Liberia Lets U S Board Ships For WMD Searches
Liberia and the United States sign a landmark accord allowing American sailors to board and search Liberian registered foreign ships in international waters suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction or related delivery systems. The pact expands cooperation to curb proliferation amid fears of terrorist use of ships.
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Bomb blast kills ex-president of Chechnya in Doha
Exiled Chechnya leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 51, was killed when a bomb exploded in his car as he left a mosque with his teenage son in Doha. The attack, claimed by a Chechen rebel group, drew denials of Kremlin involvement from Russia and prompted claims of future retaliation from separatist sources.
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Moscow
Vladimir Putin
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KGB
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Aslan Maskhadov
Guantanamo prisoners to have annual reviews
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced annual reviews for long term detainees at Guantanamo Bay to assess ongoing threat levels. The process will involve a panel, with final release decisions by Rumsfeld, while some detainees have already been released or handed to home governments.
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Bush to Meet Private Panel on 9/11 Attacks
President Bush agrees to a private session with the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks to discuss information relevant to its work and declines to testify publicly. White House spokesperson says no public testimony planned, with possible private testimonies from Clinton and Gore.
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U.N. official says direct elections unlikely in Iraq by deadline
U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said direct elections would be ideal but unlikely by June 30. He noted missing steps for an election and suggested a compromised path between a caucus plan and direct elections urged by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
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