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No peace if Palestinians insist on refugees

July 31, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - If the Palestinians insist that over a million Palestinian refugees must have the right to return to Israel, there will be no peace agreement, an Israeli Cabinet minister said Sunday.

 

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Mahendra Chaudhry arrives in Australia

July 31, 2000 

  

SYDNEY (AP) - Deposed Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry arrived in Sydney on Sunday to discuss the crisis in his country with the Australian government.

 

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Shimon Peres resigns from Israeli government

July 31, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - Shimon Peres resigned from the Israeli Cabinet Sunday in preparation for his race for president.

 

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U.N. troops in more south Lebanon border areas

July 31, 2000 

  

BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (AP) - Peacekeepers hoisted the U.N. flag on the Lebanese-Israeli border Sunday as they took up positions following Lebanon's approval for deploying more of the international force.

 

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"Thanks for not making that a requirement"

July 31, 2000 

  

TOKYO (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Sunday paid a belated visit to the venue of a recent foreign ministers' meeting in southern Japan, where officials named a 500-seat auditorium in the city's new civic center after her.

 

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Queen Mother at 100:The witness of the century

July 31, 2000 

  

LONDON (AP) - The Queen Mother Elizabeth, 100 years old this Friday, is not what she seems. Small, gray-haired ladies in flowered dresses are not usually national icons, but this one is as much a part of Britain's self-image as the Union Jack and the Rolling Stones.

 

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Aniston,'Pitt' the lady-killer's, last victim

July 31, 2000 

  

MALIBU, California (AP) - After months of rumors, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were married Saturday at a ceremony on an ocean bluff.

 

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"US embassy from Telaviv to Jerusalem": Clinton

July 30, 2000 

  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - In an illustration of the centuries-old rivalry over Jerusalem that derailed Camp David peace talks, Muslim custodians of one of the city's sacred sites locked an entrance used mostly by tourists and Jewish worshippers for several hours Saturday.

 

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"Republicans, blur,blur,blur" says Clinton

July 30, 2000 

  

BOSTON (AP) - Egged on by an appreciative audience of Democrats, including a large complement of Kennedys, President Bill Clinton mocked Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's privileged background and the political tactics of congressional Republicans.

 

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Albright's historic meeting with N Korea's FM

July 30, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Saturday that her historic meeting with North Korea's foreign minister should help pull the communist state out of international isolation.

 

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Kashmiri separatists welcome India's talks offer

July 30, 2000 

  

SRINAGAR (AP) - Kashmir's top separatist leader welcomed New Delhi's offer of unconditional talks Saturday and proposed simultaneous discussions with India and Pakistan to solve the knotted five decade dispute.

 

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Lebanon demands billions in compensation

July 30, 2000 

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon is preparing a complaint against Israel to be filed at the International Court of Justice seeking compensation for the lengthy occupation of southern Lebanon, according to a statement published Saturday.

 

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Rebels fire on Russian facilities in Chechnya

July 30, 2000 

  

GROZNY, Russia (AP) - Chechen rebels attacked a Russian motorcade leaving the capital Grozny Saturday for the Argun gorge in southern Chechnya, damaging a truck and destroying a car.

 

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Gore challenges Bush on immigration

July 30, 2000 

  

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, North Carolina (AP) - Vice President Al Gore, courting Hispanic voters, challenged rival George W. Bush to join him in backing a Democratic proposal to expand immigration rights for hundreds of thousands of Central Americans.

 

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Three Civilians killed in Sri Lanka

July 30, 2000 

  

COLOMBO (AP) - Suspected Tamil rebels threw handgrenades at policemen conducting security checks in the north,killing three civilians and wounding 10, the government saidSaturday.

 

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Kuwait needs a 'Susan B Anthony'

July 30, 2000 

  

KUWAIT (AP) - Five liberal lawmakers proposed a bill Saturday that grants women the right to vote and run for office, hoping this latest attempt will pass the all-male Parliament.

