Rescue work after Toulouse plant explosion claims 29 dead
Rescue teams with search dogs combed the ruins of a chemical fertilizer plant in Toulouse after a blast felled houses and left 29 dead. About 150 families seek shelter as hospitals report around 650 injured and dozens in critical condition. The blast leveled areas within a mile, with many residents displaced and some missing beneath rubble.
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North Korea denies CIA missile export claims
North Korea rejected a CIA report alleging continued missile equipment and technology exports to the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa in the latter half of 2000. Seoul cited Pyongyang’s denials as absurd, while U.S. officials say missile sales remain a key hard currency source.
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Protestant parties seek Sinn Fein exit from Belfast government
Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble said his ministers would quit and force collapse if Sinn Fein remains in the power sharing cabinet. Britain temporarily handed control back to local officials as power was planned to be restored, with a vote on Trimble’s leadership due by November 3. Trimble warned the government cannot credibly continue with two Sinn Fein ministers without IRA disarmament.
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Peace talks between Arafat and Peres likely to resume
Palestinian officials say preparatory talks in Tel Aviv between Shimon Peres and Palestinian figures pave the way for a Sunday night meeting with Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. Arafat voiced hope for renewed negotiations to end nearly a year of violence amid unresolved blocks on Gaza and the West Bank.
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