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Gunfire
drowns peace talks again |
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Israel destroyed
a Palestinian security compound in an air strike and tightened
a ring of armour around Yasser Arafat on Friday after a Palestinian
gunman killed six people at a Jewish birthday party. |
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US
troops might not see action in Philippines |
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Philippine officials,
dismayed by mounting criticism of US troops joining operations
against local Muslim guerrillas, said on Friday that American
troops might not go out in the field at all. |
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Congo
volcanic eruption ruins town, kills 45 |
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A river of molten
rock poured from a volcano in Congo on Friday, a day after it
erupted, killing dozens, swallowing buildings whole and forcing
hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city of Goma. |
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Karzai
on the move, flies Ariana to Saudi for funds |
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Aboard the first
official Ariana airlines flight in two years, interim Afghan
leader Hamid Karzai arrived on Friday in Saudi Arabia, the first
leg of an overseas tour to drum up aid for his war-torn land. |
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Cops
storm NHK Tokyo office, rescue hostage |
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Japanese police
charged into an office of national broadcaster NHK on Friday
and overpowered a knife-wielding man who had taken a woman hostage
and demanded to speak to Prime Minister Koizumi. |
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Europe’s
first brothel for women goes bust |
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Europe’s first
brothel catering for women has gone bankrupt because customers
refused to pay up, German police said on Friday. |
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