Rioters Clash With Security Forces Near Crossmaglen
In Crossmaglen, IRA supporters armed with clubs and makeshift weapons clashed with riot police and soldiers at three British security sites near the Northern Ireland border. Twenty two officers were injured, two with head wounds airlifted to a Belfast hospital. Police used plastic bullets and batons to repel crowds, and a soldier suffered burns after protesters set an oil drum alight at the main gate.
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Crossmaglen
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Venezuela Shutdown Tests Chavez Economic Plan
Venezuelan stores close and public transport halts as business leaders organize a 12 hour national stoppage. Labor unions and newspapers join, as Chavez defends laws aimed at aiding the poor while critics warn of reduced investment and tighter state control across oil, agriculture, and fishing.
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Hugo Chavez
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Suicide bomber strikes Israeli city amid renewed push on Arafat
A suicide bomber detonated at a busy northern Israel intersection, killing only the attacker and heightening U S and Israeli pressure on Yasser Arafat. Powell said bombings erode Arafat authority while Cheney urged firm action. Israeli raids in the West Bank left five Palestinians dead and 30 militants detained. Zinni warned of possible withdrawal if progress stalls, then briefly left talks.
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Israel
Yasser Arafat
Colin Powell
Arafat
Dick Cheney
NBC
Meet the Press
United States
West Bank
Anthony Zinni
Zinni
U.S
Paul Patin
Two Palestinians Charged Over Zeevi Assassination
In Jerusalem District Court Mohammed Rimawi of Beit Rima was charged with murder and Saleh Alawi of east Jerusalem with being an accomplice in the Oct 17 killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi. Prosecutors say neither suspect fired the shot but aided the gunmen during the attack at Jerusalem's King David Hotel. The U.S. planned to convene another meeting in a few days.
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Jerusalem
King David Hotel
United States
New York Leaders Visit Jerusalem in Show of Support
Governor George Pataki Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his successor Michael Bloomberg toured Jerusalem to honor Israeli victims of Palestinian bombings. They planted trees and met admirers at an outdoor mall where a December attack killed 11 teens, then visited a Sbarro site where the August bombing killed 15, including a U.S. citizen.
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New York
Rudolph Giuliani
Michael Bloomberg
Israel
George Pataki
Dec. L
Giuliani
U.S
Ebola outbreak confirmed in Gabon by WHO
The World Health Organization confirmed an Ebola outbreak in Gabon after laboratory tests in Franceville, with seven deaths reported. A WHO team is assisting as authorities monitor the northeastern Ogooue Ivindo province where cases emerged.
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Gabon
World Health Organization
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WHO
Gregory Hartl
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