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Peres outlines new peace plan
JERUSALEM, MAY 19.The Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, outlined a peace plan on Sunday that calls for streamlining the Palestinian security forces immediately followed by the establishment of a state in areas already under Palestinian ...

FBI warns of bigger attacks in U.S.
WASHINGTON, MAY 19.The intelligence community in the U.S. is worried that terrorists may be planning something as big or even bigger than the attacks of September 11 last. The New York Times is reporting that captured Al-Qaeda operatives ...

Ahern back in saddle, but sans majority
LONDON, MAY 19. The Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, was today headed for another term in office following an impressive performance by his party, the centre-right Fianna Fail (FF), in the general elections held on Friday. The party, ...

New nation takes birth
SINGAPORE, MAY 19.At the stroke of the midnight hour, East Timor, long under the Indonesian heel, was born a free nation. With a population of 800,000 (similar to that of Fiji), East Timor will be the 190th member of the United Nations. As ...