Mandela denounces U S threats to attack Iraq abroad
Nelson Mandela criticizes Washington for threatening action against Iraq and warns that United States is introducing chaos in international affairs. He says no country should take the law into its own hands as leaders urge restraint at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
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South Africa
Nelson Mandela
U.S
Iraq
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Colin Powell
United States
U.N
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Jacques Chirac
Saddam Hussein
Cheney
Saddam
Powell
George Bush
Condoleezza Rice
Chirac
Thabo Mbeki
Gerhard Schroeder
America
Essap Pahad
Mbeki
Moscow
Russia
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Israel bars Arafat from returning to West Bank
Israel says Yasser Arafat may leave the West Bank but cannot return, a stance fuel ing Palestinian anger. Raanan Gissin noted the plan aims to push Palestinians toward new leadership as violence persists. Meanwhile Israeli forces confront militants in Gaza and Nablus as curfews and roadblocks disrupt schooling and daily life.
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Israel
Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Ariel Sharon
Arafat
Raanan Gissin
Gissin
Saeb Erekat
Sharon
Mideast
Ramallah
Nablus
Bethlehem
Gaza
Abdel Razak Yehiyeh
Yehiyeh
Rai
Defense
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Oil summit pledges cleaner operations amid environmental pressure
World Petroleum Congress brings 3000 delegates from 59 nations as oil bosses hear calls to adopt cleaner fuels and reduce greenhouse gases. Environmental groups attend for the first time, while concerns over Iraq, oil prices, and Middle East supply loom large.
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Brazil
Iraq
World Petroleum Congress
Greenpeace
Conservation International
World Wildlife Fund
India
Ram Naik
Naik
Congress
Frank Guggenheim
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