Israel Hammers Gaza After Killings at Army Post
Israeli tanks and bulldozers razed runways at Gaza International Airport in a response to an ambush that killed four soldiers. The raid followed an incursion into a Rafah refugee camp as tensions with Palestinian factions rise and pressure increases on Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian forces arrest key Islamic Jihad activist in raid
Palestinian security officers in Nablus seized two Islamic Jihad members, including 27 year old Mohammed Saleh Yassin on Israel's wanted list. An anonymous official said Yassin helped militants cross into Israel and spent seven years jailed. Israel pressed Palestinians to crack down on militants amid a shifting ceasefire stance.
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Border clashes kill child as India Pakistan trade fire
In Poonch district a 4-year-old boy, Nazaqat Hussain, was killed and his two cousins injured in cross border gunfire and mortar shelling. Authorities report more than 50,000 residents flee border towns amid massed troops and heightened war talk.
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Bush pledges tougher action on terrorism to India
President Bush told India's Home Minister Lal Advani that the United States will press Pakistan for stronger steps against those linked to terror attacks on India. Advani said Bush expects Pakistani President Musharraf to act decisively and abandon terror as state policy, a pledge he welcomed but will judge by actions, not words.
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New Nicaraguan president sworn in amid Sandinista boycott
Enrique Bolanos, 73, of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, was sworn in as Nicaragua's president in Managua. He won 56 percent in November, defeating Daniel Ortega as Sandinistas won 38 of 92 seats. Bolanos faces economic revival while party tensions rise with Arnoldo Aleman seeking congress leadership.
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Argentina tightens banking limits as peso float delayed
Argentina amplifies controls on banks amid economic collapse. The government shifts funds over $10,000 in checking and $3,000 in savings into fixed deposits for a year and extends a foreign exchange ban. Citizens face a new 1.4 peso per dollar rate and withdrawal caps. Marcelo Borselli waits at Banco Rio amid the strain.
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Security guard pushes for lifted currency ban
A 31 year old security guard earning 570 dollars a month urges the government to lift restrictions on foreign exchange transactions. He says he must access his savings as violence followed the ousting of President Fernando de la Rua last month, signaling possible policy shifts.
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Colombia braces for next step in long civil war
Government troops moved toward a rebel safe haven awaiting a presidential order to retake the zone as fears rose of escalation. President Pastrana declared the peace process a failure, while U N and James LeMoyne urged continuation of talks with FARC to end the stalemate.
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