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 Tuesday, Aug 14, 2001
SADC - summit
Zimbabwe's neighbors slap Mugabe's wrists at annual summit
BLANTYRE
The 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) gave Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a slap on the wrist at the close of its summit Tuesday, while inching ahead with its reorganization to better tackle pressing problems such as AIDS and poverty.
After two days of talks at their annual summit here, leaders of 10 countries and representatives of the four others did not produce any new proposals on reducing poverty and fighting AIDS -- two of the main items on the agenda.
The summit's final communique said SADC was working on a scheme to provide life-prolonging drugs at low cost to people with HIV.
But the summit broke with its agenda to discuss Zimbabwe's 18-month-old political and economic crisis, which has ...
SADC - summit
Ten African leaders in closed talks on AIDS, poverty, conflicts
BLANTYRE
Ten southern African leaders met under a veil of secrecy Monday at an annual summit where they were slated to tackle the problems of AIDS, poverty and conflicts plaguing the region.
Even top ministers and aides were locked out of the day's meetings, with the presidents rarely seen except walking between rooms. Ministers spent most of the day waiting on the terrace at ...
SADC - summit
Southern African summit opens without two key leaders
BLANTYRE
Ten southern African leaders opened an annual summit here Sunday to discuss AIDS, poverty and the conflicts plaguing the region, but leaders of the group's two war-torn nations did not show.
Presidents Jose Eduardo dos Santos of ...
USA
Scientists blast human cloning plans
WASHINGTON
Scientists at a contentious meeting at the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday blasted researchers who say they plan to begin attempts to clone a human being within the year.
The conference exposed a deep, bitter rift among ...

Israel
Blast brings death devastation to central Jerusalem
JERUSALEM
At least 19 people were killed, including five or six infants, and scores injured in an explosion at a busy pizzeria in central Jerusalem on Thursday, medical and police sources said.
The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad claimed ...
Macedonia
Macedonia peace hits new snag
Skopije
Efforts to cement a peace deal between Macedonia's majority Slav and minority Albanian parties has hit a new snag.
International diplomats said Slav negotiators have demanded that Albanian National Liberation Army rebels must disarm ...
USA
Harlem street jam welcomes Clinton to new office
New York
Proclaiming Harlem as his home Monday, former President Bill Clinton said he wants to help revitalize the largely African-American district and use his new office there as a base for a global initiative to fight AIDS and poverty.
"What I'm going to do here is to try to help promote economic opportunity in our back yard, in our country and around the world," Clinton said in a speech that resonated with political undertones.
Political leaders from the African-American community and the New York area praised Clinton throughout the lengthy outdoor rally, ...
Russia
Moscow low and slow for N. Korea's leader
KHABAROVSK
One thing can be said with absolute certainty about the latest mission to Moscow being undertaken by reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il: it is right on track.
After midnight the lights went out in the Khabarovsk ...
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