King Hussein Returns to Amman Amid Jubilant Homecoming
King Hussein arrives in Amman after six months of cancer treatment at the Mayo Clinic. Crowds greet the monarch from a crowded motorcade as gunfire and animal sacrifices mark celebrations. Arafat and regional leaders welcome him. officials say he fully recovered from chemotherapy and stem cell therapy for non Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Jordan
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Mayo Clinic
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Yemen
Qatar
Noor
al-Arab al- Yawm
Meyo
Rochester
Minn
Britain
Bawabet el-Salaam
King Hussein
British court reexamines Pinochet torture case in London
In a House of Lords hearing Britain and Spain argued over immunity for Augusto Pinochet under the International Convention against Torture. Prosecutors say no one is immune from torture prosecutions, while defense asserts state immunity for acts during his Chilean rule. The panel weighs how Chile's constitutional stance against torture aligns with international law as Pinochet faces a Spanish murder and torture warrant.
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Augusto Pinochet
Chile
Britain
Spain
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House of Lords
Christopher Greenwood
Aya
Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Greenwood
Romanian miners march toward Bucharest in mass protest
Thousands of Romanian coal miners clashed with police and moved toward Bucharest to demand a 35 percent wage rise and severance pay. About 15 injured as tear gas and smoke were used to stop waves of marchers from the Jiu Valley. The 15 day strike marks the deepest government crisis since 1996.
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Bucharest
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Targu Jiu
Miron Cozma
Cozma
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Interior
Emil Constantinescu
Pene
Petrosani
Brazil considers pension cuts as budget crisis deepens
Brazil's Congress faces a mixed session while the Senate approves a 9.6 billion dollar financial transactions tax to aid depleted coffers. A pension-cut bill, potentially 25 percent for civil servants, stalls in the Chamber as markets watch Brazil's currency slump and IMF-backed austerity measures.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Mar
Silvio Camargo
Banco Fator
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