Input: A national conference is planned to select the interim administration, perhaps within weeks, a senior U.S. official said on condition of anonymity

A national conference is planned to select the interim administration, perhaps within weeks, a senior U.S. official said on condition of anonymity

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Input: Tuesday's meeting was the first step toward that goal after the ouster of Saddam

Tuesday's meeting was the first step toward that goal after the ouster of Saddam

Tuesday


Input: Chalabi was the first top Iraqi opposition leader to be airlifted by the U.S. military into southern Iraq as the fighting wound down, and he and other top members of his group plan to meet soon in Baghdad

Chalabi was the first top Iraqi opposition leader to be airlifted by the U.S. military into southern Iraq as the fighting wound down, and he and other top members of his group plan to meet soon in Baghdad

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Input: Neither Chalabi nor many other leaders of anti-Saddam groups attended Tuesday's meeting, but they sent delegates

Neither Chalabi nor many other leaders of anti-Saddam groups attended Tuesday's meeting, but they sent delegates

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Input: Neither Chalabi nor many other leaders of anti-Saddam groups attended Tuesday's meeting, but they sent delegates

Neither Chalabi nor many other leaders of anti-Saddam groups attended Tuesday's meeting, but they sent delegates

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Input: Even some of those at the meeting said they did not want Garner leading the interim administration

Even some of those at the meeting said they did not want Garner leading the interim administration

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Input: Pasko was sentenced to four years in prison in December 2001 for illegally attending a meeting of top military commanders and taking notes there

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Input: I don't think we'll discover anything, myself,'' Rumsfeld said at a meeting with Pentagon employees

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Input: Some of the participants at the meeting said it appeared the looting was organized, and some of those involved had keys to museum vaults and were able to remove items from safes

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Input: France's U.N. ambassador, Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, made the proposal at a Security Council meeting where members heard a briefing by chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix and for the first time exchanged views on potentially divisive postwar issues

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France's U.N. ambassador

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chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix


Input: At another closed-door council meeting later Tuesday, the council was to hear from Benon Sevan, head of the U.N. oil-for-food program, which had been providing food for 60 percent of Iraq's 24 million people

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later Tuesday

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Benon Sevan


Input: She made the statements after a meeting with the speaker of the Portuguese parliament, Joao Mota Amaral

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Input: Jones met with Defense Minister Paulo Portas on Tuesday and will meet Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz before leaving Portugal Wednesday

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Input: Jones met with Defense Minister Paulo Portas on Tuesday and will meet Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz before leaving Portugal Wednesday

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Input: Also, Portugal hosted a last ditch pre-war summit in the Azores islands for leaders of the United States, Britain and Spain

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leaders of the United States, Britain and Spain


Input: Ri Gun, deputy director of American affairs for North Korea's Foreign Ministry is representing North Korea at the talks

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Input: Powell also expressed hope that South Korea and Japan will be able to participate ``when and if'' there is another round of talks

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Input: Earlier, Secretary of State Colin Powell had told a gathering of experts from the Asia-Pacific region that the talks had concluded, leaving the impression there would not be a third day of discussions on Friday

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Input: But U.S. State Department officials, asking not to be identified, said there may be more meetings on Friday

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Input: Discussions were scheduled to end Friday, when Kelly was to fly to Seoul the same day to meet with South Korean officials

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Input: In a second day of Cabinet-level talks in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, South Korean delegates again demanded that the North abandon any nuclear weapons development, citing a 1992 inter-Korean agreement to keep the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free

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Input: Northern negotiators stonewalled the nuclear discussion

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Input: The talks, which began Sunday, are scheduled to end Tuesday

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Input: Seoul officials said North Korean delegates have not confirmed a U.S. claim that during talks in Beijing last week they told an American envoy that they may test, sell or use atomic weapons, depending on Washington's actions

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Input: Instead, they reiterated that the North made a ``new, bold'' proposal to the United States during the Beijing talks, but did not elaborate, South Korean spokesman Shin Eun-sang said

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Input: During Sunday's talks, North Korea called for ``united efforts of all the Koreans'' to ``reject the unilateral strong-arm action of foreign forces ... and prevent the danger of war,'' said the North's official news agency, KCNA

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Input: The North tried to shift the focus of the talks to linking cross-border railways and other economic projects with South Korea that are part of a reconciliation process that grew out of a historic North-South summit in June 2000

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Input: The North tried to shift the focus of the talks to linking cross-border railways and other economic projects with South Korea that are part of a reconciliation process that grew out of a historic North-South summit in June 2000

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Input: During the Beijing talks, U.S. officials said North Korea also claimed that it had reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods  _  a key step in producing nuclear weapons that could yield several more bombs within months

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U.S. officials

North Korea


Input: The White House has said it will confer with allies about possibly seeking U.N. sanctions against

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Input: Last week's talks in Beijing were the first high-level U.S.-North Korean contact since nuclear tensions spiked in October, when Washington accused Pyongyang of having a secret nuclear program in violation of a 1994 pact

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Input: Last week's talks in Beijing were the first high-level U.S.-North Korean contact since nuclear tensions spiked in October, when Washington accused Pyongyang of having a secret nuclear program in violation of a 1994 pact

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Input: The proposed draft resolution would probably face resistance from other U.N. Security Council members who have favored a U.N.-convened conference of the kind that helped establish Afghanistan's post-Taliban government

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Input: Hoon, who joined Rumsfeld in a news conference at Heathrow airport, also did not mention the draft resolution

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Heathrow airport


Input: Representatives of those countries will meet with British officials May 7 and Polish officials May 22 to determine what forces each country will contribute and whether they will be put under British or Polish command

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May 22


Input: The outlines for the international stability force were decided at a conference Hoon hosted Wednesday with representatives from 16 countries, mostly NATO members

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representatives from 16 countries, mostly NATO members


Input: Rumsfeld did not say what the two discussed

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Input: The announcement came as U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun were about to meet Wednesday in Washington to discuss North Korea's nuclear programs

