I was moved by Bali service: Howard<\/p>\n
AUSTRALIA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday
\nhe was moved by the commemoration ceremonies for the Bali bombing
\nanniversary, pointing out that many of the victims were young.<\/p>\n
\"Well, of course I was moved, most of them were young, their
\nlives were just brutally torn apart, were destroyed,\" he said in
\na radio interview. \"You'd be inhuman not to be moved, to actually
\nsee all of those photographs on that wall and they were all
\nhappy, young vibrant people.<\/p>\n
\"Most of them were young and it's always so tragic when
\nparents have to bury their children.\"<\/p>\n
Howard paid tribute to Indonesia's chief security minister
\nSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who used the commemoration to speak out
\nforcefully against terrorism.<\/p>\n
\"I thought he made some very impressive comments about
\nterrorism. I thought it was a very strong statement and it's very
\nreassuring that he did,\" Howard said.<\/p>\n
Asked about suggestions that Australia might buy the Sari Club
\nsite for a memorial, Howard said the idea had been mooted but was
\nnot under serious consideration at the moment.<\/p>\n
Indonesian law bans foreigners from owning land in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Howard left Bali on Monday to return to Australia. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-USA-twins
\nTwin boys successfully separated
\nJP\/11\/ATW<\/p>\n
Twin boys successfully separated<\/p>\n
UNITED STATES: Told that his two-year-old twin boys were no
\nlonger joined at the top of their heads, their father -- who had
\njust endured the wait through 34 hours of surgery -- fainted.<\/p>\n
\"At one point when someone came up and said you have two boys,
\nthe father jumped to my neck and he hugged me and he fainted and
\nI cared for him,\" said Dr. Nasser Abdel Al, head of neonatal
\nsurgery at a Cairo hospital where the Egyptian twins were taken
\nshortly after their birth.<\/p>\n
\"He told me that he never dreamed of such a moment,\" Abdel Al
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Abdel Al was with the family for the marathon surgery over the
\nweekend at Children's Medical Center Dallas.<\/p>\n
\"The mother on the other hand was crying like everybody else,\"
\nsaid Abdel Al, describing the scene on Sunday when the parents of
\nAhmed and Mohamed Ibrahim learned of the successful operation to
\nseparate the boys.<\/p>\n
At a news conference on Sunday afternoon, part of the medical
\nteam talked about the road ahead for the boys.<\/p>\n
\"We're very pleased with the surgical outcome,\" said Dr. Dale
\nSwift, one of five pediatric neurosurgeons involved, \"but the
\npost-surgical care is extremely important -- really can determine
\nyour outcome. So right now, we're waiting.\" -- AP<\/p>\n
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\nTAIWAN-LIBERIA
\nTaiwan minister offers to quit over Liberia loss
\nJP\/11\/ATW<\/p>\n
Taiwan FM offers to quit over Liberia<\/p>\n
TAIWAN: Taiwan foreign minister Eugene Chien offered to resign on
\nMonday to take responsibility for the loss of Liberia as a
\ndiplomatic ally, leaving the number of countries that recognize
\nTaiwan at 26.<\/p>\n
But Premier Yu Shyi-kun told reporters he had asked Chien to
\nreconsider his offer, saying the minister was needed.<\/p>\n
\"I have tendered my resignation to the premier and the
\npresident,\" Chien told parliament's foreign affairs subcommittee
\non Monday.<\/p>\n
Liberia's surprise decision to reestablish relations with
\nChina on Sunday dealt a fresh blow to Taiwan's bid for
\ninternational recognition.<\/p>\n
Chien said Beijing had used its influence in the United
\nNations, which is deploying a peacekeeping force in Liberia, to
\nput pressure on the war-torn West African country.<\/p>\n
Liberia cut diplomatic relations with Beijing in 1989 and
\nrecognized Taiwan after the island promised US$200 million in aid
\nfor education and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
China regards self-governing Taiwan as a breakaway province
\nthat must be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary.<\/p>\n
Taipei and Beijing accuse each other of using promises of aid
\nto woo countries back and forth between them. -- Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Iraq-boy
\nWounded Iraqi boy gets new arms
\nJP\/11\/ATW<\/p>\n
Wounded Iraqi boy gets new arms<\/p>\n
BRITAIN: An Iraqi boy who lost both arms and most of his family
\nduring the U.S-led war on Iraq has been successfully fitted with
\nartificial limbs, a newspaper reported on Monday.<\/p>\n
Ali Ismaeel Abbas, whose armless torso, horrific burns and
\nhaunted eyes symbolized civilian suffering in the conflict, was
\npictured wearing the prosthetic arms in the Daily Mirror
\nnewspaper.<\/p>\n
\"I'm all here now. My arms feel good,\" 13-year-old Abbas told
\nthe paper. \"I didn't think they'd look this good.<\/p>\n
\"Now I want to hug my sisters and the rest of my family. I
\nalso want to brush my teeth by myself and wash my face.\"<\/p>\n
The new arms were fitted at Queen Mary's Hospital in London in
\ntreatment paid for by the Kuwait government.<\/p>\n
His left arm is a cosmetic prosthetic, because there was
\nlittle remaining limb for surgeons to use, the paper said.<\/p>\n
On his right side he has a working artificial limb operated by
\nelectrodes touching his remaining arm muscle.<\/p>\n
Abbas is being treated at a London rehabilitation center with
\nanother maimed Iraqi boy, Ahmed Mohammed Hamza, who lost a leg
\nand a hand.<\/p>\n
\"Everybody is very nice -- the doctors, cleaners and the
\ncoffee lady,\" said Abbas. \"One day I hope they will come and
\nvisit all of us in Iraq.\" -- Reuters<\/p>",
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