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A fatal fire occurred in the Nanshan Coal Mine in Lingshi County on Nov. 12, claiming 34 lives. The production licence of the Nanshan Coal Mine expired at the end of last year and rescuers found it had neither a gas monitoring system nor a life-saving appliance in the shaft.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(8,12)", "(13,21)", "(77,85)", "(144,151)", "(189,194)", "(198,201)" ], "spans": [ "fire", "occurred", "claiming", "expired", "found", "had" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061124.0123_sentid_15"...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(8,12)", "(13,21)", "(77,85)", "(144,151)", "(189,194)" ], "spans": [ "fire", "occurred", "claiming", "expired", "found" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061124.0123_sent...
Erdogan has defended freedom of speech citing his own conviction for "inciting religious hatred" by reciting a poem with Islamic messages during a political rally in 1997, which earned him a four-month stint in prison. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul called on the EU not to judge Turkey's record by a single case.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(12,20)", "(39,45)", "(54,64)", "(70,78)", "(100,108)", "(157,162)", "(178,184)", "(211,217)", "(249,255)", "(273,278)", "(307,311)" ], "spans": [ "defended", "citing", "conviction", "inci...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(12,20)", "(39,45)", "(54,64)", "(70,78)", "(100,108)", "(157,162)", "(178,184)", "(211,217)", "(249,255)", "(307,311)" ], "spans": [ "defended", "citing", "convi...
China's cabinet moved to tighten controls on social security funds on Wednesday after hearing how parts of the country were plagued by embezzlement. Misappropriated funds must be paid back in full within strict time limits and the officials involved should be punished, the State Council agreed at a meeting presided ove...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(16,21)", "(25,32)", "(33,41)", "(86,93)", "(124,131)", "(135,147)", "(179,183)", "(241,249)", "(260,268)", "(288,294)", "(300,307)", "(308,316)" ], "spans": [ "moved", "tighten", "control...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(16,21)", "(86,93)", "(124,131)", "(135,147)", "(241,249)", "(288,294)", "(300,307)", "(308,316)" ], "spans": [ "moved", "hearing", "plagued", "embezzlement", "in...
The Malaysian won the title as a 15-year-old in Bangkok in 1998 but crashed to a demoralising defeat in Busan in 2002 when the weight of expectation proved too much. Now, with another world title under her belt and with her place at the top of the world rankings confirmed by having twice as many points as her closest r...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(14,17)", "(68,75)", "(94,100)", "(149,155)", "(263,272)", "(276,282)", "(342,349)", "(354,356)", "(366,370)", "(137,148)" ], "spans": [ "won", "crashed", "defeat", "proved", "confirmed", ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(14,17)", "(68,75)", "(94,100)", "(149,155)", "(137,148)" ], "spans": [ "won", "crashed", "defeat", "proved", "expectation" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_20061209.0080_s...
Dale Steyn took the new ball for South Africa but although he bowled fast he did not make the batsmen play enough and he was replaced after three overs by Pollock, who immediately struck a good line and length. Ntini bowled a fiery spell of six overs before Steyn came on again in the over before lunch.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(11,15)", "(62,68)", "(85,89)", "(102,106)", "(125,133)", "(146,151)", "(180,186)", "(194,198)", "(203,209)", "(217,223)", "(232,237)", "(245,250)", "(264,268)", "(285,289)", "(297,302)" ], ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(11,15)", "(62,68)", "(125,133)", "(146,151)", "(180,186)", "(194,198)", "(203,209)", "(217,223)", "(232,237)", "(245,250)", "(264,268)", "(285,289)", "(297,302)" ], ...
Security forces under the command of Mobutu's son, Major Mobutu Kongolo, detained Tshisekedi around midday (1000 GMT) Wednesday as he attempted to enter the prime minister's office building to begin running his new government. A few hours later in flashes on state radio and television the government announced that Mobu...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(73,81)", "(134,143)", "(147,152)", "(193,198)", "(199,206)", "(301,310)", "(410,412)", "(327,332)" ], "spans": [ "detained", "attempted", "enter", "begin", "running", "announced", "be", ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(73,81)", "(134,143)", "(327,332)" ], "spans": [ "detained", "attempted", "named" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970409.0497_sentid_1", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { ...
This would include improving technology for delivering financial services more efficiently and at lower cost and expanding the range and quality of financial products and services "including those for the Islamic market", the ADB said. The bank would also work to set up public-private partnerships, including reliable b...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(11,18)", "(19,28)", "(44,54)", "(113,122)", "(230,234)", "(256,260)", "(264,267)", "(404,414)", "(286,298)" ], "spans": [ "include", "improving", "delivering", "expanding", "said", "work"...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(230,234)" ], "spans": [ "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_20061223.0034_sentid_2", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [], "spans": [] }, "passageID": "docid_...
