Burial begins for last czar and family in Russia
In Yekaterinburg, three days of ceremonies mark the interment of Nicholas II and his relatives, transferred from glass sarcophagi to wooden coffins before transport to St. Petersburg for burial. The event stirs debate as church leaders question DNA findings and political factions clash over how to memorialize the Romanovs.
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Russia
Ural Mountains
Nicholas II
St. Petersburg
Pyotr Gritsayenko
Sergei Vasiliyev
Leningrad
Nicholas Romanov
Vladimir Yakovlev
Romanov
Nikolai Romanovich Romanov
Cabinet clash over talks with Palestinians escalates
Jerusalem AP A top cabinet minister threatened to quit Netanyahu's coalition over talks on troop withdrawals from the West Bank. Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon warned he would abandon the government if a 13 percent pullback was accepted, while Defense Minister Mordechai pressed for a two-issue approach including the extent of withdrawals and PLO charter references. The United States proposed phased withdrawals from 13 percent of the West Bank, a plan Palestinians say they would accept, but no formal sign-off has occurred.
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Defense
Yitzhak Mordechai
PLO
Israel
United States
Sharon
U.S
Mordechai
Preval nominated education minister as Haiti prime minister
Haitian President Rene Preval named his education minister Jacques Edouard Alexis to become prime minister to end a year long political crisis. If approved, Alexis would be the first premier since 1997 and faces a legislature wary after repeated rejected nominations.
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Haiti
Rene Preval
Jacques- Edouard Alexis
Rosny Smarth
Smarth
Preval
Congress
Alexis
United States
U.S
Clinton
Harvard-educated Quito Mayor leads Ecuador runoff win
With over 99 percent counted, Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad held about 51 percent to Alvaro Noboa's 49. Officials said results would be official after a Thursday announcement. Noboa alleged fraud and pressed protests, while observers deemed the vote fair. Mahuad's victory would place him as Ecuador's next president amid a fragile economy.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Jamil Mahuad
Noboa
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Mahuad
Congress
Abdala Bucaram
Fabian Alarcon
Bucaram
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