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Senators introduce Bush tax cut

January 24, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - Two senators introduced President Bush's package of more than dlrs 1 trillion in tax cuts, but a House leader cautioned against prospects of quick passage, predicting an August date for clearing Congress.

 

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Palestinian negotiators harshly attack US role in peace talks

January 24, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - U.S. mediation between Israelis and Palestinians was marked by "mistakes and failures" over the past seven years and was marred by a clear pro-Israel bias, the Palestinian negotiating team said in an unprecedented attack on former U.S. President Bill Clinton's Mideast policy.

 

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Faith, madness, magic during most sacred bathing day in Hindu festival

January 24, 2001 

  

ALLAHABAD-- (AP) - Millions of Hindu pilgrims are scrambling toward the Ganges to fulfill lifelong ambitions of bathing in what they consider the most sacred river on earth at the most auspicious moment.

 

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Five woodcutters killed in Assam as gunmen strike in India

January 24, 2001 

  

GAUHATI-- (AP) - Twenty masked gunmen burst into a house where migrant timber cutters were sleeping in northeastern Assam, killing five in indiscriminate automatic weapons fire and wounding two, police said Tuesday.

 

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India extends unilateral Kashmir cease-fire by one month

January 24, 2001 

  

NEW DELHI-- (AP) - The Indian government extended its unilateral cease-fire against Islamic militants in Kashmir on Tuesday, saying its troops will refrain from operations against the separatist guerrillas for another month.

 

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Search efforts continue on landslide-stricken Indonesian island

January 24, 2001 

  

JAKARTA-- (AP) - Rescuers dug away at tons of mud and rubble in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Tuesday trying to find survivors of five devastating landslides that have killed at least 34 people, officials said.

 

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Election Commission calls revote in 62 districts in Thailand

January 24, 2001 

  

BANGKOK-- (AP) - Thailand's Election Commission on Tuesday ordered revotes in 62 districts where candidates were suspected of cheating during the Jan. 6 general elections.

 

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Army government passes law to protect nuclear installations

January 23, 2001 

  

ISLAMABAD-- (AP) - Pakistan, one of the world's newest nuclear weapons' states, introduced a new law Monday that establishes a nuclear regulatory authority designed to ensure the safety of its nuclear installations.

 

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President urges high ethical standards for new staff

January 23, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - Getting swiftly down to work, President George W. Bush ushered in his new administration Monday by welcoming his staff to "the honor of a lifetime" and calling on them to uphold high ethical standards.

 

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Roe v. Wade turns 28: the fight goes on

January 23, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (Bangla2000/AP) - Abortion rights supporters are used to battle. But the ground has changed for the 28th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

 

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Palestinian informers ask for more protection from Israel

January 23, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - Seven Palestinian informants, who say they have helped Israel combat attacks by Palestinian militants, protested outside Prime Minister Ehud Barak's home Monday and called on Israel to provide them with additional protection.

 

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Bush to block funds for international abortions

January 23, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - President George W. Bush has decided to block U.S. funds to international family-planning groups that offer abortion and abortion counseling, a White House official said Monday.

 

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New secretary warmly welcomed by new colleagues

January 23, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, mixing flattery, humor and his vision for the future, introduced himself Monday to State Department employees, who offered him a warm and sometimes raucous welcome.

 

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Woman confesses to killing husband with powerful punch

January 23, 2001 

  

CAIRO-- (AP) - A woman has confessed to killing her husband with a powerful punch in the face and then trying to cover up her action by burying him without proper permission, police officials said Monday.

 

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Stolen Greek artifacts returned to homeland

January 23, 2001 

  

ATHENS-- (AP) - Some 274 ancient artifacts were returned to Greece on Monday, more than a decade after being stolen in one of the country's largest museum robberies.

 

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Clinton sends farewell letter to Indian prime minister

January 22, 2001 

  

NEW DELHI-- (AP) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has written to Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee lauding efforts made by India to achieve peace in south Asia, officials said Sunday.