 

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One more white tiger dies in Indian zoo

July 30, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI (AP) - Another white tiger died at a zoo in eastern India, where 12 other tigers have died of a bacterial disease spread by flies, officials said Saturday.

 

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Albright and Paek hold "friendly" historic talks

July 29, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright held what she called "friendly" talks Friday with North Korea's foreign minister in the highest-level meeting between the two countries in a half-century of hostility.

 

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N Korea's minister jostled by media attention

July 29, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - Leading his country's cautious move toward diplomatic openness, North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun learned his first lesson this week about living in the outside world - how to dodge the media.

 

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President swears in new Fijian government

July 29, 2000 

  

SUVA (AP) - Amid tight security, Fiji's president swore in a new government Friday, a nationalist Cabinet it is hoped will help restore calm in the Pacific nation that has been in turmoil since a May 19 coup.

 

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India says threat to multiethnic democracy in Fiji risks regional security

July 29, 2000 

  

BANGKOK, JULY 28 (UNB/AP) - India warned Friday that the overthrow of a multiethnic elected government in Fiji had repercussions for stability and democracy in the Asia-Pacific region.

 

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Indian army announces halt to offensives against Kashmir militants

July 29, 2000 

  

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - The Indian army has suspended all offensive operations against Islamic militants in Kashmir for the first time in 11 years in response to a cease-fire by one of the main guerrilla groups, the top general in the region said Friday.

 

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Top communist leader hospitalized in Indian capital

July 29, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI (AP) - Jyoti Basu, a veteran communist leader and the top elected official of West Bengal state, was Friday hospitalized after he complained of uneasiness at a party meeting in the Indian capital, his party officials said.

 

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Fujimori's third term: protests at home, isolation abroad

July 29, 2000 

  

LIMA,(AP) - President Alberto Fujimori defied raucous protests at home and growing isolation abroad as he pushed ahead with plans to be sworn in Friday, embarking on an unprecedented third term after a tainted re-election victory.

 

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Prosecutor pledges swift criminal probe into Concorde crash

July 29, 2000 

  

PARIS, (AP) - Air France affirmed Friday that its Concorde supersonic jets would remained grounded until further notice as the company prepared to hold its own private tribute to the crew and victims of the crash that killed 113 people.

 

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Simpson needs the Web to persuade people he's not a killer

July 29, 2000 

  

LOS ANGELES,(AP) - Although O.J. Simpson says he's not much of an Internet user, he embraced the technology to answer questions from those curious enough about his sensational murder trial to pay dlrs 9.95 apiece for the opportunity.

 

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Black box reveals black and bleak moments

July 28, 2000 

  

PARIS (AP) - French investigators finished decoding the second black box Thursday on the Concorde supersonic jet that crashed and killed 113 people, but it could take up to three days to complete the analysis of the fatal flight, the French Transport Ministry said.

 

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Hard Luck George Speight

July 28, 2000 

 

SUVA (AP) - A violent military crackdown on rebel supporters and the arrest of Fiji's coup leader George Speight triggered reprisals Thursday including the kidnapping of two New Zealand civilian pilots.

 

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"We shall overcome someday"

July 28, 2000 

  

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis and Palestinians were resuming contacts, even as intriguing details emerged Thursday about proposals made at the failed Camp David summit on which the negotiators could build as they work to salvage the peace process.

 

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Autocrat purports to be democrat

July 28, 2000 

  

BELGRADE (AP) - Slobodan Milosevic Thursday scheduled Yugoslavia's general elections for September 24, state Tanjug news agency reported, a major test of the president's strength after last year's NATO bombing campaign.

 

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North Korea: 11th member of ASEAN

July 28, 2000 

  

BANGKOK(AP) - After decades of international isolation, North Korea was inducted Thursday into Asia's leading security forum amid hopes its opening up to the world can ease tensions in the region.

