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britain 's queen elizabeth ii will next month make her first visit to nigeria since it won independence from her rule , despite security fears , the british high commission confirmed here friday . | queen to make first visit to nigeria since independence |
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twenty five illegal immigrants were plucked to safety after their dinghy got into difficulties in the aegean sea , off the island of UNK in northwest greece , the greek merchant marine ministry said saturday . | greek rescuers pluck illegal immigrants from sea |
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a rebel commander was on friday convicted by the high court of undergoing illegal military training abroad with the intention of overthrowing the zimbabwean government . | rebel commander convicted of receiving military training to oust government |
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two palestinians including a ##-year-old woman were killed monday by israeli fire during an israeli incursion into the refugee camp of jenin in the northern west bank , a hospital source said . | two palestinians killed in jenin refugee camp |
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a gun-wielding man and a woman both adorned UNK burqas as they stole ###,### pounds -lrb- ###,### dollars -rrb- worth of gems from an exclusive london jewellers , police said thursday . | UNK robbers raid exclusive london jewellers |
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a christmas tree given to the city of belfast by president bill clinton will be burned in the new year because of fears that it may spread disease to local forests , council workers announced tuesday . | UNK clinton 's christmas gift to belfast will be burned in the new year |
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tyre giant michelin denied friday it was preparing to step in and help rescue next year 's french grand prix . | michelin deny french gp help |
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malaysian consumer prices in october rose by #.# percent from a year earlier and #.# percent from september , the statistics department said wednesday . | malaysian consumer prices up #.# percent in october |
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talks on the status of the us airman held captive by north korea after his helicopter went down in north korean territory have made `` good progress , '' a state department spokesman said thursday . | us reports progress in talks on release of us airman |
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defending champion annika sorenstam of sweden shot a four-under-par ## on saturday to take a comfortable lead going into the final round of the lpga # million-dollar banner tournament . | sweden 's sorenstam shoots ## to soar ahead in phoenix |
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the australian ballet took to the paris stage for the first time in ## years monday with the contemporary indigenous UNK dance theatre for a UNK tribute to age-old aboriginal culture . | aboriginal ballet hits paris stage |
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thailand 's acting prime minister lifted the state of emergency in bangkok sunday as the ruling party met to choose a new candidate for premier , but the nation 's political turmoil looks set to drag on . | thailand lifts state of emergency |
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a non-profit internet rights group on thursday filed a lawsuit against president george w. bush and others in his administration for the `` massively illegal '' surveillance of emails and telephone calls without court warrants . | internet group sues bush for electronic eavesdropping |
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russia criticised as `` outdated '' thursday a us state department report alleging human rights violations by federal forces in the breakaway republic of chechnya . | russia denounces outdated us report on human rights |
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a us bankruptcy court saturday approved the sale of key assets of fallen us investment bank lehman brothers to its british competitor barclays . | us court okays sale of lehman brothers units to barclays |
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swiss police detained ## people after an anti-fascist protest in the capital bern degenerated into clashes between demonstrators and police , officials said sunday . | ## detained in swiss anti-fascist demo |
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linford christie called for diane modahl to be cleared of drug-taking when she appears before a british athletic federation disciplinary here on tuesday . | christie calls for modahl justice |
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a palestinian hijacker living in norway is banking on a un convention on human rights to quash a demand for her extradition to germany . | hijacker banks on un rights convention to avoid extradition |
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torrential rains have lashed south africa for two days , causing flooding and closing roads in several provinces , but also easing long - term drought , press reports said sunday . | rain storms lash south africa for two days |
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an ontario judge on thursday halted the removal of a suspected terrorist , with alleged links to the al-qaeda terror network , to syria , according to the detainee 's legal team . | canadian judge halts removal of suspected terrorist to syria |
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pakistan 's new president asif ali zardari saturday called for the setting-up of a parliamentary committee to abolish his powers to dissolve the assembly and dismiss the government . | pakistan 's new president asks parliament to cut his powers |
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bayern munich 's brazilian striker giovane elber still hopes to make it into his country 's squad for the world cup finals . | elber dreams of world cup place |
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ukraine signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty -lrb- npt -rrb- monday in exchange for guarantees on its security from the united states , russia and britain . | ukraine signs nuclear non-proliferation treaty |
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the dollar shook off a weak report on the us trade deficit and held generally steady thursday as investors sought safety in the greenback from market turmoil . | dollar resilient after trade report ; euro weakens |
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the senate opened debate tuesday on the deployment of us troops to the peacekeeping mission in the former yugoslavia with the republican majority pressing for a us effort to arm and train the bosnians . | senate opens debate on us deployment to bosnia |
