U.S. SEEKS KOPP'S EXTRADITION FROM FRANCE
The United States has submitted a request to officials in France for the
extradition of a man accused of the 1998 killing of an abortion provider in New
York state. click
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RENEWED FIGHTING IN CHECHNYA
The largest battle in Chechnya in months has seen at least 15 Russian
soldiers killed and 20 wounded in a two-day fight with rebels. click
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BRITISH PM CALLS JUNE VOTE
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has put his government on the line and
called an election for June 7. click
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TRIMBLE THREATENS TO RESIGN UNLESS IRA DISARMS
A leading Protestant politician in Northern Ireland said Tuesday he will
resign if the Catholic-supported Irish Republican Army doesn't begin to disarm
by next month. click
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BUSH PLANS NEW ANTI-TERRORISM TASK FORCE
The Bush administration is asking the U.S. agency that normally deals with
floods and other natural disasters to handle terrorism as well. click
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NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES HUGE CUTS TO AIR FORCE,
NAVY
The government of New Zealand says it will strip its air force of fighter
jets and sharply reduce its navy. click
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POPE'S PILGRIMAGE REACHES MALTA
Pope John Paul arrived in Malta Tuesday for a two-day visit, the last stop
on a six-day pilgrimage that has taken him to Greece and Syria. click
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MINE TRAGEDY IN SOUTH AFRICA
An explosion deep inside a South African gold mine has killed at least 12
workers. click
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PALESTINIANS BURY YOUNGEST VICTIM OF UPRISING
A funeral was held Tuesday in the Gaza Strip for the four-month-old
Palestinian girl who was killed one day earlier by Israeli tank-fire. click
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PRIME MINISTER BLAIR EXPECTED TO CALL ELECTION
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected on Tuesday to call a general
election for June 7. FULL STORY: click
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CHARGES COULD AWAIT
FRENCH GENERAL
A retired French general's tales of torture and execution in Algeria 40
years ago could land him in court to face charges of crimes against humanity.
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FORMER HEALTH MINISTER WARNS GLOBALIZATION
THREATENS MEDICARE
The woman who charted the course for the Canada Health Act warns that
globalization could threaten the future of Canadian medicare. FULL STORY: click
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ISRAEL FIRES ON PALESTINIAN CAMP, INFANT KILLED
A four-month-old Palestinian girl was killed Monday, during an Israeli
mortar attack on the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza. More than 20 others were
wounded, 10 of them children. FULL STORY: click
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POPE LEAVES SYRIA WITH WORDS OF PEACE
Pope John Paul left Syria for Malta on Tuesday. He departed with words of
encouragement for Arabs and Jews to work for a just peace. FULL STORY: click
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POLICE SWITCH FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION IN
JESSICA'S DISAPPEARANCE
Police in Lethbridge are expected to scale back the search for five-year-old
Jessica Koopmans today as they focus on the criminal investigation into her
disappearance. FULL STORY: click
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PRIME MINISTER BLAIR CALLS JUNE VOTE
Prime Minister Tony Blair has put his government on the line and called an
election for June 7. FULL STORY: click
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PALESTINIANS BURY YOUNGEST VICTIM OF UPRISING
A funeral was held Tuesday in the Gaza Strip for the four-month-old
Palestinian girl who was killed one day earlier by Israeli tankfire. FULL STORY:
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ISRAEL REJECTS ARAFAT'S REQUEST FOR SUMMIT
Israel turned down a Palestinian call for another peace summit Saturday,
demanding an end to more than seven months of bloodshed first. FULL STORY: click
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MACEDONIAN PM CALLS FOR STATE OF WAR
Macedonia's prime minister, Ljbuco Georgievski, plans to ask the country's
parliament to declare a state of war to step up the fight against ethnic
Albanian rebels. FULL STORY: click
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POPE'S PILGRIMAGE REACHES 'PEARL OF THE EAST'
Pope John Paul arrived in Syria Saturday, continuing a six-day pilgrimage
following in the biblical footsteps of St. Paul and and trying to forge peace
between Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East. FULL STORY: click
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HOLLYWOOD SPARED WRITERS' STRIKE
Hollywood writers struck a three-year tentative deal with producers Friday
night, heading off a strike many believed was inevitable. FULL STORY: click
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INDIAN HINDUS WANT MCFRIES BANNED
A branch of devout Hindus in India wants all outlets of fast-food giant
McDonald's in the country shut down because of reports that animal extracts are
used in the French fries. FULL STORY: click
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DIVERS SUSPECTED OF STEALING FROM DROWNING
VICTIMS
Two professional divers were arrested Saturday for allegedly taking money
from the bodies of passengers who drowned when a ferry capsized in Lake Kivu in
the Congolese city of Goma. FULL STORY: click
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ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS SPLIT OVER MIDEAST PROBE
Israel has rejected a key recommendation of an international panel looking
for ways to end the seven-month conflict with Palestinians. FULL STORY: click
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SPACE TOURIST TITO 'BACK FROM PARADISE'
The world's first space tourist landed safely back on Earth early Sunday,
then emerged shakily from the Russian Soyuz space capsule to announce, "I
just came back from paradise." FULL STORY: click
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BRITAIN FOUND GUILTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
KILLINGS
A European court has found Britain guilty of violating the right to life of
12 people who were killed by security forces in Northern Ireland. FULL STORY: click
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FLORIDA REVAMPS VOTING RULES
The Florida state government has passed an elections reform package. FULL
STORY: click
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POPE APOLOGIZES IN GREECE
Pope John Paul II said he was sorry on Friday. The Pope apologized to Greek
Orthodox Christians for centuries-old grievances. FULL STORY: click
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KOSOVO PEACEKEEPERS COME UNDER FIRE
U.S. and Russian peacekeepers came under fire from suspected ethnic Albanian
guerrillas near the boundary between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia, on Friday.