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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun

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Input: During the talks in Beijing, U.S. officials said North Korea claimed it already possesses nuclear weapons, and that it had reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods  _  a move that could yield several atomic bombs within months

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Beijing

U.S. officials

North Korea


Input: In response the spate of bombings, Israel threatened to boycott foreign envoys who meet with Yasser Arafat

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Input: In a renewed mediation attempt, Egyptian envoys have been holding meetings in Gaza and Damascus in recent days with leaders of the militant groups

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leaders of the militant groups


Input: The ministers also decided to cold-shoulder foreign envoys who meet with Arafat

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Input: Whoever wants to visit Arafat can visit Arafat but he won't be allowed to meet senior Israeli officials,'' said a senior Sharon adviser, Raanan Gissin

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Input: Whoever wants to visit Arafat can visit Arafat but he won't be allowed to meet senior Israeli officials,'' said a senior Sharon adviser, Raanan Gissin

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senior Israeli officials


Input: The new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, has denounced violence against Israelis, but also told Sharon in a weekend meeting  _  the first Israeli-Palestinian summit in three years	_ that he wants to persuade the militants to stop attacks, rather than disarm them by force

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Input: He was to have discussed his objections with U.S. President George W. Bush this week, but canceled his trip after Sunday's bus bombing

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Input: He was to have discussed his objections with U.S. President George W. Bush this week, but canceled his trip after Sunday's bus bombing

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Input: An Israeli government official said the Israeli Cabinet would discuss the plan on Sunday, a first step toward a formal Israeli response

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Input: Palestinian Cabinet Minister Ziad Abu Amr, who participated in the meeting, said using force against the militants ``would be counterproductive

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Palestinian Cabinet Minister Ziad Abu Amr, who participated in the meeting


Input: Abu Amr said the militants apparently unleashed these attacks, in part, because they wanted to begin truce talks from a position of strength

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Input: However, the meeting would only occur if both sides take steps toward peace in the coming days, a senior Bush administration said on condition of anonymity

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Input: To oversee rescue efforts, Bouteflika canceled plans to join a summit of world leaders in France next week, APS reported

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world leaders

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next week


Input: A summit between Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, had been planned for Wednesday but was postponed, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials, who blamed each other for the delay

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his Palestinian counterpart

Wednesday


Input: Israeli troops shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy and critically injured two children, ages 7 and 9, during conflicts in the West Bank that erupted Tuesday as Israeli and Palestinian leaders moved toward talks on a new Mideast peace plan

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Israeli and Palestinian leaders


Input: They said that North Korea claimed during a pause in the formal talks that it already had nuclear weapons, but would give up the program in return for economic aid and security guarantees

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Input: Weldon said at a news conference in Seoul that North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan repeated that claim during a dinner meeting

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North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan


Input: During their visit to Pyongyang, Weldon's delegation also met Choe Thae Bok, chairman of North Korea's legislature, the Supreme People's Assembly

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Input: They flew to Seoul on Sunday to brief South Korean officials on their Northern trip

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Input: Roh spoke after meeting the U.S. lawmakers and Wolfowitz, who also arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day visit to discuss North Korea

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Input: In meetings with South Korean officials, Wolfowitz urged them to increase military spending on new technologies and telecommunications equipment, as U.S. forces have done

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Wolfowitz


Input: In Bulgaria, talks are focusing on the use of the Sarafovo and Graf Ignatievo military airports and the Koren and Novo Selo training areas

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Bulgaria


Input: Jordan declined to comment on the conversation

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Jordan


Input: The aid packages for the Palestinian Authority were discussed at interagency meetings last week and then presented to the Palestinian and Israeli sides over the weekend by a team visiting the Middle East, led by Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser

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the weekend

a team visiting the Middle East, led by Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser

the Middle East


Input: There are also supposed to be three-way meetings of Palestinian, Israeli and American officials to decide the next steps in the administration's peace plan, known as the road map, which calls for creation of a Palestinian state within three years

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Palestinian, Israeli and American officials


Input: Palacio arrived here Friday night for discussions with Iranian officials on offering aid to Iraqi refugees

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Palacio

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Input: The Spanish foreign minister is expected to meet with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami later in the day

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Input: Blair and Bush were expected to bridge their gap on the issue by reaching an agreement on UN role in post-war Iraq, some analysts said even before this summit at Hillsborough, south of Belfast, the second of its kind since the war broke out on March 20

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Input: After the Camp David talks, Blair, who analysts say has been pursuing a special relationship with Washington in order to restore Britain's traditional role as a transatlantic "bridge", was forced to readjust his tone

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Camp David


Input: Rashid Ahmed made the remarks when his attention was drawn to the recent visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai


Input: Petersen planned to meet Sri Lankan government leaders and is due to travel to the rebel-held north of for discussions with Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran

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Sri Lankan government leaders


Input: Petersen planned to meet Sri Lankan government leaders and is due to travel to the rebel-held north of for discussions with Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran

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Petersen

the rebel-held north

Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran


Input: Last week, Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen held talks with government officials and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen

government officials

the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam


Input: They discussed the peace process that has been on hold since the rebels announced they suspended the talks

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Input: While in Colombo, Rocca "will meet with a variety of government officials, political leaders, non-government groups and private individuals to discuss bilateral and regional issues," the U.S. embassy in Colombo said in an earlier statement

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Rocca

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political leaders

non-government groups

private individuals


Input: Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and President Kumaratunga are engaged in a power struggle over who will run the state lottery, an issue that threatens to disrupt government attempts to restart peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels

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Tamil Tiger rebels


Input: The rebels also said that they would not participate in an international donor meeting to be held in June in Japan which is seen as crucial for garnering funds to rebuild the island nation

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Japan


Input: In talks with President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, Rocca has encouraged the two high-ranking officials to reconcile, noting that it was critical for the country's leaders to be united in efforts to end the island's bloody 19-year civil war and begin rebuilding its shattered economy

