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Cheney: U.S. Concerned by Palestinian Ties to Iran
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January 28, 2002
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Questioning Yasser Arafat's commitment to the peace process, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday the United States was concerned by the Palestinian leader's apparent turn to Iran and Hizbollah as evidenced by a recent arms shipment.
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Herat governor "not seeking Afghan split"
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January 28, 2002
BBC
The governor of Herat in western Afghanistan, Ismail Khan, has denied that he is seeking to split the country and forge closer links with Iran.
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Iran Says Worried About U.S. Presence in Afghanistan
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January 28, 2002
Reuters
DOHA (Reuters) - Iran's defense minister said on Sunday his country was worried about the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and dismissed as baseless U.S. reports that Iran was interfering in Afghan affairs or harboring al Qaeda fighters.
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Iran demands UN play greater role in Afghanistan, Mideast
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January 28, 2002
AFP
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan wound up a two-day visit to Iran, whose leaders urged the United Nations to be more active with regard both to the Afghanistan question and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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2 Iranians among 20 directors invited to produce film on Sept 11 events
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January 28, 2002
IRNA
Tehran, Jan 27, IRNA -- Two prominent Iranian film directors Samira
Makhmalbaf and Abbas Kia Rostami along with 18 well-known filmmakers
have been invited by the Universal Film Company to produce a short
film on the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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Sahabi to continue defense Monday
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January 28, 2002
IRNA
Tehran, Jan 27, IRNA -- Accused number one in the so-called
'nationalist-religious group' case Ezatollah Sahabi will appear in
court ...
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Alizadeh vows resolute fight against economic corruption
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January 28, 2002
IRNA
Tehran, Jan 27, IRNA -- Head of the Tehran Justice Department,
Abbasali Alizadeh, said Sunday that his office will deal firmly with
economic ...
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Once-popular warlord now regarded with unease
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January 28, 2002
The Boston Globe
HERAT, Afghanistan - Ismail Khan, whose guerrilla exploits and enlightened rule in the 1990s won him nationwide acclaim, faces mounting discontent in a region where he was once Afghanistan's only warlord to enjoy popular support.
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The agonizing road to democracy in Iran
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January 28, 2002
The Toronto Star
ONE of the more fascinating post-Sept. 11 phenomena has been that Iranians were quick to condemn the terrorism. They held candlelight vigils, observed a minute of silence at soccer games and signed a book of condolences. They demonstrated little or no support for Osama bin Laden.
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Teachers' rallies banned in central Isfahan province
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January 28, 2002
AFP
TEHRAN, Jan 27 (AFP) - Authorities in central province of Isfahan have banned all demonstrations by teachers following a series of protests, and warned that those who defy the ban face arrest, a press report said Sunday.
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Little - Known Afghans Plot Next Step to Democracy
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January 28, 2002
Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - The next step in Afghanistan's shaky transition to democracy is in the hands of a 21-member commission of experts so obscure that even Kabul's interim leader Hamid Karzai knows only four of its members.
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Russia and Azerbaijan Plan Deal
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January 28, 2002
Los Angeles Times
MOSCOW -- Azerbaijani President Geidar Aliev said Saturday that his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin helped forge a partnership that would allow the two ex-Soviet republics to reach a long-stalled deal on dividing sectors of the Caspian Sea.
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Progress Made in Disputes Over Caspian
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January 28, 2002
Reuters
MOSCOW, Jan. 26 — President Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan said today that much progress had been made in resolving disputes over dividing the Caspian Sea among four former Soviet states and Iran.
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Baku, Moscow reach agreement on their common Caspian borderline
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January 28, 2002
IRNA
Baku, Jan 27, IRNA -- Azerbaian Republic's President Heydar Aliyev
declared here Saturday night that agreement has been reached
between Azerbaijan and Russia on their common Caspian borderline.
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Iran and Iraq discuss closer ties
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January 28, 2002
CNN
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri was in Iran Saturday for talks aimed at normalizing relations with its longtime enemy.
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Karzai wants U.S. to continue campaign
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January 28, 2002
The Washington Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's interim leader, who has dazzled the international community with his charm and his hats, will tell President Bush he does not want the U.S. campaign to end until the al Qaeda network is wiped out of his land.
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Palestinian Woman Bomber Strikes in Jerusalem
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January 28, 2002
Reuters
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An attacker police suspected was a Palestinian woman detonated explosives in Jerusalem's main shopping street on Sunday, killing herself and an elderly Israeli and wounding dozens, Israeli police said.
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Saudis implicated in Sept. 11 attacks were duped says foreign minister
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January 28, 2002
Gulf News
Saudi Arabians implicated in the September 11 attacks on the United States were unwitting victims of Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister was quoted as saying yesterday.
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UAE becomes second richest in the Arab world
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January 28, 2002
Gulf News
Mega gas projects have catapulted Qatar to the throne of the wealthiest Arab countries to overtake the UAE and become one of the richest nations in the world.
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Aussies Rally in Support of Refugees
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January 28, 2002
The Associated Press
WOOMERA, Australia (AP) -- Hundreds of sympathizers rallied Sunday outside immigrant detention centers in Australia, shouting ``Free the refugees!'' as more asylum seekers joined a hunger strike to protest their captivity.
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Fed Seen Halting Rate-Cut Campaign
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January 28, 2002
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve may call this week for a halt to one of the most aggressive rate-cutting sprees in U.S. history.
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Star-studded team unlikely to rescue Lockerbie appeal
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January 28, 2002
The Observer
They are superstars of law who have represented some of the world's most famous and infamous defendants, but the giants of televised court cases are having very little impact on the appeal of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.
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