Koizumi to Meet Hu Over Wartime Dispute At Jakarta Summit
Japan said Prime Minister Koizumi will meet Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of a Jakarta summit to discuss friendship and cooperation amid protests over wartime atrocities. Beijing urged action to back Koizumi’s apology.
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Court orders retrial in cannibal case
A German court ordered a retrial for Armin Meiwes in the 2001 killing of Bernd Brandes after the Federal Court overturned a manslaughter conviction. Prosecutors seek a life sentence for murder. Trial date not set. Meiwes says Brandes came willingly to be killed.
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Pope meets with cardinals in Vatican first public greeting
Pope Benedict XVI greeted more than 150 cardinals in Clementine Hall as mourners viewed John Paul II's body in St. Peter's. The new pope, long familiar with Vatican officials, exchanged brief words with each prelate and spoke longer with Cardinal Karl Lehmann. A Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square is expected to attract 500000 people and dignitaries including Gerhard Schroeder, Prince Albert II and Rowan Williams.
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Spain opens Europe’s largest al Qaida trial in Madrid
After an eight year probe prosecutors in Spain begin Europe’s biggest al Qaida trial. About two dozen defendants sit behind bulletproof glass as police patrol the venue. Three defendants face charges of aiding two 9 11 hijackers and financing terrorism. Evidence runs to roughly 100 000 pages. The trial likely extends four months.
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Ousted Ecuador president seeks asylum in Brazil
Lucio Gutierrez says Congress ousted him illegally and he never abandoned the presidency as Ecuador's new government allows asylum in Brazil. Protesters surround the Brazilian ambassador residence while riot police guard the embassy in a tense political standoff.
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