 

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These things never happened then…

July 28, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - The number of contract killings committed in Russia so far this year is slightly down from the same period in 1999, but police still fail to solve most of them, a police official said Thursday.

 

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… Nor did these things

July 28, 2000 

  

ROME (AP) - Severe drought, unemployment and falling agricultural production threaten Tajikistan with a serious food crisis, two U.N. agencies, reported Thursday.

 

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Eleven killed in political clash in West Bengal

July 28, 2000 

  

CALCUTTA (AP) - Communists clashed with supporters of a rival political group with spears and swords in an eastern Indian state Thursday, killing at least 11 people, a government official said.

 

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Police to monitor activities in Malaysian mosques

July 28, 2000 

  

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - Policemen are being deployed at mosques in Malaysia to monitor sermons and act against those who try to incite people, a senior government official said Thursday.

 

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Crossing fingers didn't do: lets kiss good-bye

July 27, 2000 

  

THURMONT, Maryland (AP) - The collapse of the Camp David summit leaves Israel and the Palestinians facing a round of tough new decisions about when - or whether - to return to the bargaining table.

 

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Speight’s arrest made a clean head of it

July 27, 2000 

  

Suba, Fiji (AP) Fiji coup leader George Speight, who stormed Parliament in May and took most of the cabinet hostage, was arrested Wednesday after an apparent shootout with the military.

 

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Tragic and fatal nosedive of 'concord'

July 27, 2000 

  

GONESSE, France (AP) - The Air France supersonic Concorde plane that crashed and killed 113 people during takeoff had been delayed for last-minute maintenance on one of its engines, Air France said Wednesday.

 

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East Asia pushes forward fledgling economic bloc

July 27, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea were holding their first ever formal joint meeting Wednesday, pushing forward plans for an East Asian economic bloc.

 

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Talking in the 'universal language'

July 27, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - If music is the universal language and money talks, Democrats hope combining the two will produce volumes of fresh donations this fall that can be spent directly on their political candidates.

 

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Embalmed Ho Chi Minh receives 22m visitors

July 27, 2000 

  

HANOI (AP) - Nearly 22 million people, including 849,000 foreigners, have visited the mausoleum holding the embalmed body of Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh over the last 25 years, an official said Wednesday.

 

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India bans employees having child servants

July 27, 2000 

  

New Delhi (AP) - India's government has banned its employees from employing children under 14 as servants, the National Human Rights Commission announced Wednesday.

 

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Iraqi deputy prime minister in Moscow

July 27, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz lashed out against the United States on Wednesday, saying that the U.S.-backed effort to prosecute Iraqi leaders on war crimes charges was "blackmail."

 

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Fundamentalist politician’s fanatical cartoon

July 26, 2000 

  

BOMBAY (AP) - A judge dismissed charges of incitement against a powerful Hindu supremacist politician Tuesday. His supporters, who had threatened to bloody the streets, instead tossed fireworks in celebration.

 

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It’s official: Republican ticket ‘Bush-Cheney’

July 26, 2000 

  

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After a three-month search headed by former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush found himself a running mate - ending where he started, with Cheney.

 

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Decade’s old missile explosion in Pakistan

July 26, 2000 

  

ISLAMABAD (AP) - A missile, which apparently had been buried for years, exploded on Tuesday when it was struck by a city worker who was planting trees.

 

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Has keeping fingers crossed brought good luck?

July 26, 2000 

  

THURMONT, Maryland (AP) - Offering a glimmer of hope after two grueling weeks of Mideast peace talks at Camp David, the White House indicated that Israel and the Palestinians could be making "some" progress toward resolving their bitter disputes.

 

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Leaked nuclear reactor shut down today

July 26, 2000 

  

TOKYO (AP) - A reactor at a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan was shut down for a suspected fuel leak Tuesday, two days after a small amount of radioactive water spilled at another plant nearby.