He added: "The (French) government wants to get an overall agreement on reduced rates of VAT because it is for us about creating jobs and defending the purchasing power of French people." The issue of VAT tax harmonisation is to be discussed by European heads of state during a summit on December 15-16.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,8)", "(35,40)", "(44,47)", "(59,68)", "(120,128)", "(138,147)", "(209,222)", "(278,284)", "(232,241)" ], "spans": [ "added", "wants", "get", "agreement", "creating", "defending", ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,8)" ], "spans": [ "added" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_20051207.0368_sentid_4", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [ "(35,40)", "(44,47)" ], "s...
Tueni, a Greek Orthodox who turned An-Nahar (Today) into a veritable anti-Syrian tribunal, became an MP after elections in May and June which gave anti-Syrian parties a majority. Another An-Nahar journalist, Samir Kassir, was killed in June and one reporter with the paper said Monday: "We are all afraid."	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(28,34)", "(91,97)", "(142,146)", "(110,119)", "(226,232)", "(273,277)", "(290,293)" ], "spans": [ "turned", "became", "gave", "elections", "killed", "said", "are" ] }, "passageID": "doc...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(28,34)", "(91,97)", "(110,119)", "(142,146)", "(226,232)", "(273,277)" ], "spans": [ "turned", "became", "elections", "gave", "killed", "said" ] }, "passag...
The Lebanese army intervened to break up clashes in Beirut on Monday evening between government supporters and protestors calling for the government to resign, an AFP journalist witnessed. The clashes broke out in several Sunni Muslim-majority neighbourhoods near where tens of thousands of people were holding a sit-in ...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(18,28)", "(32,37)", "(41,48)", "(122,129)", "(152,158)", "(193,200)", "(201,206)", "(303,310)", "(320,327)", "(329,337)", "(374,380)", "(385,396)" ], "spans": [ "intervened", "break", "cl...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(18,28)", "(32,37)", "(41,48)", "(122,129)", "(193,200)", "(201,206)", "(303,310)", "(320,327)", "(329,337)", "(374,380)" ], "spans": [ "intervened", "break", "cl...
Zairean soldiers were reported to have begun looting and shooting early Friday in Mbuji Mayi, the capital of diamond-rich Eastern Kasai province. So far in the six-month Zairean conflict, government soldiers have gone on the rampage before fleeing without a fight.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(22,30)", "(45,52)", "(57,65)", "(178,186)", "(225,232)", "(240,247)", "(258,263)" ], "spans": [ "reported", "looting", "shooting", "conflict", "rampage", "fleeing", "fight" ] }, "passag...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(22,30)" ], "spans": [ "reported" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970404.0249_sentid_19", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [ "(45,52)", "(57,65)", "(...
He got out of the light brown Peugeot 405 and was walking towards the office building when he was arrested. At first he was surrounded by some 30 armed civil guard troops who were protecting him.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,6)", "(50,57)", "(98,106)", "(124,134)", "(180,190)" ], "spans": [ "got", "walking", "arrested", "surrounded", "protecting" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970409.0497_sentid_12" }	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,6)", "(50,57)", "(98,106)", "(124,134)", "(180,190)" ], "spans": [ "got", "walking", "arrested", "surrounded", "protecting" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970409.049...
It offered more details and criticisms of the perceived treatment that Elian's grandmothers, Mariela Quintana and Raquel Rodriguez, received from O'Laughlin, the Miami relatives and other anti-Castro Cubans during the encounter. In an interview with the Spanish language broadcast of CNN, Elian's father also criticized ...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,10)", "(56,65)", "(132,140)", "(218,227)", "(235,244)", "(309,319)", "(328,335)", "(340,347)" ], "spans": [ "offered", "treatment", "received", "encounter", "interview", "criticized", "...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,10)", "(56,65)", "(132,140)", "(218,227)", "(235,244)", "(309,319)", "(328,335)", "(340,347)" ], "spans": [ "offered", "treatment", "received", "encounter", "i...
Attacks against AU troops and aid workers in Darfur are now part of the shaky security in the region. Last week, The AU slammed an attack by unidentified group against an AU monitor team near the Chadian border, in which the attackers seized a vehicle and communication radio.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(0,7)", "(52,55)", "(120,127)", "(131,137)", "(235,241)" ], "spans": [ "Attacks", "are", "slammed", "attack", "seized" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061123.0253_sentid_5" }	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(120,127)", "(131,137)", "(235,241)" ], "spans": [ "slammed", "attack", "seized" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061123.0253_sentid_5", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "...
While meeting Sassou-Nguesso, Hu said the friendly cooperation between China and the Republic of Congo has been going on smoothly since the two countries established strategic partnership more than a year ago. "We've been exploring new ways to serve our mutual best interest and to create a win-win situation," he said.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(6,13)", "(33,37)", "(314,318)", "(51,62)", "(112,117)", "(154,165)", "(222,231)", "(282,288)", "(176,187)", "(244,249)" ], "spans": [ "meeting", "said", "said", "cooperation", "going", ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(33,37)", "(314,318)", "(154,165)" ], "spans": [ "said", "said", "established" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061103.0057_sentid_8", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "an...
