U.S. Russia sign $625 million food aid pact
U.S. and Russian officials sign a $625 million food aid agreement after delays over guarantees that aid reaches the needy. The deal provides 1.5 million metric tons of wheat free of charge and 1.5 million metric tons of other commodities on a long-term loan, plus 100 000 tons for direct distribution to Russia's poor. Start date not set but deliveries expected to begin next month. inflation has worsened poverty and made food unaffordable for many Russians.
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Norway mother jailed over name law for Gesher choice
Kirsti Larsen, 46, jailed for two days after refusing to rename her son Gesher, a word meaning bridge in Hebrew, under Norway’s strict name regulations. She paid a fine or jail time after appeals failed, saying she could not accept the law’s absurdity.
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Monks Defiant as Police Raid Chogye Temple
Police used water cannons and tear gas in a 30 minute raid to end a 40 day standoff at Chogye temple in Seoul over control of Korea’s largest Buddhist order. About 20 police and monks injured and 100 dissidents arrested as clashes erupted during the expulsion effort led by court officials.
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Balloon flight over China cleared by authorities
British entrepreneur Richard Branson and team ascended over northern China and ancient sites, then crossed the Yellow Sea on Wednesday after China permitted the balloon to pass through restricted airspace following appeals from the British side.
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Balloonists push across Pacific in world circumnavigation attempt
Global balloonist team led by Richard Branson Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand push eastward from Asia across the Pacific on day six of their bid to circle the globe in a nonstop 18 day flight. They aim to reach California by Christmas, breaking distance records and completing the first nonstop balloon circumnavigation.
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Mandelson resigns over loan scandal rocking Blair government
British Prime Minister Tony Blair loses ally Peter Mandelson as he resigns amid revelations of a 625000 loan from a fellow minister and secret handling. Geoffrey Robinson also quits, fueling opposition calls for a full ministerial conduct inquiry and threatening Labor's reform image.
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