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Morning News


Aug.4   Jerusalem   3 dead after shootout with police  19-year-old Palestinian jumped on the running board of a truck and opened fire, sparking a shootout with police

  Pakistan Gang rape forces tribal justice rethink  Mukhtara Bibi testified that despite begging for mercy, she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint by 4 male acquaintances

  New York Gore pens blistering critique of Bush  Former Vice President is accusing President of serving 'powerful interests' rather than the American people

  Papua New Guinea Prime minister stands down  Sir Mekere Morauta bowed out of the race after a poor performance in violent and chaotic six-week election

  Sudan Rebels release two abducted aid workers  Militia group has freed a German and a Kenyan aid worker abducted in an attack on a health center in south Sudan

  Egypt 26 charged with coup plot  Egypt has charged 26 men, including 3 Britons, with trying to overthrow the government to establish a new Islamic order

Day News


  Spain     2 killed in resort explosion
  A car bomb wounded 40 others in front of a Civil Guard barracks in the southeastern tourist resort of Santa Pola


  Bolivia   Congress elects Lozada president
  Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, a U.S.-educated, pro-market former president, is to lead the country for 5 years


  England   Thorpe bagged his 6th gold medal  Petria Thomas her fourth and fifth

  Northern England   Manchester Games closed  The Queen officially brought the curtain down on the Commonwealth Games in front of 38,000 sell-out crowd

  UN U.N. inspector rejects Iraqi offer  Hans Blix will not go to Iraq for a talks until Baghdad approves the return of weapons inspectors

Evening News


  New York Tape sheds light on WTC rescuers  Radio transmissions show that firefighters were able to reach the 78th floor where plane had slammed into the building

  Uruguay U.S. $1.5bn aid deal for Uruguay  Emergency loan is aimed at keeping financial system from collapsing and to enable banks to reopen

  Burundi Buyoya plays down rebel truce  President played down the importance of a ceasefire call by FDD ahead of talks aimed at ending a 9-year civil war
San Francisco Bay Area , August 4, 2002 Timeline