Multiple Global Incidents Reported Across Asia and Africa
AP dispatches detail a Japan air traffic control outage delaying flights but not endangering safety. U S soldiers face a gunman near Bagram with no injuries. Ho Chi Minh City owner of a disco faces fire violation charges. Bali victims cremated in a ceremony. Congo conflict reports claim hundreds killed and hundreds missing near Bogoro with UPC and RCD-ML involvement.
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Tokyo
Japan
Transport Ministry
Keiji Takiguchi
Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Bagram Air Base
Bagram
Hanoi
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyen van Phuong
Paul Nguyen
Thanh Nien
Young People
Phuong
Thu Duc
United States
Bali
Indonesia
Kigali
Rwanda
Congo
Thomas Lubanga
Union of Congolese Patriots
UPC
Bogoro
Rally For Democracy-Liberation Movement
Rcd-Ml
Questions over Hu Jintao's grip on China's leadership
The AP reports three months after Hu Jintao became party general secretary and ahead of his likely NPC presidency, questions linger about how much real power he wields beyond Jiang Zemin. Hu focuses on domestic stability amid economic upheaval, while foreign policy clarity remains murky.
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Beijing
Communist Apparatchik
Hu Jintao
China
Communist Party
Jiang Zemin
National People’s Congress
Jiang
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Iraq
North Korea
Pyongyang
Washington
NPC
Bush
Joseph Fewsmith
Boston University
Tiananmen
Song
al Gore
Ronald Reagan
Probe into Colombia terror attack takes startling turn
In Bogota the El Nogal club bombing that killed 36 and wounded 160 draws scrutiny onto John Freddy Arellan a 26 year old squash champion once granted elite access. Investigators weigh whether he or his uncle Oswaldo Arellan Barajas acted as unwitting participant or conspirator amid a rebel campaign.
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Colombia
Bogota
John Freddy Arellan
Arellan
Oswaldo Arellan Barajas
el Nogal
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Oswaldo
Ascencion Barajas
Palestinians move toward prime minister post amid Arafat pressure
In Gaza Khan Younis clashes injure two as Israeli forces with tanks and helicopters push into the city. Separately Palestinian leaders move to amend Authority law to create a prime minister post, with Arafat potentially resisting the appointment amid international pressure. Salam Fayyad reports $600 million in liquid assets across 79 ventures and denies secret accounts or funds for terrorism.
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Arafat
Jerusalem
Khan Younis
Gaza
United States
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian Authority
Nabil Abu Adeneh
Abu Adeneh
Council
Salam Fayad
Polish coalition collapses as left government breaks apart
In Warsaw the left-leaning Polish government collapses after an emergency coalition split over a new car tax for road funding. Prime Minister Leszek Miller vows a minority rule and seeks dissolution of the coalition. The Peasant Party held key ministries and opposed EU bid support.
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Warsaw
Poland
Leszek Miller
Peasant Party
Democratic Left Alliance
Miller
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Miller’s Party
Marek Borowski
European Union
Michal Tober
Tober
Train overturns onAli Mountain killing seventeen tourists
An eight-car? Actually four-car train carrying about 150 passengers overturned while descending Ali Mountain in central Taiwan on Saturday. Seventeen dead and 102 injured. A helicopter airlifted victims with no serious injuries reported. Brakes reportedly malfunctioned. cause under investigation.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Ali Mountain
Chiayi
Luo Jian-hsun
Li Chien-chuan
Agricultural Council
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