EU appoints new anti-terror leader to coordinate bloc
EU leaders named Gijs de Vries, a former Dutch deputy interior minister born in New York, as the first anti-terror czar to coordinate internal and external security efforts. The move aims to streamline threat information sharing after Madrid bombings and amid broader emergency measures.
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Madrid
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Austria
de Vries
Netherlands
Javier Solana
Foreign and Security Department
Bertie Ahern
Ivory Coast government collapses amid clashes in Abidjan
Rebels and the main opposition quit the Ivory Coast power sharing government after 25 people died in clashes with security forces as protesters defied a ban. Two police and 12 civilians were killed. Air France suspended flights. France called for restraint amid a fragile peace deal.
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Ivory Coast
Yapo Kouassi
Air France
French Foreign Ministry
France
Alain Lobognon
Aristide to seek asylum in South Africa after elections
Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will take permanent asylum in South Africa after national elections next month. Jamaican officials said at a Caribbean summit in St. Kitts that Thabo Mbeki's government delayed the move to avoid political instability before the April 14 vote.
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Haiti
Turkey PM hardens stance ahead of local elections
At a campaign rally Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signals tougher policy while stalls on jobs and raises heating gas prices. Polls show his Islamic-rooted party gains momentum as secular critics warn of risks to Turkey's system.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Erdogan
Five more suspects linked to Madrid bombings arrested
Spanish police moved to 18 in custody for the March 11 commuter train attacks, with two arrests in Madrid and three Moroccans taken in the region and Agena. Homes are being searched and all will be questioned at the national court. mtv cited that three suspects previously arrested had lived in Germany and were directly involved.
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Madrid
Agena
Mtv
Germany
United States vetoes Hamas leader death resolution
The United States vetoed a U N Security Council resolution condemning Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin. Algeria, the sponsor, rejected a U S demand to condemn Hamas by name, calling the measure unbalanced. The veto sparks debate over Israel's policy of targeting militant leaders.
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Paris blackmail group renews threats over rail network
An obscure group calling itself AZF threatened to attack France’s rail system for millions of dollars in a cryptic letter. The note followed a hazardous device found near Troyes, prompting a system-wide inspection as authorities weigh the group’s reliability and motives.
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