"The launch of the mascot will push sales of Olympic products to new heights," said Lai Ming, deputy director of BOCOG's marketing department.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(5,11)", "(31,35)", "(36,41)", "(79,83)" ], "spans": [ "launch", "push", "sales", "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20051111.0192_sentid_40" }	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(79,83)" ], "spans": [ "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20051111.0192_sentid_40", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [ "(36,41)" ], "spans": [ ...
"We think there is a good chance of reaching an agreement at the council next week," he said. Like all issues regarding tax harmonisation in the EU, the list must be unanimously accepted by the 25 member states.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(4,9)", "(36,44)", "(48,57)", "(124,137)", "(163,165)", "(65,72)", "(88,92)" ], "spans": [ "think", "reaching", "agreement", "harmonisation", "be", "council", "said" ] }, "passageID": "d...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(88,92)" ], "spans": [ "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_20051206.0284_sentid_5", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [ "(4,9)", "(124,137)" ], "...
The NWC said the report it discussed at Monday's meeting captured the substance of "interactions" between Mbeki and Zuma over the last two months. "The report was accepted by the NWC," the committee said.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(8,12)", "(27,36)", "(49,56)", "(57,65)", "(84,96)", "(159,162)", "(199,203)" ], "spans": [ "said", "discussed", "meeting", "captured", "interactions", "was", "said" ] }, "passageID": "d...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(8,12)", "(27,36)", "(49,56)", "(57,65)", "(84,96)", "(159,162)", "(199,203)" ], "spans": [ "said", "discussed", "meeting", "captured", "interactions", "was", ...
Turkey began membership talks on October 4, but critics say the country has yet to fully embrace the EU's democarcy norms despite the far-reaching reforms it has already undertaken. Erdogan has defended freedom of speech citing his own conviction for "inciting religious hatred" by reciting a poem with Islamic messages ...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(7,12)", "(24,29)", "(56,59)", "(89,96)", "(147,154)", "(158,161)", "(190,193)", "(221,227)", "(236,246)", "(252,260)", "(282,290)", "(339,344)", "(360,366)", "(384,389)" ], "spans": [ "be...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(56,59)", "(190,193)", "(221,227)", "(236,246)", "(252,260)", "(282,290)", "(339,344)", "(360,366)", "(384,389)" ], "spans": [ "say", "has", "citing", "conviction...
"However many stars they have on their shoulders, people should not choke on their own ambitions. ... Those who fight organised crime should not break up the peace process and make political statements," Rybkin said on arrival in the Chechen capital Grozny, Interfax reported.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(25,29)", "(68,73)", "(112,117)", "(145,150)", "(176,180)", "(211,215)", "(219,226)", "(267,275)" ], "spans": [ "have", "choke", "fight", "break", "make", "said", "arrival", "reporte...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(219,226)", "(211,215)", "(267,275)" ], "spans": [ "arrival", "said", "reported" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970430.0153_sentid_2", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "...
The coaster has the seating capacity of 25 people, but some 45 to 50 people were on board when the accident occurred. Ambulances of the aid groups, busy in the quake-relief activities in the region, rushed to the site of the accident and started shifting the injured to local hospitals.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(12,15)", "(76,80)", "(99,107)", "(148,152)", "(173,183)", "(199,205)", "(225,233)", "(238,245)", "(246,254)", "(108,116)" ], "spans": [ "has", "were", "accident", "busy", "activities", ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(108,116)", "(99,107)", "(76,80)", "(199,205)", "(238,245)", "(225,233)" ], "spans": [ "occurred", "accident", "were", "rushed", "started", "accident" ] }, ...
The security forces have warned against attacks by Palestinian militants to coincide with this week's Jewish Passover holidays.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(25,31)", "(40,47)", "(76,84)", "(118,126)" ], "spans": [ "warned", "attacks", "coincide", "holidays" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970425.0555_sentid_6" }	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(25,31)" ], "spans": [ "warned" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_19970425.0555_sentid_6", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [], "spans": [] }, "passageID": "docid_...
Gunmen on Tuesday released two Iranian women and an Iraqi female guide who were abducted Monday night north of Baghdad, a source of US-Iraqi coordination office in Tikrit told Xinhua. "Two Iranian Shiite pilgrims and an Iraqi female guide were released and found near the place where they were kidnapped Monday night," t...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(18,26)", "(80,88)", "(171,175)", "(244,252)", "(257,262)", "(294,303)", "(330,334)" ], "spans": [ "released", "abducted", "told", "released", "found", "kidnapped", "said" ] }, "passageI...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(18,26)", "(80,88)", "(171,175)", "(244,252)", "(257,262)", "(294,303)", "(330,334)" ], "spans": [ "released", "abducted", "told", "released", "found", "kidnapped...
