Uribe begins second term amid calm Colombia vote
After a landslide re-election, Alvaro Uribe pledged to meet a huge responsibility in Colombia as he won 62 percent, the election hailed as the least violent in over a decade, with supporters in Medellin celebrating. Canada cites terror training in Afghanistan and warns of domestic threats linked to al Qaida. Lebanese border clashes escalate as Hezbollah and Israel clash under a shaky UN truce. Darfur aid tightened as WFP halves rations yet boosts calories with donor help. AU reports Nigerian soldier killed and another wounded in West Darfur fighting.
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Five permanent powers eye Iran package in Vienna meet
The five permanent UNSC members and Germany plan a Thursday Vienna meeting to approve a package of incentives and penalties to persuade Iran to quit uranium enrichment. The plan follows London talks where US Russia Britain France China and Germany reported progress on rewards or sanctions if Tehran halts enrichment. Final approval rests with the six foreign ministers before presenting to Iran via France Britain and Germany. Iran maintains it has a right to nuclear tech and rejects pressure to renounce enrichment.
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Hunger strike at Guantanamo swells to about 75 detainees
About 75 detainees at Guantanamo Bay joined a hunger strike, up from three, as U.S. military officials described the protest as an attention getting tactic to press for release. The base holds roughly 460 suspects linked to al Qaida or the Taliban, with only ten charged for trial.
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Kabul Riots Erupt After US Truck Crash In Kabul
Chaos gripped Kabul as a U S military truck crash sparked anti foreigner protests. At least eight people died and 107 were injured as rioters attacked offices of aid groups and looted shops. Police and soldiers fired at times, a curfew was imposed, and President Karzai denounced the agitators while pledging resistance to violence.
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Israeli strike kills militants in Gaza clash
Gaza City Israeli helicopter fired a missile at Palestinian militants during a cross border clash in northern Gaza early today killing three and wounding four Palestinian officials said Islamic Jihad said the militants involved were its members Israel said soldiers spotted militants about to launch rockets and called in aircraft an hourlong battle followed In the West Bank two more militants were killed in separate Israeli raids including an Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member in Balata refugee camp near Nablus and an Islamic Jihad gunman in Qabatiyeh The tensions come after an Islamic Jihad commander was killed in south Lebanon on Friday The same day four Hamas legislators in east Jerusalem were told to resign or leave the Palestinian parliament within 30 days by Israel's interior minister Ronnie Bar-On The four refused and were released officials said The move marks unprecedented effort to expel Palestinians from Jerusalem amid Hamas rise to power.
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Sole bird flu survivor shuns Tamiflu treatment
In Medan Indonesia Johannes Ginting the sole survivor of a bird flu cluster refuses Tamiflu while health workers stress infection control amid warnings the H5N1 virus could mutate. The cluster tied to Kubu Simbelang has six relatives dead and WHO says one seventh was buried before samples. Experts warn of possible human-to-human transmission though no wider illness has emerged.
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