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south korean-based samsung electronics said tuesday it is offering to buy us flash-memory titan sandisk for #.# billion dollars . | samsung offers to buy sandisk |
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at least seven people were injured in a powerful bomb blast in the city of ludhiana in the northern indian state of punjab on wednesday , the press trust of india said . | seven injured in bomb blast in northern indian state |
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the british government announced monday the nationalisation of troubled lender bradford & bingley , the latest european victim of the fast-moving global financial crisis . | british government nationalises bradford and bingley |
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the european union will take steps to safeguard its own steel industry from foreign products , in the wake of tuesday 's us decision to slap heft tariffs on imported steel , eu trade commissioner pascal lamy said wednesday . | eu to protect its own steel market after us tariff move |
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china 's mengniu dairy suspended trading of its shares on the hong kong stock exchange wednesday after its products tested positive for a chemical that has killed at least three babies and sickened thousands more . | china dairy group UNK suspends shares after milk scare |
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iranian president mohammad khatami is to make official visits to austria and greece next week in his first trip to the european union since his re-election in june #### , diplomatic sources said monday . | iranian president to visit austria greece next week |
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a rebel group in the east-central african state of burundi on monday rejected an ultimatum to lay down their arms within three months and bring a final end to a civil war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over the past decade . | burundi rebels reject peace ultimatum |
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hong kong share prices dropped #.# percent monday as investors locked away profits in lacklustre trade . | hong kong stocks close #.# percent lower |
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the traditional wave of lunar new year executions in china began here tuesday with the shooting of eight persons accused of murder and theft , the beijing evening news reported . | new year 's executions start in china |
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a un-sponsored referendum on independence for western sahara from morocco could take place in october #### , secretary general boutros boutros-ghali said friday . | un referendum on western sahara proposed for october |
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ayub afridi , a powerful pakistani tribal chief and reputedly one of the world 's most notorious drug traffickers , has given himself up to the us authorities , a diplomat said sunday . | drug baron surrenders to us authorities |
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norwegian prime minister gro harlem brundtland promised nobel peace laureates yitzhak rabin , shimon peres and yasser arafat here sunday that her country would help to keep up the `` oslo spirit '' which led to the israeli-plo autonomy accord . | norway pledges to help maintain oslo spirit |
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jurors returned a guilty verdict friday against heidi fleiss , the woman who gained fame as the madam to the stars for allegedly supplying UNK hollywood celebrities with young women for sex . | jury finds hollywood madam guilty of supplying women for sex |
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police arrested a moslem fundamentalist union leader and former mp opposed to jordan 's peace treaty with israel here saturday after he criticized king hussein , officials said . | union leader arrested after criticizing king hussein |
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cuban president fidel castro called into question the mental might of future california governor arnold schwarzenegger and slammed us `` imperialism '' in iraq . | castro takes jab at schwarzenegger imperialism in iraq |
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the un 's children agency unicef on friday asked the chinese authorities to launch `` a full investigation '' after four babies were killed due to melamine contamination in their milk . | unicef urges china to launch full probe into milk scandal |
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the european commission announced monday it is making available aid worth eight million european currency units -lrb- #.# million dollars -rrb- to the civilian population in sudan . | european union to give sudan ten million dollars of aid |
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england were reduced to ## for six by otago , a team that has lost all seven of their first-class matches this season , on a rain-affected first day of the three-day tour match here saturday . | sorry england struggle in test warm-up |
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a palestinian policeman shot and seriously wounded by israeli soldiers ## days ago died in hospital wednesday from his injuries , officials said here . | policeman dies from gunshot wounds |
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syrian expatriates minister UNK shaaban published monday an open letter in an arab newspaper , slamming a recent speech given by us president george w. bush on his vision for democracy in the middle east . | syrian minister slams bush speech in arab press |
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russian forces which wednesday launched a massive attack on defensive positions in grozny , capital of the breakaway republic of chechnya , by far outnumber and outgun separatist forces . | moscow forces no match for grozny |
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shares in german retailer arcandor leapt by ##.## percent to #.## euros in early frankfurt trading wednesday after it unveiled a refinancing deal with an international bank consortium . | shares in german retailer arcandor jump on news of refinancing |
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china 's hard-currency reserves totalled ##.# billion dollars at the end of october , an increase of ### percent compared with the start of the year , the state administration of foreign exchange control reports . | chinese hard-currency reserves doubled since january external debt up |
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international courier dhl said saturday it was suspending flights to iraq after one of its planes was hit by a surface-to-air missile and forced to return to baghdad airport . | dhl flights to iraq suspended until monday after missile hits plane |
