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Explosives shatter large parts of Buddha statues: Opposition
March 10, 2001
ISLAMABAD, MAR 9 (AP) - Powerful explosives shattered large
parts of two towering stone statues of Buddha, hewn from the cliff
side in central Bamiyan province, opposition forces in the area said
Friday.
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U.N. heritage group suggests searching Pakistan for Afghanartifacts
March 10, 2001
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, MAR 9 (AP) - A UNESCO-sponsored heritage group on
Friday recommended helping Pakistan search its markets for
historical artifacts looted from Afghanistan.
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Sharon hopes to establish `personal contact' in near future
March 10, 2001
JERUSALEM, MAR 9 (AP) - In one of his first acts as Israel's prime
minister, Ariel Sharon sent a note to his long-time enemy Yasser
Arafat, saying he hoped to establish "personal contact in the near
future" with the Palestinian leader, Sharon's office said Friday.
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G-8 ministers urge Taliban to stop attacking ancient relics
March 5, 2001
TRIESTE-(AP) - Environment ministers from the world's
seven most industrialized countries plus Russia on Sunday strongly
condemned the attack by Taliban soldiers on ancient relics in
Afghanistan and urged them to stop the assault.
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Bomb in Israeli coastal city kills four: 50 injured
March 5, 2001
NETANYA-(AP) - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself
up and killed three Israelis at a bustling intersection Sunday, the
second lethal explosion in four days as militant Islamic groups
vowed more attacks against Israel's incoming government.
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IRA dissidents blamed in bomb outside BBC: 2nd scare outside station
March 5, 2001
LONDON-(AP) - A powerful bomb blast blamed by police on IRA
dissidents went off outside the BBC's television center early
Sunday, injuring one person. Hours later, a second bomb scare
prompted police to briefly seal off the area around a busy rail
station in the heart of London.
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Foot-and-mouth cases found in sprawling national park
March 5, 2001
LONDON-(AP) - The first case of foot-and-mouth disease has been
found in a huge national park in southwest England, agriculture
officials said Sunday, raising fears it will be spread by wildlife
to more livestock that graze there.
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Farm violence in Zimbabwe claims another victim
March 5, 2001
HARARE-(AP) - Armed gunmen Sunday shot dead the mother
of a prominent opposition activist, who was himself the victim of a
political slaying on the same southern Zimbabwean farm last year.
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Pastrana leaves for India after four-day visit to Malaysia
March 5, 2001
KUALA LUMPUR-(AP) - Colombian President Andres Pastrana
Arango ended a four-day state visit to Malaysia, leaving for India
on Sunday night.
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Fugitive Russian fishing vessel leaves Japanese port
March 5, 2001
TOKYO-(AP) - A Russian fishing boat that took refuge in a
northern Japanese port last month after fleeing from Russian coast
guards put to sea on Sunday after being ordered to leave by Japanese
authorities, a maritime official said.
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Norwegian peace envoy arrives in Sri Lanka
March 5, 2001
COLOMBO-(AP) - Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim
arrived Sunday in yet another attempt to resume peace talks between
the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels caught in an
impasse over a cease-fire.
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Police investigating delivery of body parts to Lankan MP's family
March 5, 2001
COLOMBO-(AP) - The mother and mother-in-law of an
opposition Sri Lankan lawmaker have received unlikely parcels in the
mail: a mutilated head and a frozen hand.
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Two dead, one injured in Macedonia near Kosovo border
March 5, 2001
SKOPJE-(AP) - Two soldiers were killed and a third was
seriously wounded Sunday amid an outburst of fighting between
Macedonian government forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents just
outside Kosovo.
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More than two million pilgrims begin annual pilgrimage
March 4, 2001
MECCA, Saudi Arabia- (AP) - More than 2 million Muslims on
Saturday began trekking to a desert plain outside Mecca for the
hajj, an annual pilgrimage that fulfills one of the most sacred
duties of the Islamic faith.