 

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15 killed in separate incidents as violence flares up in Kashmir

January 22, 2001 

  

PATTAN-- (AP) -- Violence flared in the trouble-torn Jammu-Kashmir state with a bomb explosion in a bus near Srinagar killing six people and injuring 40 and fierce fighting in another part of the state claiming nine more lives on Sunday.

 

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5 men accused of killing former Bulgarian prime minister

January 22, 2001 

  

SOFIA-- (AP) - Two Ukrainians and three Bulgarians have been charged with killing Bulgaria's former Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov, the state BTA news agency reported Sunday. Lukanov, who served as government head for the Socialist Party of former communists from 1989 to 1990, was shot dead in front of his Sofia home Oct. 2, 1996.

 

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Peace agreement needed for stable peace in Kosovo

January 22, 2001 

  

PRISTINA-- (AP) - The U.N. special envoy to the Balkans said Sunday a potential for instability remains in the region until a peace agreement is reached between the conflicting parties in Kosovo.

 

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Thai maritime police arrest alleged pirates

January 21, 2001 

  

BANGKOK--(AP) - Thai maritime police have arrested 20 alleged pirates suspected of robbing and blowing up a Thai fishing boat, a provincial police officer said Saturday.

 

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Separatist leaders criticize Indian govt for delaying visit to Pakistan

January 21, 2001 

  

SRINAGAR--(AP) - Kashmir's main separatist alliance on Saturday strongly criticized the Indian government for the delay in providing travel documents to its leaders to visit Pakistan to find an acceptable solution to the Kashmir dispute.

 

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Hindu nationalists say they will begin constructing temple next year

January 21, 2001 

  

ALLAHABAD--(AP) - Hindu nationalists announced Saturday that they will begin constructing a Hindu temple at the site of a demolished 16th century mosque in March next year if the government failed to resolve the dispute by then.

 

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China receives U.S. compensation for Belgrade embassy attack

January 21, 2001 

  

BEIJING--(AP) - China on Saturday announced it had received dlrs 28 million in compensation from the United States for the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO's 1999 air war against Yugoslavia.

 

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Hong Kong approves top Taiwanese envoy's work permit

January 21, 2001 

  

TAIPEI--(AP) - Taiwan's top envoy to Hong Kong has been granted a work visa by the authorities there after more than a year's delay, the government said Saturday.

 

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President-elect Bush to be sworn in today

January 20, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush proclaimed himself ready on Friday to accept ``with pride'' and ``with honor'' the job of commander in chief. He also made plans to quickly begin pushing his agenda once he takes the oath as the nation's 43rd president.

 

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Philippine president Estrada resigns

January 20, 2001 

  

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Joseph Estrada quit amid a corruption scandal Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters marched on his residence. The country's vice president immediately took the oath of office in an effort to end the Philippines' worst crisis in years.

 

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Kabila's son to be sworn in as president soon

January 20, 2001 

  

KINSHASA, JAN 19 (AP) - Acting head of state Joseph Kabila will be sworn in as president shortly, replacing his father who was shot dead in his palace in this deeply troubled Central African nation, Congolese officials said Friday.

 

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Clinton says farewell to Israelis, Palestinians

January 20, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM, JAN 19 (UNB/AP) - Outgoing U.S. President Bill Clinton send emotional farewell letters to Israelis and Palestinians through newspapers Friday, appealing to both to continue peace efforts despite the current round of violence.

 

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Hindu nationalists demand building of temple in one year

January 20, 2001 

  

ALLAHABAD, JAN 19 (UNB/AP) - A Hindu nationalist group on Friday served a one-year ultimatum to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government to hand over the site of the demolished 16th century Babri mosque to build a Hindu temple in its place in northern India.

 

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Israel to consider Arafat's offer of "marathon" peace talks inEgypt

January 20, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM, JAN 19 (UNB/AP) - Israel on Friday put off consideration of a Palestinian proposal for marathon peace talks in Egypt, following the brutal killing of an Israeli youth in the West Bank, Israel radio reported.

