Eight Palestinians fatally hurt in gunbattles in Middle East
Eight Palestinians including a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy were killed as Israeli reprisals and combat actions escalated. Israeli warplanes and helicopters attacked targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip while more Palestinians were wounded.
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Jerusalem
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Ariel Sharon
Army
Mehola
Hamas
Jebaiya
Sharon
Yasser Arafat
Raanan Gissin
Council For Peace and Security
Israel
Palestinian Authority
Yoav Limor
Maariv
Limor
Arafat
Ramallah
Rafah
Gaza
South Korea rebukes Bush axis of evil remark in campaign
A South Korean lawmaker called President Bush an incarnation of evil in a parliamentary clash over U.S. North Korea policy. The remark underscored how the Bush administration's stance fuels campaign debates amid Seoul-Washington tensions.
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Seoul
South Korea
Bush
North Korea
U.S
Kim Dae-jung
National Assembly
Iraq
Iran
Tokyo
Kim
Song Suk-chan
Korean Peninsula
Song
Lee Hoichang
Grand National Party
North
Lee
Washington
Dick Cheney
Colin Powell
Condoleezza Rice
South
United States
Turkish police detain al Qaida linked trio in Van on way to Israel
Police in Van eastern Turkey detained two Palestinians and a Jordanian tied to al Qaida who planned to travel via Syria and Jordan to Israel for a bomb attack. They entered Turkey illegally from Iran, carried false passports, and were found with Arabic documents believed to instruct bomb making. A fourth man and six others were detained in related actions.
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Ankara
Turkey
al-Qaida
Israel
Van
Iran
Feyzullah Arslan
NATO
United States
Arslan
Firuz Suleiman
Ahmed Mahmoud
Mustafa Hassan
Istanbul
Syria
Jordan
Beyyiat el- Imam
Abu Musad
Taliban
Afghanistan
Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan
Suleiman
Anatolia News Agency
U.S
Palestinian Territories
Lebanon
Abderraouf Jdey
Abdelaziz Boussara
Jdey
Queen Elizabeth II Visits Jamaica Amid Debate Over Crown
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Kingston and visits Parliament as Jamaica debates ending sworn allegiance to the crown. Jamaicans praise the queen while legislators question Britain’s role. The trip marks 50 years on the throne with plans to visit Canada and Australia.
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Britain
Queen Elizabeth II
Kingston
Jamaica
Elizabeth II
Annmarie Gray
Elizabeth
Anthony Johnson
Johnson
Caribbean
Africa
Prince Philip
Canada
Australia
Hugh Sherrock
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