U S and Russia diverge on Iraq strategy
U S and Russia race to shape Iraq policy after Primakov and Albright meet for nearly three hours. Washington pushes for a military option if diplomacy fails while Moscow seeks continued inspections. Allies split as Britain Germany Sweden China Turkey position varies and regional leaders weigh support. Albright to meet Cook in London as she plans Israel and Arab talks.
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Albright
Geena
U.S
U.N
Prinakov
Russia
Primakov
Rey Viktor Posavalyuk
Iraq
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Britain
Persian Gulf
Clinton
Jacques Chirac
White House
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Catherine Ongee
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Sweden
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Bonn
United Nations
Jan Eliasson
Stockholm
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Turkey
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Council
London
Robin Cook
Madrid
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Adent
Baghdad
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West Bank
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Await
Spain mourns slaying of city councilor and wife
In Seville, crowds mourn Alberto Jimenez Becerril and his wife Asuncion Garcia, both 37, shot by ETA militants as they left a dinner. Police confirm a 9 mm shell, flagging the Basque group as the likely perpetrators and noting the killings mark a new ETA tactic against Popular Party officials. Authorities declared a day of mourning and many displayed white gloves in solidarity.
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Poli
Alberto Jimenez Becerril
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Ascension Garcia
Jimenez Becerril
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Jamaica ends entrance test with Grade Six Achievement Test plan
About 52,000 Jamaican sixth graders faced the final entrance test as high school spots remain limited. In 1999 only 31 percent earned high school places, prompting a shift to the Grade Six Achievement Test and National Assessment Program for all primary students by 2002, though minister Burchell Whiteman warned a place is not guaranteed.
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Funeral for Luxor massacre victims delayed burial
In England, a 5 year old Turner, her mother aged 24, and grandmother Joan were laid to rest in St Bartholomew's Church two months after their deaths. The burials follow a body mix up that initially swapped their coffins with others from the Luxor temple massacre that killed 62 people on November 17.
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Turner
St. Bartholomew's Church
West Yorkshire
Joan
Luxor
Karina Turner
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