 

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US general meets Pakistan's military ruler

January 20, 2001 

  

ISLAMABAD, JAN 19 (UNB/AP) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and their harboring of suspected terrorist mastermind, Osama bin Laden, were subjects expoected to have surfaced during talks Friday between U.S. Gen. Tommy R. Franks and Pakistan's military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

 

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Scientists start work on massive global-warming survey

January 20, 2001 

  

SHANGHAI, JAN 19 (UNB/AP) - Hoping to help break a political deadlock on global warming, a U.N.-sponsored gathering of scientists is working on the most comprehensive report yet on climate change blamed on air pollution.

 

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Blackouts hit California as utilities' financial woes deepen

January 19, 2001 

  

SACRAMENTO, California-- (AP) - Californians faced a second day of rolling blackouts Thursday as the state readied to spend millions to keep electricity flowing and prevent money-strapped utilities from going broke.

 

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Israeli arrested on suspicion of handing collaborator over

January 19, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - An Israeli man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of turning a former Palestinian collaborator over to the Palestinian Authority, which has recently executed four alleged collaborators.

 

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Missouri judge says he resents Ashcroft's accusations

January 19, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - Testifying at U.S. Attorney General-designee John Ashcroft's confirmation hearing, a black Missouri Supreme Court judge expressed anger Thursday that Ashcroft had blocked him from becoming a federal judge by persuading the Senate that he had a history of overturning death sentences.

 

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Gulf states condemn Iraqi statements over Kuwait

January 19, 2001 

  

DUBAI-- (AP) - The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain condemned Iraq on Thursday for a call for Kuwait to be included in the map of Iraq.

 

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In inaugural countdown, Bush courts party faithful

January 19, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - President-elect George W. Bush thanked Republican leaders for their support on Thursday and credited his razor-thin victory to having helped "set a new course for our party." He pledged to keep working to broaden the party's base and to bring "new faces and new voices into our ranks."

 

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Police arrest 4 suspects in militants' raid on airport in Kashmir

January 18, 2001 

  

SRINAGAR-- (AP) - Police arrested four people Wednesday for suspected involvement in an Islamic militants' attack on the high-security airport in this Kashmir capital, which left 12 people dead and another eight wounded.

 

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Saddam's claim: Iraq prevailed in the 'mother of all battles'

January 18, 2001 

  

BAGHDAD-- (AP) - Still full of bluster a decade after the Gulf War, President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday pronounced the conflict a great moment in Iraq's history and blithely ignored the reality of his crushing military defeat and the country's withered economy.

 

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Euro-Parliament calls for moratorium on use of depleted uranium weapons

January 18, 2001 

  

BRUSSELS-- (AP) - The European Parliament on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the use of depleted uranium munitions despite NATO's assurances the ammunition was not responsible for cancer cases among Balkan peacekeepers.

 

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Palestinian TV chief shot and killed in beachside restaurant

January 18, 2001 

  

GAZA CITY-- (AP) - The director of Palestinian TV was killed in a seaside restaurant Wednesday when three masked men walked up to his table and shot him repeatedly in the head and chest with a silencer-equipped pistol, police and witnesses said.

 

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NATO chief urges solution to Karabakh conflict

January 18, 2001 

  

BAKU-- (AP) - NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said Wednesday that Azerbaijan and Armenia needed to resolve their dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region to open the way for economic progress, and said that the western alliance hadn't barred any potential members.

 

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North Korean leader visits China's capitalist heartland

January 18, 2001 

  

SHANGHAI-- (AP) - North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong Il, might have toured a Japanese semiconductor factory Wednesday. And he might be preparing to visit the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

 

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Body of suspected informer found in West Bank

January 17, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - The body of a suspected Palestinian collaborator with Israel was found Tuesday in the West Bank, and Palestinian security officials said several alleged informers have been rounded up in recent days.