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G-8 environment summit continues in Trieste
March 4, 2001
TRIESTE, Italy- (AP) - As talks at a G-8 ummit on environmental
issues focused Saturday on how to cut gas emissions into the
atmosphere, Italy's environment minister vowed there will be "no
backtracking" in the fight against climate warming.
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Rebels ambush military vehicle in Burundi
March 4, 2001
BUJUMBURA, Burundi- (AP) - Hutu rebels ambushed a military vehicle
and killed two soldiers Saturday, a military source said, after the
capital endured its seventh successive night of shelling.
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Blast destroys Thai prime minister's flight at airport
March 4, 2001
BANGKOK- (AP) - An explosion and fire gutted a jetliner
minutes before Thailand's prime minister was to board it Saturday,
killing one crew member and injuring seven others, officials said. A
bombing cannot be ruled out, they said.
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Gadhafi's dream of a United States of Africa still unrealized
March 4, 2001
SIRTE, Libya- (AP) - Some of the biggest names in Africa came to
Libya to applaud Moammar Gadhafi and his ideas. But they left
without making any concrete progress toward the "United States of
Africa" the Libyan leader says is the only way to rescue the
continent from poverty and powerlessness.
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North Korea threatens to scrap missile & nuclear accord withWashington
March 4, 2001
SEOUL- (AP) - North Korea reiterated on Saturday that
it might scrap a moratorium on long-range missile tests and revive
its nuclear program, which is suspected of fueling a nuclear weapons
program.
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Conservative lawmakers urge Kohl's reinstatement as honorary partychairman
March 4, 2001
FRANKFURT, Germany- (AP) - A day after Helmut Kohl was declared
innocent for his role in a party financing scandal, several
Christian Democratic Union lawmakers were calling called for the
ex-chancellor to resume the post of honorary chairman.
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China will shun contacts with Taiwan's leader
March 4, 2001
BEIJING- (UNB/AP) - Beijing will shun contacts with Taiwan's leader
while cultivating his opponents, who back unification with China,
China's top government advisory body said Saturday.
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Indonesia's Wahid unconcerned about plots to dump him
March 4, 2001
JAKARTA- (UNB/AP)- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid
said he was unconcerned about a meeting of leading politicians - an
event the local media has dubbed an effort to dump him, an aide was
quoted Saturday as saying.
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WAY asks Taliban to stop destroying statues
March 4, 2001
KUALA LUMPUR- (UNB/AP) - The World Assembly of Youth has
joined the international community in calling on Afghanistan's
Taliban government to stop destroying pre-Islamic relics.
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More than two million pilgrims begin annual pilgrimage
March 4, 2001
MECCA, Saudi Arabia- (AP) - More than 2 million Muslims on
Saturday began trekking to a desert plain outside Mecca for the
hajj, an annual pilgrimage that fulfills one of the most sacred
duties of the Islamic faith.
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G-8 environment summit continues in Trieste
March 4, 2001
TRIESTE, Italy- (AP) - As talks at a G-8 ummit on environmental
issues focused Saturday on how to cut gas emissions into the
atmosphere, Italy's environment minister vowed there will be "no
backtracking" in the fight against climate warming.
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Rebels ambush military vehicle in Burundi
March 4, 2001
BUJUMBURA, Burundi- (AP) - Hutu rebels ambushed a military vehicle
and killed two soldiers Saturday, a military source said, after the
capital endured its seventh successive night of shelling.
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Blast destroys Thai prime minister's flight at airport
March 4, 2001
BANGKOK- (AP) - An explosion and fire gutted a jetliner
minutes before Thailand's prime minister was to board it Saturday,
killing one crew member and injuring seven others, officials said. A
bombing cannot be ruled out, they said.
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Gadhafi's dream of a United States of Africa still unrealized
March 4, 2001
SIRTE, Libya- (AP) - Some of the biggest names in Africa came to
Libya to applaud Moammar Gadhafi and his ideas. But they left
without making any concrete progress toward the "United States of
Africa" the Libyan leader says is the only way to rescue the
continent from poverty and powerlessness.
