Israel says peace talks with new Palestinian government impossible
Olmert ruled out talks while Hamas backed unity aims and refused to renounce violence or recognize Israel. He backed sanctions and limited any dialogue with the Palestinian coalition to humanitarian issues while maintaining ties with President Abbas. Hamas distanced itself from the unity government, urging continued resistance.
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Azzam al-Ahmed
Mahmoud Abbas
Sarkozy appeals for unity while pushing immigration ministry
French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy urged youth to unite across races and religions but stood by his proposal for a ministry of immigration and national identity. Critics warn the idea echoes France's darkest hours, while rivals note rare cross-party agreement on reaching far-right voters. Sarkozy, interior minister and front runner, defended identity while urging national unity at a rally of about 8,000.
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Union For A Popular Majority
Cairo Opposition Boycott Highlights Amendments Debate
Opposition lawmakers from the Muslim Brotherhood and allies refuse to attend a parliamentary session on constitutional amendments they say tighten the president's grip. More than 100 MPs object that reforms curb judicial oversight of elections and ban religiously based political parties, amid Amnesty International warning the anti terrorism provisions erode rights under emergency powers.
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Muslim Brotherhood
Amnesty International
Opposition leader in Zimbabwe assaulted at airport
Zimbabwe opposition spokesman reports Nelson Chamisa was beaten at Harare airport while attempting to depart for EU talks in Brussels. Tendai Biti says Chamisa was struck on the head with iron bars, bleeding, in a critical condition. The incident follows arrests at a March 11 protest and ongoing government crackdown on dissidents.
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Robert Mugabe
Harare International
Nelson Chamisa
Movement For Democratic Change
Morgan Tsvangsirai
European Union
Brussels
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Biti
Tsvangirai
British Broadcasting Corp
Memorial unveiled for slain filmmaker Theo van Gogh
Friends and fans unveil a sculpture named The Scream near the Amsterdam site of Theo van Gogh’s 2004 murder. Mayor Job Cohen attended a ceremony with hundreds as the stainless steel ceramic profiles depict the filmmaker in a final scream. The killing by Mohammed Bouyeri shocked Netherlands and sparked mosque torchings.
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Job Cohen
van Gogh
Jeroen Henneman
Amsterdam
Mohammed Bouyeri
Ayaan
Hirsi Ali
Darfur Shows Arabs Joining African Rebels in War
Ahmad Salaheddin, an Arab, fights with the Sudan Liberation Army alongside African rebels in Darfur, signaling shifting lines in the region’s Arab African conflict. The United Nations cites mass killings, rapes, and displacement linked to janjaweed militias, while government denials and an ICC case frame the broader crisis.
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Darfur
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United Nations
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Khartoum
Associated Press
Attackers strike Islamic school in southern Thailand
Militants attacked Bamrungsart Pondok boarding school in Sabayoi district of Songkhla province injuring seven and killing three students aged 12 and 14. Angry villagers protested, two government buildings burned, while police blamed insurgents and tensions between Muslim and Buddhist communities rose.
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Thailand
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Thammasak Wasaksiri
Sabayoi
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Paithoon Pattanasophon
Thammasak
Yala
US and North Korea end funds dispute over 25 million
Beijing disclosed that the United States and North Korea resolved a 25 million dollar frozen funds dispute via a Macau bank. The money will be transferred to a Bank of China account in Beijing for education and humanitarian use in North Korea, as part of a nuclear disarmament accord.
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Treasury
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Banco Delta’ Asia
Washington
Pyongyang
Glaser
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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