 

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Congress leader Prasada's death: A deathblow to Indian opposition

January 17, 2001 

  

NEW DELHI-- (AP) - The death of senior Congress party leader Jitendra Prasada on Tuesday deals a blow to India's main opposition party, already riven by dissidence and growing marginalization in the country's political arena.

 

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Illegal immigration to Australia via Jordan down 87.5 percent

January 17, 2001 

  

AMMAN-- (AP) - Illegal immigration to Australia through Jordan fell by 87.5 percent last year because of effective Jordanian cooperation, Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said Tuesday.

 

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Putin praises Russian Orthodox Church for promoting civil peace

January 17, 2001 

  

MOSCOW-- (AP) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday awarded state medals to dozens of Russian Orthodox priests and praised clerics for helping to "return moral foundations to our nation."

 

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Impeachment trial judges bar prosecution from key bank documents

January 17, 2001 

  

MANILA-- (AP) - Senators dealt a major blow to prosecutors in President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial Tuesday, barring them access to key bank documents and sparking a storm of protest.

 

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Criminal investigation opened into fatal mudslide

January 17, 2001 

  

SION, Switzerland-- (AP) - Authorities in southern Switzerland have started an investigation of possible negligent homicide in a mudslide that killed three people.

 

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Palestinians grant amnesty to suspected collaborators with Israel

January 16, 2001 

  

GAZA CITY-- (AP) , The Palestinian Authority announced Monday that it is granting amnesty to suspected Palestinian collaborators with Israel who turn themselves in within the next 45 days.

 

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U.N. Police forms unit to fight organized crime in Kosovo

January 16, 2001 

  

PRISTINA-- (AP) , U.N. police have formed a unit to attack organized crime in Kosovo, a spokesman said Monday.

 

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EU & Japan discuss new decade of cooperation

January 16, 2001 

  

STOCKHOLM-- (AP) , Japan's foreign minister on Monday called on the European Union to keep the problem of global warming on its agenda.

 

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Teacher at Thai childcare center charged with attempted murder

January 16, 2001 

  

BANGKOK-- (AP) , Thai police said Monday they filed a charge of attempted murder against a teacher accused of badly beating one of her charges at a child,care center.

 

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Digging and hoping: Neighbors search for earthquake victims

January 15, 2001 

  

SANTA TECLA-- (AP) - Trapped in a bathroom, her legs pinned under concrete blocks, a young servant named Maria Antonia cried out for her brother and for the child she used to care for.

 

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Washington gets ready for Bush inauguration

January 15, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON-- (AP) - Six days before George W. Bush takes the oath of office, inauguration organizers held a dress rehearsal of the swearing-in at dawn Sunday.

 

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High turnout in fear-ridden by-election

January 15, 2001 

  

HARARE-- (AP) - A leading Zimbabwean academic was briefly detained while interviewing voters during a crucial by-election in Bikita, local reports said Sunday as voting entered its second and final day.

 

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Austria reports first probable case of mad-cow infected livestock

January 15, 2001 

  

VIENNA-- (AP) - Austria reported its first probable case of mad-cow infected cattle on Sunday after tests on an animal slaughtered in Germany, a day after Italy said it found the first suspected case in a native cow.

 

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Reagan recovering after successful hip surgery

January 15, 2001 

  

SANTA MONICA-- (AP) - Former President Ronald Reagan remained hospitalized in stable condition on Sunday after undergoing surgery to repair a hip fracture suffered during a fall.

 

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Palestinian firing squads execute alleged collaborators

January 14, 2001 

  

GAZA CITY-- (AP) - Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority put two men before firing squads Saturday for collaborating with Israel in killings of Palestinian militiamen, executing them before weeping family members and crowds of hundreds amid cries of "God is Great!"

 

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Americans fly to Iraq to mount symbolic protest to sanctions

January 14, 2001 

  

BAGHDAD-- (AP) - A group of American activists landed Saturday in Baghdad to deliver books and medicine and join the ranks of dozens of countries that have mounted symbolic challenges to sanctions on the Arab nation.