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North Korea threatens to scrap missile & nuclear accord withWashington
March 4, 2001
SEOUL- (AP) - North Korea reiterated on Saturday that
it might scrap a moratorium on long-range missile tests and revive
its nuclear program, which is suspected of fueling a nuclear weapons
program.
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FRANKFURT, Germany- (AP) - A day after Helmut Kohl was declaredinnocent for his role in a party financing scandal, severalChristian Democratic Union lawmakers were calling called for theex-chancellor to resume the post of honorary chairman.
March 4, 2001
"The party now should take a step toward Kohl and propose him
again for the honorary chairmanship," Erika Steinbach, a Christian
Democrat lawmakers told the Bild daily in its Saturday edition.
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China will shun contacts with Taiwan's leader
March 4, 2001
BEIJING- (UNB/AP) - Beijing will shun contacts with Taiwan's leader
while cultivating his opponents, who back unification with China,
China's top government advisory body said Saturday.
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Indonesia's Wahid unconcerned about plots to dump him
March 4, 2001
JAKARTA- (UNB/AP)- Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid
said he was unconcerned about a meeting of leading politicians - an
event the local media has dubbed an effort to dump him, an aide was
quoted Saturday as saying.
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WAY asks Taliban to stop destroying statues
March 4, 2001
KUALA LUMPUR- (UNB/AP) - The World Assembly of Youth has
joined the international community in calling on Afghanistan's
Taliban government to stop destroying pre-Islamic relics.
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Ex-General named Israel's Ex-General
March 3, 2001
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Labor Party on Friday chose as Israel's next defense minister a retired general who warned the Palestinians that he will not tolerate further violence. The party also appointed the first Arab to the nation's Cabinet.
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17 police shot dead in Kashmir
March 3, 2001
JAMMU, India (AP) — Suspected Islamic guerrillas attacked two police vehicles in the northern Indian Jammu-Kashmir state Friday, gunning down 17 policemen and injuring six others, officials said.
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Ex-financier Frankel in US
March 3, 2001
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Former fugitive financier Martin Frankel arrived Friday in the United States from Germany to face dozens of state and federal charges for defrauding insurance companies in five states.
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Burundi Army, rebels to hold talks
March 3, 2001
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Burundi's Tutsi-dominated army and Hutu rebel groups are to hold unprecedented talks next week on ending hostilities in their 7 1/2 -year civil war, which has killed more than 200,000 people, a mediator said Friday.
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Fiji's ousted Premier heads home
March 3, 2001
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Ousted last year in a nationalist coup, Fiji's prime minister said Friday he was headed home to ``reclaim the people's mandate'' after a court ruled that the country's military-backed regime is illegal.
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Australian official adds fuel to fire on abuse claims in detention camps
March 2, 2001
CANBERRA-(AP) - In another damning report on
Australia's detention centers for illegal immigrants, a senior
government official said Friday detainees had complained of racism
and humiliation by staff.
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Woman faces prosecution over entry declaration
March 2, 2001
WELLINGTON-(AP) - A woman who returned to New
Zealand from foot-and-mouth disease-infested Britain without telling
customs staff she had visited a Scottish farm could be prosecuted,
Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said Friday.
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More than 1.2 million pilgrims arrive in Saudi ahead of hajj
March 1, 2001
MECCA-(AP) - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from
around the world made their way toward the holy city of Mecca
Wednesday ahead of the hajj, or annual Muslim pilgrimage.
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Federal reserve chairman says slowdown not over yet
March 1, 2001
WASHINGTON-(AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,
delivering a sober assessment of the U.S. economy, told Congress
Wednesday that the sharp slowdown that began in the second half of
last year "has yet to run its full course."
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Poachers kill two tigers in northern India
March 1, 2001
LUCKNOW-(AP) - Two tigers have been killed in separate
attacks by poachers this week in a northern Indian state, officials
said Wednesday.