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President Kumaratunga

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe

Rocca


Input: But she would not meet the rebels since the United States has banned them as a " terrorist organization

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the rebels


Input: A statement issued at the two-day meeting of the EU foreign ministers called on Iran to conclude and implement urgently and unconditionally an additional protocol to the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty allowing for short-notice inspections of suspected nuclear sites in the country

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two-day

the EU foreign ministers


Input: They also said that the EU was closely following the nuclear issue and would revert it to the forthcoming debate of the IAEA meeting on Tuesday

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IAEA

Tuesday


Input: Efforts were to continue at the United Nations Friday to find a breakthrough in the diplomatic stalemate on Iraq, with Washington warning it could bypass the Security Council and go to war alone

Efforts were to continue at the United Nations Friday to find a breakthrough in the diplomatic stalemate on Iraq, with Washington warning it could bypass the Security Council and go to war alone

the United Nations

Friday

the Security Council


Input: With marathon talks at the top world body failing late Thursday to reconcile French and Russian opposition to US-British war plans, the United States upped its military presence, deploying more missile-firing warships to the Red Sea

With marathon talks at the top world body failing late Thursday to reconcile French and Russian opposition to US-British war plans, the United States upped its military presence, deploying more missile-firing warships to the Red Sea

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late Thursday

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Input: Six non-permanent members of the Security Council considered to be in the middle ground between the fiercely pro- and anti-war camps, were working on new proposals to break the deadlock, France's ambassador to the UN said

Six non-permanent members of the Security Council considered to be in the middle ground between the fiercely pro- and anti-war camps, were working on new proposals to break the deadlock, France's ambassador to the UN said

Six non-permanent members of the Security Council


Input: The six are now working on a paper and we will see the outcome of that consultation, maybe tomorrow (Friday)" Jean-Marc de La Sabliere told reporters

The six are now working on a paper and we will see the outcome of that consultation, maybe tomorrow (Friday)" Jean-Marc de La Sabliere told reporters

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Input: The six are now working on a paper and we will see the outcome of that consultation, maybe tomorrow (Friday)" Jean-Marc de La Sabliere told reporters

The six are now working on a paper and we will see the outcome of that consultation, maybe tomorrow (Friday)" Jean-Marc de La Sabliere told reporters

tomorrow (Friday

Jean-Marc de La Sabliere

reporters


Input: Amid talk of delaying or even shelving a US-British resolution giving Iraqi President Saddam Hussein until Monday to disarm or face war, oil prices in Asia pulled back, shares rose and the US dollar eased

Amid talk of delaying or even shelving a US-British resolution giving Iraqi President Saddam Hussein until Monday to disarm or face war, oil prices in Asia pulled back, shares rose and the US dollar eased


Input: Amid talk of delaying or even shelving a US-British resolution giving Iraqi President Saddam Hussein until Monday to disarm or face war, oil prices in Asia pulled back, shares rose and the US dollar eased

Amid talk of delaying or even shelving a US-British resolution giving Iraqi President Saddam Hussein until Monday to disarm or face war, oil prices in Asia pulled back, shares rose and the US dollar eased

Monday


Input: British efforts to provide a way out of the diplomatic mire at the United Nations ended without agreement late Thursday, but with London's ambassador to the UN, Jeremy Greenstock, saying he expected talks to go on into the weekend

British efforts to provide a way out of the diplomatic mire at the United Nations ended without agreement late Thursday, but with London's ambassador to the UN, Jeremy Greenstock, saying he expected talks to go on into the weekend

the United Nations

late Thursday


Input: British efforts to provide a way out of the diplomatic mire at the United Nations ended without agreement late Thursday, but with London's ambassador to the UN, Jeremy Greenstock, saying he expected talks to go on into the weekend

British efforts to provide a way out of the diplomatic mire at the United Nations ended without agreement late Thursday, but with London's ambassador to the UN, Jeremy Greenstock, saying he expected talks to go on into the weekend

the United Nations

weekend


Input: His US counterpart, John Negroponte, said: "I can't say we are much farther along today than we were yesterday," after hours of talks on six British benchmarks to test Iraq's compliance with council demands

His US counterpart, John Negroponte, said: "I can't say we are much farther along today than we were yesterday," after hours of talks on six British benchmarks to test Iraq's compliance with council demands

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Input: We are still talking to the members of the council with respect to coalescing around a position that wouldn't draw a veto, but the options remain: go for a vote and see what members say, or not go for a vote," Powell said

We are still talking to the members of the council with respect to coalescing around a position that wouldn't draw a veto, but the options remain: go for a vote and see what members say, or not go for a vote," Powell said

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Input: Unfortunately they appear to have made the decision not to enforce (UN resolution) 1441," Straw told Britain's The Guardian newspaper. "That renders it less likely that we get a peaceful outcome

Unfortunately they appear to have made the decision not to enforce (UN resolution) 1441," Straw told Britain's The Guardian newspaper. "That renders it less likely that we get a peaceful outcome

Straw

Britain's The Guardian newspaper


Input: Russian President Vladimir Putin's summit with the leaders of Germany and France may have been a failure that proves there can be no long-term "peace camp" alliance following the end of war in Iraq, government sources were quoted as saying at the weekend

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the leaders of Germany and France

the weekend


Input: Putin concluded his two days of talks in Saint Petersburg with Jacques Chirac of France and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Saturday still urging for a central role for the United Nations in a post-war revival of Iraq

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Saint Petersburg

Jacques Chirac of France

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

Saturday


Input: But the Saint Petersburg summit ended without any formal declaration on Iraq

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Saint Petersburg


Input: Putin had even secretly invited British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush's staunchest backer in the war on Iraq, to attend the pow-wow in Saint Petersburg's Grand Hotel Europe, although diplomats said Blair turned the offer down

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Saint Petersburg's Grand Hotel Europe


Input: Hariri submitted his resignation during a 10-minute meeting with the head of state at the Baabda presidential palace, outside the capital

