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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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