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Poor visibility grounds Nigerian reinforcements for Liberia SOKOTO, Nigeria (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Bad weather forced a flight that was due to take a battalion of Nigerian peacekeepers to Liberia to divert, delaying the deployment for the second day running, aviation officials said Friday. Nigerian APCs en route for Liberia, but troops still grounded SOKOTO, Nigeria (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 A US contractor began Friday to airlift Nigerian armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from Lagos to equip peacekeepers in war-torn Liberia, a Nigerian army spokesman said. Police seize large cache of arms in southwestern Pakistan QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Pakistani authorities seized a large quantity of smuggled weapons being transported on camel to the southwestern provincial capital of Quetta for possible sabotage acts, officials said Friday. |
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Liberian president continues peace talks with rebels ACCRA (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Liberia's new President Moses Blah Friday held a second day of peace talks with rebels in the Ghanaian capital Accra to try and flesh out a new government that is due to succeed his interim administration. China urges correct understanding of wartime past after Japan shrine visit BEIJING (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 China urged Japan Friday to adopt a correct understanding of its wartime past after four Japanese cabinet members marked the 58th anniversary of their country's World War II surrender with a visit to a controversial Tokyo shrine. SKoreans mark Liberation Day with rallies for and against Pyongyang SEOUL (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Thousands of South Koreans marked the liberation from Japanese rule decades ago with rallies Friday in support of, and opposed to, North Korea over its nuclear ambitions. Ministers visit war shrine as Japan marks anniversary of WW II surrender TOKYO (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Japan marked the 58th anniversary of its surrender at the end of World War II Friday in a ceremony led by the emperor and empress, while four cabinet ministers visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine. Korean peninsula should be nuke-free: Russia MOSCOW (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 The Korean peninsula should be free of nuclear weapons, Russia said Friday ahead of crucial six-way talks set to take place in China to resolve the 10-month crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions. Roh urges North Korea to grab opportunity at six-way talks SEOUL (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun urged North Korea Friday to grab the opportunity presented by upcoming six-nation talks to resolve the 10-month crisis over its nuclear weapons program. |
Kenya child organisation nominated for Nobel Peace Prize STOCKHOLM (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), an organisation helping children in the slums of Nairobi, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, daily Svenska Dagbladet reported on Friday. "Virus of adventurism" is creeping into Philippine military: Arroyo MANILA (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Philippines President Gloria Arroyo warned on Friday that the "virus of adventurism" was creeping into the military and must be stamped out. Key pieces still missing from Philippines mutiny puzzle: investigators MANILA (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Philippines investigators have yet to establish what triggered the failed military mutiny against President Gloria Arroyo, a member of an independent inquiry panel said Friday. North Korea should not miss this opportunity: Roh SEOUL (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun Friday urged North Korea Friday to grab the opportunity presented by upcoming six-nation talks to resolve the 10-month crisis over its nuclear weapons program. Pacific nations advised to get more confrontational over nuclear waste AUCKLAND (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Pacific nations angered that their waters are being used by France and Britain as shipping lanes for nuclear waste have to get more "confrontational" if they want to stop the trade, a legal expert attending the Pacific Forum Summit here said. US, Japan, South Korea wrap up talks on North Korea WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 US Asia envoy James Kelly will renew his tense relationship with North Korean negotiators this month, after he was named Thursday to head the US delegation to six-nation nuclear crisis talks in Beijing. |
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