Akayev says will return home if conditions permit Xinhua
Former Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev said Tuesday he will return home once law and order are restored to his country, plagued by weeks of massive protest and sporadic violence triggered by the recent disputed ...
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Annan Tells Of 'Personal Pain' From Inquiries Xtra News
Get the latest news from New Zealand and around the world delivered direct to your Inbox every weekday - subscribe... Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told his staff of his "personal pain" from attacks on ...
Annan Tells Staff of His 'Pain' from UN Inquiries Reuters
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Japan's stand on history unchanged: spokesman Xinhua
Japan's stand on history has not changed and it will continue to humbly treat the facts about its aggression and make profound reflection, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
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Marburg death toll in Angola reported at 155 CIDRAP
The outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Angola has continued to grow and has killed 155 of 175 people infected, according to the latest reports.
Virus outbreak death rate rises Melbourne Herald Sun
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Sudan stages mass protest against UN resolution 1593 Xinhua
Tens of thousands of Sudanese people took to the street here Tuesday to protest against a UN resolution referring war crime suspects in Sudan's Darfur region tothe International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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Iran, EU make progress on nuclear deal - Khatami Reuters India
Iran and European powers have made progress in talks on ensuring Tehran's nuclear programme cannot be used for weapons, President Mohammad Khatami said on Tuesday.
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Attack on US Convoy in Iraq Kills GI Guardian
A bomb attack on a US convoy in southern Baghdad killed one American soldier and wounded four others Tuesday, while gunmen broke into a house and kidnapped a top Interior ...
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Pakistan, China sign 22 agreements GEO
Pakistan and China on Tuesday signed 22 different military, economic and trade agreements to ensure regional integrity and security of both the countries.
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Jordan's king calls upon new PM to promote reforms Xinhua
Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday called upon newly-named Prime Minister Adnan Badran to form a cabinet to push forward reforms.
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Secret dies with the Pontiff Calcutta Telegraph
Pope John Paul II will take a secret to the grave when he is buried on Friday — the identity of the last cardinal he named in 2003, which he said at the time he wanted to keep close to his heart.
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Cognitive therapy as potent as antidepressants: study Earthtimes.org
Cognitive therapy can help as much as antidepressants in alleviating initial chronic depression and provide longer lasting effects, a study has found. The study by University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt ...
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Top militants killed as Saudi shootout enters third day Hindu
The clash between Saudi security forces and militants has entered its third day, with a gun battle still continuing in the northern town of Al-Ras.
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Kashmir road bridges rivals CNN International
They call it a highway, but the road that heads toward Pakistani-controlled Kashmir is often little more than one lane wide, with crumbling edges that drop away for hundreds of feet (meters) into the rush of a mud-brown river.
Passengers face another hurdle Hindu
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International War-Crimes Prosecutor Gets List of 51 Sudan Suspects New York Times
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court received a list of 51 suspects in the ethnic killing campaign in the Darfur region of Sudan from Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday, opening the way for war crimes ...
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Settlement plan to proceed slowly Washington Times
Israel's plan to expand a major Jewish settlement east of Jerusalem likely will not be implemented anytime soon, an Israeli security source said yesterday.
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Khatami expects ‘significant’ headway in N-talks Hi Pakistan
Visiting Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said here on Tuesday he expected "significant" headway at a meeting of Iranian and European negotiators on his country’s controversial nuclear programme late this month.
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Textbook approvals trigger Beijing, Seoul objections Asahi Shimbun
China and South Korea on Tuesday protested the education ministry's approval of history and civic studies textbooks that they say justify Japan's past military aggression.
Japan faces storm over 'rewriting' war history Times Online
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Monaco's Rainier, Europe's Longest-Serving Monarch, Dies at 81 Bloomberg
Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Europe's longest-ruling monarch and husband of the late movie- star Grace Kelly, died today. He was 81. ...