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Thirteen killed in train collision in northern England
March 1, 2001
GREAT HECK, England-(AP) - A high-speed passenger train collided
with a Land Rover, derailed and then smashed into an oncoming
freight train in northern England Wednesday morning, killing 13
people.
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WWII pilot's remains to undergo forensic tests in Germany
March 1, 2001
PARIS-(AP) - The remains of a U.S. serviceman, whose plane
crashed in France toward the end of World War II, will be
transferred to Germany for forensic tests, a U.S. army spokeswoman
said Wednesday.
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Iraq reverses decision to boycott Polish goods
March 1, 2001
BAGHDAD-(AP) - Iraq has reversed a decision to boycott
Polish goods after Poland officially said it did not support recent
U.S.-British airstrikes on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq's trade
minister said Wednesday.
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Border crossers shot in Tajikistan as violence grows
March 1, 2001
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan-(AP) - Russian border guards killed seven
gunmen trying to enter Tajikistan from Afghanistan with a cargo of
heroin, submachine guns, and some dlrs 25,000 in cash overnight,
officials said Wednesday.
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Russian security service rules out spy charges for U.S. student
March 1, 2001
MOSCOW-(AP) - A day after publicizing the drug arrest of what it
called an agent-in-training for American intelligence, Russia's
Federal Security Service said Wednesday that no espionage charges
would be filed.
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Palestinian official fears more violence
March 1, 2001
CAIRO-(AP) - The chief Palestinian negotiator expressed
concern Wednesday that violence would increase as the Mideast
awaited new peace ideas from the U.S. administration.
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Opponents lament Afghanistan's order to destroy statues
February 28, 2001
KABUL-(AP) - The ruling Taliban are endangering
Afghanistan's history by ordering the destruction of all statues in
the country, including two towering 5th century images of Buddha,
opponents said Tuesday.
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877,000 benefit from Russian amnesty
February 28, 2001
MOSCOW-(AP) - About 877,000 people benefited from an amnesty
Russia granted last year to convicts and people facing criminal
charges, the Prosecutor General's Office said Tuesday.
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Iraq scoffs at U.S. `smart sanctions' effort & says no U.N.
February 28, 2001
UNITED NATIONS-(AP) - Iraq's foreign minister criticized American
proposals Tuesday to make U.N. sanctions less harmful to ordinary
Iraqis, saying the embargo should be lifted altogether because
Baghdad has complied with U.N. demands by scrapping its weapons of
mass destruction.
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Lubbers: U.N. agencies must take corruption seriously
February 28, 2001
GENEVA-(AP) - Organized crime threatens to infiltrate United
Nations aid to the world's most desperate people, the U.N. refugee
chief said Tuesday, a week after the agency confirmed it is
investigating alleged staff corruption in Kenya.
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UN-Iraq talks beginning as US seeks to support for sanctions
February 27, 2001
UNITED NATIONS-(AP) - Iraq and the United Nations opened a new
chapter in their tumultuous relations Monday with talks aimed at
breaking an impasse that has kept U.N. weapons inspectors out of
Baghdad for over two years.
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US Report: Human right record in Mideast generally 'poor'
February 27, 2001
WASHINGTON-(AP) - The human rights record of governments
throughout the Mideast was generally poor last year, the U.S. State
Department said Monday, reserving some of its harshest criticism for
Iraq.
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Hundreds of Albanian villagers from Macedonia flee amid growing tension
February 27, 2001
PRISTINA-(AP) - NATO-led peacekeepers have increased
patrols of the Kosovo-Macedonia border amid reports of hundreds of
ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing a tense Macedonian village,
international officials said Monday.
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Israelis skeptical of report of upgraded Iraqi nuclear threat
February 27, 2001
JERUSALEM-(AP) - Israeli weapons experts responded with some
skepticism Monday to a Western intelligence report that Iraq could
have nuclear weapons in three years, and some said the warning may
be tied to U.S. efforts to re-ignite an anti-Iraq campaign.
