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Breaking News Thu, 31 Jul 2003
The Mideast peace process hit further trouble today after talks over the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian towns ended in disagreement and hundreds protested in a West Bank town walled in by an Israeli security barrier. (Getty Images)
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Israeli withdrawal talks end in disagreement; Palestinians protest security fence
The Mideast peace process hit further trouble today after talks over the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian towns ended in disagreement and hundreds protested in a West Bank town walled in ... (photo: Getty Images) Boston Herald
Waving handkerchiefs and chanting, ``We want peace,'' Monrovia's trapped people on Thursday welcomed an advance team scouting conditions for a long-promised West African peace force. With the new hopes of rescue, people in Liberia's capital passed one of the quietest nights in the last two months of rebel offensives. (Getty Images)
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Cheering Liberians welcome West African advance team, hoping peacekeepers will follow
MONROVIA, Liberia - Waving handkerchiefs and chanting, ``We want peace,'' Monrovia's trapped people on Thursday welcomed an advance team scouting conditions for a long-promised West African peace forc... (photo: Getty Images) Boston Herald
The sharemarket surged to a fresh 10-month high yesterday as investors drew on increasing optimism that the global economy was on the way to recovery, their confidence bolstered by solid retail data at home.Global equity markets, including Wall Street, were mostly weaker on Wednesday night but this was shrugged off locally with domestic banks, retailers, and building material stocks enjoying strong gains. (WN) Bustling economy bolsters market
The sharemarket surged to a fresh 10-month high yesterday as investors drew on increasing optimism that the global economy was on the way to recovery, their confidence bolstered by solid retail data a... (photo: WN) Sydney Morning Herald
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An Australian company has won regulatory approval to begin human trials for an anti-AIDS gel which could dramatically reduce the spread of the virus in developing countries. (WHO/P. Virot) Go-ahead for anti-AIDS gel trials - Jul. 31, 2003
Story Tools RELATED " Interactive:   "   "   "   HEALTH LIBRARY "   "   | SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- An Australian company has won regulator... (photo: WHO/P. Virot) CNN
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Israel on Thursday published building tenders to expand a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip — defying a stipulation in the US-backed "road map" peace plan that says construction in Jewish settlements must stop. (Getty Images) Defying peace plan, Israel approves new Gaza construction
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel on Thursday published building tenders to expand a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip ? defying a stipulation in the U.S.-backed "road... (photo: Getty Images) USA Today
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The UN World Food Programme(WFP) said on Thursday it was running out food for 130,000 refugees in Ethiopiaand appealed for $5.3 million to buy more. (UNICEF) UN seeks food for refugees in Ethiopia
| ADDIS ABABA: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday it was running out food for 130,000 refugees in Ethiopia and appealed for $5.3 million to buy more. | &n... (photo: UNICEF) The Times Of India
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Two more of the forest fires that have devastated parts of south-eastern France, killing five people in recent days, have been brought under control.A fire that has destroyed woodland near the town of La Motte for the past two days is still burning, but is advancing only slowly, firefighters say. (WN) French Riviera fires under control
Seventeen French firefighters have been hurt battling the blazes | Two more of the forest fires that have devastated parts of south-eastern France, killing five people in... (photo: WN) BBC News
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Seven people, including a toddler, have been killed and 32 injured in India after a blast ripped through the home of a man who supplied explosives to Bollywood film units, officials say. (WN) Seven dead in Bombay blast
  By Maria Abraham | BOMBAY (Reuters) - Seven people, including a toddler, have been killed and 32 injured in India after a blast ripped through the home of a | man ... (photo: WN) Swissinfo English
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Israel on Thursday published building tenders to expand a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip - defying a stipulation in the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan that says construction in Jewish settlements must stop. (Getty Images) Israel Approves New Construction in Gaza
By GAVIN RABINOWITZ | ASSOCIATED PRESS | JERUSALEM (AP) - | Israel on Thursday published building tenders to expand a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip - defying a stip... (photo: Getty Images) Las Vegas Sun
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The Mideast peace process hit further trouble today after talks over the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian towns ended in disagreement and hundreds protested in a West Bank town walled in by an Israeli security barrier. (Getty Images)
Israeli withdrawal talks end in disagreement; Palestinians protest security fence
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Patti LaBelle still ‘doing her own thing’
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The US military in Afghanistan says American troops have killed at least three suspected Taleban militants near a US base in the country's eastern Kunar province bordering Pakistan. Military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Lefforge said Thursday the three were among a group of 10 men spotted late Wednesday near the US base in Kunar's capital, Asadabad. (U.S. Army )
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The Mideast peace process hit further trouble today after talks over the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian towns ended in disagreement and hundreds protested in a West Bank town walled in by an Israeli security barrier. (Getty Images)
Israeli withdrawal talks end in disagreement; Palestinians protest security fence
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Peruvian authorities formally asked Japan on Thursday to extradite former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who fled to the Asian country more than two years ago amid the collapse of his scandal-ridden regime, an official said. (UN file)
Peru makes formal request to Japan for Fujimoro
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Waving handkerchiefs and chanting, ``We want peace,'' Monrovia's trapped people on Thursday welcomed an advance team scouting conditions for a long-promised West African peace force. With the new hopes of rescue, people in Liberia's capital passed one of the quietest nights in the last two months of rebel offensives. (Getty Images)
Cheering Liberians welcome West African advance team, hoping peacekeepers will follow
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