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New Iraqi president pledges to consolidate national unityThe newly-elected Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani pledged on Wednesday to consolidate national unity in the insurgency-plagued country. |
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Syria Pledges Complete Withdrawal From Lebanon By End Of AprilSyria's president has formally promised that all Syrian troops and intelligence agents will be withdrawn from Lebanon by 30 April. Syria also has agreed to allow UN monitors to verify the withdrawal. |
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UN steps up rehabilitation of war-torn southern Sudan following peace accordsAs peace takes hold in southern Sudan after an agreement between the Government and rebels ended Africa’s longest-running civil war, United Nations agencies are redoubling efforts to prepare for the return of 4.5 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and lay the ground for social and economic development. |
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Annan welcomes rebel Rwandan force’s intention to return home from DR of CongoUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a statement by Rwanda's main rebel group that it condemns the 1994 genocide in that country, renounces the use of force and will disarm, return peacefully to Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and cooperate with the international justice system. |
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Chemical weapons destruction begins in ArkansasThe Pine Bluff Arsenal began destroying its stockpile of 3,850 tons of chemical weapons Tuesday, incinerating two rockets laced with sarin nerve gas. |
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Syria Pulls 2,000 More Troops From LebanonTwo thousand more Syrian troops have left Lebanon, lowering Syria's military presence to 8,000 soldiers, the smallest deployment it's had here since the second year of the country's 1975-90 civil war, a military official said. |
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Guinea-Bissau parties agree to delay elections for voter re-registration, UN saysThe United Nations offices in Guinea-Bissau are focusing on efforts to lower tensions between political parties and creating a good political climate for a peaceful, fair and transparent poll, which has been delayed by a month, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report to the Security Council. |
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India, Myanmar agree to step up cooperationIndia and Myanmar on Friday agreed to step up cooperation to counter terrorist activities in the border region and promote trade relations. |
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Israel hand over control of second West Bank townIsrael transferred control of Tulkarem to Palestinian security forces on Tuesday, the second of five West Bank towns slated for handover. |
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Palestinian attacks on Israel to stop until end of yearPalestinian militant groups agreed yesterday to extend a truce with Israel after days of talks in Egypt. |
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Bangladesh, India agree to defuse border tensionsBangladesh and India agreed to workin close cooperation to curb "all types of border crimes" and takeeffective measures to defuse border tensions. |
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Stage one of Syrian pullback completeSyria's army and intelligence agents completed the first phase of their pullback to eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and Syria today. |
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Israel begins handover of JerichoIsrael has begun a phased handover of power to the Palestinians in the West Bank town of Jericho. |
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Iraqi Assembly Meets for the First TimeSeven weeks after Iraqis defied insurgent threats to take part in the country's first free election in decades, and as a series of explosions shook the heart of the capital, members of the constitutional assembly convened here today for the first time. |
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- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
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