Powell and Rumsfeld press united front in Australia
In Canberra Powell and Rumsfeld showcased alliance amid talks with Australian leaders over a nonproliferation treaty. They praised 50 years of U.S. Australian military cooperation while denying substantive policy rifts, with Downer and Reith stressing cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
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Canberra
Australia
Colin Powell
Donald Rumsfeld
U.S
Asia-Pacific
United States
Alexander Downer
Defense Ministry
Peter Reith
Powell
Rumsfeld
China
North Korea
Colin
Washington
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Geneva
Bush
Downer
Koizumi wins mandate for bold reforms in Japan election
Prime Minister Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party secures a solid upper house majority, 78 of 121 seats, amid 56.4 percent turnout. Analysts caution reform may face entrenched interests, as voters weigh short-term pain against long-term structural changes to curb bad debts and deregulate.
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Tokyo
Junichiro Koizumi
Koizumi
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Masumi Ishikawa
Obirin University
NHK
LDP
Komei Party
Shigenori Okazaki
UBS Warburg
Asahi
United States
Europe
Kuniko Inoguchi
Sophia University
Fatal blast destroys Fatah car shop near Nablus
Six Palestinian activists from Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement were killed when a pre dawn explosion ripped through a roadside car parts shack outside Nablus. The blast toppled the roof, burned the interior, and left bodies scattered as witnesses described a grisly scene.
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Fatah Movement
Nablus
West Bank
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Jerusalem
Israel
Ahmed Abdel Rahman
al- Fara
Mansour Barahmah
Negotiators hope to finish Macedonian peace talks today
Negotiators expressed hope that peace talks could yield results soon despite an ambush on a convoy carrying Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski near Grupevn. The talks focus on making Albanian an official language in certain areas and police reforms, with a possible early signing and subsequent disarmament.
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Ourid
Macedonia
Gjorgji Spasov
Social Democratic Alliance of Macedonia
European Union
Francois Leotard
France-Inter Radio
France
Leotard
Ljube Boskovski
Grupevn
Skopje
Boskovski
Defense Ministry
Gajre
Lavce
Spasov
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