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Guinean gunships cross into Sierra Leone; 13 reported killed
February 27, 2001
FREETOWN-(AP) - Guinean troops backed by helicopter
gunships crossed into rebel-controlled Sierra Leone, firing on two
villages, a U.N. commander said Monday.
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10 years on: Saddam still the undisputed leader of Iraq
February 26, 2001
BAGHDAD- (Bangla2000/AP) - During a meeting with an ultra nationalist Serb leader earlier this month, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
boasted to his guest that he had survived numerous attempts on his
life by the United States.
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US sub commander expresses `regret' to Japanese victims of collision
February 26, 2001
TOKYO- (AP) - The commander of the U.S. submarine that struck and
sunk a Japanese trawler off Hawaii expressed his "most sincere
regret" on Sunday - but stopped short of an apology.
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Berlin's first Carnival in decades draws more than 100,000 people
February 26, 2001
BERLIN- (AP) - The new capital Berlin looked more like the old
capital Bonn on Sunday when more than 100,000 people turned out for
the city's first Carnival parade in decades, signalling the
successful import of a Rhineland tradition.
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Kuwait celebrates liberation anniversary with its Gulf War heroes
February 26, 2001
KUWAIT- (AP) - As allied war jets flew over and Gulf War heroes
former U.S. President George Bush and former British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher watched, Kuwaitis raised their flag and performed
a traditional victory dance, marking the 10th anniversary of the end
of the war that freed them from Iraqi occupation.
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Mbeki & Mugabe to discuss threat to Zimbabwean judiciary & media
February 26, 2001
SOMERSET WEST, South Africa- (AP) - President Thabo Mbeki said
Sunday he is planning to meet Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to
discuss South African concerns over threats to the Zimbabwean
judiciary and media.
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Gulf War team together in country they fought to liberate
February 26, 2001
KUWAIT- (AP) - Most of the main players of the Gulf War team were
in Kuwait Sunday, celebrating with its leaders and people the 10th
anniversary of the end of the war that liberated the emirate from a
seven-month Iraqi occupation.
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Iraq demands end of sanctions & removal of weapons from Israel
February 26, 2001
BAGHDAD- (AP) - Iraq said on Sunday it will demand during
upcoming talks with the United Nations that sanctions against it be
lifted and weapons of mass destruction - including those of Israel -
be removed from the region.
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Powell has `excellent discussion' with Russian counterpart
February 25, 2001
CAIRO- (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell had an
"excellent discussion" Saturday with his Russian counterpart
despite policy differences on missile defense and Iraq.
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Clash in Sri Lanka kills two policemen
February 25, 2001
COLOMBO- (AP) - Two policemen were killed Saturday
during a clash with Tamil Tiger rebels, days after the latter
extended a unilateral cease-fire for another month.
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Captain of sunken Japanese fishing vessel returns to Japan
February 25, 2001
TOKYO- (AP) - Hours after returning home from Hawaii on Saturday,
the captain of the Japanese fishing vessel that was rammed and sunk
by the USS Greeneville repeated his demand for an apology from the
Navy submarine's commander.
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Gas explosion in Chinese mine kills at least 18
February 25, 2001
BEIJING- (AP) - A gas explosion in a central China coal mine
killed 18 people and left three missing, a local official said
Saturday.
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Bush, Blair seek common ground
February 24, 2001
THURMONT, Md. (AP) — President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, pledging to preserve the special relationship between the United States and Britain, said Friday they would explore ways to make sanctions against Iraq ``more realistic'' and seek common ground among skeptical European allies about a U.S. missile defense system.
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Tensions mount in Mideast on eve of Powell visit
February 24, 2001
JERUSALEM (AP) — On the eve of Secretary of State Colin Powell's first Mideast trip, Palestinians burned U.S. flags, Israeli tanks shelled Palestinian police stations and West Bank gunmen battled Israeli soldiers Friday.
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Indonesia death toll hits 165
February 24, 2001
SAMPIT, Indonesia (AP) — Refugees fleeing an ethnic slaughter boarded a navy ship on Borneo island Saturday as two bodies floated by the dock — a grim reminders of violence over the past week that has left at least 165 dead.
