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Luis Posada Carriles
Editor’s summary Caracas wants the United States to extradite Posada to Venezuela, where he is wanted for allegedly masterminding the bombing of a Cuban aircraft as it took off from Venezuela. Seventy-three people were killed in the incident. Declassifed U.S. documents show that Posada, 77, was a CIA informant in the 1960s and 70s. A…
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Japan, S. Korea set summit date to repair ties
SEOUL — Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun are scheduled to hold a summit in Seoul June 20, diplomatic sources said. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon agreed earlier this month to hold the summit. The aim of the…
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Nobel laureates meet for peace
Editor’s summary Peace and security — and the fight against terrorism — were the underlying themes of the Petra Nobel Laureates conference, hosted by Jordan’s King Abdullah II and attended by several Israelis, including Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, according to a report from the scene by UPI International Editor Claude Salhani. Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian dispute,…
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“Broken Back Syndrome”
Editor’s summary On May 17, UPI editor-at-large Arnaud de Borchrave wrote a story titled “The Broken Back Syndrome.” Referring to repeated claims from authorities in the U.S. and Pakistan that al-Qaida’s “back has been broken” by the capture of certain key leaders in the organization, de Borchgrave wrote that such claims show “a dangerous lack…
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Asian continent’s titans clash
TOKYO — Sixty years after the end of World War II, bitter memories linger in Asia. Soon after demonstrations against Japan erupted in China last month, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa conference in Indonesia in an effort to mend relations between Asia’s two…
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Lawmaker warns Koizumi over visit to shrine
The Washington Times TOKYO — Masahide Ota, who served as a governor of Okinawa from 1990 to 1998, is a Social Democratic Party member of the upper house of the Japanese parliament. He earned a master’s degree in journalism at Syracuse University in New York and taught that subject and Okinawa history at the University…
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Tbilisi grenade was ‘live’ after all
The FBI and the White House confirmed May 18 that a grenade thrown at President Bush during a visit to Tbilisi, Georgia on May 10 was capable of exploding. President Bush, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, and many Georgian citizens attending the rally in Tbilisi’s Freedom Square could have been injured.
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Interview with Shimon Peres
Editor’s summary Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told United Press International Wednesday, May 18, he was optimistic about the future of the Middle East, but worried about Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons. He also said he worried about the possibility of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Software piracy worst in Vietnam, Ukraine
OSLO, Norway — A global survey of software piracy finds Vietnam and Ukraine the worst offenders, with more than 90 percent of software in those nations having been pirated. The Business Software Alliance also found that in more than half of the 87 nations surveyed, pirated copies of software accounts for more than 60 percent…
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U.S. pressures China to revalue yuan, again
WASHINGTON — The White House used a report to Congress to call publicly on Beijing to revalue its currency no later than mid-November. The U.S. Treasury has pursued a policy of gentle diplomacy with China since 2003 over Washington’s concern about the low-value of the yuan. It expressed its expectations for a revaluing of the…
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