Bashar Assad nominated to succeed his father as president
Damascus reports Bashar Assad son of late President Hafez Assad nominated as the only presidential candidate after a constitutional change lowered the age limit to 34. He was appointed commander of the armed forces as Syria braces for a smooth transition amid a crowd at Damascus hospital where Hafez Assad's body lay in state.
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Basha Assad
Hafez Assad
Baath Party
Bashar Assad
Syria
France
Assad
Abdel-Halim Khaddam
Bashar
Kawkab Fares
Lebanon protests border with Israel at U N
Lebanon accused U N cartographers of misplacing the border with Israel in a memorandum to Kofi Annan. President Lahoud said the 1923 line should define the frontier and noted ongoing friction as UN peacekeeper deployment is delayed. Israeli troops faced Lebanese stone throwing but fired only in self defense.
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Kpar Kila
Lebanon
United Nations
Israel
Emile Lahoud
U.N
Kofi Annan
Associated Press
Terje Reed-Larsen
France
Britain
Rwanda Forces Upon Kisangani Push End Ugandan Advance
Rwandan troops drove Ugandan forces from Kisangani after a seven hour battle ending a week of shelling. At least 40 Ugandan soldiers lay dead along the road to the bridge. U.N. observers monitored the cease-fire as both armies prepared for withdrawal. Ugandan forces withdrew to Kapalata training camp seven miles north.
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Kisangani
Congo
United Nations
Congo River
U.N
Laurent Kabila
Karenzi Karake
Kapalata
James Kazini
Karake
Power struggle warns of steep price for Syria
Fouad al-Hashem notes in Al Watan that the clash between the old guard and the new will be costly and hard. He prays for protection of Syria and its people from all evil as power shifts unfold.
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al- Watan
Fouad al-Hashem
Syria
French floods force evacuation across southern regions
Hundreds evacuated in southern France and the Pyrenees after heavy rains and snowstorms caused flooding and a bus crash that left at least one dead. Rains had mostly subsided by Sunday but many homes remained without power.
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France
Pyrenees Mountains
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