Roh Moo Hyun wins South Korea's presidential election
Roh Moo Hyun, a former human rights lawyer advocating dialogue with North Korea and less dependence on the United States, defeats Lee Hoi Chang with about 99 percent of votes counted. Turnout was 70.2 percent as voters nationwide faced a wintry day and a national holiday.
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Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
United States
Roh Moo-hyun
Lee Hoi-chang
Pyongyang
Bush
Roh
Lee
Rob
U.S
Washington
White House
Ari Fleischer
Fleischer
Kim Dae-jung
Kim
Kyle Kim
South
Kim Han-sik
Chung Mong-joon
Chung
U.N Inspectors Delay Entering Baghdad Facility
U N weapons inspectors faced a 15 to 20 minute delay entering a military guest house north of Baghdad as renewed inspections began its fourth week. The delay followed a dispute at the Al Fao facility with a guard demanding cooperation and noting the site had not been visited before.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.N
Associated Press
Saddam Hussein
Amir al- Saadi
al-Saadi
Hans Blix
Mohamed E.baradei
al Fao
Iraqi Information Ministry
New York Times
Bangkok
Thailand
Adnan Ihsan Saeed al-Haideri
Blix
ElBaradei
Security Council
United States
Britain
White House
Saddam
Bush
United Nations
Jack Straw
Taji
Gas supplies run dry as Venezuela strike widens
Venezuela enters its 18th day of a nationwide strike aimed at ousting President Chavez. Decrees permit seizure of private vehicles and facilities to secure gas, food, and oil deliveries as lines lengthen and stations run empty in Caracas and across the country.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Carlos Fernandez
Fedecamaras Business Association
Angelina Martino
The
Association of Gasoline Retailers
Claudio Cedeno
Palestinians Try Bus Travel in West Bank After Easing Move
In the West Bank city of Nablus Palestinians board buses moving between towns for the first time in two years amid new travel rules. Some passengers are turned back at checkpoints while others proceed. disputes erupt as a soldier punches a man trying to escort his sick daughter to a clinic.
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Nablus
West Bank
Israel
Ibrahim Abdullah
Abdel Rahim Tamimi
Ramallah
Abdullah
Maher Hamaiel
Beita
Hamaiel
Hiba
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