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Stronger ties between Africa, Asia expected SABC News
Asian and African leaders have converged at the Indonesian city of Bandung to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a partnership formed between the two continents.
Asia-Africa Leaders Pay Nostalgic Indonesian Visit Reuters
NAASP holds out big promise, says Dr. Shein IPPMEDIA - Guardian
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Armenians remember the horror Boston Globe
Today is the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, the mass killings and deportations by Ottoman Turks that led to the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1923.
Armenians mark painful anniverary Troy Record
90 years after Armenian genocide, 14 survivors honored New Britain Herald
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Togo Voters Choosing New President Newsday
Voters lined up across Togo on Sunday to choose a new president, hoping to put democracy back on track after the tiny West African nation was thrown into months of political turmoil by the death of Africa's longest-serving ruler. Faure Gnassingbe, the son of late, longtime dictator Gnassingbe Eyadema, is running against two candidates: Harry Olympio and main rival Bob Akitani, a septuagenarian opposition leader supported by legions of Togo's restless, disenfranchised youth. "We need a change in mentality here," said Christian Yenkey, a 50-year-old doctor waiting to cast his ballot at a secondary school in the capital, Lome. "I always voted before and never saw anything change. I'm hopeful that this election will be different."
Violence feared as Togolese vote BBC News
Togolese voters cast ballots to choose new leader Xinhua
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NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal

April 24, 2005

The World Bank said it will provide up to $500 million in loans and grants to fight malaria over the next five years.