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Sweeping victory lifts hopes of the Italian centre-left Financial Times
Italy's centre-left opposition yesterday savoured a triumph beyond its wildest hopes as Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, and his ruling Forza Italia party crashed to its biggest election defeat since coming to power in 2001.
Italian ruling coalition suffers huge loss in regional race Xinhua
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Calls for Asian cooperation, integration IranMania News
Asian ministers on Tuesday called for cooperation that went beyond economics to achieve genuine integration of the countries of their diverse region stretching from the Middle East to the Pacific.
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Iraqi prison protests, spurred by transfer, cause injuries Independent Florida Alligator
Iraqis gather at the scene of a car bombing in Mosul, Iraq on Tuesday. Three people suffered shrapnel wounds and a 14-year-old boy was shot in the head, apparently when US troops opened fire after the blast, a hospital official said.
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European leaders mourn Monaco's prince Age (subscription)
Tributes have flooded in from throughout Europe for Monaco's Prince Rainier III, who died today. French President Jacques Chirac hailed the prince's "courage and tenacity" in the face of his failing health.
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Anti-governor protesters block San Francisco streets San Jose Mercury News
Several thousand boisterous union members besieged the Ritz-Carlton Hotel where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was holding a fundraiser Tuesday night and ...
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Harvard loses top political scientist Boston Globe
In another blow to Harvard's African and African American Studies department, Michael C. Dawson, one of the nation's top scholars of race and politics, is ...
Scholar to leave Harvard and return to University of Chicago WQAD
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Talabani Named Interim Iraqi President WSAV-TV
Iraq's new interim president says his country needs help from other countries to help keep foreign insurgents out. Jalal Talabani, who has been chosen interim president by the Iraqi parliament, says Iraq's people are patient. ...
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Cardinals Set Date for Secret Papal Vote ABC News
As faithful and pilgrims, in background, queue to pay homage to the late Pope John Paul II, Nicaragua's Cardinal Miguel Obado Bravo, Archbishop of Managua, walks in St.
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Militants Attack India-Pakistan Delegation ABC News
A Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bound Pakistani bus takes part in a rehearsal on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, Wednesday, April 6, 2005.
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New Iraqi president pledges to consolidate national unity Xinhua
The newly-elected Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani pledged on Wednesday to consolidate national unity in the insurgency-plagued country.
Kurdish leader elected as Iraqi president RTE Interactive
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Saudi: Al Qaeda 'big fish' killed CNN
Several al Qaeda "big fish" were among the 15 terrorists killed and seven captured in a series of gun battles and raids in and near Riyadh since Sunday, Saudi security officials say.
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Cote d'Ivoire warring parties declare end of war in territory Xinhua
Warring parties from Cote d' Ivoire signed the Pretoria agreement to declare the immediate and final cessation of all hostilities and the end of the war throughout the national territory on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast Foes Declare End to War Reuters
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Israel Defends Settlement Plan in Face of Bush Demands Reuters
Israel signaled on Wednesday it was sticking to a plan to extend its largest West Bank settlement to Jerusalem, despite President Bush's demand for a halt to all Jewish settlement expansion.
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Calm Is Urged in Japan Textbook Dispute Guardian
South Korean opposition to a Japanese textbook declaring Tokyo's claim to a group of disputed islands is extreme, and the issue should be handled calmly, a Japanese government spokesman said Wednesday.
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Republicans Campaign to Abolish British Monarchy Reuters
A leading Republican group, galvanized by popular unease at the wedding of Prince Charles to his longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles, launched a campaign on Wednesday to abolish the British monarchy.
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UN hands over evidence of Darfur atrocities ICC Hindu
Acting swiftly after the Security Council decided to hand over cases of atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region to the International Criminal Court, the UN has handed over to it a sealed list of 51 people suspected of ...
