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Boatpeople
photos give Howards a sinking feeling |
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The
Australian government drew fresh fire on Sunday for a false
claim that asylum seekers threw children overboard in an effort
to stay, with the Opposition putting out navy photographs of
refugees fleeing a sinking ship. |
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Isareli
warplanes pound Arafat's office again |
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Israeli F-16
warplanes and helicopter gun-ships struck Palestinian targets
including the office of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in
the West bank city of Nablus, hours after a suicide bomber killed
himself and two Israeli teenagers. |
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Bush
arrives in Tokyo to mixed welcome |
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US
President George W. Bush arrived in Tokyo on Sunday at the start
of an Asian tour, during which he hopes to win more support
for his declared war on terror and to cajole Japan to bite the
bullet on economic reforms. |
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Confusion
over Saudi arrests, UK to airlift Haj pilgrims |
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Afghanistan's
interim leader, Hamid Karzai, said on Sunday he would do everything
necessary to ensure security after the assassination of the
tourism and civil aviation minister and an attack on British
peacekeeping troops. |
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