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...Jubeir announced a series of measures to prevent Saudi charities from inadvertently funding terrorists. The new measures, such as money-laundering filters and auditing the accounts of Islamic charities, follow U.S. criticism that Saudi authorities were not doing enough to stem the flow of funds to radical groups. BURUNDI In the Balance The government signed a cease-fire with the Forces for the Defense of Democracy, a Hutu group, and a peace plan that dismantles the country's old army and replaces it with one made up of both government troops and ex-rebels. The deal raised hopes...
...dispute between Britain and France; its proximity to the Channel Tunnel led at least 75,000 refugees to try sneaking illegally into the U.K. since 2001. Six immigrants died and 100 were injured making the crossing. The camp currently holds about 1,500 people, mostly Iraqi Kurds and Afghans. BURUNDI Peace Out of Time Negotiations between Tutsi President Pierre Buyoya and ethnic Hutu rebels ended without a cease-fire deal. The talks followed fighting in Gitega province that forced 55,000 people to flee their homes. Leaders of East Africa's Great Lakes states - including Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania - will...
Among the countries represented are Afghanistan, Armenia, Burundi, Cambodia, Eritrea, Guatemala, Israel, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Sudan...
...ChevronTexaco, the stations are in the same area as the Escravos oil terminal that was occupied by unarmed women between July 8 and 18. That protest ended after the oil giant agreed to build schools and clinics, provide water and electricity service, set up farms and create jobs. BURUNDI Talks Abandoned Talks in Tanzania aimed at bringing peace to Burundi were abandoned by both the government and Hutu rebels. In the most serious fighting since a power-sharing agreement between Tutsi and Hutu began last November, the Burundi army said it had killed more than 200 Hutu rebels...
...hectares of crops and power lines were swept away by flood water and mud. Many villagers fled to higher ground after they saw cracks developing in the six-year-old dam, which may have been overfilled by 5 million cu m because of exceptionally heavy winter rains. BURUNDI Rebels Fight On Rebels from the Hutu-dominated National Liberation Forces (NLF) attacked a military position north of Bujumbura, forcing thousands of people living in the northern neighborhoods of the capital to flee their homes as fighting neared and shells slammed into the center of the city. A transitional government, accepted...