Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Bush begins PR blitz after 'tough week'

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:23 AM

	WASHINGTON -- George W. Bush emerged yesterday from nearly a week of seclusion at his Texas ranch, determined to answer critics who say that he has botched the war in Iraq and blindly ignored warnings about al-Qaeda before 9/11. Read full article: 'Bush begins PR blitz after 'tough week''

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Articles: HEALTH NEWS IN BRIEF: Study says stents aid leg circulation

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 06:39 AM

	Researchers at Brown Medical School in Rhode Island have reported that stent placement should be considered the standard of care for treating patients with abnormal circulation, or so-called ischemia, to the legs. Read full article: 'HEALTH NEWS IN BRIEF: Study says stents aid leg circulation'

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Articles: Alberta NDP wants end to seniors' health-care fee

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 06:37 AM

	EDMONTON -- If oil-rich Alberta can afford a corporate tax cut worth $142-million this year, it should be able to abolish health-care premiums for seniors, New Democrat Leader Raj Pannu said yesterday. Read full article: 'Alberta NDP wants end to seniors' health-care fee'

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Articles: Rice to Cite Pre-9/11 Mentality, Officials Say

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 06:31 AM

	National security adviser Condoleezza Rice plans to testify tomorrow that the Bush administration was acting in a pre-Sept. 11 mindset in its efforts to combat al Qaeda and other terrorist groups and must be judged in that context, administration officials said yesterday. Read full article: 'Rice to Cite Pre-9/11 Mentality, Officials Say'

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Articles: Kerry Says He Will Cut Back Campaign Proposals to Pare Deficit

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 06:24 AM

	April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who has proposed more than $400 billion in spending and tax cuts, said he may trim some programs to show he's more committed to fiscal discipline than President George W. Bush. Read full article: 'Kerry Says He Will Cut Back Campaign Proposals to Pare Deficit'

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Articles: UK terror threat 'very real'

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 06:20 AM

	FEARS of a terrorist attack grew in Britain on Wednesday with the country's top policeman warning of "real danger", a day after media reported that a plot to detonate a chemical bomb here had been foiled. Read full article: 'UK terror threat 'very real''

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Articles: Western Leaders Absent as Rwanda Recalls Genocide

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 06:12 AM

	KIGALI (Reuters) - With Western leaders conspicuous by their absence, Rwanda marked the 10th anniversary of its genocide on Wednesday as bewildered and angry as ever at the world's failure to stop one of the 20th century's great crimes. Read full article: 'Western Leaders Absent as Rwanda Recalls Genocide'

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Articles: 1989: Dockers' 'jobs for life' scrapped

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 03:27 AM

	Chaos in Britain's ports is looming after the government announced it is to abolish legislation which, in effect, guarantees work for more than 9,000 dockers. Read full article: '1989: Dockers' 'jobs for life' scrapped'

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Articles: 1975: 'Operation Babylift' lands in UK

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 03:25 AM

	A plane carrying 99 Vietnamese orphans has landed at Heathrow airport. Read full article: '1975: 'Operation Babylift' lands in UK'

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Articles: 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down'

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 03:22 AM

	The presidents of the African states of Rwanda and Burundi have been killed in a plane crash near the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Read full article: '1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down''

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