WTO Chief Pies Drawn By Environmentalists in London
About 20 environmentalists threw cream pies Friday at WTO Director-General Renato Ruggiero after a speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. The group Biotic Baking Brigade claimed responsibility, saying they sent a message to the global elite as Ruggiero defended a WTO move against U.S. protections for endangered sea turtles.
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Geneva
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U.N. volunteer killed in Haiti bar holdup
Moctar Diallo a 51 year old Mauritanian garage mechanic working with the U.N. police training mission was shot and killed during a holdup by three gunmen in a Port au Prince bar. No arrests reported. The mission trains Haitian national police with about 150 U.N. civilian instructors and 140 Argentines handling security. The force victory timeline notes the transition from a U.S. led multinational force in 1994 to U.N. peacekeeping and a police training mission with mandate ending Nov. 30.
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Moctar Diallo
Port-au-Prince
Daniel Amiot-Priso
United Nations
Officials whipped for taking bribes in Taliban rule
Thousands gathered in Kabul as Taliban enforcers lashed three government officials found guilty of bribe taking. Each man received 36 lashes and six months in prison for forging the defense minister’s signature and selling requisitioned equipment. Abdul Wadood, a religious police employee, was among the punished.
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Taliban
Abdul Wadood
Lesotho troops to be cut as SA army withdraws
Odise announced Friday that South Africa will reduce its Lesotho force from 3500 to 2100. South African troops entered Lesotho on Sept 22 to quell an army mutiny and strikes linked to last May elections that the opposition said were rigged.
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U N agencies announce Roll Back Malaria campaign
A consortium of United Nations agencies unveils Roll Back Malaria to fight a leading killer in southern regions. WHO, World Bank, UNDP, and UNICEF coordinate a community based effort focusing on prevention, quick treatment, and local empowerment, initially in Africa.
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Pinochet granted bail as Spain pursues case
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet won bail in Britain while Spain presses ahead with an investigation into genocide terrorism and torture during his 17 year rule. A British High Court immunity ruling preceded bail though he must stay at Grovelands Prison Hospital under guard. Spain asserts jurisdiction and extradition efforts continue.
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Spain
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Madrid
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