the negotiations
can only resume once the violence abates.
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Thai PM hopes new U.S. president will not hurt trade
November 9, 2000
BANGKOK (AP) - Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said
Wednesday he hopes a new U.S. president will not enforce policies
that will harm trade between the United States and Thailand.
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Acehnese demonstrate outside the U.N building
November 9, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - Hundreds of supporters of Acehnese
independence protested Wednesday outside the U.N building in Jakarta
demanding the world body intervene in the province to end 25 years
of bloodshed.
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US people cast vote for world’s most powerful President
November 8, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans were electing a president Tuesday in what bid to be the closest election in 40 years, choosing between Republican George W. Bush's promise to be a "uniter not a divider" and Democrat Al Gore's claim that he alone has the experience to "fight for you and win." Voters also were choosing a new Congress.
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Israelis, Palestinians wrangle on implementing truce
November 8, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinians and Israel traded charges about
violations of their latest truce as violence persisted in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip and the warring sides' leaders prepared for
separate meetings with U.S. President Bill Clinton.
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Suspected Muslim rebels attack jail
November 8, 2000
MANILA (AP) - About 50 suspected Muslim rebels fired
rocket-propelled grenades at a jail in the southern Philippines
early Tuesday and freed a rebel leader and 64 other prisoners,
officials said.
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Saudi Arabia opens land border with Iraq
November 8, 2000
RIYADH (AP) - Saudi Arabia has opened its land
border with Iraq for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War to
facilitate the transportation of Saudi exports, the English-language
daily Arab News reported Tuesday.
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German TV fights for right to broadcast from court
November 8, 2000
KARLSRUHE (AP) - Germany's highest court heard arguments
Tuesday on a television station's plea to allow cameras into
courtrooms, but judges and attorney groups complained it would bring
"U.S.-style conditions" to German trials.
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Bush ahead in US pre-election surveys
November 7, 2000
WASHINGTON (UNB/AP) - In the final dramatic days of a
marathon campaign, Al Gore cast his duel with George W. Bush as a
choice between "two very different pathways," with the Supreme Court
and economic progress in the balance.
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Israeli commanders accuse Palestinians of violating truce
November 7, 2000
JERUSALEM (UNB/AP) - Ahead of planned peace talks in
Washington, top Israeli military commanders accused the Palestinians
of violating the latest truce meant to end more than five weeks of
bloodshed.
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Taiwanese opposition stick to threats to recall president
November 7, 2000
TAIPEI (UNB/AP) - Lawmakers stuck to their threats Monday
to seek a recall of President Chen Shui-bian, despite the Taiwanese
leader's apology to the head of the island's largest party.
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Estrada’s impeachment complaint intensified
November 7, 2000
MANILA (UNB/AP) - A congressional committee began
deliberating on Monday an impeachment complaint against Philippine
President Joseph Estrada accusing him of taking illegal gambling
payoffs, as noisy pro- and anti-Estrada groups shoved and shouted
outside Congress.
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Iraq flies two more planes in “no-fly zones”
November 7, 2000
BAGHDAD (UNB/AP) - For the second consecutive day, Iraq on
Monday sent two domestic passenger flights to the cities of Basra
and Mosul in defiance of no-fly zones enforced by U.S. and British
warplanes since 1991.
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Philippines: 13 Muslim rebels killed in clash
November 7, 2000
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (UNB/AP) - Army troops encountered about
100 Muslim rebels on their way to attack a southern army camp early
Monday, setting off a brief clash that killed 13 guerrillas,
military officials said.
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Gore asks voters to turn out while Bush predicts victory
November 6, 2000
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) - In the final weekend of the U.S.
presidential campaign, Al Gore prayed with clergy in his home state
of Tennessee and sang the civil rights hymn "We Shall Overcome,"
while rival George W. Bush predicted a victory in Tuesday's
election.
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Clinton heads into Senate home stretch
November 6, 2000
PURCHASE, New York (AP) - America's highest-profile Senate race
entered its final weekend with Hillary Rodham Clinton using her
husband to get out the Democratic vote and U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio
blitzing traditionally Republican areas in northern New York state.
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Yugoslavia elects its first noncommunist Cabinet
November 6, 2000
BELGRADE, (AP) - Yugoslavia's parliament approved the
country's first communist-free government in more than half a
century, moving closer to ending years of isolation and decline
under former President Slobodan Milosevic.
