Topic: - on November 23, 2002 at 1:00:02 AM CET
Exorcism after Swazi witch hunt
A church pastor has performed a ceremony to cleanse the offices of Swaziland's director of public prosecutions (DPP) in the latest twist in a court case which is threatening Africa's most traditional state.
The king is under pressure
to modernise
¬> BBC
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Topic: - on November 17, 2002 at 8:29:44 PM CET
Former Italian PM convicted of murder
A court in Italy has sentenced the former prime minister Giulio Andreotti to 24 years in prison over the 1979 murder of a journalist - overturning a previous ruling. Andreotti, seven times Italy's prime minister, had been cleared by a lower court three years ago.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 11:32:48 AM CET
U.S. policy on assassinations
In 1976, President Ford issued Executive Order 11905 to clarify U.S. foreign intelligence activities. The order was enacted in response to the post-Watergate revelations that the CIA had staged multiple attempts on the life of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
In a section of the order labeled "Restrictions on Intelligence Activities," Ford outlawed political assassination: Section 5(g), entitled "Prohibition on Assassination," states: "No employee of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, political assassination."
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:19:56 AM CET
First Interview with Saddam Hussein in 12 years
The Egyptian opposition weekly Al-Usbou' published yesterday an interview with Saddam Hussein. According to Al-Usbou', which has a very strong pan-Arab orientation, this was the first interview given by Saddam to any media outlet in the last 12 years.(1) In a lengthy preface to the interview, Sayyid Nassar, the Al-Usbou' journalist who conducted the interview, noted: "not everything a journalist hears is reported, he reports what is allowed and what does not harm the national Arab security. Therefore, I ask the readers forgiveness for not reporting part of the interview."
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 5:24:38 PM CET
Israel calls early elections
Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called early elections to be held within 90 days after his attempts to put together a new coalition government failed.
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Topic: - on October 31, 2002 at 2:06:47 AM CET
Mutter wanderte wegen Stoiber aus
Bernadette Bisle-Steinborn, 50, ist von Bayern nach Österreich umgezogen. Sie hatte erfolglos dafür gekämpft, dass ihre behinderte Tochter Miriam, 9, mit nicht behinderten Kindern auf eine Schule gehen darf. Daraufhin soll Ministerpräsident Edmund Stoiber die Mutter aufgefordert haben, doch einfach auszuwandern - was sie jetzt tat.
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Topic: - on October 30, 2002 at 11:34:17 PM CET
Israeli Coalition Collapses; Elections Possible
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's national unity coalition collapsed Wednesday when his Labor partners resigned in a row over funding for Jewish settlements and paved the way for possible early elections. Labor party ministers, including Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, quit the government after last-ditch talks to avert the break-up failed.
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Topic: - on October 28, 2002 at 9:28:26 AM CET
Libya cuts links with world
Libya has closed its airports and severed phone links with the outside world in the latest demand for compensation from former colonial power, Italy. People who phoned Libya received a recorded message: "As part of the mourning over the victims of the savage crimes committed by the Italian fascists against the Libyan people, all international telecommunications are to be halted today."
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 2:19:58 PM CET
FPÖ-Kandidatin Christine Lugner
Soll ich noch was dazu sagen?
FPÖ-Kandidatin Christine Lugner Christine Lugner, Frau des Wiener Baumeisters Richard Lugner, soll bei der Nationalratswahl für die FPÖ kandidieren. Das berichtet "profil" in seiner am Montag erscheinenden Ausgabe. Platz auf Bundesliste Christine Lugner soll demnach einen sicheren Platz auf der Bundesliste erhalten und best gereihte Frau der FPÖ werden.
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Topic: - on October 25, 2002 at 7:46:15 PM CEST
Iraq kicks out journalists for coverage of protests
Apparently angered by recent U.S. news reports on dissent, Iraqi officials Thursday told many foreign journalists, including staff members for CNN, ABC and NBC, that they must leave the country within days, according to executives at the networks.
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Topic: - on October 25, 2002 at 6:22:38 PM CEST
Rumsfeld creates new spy organization.
The Pentagon's civilian leadership has ordered a small team of defense officials outside regular intelligence channels to focus on unearthing details about Iraqi ties with al Qaeda and other terrorist networks, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.
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Topic: - on October 20, 2002 at 8:28:41 PM CEST
Iraq 'empties its jails'
Iraqi television has been showing pictures of joyful prisoners leaving jail, shortly after the authorities announced an unprecedented general amnesty. A nationally televised statement from the Revolution Command Council, read by Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, said the "full and complete and final amnesty" applied to "any Iraqi imprisoned or arrested for political or any other reason".
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