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New Pope Stresses Bonds at Installation ABC News
In this photo released by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI with the woollen Pallium and Fisherman's Ring - both symbols of papal authority -, celebrates his installment Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 24, 2005. The Pallium is a narrow shawl of white wool embroidered with five red silk crosses, which symbolizes the Pope's role as a shepherd taking care of his flock. In a broad message of outreach to formally begin his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI stressed his church's shared bonds with Jews and other Christians and promised followers Sunday he would not ignore their voices in leading the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
All roads lead to Rome di-ve.com
Mass Held to Install Pope Benedict XVI Washington Post
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Insurgents Continue Campaign of Violence Against Iraqis New York Times
Twin car bombs killed six Iraqi police officers and injured at least 30 at a police academy in Tikrit today. In Baghdad, 15 people were killed and at least 57 were hurt in two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque, as insurgents continued their campaign of violence against Iraqis. A statement from Yarmook hospital reported the number of casualties from the blast, which took place in a Shiite neighborhood of the capital. Attacks on Shiite targets have raised concern over increased sectarian strife. The United States military also said it had captured four more Iraqis suspected of involvement in the downing of a civilian helicopter last week that killed six American security contractors and five others. The four Iraqis join six other Iraqi suspects seized early Saturday morning after Iraqi informers led soldiers to the suspects' truck and homes, according to military officials.
Four Car Bombings in Iraq Leave 21 Dead ABC News
Iraqi Police Attacked in Double Suicide Bombing All Headlines News
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Dozens die in Japan train crash This is London
A commuter train has derailed and smashed into an apartment building at a railway crossing in western Japan, killing at least 37 people and injuring 200 others. The seven-carriage train operated by West Japan Railway also hit a car at the crossing near Amagasaki, about 250 miles west of Tokyo, but it was not immediately clear if the car was hit before or after the derailment. The 23-year-old driver of the train, carrying 550 passengers, had only 11 months of experience, the railway company said. Kyodo News agency said the driver was in a serious condition.
At Least 37 Killed as Japanese Train Derails Metro Toronto
Train Derails in Western Japan, Killing 37 ABC News
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Skydiver is killed after fatal collision with plane Earthtimes.org
A skydiver struck the wing of a plane as he came down and lost both his legs., later succumbing to his injuries. Cinematographer Albert "Gus" Wing III hit a plane even as he opened his parachute, his legs were severed and he died at the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. There was no confirmation if the pilot of the plane, William Buchmann of DeLand, was hurt. Wing had taken a routine jump over an airport in DeLand, central Florida, when the accident occured on Saturday morning. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Holly Baker revealed that fourteen other skydivers were jumping at that time.
Airplane hits skydiver to death in Florida Food Consumer
Skydiver's legs severed by plane Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)
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US prisons swell by nearly 900 inmates per week in 2004 Kansas City Star
Growing at a rate of about 900 inmates each week over the span of a year, the nation's prisons and jails held 2.1 million people, or one for every 138 US residents, as of June 30, the government reported Sunday.
Nation's Inmate Population Increased 2.3 Percent Last Year New York Times
State is No. 1 in prison growth Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
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US Diplomat's account of Armenian Genocide easily forgotten Tufts Daily
by Harout Semerdjian. Some of the worst crimes in history have taken place under During the Second World War, much of the Jewish population of Europe fell victim to Nazi genocide. Several decades preceding the Holocaust, as World War I was unfolding, another genocide was taking place that effectively removed an entire population from their historical homeland of three millennia. Now, Turkey needs to acknowledge the Armenian genocide in order to gain better world standing. Leslie A. Davis, the U.S. Consul posted to the remote town of Harput, Turkey in 1915, wrote in a diplomatic dispatch dated July 24 of that year, "I do not believe there has ever been a massacre in the history of the world so general and thorough as that which is now being perpetrated in this region."
Armenians will never, ever forget Providence Journal (subscription)
Armenia marks 90th anniversary of Ottoman Empire massacres China Daily
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Unity colors pope's first message Houston Chronicle
Sounding a note of unity with "believers and nonbelievers alike," Pope Benedict XVI Sunday officially inaugurated his ministry as shepherd of 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
Pope's inauguration ceremony begins in front of world Financial Express.bd
Priority for Metro Catholics: More unity, stronger priests DetNews.com
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GOP Stressing Constitution in Judge Battle San Francisco Chronicle
Buffeted by poor poll numbers, Senate Republicans are stressing the Constitution rather than religion or retribution against activist judges as the reason to deny Democrats the right to block votes on President Bush's court nominees. "What I do not want to do is cross the line and say those who oppose these nominees are people who lack faith," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told "Fox News Sunday.""I don't believe that. I don't think that's appropriate." Graham spoke several hours before Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told a group of social conservatives he wants no part of retaliation against sitting judges.
An ugly new chapter in the religious wars Boston Globe
Frist speaks to Christian anti-filibuster rally CNN
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Bomb explosions in Baghdad kill at least 15 China Daily
It has become a deadly tactic for insurgents: detonate an explosive near a target, then set off another in the same area to kill or maim anyone - soldiers, police or bystanders, who arrives on the scene.
Two car bombs kill six, wound 25 in latest Iraq violence Taipei Times
Bombs kill 22 in twin attacks Guardian
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At Least 50 Killed in Japan Train Derailment ABC News
Rescuers work atop a derailed commuter train that smashed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, western Japan, April 25, 2005, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds in Japan's worst train accident in more than 40 years.
Dozens killed in Japan train derailment MarketWatch
49 die in Japanese rail crash Scotsman
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Blair's UK Election Bid Faces Fresh Iraq Questions Bloomberg
Britain's opposition parties revived accusations that Prime Minister Tony Blair misled the nation before going to war in Iraq, attempting to dent the Labour government's lead in polls ahead of the May 5 general election.
Blair Faces Concerted Iraq Attack in Election ABC News
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Record Crowds Mark Anzac Day in Australia Voice of America
A record number of Australians have observed Anzac Day - marking the 90th anniversary of the ill-fated battle in Gallipoli (Turkey) during World War I. Many Australians believe their national identity was forged from the courage and spirit displayed by their troops during that eight-month campaign on the Aegean coastline. From Tasmania to Brisbane, tens-of-thousands of people have turned out to commemorate a day that for many marks the birth of a nation.
Prince joins thousands in Gallipoli dead tribute Scotsman
Gallipoli stages memorable 90th service Seven.com.au
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South Korea Warns North Over Nuclear Test ABC News
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, left, shakes hands with Christopher Hill, the US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, during their meeting to discuss six-way talks aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear program, at the foreign ministry in Seoul, Monday, April 25, 2005. Ban warned North Korea against conducting any nuclear tests, saying they would further isolate the communist state and undermine its security.
North Korea warned against nuclear test Financial Times
A Dangerous Distraction TIME
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Togo braces for poll result after three killed Reuters AlertNet
Scared people stayed at home in Togo's capital on Monday, a day after a presidential poll ended with clashes in which three people were killed, fuelling fears of more bloodshed when results of the tarnished vote come out. Shops, banks and some schools were shut. A helicopter gunship clattered over the opposition stronghold of Be. Two pickup trucks with mounted machineguns patrolled there and the pop of tear gas canisters being fired could be heard. All sides in the election, meant to choose the West African nation's first new leader in nearly four decades, have voiced allegations of fraud and intimidation, intensifying fears that whatever the results may be they will still spark protests.
Togo's voters flock to polls despite violence OCRegister (subscription)
Dictator's son, 2 others vie for restive Togo's presidency Chicago Tribune (subscription)
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Armenians recall horrors of 1915 killings Sun-Sentinel.com
Names of entire families executed by the Turkish government 90 years ago rang out at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church on Sunday as local Armenian Christians retold tales that shaped the lives of generations.
Briefly world OCRegister (subscription)
Somber ceremony recalls horrific genocide Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Israel Mourns Passing of Its Seventh President, Air Force Founder Cybercast News Service
Israel's seventh president and founder of the country's air force, Ezer Weizman, 80, died at his home in Ceasarea on Sunday evening.
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