Castro celebrates Cuba medical missions in major birth anniversary
Fidel Castro marked his 74th birthday with a graduation ceremony for 4,000 health care workers joining Cuba's international missions. He linked the efforts to socialism and global influence, noting 22 medical schools and 67,000 doctors, while two Cuban doctors defected during an international mission in Zimbabwe.
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Chavez holds talks with Gaddafi amid OPEC tour in Libya
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli urging stronger OPEC cooperation to maximize oil profits. Chavez announced plans for a September OPEC summit in Venezuela and toured Libya amid his Baghdad visit, praising Libyan reforms while condemning the 1986 U.S. bombing as criminal.
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Pope greets World Youth Day pilgrims in Rome
Pope John Paul II welcomed hundreds of walkers arriving for World Youth Day in Castel Gandolfo and Rome. He noted groups hiked up to 400 miles across northern Italy to reach St. Peter's Square, carrying a wooden cross as they joined the Holy Year events.
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Milosevic challenger blasts United States
Yugoslavia election rival Vojislav Kostunica attacked Washington calling the United States evil for NATO’s 1999 bombing of Serbia. He blamed Milosevic for Serbia’s hardship and warned about U.S. responsibility, while Montenegrin leader Djukanovic condemned the elections as a Belgrade dictatorship legitimizing tactic.
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Egypt hints at delay on Palestinian state
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Yasser Arafat may delay declaring a Palestinian state beyond the September 13 deadline for a final Israeli Palestinian peace agreement. Arafat has vowed to declare on that date, while Arab nations weigh recognizing a state and urging renewed talks. Saeb Erekat and Ziad Abu Zayyad offered cautious positions as U.S. mediators brief Arab leaders.
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