Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Milosevic's Ill Health Delays Defense Case

Posted by admin on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 12:24 AM

Four days after former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was brought before a judge in Baghdad, the only other ex-head of state to face war crimes charges, Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia, complained of mistreatment to the U.N. tribunal trying him, asserting it has jeopardized his health and made it impossible for him to conduct his defense.

Read full article: 'Milosevic's Ill Health Delays Defense Case'

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Articles: BOMBS RAIN ON MILITANTS IN FALLUJAH

Posted by admin on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 12:22 AM

	U.S. forces dropped two tons of bombs on a purported militant safehouse in Fallujah, killing at least 10 persons, according to officials. Read full article: 'BOMBS RAIN ON MILITANTS IN FALLUJAH'

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Articles: Kerry VP pick expected today

Posted by admin on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 12:19 AM

	Sen. John Kerry is expected to announce his choice for a running mate as the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president at a rally in Pittsburgh this morning, just hours before a scheduled stop in Indianapolis, according to several Democratic insiders close to rumored contenders for his nod. Read full article: 'Kerry VP pick expected today'

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Articles: Invalid ballots slow count in Indonesia

Posted by admin on Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 12:17 AM

	Florida had its hanging chads. Now, Indonesia has its punctured ballots. Read full article: 'Invalid ballots slow count in Indonesia'

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Articles: Bush, Kerry hit hustings for 4th

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:46 AM

Both major-party presidential candidates were on the campaign stump on Independence Day, with President Bush saying he had made America safer by toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and Sen. John Kerry appearing in Iowa with another Democratic vice presidential possibility. Mr. Bush told a cheering crowd outside the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston that "because we acted, the dictator, the brutal tyrant, is sitting in a prison cell."

Read full article: 'Bush, Kerry hit hustings for 4th'

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Articles: Nonfiction Films Turn a Corner

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:02 AM

	The record-breaking success of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" may mark a turning point in the acceptance of documentaries by audiences as mass entertainment and by movie distributors as potential profit centers. Read full article: 'Nonfiction Films Turn a Corner'

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Articles: Edwards Fields Questions on Vice-Presidential Nomination

Posted by admin on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 12:00 AM

	It was impossible, yesterday, to stay away from the subject of who would be chosen as the Democratic candidate for vice-president. But Senator John Edwards, said to be one of the top contenders for the job, did his best. Read full article: 'Edwards Fields Questions on Vice-Presidential Nomination'

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Articles: Australia signs FTA with Thailand

Posted by admin on Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 11:57 PM

	Staying in Canberra, Prime Minister John Howard and Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra have just presided over a ceremony in Canberra of the historic Free Trade Agreement between the two counties. Read full article: 'Australia signs FTA with Thailand'

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Articles: Jewish extremism rises, official says

Posted by admin on Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 11:56 PM

	The head of Israel's Shin Bet security service yesterday warned Jewish extremists are becoming more militant, as some prominent rabbis encouraged settlers to resist evacuation from their homes. Read full article: 'Jewish extremism rises, official says'

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Articles: Hopes revived for missing US Marine

Posted by admin on Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 11:53 PM

	Hopes have rebounded that a United States Marine missing in Iraq may be alive, after earlier reports that he had been beheaded, while Iraq's new interim government was set to unveil an amnesty to rebels who played only minor roles during the US occupation. Read full article: 'Hopes revived for missing US Marine'

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