Taliban Rejects Women Rights Critics On International Women's Day
In Kabul the Taliban call the international appeal for Afghan women rights infidel. Deputy Information Minister Ottaqi defends Islam as upholding women's dignity while the regime bars work and education for women and enforces veils. Elsewhere Madrid sees 4000 march for domestic violence deaths. Uighur women rally in Istanbul over China's policy.
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European Union Human Rights
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Bonino
Ottaqi
Spain
Madrid
China
Istanbul
Annan says U.N. must know before US strike on Iraq
U N Secretary General Kofi Annan said the United States would need council consultations before mounting any military action against Iraq. He noted Russia France and China oppose carte blanche and urged council consensus if inspections breach occur. He also referenced a Russian second deputy on the weapons commission and possible U S veto.
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Saddam
State Department
James Rubin
Secretary of
Madeleine Albright
Europe
Security Council
Council
Rubin
Russia
Gunman judged normal by father before lottery killings
Matthew Beck left for work with no warning of the rampage to come at Connecticut Lottery headquarters. The 35 year old accountant shot and killed the lottery president and three supervisors after entering the building, according to family and police reports.
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Matthew Beck
Connecticut Lottery Corp
Lottery
Albright warns Kosovo fighting could spread across Balkans
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned that the Kosovo conflict could spread in the Balkans as she met leaders in Bonn Paris and London. Talks covered extending a UN force in Macedonia and expanding a Western force in Albania while urging urgent measures to calm Kosovo.
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Trial set in Illinois killings of pregnant mother and children
In DuPage County, opening statements begin for Jacqueline Annette Williams on charges of first degree murder and aggravated kidnapping for the Nov 1995 killings of Debra Evans and her children Samantha Joshua and Elijah. Co defendants Fedell Caffey and Laverne Ward face separate trials later.
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Jacqueline Annette Williams
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Evans
Samantha
Joshua
Elijah
Fedell Caffey
Laverne Ward
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