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9 US Soldiers Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash Voice of America
The US military says one of its helicopters has crashed in southeastern Afghanistan, killing nine people on board, including four American crew members. A spokeswoman says bad weather appears to have caused the crash of the Chinook helicopter in Ghazni province Wednesday. The crash occurred near Ghazni city, some 120 kilometers southwest of the capital, Kabul. An investigation is under way.
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High Energy Prices To Lead To Alternative Source Development WebProNews
Yesterday, Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan said that high energy prices are the result of the tightest oil and gas market we have seen in a long time. He said that this should, however, lead to the development of alternative sources and conservation methods. "In prepared remarks, he said policy makers should avoid any action that would ''distort or stifle the meaningful functioning of our markets." Greenspan spoke via satellite to the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association meeting in San Antonio. A copy of his remarks was distributed in Washington.
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Ex-maid tells of boy in Jackson's bed International Herald Tribune
SANTA MARIA, California A woman who once held a key to Michael Jackson's bedroom, washed his clothes and shined his shoes, testified that she had cleaned up after the singer's bathtub frolics with children and that she once saw him lying in bed with a boy
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Nobel laureate Saul Bellow dead Hindustan Times
Saul Bellow, the bootlegger's son who became the Nobel Prize-winning author of Herzog and Humboldt's Gift, was remembered for his essential tales of chaos and honor in 20th century American literature.
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Cardinals Set Date for Secret Papal Vote ABC News
Canadian Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal, walks in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 6, 2005, after attending a meeting of the College of Cardinals. Turcotte is one of the 117 Cardinals who will cast ballots later this month for the next head of the 1 billion-strong Catholic church. The College of Cardinals on Wednesday set April 18 as the date for the historic start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, as the Vatican made final arrangements for the funeral expected to draw millions of pilgrims and world leaders to Rome.
Pope's will 'to be released today' Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)
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Leaders pay tribute to Rainier CNN International
In an outpouring of condolences, world leaders Wednesday mourned the death of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, crediting him with courage and creating wealth and prestige for his tiny nation during his long reign. ...
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Serious Differences Remain Between US, Israel over Settlements Voice of America
A senior Israeli official says there are serious differences between Israel and the United States over the expansion of Jewish settlements in Palestinian areas.
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Flailing at the tentacles of a monster Australian
WITH at least 14 Islamist militants dead after a three-day siege of cinematic intensity in the remote conservative Saudi city of Al-Rass, the authorities in Riyadh are claiming that the back of the murky insurgency in their kingdom has been broken.
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China and South Korea Outraged by New Japanese History Textbooks Elites TV
The governments of China and South Korea have expressed outrage at the approval of a new set of Japanese history textbooks which they claim glorify Japan's wartime past.
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SUDAN: Protestors denounce referral of Darfur crimes to ICC Reuters AlertNet
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Tuesday, to protest against a UN resolution calling for those accused of crimes in Darfur to be tried by the International Criminal
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Adams tells IRA armed struggle is 'not only way' Times Online
Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein president, told the IRA today that there was an alternative to armed struggle and urged the Provisionals to consider it "as quickly as possible".
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Analysis: Saudis continue to battle terror Washington Times
Most analysts agree Saudi security forces have the upper hand in the kingdom's ongoing war on Islamist terrorism whose aim is the overthrow of the royal House ...
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UN hails Ivory Coast accord Washington Times
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan hails the accord reached by Ivory Coast's political leadership to stop fighting and start disarmament.
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No sign N. Korea returning to talks-US official Reuters
The United States has no indication North Korea is ready to return to six-country nuclear talks despite a published report that it had agreed to do so, a State Department official said on Wednesday.
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Chinese PM: China Is Not a Threat to Neighbors Voice of America
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao says his country will never become a threat to other countries nor attempt to dominate them. Mr.
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China will never be a threat to Manila Bulletin
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Iran supports free and democratic Lebanon IranMania News
Iran backs a "free, democratic and independent" Lebanon, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday after meeting with French counterpart Jacques Chirac.
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