MyClipping: February 2005

Yahoo! News - Japan Ship Law to Close Ports to Most N.Korea Vessels: " TOKYO (Reuters) - A toughened ship insurance law took effect in Japan on Tuesday that will exclude most North Korean vessels from its ports and slash trade."

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The New York Times > National > Winter Storm Arrives in New York Region: "Winter Storm Arrives in New York Region
A winter storm that hit western North Carolina earlier today reached New York City and its suburbs this afternoon, bringing snow and strong winds as it pushed north along the Eastern Seaboard."

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CNN.com - Iraq suicide bomb kills at least 125 - Feb 28, 2005

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Bombing in Hilla kills at least 125BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide car bomber Monday morning drove into a crowd of Iraqis outside a government medical office in Hilla, killing at least 125 and wounding up to 200 others, Iraqi government and health officials said.

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Japan troops to pull out of Aceh: "Japanese troops will leave Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province by the middle of March, a spokesman has said."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Global anti-smoking pact comes into effect
GENEVA (Reuters) - A global treaty aimed at dissuading children from smoking and helping adults kick the habit has come into force with the United Nations saying it could save millions of lives."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Japan blasts longest land tunnel: "Construction engineers in Japan have broken through to make the world's longest land tunnel, as part of an extension to a high-speed rail network."

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Yahoo! News - Iran and Russia Sign Nuclear Fuel Deal

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BBC NEWS | Health | Global tobacco treaty takes force: "The world's first global health treaty - the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - comes into force on Sunday."

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The New York Times > International > Europe > Bush and Putin's Show of Unity Hints at Tensions: "Bush and Putin's Show of Unity Hints at Tensions
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Feb. 24 - President Bush gently expressed concern about President Vladimir V. Putin's retreat from democracy as he stood at Mr. Putin's side tonight here, and Mr. Putin responded that the United States had its own domestic problems and that he would listen to some of Mr. Bush's ideas but not comment on others."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Vietnam reports new bird flu case: "Vietnam has reported its first case of bird flu to affect a human in more than three weeks."

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Yahoo! News - Japan's first rocket launch since 2003 scheduled for Saturday: "Japan's first rocket launch since 2003 scheduled for Saturday
TOKYO, (AFP) - Japan plans to send its domestically developed H-2A rocket into space on Saturday, the space agency said, in the country's first launch since a mission failed in November 2003."

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BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | UN warns of floods in Afghanistan: "Afghanistan faces catastrophic floods after snow melts from the worst winter in decades, the UN's World Food Programme has warned."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Bush to press Putin on democracy
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will urge Vladimir Putin to 'renew his commitment to democracy', U.S. officials say, in a meeting that could bring a new confrontational tone to U.S.-Russian relations."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Bird flu raises risk of pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists fear the avian flu that has killed 46 people in Asia could be the strain that will cause the next global pandemic but said more evidence is needed about how infectious it is in humans."

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The New York Times > International > Europe > Bush Says Russia Must Make Good on Democracy:
"BRUSSELS, Feb. 21 - President Bush warned Russia on Monday that it 'must renew a commitment to democracy and the rule of law,' but said he believed that the nation's future lay 'within the family of Europe and the trans-Atlantic community.'"

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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Bush to urge unity at Nato summit: "US President George W Bush is expected to call for greater co-operation between the US and Europe at a Nato summit in Belgium."

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Yahoo! News - 50 dead, scores missing after snow, avalanches in Indian Kashmir: "50 dead, scores missing after snow, avalanches in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - At least 50 people have been killed at the weekend and scores are missing after the heaviest snowfall in two decades caused avalanches and brought Indian Kashmir (news - web sites) to a near-halt."

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Yahoo! News - Mystery Illness Shuts Australian Airport Terminal: "Mystery Illness Shuts Australian Airport Terminal
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - One of Australia's main airport terminals was shut down on Monday after more than 40 people began suffering nausea, vomiting, dizziness and respiratory problems, but officials said they did not know the cause."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Clinton and Bush visit Aceh mosque
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Survivors pleaded for help as former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush continued an emotional tour of tsunami-wrecked Asian coasts with a visit to a mosque in Indonesia's devastated Aceh."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Bird flu can produce other diseases
HANOI (Reuters) - The bird flu virus can produce a deadly encephalitis, diarrhoea and other symptoms that do not look like the classic respiratory disease, an international team of doctors say."

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Greenhouse gases 'do warm oceans': "Scientists say they have 'compelling' evidence that ocean warming over the past 40 years can be linked to the industrial release of carbon dioxide."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Cyclone hits American Samoa: "Super-Cyclone Olaf has passed directly over parts of American Samoa."

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Goss warns of terror threat to U.S.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. intelligence officials warned Wednesday that the threat of al Qaeda or other terrorist groups attacking the United States was still likely -- probably in the form of a car bomb or other low-tech weapon.

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The New York Times > Science > Oldest Remains of Human Beings Are Identified:"Scientists have determined that human fossils found in Ethiopia in 1967 are 65,000 years older than first thought, from about 195,000 years ago. The revised date, they said, makes the skulls and bones the earliest known remains of modern Homo sapiens."

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BBC NEWS | Business | Japan economy slides to recession: "The Japanese economy has officially gone back into recession for the fourth time in a decade.

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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Portuguese mourn Fatima witness: "Portugal is holding a day of national mourning for Sister Lucia, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary appear."

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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Scores killed in S America floods: "Floods and landslides have killed more than 80 people and left at least 60,000 homeless in Venezuela and Colombia."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "St. Patrick, the smooth operator
DUBLIN (Reuters) - He may have converted Ireland to Christianity, immortalised the shamrock and inspired some of the world's most raucous street parades, but Saint Patrick was also an astute operator, according to a new book.