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Opposition’s mad-cow-disease obsession in Britain
November 6, 2000
LONDON, (AP) - Britain's opposition Conservative Party called
Saturday for the European Union to ban exports of French beef
because of continuing cases of mad cow disease in the country.
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Philippine typhoon: death toll rises to 43
November 5, 2000
MANILA (AP) - The death toll from Typhoon Bebinca
rose to 43 Saturday as more victims of landslides and drownings were
reported, officials and radio reports said.
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Clinton seeks Arafat,Barak back to negotiations
November 5, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bill Clinton hopes to see Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the
White House next week to begin trying to cajole them back to
negotiations despite ill will engendered by more than a month of
violence.
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Filipinos agitate against Estrada
November 5, 2000
MANILA (AP) - Tens of thousands of Filipinos, led by
the Roman Catholic Church, rallied in Manila Saturday demanding that
President Joseph Estrada resign over allegations he received
millions of dollars from illegal gambling lords.
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France rejects U.S. proposal on Iraq flights
November 5, 2000
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States proposed new procedures
to try to resolve the Security Council dispute over flights to Iraq,
but France immediately rejected them because they would still allow
Washington to control who and what enters the country.
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Bush’s “drugs and driving” issue in campaign
November 5, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - For his entire campaign, George W. Bush had
deflected questions about drinking and drugs by admitting in general
terms to past mistakes and a bit of a wild streak while young. Now,
in the final days, he's had to use precious campaign time describing
his arrest for driving under the influence 24 years ago.
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Clinton up and doing for Al Gore
November 5, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Moving from rally to rally, President Bill
Clinton campaigned for Al Gore among traditionally liberal voters
who want the vice president to win the White House but might need a
nudge to get to the polls.
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Israeli, Palestinian leaders ready to meet Clinton
November 5, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders announced
readiness to meet with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington for
crucial negotiations aimed at breaking the vicious circle of
violence that has shattered hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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Foreign aircraft should avoid “no-fly zones”:US
November 5, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. State Department said Friday that
foreign aircraft flying into Iraq should avoid the "no-fly zones"
in northern and southern Iraq because of "aggressive Iraqi
activities" in these areas.
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China collecting U.S. nuclear secrets
November 5, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - Several countries, including China, have
collected extensive nuclear and other sensitive information from the
U.S. government that has "undercut U.S. policy, security and
competitiveness," according to a previously secret American
intelligence community report.
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Violence in Mid-east: More Palestinians killed
November 4, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - After several failed ceasefires, Israeli and Palestinian leaders abandoned their inflammatory rhetoric and called for restraint Friday in the most concerted effort yet to halt five weeks of fighting.
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Space object likely to hit earth
November 4, 2000
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists have spotted a small asteroid or a piece of space junk that they say has a 1-in-500 chance of hitting the Earth in 30 years, far greater odds than any similar object ever discovered.
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Gore, Bush push in final weekend
November 4, 2000
USA(AP) - George W. Bush and Al Gore swapped accusations Friday about military readiness and Social Security, but their closely fought presidential race was thrown into commotion over the Texas governor's 1976 drunken-driving arrest and his belated response.
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Singapore crash: The pilot missed clear warnings
November 4, 2000
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Singapore Airlines apologized Friday after investigators discovered that the pilot of a Los Angeles-bound jumbo jet missed clear warnings and crashed while trying to take off on a runway full of construction equipment.
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North Korea threatens to end reunions
November 4, 2000
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea threatened on Friday to suspend planned reunions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War, accusing the South Korean Red Cross chief of defaming the isolated communist country.
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Arafat plans to see Clinton in U.S.
November 4, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) - With a truce taking hold, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is planning a post-election meeting with President Clinton at the White House, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is likely to come here as well.
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Countdown to Super-Tuesday: The ‘Poll’itical parties
November 3, 2000
UNDATED (AP) - The latest national and state polls on the presidential race.
Listed underneath each poll are the dates it was taken, number of
likely voters (LV), margin of error (MoE) and identity of the
pollsters. When results don't total 100 percent, the remainder
either declined to answer or backed another candidate.
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Post-Milosevic Yugoslavia re-admitted to UN after ostracism
November 3, 2000
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Yugoslavia's new democratic government has
joined the United Nations, opening a new chapter in Belgrade's
relations with the international community after eight years of U.N.
ostracism under former strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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News-bits: On a lighter vein
November 3, 2000
BANGKOK (AP) - Make that "Doctor" Tiger. Kasetsart University plans to give Tiger Woods an honorary
doctorate of philosophy in sports science to honor his excellence in
golf. He is a national hero in Thailand.
