Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: HIV man wins right to a retrial

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 08:43 AM

	A man jailed for eight years for inflicting "biological" grievous bodily harm by infecting two lovers with HIV has won the right to a retrial. Read full article: 'HIV man wins right to a retrial'

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Articles: Suspected Lebanon Hezbollah site attacked

Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 07:49 AM

	BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes fired missiles at a suspected guerrilla hideout in south Lebanon on Wednesday, shortly after Hezbollah gunners fired on Israeli jets, security officials said. Read full article: 'Suspected Lebanon Hezbollah site attacked'

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Articles: Time running out in Fallujah, coalition warns

Posted by admin on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 06:55 AM

	WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Fallujah held on to its uneasy calm Friday, a day after a U.S.-led coalition spokesman warned that time is running out for a peaceful solution in the flashpoint central Iraqi town. Read full article: 'Time running out in Fallujah, coalition warns'

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Articles: One Palestinian killed near Nablus as Israel wraps up Gaza raids

Posted by admin on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 06:49 AM

	NABLUS, West Bank : A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli fire near this northern West Bank town as the army said it had wrapped up a three-day operation in the Gaza Strip that left as many as 16 Palestinians dead. Read full article: 'One Palestinian killed near Nablus as Israel wraps up Gaza raids'

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Articles: Chalabi Compares U.S. Policy on Baathists with Nazis

Posted by admin on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 06:46 AM

	BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. policy shift that may allow former Baathists join a new Iraqi government was akin to putting back Nazis in charge of Germany, Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi said on Friday. Read full article: 'Chalabi Compares U.S. Policy on Baathists with Nazis'

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Articles: Death Toll in North Korea Blast Put at Between 54 and 150

Posted by admin on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 06:42 AM

	EOUL, South Korea, April 23 — The toll from a huge train blast at a North Korean railroad station was estimated today at between 54 and 150 dead and 1,249 injured. A total of 1,850 homes were leveled and 6,350 were damaged, according to the International Federation of the Red Cross in Beijing. Read full article: 'Death Toll in North Korea Blast Put at Between 54 and 150'

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Articles: N. Korea leader said in Beijing

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 02:27 AM

	BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was reported to have pulled into Beijing aboard a special train car yesterday for unusual face-to-face talks with Chinese leaders on the standoff over his country's nuclear weapons program. Read full article: 'N. Korea leader said in Beijing'

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Articles: U.K. Terror Suspects Planned to Bomb Manchester Utd., Sun Says

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 02:24 AM

	April 20 (Bloomberg) -- The 10 suspected terrorists arrested yesterday in Greater Manchester were planning a suicide bombing attack at the Old Trafford soccer stadium during the Premiership clash between Manchester United and Liverpool on Saturday, the Sun reported, citing unidentified police officers. Read full article: 'U.K. Terror Suspects Planned to Bomb Manchester Utd., Sun Says'

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Articles: Bush has squandered his leverage in the Middle East

Posted by admin on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 03:25 AM

	US President George W. Bush is on a roll in the Middle East ... backward. His embrace of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's positions on settlements and Palestinian refugees has needlessly squandered US leverage in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Read full article: 'Bush has squandered his leverage in the Middle East'

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Articles: North Korea's Leader May Be Pressed to Resume Nuclear Talks

Posted by admin on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 03:22 AM

	April 19 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese leaders may press North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to resume negotiations on his nation's nuclear program during his first visit to Beijing in three years, analysts in South Korea said. Read full article: 'North Korea's Leader May Be Pressed to Resume Nuclear Talks'

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