 

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Fiji: A state in a state of limbo

July 26, 2000 

  

SUVA (AP) - Talks Tuesday between Fiji coup leader George Speight and President Ratu Josefa Iloilo failed to break a deadlock in the Pacific nation's political crisis, leaving it without a formal government.

 

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ASEAN firesquad troika proposal watered down

July 26, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - Plans for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations diplomatic fire squad to react faster to regional crises hit a brick wall Tuesday after the 10 states disagreed over how much power it should have.

 

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Guests welcoming the host at his own home

July 25, 2000 

  

THURMONT, Maryland (AP) - Plunging into talks immediately upon returning to Camp David, President Bill Clinton is weighing whether there was potential for a peace accord to be struck at the Mideast summit.

 

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North Korea to revamp image at ASEAN meeting

July 25, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - Judging by the schedule of its foreign minister at a regional security forum, North Korea seemed ready Monday to revamp its image, as one of the world's most isolated, unpredictable regimes.

 

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G-8: The sidekick of Mideast summit

July 25, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - It was the highest-profile summit of the year, with the leaders of the world's richest and most powerful nations tackling the globe's most pressing problems.

 

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Russian media's obsessive praise for Putin

July 25, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin's behavior persuaded the Group of Seven to treat Russia as an equal at this weekend's summit, the country's media said Monday - celebrating a major feat for a nation tormented by its fall from a superpower to the West's poor cousin.

 

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Iran loses most celebrated contemporary poet

July 25, 2000 

  

TEHRAN (AP) - Celebrated Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou, who endured prison and self-imposed exile in pursuit of greater freedom, has died after battling severe diabetes.

 

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Radioactive leakage at nuclear power plant

July 25, 2000 

  

TOKYO (AP) - A small mount of radioactive water that leaked at a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan stayed within the facility and did not escape outside, the plant's operator said Monday.

 

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King Mohammed VI's new, modern style

July 25, 2000 

  

RABAT (AP) - In just a year on the throne, King Mohammed VI has imposed his authority in Morocco even while taking the first steps toward liberalization after the 38-year rule of his late father Hassan II.

 

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26th summit of 'Group of Eight' concludes

July 24, 2000 

  

NAGO (AP) - The Group of Eight industrial nations ended their 26th summit on Sunday by saying the world economy is reaching unprecedented levels of prosperity but that it must be shared with the Third World by relieving some of its debts.

 

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The guests waiting for the host to return

July 24, 2000 

  

THURMONT, Maryland(AP) - President Bill Clinton says Mideast negotiators "have not wasted their time" while he attended the annual Group of Eight summit in Japan, but he declined to say whether the Israelis and Palestinians had come any closer toward resolving their differences.

 

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Germany wants poor Russia to join richest 7

July 24, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - Russia should be completely integrated into the Group of Seven top industrialized countries, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Sunday.

 

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10-member ASEAN meeting begins today

July 24, 2000 

  

BANGKOK (AP) - North Korea's attendance at a regional security forum here this week, a major step toward breaking decades of isolation, will likely grab the headlines, but its hosts will also be grappling with their own issues of cooperation and openness.

 

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Cubans'41-year-old fidelity to Fidel Castro

July 24, 2000 

  

HAVANA (AP) - A large march along Havana's coastal highway will be held this week to protest the U.S. trade embargo and celebrate the start of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power 41 years ago, the official government newspaper said Saturday.

 

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Putin wants to put in his e-mail to leaders

July 24, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a strong showing at his first appearance at the exclusive club of the world's richest nations.

 

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Searching and running for 'running mate'

July 24, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Sen. John Danforth resurfaced as a Republican vice presidential candidate, joining former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney on George W. Bush's short list. Cheney is the leading candidate, a highly placed Republican official said as the Texas governor neared his decision.

 

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Returnee from Bangladesh Schiffer bugged

July 24, 2000 

  

MADRID (AP) - Police arrested a fugitive who knocked on the door of supermodel Claudia Schiffer's summer home with a large bouquet of flowers, according to media reports Sunday.

