Tropical Storm Chantal Brings Rain and Evacuations to Yucatan
Tropical Storm Chantal weakens to 50 mph over land near Chetumal and stalls on the Yucatan peninsula. Officials evacuate hundreds, close schools, and restrict offshore activities as forecasts warn it may regain strength in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Chetumal
Mexico
Chantal
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Belize
Trinidad
Cancun
Belize City
Xcalak
Banco Chinchorro
Notimex
Ex premier's leader charged amid Pakistan anti-graft drive
Jehangir Badar general secretary of the Pakistan Peoples Party was arrested at the National Accountability Bureau office on corruption charges. Officials say he is accused of abuse of power and illicit wealth. PPP leader Qasim Zia accuses the government of targeting Bhutto's party.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
Jehangir Badar
Pakistan People’s Party
National Accountability Bureau
Bureau
Badar
Bhutto
Qasim Zia
Pervez Musharraf
Nawaz Sharif
Sharif
Saudi Arabia
England
United Arab Emirates
Arafat proposes Berlin talks for Middle East truce
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat proposes truce talks in Berlin with Shimon Peres as German Foreign Minister Fischer brokers the effort. A cease-fire plan aims to end 11 months of violence while bombs explode in Jerusalem and clashes persist in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Jerusalem
Yasser Arafat
Germany
Israel
Shimon Peres
Arafat
Peres
Joschka Fischer
Ariel Sharon
West Bank
Ramallah
Fisher
Berlin
Fischer
Budapest
Hungary
Israel Radio
Dove Gold
Sharon
United States
State Department
Philip Beeker
Zalman Shoval
Gaza Strip
Jenin
Nablus
U.S
George Mitchell
East Jerusalem
Gaza
Activists and doctors sue South Africa over HIV drug access
AIDS activists and physicians file suit in Pretoria high court demanding the government provide nevirapine to HIV infected pregnant women to prevent mother to child transmission. The action seeks a national policy, routine prenatal testing, and infant formula to reduce transmission and save about 20,000 babies yearly.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria High Court
Treatment Action Campaign
Mark Heywood
Boehringer Ingelheim
Heywood
Haroon Saloojee
Save Our Babies Campaign
Health Department
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Dmitry Komar
Vladimir Usov
Ilya Krichevsky
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ussr
Mideast
Uinovargis
Greenpeace
Dolis
Novartis
Gerber
Switzerland
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