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01 Apr 2005 12:15 PM
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Monaco Prince is not suspected to recover:
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While doctors are continuing active treatment, Monaco’s Prince Rainier is not likely to recover from his illness.
``The state of health of his Serene Highness Prince Rainier III is still precarious,’’ the Prince’s doctors say. ``At
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01 Apr 2005 11:08 AM
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China restarts ties with rebel Taiwan:
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China is considering the possibility of resuming peace talks with self-ruling Taiwan, a Communist Party official said during the meeting with the Taiwan Nationalist Party leader on Thursday.
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01 Apr 2005 10:42 AM
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Pope John Paul’s health state became "very grave":
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Pope John Paul II is in a "very grave" condition after having heart attack this morning, the Vatican has said.
"Yesterday afternoon ... following a urinary infection, a state of septic shock and cardio-circulatory collapse set in," the
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01 Apr 2005 07:38 AM
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Canada and EU retort against US Byrd amendment:
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The Canadian government Thursday said it will raise a 15% surtax on some U.S. products like cigarettes, oysters and live swine. The surtax which will amount to $11.6 million this year is a Canadian respose to U.S. trade measure known as the Byrd amendment .
The
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31 Mar 2005 11:07 AM
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Abbas orders crackdown on Ramallah militants:
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Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine, has ordered a crackdown on Ramallah militants who defied demands to lay down arms and violate peace-process with Israel.
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30 Mar 2005 11:42 AM
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Laura Bush promoting women education in Afghanistan:
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Laura Bush, U.S. first lady, librarian and a former school teacher, today is on her first visit in Afghanistan promoting women education, abolished by the Taliban government which was defeated by U.S.-led forces three
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30 Mar 2005 11:36 AM
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Pope sees no need in feeding tube:
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The Pope appeared in his window for the first time since Easter Sunday to bless the pilgrims that gathered to cheer up the ailing John Paul.
On Wednesday, the Pope appeared in the window of his studio and raised his hand for blessing. He failed to speak
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30 Mar 2005 11:11 AM
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Kyrgyzstan longs to put chaos behind:
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Felix Kulov, the former opposition leader announced today about his retirement from the post of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement agencies’ coordinator. He also said that the order has been restored after the chaos sparked by last week’s overthrow of President Askar Akayev.
Akayev
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30 Mar 2005 11:04 AM
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Syria to pull out its troops from Lebanon by next May:
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Syria is expected to completely withdraw its troops from Lebanon before the elections that will take place in next May, Syrian officials said.
Syria was forced to initiate the withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon after the Lebanese took to the streets to protest Syrian invasion and claim its involvement in the February 14 assassination of Lebanese opposition leader
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30 Mar 2005 09:56 AM
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Spacewalkers did their job while station drifted:
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The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station managed to install antennas and release a baby Sputnik on a spacewalk Monday just before the orbiting outpost drifted and rolled slightly because of the overloaded
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30 Mar 2005 08:50 AM
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UN helps Indonesia overcome disaster aftermath:
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UN disaster teams landed in Indonesia to help survivors from the 8.7-magnitude quake that stroke the islands of the country.
The country’s island appeared in the epicenter of the disaster with the total death toll to grow rapidly, rescuers say. Now the death toll stays at 320, according to Indonesia’s National Coordinating Agency for Disaster and Refugee
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30 Mar 2005 08:46 AM
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Iraqi oil-for-food scandal strikes Annan:
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is stuck in the scandal around the Iraqi oil-for-food program. Mr. Annan, though, denies all the accusations.
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30 Mar 2005 08:35 AM
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Schiavo’s case may be reconsidered:
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A new hearing may be launched within in Terri Schiavo’s case after her parents’ petition to reconnect the feeding tube and keep their daughter alive.
Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri’s parents, say their daughter would want to be kept alive instead of slowly dying without the inly meaning that maintained her life.
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30 Mar 2005 07:58 AM
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Kofi Annan neither accused nor excused:
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A key conclusion of the investigators of the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq was that Kofi Annan never influenced the awarding of the contract to the Swiss company, Cotecna Inspection S.A., but should have provided deeper, independent probe of possible conflicts of interest after The Sunday Telegraph announced the
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29 Mar 2005 10:30 AM
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Israel to see street battles soon, media warn:
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Israel security officials express fear that the political situation in the country may now acquire a violent character and flow into street battles.
That was provoked by the Israeli parliament’s decision to reject a bill to delay the country’s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
"We
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