Palestinian toll rises as West Bank violence escalates
Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians near Kiryat Arba outside Hebron after warning of an attack. The weekend death toll reached 13 Palestinians including two children. Palestinian and Israeli officials voiced concerns over military restraint and policy shifts. Others died in Jenin and Tubas amid broader clashes as diplomacy faltered and calls for an end to talks grew.
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Jerusalem
West Bank
Shimon Peres
Kiryat Arba
Hebron
Mohammed Manassa
Manassa
Ment
Nablus
Gaza Strip
Israel
Yasser Abed Rabbo
Gaza
Bassam Sadi
Jenin
Islamic Jihad
Tubas
Saeb Erekat
Har Bracha
Foreign Ministry
Peres
Haim Ramon
Labor Party
Ariel Sharon
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Nahum Barnea
Yediot Ahronot
Shiyoukh
Bani Naim
World leaders push forward at South Africa climate summit
As heads of state arrived in Johannesburg for the World Summit negotiators reported progress on climate and trade. The Kyoto Protocol language was agreed with dissenters urging ratification while US resistance to targets and timetables persisted. Environmentalists hailed the pact as a step forward amid debates on sanitation energy and governance tied aid.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jean Chretien
Rio
United States
Hans Christian Schmidt
Steve Sawyer
Greenpeace
World Trade Organization
Doha
Qatar
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
U.N
Kofi Annan
Israel
Jordan
Dead Sea
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Annan
Thabo Mbeki
Sterkfontein Caves
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Yasser Arafat
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Ramla
WTO
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European Union
Devel
Phillip Tobias
University of Witwatersrand
Thano Mbeki
Wendy Schilowa
Jacob Zuma
Jane Goodall
Nane Annan