 

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10 million expected to bathe at Hindu Festival, Kumbh Mela

January 14, 2001 

  

ALLAHABAD-- (AP) - Ten million pilgrims are expected to bathe in the Ganges River on Sunday in a ritual to wash away their sins, say festival organizers who are already busy reuniting families and friends lost in the teeming crowds along the river bank.

 

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Japan's premier begins visit to Greece

January 14, 2001 

  

ATHENS-- (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori arrived in Greece on Saturday for an official visit aimed at boosting trade and tourism, following his landmark tour of Africa.

 

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Pakistani minister asks Islamic groups to shun militant image

January 14, 2001 

  

ISLAMABAD-- (AP) - The army government appealed to Pakistan's Islamic parties Saturday to cast aside their militant image, stop displaying weapons, resolve their differences and work to promote harmony among rival Muslim groups.

 

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Taliban capture two key districts in northern Takhar province

January 14, 2001 

  

KABUL-- (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers scored major victories against opposition forces Saturday, capturing two key districts in northern Takhar province, a Taliban official said.

 

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US energy secretary discusses oil cuts with Saudi Crown Prince

January 14, 2001 

  

RIYADH-- (AP) - U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson discussed proposed oil cuts by producing countries with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah and Oil Minister Ali Naimi, a U.S. diplomat said.

 

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Seven Russian servicemen die in Chechen fighting

January 14, 2001 

  

NAZRAN-- (AP) - Seven Russian servicemen died and at least 10 were wounded in fighting in Chechnya over the past 24 hours, an official in Chechnya's pro-Moscow administration said Saturday.

 

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U.S. No Gun Ri conclusion denounced

January 13, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) — Again offering his regrets to the people of South Korea, President Clinton said Friday the United States has ``done our best to do the right thing'' in the No Gun Ri incident. He insisted the Army has not ``whitewashed'' its conclusion that American soldiers were not ordered to kill civilians at No Gun Ri.

 

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India, China discuss shared boundary

January 13, 2001 

  

NEW DELHI, India (AP) — India and China will address a long-standing dispute over a shared boundary in the barren Himalayan region and begin a security dialogue, the foreign ministry in New Delhi said Friday.

 

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Yemen seeks US data on Cole

January 13, 2001 

  

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Yemen is seeking details from the United States about the USS Cole's voyage before a bomb blast nearly sank the destroyer in Aden — particularly relating to a clownish peddler who was permitted to board the ship at the Suez Canal, a weekly newspaper reported.

 

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Britain leader backs missile Plan

January 13, 2001 

  

LONDON (AP) — Britain's opposition Conservative Party declared its support Friday for a U.S. missile shield program which has been backed by President-elect Bush.

 

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Israel, Palestinians hold talks

January 13, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) — After a round of high-level peace talks, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators lowered expectations Friday, saying gaps remain so wide that it will take a miracle to strike a deal before President Clinton leaves office.

 

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Palestinian, Israeli security officials meet CIA chief

January 8, 2001 

  

CAIRO-- (UNB/AP) - Palestinians and Israelis traded accusations about who is to blame for continuing violence Sunday as senior Palestinian and Israeli security officials met with an American mediator in Egypt to discuss how to bring calm to the area.

 

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Israeli security links Arafat's Fatah faction to bombing

January 8, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (UNB/AP) - A Jordanian citizen has been arrested in connection with a bus bombing Dec. 28 in Tel Aviv that injured 14 people, Israeli security sources disclosed Sunday.

 

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Two explosions in Kashmir injure 30 people

January 8, 2001 

  

NEW DELHI-- (UNB/AP) - Two explosions, allegedly triggered by separatist militants, injured at least 30 people in the northern Kashmir state Sunday, domestic news agencies reported.