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uncertainties surrounding the fate of #,### missing men from the former muslim enclave of srebrenica in eastern bosnia must be resolved if bosnian peace is to work , a red cross official said friday . | fate of #,### missing crucial to bosnian peace icrc |
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germany was reticent friday on us and french calls for new united nations sanctions to press iran to comply with demands for halting contested nuclear work . | germany cool on calls for quick sanctions against iran |
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greenpeace activists staged a demonstration on thursday in front of denmark 's biggest lumber importer to protest against its alleged purchases of wood illegally cut down in tropical forests of africa and asia . | greenpeace protests in denmark over tropical timber imports |
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representatives from the international contact group on bosnia were expected in sarajevo thursday to try and relaunch negotiations to settle the conflict in bosnia-hercegovina . | contact group delegation expected in sarajevo |
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corruption investigator antonio di pietro met with president luigi scalfaro friday fuelling rumors that after his spectacular resignation announcement earlier this week he could join a future government , even becoming interim prime minister if silvio berlusconi is toppled . | rumour mill grinds over future government role for di pietro |
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hundreds of thousands of people voted thursday in india 's northeastern mizoram state , where the balloting passed of peacefully after an overnight scare when three candidates were abducted . | voting ends peacefully in india 's remote northeast indian state |
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conrad black is resigning as head of hollinger international which owns the daily telegraph newspaper in london , chicago sun-times and jerusalem post , over an internal probe into special payments , the group said on monday . | conrad black resigns as head of hollinger over special payments |
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brazil 's ronaldo costa won the san silvestre new year 's eve road race here on saturday . | brazilian wins san silvestre road race |
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the indonesian navy has found a mine in the malacca strait , one of the world 's busiest shipping lanes , a navy spokesman said friday . | indonesian navy finds suspected wartime mine in malacca strait |
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international striker daniele massaro saved ac milan 's season here on wednesday as the italians at last got the better of otto konrad to reach the european champions quarter-finals . | konrad ca n't stop milan this time |
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philippine share prices are expected to head lower next week as trading thins out ahead of the easter holidays , brokers said friday . | philippine stocks seen slipping next week |
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south africa 's president thabo mbeki has called off a planned visit to swaziland on thursday so that he can stay in harare to encourage power sharing talks . | mbeki calls off swaziland trip to stay at zimbabwe talks |
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weeks before an invasion by a us-led force , saddam hussein tried to secure a deal with washington to avoid his downfall , us media have reported . | saddam tried to make deal to avoid invasion |
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us stocks swung lower thursday amid heightened jitters about the financial sector as investment giant lehman brothers battled for survival . | banking jitters pressure wall street |
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iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad on tuesday promised to pursue nuclear technology despite western `` bullying , '' as russia apparently scuppered a push for new sanctions against tehran . | ahmadinejad vows to resist western nuclear bullying |
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australian share prices lost #.# percent in early trade thursday after wall street fell overnight as a sweeping us banking sector rescue plan remained in limbo . | australian shares fall #.# percent in early trade |
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islamic leaders gathering here for a summit starting tuesday will break new ground by debating a resolution on the status of moslem children all over the world . | islamic summit to debate status of moslem children |
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the bundesbank held liquidity steady on wednesday under a repurchase arrangement at a new fixed rate of #.## percent as announced last week . | bundesbank keeps bank funding steady in cool monetary climate |
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scoreboard in the one-day cricket match between england and the australian cricket academy here saturday . | england vs australian cricket academy scoreboard |
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the french senate banned businesses from contributing to electoral campaigns in an overnight vote wednesday on a bill on political funding . | french senate outlaws commercial funding of electoral campaigns |
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a shadowy islamist group calling itself islamic jihad in yemen claimed responsibility for a attack on the us embassy on wednesday that left ## people dead , including six assailants . | shadowy group claims yemen attack |
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south african neo-nazi leader eugene terre ` blanche was wednesday sentenced to six years in jail on charges relating to bombings before the country 's first all-race elections in #### . | south african rightwing leader sentenced for pre-#### bombings |
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iran 's main reformist party , the islamic iran participation front -lrb- iipf -rrb- led by the brother of president mohammad khatami , said tuesday it would not boycott next february 's parliamentary elections , but nevertheless set out a series of demands it said needed to be met . | iran 's main reformist party will not boycott elections but makes demands |
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german foreign minister klaus kinkel condemned china 's jailing of wei jingsheng as `` unacceptable '' on wednesday after the dissident was given a ##-year sentence . | kinkel blasts china for jailing dissident |
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the indian parliament , paralyzed by opposition protests for ## days , briefly set aside its differences tuesday to approve a six-month extension of central rule over the strife-torn state of kashmir . | indian parliament extends central rule over kashmir |
