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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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