"I don't often use that word but then it is not very often that you get to meet one," he said. A book of memoirs and photographs from the climb by Mr Lowe, which he worked on with Dr Lewis-Jones, is due to be published in May.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(15,18)", "(41,43)", "(75,79)", "(89,93)", "(138,143)", "(165,171)", "(209,218)", "(196,198)" ], "spans": [ "use", "is", "meet", "said", "climb", "worked", "published", "is" ] ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(89,93)", "(138,143)", "(165,171)" ], "spans": [ "said", "climb", "worked" ] }, "passageID": "docid_bbc_20130322_1150_sentid_15", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": ...
However, in the third extra session, Bryant committed one of the cardinal sins of defense. With his team trailing by two points with 1:14 left, he fouled reserve Derek Anderson, who was attempting a 3-pointer.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(44,53)", "(105,113)", "(138,142)", "(147,153)", "(186,196)", "(16,21)", "(28,35)" ], "spans": [ "committed", "trailing", "left", "fouled", "attempting", "third", "session" ] }, "passage...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(44,53)", "(138,142)", "(147,153)" ], "spans": [ "committed", "left", "fouled" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_20061229.0487_sentid_5", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "an...
But if the relatives balk, the Justice Department should quickly revoke their custody of the child and obtain a federal court order instructing them and their lawyers to turn Elian over to his father. The relatives may be less defiant if they are held in contempt of court.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(21,25)", "(65,71)", "(103,109)", "(132,143)", "(170,174)", "(219,221)", "(247,251)" ], "spans": [ "balk", "revoke", "obtain", "instructing", "turn", "be", "held" ] }, "passageID": "doci...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [], "spans": [] }, "passageID": "docid_NYT20000406.0002_sentid_11", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [], "spans": [] }, "passageID": "docid_NYT20000406.0002_sentid_11", "question": "What ev...
Airport officials told media the Philippines airliner had just left the airport when a problem developed with one of its wing flaps. The pilot decided to turn back and dumped fuel into the ocean on the way to Vancouver.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(18,22)", "(63,67)", "(95,104)", "(143,150)", "(154,158)", "(168,174)" ], "spans": [ "told", "left", "developed", "decided", "turn", "dumped" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061129.0338_sentid_1"...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(18,22)", "(63,67)", "(95,104)", "(143,150)", "(154,158)", "(168,174)" ], "spans": [ "told", "left", "developed", "decided", "turn", "dumped" ] }, "passageI...
The car had been in the long-term lot for about two weeks, said Greg Trevor, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(12,16)", "(59,63)" ], "spans": [ "been", "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_APW19990122.0193_sentid_18" }	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(12,16)", "(59,63)" ], "spans": [ "been", "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_APW19990122.0193_sentid_18", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [], "spans": [] ...
"Israelis, Lebanese, and Palestinians all deserve better ... We must join hands in fighting extremism and radicalism, incitement and intolerance, terrorism and hate," he added.	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(42,49)", "(170,175)", "(69,73)", "(83,91)", "(92,101)", "(106,116)", "(118,128)", "(133,144)", "(146,155)", "(160,164)" ], "spans": [ "deserve", "added", "join", "fighting", "extremism", ...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(170,175)" ], "spans": [ "added" ] }, "passageID": "docid_AFP_ENG_20061212.0668_sentid_17", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [ "(42,49)", "(69,73)", "(8...
``Juan Miguel must not have written the letter himself,'' said Armando Gutierrez, spokesman for Elian's relatives in Miami. ``Castro must be dreaming for the family to allow Cuban spies inside Lazaro Gonzalez's home.''	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(28,35)", "(58,62)", "(141,149)", "(168,173)" ], "spans": [ "written", "said", "dreaming", "allow" ] }, "passageID": "docid_APW20000216.0272_sentid_17" }	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(28,35)", "(58,62)" ], "spans": [ "written", "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_APW20000216.0272_sentid_17", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [], "spans": []...
At present, he noted, the IAEA stood ready to work with the DPRK and all concerned parties toward a solution to assure the international community that all nuclear activities in the DPRK would be "exclusively for peaceful purposes." As to Iran's nuclear issue, ElBaradei said that due to Iran's limited cooperation with ...	{ "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,10)", "(15,20)", "(31,36)", "(46,50)", "(100,108)", "(112,118)", "(164,174)", "(193,195)", "(222,230)", "(271,275)", "(303,314)", "(349,353)", "(369,376)", "(380,387)", "(392,399)", "(435...	[ { "answer": { "indices": [ "(15,20)", "(271,275)" ], "spans": [ "noted", "said" ] }, "passageID": "docid_XIN_ENG_20061123.0377_sentid_4", "question": "What event has already finished?" }, { "answer": { "indices": [ "(3,10)...

