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Speight triumphs with Ace of spades trump card

July 14, 2000 

  

SIDNEY (AP) - Fiji's powerful Pacific neighbors welcomed the release Thursday of deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 17 other hostages held by rebels. But they refused to remove the threat of sanctions if Fiji does not return to democracy.

 

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Monica and Starr in starring role again

July 14, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Charles Bakaly III, the former independent counsel spokesman, is going on trial on charges he misled a judge about news leaks during the Monica Lewinsky investigation.

 

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Once corrupted oil sector now on fire

July 14, 2000 

  

OVIRI-COURT, Nigeria (AP) - Officials pleaded with fearful survivors of a deadly pipeline blast in southern Nigeria to come out of hiding Thursday as firefighters doused burning pools of gasoline for a fourth day.

 

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Heat twisted railroad track derails train

July 14, 2000 

  

ANKARA (AP) - A passenger train partially derailed in western Turkey, injuring 15 people, a Turkish newspaper reported Thursday.

 

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''Avant garde vogue' back in France

July 14, 2000 

  

PARIS(AP) - Haute couture lives! Fears of the death of this art are vanishing with classic and beautiful clothes by Yves Saint Laurent, and valiant efforts by younger newcomers, who actually sew the clothes themselves.

 

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'Two-way street' shouldn't be a 'dead alley'

July 13, 2000 

  

THURMONT (AP) - In the same rustic setting where Israel forged its first peace treaty with an Arab enemy, President Bill Clinton brought together Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a renewed quest for a lasting Mideast peace.

 

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Rebels free 9 hostages and 40 tourists

July 13, 2000 

  

SUVA (AP) - Fijian rebels freed nine of the 27 hostages they have been holding in Parliament for nearly two months on Wednesday, raising hopes that the Pacific island nation's government crisis was nearing an end.

 

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5.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Java

July 13, 2000 

  

CIJENGKOL, Indonesia (AP) - Several people were injured and dozens of houses destroyed after a strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's main island of Java on Wednesday.

 

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Talks with Muslim extremists resume

July 13, 2000 

  

JOLO, Philippines (AP) - Two government negotiators returned to a remote Philippine province Wednesday to resume talks with Muslim extremists who are holding dozens of hostages, including a group of 20 mostly foreign captives abducted from Malaysia in April.

 

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UN asks Taliban to be more liberal

July 13, 2000 

  

ISLAMABAD (AP) - A senior U.N. official was in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Wednesday to try to get the ruling Taliban to rescind a new edict barring Afghan women from working for international relief agencies.

 

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FBI's Lee Seung's liaison with South Korea

July 13, 2000 

  

SEOUL (AP) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will open a liaison office in Seoul this week, U.S. Embassy officials said Wednesday.

 

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"Tai-tais" and superstars' new fad: Fashion

July 13, 2000 

  

HONG KONG (AP) - Tall, lean models wearing fluffy fabrics in shades of spring strutted across a square stage decorated with rows of plastic fauna and flora, showing off the latest in local design during Hong Kong Fashion Week.

 

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Tipper Gore as first lady

July 12, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tipper Gore says her penchant for spontaneity and desire for fun will continue even if her husband, Al Gore, is elected and she becomes first lady.

 

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Conspiracy in new constitution?

July 12, 2000 

  

COLOMBO (AP) - Sri Lanka's largest nationalist party on Tuesday accused the government and main opposition of conspiracy to divide the country in the guise of trying to end the 17-year civil war.

 

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Coup supporters seize resort

July 12, 2000 

  

SUVA (AP) - Rebel supporters seized an upscale resort in Fiji on Tuesday, the military regime said, worsening the 54-day government crisis with the first attack on a foreign facility.

 

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Clinton worried about violence if summit fails

July 11, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bill Clinton says the Middle East "can move forward toward peace, or can slide back into turmoil" depending on the outcome of this week's Israeli-Palestinian summit at Camp David.

 

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Chinese premier’s first-ever visit to EU

July 11, 2000 

  

BRUSSELS (AP) - Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji was starting the most important part of his 15-day European tour Monday by making a first-time visit for a Chinese leader to the capital of the European Union.  

 

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The Bob Hope of Middle East 

July 11, 2000 

     

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - For most of his 40-year career, comedian Douraid Laham got to do what no other Syrian could: criticize his government and get away with it.

  

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Philippines Garbage Slide Kills 60

July 11, 2000

 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A mountain of garbage loosened by rain collapsed and burst into flames Monday at Manila's biggest dump, flattening squatters' shanties and killing 60 people, officials said.

  

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Japan: lately ‘the land of setting sun’

July 10, 2000 

  

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan (AP) - Hours after a volcanic eruption, a strong earthquake jolted a string of islands off Tokyo Sunday, cracking roads, bursting a water pipe and triggering landslides that damaged homes.

 

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Ulster Protestants protest by divisive march

July 10, 2000 

    
PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland (AP) - An estimated 2,000 grim-faced Protestant Orangemen stepped off Sunday for the most divisive march in Northern Ireland, an annual procession that has already inspired widespread violence.

 

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Running mates run for Vice-Presidency

July 10, 2000

 

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — As the nation's governors gathered Saturday to discuss America's role in the global economy, a matter of raw ambition topped their hidden agenda: the vice presidency.

