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Sweden has accepted the invitation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to audit of the detention unit outside of The Hague where Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack in mid-March. The audit will include all areas relating
World | April 1, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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At least 50 people have been killed and 800 injured after several earthquakes in western Iran, local officials said. The quakes, with magnitudes of up to six, centred on remote villages between the industrial towns of Doroud and Boroujerd in the province
World | March 31, 2006, Friday // 00:00
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A US journalist held hostage in Iraq for more than two months has been freed. Jill Carroll, who works for the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor, was abducted by unknown gunmen in west Baghdad on January 7.
World | March 30, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has declared victory in the election, vowing to push ahead with plans to define Israel's final borders. His Kadima party, founded barely four months ago by now coma-stricken Ariel Sharon, won but by less than pred
World | March 29, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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At least 40 people were killed on Monday when a bomb hit a US-Iraqi base in Mosul, northern Iraq. Police said the blast targeted Iraqi army recruits and officers.
World | March 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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Maoists have kidnapped four Polish trekkers in the Lukla area en route to Everest at the end of last week. The Maoists have not issued any demands as yet.
World | March 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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The rival leaders of Ukraine's Orange Revolution are considering reuniting to try to keep out a pro-Russian party that seems to have polled most votes. Early results in the parliamentary poll suggest President Viktor Yushchenko's party was beaten into th
World | March 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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Serbia has confirmed the first case of a domestic bird infected with the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu virus. The rooster was found on March 15at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
World | March 26, 2006, Sunday // 00:00
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Russia has denied submitting to Saddam Hussein intelligence information on US military moves in the opening days of the US-led invasion in 2003. A US Pentagon report has said Russia passed details through its Baghdad ambassador.
World | March 25, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale and a series of aftershocks struck the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan on Saturday.
World | March 25, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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Clashes broke out between police and several thousand protesters in the Belarus capital Minsk during a large opposition rally over disputed election results. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin was among several protesters arrested as they marched on a j
World | March 25, 2006, Saturday // 00:00
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The EU and US are to impose sanctions against Belarus over an election that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide victory and third term. The White House has joined EU leaders, meeting in Brussels, in condemning an overnight crackdown against op
World | March 24, 2006, Friday // 00:00
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A large explosion rocked a chemistry school in eastern France on Friday, killing a professor and injuring another person, authorities said. About 10 people were unaccounted for.
World | March 24, 2006, Friday // 00:00
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One British and two Canadian peace activists held hostage in Iraq have been freed in an operation by multinational forces. Norman Kember, 74, of Pinner, north-west London, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, were three of four men seized in Baghdad in N
World | March 23, 2006, Thursday // 00:00
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Police sealed off the front gates of the White House and took a man into custody over a suspicious package left outside. President George W.
World | March 22, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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A fire has broken out at a waste disposal facility at a nuclear plant in western Japan's Fukui Prefecture. Two people were taken to hospital after inhaling smoke during the incident at the plant in Ohi run by Kansai Electric Power Co (Kepco).
World | March 22, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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The Basque separatist group Eta declared a permanent ceasefire, according to reports on Basque radio. The group has been fighting for independence for the Basque region of northern Spain and south-west France for nearly four decades.
World | March 22, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
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The opposition in Belarus says four leading activists have been arrested by police in Minsk during a protest against the election result. Opposition supporters defied police and braved sub-zero temperatures overnight, camping out in a central square.
World | March 21, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
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A mighty cyclone, the worst in more than 30 years, has hit Australia's Queensland northeast coast. It flattened houses and cut power in the tourist region that has the Great Barrier Reef off its coast.
World | March 20, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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President Alexander Lukashenko has apparently won an overwhelming majority of votes in the presidential election in Belarus. Preliminary official results show Lukashenko, who is seeking a third term, won re-election with 82.
World | March 20, 2006, Monday // 00:00
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A quake measuring 4 on the Richter scale has rocked Romania's highly seismic region of Vrancea on Sunday, media said. Initial reports mentioned no casualties or damages.
World | March 19, 2006, Sunday // 00:00
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