A fatal fire occurred in the Nanshan Coal Mine in Lingshi County on Nov. 12, claiming 34 lives. The production licence of the Nanshan Coal Mine expired at the end of last year and rescuers found it had neither a gas monitoring system nor a life-saving appliance in the shaft.

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Erdogan has defended freedom of speech citing his own conviction for "inciting religious hatred" by reciting a poem with Islamic messages during a political rally in 1997, which earned him a four-month stint in prison. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul called on the EU not to judge Turkey's record by a single case.

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China's cabinet moved to tighten controls on social security funds on Wednesday after hearing how parts of the country were plagued by embezzlement. Misappropriated funds must be paid back in full within strict time limits and the officials involved should be punished, the State Council agreed at a meeting presided ove...

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The Malaysian won the title as a 15-year-old in Bangkok in 1998 but crashed to a demoralising defeat in Busan in 2002 when the weight of expectation proved too much. Now, with another world title under her belt and with her place at the top of the world rankings confirmed by having twice as many points as her closest r...

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Dale Steyn took the new ball for South Africa but although he bowled fast he did not make the batsmen play enough and he was replaced after three overs by Pollock, who immediately struck a good line and length. Ntini bowled a fiery spell of six overs before Steyn came on again in the over before lunch.

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Security forces under the command of Mobutu's son, Major Mobutu Kongolo, detained Tshisekedi around midday (1000 GMT) Wednesday as he attempted to enter the prime minister's office building to begin running his new government. A few hours later in flashes on state radio and television the government announced that Mobu...

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This would include improving technology for delivering financial services more efficiently and at lower cost and expanding the range and quality of financial products and services "including those for the Islamic market", the ADB said. The bank would also work to set up public-private partnerships, including reliable b...

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He added: "The (French) government wants to get an overall agreement on reduced rates of VAT because it is for us about creating jobs and defending the purchasing power of French people." The issue of VAT tax harmonisation is to be discussed by European heads of state during a summit on December 15-16.

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Tueni, a Greek Orthodox who turned An-Nahar (Today) into a veritable anti-Syrian tribunal, became an MP after elections in May and June which gave anti-Syrian parties a majority. Another An-Nahar journalist, Samir Kassir, was killed in June and one reporter with the paper said Monday: "We are all afraid."

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The Lebanese army intervened to break up clashes in Beirut on Monday evening between government supporters and protestors calling for the government to resign, an AFP journalist witnessed. The clashes broke out in several Sunni Muslim-majority neighbourhoods near where tens of thousands of people were holding a sit-in ...