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the head of state

the Baabda presidential palace, outside the capital


Input: Several top diplomacy experts told a Kremlin-run forum that countries like China and India that said little about the conflict before its March 20 launch were already reaping the benefits

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Several top diplomacy experts

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Kremlin


Input: Negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang on their nuclear dispute have been set for April 23 in Bejing and are widely seen here as a blow to Moscow efforts to stamp authority on the region by organizing such a meeting

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Pyongyang

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Input: They are scheduled to meet next in the Russian leader's native city of Saint Petersburg in late May

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the Russian leader's native city of Saint Petersburg

late May


Input: The admission, according to US sources, came during three-day talks in Beijing which concluded Friday, the first meeting between US and North Korean officials since the nuclear crisis erupted six months ago

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Beijing

Friday

US and North Korean officials


Input: US sources with authoritative knowledge of the Beijing meetings said the head of the North Korean delegation Li Gun had confirmed to US envoy James Kelly that the Stalinist state had developed nuclear weapons and hinted it may sell or use them, depending on US actions

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Beijing

the head of the North Korean delegation

Li Gun

US envoy James Kelly


Input: Despite the leaked details about the meetings, US officials publicly declined to confirm any of North Korea's announcements, with US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher saying comments made by North Koreans "require careful analysis

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Input: He has made no public comments so far on the Beijing talks

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Beijing


Input: However US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the talks had featured "strong views" on all sides and insisted that the United States would not bow to blackmail, threats or "bellicose statements

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all sides


Input: North Korea, in its first official comment on the outcome of the talks, accused Washington of ruling out Pyongyang's "bold" plan for peace while offering nothing new itself

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Input: At the talks the DPRK (North Korea) set forth a new bold proposal to clear up bilateral concerns of the DPRK and the US, and the parties concerned with the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula, at the same time," the unnamed official was quoted as saying

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DPRK (North Korea


Input: The US, however, repeated its old assertion that the DPRK should 'scrap its nuclear program before dialogue' without advancing any new proposal at the talks

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Input: Rodong called for a "fair and equal" footing in talks with the United States, blasting Washington for insisting that there would be "no security of the system nor provision of rewards" even if Pyongyang gave up its nuclear program

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Pyongyang


Input: It was useful to get it all out on the table and see where we go from here," he said, referring to the April 23 to 25 discussions in Beijing

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Beijing


Input: We are studying that plan, we are examining it with our friends and allies," Powell said, adding that talks were now underway with the South Korean, Japanese, Russian and Australian as well as other governments

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the South Korean, Japanese, Russian and Australian as well as other governments


Input: Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday that the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment was a major goal for 2003, and that negotiations were already under way

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Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou

shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday

Tuesday


Input: The meeting was Shalom's first encounter with an Arab counterpart since he took office as Israel's foreign minister on February 27

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Shalom

an Arab counterpart


Input: Afterwards Shalom was to fly on to London for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

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Shalom

London

British Prime Minister

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw


Input: Officials from Iraqi groups that met with Bremer last week have said that he back peddled on what they said were earlier pledges to give them a lead role in forming a new interim government in the next few weeks

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Officials from Iraqi groups that met with Bremer last week

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last week


Input: But China remains a key Russian ally, demonstrated by the fact that Hu will be the only foreign leader apart from US President George W. Bush to hold a summit with Putin in the days surrounding the Saint Petersburg festivities

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Input: Hu, who was appointed to the top job in March, will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his three-day state visit from May 26 to 28. He will then stay on for a regional summit before heading to Saint Petersburg for celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the city's founding

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Hu, who was appointed to the top job in March

May 26 to 28

Saint Petersburg


Input: But China remains a key Russian ally, demonstrated by the fact that Hu will be the only foreign leader apart from US President George W. Bush to hold a summit with Putin in the days surrounding the Saint Petersburg festivities

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the only foreign leader apart from US President George W. Bush

Putin


Input: US President George W. Bush told Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien by telephone Monday that he looked forward to seeing him at the upcoming summit of major industrialized nations and Russia, the White House said Tuesday

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major industrialized nations

Russia


Input: The two leaders discussed the upcoming G-8 meeting, US-Canada (relations) and other international issues of concern," Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said days before the June 1-3 summit, to be held in France

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France


Input: The two leaders discussed the upcoming G-8 meeting, US-Canada (relations) and other international issues of concern," Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said days before the June 1-3 summit, to be held in France

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June 1-3

France


Input: On Monday, Chretien told reporters that he and Bush, who had not spoken since late February, discussed a wide range of issues, including Iraq, the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight industrial powers and aid to Africa

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the Group of Eight industrial powers


Input: After talks in Saint Petersburg's grand Konstantinovsky Palace, they also warned North Korea to abandon its nuclear aspirations and signed documents implementing the Moscow Treaty, which mandates sharp cuts in Cold War nuclear weapons stocks

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Saint Petersburg's grand Konstantinovsky Palace

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Input: Swapping smiles, handshakes and hugs at a joint press appearance after talks linked to Saint Petersburg's 300th anniversary celebrations, Bush and Putin set out to recreate the buddy atmosphere of their previous encounters

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Putin


Input: Bush arrived in Saint Petersburg on Saturday, when he also briefly met German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whose opposition to the Iraq war had soured his relationship with Washington, at a dinner hosted by Putin

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder


Input: Both sides are under heavy US pressure to end one of the worst periods of violence in the 32-month-old Palestinian uprising and follow a peace "roadmap" promoted by President George W. Bush at a June 4 summit in Aqaba, Jordan

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President George W. Bush

June 4

Aqaba, Jordan


Input: US envoy meets Palestinians in Israel truce bid ahead of Powell visit

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US envoy

Palestinians


Input: Washington's Middle East peace monitor held his first meeting with Palestinian leaders Tuesday, hoping to unblock stalled talks on a truce with Israel ahead of a visit this week by US Secretary of State Colin Powell

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Washington's Middle East peace monitor

