Thu, 11/04/2004 => 18 Hours

LOGFILE STARTED: 18:00:02 11/04/2004

RSS SOURCE # 0

NYTIMES => http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/International.xml

Article # 0
Questions Grow About Arafat's Fate as His Health Deteriorates
Senior Palestinian officials convened meetings today in response to conflicting reports over their leader's condition.

Article # 1
Aid Group to Leave Iraq, Fearing Extreme Risk
The humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders announced today that it was ending its operations in Iraq.

Article # 2
Karzai Promises Security in First Speech Since Election
President Hamid Karzai today delivered his first speech since the election commission declared him the official winner of the Oct. 9 presidential race.

Article # 3
U.S. to Recognize Former Yugoslav Republic as Macedonia
The decision touched off protests in Athens and celebrations in the streets of Skopje, the tiny nation's capital.

RSS SOURCE # 1

BBC => http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss091.xml

Article # 4
Rising crisis over Arafat health
French doctors treating Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat deny Israeli TV reports that he is dead.

Article # 5
Bush outlines plans for new term
President Bush outlines his priorities, vowing to continue his war on terror and promising domestic reforms.

Article # 6
Suicide attack kills UK soldiers
Three Black Watch troops are killed and eight others injured in a suicide attack on a checkpoint in Iraq.

Article # 7
EU Commission line-up ready
Incoming EU Commission chief Barroso finalises a new team, needed to settle a damaging row with MEPs.

Article # 8
Karzai vows end to warlords era
Hamid Karzai says he will disband private militias after winning Afghanistan's landmark presidential election.

Article # 9
Oil prices fall back to month low
Oil prices fall sharply on Thursday, retreating from recent highs to their lowest level in a month, as rising US stockpiles ease supply fears.

Article # 10
Planes bomb Ivorian rebel cities
Four air strikes are launched on rebel-held territory in northern Ivory Coast shattering a year-old truce.

Article # 11
Darfur 'close to anarchy' says UN
The United Nations envoy to Sudan says the troubled Darfur region is heading towards anarchy.

Article # 12
Edwards' wife has breast cancer
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of ex-Democrat vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, is diagnosed with breast cancer.

Article # 13
African crops 'spared by locusts'
Locust swarms across West Africa have not damaged food crops as severely as initially feared, the UN says.

Article # 14
Somali hopes rest with new PM
A vet from Mogadishu is appointed as Somalia's new prime minister by President Abdullahi Yusuf.

Article # 15
Drive to impeach Ecuador leader
Ecuador's opposition seeks to start impeachment proceedings against President Lucio Gutierrez.

Article # 16
US presses Annan over sex claim
The US asks the UN secretary general to explain why he rejected sexual harassment claims against a senior official.

Article # 17
S Thailand hit by fresh violence
Fear spreads across southern Thailand after a series of attacks leave at least seven people dead.

Article # 18
Taiwan poll challenge rejected
Taiwan's High Court throws out an opposition challenge that March's presidential election result be cancelled.

Article # 19
Football: Uefa Cup round-up
All the action from Thursday's Uefa Cup ties involving British clubs.

Article # 20
Football: Mutu given suspension
The FA disciplinary committee bans Adrian Mutu for failing a drug test.

Article # 21
US snubs Greece over Macedonia
Athens protests as the US decides to use the name 'Macedonia' for Greece's northern neighbour.

Article # 22
Cyprus planes to destroy locusts
Cyprus begins aerial spraying to eradicate swarms of crop-destroying locusts that have arrived from Africa.

Article # 23
MSF aid agency ends work in Iraq
The aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says it is pulling out of Iraq because of the danger to its staff.

Article # 24
Israel's Gaza commander resigns
A senior Israeli army commander has resigned in the wake of a reported row with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Article # 25
Bush gets backing from South Asia
The governments of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan welcome President Bush's re-election.

Article # 26
India battle against Australia
Australia lead India by 94 runs at the close on day two of the final Test in Mumbai.

Article # 27
Killer driver's jail sentence cut
A drink-driver who killed a teenage girl has a year taken off his sentence, angering safety campaigners.

Article # 28
Price war hurts telecoms firm MCI
MCI, which as Worldcom became the world's largest corporate bankruptcy, sees losses balloon to $3.4bn thanks to a price war.

Article # 29
Newborn babies feed on themselves
Babies survive the period immediately after birth by feeding on their own cells, research suggests.

Article # 30
Awesome power of Iceland volcano
A volcanic eruption in Iceland has set off tremors and prompted officials to warn pilots to avoid flying through gasses emitted by the blast.

Article # 31
Broadband in the UK growing fast
Britons are signing up for broadband net connections in greater numbers than ever, figures by BT show.

Article # 32
Elton developing rock comedy show
Sir Elton John is developing a US TV comedy about an ageing rock star and his entourage.

RSS SOURCE # 2

REUTERS_WORLD => http://www.microsite.reuters.com/rss/worldNews

Article # 33
Iraqis Say U.S. Should Talk More, Shoot Less
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Leading Iraqi politicians called on re-elected President Bush on Thursday to rely more on talks and less on the gun to solve Iraq's problems.

Article # 34
Arafat Gravely Ill, Some Powers Transferred
PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat lay gravely ill and weakening in a French hospital on Thursday after slipping into a coma, and a senior official said some of his powers had been handed to his prime minister.

Article # 35
World Wants Changes from Bush to Open a New Era
PARIS (Reuters) - World leaders at odds with George W. Bush are hoping he will change his policies to rebuild global trust shattered by the Iraq war, but his strengthened mandate means they could be the ones left making the changes.

Article # 36
UN Warns Darfur Falling Into Anarchy, Lawlessness
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan's Darfur region could fall into anarchy unless the 15-nation Security Council takes bold action and thousands of African Union troops arrive quickly, a senior U.N. official warned on Thursday.

Article # 37
Asia Sees Chance for Fresh Bush Start But Risks Too
SEOUL (Reuters) - Opinions differed sharply across Asia on Thursday on President Bush's re-election, but one common theme that emerged was for him to soften his perceived unilateralism to help solve crises across the region.

Article # 38
Army Bombs Rebel-Held Towns in Ivory Coast
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Ivory Coast government warplanes bombed rebel-held northern towns on Thursday, the most serious escalation in the West African country's simmering conflict for more than a year.

Article # 39
U.S. Says Open to a Deal with EU in Plane Row
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it remained ready to cut a deal with the European Union to settle a multi-billion dollar trade row over state aid to plane makers as lawyers from both sides prepared for battle.

Article # 40
Dutch Probe Bombing Link in Filmmaker Killing
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch authorities are investigating a possible link between the suspected killer of a filmmaker critical of Islam and last year's Casablanca bombings, a security source said on Thursday.

Article # 41
Bush Vows to Seek Mideast Peace, Palestinian State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush promised on Thursday to push in a second term to revive Middle East peace talks and to work toward the goal of a Palestinian state if longtime leader Yasser Arafat, whom Bush has shunned as an obstacle to peace, dies.

Article # 42
Washington Overrules Greece, Recognizes Macedonia
SKOPJE (Reuters) - The United States has recognized the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia as "Macedonia," the name strongly rejected by neighbor Greece for the past 13 years, President Branko Crvenkovski said on Thursday.

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