 

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Five mortars explode in Iranian capital

January 8, 2001 

  

TEHRAN-- (UNB/AP) - Five mortars shells exploded in northern Tehran Sunday, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

 

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Coptic Christians’ Christmas with Muslim neighbors

January 8, 2001 

  

CAIRO-- (UNB/AP) -Recorded Quranic verses blared out of Aly Mohammed's tiny shop, stocked with icons of Christian saints. Right outside, firecrackers boomed and laughter rang out on Sunday as children thronged the streets to celebrate the Coptic Christmas.

 

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German chancellor and wife tour Moscow sites

January 8, 2001 

  

MOSCOW-- (UNB/AP) - President Vladimir Putin and his wife took German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife sightseeing Sunday on the second and final day of their visit to Russia.

 

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Spanish novel about tyrants wins literary prize

January 8, 2001 

  

MADRID-- (UNB/AP) - Spanish novelist and screenwriter Fernando Marias has won the Premio Nadal, Spain's oldest literary prize, for a detective story about tyrants.

 

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Tens of thousands stranded at airport because of snow

January 8, 2001 

  

SEOUL-- (UNB/AP) - Tens of thousands of tourists d students were stranded at an airport on a South Korean island Sunday because of heavy snow, state Yonhap news agency said.

 

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Queen Princess Margaret improving after possible stroke

January 8, 2001 

  

SANDRINGHAM-- (UNB/AP) - Princess Margaret's health is improving after suffering what doctors believed to be a minor stroke, Queen Elizabeth II said Sunday.

 

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Bush asking Republican governors to bolster his agenda

January 7, 2001 

  

AUSTIN, Texas-- (AP) - President-elect George W. Bush is meeting with Republican governors, the latest in a series of pre-inaugural forums aimed at shoring up support for the new administration's top priorities.

 

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India calls for restoration of democratic government in Fiji

January 7, 2001 

  

NEW DELHI-- (AP) - Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday called for the restoration of the first ethnic Indian prime minister's government in Fiji, which was toppled in a coup eight months ago.

 

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Captain, crew members charged in immigrant shipwreck

January 7, 2001 

  

ISTANBUL-- (AP) - The captain and three crew members of a cargo ship carrying illegal immagrants that broke in two, leaving 10 people dead, were charged by a court with negligence leading to death, newspapers reported Saturday.

 

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Muslim rebels accused of bombing in Manila

January 7, 2001 

  

MANILA-- (AP) - Muslim separatists who were trained in Afghanistan are responsible for five New Year's holiday bombs that killed 22 people and injured more than 120 in metropolitan Manila, the Philippine national police chief said Saturday.

 

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Latest victims buried as U.S. moves to stem violence

January 7, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - With the United States pushing to quell violence ahead of any peace talks, Palestinians buried one of its latest victims Saturday - an 18-year-old woman killed in cross-fire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen.

 

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Thailand's 'untouchable' election commissioners face tough

January 7, 2001 

  

BANGKOK-- (AP) - The men facing the toughest job in Thailand over the next month are its five "untouchable" election commissioners, guardians of legal revolution to clean up the country's unsavory politics.

 

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German chancellor in Moscow to celebrate Orthodox Christmas

January 7, 2001 

  

MOSCOW-- (AP) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife arrived in Moscow Saturday on a private visit to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas with President Vladimir Putin and his wife.

 

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Saddam lavishes praise on army

January 7, 2001 

  

BAGHDAD-- (AP) - President Saddam Hussein on Saturday delivered a flowery speech that lavishly praised Iraq's army, "celebrating and honoring" the soldiers who fought in the 1991 Gulf War - a conflict Saddam relentlessly claims as an Iraqi victory.

 

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Clinton to award Presidential Citizens Medals

January 6, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JAN 6 (AP) - President Bill Clinton is honoring 28 Americans, from baseball slugger Hank Aaron to actress Elizabeth Taylor, for answering "America's highest calling" of service to their country, the White House announced.

 

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Beleaguered Barak turns to old rival Peres for help

January 6, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM, JAN 6 (AP) - Desperately behind in the polls just weeks before elections, Prime Minister Ehud Barak is turning to elder statesman and party rival Shimon Peres in a bid to woo back voters who have spurned him during the months of violence with the Palestinians.

