Howard tells UN not to abandon E. Timor<\/p>\n
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations should ensure East Timor is
\nprepared for independence once a UN-mandated interim
\nadministration finishes its work, Australian Prime Minister John
\nHoward said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"We cannot rest on the successes of the past two years, for
\nwithout continued support, that success cannot be sustained,\"
\nHoward said in printed remarks prepared for delivery to the
\nGeneral Assembly.<\/p>\n
After 24 years of guerrilla warfare following Indonesia's 1975
\ninvasion, East Timor's economy was devastated by pro-Indonesian
\nmilitia violence in the wake of the 1999 independence referendum.<\/p>\n
The country's economy has been largely propped up by aid
\ndonors, notably Australia, former colonial power Portugal and the
\nUnited Nations. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Japan-politics-poll
\nJapanese PM's popularity takes a dive after axing of minister
\nJP\/9\/ATW<\/p>\n
Koizumi's popularity takes a dive<\/p>\n
JAPAN: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi suffered a staggering
\ndrop in his record popularity in snap polls on Thursday with more
\nthan three quarters of people saying he was wrong to sack his
\nforeign minister.<\/p>\n
A Nippon Television Network poll of 3,500 respondents
\nconducted on Wednesday and Thursday showed that 87 percent
\nopposed Koizumi's move, while only 13 percent supported it.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, support for Koizumi's government dropped to 42
\npercent, with 52 percent opposing it, a dramatic reversal from
\nsupport rates that had hovered in the 70s and 80s since he took
\noffice last April.<\/p>\n
Koizumi sacked Tanaka and her ministry's top bureaucrat,
\nadministrative vice foreign minister Yoshiji Nogami, late
\nTuesday. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-USA-Reno-faint
\nEx-U.S. Attorney General Reno faints during speech
\nJP\/ATW<\/p>\n
Janet Reno faints during speech<\/p>\n
UNITED SATES: Former attorney general Janet Reno, who is running
\nfor governor of Florida, suffered a fainting spell and collapsed
\non stage in Rochester, New York, late on Wednesday during a
\nspeech at a university in upstate New York and was rushed to a
\nlocal hospital.<\/p>\n
The 63-year-old Reno, who suffers from Parkinson's disease,
\nwas being kept overnight at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester
\nfor observation but doctors expected her to be released on
\nThursday morning, hospital spokeswoman Karin Gaffney said.<\/p>\n
Just seconds before collapsing, Reno told the audience at the
\nUniversity of Rochester, \"If you will excuse me, I'm going to
\nhave to sit down.\" She then fell hard to the floor behind the
\npodium, appearing to hit her head on the way down.<\/p>\n
Several people from the audience quickly came to her
\nassistance and she was taken to the hospital. --Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Colombia-protest
\nColombians protest FARC rebels with pots and pans
\nJP\/9\/ATW<\/p>\n
Colombians protest FARC with pots, pans<\/p>\n
COLOMBIA: Beating pots and pans, thousands of Colombians took to
\nthe streets in Villavicencio on Wednesday to protest attacks by
\nleftist rebels that have destroyed bridges, cut off electricity
\nand killed 29 troops in the last days.<\/p>\n
Chanting \"Freedom, Freedom,\" honking horns and holding lit
\ncandles and white flags, the protesters streamed through
\nVillavicencio, capital of central Meta province, one of the
\nhardest-hit regions by an offensive launched by the Revolutionary
\nArmed Forces of Colombia -- known by its Spanish initials as
\nFARC.<\/p>\n
\"We are tired of what the rebels are doing to us. We want to
\nlive in peace and in freedom,\" said Ayde Ramos, a 33-year-old
\nwoman carrying her small daughter on her shoulders.<\/p>\n
It was a rare protest in a country of 40 million people who
\nhave grown largely indifferent to violence. --Reuters<\/p>",
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