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BOMB EXPLODES AT AFGHANISTAN MOSQUE
A powerful bomb exploded outside a mosque in western Afghanistan. FULL
STORY: click
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DROUGHT THREATENS RAJASTHAN
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing areas in three drought-ridden
states in India. FULL STORY: click
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NEW BOOK CLAIMS FRENCH EXECUTED ALGERIANS
French President Jacques Chirac says he is horrified by the admissions of a
retired French general about the routine incidence of torture and killings of
Algerians during the Algerian War of Independence. FULL STORY: click
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BLAIR SAYS FOOT-AND-MOUTH BEING CONTROLLED
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the foot-and-mouth epidemic is
winding down. FULL STORY: click
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MILOSEVIC SERVED WITH AN INDICTMENT
A Yugoslav court says it submitted the UN tribunal's indictment for war
crimes to former president Slobodan Milosevic in his jail cell. FULL STORY: click
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MBEKI WELCOMES POLICE INVESTIGATION
South African President Thabo Mbeki says he supports a police investigation
into allegations he was involved in the 1993 murder of a prominent liberation
leader. FULL STORY: click
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GREAT TRAIN FUGITIVE ASKS TO COME HOME
One of Britain's most notorious fugitives wants to come home. Ronnie Biggs
has been on the run for 35 years after being part of the gang that staged the
Great Train Robbery. FULL STORY: click
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MEMORIAL FOR STUDENTS KILLED IN BUS CRASH
Parents and students attended a memorial for four American high school
students Wednesday. FULL STORY: click
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BACKDROP OF VIOLENCE TO MIDEAST PEACE TALKS
Israeli tanks rolled about 100 metres into Palestinian territory near Rafah
on the frontier between Gaza and Egypt on Wednesday. FULL STORY: click
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EX-BEATLE GEORGE HARRISON HAS CANCER SURGERY
Former Beatle George Harrison has undergone surgery for cancer and is now
recovering, according to his lawyers. FULL STORY: click
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MCGUINNESS PUBLICLY ADMITS TO IRA MEMBERSHIP
A key minister in Northern Ireland's cabinet has publicly admitted for the
first time that he was the Irish Republican Army's second-in-command during the
1972 killings of 13 demonstrators in Londonderry, an event now known as Bloody
Sunday. FULL STORY: click
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NEW RULES ON AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK SAFETY COMING
Federal aviation authorities in the United States say they will soon issue
the most comprehensive rules ever on aircraft fuel tank safety. FULL STORY: click
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NEWSPAPERS TRY TO FIND NEW WAYS TO PROSPER
Hundreds of newspaper editors and publishers from the United States and
Canada are meeting in Toronto this week to talk about the financial crunch
papers are facing on both sides of the border. FULL STORY: click
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BRITAIN TOO QUICK TO SLAUGHTER, SAYS
FOOT-AND-MOUTH EXPERT
The British government may have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of animals
it didn't have to in the battle to contain the outbreak of foot-and-mouth
disease. FULL STORY: click
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WORLD REACTS POORLY TO BUSH'S MISSILE DEFENCE
PLAN
U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to move ahead with a missile
defence shield has garnered world reaction ranging from cautious support to
outright criticism. FULL STORY: click
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FORMER KLANSMAN GUILTY OF MURDER FOUR DECADES
LATER
A jury has convicted a former member of the Ku Klux Klan of murdering four
black girls almost four decades ago by bombing their church in Birmingham,
Alabama. FULL STORY: click
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BUSH SAYS MISSILE DEFENCE WILL BE PROTECTION
FROM "UNPREDICTABLE WORLD"
U.S. President George W. Bush has laid out his vision of how to defend the
United States from nuclear attack. FULL STORY: click
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MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS SOUR IN SEVERAL CITIES
May Day parades by workers' rights groups turned violent Tuesday as
anti-globalization activists clashed with police in Berlin, London and Sydney.
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