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Peru Congress charges Fujimori
February 24, 2001
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Congress voted early Friday to charge disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori with abandonment of office and to bar him from holding any public post for 10 years.
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EU bans British meat, milk exports
February 22, 2001
LONDON (AP) — An outbreak of highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease in British pigs prompted a government ban Wednesday on exports of meat, milk and livestock and threatened serious damage to the country's beleaguered farming industry.
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Pope installs 44 new Cardinals
February 22, 2001
VATICAN CITY (AP) — To the cheers of tens of thousands of well-wishers, 44 new cardinals climbed the steps of St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday, knelt before Pope John Paul II and followed an ancient ceremony that makes them princes of the church.
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Barak departure leaves questions
February 22, 2001
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ehud Barak's departure from the Israeli political stage was anything but elegant, coming after a devastating defeat at the polls, repeated flip-flops on serving under his successor, and the emergence of a humiliating public chorus of former supporters begging him to bow out.
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Kurds allowed to leave French camp
February 22, 2001
FREJUS, France (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds whose ship ran aground on the Mediterranean shore last weekend lined up at phone booths and strolled through this French Riviera town Wednesday after authorities freed them from confinement at a military camp.
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India shrugs off Bush administration criticism on nuclear fuel
February 21, 2001
NEW DELHI-- (AP) - Shrugging off criticism from the United
States and Pakistan, India said Tuesday that its key nuclear
facility receiving Russian nuclear fuel is in line with
international atomic energy norms.
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Stanley Kramer: director-producer of `message' movies dies at 87
February 21, 2001
LOS ANGELES-- (AP) - His films explored everything from racism to
war crimes, nuclear holocaust to social ostracism. Yet Stanley
Kramer always shunned the title "message movie."
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Prison uprising winding down
February 20, 2001
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The biggest prison uprising in Brazil's history was winding down Monday, a day after inmates seized control of Latin America's largest jail, took guards hostage and held nearly 8,000 visitors inside.
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Journalist flees Zimbabwe
February 20, 2001
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Fearful of violence against his wife and 2-year-old daughter, a British journalist threatened with deportation flew out of Zimbabwe on Monday.
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Hamas leader dies
February 20, 2001
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — A leader of the militant Palestinian Hamas was shot and killed from long range Monday in another apparent targeted killing by Israeli forces.
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Iraq media threatens punishment
February 20, 2001
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi media on Monday threatened to punish Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, saying they helped U.S. and British airstrikes against sites around Baghdad last week.
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Moscow-NATO talks to be difficult
February 20, 2001
MOSCOW (AP) — By playing host to NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson this week, Moscow is signaling its desire to ease a tug-of-war with the alliance.
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Britain hints at more strikes on Iraq if deemed necessary
February 19, 2001
LONDON--(AP) - Britain vowed Sunday to keep up the pressure on
Iraq's Saddam Hussein despite widespread international criticism of
Friday's U.S. and British air strikes near Baghdad.
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Cautious opposition ponders timing for no-confidence motion
February 19, 2001
TOKYO--(AP) - Opposition leaders angry about new blunders by Prime
Minister Yoshiro Mori said on Sunday they will try to unseat the
unpopular leader, but unsure of their chances of success were
careful not to say when.
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Police break up opposition protest with tear gas
February 19, 2001
KULIM, Malaysia--(AP) - Police hurled tear gas canisters and sprayed
chemically laced water Sunday on more than 250 anti-government
demonstrators outside a Malaysian court where opposition leaders
were facing charges.
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Saudi Arabia says three Americans held as bombing suspects
February 19, 2001
RIYADH--(AP) - Three Americans are being
interrogated in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of involvement in bombings
that killed one Briton and injured five, Interior Minister Prince
Nayef said in remarks published Sunday.
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Bahrain Prime minister says state security law will be abolished
February 19, 2001
MANAMA, Bahrain--(AP) - In the first step toward implementing a
new national charter that received overwhelming public support in a
referendum last week, Bahrain will abolish a security law that
allowed detention without trial, the prime minister said Sunday.
