Ex-dictator loses but democracy wins in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana AP Former fighter pilot Jerry Rawlings relinquished power to rival John Kufour after elections that ended his long rule. The peaceful transfer marks a rare democratic milestone in West Africa, echoed by praise from UN chief Kofi Annan and observers while noting continued regional political volatility.
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Ghana
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Rawlings
West Africa
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Marina Ottaway
African Policy Initiative
U.S
Carnegie Endowment
Britain
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John Atta Mills
Kufnor
Swedish Wallenberg report questions 1947 death claim
A Swedish Russian panel report suggests Raoul Wallenberg may have survived beyond 1947 and that Swedish officials underreacted to his disappearance. It cites declassified documents and notes the possibility of long-term Gulag captivity, while Russians insist he died in 1947. Prime Minister Persson apologized to Wallenberg’s family.
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Sweden
Raoul Wallenberg
Hungary
Wallenberg
Hans Magnusson
Geeran Persson
IMF lowers US growth. Asia recovery still on track
IMF chief Horst Koehler says the U S growth forecast for 2001 was cut to 2.5 percent from 3.2, a slowdown not derailing Asia's recovery. He notes Asia excluding Japan may expand 5 percent, a deceleration from 8 percent, and expects a soft U S landing amid balanced signs.
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Koehler
Yemeni report alleges outsider boarded USS Cole near Suez Canal
Yemeni forces publish claims that an American citizen, described as acting like Charlie Chaplin, boarded the USS Cole in the Suez Canal while the ship rested, potentially prompting questions on security ahead of the Aden refueling. The Cole had been en route to the Persian Gulf to support the Iraqi embargo when a small boat attack in October killed 17 sailors and injured 39.
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United States
Suez Canal
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Persian Gulf
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Iraq
Oldest insole found in Switzerland dates 5200 years
Archaeologists uncovered a flattened moss fragment by a Zug lake road that bore a Foot imprint. Stefan Hochuli said lab analysis confirmed it as an ancient insole, about 10 inches long, made for a shoe roughly a modern men’s size 0, with the leather shoe itself destroyed by lake soil.
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Zug
Switzerland
Stefan Hochuli
Associated Press
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