Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: 'Community matrons' planned

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 03:21 AM

	The government is planning to recruit 3,000 "community matrons" to look after the care of people with long-term conditions such as diabetes. Read full article: ''Community matrons' planned'

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Articles: Rules to safeguard IVF samples

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 03:18 AM

	New rules to ensure the safety of frozen sperm, eggs and embryos for use in IVF, have been announced. Read full article: 'Rules to safeguard IVF samples'

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Articles: France to vote for new U.N. resolution

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:19 AM

	France will vote for the new U.N. resolution on the return of sovereignty to Iraq, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Tuesday. Read full article: 'France to vote for new U.N. resolution'

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Articles: Tenet's Departure May Ease an Overhaul of Intelligence

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:15 AM

	The departure of George J. Tenet as director of central intelligence may remove one obstacle to an overhaul that would make him the last person to hold the job in its current form, prominent members of Congress and some members of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks say. Read full article: 'Tenet's Departure May Ease an Overhaul of Intelligence'

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Articles: Al-Qaeda Warns Of Attacks On US, Western Airlines

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:12 AM

	A statement purportedly from al-Qaeda terror network militants in Saudi Arabia has warned of new attacks on US and Western airlines and other transport facilities. Read full article: 'Al-Qaeda Warns Of Attacks On US, Western Airlines'

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Articles: New York health-care aides strike over wages

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:09 AM

	Thousands of home-health-care aides who make it possible for sick or frail patients to remain at home began a three-day strike yesterday, demanding a "living wage" of at least $10 an hour. Read full article: 'New York health-care aides strike over wages'

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Articles: G-8 opens in US

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:05 AM

	Military aircraft drowned out the sound of surf, gunboats cruised a historic riverfront and Secret Service agents guarded a beach road as security tightened as world leaders meet in Sea Island Georgia for this year's G-8 meeting in the US. Read full article: 'G-8 opens in US'

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Articles: Many teens 'having underage sex'

Posted by admin on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 06:24 AM

	Millions of British teenagers have had sex, been drunk and smoked cannabis by the time they are 15. Read full article: 'Many teens 'having underage sex''

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Articles: Tenet's exit gives CIA a fresh start

Posted by admin on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:48 AM

	CIA director George Tenet did an admirable job for two presidents, but was ultimately responsible for the intelligence breakdown that preceded Sept. 11. Read full article: 'Tenet's exit gives CIA a fresh start'

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Articles: Tiananmen exiles still hope for a new system

Posted by admin on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:46 AM

Fifteen years after the bloodshed, the exiled student leaders of China's 1989 pro-democracy protests are settled abroad as academics and entre-preneurs. But they nurture one wish above all -- to come home to a new system. "Living in exile, we have to keep our faith that there will be democracy some day," says Wu'er Kaixi, who gained fame as a pyjama-clad hunger-striker who harangued then-Premier Li Peng and now is a political commentator in Taiwan.

Read full article: 'Tiananmen exiles still hope for a new system'

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