 

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Taiwanese ships return from historic journey to China

January 6, 2001 

  

TAIPEI, JAN 6 (AP) - Two ships carrying hundreds of Taiwanese returned from China, completing a historic trip that ended a five-decade ban on direct shipping ties between China and two Taiwanese islands.

 

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As Bush packs, aides disclose more administration appointments

January 6, 2001 

  

AUSTIN, Texas, JAN (AP) - As President-elect George W. Bush packed his belongings in Texas in preparation for his White House move, his aides in Washington announced his selections for key White House positions.

 

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Hillary Clinton misses first Senate vote

January 6, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JA 6 (AP) - New York's new senator missed her first opportunity to vote in the Senate.

 

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Bush plans no apology to Russian prime minister

January 6, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JAN 6 (AP) - President-elect George W. Bush will not apologize to the former Russian prime minister for alleging that he pocketed international aid, a spokesman said Friday.

 

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Clinton to award Presidential Citizens Medals

January 6, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JAN 6 (AP) - President Bill Clinton is honoring 28 Americans, from baseball slugger Hank Aaron to actress Elizabeth Taylor, for answering "America's highest calling" of service to their country, the White House announced.

 

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Beleaguered Barak turns to old rival Peres for help

January 6, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM, JAN 6 (AP) - Desperately behind in the polls just weeks before elections, Prime Minister Ehud Barak is turning to elder statesman and party rival Shimon Peres in a bid to woo back voters who have spurned him during the months of violence with the Palestinians.

 

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Taiwanese ships return from historic journey to China

January 6, 2001 

  

TAIPEI, JAN 6 (AP) - Two ships carrying hundreds of Taiwanese returned from China, completing a historic trip that ended a five-decade ban on direct shipping ties between China and two Taiwanese islands.

 

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As Bush packs, aides disclose more administration appointments

January 6, 2001 

  

AUSTIN, Texas, JAN (AP) - As President-elect George W. Bush packed his belongings in Texas in preparation for his White House move, his aides in Washington announced his selections for key White House positions.

 

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Hillary Clinton misses first Senate vote

January 6, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JA 6 (AP) - New York's new senator missed her first opportunity to vote in the Senate.

 

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Bush plans no apology to Russian prime minister

January 6, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JAN 6 (AP) - President-elect George W. Bush will not apologize to the former Russian prime minister for alleging that he pocketed international aid, a spokesman said Friday.

 

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Nepal prime minister survives confidence vote

January 5, 2001 

  

KATMANDU-- (AP) - Nepal's prime minister Thursday survived a no-confidence vote brought against him by rebel members of his party, protesting political instability in the country.

 

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Russia denies report of tactical nuclear weapons deployment

January 5, 2001 

  

MOSCOW-- (AP) - The Russian military on Thursday insisted that U.S. media reports of nuclear weapons being transferred to a Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea were wrong, and Russian analysts said such a deployment would be senseless.

 

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U.N. sends more emergency staff to Guinea

January 5, 2001 

  

GENEVA-- (AP) - The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Thursday it has sent more emergency staff to Guinea's volatile border with Sierra Leone and Liberia in hopes of bringing aid to refugee camps that have received no food for months.

 

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Abul kalam Azad of Bangladesh escapes miraculously

January 4, 2001 

  

ANKARA, JAN 3 (Bangla2000/AP) – A citizen of Bangladesh, Abulkalam Azad described the harrowing tales of the ill-fated ship. He was on board when the mishap occurred.

 

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Poverty rising in Pakistan

January 4, 2001 

  

KARACHI (UNB/PPI) Poverty is rising in Pakistan in the absence of an effective poverty alleviation program, a report just unveiled said.

 

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Arafat conditionally accepts Clinton formula

January 4, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JAN 3 (UNB/AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat gave President Bill Clinton his qualified acceptance of a U.S. formula for a negotiated settlement with Israel and the next move is up to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday.

