UNITED NATIONS - Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler
said he had instructed U.N. disarmament teams in Baghdad to
continue working normally after Iraq said it would suspend
cooperation with the U.N.
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ORAHOVAC, Serbia - Serbian authorities displayed what they
said were the graves of 40 separatist guerrillas and sharply
denied reports of an ethnic massacre.
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KINSHASA - A revolt against President Laurent Kabila widened
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with his foreign
minister defecting to the rebels and fighting reported in the
nation's third city of Kisangani.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said shelling duels in Kashmir could
get out of hand as it reported 11 more deaths from Indian firing
into the Pakistani side of the disputed Himalayan region.
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SRINAGAR, India - Cross-border firing continued along the
disputed Kashmir border on Wednesday and the death toll from
seven days of clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops
climbed above 100.
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UNITED NATIONS - Indonesia and Portugal agreed to hold
in-depth discussions on Indonesia's proposals for a "special
status, based on a wide-ranging autonomy" for East Timor,
according to a communique issued after two days of talks.
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CANTERBURY, England - Anglican bishops from around the world
launched into a heated and divisive debate over the place of
homosexuals within the church.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat
announced a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle but stunned
legislators by keeping ministers they had wanted sacked for
alleged corruption and mismanagement.
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WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton got a warm welcome from
Democrats in Congress as Monica Lewinsky prepared to testify to
grand jurors in the scandal engulfing Clinton's presidency.
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PHNOM PHEN - Government leader Hun Sen's Cambodian People's
Party (CPP) won the country's July 26 election according to
preliminary results, but officials from opposition parties
contesting the result remained sceptical.
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JOHANNESBURG - African leaders will meet in Zimbabwe on
Friday to discuss the widening conflict in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, officials said.
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