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Anti-Government Unrest Spreads Further in Haiti

Armed rebels have seized the central Haitian town of Hinche and killed the district police chief Jonas Maxime as well as two other police officers, as the movement against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide spreads to new areas of the country. According to

World | February 17, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 389

Iraq School Bomb Kills Two Children

Two children have been killed and four others wounded in an explosion at a primary school in a Shia Muslim suburb of the Iraqi capital. The US-led occupation's deputy operations chief, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, told reporters on Monday the blast was

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 556

Germany Tests First HIV Vaccine

For the first time, scientists in Germany have begun testing a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, on humans, DW reported on Monday. The first phase of a clinical trial began on Monday at university hospitals in Hamburg and Bonn, where 50 hea

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 657

Aborigines Riot in Sydney

Australian Aborigines have rioted in a ghetto near the centre of Sydney following the death of a young Aboriginal cyclist. Hurling Molotov cocktails and bricks at police in a nine-hour battle that ended on Monday, dozens of police were injured - many with

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1035

Cyprus Talks Breakthrough

The new negotiation process in Cyprus will start on February 19 in Lefkosia International Airport controlled by the UN. The breakthrough came when Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Rauf Denktas, agreed that U

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 409

US Troops Arrest Fallujah Police Chief

American soldiers have detained the chief of the police in the volatile Iraqi town of Fallujah, where thirty-three people were killed on Saturday as insurgents attacked a police station and a government building, DPA reported, citing sources from the Iraq

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 693

Strike Grounds Flights at Paris Airport

A strike by French air traffic controllers caused a mass cancellation of flights at Orly airport south of Paris on Monday. Charles de Gaulle airport was unaffected but the national civil aviation agency said the strike over reorganization of air traffic c

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 462

Search Ends for Russia Collapse Survivors

Russian rescue workers ended a search for survivors a day after a roof collapsed at a water park, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 100. 17 people remain missing, presumably buried under debris of the Transvaal Park on Moscow's south-weste

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 325

India, Pakistan Open 1st Talks in over 2 Years

Pakistan and India will go to the negotiating table after more than two-and-a-half years in a bid to solve the Kashmir dispute, which has plagued relations since independence from Britain. The nuclear-capable countries have not discussed Kashmir since Jul

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 357

China to Identify Bird Flu Source Within a Week

Scientists are close to identifying the source of bird flu in China, state media reported, as warnings were stepped up about the dangers posed by migratory birds as the weather starts to get warmer. Lei Fumin, a bird researcher at the Institute of Zoology

World | February 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 363

Runaway Rail Truck Kills Four Workers in UK

Four railway workers, deafened by the noise of their equipment, have been killed by a runaway rail truck, police say. The truck, carrying sections of spare rail, became detached during a loading operation on Cumbria's West Coast Railway and travelled abou

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 290

Top Saddam Regime Official Held

A former leading member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun, has been captured at one of his homes in Iraq. Mr Sadun - number 41 on the US military's list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis - was arrested by police in Baghdad, the

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 318

US Delivers Ultimatum to Iran

In an ultimatum delivered on Sunday Washington demanded that Iraq should close all its nuclear programs by March, a high-ranking source at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna reported quoting statements of the White House official spokesmen.

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1266

Blair Gov't Mulls BBC Break-Up

Britain's government is considering a plan to break up the BBC and remove its independent status in the wake of a bitter row with the state-funded broadcaster over the Iraq war, The Sunday Times wrote on Sunday. Government papers detailing possible change

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 337

Kerry Scores Two More Victories

Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry has won easy victories in the Nevada and Washington DC caucuses. The Massachusetts senator has now won in 14 of the 16 states to vote so far, and is favoured to win Tuesday's crucial battle in Wisconsin.

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 373

China Dept Store Fire Claims Over 51 Deaths

A fire at a department store in northeastern China erupted on Sunday, killing 51 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. An additional 71 people suffered injuries.

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 464

Pakistan Earthquake Leaves 20 Dead

Twenty people have died and dozens have been injured after a powerful earthquake and an aftershock hit northern Pakistan. More than 100 homes collapsed in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province on Saturday after the quake measuring 5.

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 322

United States Sets March Deadline for Iran

The US State Department said Tehran has until a March meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to comply with promises made late last year end its nuclear weapons programme. If Iran is then found not to be in compliance,

World | February 14, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 369

Red Cross Given Green Light for Saddam Visit

United States authorities have formally given the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) the green light to visit detained former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in prison. "We have the green light for the visit, but we don't yet know when it will ta

World | February 14, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 412

China Executes Serial Killer

China has executed one of its worst serial killers, a man who murdered 67 people and raped two dozen women for a period of four years. Yang Xinhai, 38, had not appealed against the sentence handed down by the court of the central province of Henan.

World | February 14, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 439

Talks Continue over Divided Cyprus

Cautious optimism at UN headquarters in New York as Cypriot negotiators, Greek and Turkish sit down for a third consecutive day to try to thrash out a deal over the divided Mediterranean island. If the tentative hand-shake was anything to go by then a dea

World | February 13, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 484
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