Palestinian leaders

Tuesday


Input: But while Islamic militants still balked at a ceasefire deal, Israeli and Palestinian officials held a new round of discussions on a withdrawal of Israeli troops from selected occupied areas, Palestinian officials said

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Israeli and Palestinian officials


Input: An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman confirmed that Powell was expected Friday for talks with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom

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Powell

Friday

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom


Input: The website of Israeli public radio said Powell would also meet with Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas

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Palestinian prime minister Mahmud Abbas


Input: Powell, who is currently in Cambodia, was flying here before meeting Sunday in Jordan on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum with the other members of the diplomatic "quartet" that drafted the roadmap: Russia, the United Nations and European Union

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Powell, who is currently in Cambodia

Sunday

Jordan

the other members of the diplomatic "quartet" that drafted the roadmap


Input: Wolf, who conferred with top Israeli leaders Monday, met for three hours here Tuesday with Abbas, senior Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan, and Amin al-Hindi, head of military intelligence

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Wolf, who conferred with top Israeli leaders Monday

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Monday


Input: Wolf, who conferred with top Israeli leaders Monday, met for three hours here Tuesday with Abbas, senior Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan, and Amin al-Hindi, head of military intelligence

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Wolf, who conferred with top Israeli leaders Monday

three hours here Tuesday

here

Abbas

senior Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan

Amin al-Hindi


Input: Abbas also held a roundtable with all 13 main Palestinian factions in Gaza City

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Input: The possibility was raised of him also holding separate sessions afterward with the radical movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Palestinian sources said

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the radical movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad


Input: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said talks among the Palestinian factions were continuing and officials were "very hopeful" of negotiating an end to the violence that claimed more than 50 lives last week

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Input: But a senior Hamas leader said after two days of talks with a senior Egyptian delegation that "the time is not for a truce" and insisted on the right to pursue attacks as long as the Israeli occupation continued

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Input: Despite the sharpening rhetoric, Israel and Palestinian officials met Tuesday on details of an accord for a partial Israeli pullout, Palestinian officials said

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Input: The officials said Dahlan and General Abdelrazak al-Majaida, head of public security in the Gaza Strip, took part in the discussions

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Input: A senior Palestinian security source told AFP the meeting was "positive," but that Israel made no significant concessions

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Input: Israeli defence sources quoted by army radio confirmed the two sides discussed an Israeli withdrawal from northern Gaza and a takeover of security responsibility by the Palestinian security forces, and agreed to meet again within the coming days

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Input: Israeli defence sources quoted by army radio confirmed the two sides discussed an Israeli withdrawal from northern Gaza and a takeover of security responsibility by the Palestinian security forces, and agreed to meet again within the coming days

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Input: A senior Palestinian security official also told AFP that the Israeli army has agreed at a meeting on Monday to withdraw from the southern West Bank town of Bethlehem and its surrounding area on Wednesday

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Input: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was also to meet with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas in Jerusalem on Tuesday to discuss further implementation of the roadmap, Israeli public radio reported

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Input: The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stressed that a variety of options are on the table and they all depend on the outcome of a U.N. Security Council debate on the U.S.-backed war resolution

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stressed that a variety of options are on the table and they all depend on the outcome of a U.N. Security Council debate on the U.S.-backed war resolution

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Input: In addition to a possible address, they have discussed a presidential news conference and a Cabinet meeting as ways for Bush to communicate his plans to the nation next week

In addition to a possible address, they have discussed a presidential news conference and a Cabinet meeting as ways for Bush to communicate his plans to the nation next week

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Input: The spokesman, reporting on the meeting, said Iraq called on the Security Council ``to rid the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction since Iraq has become free of them

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Input: Rumsfeld also said that like Turkey, the United States doesn't want to see a breakaway state: ``Our interest, needless to say, is to see that Iraq remains a single country,'' he said at the Pentagon news conference

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Input: Also in Washington, Turkish Ambassador Farouk Logoglu told The Associated Press that the U.S. and Turkish militaries were holding informal discussions on the use of Turkish airspace

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Input: Erdogan said he would submit his Cabinet list to the president ``as soon as possible,'' and leaders of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party met Tuesday evening

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Input: Joschka Fischer and Dominique de Villepin, the German and French foreign ministers, were to attend a special United Nations Security Council meeting in New York Wednesday, called to issue a last-minute appeal for a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis

Joschka Fischer and Dominique de Villepin, the German and French foreign ministers, were to attend a special United Nations Security Council meeting in New York Wednesday, called to issue a last-minute appeal for a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis

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Input: The EU foreign ministers met hours after U.S. President George W. Bush gave Saddam 48 hours to leave Iraq or face invasion

The EU foreign ministers met hours after U.S. President George W. Bush gave Saddam 48 hours to leave Iraq or face invasion

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Input: The Iraqi government released a video of Saddam, in uniform, meeting with his son Qusai, the commander of the Republican Guard, and the defense minister, Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmad

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Input: A meeting to organize an interim government could be held in Iraq within a week, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday night

A meeting to organize an interim government could be held in Iraq within a week, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday night

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Input: Myers told reporters at a Pentagon briefing that Americans had not targeted the power grid

Myers told reporters at a Pentagon briefing that Americans had not targeted the power grid

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Input: Seoul had hoped to use the three-day talks to try to persuade its communist neighbor to scrap its suspected nuclear program in return for aid and better relations with the outside world

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Input: For months, North Korea has insisted on direct talks with the United States to negotiate a nonaggression treaty

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Input: North Korea called off two working-level talks with South Korea last month

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Input: German and Tunisian interior ministers, meeting ahead of the anniversary of an attack that killed 21 people, mostly German tourists, have signed an agreement to combat terrorism and other crimes

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Input: ``I don't know whether he survived,'' U.S President George W. Bush said of Saddam at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair

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Input: The Bush administration, which included North Korea in its ``axis of evil,'' insists that the problem be addressed in a multilateral forum including countries threatened by Pyongyang's nuclear program

