Sharon urges Israelis to endure amid deadly violence
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appealed for calm and resolve in a live address amid one of the bloodiest sprees in 17 months of fighting with Palestinians. He warned against despair and hinted at beefing up buffer zones, offering no new peace plan and signaling potential more violence.
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Colombia courtroom war erupts after peace talks collapse
Colombian jets attacked the FARC stronghold of San Vicente del Caguan as President Pastrana halted peace talks after a rebel hijacking. The attack involved 13,000 troops, three counterinsurgency planeloads arriving at Florencia, and 85 targets hit in the rebel zone with no immediate casualties reported.
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Writer barred from newspaper over composite tale
New York Times Magazine freelancer Michael Finkel was barred from writing for the Times after admitting he combined multiple West African youth accounts into a single composite voice in a November piece on child labor in Ivory Coast. The expose, centered on a boy named Youssouf Male, was later found to mirror Traore’s experiences.
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