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Zairean soldiers were reported to have begun looting and shooting early Friday in Mbuji Mayi, the capital of diamond-rich Eastern Kasai province. So far in the six-month Zairean conflict, government soldiers have gone on the rampage before fleeing without a fight.

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He got out of the light brown Peugeot 405 and was walking towards the office building when he was arrested. At first he was surrounded by some 30 armed civil guard troops who were protecting him.

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It offered more details and criticisms of the perceived treatment that Elian's grandmothers, Mariela Quintana and Raquel Rodriguez, received from O'Laughlin, the Miami relatives and other anti-Castro Cubans during the encounter. In an interview with the Spanish language broadcast of CNN, Elian's father also criticized ...

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Attacks against AU troops and aid workers in Darfur are now part of the shaky security in the region. Last week, The AU slammed an attack by unidentified group against an AU monitor team near the Chadian border, in which the attackers seized a vehicle and communication radio.

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While meeting Sassou-Nguesso, Hu said the friendly cooperation between China and the Republic of Congo has been going on smoothly since the two countries established strategic partnership more than a year ago. "We've been exploring new ways to serve our mutual best interest and to create a win-win situation," he said.

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"The launch of the mascot will push sales of Olympic products to new heights," said Lai Ming, deputy director of BOCOG's marketing department.

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"We think there is a good chance of reaching an agreement at the council next week," he said. Like all issues regarding tax harmonisation in the EU, the list must be unanimously accepted by the 25 member states.

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The NWC said the report it discussed at Monday's meeting captured the substance of "interactions" between Mbeki and Zuma over the last two months. "The report was accepted by the NWC," the committee said.

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Turkey began membership talks on October 4, but critics say the country has yet to fully embrace the EU's democarcy norms despite the far-reaching reforms it has already undertaken. Erdogan has defended freedom of speech citing his own conviction for "inciting religious hatred" by reciting a poem with Islamic messages ...

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"However many stars they have on their shoulders, people should not choke on their own ambitions. ... Those who fight organised crime should not break up the peace process and make political statements," Rybkin said on arrival in the Chechen capital Grozny, Interfax reported.

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The coaster has the seating capacity of 25 people, but some 45 to 50 people were on board when the accident occurred. Ambulances of the aid groups, busy in the quake-relief activities in the region, rushed to the site of the accident and started shifting the injured to local hospitals.

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The security forces have warned against attacks by Palestinian militants to coincide with this week's Jewish Passover holidays.

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Gunmen on Tuesday released two Iranian women and an Iraqi female guide who were abducted Monday night north of Baghdad, a source of US-Iraqi coordination office in Tikrit told Xinhua. "Two Iranian Shiite pilgrims and an Iraqi female guide were released and found near the place where they were kidnapped Monday night," t...

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"I don't often use that word but then it is not very often that you get to meet one," he said. A book of memoirs and photographs from the climb by Mr Lowe, which he worked on with Dr Lewis-Jones, is due to be published in May.

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However, in the third extra session, Bryant committed one of the cardinal sins of defense. With his team trailing by two points with 1:14 left, he fouled reserve Derek Anderson, who was attempting a 3-pointer.

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But if the relatives balk, the Justice Department should quickly revoke their custody of the child and obtain a federal court order instructing them and their lawyers to turn Elian over to his father. The relatives may be less defiant if they are held in contempt of court.

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Airport officials told media the Philippines airliner had just left the airport when a problem developed with one of its wing flaps. The pilot decided to turn back and dumped fuel into the ocean on the way to Vancouver.

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The car had been in the long-term lot for about two weeks, said Greg Trevor, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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"Israelis, Lebanese, and Palestinians all deserve better ... We must join hands in fighting extremism and radicalism, incitement and intolerance, terrorism and hate," he added.

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``Juan Miguel must not have written the letter himself,'' said Armando Gutierrez, spokesman for Elian's relatives in Miami. ``Castro must be dreaming for the family to allow Cuban spies inside Lazaro Gonzalez's home.''

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At present, he noted, the IAEA stood ready to work with the DPRK and all concerned parties toward a solution to assure the international community that all nuclear activities in the DPRK would be "exclusively for peaceful purposes." As to Iran's nuclear issue, ElBaradei said that due to Iran's limited cooperation with ...

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