Ex-minister, footballer vie in poll run-off
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP): A FOOTBALL star vying to become Liberia's first post-war president, vowed to work for peace as he voted yesterday in a presidential runoff that many hope will herald a new era, after a quarter century of coups and conflict.
Police arrest 17 terror suspects
SYDNEY, Australia (AP): TWO ISLAMIC terror cells were rushing to become the first to stage a major 'jihad' terror bombing in Australia, a prosecutor said yesterday after armed police arrested 17 suspects in a string of coordinated pre-dawn raids...
Fujimori loses bid for freedom
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP): FORMER PERUVIAN President Alberto Fujimori lost a bid for provisional freedom yesterday when a Chilean judge rejected his attorney's request to set him free while fighting extradition to Peru.
Imprisonment for curfew violators - PM
PARIS (AP): VIOLATORS OF curfews aimed at stopping rioting in France could face up to two months imprisonment, the Prime Minister told Parliament yesterday, adding that restoring order "will take time"
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