Americans among dead in Swiss mudslide tragedy
In Grindelwald Switzerland a freak mudslide washed away part of a popular Alpine walk killing three people including two American tourists. A 20 member group was affected with five trapped as a rain soaked overhang broke 50 feet above the path. Bodies recovered after two escaped with minor injuries. The Berner Oberland incident follows a canyoning death last year nearby.
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Juerg Mossmann
Grindelwald
Berner Oberland
State overrules Auschwitz ban dispute in Poland
The Polish Interior Ministry ordered a reconsideration of a local ban on a visitors center and parking lot near Auschwitz. The developer said the ruling allows the project to proceed, while a 1996 agreement requires a noncommercial strip around the camp. In Oswiecim, a mini mall plan aims to improve existing ramshackle shops across from the site.
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Auschwitz
Janusz Marszalek
Ryszard Maslowski
Marszalek
Oswiecim
Rabbi Yosef sparks furor with reincarnation claim in Holocaust
In Jerusalem, ultra Orthodox leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef of Shas sparked nationwide anger by saying the 6 million Holocaust victims died as reincarnations of sinners. He also labeled Prime Minister Barak’s pursuit of peace with Palestinians as misguided and called Arabs snakes, prompting criticism from Barak, Yad Vashem, and other officials.
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Israel
Ovadia Yosef
Shas
Ehud Barak
Barak
Yosef
Eli Ishai
Ovadia
Coalition
Camp David
Gunmen kill 12 near Herat including UN mine crew
Gunmen killed 12 people near Kotal-e-Subzak in western Herat province on Saturday, including seven Afghan workers for the United Nations mine clearance agency. Five other victims were local Afghans. Bodies were set on fire. Taliban and opposition blamed each other for the attack amid Afghanistan’s ongoing civil conflict.
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Afghanistan
United Nations
Herat
Organization For
Kotal-e-Subzak
Badghis Province
Associated Press
Mohibullah
Taliban
Kheirullah Kheirkwah
Chavez makes first visit to Saddam in a decade
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez heads to OPEC nations including Iraq, marking the first foreign leader visit to Saddam Hussein since the 1991 Gulf War. Chávez seeks to counter U.S. hegemony and bolster OPEC unity, amid praise for Cuba and Libya and criticism from critics over ties with isolated regimes.
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Hugo Chavez
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Chavez
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Fidel Castro
Libya
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Indonesia
Nigeria
Algeria
United States
Interna
Americans protest Iraq sanctions outside Baghdad UN compound
Four Americans camped near Baghdad's UN building vow to fast three days to protest ten years of Iraq sanctions. Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness said protests marked the 10th anniversary and aimed to highlight Iraqi suffering under the embargo.
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U.N
Kathy Kelly
Voices In the
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Kelly
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U.S
Saddam Hussein
Serbia opposition fails to unite against Milosevic
Serbia's largest opposition party nominated Belgrade mayor Vojislav Mihailovic to run for Yugoslav president, disregarding calls for a united anti Milosevic slate. Other groups may back Kosutnica or a common candidate, risking a split vote and Milosevic advantage.
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Slobodan Milosevic
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Milosevic
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Zoran Djinjic
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Fonet
Vojislav Kostunica
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Milo Djukanovic
Madeleine Albright
Vuk Draskovic
Draskovic
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