Hamburg arrest ties Morocco student to Sept 11 cell
German police arrested 27 year old Mounir El Motassadeq at his Hamburg apartment on charges he controlled a bank account financing the Sept 11 hijackers and had years of intensive contact with the Hamburg cell including Atta and Al Shehhi.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Mounir el Motassadegy
Germany
Washington
New York
el Motassadeq
Mohamed Atta
Federal
Marwan Al-Shehhi
Frauke Scheuten
Al-Shehhi
Atta
Ziad Jarrah
Florida
Mounir el Motassadeq
Morocco
Associated Press
U.S
Technical University
United States
Belgian group accuses Arafat of war crimes
In Brussels, lawyers for 33 Israelis and Belgians file a complaint against Yasser Arafat under Belgian 1993 and 1999 laws that extend jurisdiction for war crimes and genocide cases. The file cites alleged terrorist acts linked to the Palestinian leader. immunity disputes and prior trials under the same law are noted.
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Arafat
Brussels
Belgium
Yasser Arafat
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Paul Kagame
Sharon
Vietnam approves trade pact with U S
Vietnam's National Assembly ratified a landmark trade agreement with the United States signaling normalized relations after decades of tension. The pact grants access to the U.S. market while requiring Vietnam to open state markets, with phased lifts on access for American firms and tariffs falling from up to 40 percent to about 4 percent.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
National Assembly
United States
U.S
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Do Buc Dinh
Institute of World Economy
Congress
Bush
Susan Adams
International Monetary Fund
Clinton
Vu Khoan
USS
AIDS epidemic hits Eastern Europe and ex-Soviet nations
A UN report warns Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics face a sharp rise in HIV AIDS, with teens at highest risk. Russia reports rapid infection growth with 75,000 new cases by November and possible 100,000 more by year end. Ukraine has the region’s highest prevalence.
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Moscow
Europe
Soviet Union
U.N
Russia
Ukraine
Peter Piot
Piot
Gennady
Onishchenko
Kazakstan
sub-Saharan Africa
Caribbean
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