Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Iraqis distrust new leaders, analysts say

Posted by admin on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 04:24 AM

	BAGHDAD -- When Iraq is given its long-awaited sovereignty on June 30, it is increasingly clear that very little will change on the ground. Read full article: 'Iraqis distrust new leaders, analysts say'

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Articles: Clashes in Iraq leave 3 GIs dead

Posted by admin on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 04:21 AM

	BAGHDAD - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and two others were injured in separate engagements in Iraq, the military said today. Two of the soldiers were killed Sunday near the Shiite holy city of Kufa, where insurgents loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have clashed with U.S. troops. Read full article: 'Clashes in Iraq leave 3 GIs dead'

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Articles: Massive Manhunt Underway in Saudi Arabia

Posted by admin on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 04:13 AM

	A massive manhunt is under way in Saudi Arabia for three men who Saudi officials say killed 22 people after taking dozens of foreigners hostage at the offices of major Western oil firms in the eastern Saudi city of Khobar. Read full article: 'Massive Manhunt Underway in Saudi Arabia'

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Articles: Israeli prime minister threatens to alter Cabinet

Posted by admin on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 04:10 AM

	JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened yesterday to reshuffle his Cabinet to win approval for his plan to withdraw Israeli settlements and troops from the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported. Read full article: 'Israeli prime minister threatens to alter Cabinet'

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Articles: Fears for ambushed Japan reporters

Posted by admin on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 03:23 AM

	Two severely burned bodies taken to a hospital in Mahmudiyah, Iraq have been identified by hospital officials as two Japanese journalists killed in an attack south of Baghdad on Thursday. Read full article: 'Fears for ambushed Japan reporters'

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Articles: Cleric offers truce

Posted by admin on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 03:19 AM

	BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S.-led forces accepted a truce offer from Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday in return for safe passage for the firebrand Shia cleric and his loyalists out of Najaf, Iraq's holiest city. Read full article: 'Cleric offers truce'

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Articles: Blasts rock Karachi

Posted by admin on Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 06:01 AM

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Two cars exploded minutes apart yesterday outside an English-language school near the U.S. consul's residence in Karachi, killing a policeman and wounding 25 other people, officials said. A bomb planted inside the first car detonated outside the gate of the school, called the Pakistan-American Cultural Centre, said Ghulam Mohammed Dogar, senior superintendent of police in this southern city. Twenty-five minutes later, a larger blast ripped through a second car parked nearby.

Read full article: 'Blasts rock Karachi'

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Articles: Dominican Republic: Are you affected?

Posted by admin on Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 05:58 AM

	The death toll has continued to rise in Haiti and the Dominican Republic with at least 860 bodies found following Monday's floods. Read full article: 'Dominican Republic: Are you affected?'

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Articles: Koreas Hold Formal Talks on Disputed Sea Border

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 08:36 AM

	Senior military officers from North and South Korea have met to reduce tensions along their disputed maritime border. Working-level talks continued after the generals and admirals met in the morning. Read full article: 'Koreas Hold Formal Talks on Disputed Sea Border'

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Articles: Insurgents Mount Rocket Attacks

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 08:34 AM

	(CBS/AP) A day after President Bush outlined his plans for handing power to Iraqis in a few weeks' time, the obstacles to an orderly transition were apparent as insurgents mounted bomb and rocket attacks in Baghdad. Read full article: 'Insurgents Mount Rocket Attacks'

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