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Clinton campaigns for Clinton and Gore
November 2, 2000
NEW YORK (AP) - Pumping out speeches, feuding with Congress and
striving to add energy to the presidential and New York Senate
campaigns, President Bill Clinton says voters should think twice
before they abandon his record of economic and social progress.
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Airlines defends pilot's decision to take off in storm
November 2, 2000
TAIPEI (AP) - Singapore Air defended its pilot's decision
to take off in heavy wind and rain, saying Wednesday he did not
endanger the lives of the 179 people aboard the jumbo jet that burst
into flames on the runway, killing 79 people.
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Palestinians killed in Gaza to be buried in mass funerals
November 2, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Diplomatic efforts intensified Wednesday, with
Israel and the Palestinians trying to arrange their first high-level
meeting in six weeks, but violence persisted and a Palestinian
teen-ager was killed by Israeli fire in clashes in the Gaza Strip.
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Americans on both sides fall prey to violence
November 2, 2000
JERUSALEM (AP) - Reuven and Zehava Gilmore immigrated to Israel
from the United States because they felt their real home was the
Jewish state. On Tuesday they buried their son - shot and killed,
apparently by a Palestinian gunman - and searched for answers.
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Working against time: Divers seek to break into bow
November 2, 2000
MURMANSK, Russia (AP) - Russian and Norwegian divers extended
their working hours during a spell of clear, frosty weather over the
Barents Sea on Wednesday, struggling to search the sunken nuclear
submarine Kursk before storms again set in.
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US-North Korea missile talks resume
November 2, 2000
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - In a meeting that could influence
whether President Clinton makes a historic trip to North Korea, U.S.
and North Korean officials resumed talks Wednesday that Washington
hopes will curb the communist country's missile program and improve
global security.
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Iraqi leader says U.N. sanctions collapsing
November 2, 2000
BAGHDAD (AP) - A senior Iraqi leader, pleased with the wide
foreign participation in this year's Baghdad International Fair,
declared Wednesday that U.N. sanctions against his country are
crumbling despite U.S. and British insistence on keeping them in
place.
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International conference of sex-workers in Thailand
November 2, 2000
BANGKOK (AP) - Sex workers from the Asia-Pacific and
the United States will gather in Bangkok to discuss how to change
public perceptions of prostitution and improve working conditions,
organizers said Wednesday.
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Asia's answer to Bermuda Triangle?
November 2, 2000
SEOUL (AP) - A South Korean air force fighter jet
went missing Wednesday during routine training off the country's
east coast, the Defense Ministry said.
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At least 77 die in jumbo crash in Singapore
November 1, 2000
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Singapore Airlines jumbo jet speeding down a runway in darkness and rain slammed into an object before takeoff for Los Angeles and burst into flames Tuesday, scattering fiery wreckage across the tarmac, witnesses said.
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Gore questions Bush's bi-partisanship
November 1, 2000
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a mad-dash tour to keep Oregon and California from falling to his rival, Democrat Al Gore tried
Tuesday to turn Republican George W. Bush's bipartisanship theme on its ear.
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TV host Steve Allen is no more
November 1, 2000
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Allen, the bespectacled pioneer of late-night television and a comedian-actor-author who wrote more than 4,000 songs, including ``This May Be the Start of Something Big,'' has died of an apparent heart attack. He was
78.
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Russian Rocket Blasts Off
November 1, 2000
BAIKONUR, Kazakstan (AP) — American astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts rocketed into orbit Tuesday on a quest to become the first residents of the international space station and begin fulfilling the once-fantastic dream of permanent occupancy in space.``Let's go do it!''
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US troop alert in S. Arabia, Kuwait
November 1, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are on the highest state of alert following new indications of terrorist threats in those Persian Gulf countries, U.S. officials said Tuesday.Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon cited ``credible threat information'' but declined to be more specific.
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UN looks at impact of war on women
November 1, 2000
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday calling for special measures to protect women and girls from rape and sexual abuse in war and for a greater role for women in making
peace. While the council has passed resolutions on civilians and children in armed conflict, it has never focused exclusively on the impact of war on women and girls — and the need to include women in solving conflicts and rebuilding shattered
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