 

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Review: Craftsmanship like a Potter

July 10, 2000

 

NEW YORK (AP) — ``Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' has everything that made the first three Potter books so successful — an absorbing blend of humor, charm, wit, and a hefty dose of adventure.

 

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Haitians likely to bring back Aristide

July 10, 2000 

  

ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) - Haitians appeared set to grant former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's party overwhelming control of Parliament in elections Sunday, even though many people question the legality of a vote that is being challenged by opposition parties and much of the international community.

 

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1st anniversary of bloody police raid

July 10, 2000 

  

TEHRAN (AP) - The brother of Iran's president - a Popular reformer in his own right - was quoted calling for peace Sunday following violent clashes between supporters and opponents of democratic reforms that left at least a dozen people injured.

 

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UN wants first-ever election in Kosovo

July 10, 2000 

 

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - With a fun run for ethnic Albanians and appeals to the Serbs, the United Nations is launching a major push to register as many Kosovars as possible for the province's first internationally upervised election before the registration deadline next weekend.

 

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US servicemen getting entangled

July 10, 2000 

  

NAHA, Japan (AP) - Police on Okinawa arrested a U.S. Air Force serviceman on suspicion he drove through a red light and hit a pedestrian in the latest in a string of alleged crimes involving the U.S. military.

 

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It's Camp David after a quarter century

July 9, 2000

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The future of Jerusalem looms as the potential deal-breaker in Tuesday's last-ditch summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders at Camp David, Md.  

 

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Speight's cousin shaves the top again

July 9, 2000

 

SUVA, Fiji (AP) — A second hostage crisis erupted Saturday in Fiji as armed rebels supporting coup leader George Speight seized 30 soldiers, police and government officials in a police station outside the capital.

 

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'Harry Potter' emerges from the ‘Pot’

July 9, 2000

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Children and adults, unwilling to wait until morning, swamped bookstores across America into the wee hours Saturday, eager to read the latest exploits of Harry Potter, the boy wizard.

 

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‘State union address’ in former Soviet Union

July 9, 2000 

  

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that only a strong, unified government with a clearly defined division of powers could reverse the nation's sharp decline and guarantee the people's well-being.

 

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Police barricade Sharif's home

July 9, 2000 

  

LAHORE (AP) - Police, who were trying to stop an anti-government march on Saturday, arrested the wife of deposed premier Nawaz Sharif and march leader after a brief car chase through the congested streets of this eastern Punjab city, witnesses and police said.

 

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Philippines also hit by natural calamity

July 9, 2000 

  

MANILA (AP) - Rains fell and flood waters rose across the northern Philippines Saturday, bringing the death toll to 42 and doubling the number of people displaced by twin typhoons, officials said.

 

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Radical Palestinian group chooses new leader

July 9, 2000 

  

DAMASCUS (AP) - The Palestinian extremist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, elected a new leader Saturday, replacing George Habash who resigned in April, a spokesman for the group said.

 

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3 way dispute between China, USA and Pakistan

July 9, 2000 

  

BEIJING (AP) - China and the U.S. failed to put to rest a dispute over China's aid to Pakistan's missile program during talks that restarted dialogue on arms control after a 19-month interruption.

 

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Khatami visits economic giant Germany

July 9, 2000 

  

TEHRAN (AP) - Iran expects Germany to contain opposition to President Mohammad Khatami's visit, state-run radio said Saturday, a day after Iranian opposition activists protested the trip by occupying part of the German consulate in Amsterdam.

 

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Techno music fans for annual Love Parade

July 9, 2000 

  

BERLIN, (AP) - Driven by thundering beats, hundreds of thousands of techno music fans converged in central Berlin on Saturday for the annual Love Parade - the world's biggest dance party of its kind.

 

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Another Earthquake Strikes Nicaragua

July 8, 2000 

 

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The second strong earthquake in as many days shook Nicaragua Friday, causing houses to collapse and terrifying residents, radio reports said. There were reports of at least two deaths and several injuries.

 

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Japan affected by Typhoon

July 8, 2000 

 

TOKYO (AP) -- A typhoon that killed 12 people in the Philippines plowed into Japan Saturday, sending earth loosened by a powerful earthquake crashing down from cliffs to bury buildings and roads.

 

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World Bank Rejects Loan to China

July 8, 2000 

  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- World Bank directors bowed to opposition from the United States, other governments and human rights groups Friday and rejected a $40 million loan to China to resettle 58,000 farmers in traditionally Tibetan lands.

 

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Missile Test a Step Ahead

July 8, 2000 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's rocket scientists lit the fuse on a $100 million missile defense test early Saturday. If successful, the test could move the United States a step closer to building a nationwide anti-missile shield. Congress says it is urgently needed; critics decry it as unworkable.

 

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Chechens Plan New Attacks

July 8, 2000 

   

NAZRAN, Russia (AP) -- Russia's defense minister conceded Friday that the 10-month-old military offensive against rebels in Chechnya could drag on through the winter and said the Chechens are planning new coordinated attacks.

 

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Rwanda Genocide Report Issued

July 8, 2000 

   

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- In a scathing indictment of the failure to halt the worst genocide since World War II, an international panel on Friday blamed the U.N. Security Council, the United States, France and the Catholic Church for failing to prevent the slaughter of more than 500,000 Rwandans.

 

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