Archive for the February 4, 2005
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South African democracy icon Nelson Mandela challenged rich nations on Thursday to help end the misery of the world's poorest millions. Speaking on the eve of a meeting of G7 finance ministers, the political prisoner
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The French government on Thursday lodged a formal protest with Libya as police investigated claims that a son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi beat a woman in a Paris hotel earlier this week. "We have
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Hopes for a lasting political settlement between Northern Ireland's feuding communities faded on Thursday after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) withdrew a conditional offer to scrap its weapons. But police chiefs do not believe the
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Chechnya's Russian-backed government on Thursday dismissed a rebel cease-fire declaration, saying it was a publicity stunt that could not be trusted. But analysts said the offer from rebel leaders Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev suggested
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Vesna Dzuverovic thought she was doing the right thing by responding to a UN watchdog's invitation to report on management abuses at the agency where she worked. But for her courage, she was rewarded with
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A Sudanese cargo plane carrying aid to Darfur crashed near the capital Khartoum on Thursday, killing all the crew - one Sudanese and six Russians, the operator said. The captain reported an emergency a few
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Iran has sentenced a person to 10 years in prison for spying for the Islamic state's arch-enemy Israel, a senior judiciary official was quoted as saying on Thursday. The semi-official Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA),
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Seven soldiers are to face a court martial for the murder of an Iraqi civilian in May 2003, Britain's Attorney General said on Thursday, in the latest serious allegation to be levelled against UK troops.
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Nepal's new government said on Thursday it wanted peace talks with Maoist rebels but clamped down on dissent, banning all criticism of the king's decision to assume power for three years. Soldiers have been posted
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At least 19 people were killed in Maoist attacks and electoral violence as voting for provincial legislatures was held Thursday in a region that gives crucial support to India's Congress-led government. In the biggest attack,
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