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US/MIDDLE EAST: Bush unlikely to press Sharon on peace
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has postponed his visit to Washington to meet President...
United StatesEAST AFRICA: AIDS vaccine trials keep hopes alive
Earlier this year, a series of clinical trials of preventive AIDS vaccines began in Entebbe,...
AfricaFRANCE/AFRICA: Political/development policies diverge
Despite France's high and often controversial political profile in Africa, the cooperative...
FranceBURUNDI: Tensions high as Hutu leader takes over
Outgoing Tutsi head of state Pierre Buyoya handed over power to his Hutu successor, Domitien...
BurundiLIBERIA: Crisis deepens despite pact with Abidjan
President Charles Taylor and his Ivoirien counterpart Laurent Gbagbo on April 27 agreed a...
LiberiaRUSSIA/IRAQ: Putin set on recovery from Iraq 'defeat'
President Vladimir Putin told visiting UK Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday that Russia did not...
RussiaUNITED NATIONS: Iraq 'damage' is far from terminal
The Security Council's deadlock over whether to support the war on Iraq revealed not only...
United NationsUNITED NATIONS: P5 rivals resume tussle over Iraq
France announced on April 23 that it would support the immediate suspension of UN sanctions...
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