War anniversary stirs Asian tensions in Tokyo
In Tokyo, conservative Japanese politicians including five Cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni Shrine to mark the 56th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender, drawing protests in China and South Korea while Prime Minister Koizumi and Emperor Akihito offered regrets in separate ceremonies.
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Tokyo
Asia
Yasukuni
China
South Korea
Junichiro Koizumi
Akihito
Koizumi
Japan
Yakyo
Michiko
South
Korea
Yasukuni Shrine
Beijing
Soichi Yano
Yano
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Makiko Tanaka
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Kim Dae-jung
Korean Peninsula
NATO Eyes Partial Troop Deployment to Macedonia
NATO leaders proposed a 3500 member mission to Macedonia to collect and destroy rebel arms under Operation Essential Harvest. If all 19 governments do not object by 5 pm, the plan advances to deploy headquarters and core elements. The mission includes US and 11 European nations and requires a cease fire and legal agreements. Sporadic clashes near Tetovo and Kumanovo continued despite a peace accord.
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Belgium
NATO
Macedonia
Balkan
United States
Yves Brodeur
Brodeur
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian militia leader in Hebron ambush
Israeli undercover units killed Emad Abu Sneineh 25, a Tanzim leader linked to Fatah, as he stepped from a car in Hebron. The ambush followed gunfire exchanges and came after days of Israeli raids, with officials noting his role in attacks on Israelis. Limits of operation in Beit Jalla and Jenin raids cited. Bush and Beeker condemned violence and urged restraint.
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West Bank
Emad Abu Sneineh
Nabil Abu Sneineh
Abu Sneineh
Tanzim
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Raanan Gissin
Ariel Sharon
Israel
Palestinian Authority
Nabil Amr
U.N. Security Council
United States
Sharon
Islamic Jihad Group
Haifa
Jenin
Washington
State Department
Philip Beeker
Bush
Arafat
Beit Jalla
Gila
Jerusalem
American freed after G-8 protest in Genoa release
Susanna Thomas, an American student and journalist, was released from Voghera prison near Milan after three weeks detainment linked to a protest at the G-8 summit. She urged freeing political prisoners globally and urged continued attention from supporters, detailing her experiences and noting other Americans released with her.
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Austria
Susanna Thomas
Genoa
New Jersey
Associated Press
Voghera
Milan
Thomas
Publix Theater
Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania
Gilberto Pagani
Warren
Pagani
Andre Patrick Stoffel
Illinois
Brian Sating
Ohio
Europe
Black Bloc
Susanna
Rick Thomas
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