AFP. 1 April 2002. Communists, reformists edge ahead in first Ukraine poll results. KIEV -- The Communists and reformist rivals to Ukraine's scandal-tainted ...
AP (with additional material by Reuters and BBC). 1 April 2002. Israeli Tanks Surround Bethlehem and Occupy Other West Bank Towns; Arab Leaders Consider...
AFP. 1 April 2002. New anti-government protests in Moldova. CHISINAU -- Between 15,000 and 20,000 opposition supporters staged a second day of protests in the...
AFP. 1 April 2002. Nepal Maoists postpone five-day strike. KATHMANDU -- Nepal's Maoist rebels Monday postponed a five-day nationwide strike they had called for...
AFP. 1 April 2002. Suspected Maoists shoot dead police official in Nepal capital. KATHMANDU -- Suspected Maoists shot dead a police official overnight in ...
AFP. 1 April 2002. North Koreans to study post-communist economy in Russia's Far East; Russia, S.Korea discuss resumption of inter-Korean dialogue. MOSCOW -- A...
AP. 1 April 2002. Turkey's Economy Shrank 9.4 Percent in 2001, Worst Since World War. ISTANBUL -- Turkey's economy shrank 9.4 percent last year, its worst ...
Reuters. 1 April 2002. Serbia in Crisis as U.S. Aid Frozen Over War Crime. BELGRADE -- Serbia was in political crisis Monday after it failed to hand over...
Reuters. 1 April 2002. Foreign Marchers Hurt as Israeli Troops Open Fire. BEIT JALA -- Five foreign peace activists and a Palestinian television cameraman were...
Interfax. 1 April 2002. Opinion poll gives Russia's Communists strong lead over centrists. MOSCOW -- If elections to the State Duma [lower house of the Russian...
AP. 1 April 2002. Navy Bombing Resumes at Vieques. VIEQUES -- U.S. Navy planes began dropping inert bombs Monday on the firing range here for the first time...
AP. 1 April 2002. Israeli Tanks Move Into Another West Bank Town, Surround Bethlehem. BETHLEHEM --- Israeli tanks and bulldozers rumbled into more Palestinian ...
Reuters. 1 April 2002. Libya's Gaddafi Says Open Arab Borders to Fighters; Kuwait Says U.S. Contributing to Israeli Attacks. TRIPOLI and KUWAIT -- Libyan...
AP. 1 April 2002. NATO Arrests Bosnian Serb War Crimes Suspect. BANJA LUKA -- NATO peacekeepers on Monday arrested a former Bosnian Serb major indicted by the...
AP; Reuters. 1 April 2002. Israelis Arrest More Than 700 People in Ramallah; Israeli Troops Kick a CBS Television Crew Out of Ramallah. JERUSALEM -- Israeli...
AP. 1 April 2002. Chinese Spaceship Returns to Earth. BEIJING -- The aerospace workers in red jumpsuits leaped into the air and cheered. The military...
AFP. 1 April 2002. US denies visas to at least 60 Cuban agriculture officials. WASHINGTON -- The United States denied visas to at least 60 officials with the...
Granma. 1 April 2002. Cuba demands an end to the isolation and hounding of Arafat. Israeli troops have launched a bloody offensive against the Palestinian ...
AFP. 1 April 2002. Bomb explodes in Jerusalem as Israel tightens grip on West Bank. JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian bomber blew himself up in Jerusalem, while eight...
Reuters. 1 April 2002. Hizbollah Fires Katyusha Rocket Into Israel. JERUSALEM -- Iranian-backed Hizbollah guerrillas fired a Katyusha rocket into Israel from...
BBC. 1 April 2002. Turkey hunger strike claims new victim. ISTANBUL -- A former prison inmate has starved to death in Turkey, the 50th such victim in a hunger...
BBC. 1 April 2002. FARC guerilla leader arrested. BOGOTA -- Colombian troops have arrested a prominent leader of the rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed...
Ha'aretz. 2 April 2002. 25,000 lack water in Ramallah. RAMALLAH -- Some 25,000 people in Ramallah and its environs are without water after pipe lines and...
AP. 1 April 2002. Arab Protests Against Israel Rise. CAIRO -- Arab protests against Israel escalated Monday, with demonstrators clashing with police in the...
Inquirer News Service. 2 April 2002. NPA Holy Week offensives kill 3. MANILA -- The military on Monday accused the communist New People's Army of violating its...
Palestine Monitor. 1 April 2002. Israeli Assault on Humanitarian Infrastructure and Civilian Population Continues. Today the Israeli military attack on...
Reuters. 1 April 2002. Rajoub Says Israeli Troops Raid His Palestinian HQ. RAMALLAH -- A top Palestinian security chief said on Tuesday Israeli troops had...
AP. 1 April 2002. Ukraine's Reformers Clinch Election. KIEV -- Reformers secured a slim victory over the Communist Party in Ukraine's stormy parliamentary...