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Input: U.N. envoy Maurice Strong, who just returned from Pyongyang, said Tuesday ``sufficient progress'' has been made in bridging the gap between the sides and there is now no reason to delay talks

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Input: He said both sides now agree that there should be direct and multilateral talks, but there is no agreement yet on the format

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Input: Members of the council expressed their concern'' about the nuclear issue, Mexico's U.N. Ambassador Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, the current council president, said at the end of the meeting

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Input: Russia's U.N. Ambassador Sergey Lavrov said ``The only way the problem is going to be solved is direct bilateral dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, and whatever multilateral formats are used should be in addition to this

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Input: Even though the council did not agree on a statement, Negroponte said the outcome of Wednesday's meeting was ``acceptable'' in view of the efforts to find a diplomatic solution

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Input: According to Japan's Kyodo news agency, the United States and North Korea held working-level talks over three days last week

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Input: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will meet U.S. President George W. Bush on May 14 to discuss a peaceful resolution to the nuclear issue, a statement from Roh's office said Wednesday

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Input: At the heart of the dispute is North Korea's insistence on direct talks with the United States which it views as a threat to its security

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Input: `We did talk about what happens, depending on the evolution of things on the ground,'' Annan said

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Input: Iraq's U.N. Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, the first Iraqi official to concede defeat in the U.S.-led war, met privately with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, but refused to talk about rumors that he was planning to leave New York

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Input: `No comment at all. This is my last word to you,'' he told hordes of journalists who chased him Thursday at his New York residence and U.N. headquarters seeking comment on his talks with the secretary-general, his future and the war

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Input: Annan also declined to comment on Thursday's meeting with Al-Douri

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Input: `I wished him good luck but I don't know what he said to the secretary-general and what will be his next steps,'' said Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, who talked with Al-Douri before his own meeting with Annan

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Input: `I wished him good luck but I don't know what he said to the secretary-general and what will be his next steps,'' said Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, who talked with Al-Douri before his own meeting with Annan

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Input: Annan said early Thursday  _  before meeting Al-Douri  _  that in talks with the envoy Monday, ``he didn't ask for an asylum or protection ... (and) he didn't ask me for help with his status

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Input: Indonesia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa says Megawati's meeting with Russian President Putin slated for April 21 will touch on the Iraq crisis

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Input: Megawati and Putin are expected to sign agreements to give Russian companies a toehold in Indonesia's oil and gas industry, long dominated by American and British giants such as Exxon Mobil and BP

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Input: Even some of those at the meeting said they did not want Garner leading the interim administration

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Input: The meeting concluded with the delegates voting by show of hands to meet again in 10 days

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Input: But some Shiite Muslim groups boycotted the meeting and thousands protested nearby

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Input: Chalabi was the first top Iraqi opposition leader to be airlifted by the U.S. military into southern Iraq as the fighting wound down, and he and other top members of his group plan to meet soon in Baghdad

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Input: Neither Chalabi nor many other leaders of anti-Saddam groups attended Tuesday's meeting, but they sent delegates

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Input: Pasko was sentenced to four years in prison in December 2001 for illegally attending a meeting of top military commanders and taking notes there

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Input: International experts, appalled at the looting of Iraqi historical artifacts, met in Paris under U.N. auspices and called for a temporary embargo on Iraqi cultural objects

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Input: France's U.N. ambassador, Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, made the proposal at a Security Council meeting where members heard a briefing by chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix and for the first time exchanged views on potentially divisive postwar issues

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Input: But de La Sabliere said before the meeting that Security Council ``must take into account the new realities on the ground

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Input: At another closed-door council meeting later Tuesday, the council was to hear from Benon Sevan, head of the U.N. oil-for-food program, which had been providing food for 60 percent of Iraq's 24 million people

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Input: She made the statements after a meeting with the speaker of the Portuguese parliament, Joao Mota Amaral

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Input: Jones met with Defense Minister Paulo Portas on Tuesday and will meet Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz before leaving Portugal Wednesday

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Input: Also, Portugal hosted a last ditch pre-war summit in the Azores islands for leaders of the United States, Britain and Spain

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Input: A U.S. official praised the Chinese contribution to the discussions

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Input: Talks between North Korea, the United States and China ended Thursday with U.S. State Department officials saying it was uncertain whether discussions on Pyongyang's nuclear program would continue

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Input: Although North Korea accused the United States of leading the region toward war in its state media, U.S. officials denied reports the talks had broken down

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Input: North Korea also hinted during the meetings that they have nuclear weapons and may conduct a test, a U.S. official said

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Input: Earlier, Secretary of State Colin Powell had told a gathering of experts from the Asia-Pacific region that the talks had concluded, leaving the impression there would not be a third day of discussions on Friday

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Input: Powell also expressed hope that South Korea and Japan will be able to participate ``when and if'' there is another round of talks

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Input: North Korea should not leave the meetings having the slightest impression that they might force us to make a concession we would not otherwise make,'' he added

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Input: But U.S. State Department officials, asking not to be identified, said there may be more meetings on Friday. They said reports of a breakdown in the talks were a ``misrepresentation

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Input: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao refused to provide details, but said the talks were ``conducive to mutual understanding and finding ways to resolve the North Korean nuclear question peacefully

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Input: In a likely reference to North Korea's demand for a nonaggression treaty with Washington, KCNA said: ``The U.S. should settle the talks from a sincere stand and strive to settle the essential issue

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Input: North Korea said the ``master key'' for successful talks was for the United States to drop its hostile policy toward Pyongyang

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Input: Ri Gun, deputy director of American affairs for North Korea's Foreign Ministry is representing North Korea at the talks

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Input: The announcement came as U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun were about to meet Wednesday in Washington to discuss North Korea's nuclear programs

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Input: During the talks in Beijing, U.S. officials said North Korea claimed it already possesses nuclear weapons, and that it had reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods  _  a move that could yield several atomic bombs within months

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Input: The ministers also decided to cold-shoulder foreign envoys who meet with Arafat

