Governors Challenge Bush Port Deal Ownership
New York Governor Pataki and Maryland Governor Ehrlich questioned the Bush administration's decision to allow Dubai Ports World to operate six major U.S. ports. They consider canceling leases at ports in their states amid the controversy over foreign ownership of Peninsular and Oriental's port operations in Baltimore Miami New Jersey New Orleans New York and Philadelphia.
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Washington
U.S
New York
George Pataki
Maryland
Robert Ehrlich
Dubai Ports World
United Arab Emirates
Peninsular and Oriental
Baltimore
Miami
New Jersey
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Militants Attack Nigerian Oil Installations Cutting Output
In the Niger Delta militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta seized nine foreigners and attacked a boat and a pipeline. The strikes target oil facilities and threaten to extend across the south, reducing Nigeria's crude output by about 20 percent, a major producer and OPEC member.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Movement For the Emancipation of
Niger Delta
OPEC
Africa
Iran and Russia fail to reach accord on uranium talks
In Moscow on Monday Iran and Russia opened discussions on Russia enriching uranium for Tehran but the day ended without a breakthrough. Iran’s lead negotiator rejected Moscow’s push for Iran to halt its domestic enrichment program.
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Iran
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
Tehran
Would-be thief repelled by clerk's answer of no
In Hesperia California a would be robber confronted a Rocky's Mini Mart clerk on February 13 demanding cash. The clerk replied she could not comply and cited other employees inside. The suspect said thanks and fled on foot without taking money or goods. He was also suspected in a nearby Cigmart robbery.
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Hesperia
Calif
Rocky’s Mini Mart
Main Street
Roxanne Walker
San Bernardino County
Walker
Cigmart
New York Met to Return Looted Artefacts to Italy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return antiquities it is said to have looted in exchange for long term loans of other pieces. The accord, to be signed in Rome by Met director Philippe de Montebello and Italian Culture Minister Rocco Buttiglione, signals a potential shift in museum acquisition policies amid Italy’s campaign to reclaim artifacts.
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Rome
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Italy
Met
Philippe de Montebello
Rocco Buttiglione
Miners Trapped in Pasta de Conchos Mine Deep Ground Message
Rescue efforts intensified as Mexican crews tunneled through dirt to reach 65 miners reported trapped 600 feet underground after a gas explosion at the Pasta de Conchos mine near San Juan de Sabinas. Families waited anxiously as oxygen and ventilation late Sunday into Monday remained uncertain.
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San Juan DE Sabinas
Mexico
Pasta de Conchos
Eagle Pass
Texas
Jesus de Leon
Julian Rodriguez
Ambassador warns Iraq must form unity government to keep U S support
U S ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told Iraqi leaders they risk losing American backing unless a national unity government is formed with police and army free of religious party control. He cited sectarian divisions fueling violence as talks falter. He urged nonsectarian interior and defense ministers for broader trust and a path for U S troop withdrawal.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Zalmay Khalilzad
Khalilzad
Interior and Defense Ministries
Mudslide survivors sought as tapping echoes heard in Guinsaugon school
Rescue workers in Guinsaugon Philippines probe a school buried under up to 100 feet of mud after a mountain collapse. Seismic sensors and sound devices from U S and Malaysian forces detected scratching and tapping raising hope while danger and renewed rains push teams to resume early morning searches.
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Guinsaugon
Philippines
U.S
South Leyte
Rosette Lemas
Joel Son
U.S. Marine
Mark Paolicelli
British historian David Irving sentenced in Austria for Holocaust denial
Right wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison in Austria after pleading guilty to denying the Holocaust. He admitted errors about Auschwitz gas chambers but maintained some claims and expressed sorrow for wartime victims. His lawyer said an appeal would follow.
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Vienna
Austria
David Irving
Hitler
Irving
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz
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