Chirac calls for urgent talks over protests
PARIS, (Reuters): FRENCH PRESIDENT Jacques Chirac called for swift talks on Friday between the government and unions over a youth employment law after Paris protests against the measure ended in violence and arrests.
Abbas urged to quit, scrap Palestinian Authority
JERUSALEM (Reuters): SEVERAL TOP Fatah officials have asked President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, dissolve the Palestinian Authority and return responsibility for the occupied territories to Israel in protest at unilateral Israeli moves.
Gov't to hold Iran talks with three EU nations, US, China
MOSCOW (AP): RUSSIA WILL hold talks on the Iranian nuclear issue in New York on Monday with the U.S., China and the three European nations involved in negotiations with Tehran, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Friday.
Leaders to decide ex-president's fate
UNITED NATIONS (AP): LIBERIAN PRESIDENT Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Friday she has asked Africa's leaders to decide whether ex-president Charles Taylor should be handed over to a war crimes tribunal for prosecution for his role in Sierra Leone's civil...
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