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Input: In a renewed mediation attempt, Egyptian envoys have been holding meetings in Gaza and Damascus in recent days with leaders of the militant groups

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Input: Whoever wants to visit Arafat can visit Arafat but he won't be allowed to meet senior Israeli officials,'' said a senior Sharon adviser, Raanan Gissin. Israel first threatened such a boycott several weeks ago, but enforced it only selectively

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Input: Whoever wants to visit Arafat can visit Arafat but he won't be allowed to meet senior Israeli officials,'' said a senior Sharon adviser, Raanan Gissin. Israel first threatened such a boycott several weeks ago, but enforced it only selectively

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Input: The new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, has denounced violence against Israelis, but also told Sharon in a weekend meeting  _  the first Israeli-Palestinian summit in three years	_ that he wants to persuade the militants to stop attacks, rather than disarm them by force

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Input: The Israeli Cabinet will discuss a U.S.-backed ``road map'' to Mideast peace on Sunday, taking a first step toward a formal response after weeks of hesitation, officials said after the White House announced it would take Israeli reservations about the plan into account

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Input: Powell, however, told a news conference in Paris on Friday that, ``With respect to the road map, we're not planning on making any changes

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Input: Abbas summoned Hamas leaders to his Gaza City office Thursday evening in his first visible effort to help end attacks on Israeli civilians

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Input: U.S. President George W. Bush is considering a three-way meeting with Sharon and Abbas in Egypt to prod them into implementing the road map, officials involved in the planning said Thursday

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Egypt


Input: To oversee rescue efforts, Bouteflika canceled plans to join a summit of world leaders in France next week, APS reported

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Input: A summit between Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, had been planned for Wednesday but was postponed, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials, who blamed each other for the delay

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Input: The officials said no new date had been set; Israel Radio said the meeting would take place Thursday

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Input: A three-way summit with U.S. President George W. Bush could take place as early as next week, possibly in Jordan

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Input: Israeli troops shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy and critically injured two children, ages 7 and 9, during conflicts in the West Bank that erupted Tuesday as Israeli and Palestinian leaders moved toward talks on a new Mideast peace plan

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Input: They said that North Korea claimed during a pause in the formal talks that it already had nuclear weapons, but would give up the program in return for economic aid and security guarantees

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Input: Weldon said at a news conference in Seoul that North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan repeated that claim during a dinner meeting

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North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan


Input: Jordan met with the Sixers on Sunday, according to a person close to the situation

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Input: The aid packages for the Palestinian Authority were discussed at interagency meetings last week and then presented to the Palestinian and Israeli sides over the weekend by a team visiting the Middle East, led by Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser

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Input: There are also supposed to be three-way meetings of Palestinian, Israeli and American officials to decide the next steps in the administration's peace plan, known as the road map, which calls for creation of a Palestinian state within three years

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Input: According to a press release of the AU on Monday, Essy said AU "rejects and unequivocally condemns unconstitutional change of government in keeping with the provisions of its constitutive act as well as the decisions and declarations adopted by the Algiers and Lome Summits

According to a press release of the AU on Monday, Essy said AU "rejects and unequivocally condemns unconstitutional change of government in keeping with the provisions of its constitutive act as well as the decisions and declarations adopted by the Algiers and Lome Summits

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Input: According to a press release of the AU on Monday, Essy said AU "rejects and unequivocally condemns unconstitutional change of government in keeping with the provisions of its constitutive act as well as the decisions and declarations adopted by the Algiers and Lome Summits

According to a press release of the AU on Monday, Essy said AU "rejects and unequivocally condemns unconstitutional change of government in keeping with the provisions of its constitutive act as well as the decisions and declarations adopted by the Algiers and Lome Summits

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Input: In conformity with the Lome Declaration, the release said the AU Central Organ of the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution will meet very shortly to consider the situation and the measures to be taken

In conformity with the Lome Declaration, the release said the AU Central Organ of the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution will meet very shortly to consider the situation and the measures to be taken

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Input: A two-day summit between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush ended here Tuesday with both countries trying to minimize splits on UN role in rebuilding Iraq after the ongoing US-led war against the country is over

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Input: During their first war summit on March 27 at Camp David,  Blair and Bush became divided over what a role the United Nations will play in postwar Iraq, when Bush gave no positive reaction to Blair 's suggestion of a strong UN role

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Input: After the Camp David talks, Blair, who analysts say has been pursuing a special relationship with Washington in order to restore Britain's traditional role as a transatlantic "bridge", was forced to readjust his tone

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Input: Blair and Bush were expected to bridge their gap on the issue by reaching an agreement on UN role in post-war Iraq, some analysts said even before this summit at Hillsborough, south of Belfast, the second of its kind since the war broke out on March 20

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Input: The United Nations would have a "vital role" in the effort to repair Iraq's infrastructure, Blair told reporters at a news conference after his talks with Bush, downplaying UN role in emphasizing that ultimately the country must be run by the Iraqi people

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Input: Petersen planned to meet Sri Lankan government leaders and is due to travel to the rebel-held north of for discussions with Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran

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Input: The rebels also said that they would not participate in an international donor meeting to be held in June in Japan which is seen as crucial for garnering funds to rebuild the island nation

The rebels also said that they would not participate in an international donor meeting to be held in June in Japan which is seen as crucial for garnering funds to rebuild the island nation

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Input: But she would not meet the rebels since the United States has banned them as a " terrorist organization

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Input: A statement issued at the two-day meeting of the EU foreign ministers called on Iran to conclude and implement urgently and unconditionally an additional protocol to the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty allowing for short-notice inspections of suspected nuclear sites in the country

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Input: Israel's night-time raid in Gaza involving around 40 tanks and armoured vehicles came after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened his security cabinet to discuss a response to the bomb attack

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Input: Hamas vowed to continue its attacks, while the Palestinian Authority accused Israel of trying to disrupt top-level Palestinian meetings to discuss reforms of Arafat's administration

