Mediators Seek Breakthrough in Israeli Palestinian Conflict
U.S. mediators Anthony Zinni and William Burns arrive amid fatigue over war and volatile regional tensions. They face obstacles from Sharon and Arafat as violence lingers, with polls split on Palestinian statehood and renewed peace talks stalled by mutual demands and political constraints.
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Gaza
Israel
Mahmoud Abu Hanoud
Hamas
Sharon
Arafat
Colin Powell
Palestine
Jerusalem
Maariv
Palestinian Authority
Palestinian Center For Public Opinion
Tor Oded Eran
Zinni
Burns
U.S
George Mitchell
West Bank
Eran
Ghassan Khatib
Khatib
Ehud Barak
Likud
Hemri Shalev
Prada to sell stake in Fendi to LVMH for 265 million
Prada agreed to divest its 51 percent Fendi holding to LVMH for 265 million dollars, securing a controlling stake for LVMH while Prada uses proceeds to fund other brands. Fendi will keep 49 percent with rapid growth in stores cited, and the deal was finalized in Paris.
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Milan
Italy
Prada
Fendi
LVMH
Paris
Cristina Fossati
Image Building
Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA
Patrizio Bertelli
Fossati
Yves Carcelle
Louis Vuitton
Fireworks ignite deadly dance hall blaze in Brazil
Indoor fireworks started a fire at the Trem Caipira dance club in Belo Horizonte, killing at least six and injuring about 340 as crowds trapped inside. The venue lacked working extinguishers and an emergency exit, and part of the roof collapsed during the panic.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Gertel Vaz de
Trem Caipira
Sailors Read Bedtime Stories on Carrier Mission
On the USS Theodore Roosevelt a 19-year-old sailor Justin Frederick reads Christmas Cats to his newborn son Zachary in a tiny TV studio aboard ship. Fathers film sequences for delivery to families as about 740 women serve among 5,500 crew.
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Justin Frederick
Zachary
Frederick
Fort Worth
Texas
Christine DeZwaan
South Haven
Mich
Jeremy Dawley
Cheney
Wash
Wendell Stephen
Philadelphia
Deion
Wendell II
Stephen
Navy
Jeanette
Roosevelt
Norfolk
United States
Rachel
U.S. Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Sicilian city mourns Italian reporter killed in Afghanistan
Thousands attend the funeral in Catania for Maria Grazia Cutuli, 39, a Corriere della Sera correspondent shot with three colleagues on a Jalalabad to Kabul convoy. Tributes praise her courage and commitment to truthful reporting, while Italy seeks evidence to identify the attackers.
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Maria Grazia Cutuli
Corriere Della Sera
Catania
Sicily
Cutuli
Kabul
Afghanistan
Erminda Franci
Jalalabad
Milan
Luigi Bommarito
Bommarito
la Sicilia
Africa
Epoca
Rwanda
Israel
Sudan
Italy
Foreign Ministry
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Michael Tarazi
PLO
Left
Amshad Atala
Diana Devito
Tel Aviv
Tarazi
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