 

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Israelis and Palestinians trade accusations

January 4, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM, JAN 3 (UNB/AP) - Israel will hunt down any Palestinians involved in attacks on Israelis, including those serving in Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, the deputy defense minister said Wednesday, raising the level of threats.

 

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New Congress convenes with parties nearly equal in strength

January 4, 2001 

  

WASHINGTON, JAN 3 (UNB/AP) - The U.S. Congress, more evenly divided between the two political parties than it has been in decades, promises to make history.

 

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Israeli and Russian officials hold talks in Moscow

January 4, 2001 

  

MOSCOW, JAN 3 (UNB/AP) - Top Israeli officials flew to Moscow on Wednesday to brief Russian diplomats on the Middle East peace process and ask Russia to use its influence to discourage violence in the region.

 

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Bangladesh ahead of Germany at women in military

January 3, 2001 

  

DUELMEN, Germany-- (Bangla2000/AP) - The German military opened its ranks to women in combat units for the first time Tuesday, accepting 244 female recruits who previously would have been relegated to medical or musical regiments. Bangladesh, a third world country, on the other hand, took the step about a year ago.

 

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Kashmir's separatists urge boycott of elections

January 3, 2001 

  

SRINAGAR-- (UNB/AP) - Kashmir's main separatist alliance Tuesday urged people to boycott the first village elections in two decades in the insurgency-wracked province, calling it an "undemocratic drama" by the government.

 

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Declassified: Jordan urged Israel to bomb Syria

January 3, 2001 

  

LONDON-- (UNB/AP) - King Hussein of Jordan called for an Israeli air strike on Syrian troops during the 1970 Black September clashes between Jordanian army troops and Palestinian guerrillas, according to British documents declassified Tuesday.

 

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Capital of central region cut off

January 3, 2001 

  

MOGADISHU-- (UNB/AP) - Faction leaders in Baidoa have forced the town's communications businesses to close, cutting it off from the outside world and sparking rumors and confusion, business executives said Tuesday.

 

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First historic trip from Taiwan to China

January 2, 2001 

  

XIAMEN, China (AP) — A boat from the Taiwanese island fortress of Kinmen docked Tuesday in the Chinese port of Xiamen after making the first legal and direct voyage between the mainland and Taiwan territory in more than 50 years.

 

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Arafat's last try at a peace

January 2, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) — Yasser Arafat agreed Monday to go to Washington for what Palestinians called a last try at a peace breakthrough before President Clinton leaves office in three weeks. A car bomb exploded in a coastal Israeli city, injuring dozens.

 

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British troops to remain in Sierra Leone

January 2, 2001 

  

LONDON (AP) — British troops will remain in Sierra Leone until the war against the West African state's rebel army is resolved, the commanding officer of the British contingent said Monday.

 

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100th anniversary of Australia's provinces

January 2, 2001 

  

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A dawn ceremony in Australia's desert heartland on Monday opened festivities marking the 100th anniversary of the day Australia's provinces united as one country.

 

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World Welcomes 2001

January 1, 2001 

  

LONDON (AP) — Much of the world welcomed 2001 with fireworks, good cheer and optimism, and even in troubled lands the hope of a better future prevailed.

 

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U.S.-born son of slain extremist rabbi & wife killed in West Bank

January 1, 2001 

  

JERUSALEM-- (AP) - Suspected Palestinian militants fired on a car carrying the U.S.-born son of slain extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane on Sunday, killing him and his wife and injuring five of their six children, the army said. The attack came a day after Yasser Arafat's political faction called on Palestinians to intensify their uprising against Israel.

 

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Philippine police cite lead in hunt for bombers

January 1, 2001 

  

MANILA-- (AP) - Philippine authorities combed wreckage, drew a composite sketch and manned a tip hot line Sunday as they searched for suspects in five explosions that killed at least 14 people and left the nation on edge.

 

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