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Input: With marathon talks at the top world body failing late Thursday to reconcile French and Russian opposition to US-British war plans, the United States upped its military presence, deploying more missile-firing warships to the Red Sea

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Input: British efforts to provide a way out of the diplomatic mire at the United Nations ended without agreement late Thursday, but with London's ambassador to the UN, Jeremy Greenstock, saying he expected talks to go on into the weekend

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Input: We are still talking to the members of the council with respect to coalescing around a position that wouldn't draw a veto, but the options remain: go for a vote and see what members say, or not go for a vote," Powell said

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Input: Amid talk of delaying or even shelving a US-British resolution giving Iraqi President Saddam Hussein until Monday to disarm or face war, oil prices in Asia pulled back, shares rose and the US dollar eased

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Input: The six are now working on a paper and we will see the outcome of that consultation, maybe tomorrow (Friday)" Jean-Marc de La Sabliere told reporters

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Input: His US counterpart, John Negroponte, said: "I can't say we are much farther along today than we were yesterday," after hours of talks on six British benchmarks to test Iraq's compliance with council demands

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Input: Meanwhile Blair arrived in Washington late Wednesday for two days of talks with Bush at the Camp David presidential retreat

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Input: Blair and Bush were to hold a joint press conference at 1600 GMT Thursday

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Input: Putin had even secretly invited British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush's staunchest backer in the war on Iraq, to attend the pow-wow in Saint Petersburg's Grand Hotel Europe, although diplomats said Blair turned the offer down

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Input: Hariri submitted his resignation during a 10-minute meeting with the head of state at the Baabda presidential palace, outside the capital

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Input: Several top diplomacy experts told a Kremlin-run forum that countries like China and India that said little about the conflict before its March 20 launch were already reaping the benefits

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Input: Negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang on their nuclear dispute have been set for April 23 in Bejing and are widely seen here as a blow to Moscow efforts to stamp authority on the region by organizing such a meeting

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Input: They are scheduled to meet next in the Russian leader's native city of Saint Petersburg in late May

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Input: Kelly, the US assistant secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, arrived in Seoul from Beijing Friday to brief Yoon, the foreign minister

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Input: Rodong called for a "fair and equal" footing in talks with the United States, blasting Washington for insisting that there would be "no security of the system nor provision of rewards" even if Pyongyang gave up its nuclear program

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Input: It was useful to get it all out on the table and see where we go from here," he said, referring to the April 23 to 25 discussions in Beijing

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Input: We are studying that plan, we are examining it with our friends and allies," Powell said, adding that talks were now underway with the South Korean, Japanese, Russian and Australian as well as other governments

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Input: Chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday that the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment was a major goal for 2003, and that negotiations were already under way

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Input: The meeting was Shalom's first encounter with an Arab counterpart since he took office as Israel's foreign minister on February 27

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Input: Officials from Iraqi groups that met with Bremer last week have said that he back peddled on what they said were earlier pledges to give them a lead role in forming a new interim government in the next few weeks

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Input: But China remains a key Russian ally, demonstrated by the fact that Hu will be the only foreign leader apart from US President George W. Bush to hold a summit with Putin in the days surrounding the Saint Petersburg festivities

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Input: He will then stay on for a regional summit before heading to Saint Petersburg for celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the city's founding

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Input: On Monday, Chretien told reporters that he and Bush, who had not spoken since late February, discussed a wide range of issues, including Iraq, the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight industrial powers and aid to Africa

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Input: Bush and Putin were scheduled to leave straight after their talks for the Group of Eight summit of the largest industrialised nations in Evian, France

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Input: Bush signalled that Russia would not pay a similar price as France and Germany for opposing the US-led war in Iraq, inviting his "good friend" Putin to his weekend retreat outside Camp David in Washington in September

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Input: Putin last visited Bush at his Texas ranch in November 2001

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Input: Bush and Putin were scheduled to leave straight after their talks for the Group of Eight summit of the largest industrialised nations in Evian, France

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Input: Bush arrived in Saint Petersburg on Saturday, when he also briefly met German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whose opposition to the Iraq war had soured his relationship with Washington, at a dinner hosted by Putin

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Input: The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stressed that a variety of options are on the table and they all depend on the outcome of a U.N. Security Council debate on the U.S.-backed war resolution

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Input: In addition to a possible address, they have discussed a presidential news conference and a Cabinet meeting as ways for Bush to communicate his plans to the nation next week

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Input: The spokesman, reporting on the meeting, said Iraq called on the Security Council ``to rid the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction since Iraq has become free of them

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Input: ``I don't know whether he survived,'' U.S President George W. Bush said of Saddam at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair

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Input: Iraq's U.N. Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, the first Iraqi official to concede defeat in the U.S.-led war, met privately with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, but refused to talk about rumors that he was planning to leave New York

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Input: Indonesia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa says Megawati's meeting with Russian President Putin slated for April 21 will touch on the Iraq crisis

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Input: Representatives of those countries will meet with British officials May 7 and Polish officials May 22 to determine what forces each country will contribute and whether they will be put under British or Polish command

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Input: The outlines for the international stability force were decided at a conference Hoon hosted Wednesday with representatives from 16 countries, mostly NATO members

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Input: During the talks in Beijing, U.S. officials said North Korea claimed it already possesses nuclear weapons, and that it had reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods  _  a move that could yield several atomic bombs within months

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Input: Weldon said at a news conference in Seoul that North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan repeated that claim during a dinner meeting

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Input: Blair and Bush were expected to bridge their gap on the issue by reaching an agreement on UN role in post-war Iraq, some analysts said even before this summit at Hillsborough, south of Belfast, the second of its kind since the war broke out on March 20

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Input: Rashid Ahmed made the remarks when his attention was drawn to the recent visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan

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Input: A European diplomat said the issue of calling Hezbollah a terrorist organization was discussed in Brussels on Wednesday at a meeting of the Clearing House, a unit of the European Union that meets in confidential sessions to review terrorist activities in Europe

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