France denies excessive force in Ivory Coast clashes
Ivory Coast authorities and some evacuees accuse France of using excessive force during five days of upheaval in Abidjan. French armed forces chief Gen. Henri Bentegeat says soldiers fired only in self defense to hold back looters, while Ivory Coast officials claim France should be held responsible for extreme violence against demonstrators. About 2,192 of 14,000 French citizens and dozens of foreigners were evacuated as France and other nations fly out expatriates amid ongoing unrest.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
France
Henri Bentegeat
Europe-1 Radio
Associated Press
Desire Tagro
Spain
Germany
United States
Royal Air Force
Ghana
United Nations
U.N
Romania urged to educate citizens about Holocaust history
In Bucharest, Sara Bloomfield of the U S Holocaust Memorial Museum urged Romanians to confront their role in the Holocaust. A 400 page international panel report, led by Elie Wiesel, found Romanian authorities were responsible for 280,000 to 380,000 Jewish deaths and over 11,000 Romani deaths, with postwar depictions under communism downplaying German blame.
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Bucharest
Romania
U.S
Sara Bloomfield
Washington, D.C
Bloomfield
Tory
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Adolf Hitler
Antonescu
Soviet Union
Ion Iliescu
Iliescu
Elie Wiesel
United States
Israel
France
Germany
Marines rescue Syrian driver in Fallujah tied to journalists
A Syrian driver found handcuffed in Fallujah was abducted with two French journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, on August 20. The driver said he last saw the pair a month earlier as Marines sweep Fallujah amid a major offensive. France notes potential contact with captors, while a Paris portrait of al Joundi is taken down. A militant group claimed responsibility for the journalists' disappearance during the Najaf-bound convoy from Baghdad.
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Fallujah
Iraq
U.S
Mohammed al-Joundi
Christian Chesnot
Georges Malbrunot
al-Joundi
Paris
Chesnot
Malbrunot
Georges
Christian
Ali Merhebi
France
Merhebi
France-2 Television
Mal
Brunot
France 2
Foreign Ministry
Baghdad
Najaf
Islamic Army
U.S. plans to smuggle radios into North Korea
The United States will fund a four year program with up to 2 million dollars annually to infiltrate tiny radios into North Korea to boost broadcasts and aid defectors. The plan, outlined in the North Korean Human Rights Act signed Oct 18, faces Pyongyang's resistance and risks punishment for recipients. Supporters say radios offer hope to North Koreans craving outside news amid shortages.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
North Korea
Washington
Bush
Kim Jong II
Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Gay
Pyongyang
Alroughy
Suzanne Scholte
Defense Forum Foundation
Falls Church
China
Lee Gui-ok
Lee
Cuba
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N. Korea
By Tim Johnson
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Jon Lambert
Ron Whitener
India Gospel League
Jon and
Karen Lambert
Ecuador
Towne Blvd
Church of God
Middletown
Ohio
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Atdsial Art
Debtfreeohio
Richard West
Solid Rock Church
N. Union Road
Monroe
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