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BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Shia parties win Iraqi election: "A Shia-dominated coalition won nearly half of the 8.5 million votes cast in Iraq's election, poll officials say."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Madrid's biggest fire destroys skyscraper
MADRID (Reuters) - A fire described as the worst in Madrid's history has ravaged a 32-storey skyscraper in the Spanish capital's financial district, causing no injuries, but the tower stayed upright despite fears of collapse."

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Yahoo! News - China, Russia push North Korea to return to nuclear talks: "China, Russia push North Korea to return to nuclear talks
SEOUL, (AFP) - North Korea (news - web sites) came under increasing pressure from traditional allies China and Russia to return to multi-party negotiations on scrapping its nuclear weapons programme."

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Yahoo! News - Churchill museum opens to the public: "Churchill museum opens to the public
LONDON (AFP) - The first museum dedicated to Winston Churchill, the stubborn and courageous prime minister credited with leading the nation back from the brink of defeat during World War II, opened its doors in the capital."

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Yahoo! News - 2004 Deadliest Quake Year in 5 Centuries: "2004 Deadliest Quake Year in 5 Centuries
WASHINGTON - The death toll from the earthquake-generated tsunami in Asia made 2004 the deadliest year for earthquakes in five centuries, the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) said Thursday."

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Yahoo! News - More than 100 Chinese cities lift 10-year ban on fireworks: "More than 100 Chinese cities lift 10-year ban on fireworks
BEIJING (AFP) - More than 100 Chinese cities have lifted a 10-year ban on fireworks for the Lunar New Year holidays, China's most important holiday."

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The New York Times > Theater > Arthur Miller, Legendary American Playwright, Is Dead at 89: "Arthur Miller, Legendary American Playwright, Is Dead at 89
Arthur Miller, one of the great American playwrights, whose work exposed the flaws in the fabric of the American dream, died yesterday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 89. The cause was congestive heart failure, said Julia Bolus, his assistant."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Attacks on British Jews hit record high
LONDON (Reuters) - Violent anti-Semitic attacks in Britain have reached 'alarming' record levels, according to a report released, prompting calls by Jewish leaders for more to be done to protect their community."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | N Korea suspends nuclear talks: "North Korea is suspending participation in talks over its nuclear programme for an 'indefinite period', according to the nation's foreign ministry."

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Yahoo! News - Japan Takes Control of Lighthouse: "Japan Takes Control of Lighthouse
TOKYO - Japan on Wednesday took over a lighthouse built by a right-wing political group on a disputed island also claimed by China and Taiwan in a move that could be seen as an attempt by Tokyo to strengthen its claim to the area."

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More Microsoft phishing attacks | News.blog | CNET News.com: "More Microsoft phishing attacks
Yes, Windows Genuine Advantage will be used for the hook of a phishing attack. No, it hasn't happened yet and, when it does, we shouldn't be surprised."

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The New York Times > International > Middle East > Israel and Palestinians to Announce Steps Toward Truce: "TEL AVIV, Feb. 7 -Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, will make separate statements at a historic summit meeting in Egypt Tuesday that are intended to achieve an eventual lasting cease-fire, Israeli and Palestinian officials said today"

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Phishing flaw a danger to alternative browsers | CNET News.com: "Phishing flaw a danger to alternative browsers
　A security weakness in a standard for handling special character sets in domain names could let an attacker spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers, a researcher has warned."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Patriots take Super Bowl
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes to lead the New England Patriots to a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles and their third Super Bowl title in four years, cementing a place among the NFL's great teams."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Bird flu vaccine found
BEIJING (Reuters) - Scientists in China have developed a bird flu vaccine for poultry and mammals that can fend off the deadly virus and help stop its spread, the China Daily newspaper has reported."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Rice urges Israel peace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Israel and the Palestinians to seize a 'time of opportunity' as she pledges renewed U.S. commitment to Middle East peacemaking before the two sides' landmark summit."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Rice dives into Middle East peacemaking
ANKARA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Condoleezza Rice has begun her first visit as secretary of state to the heart of the Middle East conflict with Israelis and Palestinians already set on a new course of dialogue after four years of violence."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "G7 pledges relief for Africa
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven wealthy nations have pledged to increase Third World debt relief but a deal struck after major disagreements fell short of proposals floated by Chancellor Gordon Brown."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "G7 makes progress on debt relief
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven leading financial powers have agreed to make further progress on debt relief, development finance and trade for poor nations, G7 sources say."

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Yahoo! News - U.S. Warns of European Terrorist Attacks: "U.S. Warns of European Terrorist Attacks
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A top anti-terrorism official at the U.S. State Department on Thursday warned Europeans to expect more attacks such as last year's train bombings in Madrid, saying dispersed and well-disguised terrorist networks are operating in Western countries."

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The New York Times > International > Middle East > First Iraqi Election Returns Show Commanding Lead for Shiites: "BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 3 - Iraqi election officials today released partial returns from Sunday's election that gave the main Shiite group, the United Iraqi Alliance, a commanding lead in the balloting."

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Yahoo! News - Nepal King Names New Cabinet, World Condemns: "Nepal King Names New Cabinet, World Condemns
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra unveiled a 10-member cabinet under his leadership on Wednesday, a day after he sacked the prime minister for failing to hold elections or end an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels."

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Netscape readies antiphishing browser | CNET News.com: "Netscape next month is expected to release a test version of a Web browser designed to resist phishing schemes, taking aim at recent security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Web browser."

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