Widows protest on anniversary of Bhopal disaster
Hundreds of women whose husbands died in the Bhopal gas tragedy burn straw and bamboo effigies of Warren Anderson while children strike them. Survivors march on the 10th anniversary demanding justice and more compensation as India weighs the out-of-court settlement.
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Navy boards Iraqi ships in embargo sweep
U S Navy stopped and boarded two Iraqi vessels in the northern Arabian Gulf amid a surge in embargo violations. Marines and commandos boarded after the ships refused to stop, one Iraqi was struck during resistance while others were briefly handcuffed. no shots fired. Iraqi protests followed the incident and Baghdad condemned Marine actions.
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Haitians Return Home To Train New Police Officers
About 250 Haitians returned with U S training at Guantanamo Bay to join Haiti’s nascent civilian police. The group, part of 1 000 refugees who fled security under three years of military rule, will bolster a police force transitioning from military rule as U S forces aid Aristide’s restored government.
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Haitian police reform eyed to defend democracy after pullout
U.S. officials say a civilian-led Haitian police force is essential as 6,000 American troops prepare to deploy by next weekend and remain through January. Haitian lawmakers voted to create a civilian force of 4,000 while the military is reduced to 1,500, with an undetermined number to join a U.N. mission later.
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Egyptian court sentences militants to hang for Red Sea killings
An Egyptian military court in Cairo condemned two Muslim militants to death for killing two German tourists and two Egyptians at a Red Sea resort in September. The ruling raised death sentences in the crackdown to 60 since 1992, amid broader prosecutions.
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Mafia bombing suspect arrested near Palermo in Italy
Police raided a farmhouse outside Palermo and arrested Michelangelo Angel La Barbera, a fugitive linked to a Palermo clan loyal to Toto Riina, in a case tied to the 1992 car bombing that killed prosecutor Giovanni Falcone and four others. Riina was captured last year after decades on the run.
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Taiwan votes shift as DPP wins Taipei mayoralty
In a election seen as a test of Taiwan’s democracy and cross strait policy the Democratic Progressive Party won Taipei’s mayoral race for the first time in 27 years while the Nationalists kept the governor seat. Chen Shui-bian defeated Huang Ta-chou with 43.7 percent to 25.9 percent amid splinter party gains. Kaohsiung stayed Nationalist with Wu Tun-yi at 54 percent. The result signals Taiwan’s move toward greater political openness and ongoing tension with China.
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Survivors recount courage in Achille Lauro fire disaster
Survivors describe bucket brigades and makeshift slings as they fled the burning Italian liner. Sixty nine of nearly one thousand passengers and crew reached Djibouti aboard Bardu, as lifeboats failed and pumps died. Elderly passengers climbed rope ladders and endured a terrifying ordeal with little warning.
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