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Ship sinks after collision outside Turkish straits
February 19, 2001
ISTANBUL--(AP) - A ship bearing scrap iron sank at the
entrance of Istanbul's Bosporus strait Sunday after colliding with a
Malaysian-flagged cargo. All crew members were rescued, officials
said.
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Thousands of Iraqis demonstrate against air strikes
February 19, 2001
BAGHDAD--(AP) - Thousands of Iraqis braved the rain Sunday
morning to take part in demonstrations condemning the latest
American-British airstrikes.
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Three policemen killed in explosion in southern Serbia
February 19, 2001
LUCANE, Yugoslavia--(AP) - Three Serb policemen were killed Sunday
in an explosion believed to have been caused by two anti-tank mines
on a dirt road, a police officer said.
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Relatives of Ehime Maru victims view wreckage scanned by robot
February 19, 2001
HONOLULU--(AP) - Japanese family members examined videotape of the
sunken ship Ehime Maru sitting upright on the ocean floor as a top
U.S. Navy official announced a high-level investigation into why a
U.S. submarine surfaced directly underneath it, leaving nine of
their relatives missing and presumed dead.
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Iraq to retaliate
February 18, 2001
BAGHDAD-- (AP) - Iraq will retaliate for the largest attack
by U.S. and British warplanes in months, a state-run newspaper vowed
Saturday as Iraqis returning to classes, jobs and markets a day
after the deadly bombing uniformly condemned the United States.
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Russia critical of air strikes in Iraq
February 18, 2001
MOSCOW-- (AP) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday that
U.S. and British air strikes on Iraq have worsened tensions in the
Middle East and Gulf regions.
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Five hundred hold protest rally against Mahathir
February 18, 2001
KUALA LUMPUR-- (AP) - Police wielding canes and backed by
water cannon trucks chased protesters through a busy street in Kuala
Lumpur to break up a rally of about 500 people Saturday against
longtime leader Mahathir Mohamed.
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Ship wreckage found of US submarine collision
February 18, 2001
HONOLULU-- (AP) - A deep-sea robot has found the wreckage of a
Japanese fishing vessel that sank when a Navy submarine tore through
it while surfacing more than a week ago, Navy officials said
Saturday.
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U.S., British planes attack Iraq sites
February 17, 2001
WASHINGTON (AP) — Executing President Bush's first military attack order, American warplanes joined British fighters in bombing sites around Baghdad on Friday, hitting air defense radars and other targets that U.S. officials said posed a growing threat to allied air patrols.
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Guinea refugee aid to resume
February 17, 2001
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency said Friday it would resume providing aid to dozens of refugee camps cut off by months of fighting along the southern borders of Guinea.
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US cautious on Afghan opium report
February 17, 2001
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. narcotics official said Friday it was too early to confirm a reported plunge in opium production in Afghanistan, a drop U.N. officials are attributing to a ban the Taliban militia imposed last year against poppy cultivation.
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Russia criticizes Iraq No-Fly Zones
February 17, 2001
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. and British enforcement of no-fly zones in Iraq has been increasingly criticized by key Security Council members who say the patrols have no U.N. legal backing and violate Iraq's right to control its airspace.
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Australian leader home for election
February 17, 2001
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Australia's main political parties were bracing Friday for further signs of the resurgence of the anti-immigrant One Nation party in weekend state elections.
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Salvador asks for aid in wake of second deadly quake
February 16, 2001
SAN SALVADOR-- (AP) - With hospitals running out of
beds, blood and medicine, officials appealed for international help
for thousands of victims from Salvador's second deadly earthquake in
a month.
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Fighter and historian Christopher Woodhouse dead at 83
February 16, 2001
LONDON-- (AP) - Christopher Woodhouse, who helped organize
resistance forces in Nazi-occupied Greece and later wrote
extensively about modern Greek history, has died. He was 83.
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