Bush presses for Durban talks while pressuring Zionism removal
The Bush administration seeks European backing to exclude Zionism from the Durban conference agenda and to push slavery reparations off the table. U N officials and allies push a forward looking agenda as Geneva pre talks begin with U S delegation led by Loren Craner. The dispute tests U S relations with African states and Europe over Israel and reparations.
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Bush
U.N
Washington
Kofi Annan
United States
Durban
South Africa
White House
Ari Fleischer
U.S
Geneva
Bush Administration
Loren Craner
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Bureau
Israel
Charles Hunter
State Department
Middle East
Hunter
Annan
U.n.-Israel
Yehuda Lancry
The
United
Mary Robinson
Colin Powell
Koizumi presses reform as Japan votes in upper house
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appeals for support in the election for 121 of 247 upper house seats. His three party coalition seeks a strong majority to push public works cuts, debt cleanup, and economic restructuring despite unemployment fears and a 4.9 percent jobless rate.
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Tokyo
Junichiro Koizumi
Koizumi
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Yoshiro Mori
Kazuo Shii
Japan Communist Party
Osaka
Democratic Party
Yukio Hatoyama
Japan
Liberal Democrats
Toledo prepares for Peru's first democratic inauguration
Peruvian President elect Alejandro Toledo, the first indigenous self-made leader, readies to be sworn in in Lima as Peru pivots from Fujimori rule. He loans a hand to the poor, pledges 2 million jobs, tax cuts, and higher pay for teachers police and health workers amid poverty and unemployment.
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Lima
Peru
Alejandro Toledo
Alberto Fujimori
Toledo
el Agustino
Congress
Fujimori
Chimbote
Talks Resume at Ohrid Amid Tense Macedonian Peace Efforts
In Ohrid, Macedonian officials and ethnic Albanian leaders resumed Western mediated peace talks to end the insurgency. Police and army aircraft kept watch as about 50 Tearce residents protested near Tetovo while 350 refugees returned home under international escort.
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Ohrid
Macedonia
Lake
Skopje
Tearce
Tetovo
Vardar
Defense Ministry
Marjan Gjurovski
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James Pardew
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Francois Leotard
Boris Trajkovski
Ljubco Georgievski
Branko Crvenkovski
Social Democratic Alliance
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Party For Democratic Prosperity
Arben Xhaferi
Democratic Party of Albanians
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