 

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Torrential rains kill 8, thousands homeless

July 24, 2000 

  

SEOUL (AP) - Daylong torrential rains caused floods and landslides, killing eight people, injuring three and forcing thousands to flee their homes, government officials said Sunday.

 

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Summit supposed to bring peace, brings sigh!

July 23, 2000 

  

BAQAA CAMP, Jordan (AP) - Latifa Awad sighed as she glanced at a photo of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the shabby wall of her living room.

 

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Nawaz Sharif to serve 14 years in gaol

July 23, 2000 

  

ATTOCK FORT, Pakistan (AP) - An anti-corruption court sentenced deposed premier Nawaz Sharif on Saturday to 14 years in jail on a charge of tax evasion and disqualified him from politics for 21 years.

 

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5 others likely to be released soon

July 23, 2000 

  

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) - Three Malaysians and two Filipinos being held hostage by Philippine Muslim rebels are likely to be released soon, government negotiators said Saturday.

 

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The razzmatazz and hoopla at G-8!!!

July 23, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - Along the bayside, dancers in bright robes limbered up. Musicians plucked at three-stringed Okinawan guitars. The sun filtered through clouds in the distance.

 

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Dick Cheney may run with Bush

July 23, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Turning to a respected Washington insider in the final days of his search, U.S. presidential candidate George W. Bush is seriously considering former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney as his running mate, two highly placed Republican Party officials say.

 

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5 Latvian plane crew released in West Bengal

July 23, 2000 

  

CALCUTTA (AP) - Five crew members of a Latvian plane who were sentenced to life imprisonment in January in a sensational arms drop case were freed Saturday following pressure from the Russian government.

 

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India and China to clarify disputed border

July 23, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI (AP) - India and China on Saturday agreed to expedite demarcation of their land border that remains disputed since their 1962 war.

 

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Hijacking threat force Indian plane to land

July 23, 2000 

  

NEW DELHI (AP) - An Indian Airlines jet made an unscheduled landing in a central Indian town following a report that four persons might hijack the plane when it was flying from Bombay, officials said.

 

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Idiosyncrasies at G-8 : Protection from “Habu”

July 23, 2000   

 

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - U.S. President Bill Clinton began to take his farewell bows on the world stage Saturday, telling his colleagues, "This is it."

 

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G8 leaders seek to answer critics of globalization

July 22, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - The world's major industrial countries opened their annual economic summit on Friday, hoping to provide a decisive rebuttal to critics of globalization by producing specific programs aimed at bridging the yawning gap between the world's rich and poor.

 

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Greenpeace activists arrested in Okinawa during summit

July 22, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - Four Greenpeace activists were arrested Friday when they entered Nago harbor aboard the Rainbow Warrior ship and tried to deliver a statement to world leaders during their annual summit.

 

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NGOs urge debt relief, medical assistance to poor nations

July 22, 2000 

  

NAGO, Okinawa (AP) - Concrete actions, not empty words, are needed from rich countries to help poor ones overcome health emergencies and ruinous debts, leading non-governmental organizations said Friday.

 

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North Korea joins China in opposing a U.S. missile shield

July 22, 2000 

  

NAGO (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin headed into the Group of Eight summit on Okinawa with two more allies in his opposition to America's proposed antimissile shield: China and North Korea.

 

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Albright takes over for Clinton

July 22, 2000 

  

THURMONT (AP) - The Mideast summit, resurrected only hours after its reported demise, was moving forward with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stepping in for the traveling President Bill Clinton.

 

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At least 21 dead in clashes between Colombia rebels and militias

July 22, 2000 

  

BOGOTA (AP) - Clashes between leftist rebels and rival militias left at least 21 people dead on Thursday, most of them rightist paramilitary fighters, local officials and clergy reported.

 

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