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the sudanese government and rebels in the western darfur region have agreed to extend a ceasefire as talks between the two sides continued in neighboring chad , the official radio said late tuesday . | sudan government darfur rebels extend ceasefire |
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two burglars , who attempted to remove a safe deposit box from a southend shop , spent christmas night stuck in a lift which stopped because of the excessive weight , police said monday . | burglars spend christmas stuck in lift with safe deposit box |
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an american tourist was found dead sunday on the rim of the crater of mount bromo , a us consulate official said in surabaya , east java , tuesday . | american tourist found dead in crater of east java volcano |
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pakistan has asked the british government to clarify media reports that its intelligence agency mi# had bugged the pakistani mission in london , officials said thursday . | pakistan conveys concern to british government over embassy bugging reports |
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dealers at south korean securities firms received an unwelcome christmas eve present from santa claus -- a festive message that clogged their computer terminals for hours . | santa claus strikes back at skorean securities firms |
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cigarette giant british american tobacco -lrb- bat -rrb- is pulling out of myanmar following a request by the british government to withdraw due to human rights concerns , it said on thursday . | tobacco giant bat pulling out of myanmar |
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the yen continued to post solid gains in late trades monday despite some uncertainty surrounding the outcome of weekend elections in japan , analysts said here . | yen posts solid gains against euro dollar |
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the world bank board is scheduled to vote tuesday on whether its private finance arm should sink millions of dollars in loans into two controversial oil projects in azerbaijan . | world bank to vote on azeri oil loans |
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west indies held the upper hand after the opening session of the first of two cricket tests against zimbabwe here on tuesday . | west indies take command in first test |
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russian troops labored over a tentative pull-out from western georgia on thursday as cracks appeared in an eu-brokered truce and moscow turned its diplomatic fire on ukraine . | russia turns diplomatic fire over georgia on ukraine |
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two russian officers accused over the deaths of ## soldiers in a `` friendly fire '' incident in chechnya protested their innocence on monday on the last day of their trial , itar-tass reported . | two officers protest innocence over friendly fire in chechnya |
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hundreds of friends and relatives on tuesday attended the funeral in the slovak town of kosice of the victims of a coach crash in croatia that left ## people dead and ## injured . | slovakia says farewell to coach crash victims |
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hungary on monday extended the mandate of its ### soldiers in iraq by six months until december ## , #### in a gesture of goodwill towards the united states . | hungary prolongs mandate of its troops in iraq to end #### |
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macedonia 's parliament tuesday ratified the new centre-left coalition government of prime minister branko crvenkovski , mandated by president kiro gligorov after october general elections . | parliament ratifies new government |
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ireland votes wednesday in a referendum on whether to tighten the country 's already strict legislation on abortion . | key dates so far on irish abortion |
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a tourist from latin america who was critically injured in a shooting wednesday at the israeli-jordanian border died of her injuries shortly afterwards , israeli authorities said . | tourist wounded in israeli-jordanian border shooting dies |
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us military bomb disposal experts wednesday began clearing hundreds of unexploded bombs after a munitions store explosion here left more than #,### dead . | us experts begin clearing of nigerian munitions blasts |
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israel has received more than ###,### dollars from frozen iraqi bank accounts to cover damages suffered from iraqi missile attacks during the #### gulf war , the foreign ministry said wednesday . | iraq funds used to pay reparations for scud attacks on israel |
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zimbabwe 's first president canaan banana was to be buried wednesday at his rural home in UNK , some ### kilometres -lrb- ### miles -rrb- from where most of the country 's top political figures are interred , after he was denied hero status , state media reported . | zimbabwe ex-president banana denied hero status to have low-key burial |
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belfast was confirmed as host city for the #### world cross country championships by the international amateur athletic federation council on monday . | belfast to host world championships |
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as the us budget impasse and the government shutdown were headed into the new year , another fight between congress and the white house erupted over how to keep creditors at bay . | budget impasse shutdown and now a showdown |
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the chinese government made no official reaction in the media here sunday to the general election in taiwan , which it considers a rogue province . | china quiet on taiwan elections |
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intensive bombing and shelling resumed round the capital of separatist chechnya early thursday after a brief lull , amid expectations of a new russian offensive on grozny . | heavy fighting resumes round grozny |
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tokyo share prices closed sharply higher tuesday as more strong us economic data boosted investor confidence and a drop in the yen eased concerns about japan 's export-led economic recovery , dealers said . | tokyo shares close up #.## percent on brighter us economic outlook |
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nepal 's prime minister sher bahadur deuba is to visit india next week , officials said friday . | nepal 's pm to visit india |
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a cambodian court friday charged a us man with paying to have sex with a ## - year-old girl , officials said . | cambodian court charges us man with child sex |
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