Tobacco treaty agreed over U.S. objections
More than 170 nations endorsed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Geneva despite U S objections over opt out clauses. The draft text advances limits on advertising and labeling, pushes for health warnings, possible liability for manufacturers, and steps to curb smuggling and secondhand smoke ahead of a World Health Assembly adoption.
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Geneva
U.S
Bush Administration
World Health Assembly
David Hohman
Hohman
United States
World Health Organization Assembly
WHO
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Iraq begins U N ordered destruction of banned missiles
Iraq starts crushing Al Samoud 2 missiles with bulldozers under U N order as inspectors observe. Four missiles destroyed, pace to accelerate. U S warns disarmament may not end war while Turkey blocks deployment of 62 000 troops and Arab leaders clash over the crisis.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.N
U.S
Washington
Bush
Turkey
United States
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
United Arab Emirates
Saddam Hussein
No. 2
Demetrius Perricos
Perricos
White House
Merci Viana
Ari Fleischer
United Nations
Foreign Ministry
Hiro Ueki
Security Council
Council
Al-Taji
Arab leaders urge Saddam to leave Iraq to avert war
At the Sharm el Sheikh Arab League summit leaders failed to unite over Iraq. UAE proposed Saddam step down for immunity, while Egypt and Saudi Arabia urged greater cooperation with weapons inspectors. Gaddafi and Abdullah traded insults as sessions ended without a firm anti war declaration.
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Saddam
Iraq
Harm El-Sheik
Egypt
U.S
Saddam Hussein
United Arab Emirates
Arab League
Muammar Gaddafi
Abdullah
Kuwait
Bahrain
Qatar
United States
Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheik
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
U.N
Syria
Baghdad
United Nations
Uae
Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan
Mohammed al- Douri
CNN
New York
League
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Naji Sabri
Sheik Zayed
White House
Ari Fleischer
Bashar Assad
Assad
Gaddafi
The
Devil
Anti war candidates revive McCarthy campaign in New Hampshire
In Durham and at Saint Anselm College, Dean and other Democrats push anti-war messages amid simmering opposition to a U.S. strike on Iraq. Students rally outside the library while observers compare current candidates to 1968 McCarthy figures, noting shifts in momentum and electability worries.
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Durham
N.H
Dean
Iraq
Howard Dean
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Johnson
Noah Perch-Ahern
University of New Hampshire
Perch-Ahern
David Hoeh
Belmont
Hoeh
Senate
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut
John Kerry
Massachusetts
John Edwards
North Carolina
Congress
Vietnam
Karen Hicks
Vermont
Saint Anselm College
al Sharpton
Illinois
Carol Moseley- Braun
Ohio
Dennis Kucinich
Edwards
Kerry
Missouri
Dick Gephardt
Lieberman
Carol Moseley-Braun
Dean Spiliotes
Dartmouth College
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