Iraqi experts to remove chemical weapons leftovers in Baghdad
UN envoy Prakash Shah said Iraq agreed to let five independent experts inspect and remove remnants of chemical and biological agents left by weapons inspectors last year. Iraq insists none of the team have ties to UN inspectors, aiming to avoid hazards to UN staff and locals without delay.
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Prakash Shah
Kofi Annan
Iraq
Shah
U.N. Special Commission
Coca-Cola resumes production in France after recall
Coca-Cola France and Belgium lift bans as production resumes in Dunkirk and Antwerp Ghent after a recall tied to illnesses from canned drinks. Officials say contamination stemmed from disinfectant residues and logistics. The cost of recalling 14 million cases runs about 60 million dollars.
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France
Belgium
Coca-Cola
Henry Schimberg
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Reiniche
Coca- Cola France
Antwerp
Ghent
Schimberg
Ancient Jerusalem stoneware factory links to temple rites
Archaeologists near Jerusalem uncovered a buried underground workshop with stone mugs dishes and wine jugs used by priests in Second Temple rituals. The site deep underground revealed vessels matching rabbinical descriptions and a soot stained chamber suggesting candlelit work and ritual purity concerns.
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Jerusalem
Old
Solomon's Temple
Holy Land
Jon Seligman
AP Phato Vered Barzel
Germans eye Holocaust memorial vote in Berlin today
Parliament faces a decisive vote on building a national Holocaust memorial in Berlin with two design options. The decision, seen as symbolic for Germany’s attempt to confront Nazi past, follows Chancellor Schroeder’s push to redefine the republic’s self image.
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Bundestag
Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Disasters and disease rise amid urban growth
The World Disasters Report warns that climate change deforestation poverty and urban crowding in the developing world are increasing the spread of contagious and deadly diseases. It notes rising poverty mass movements antibiotic resistance and new diseases like AIDS, with malaria risk spreading to African highland cities as urban populations surge.
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Uganda
International Federation of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent
Developing World
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Kenya
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