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Bush and Gore clinch
nominations
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By BBC-News
Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W Bush have clinched the
nominations of their parties for the US presidential contest. As
their victories were announced, the two candidatesbegan
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Children warned
of
Internet
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By BBC-News
Children warned of net stranger danger. Parents are being warned
of the dangers of the internet. An internet security code has
been launched to protect children from paedophiles and
pornographers. more |
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Pig
organ transplants
raise ethical dilemmas |
by Reuters
LONDON, March 15
(Reuters) - The cloning of pigs could relieve the global
shortage of donor organs but critics on Wednesday challenged the
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Speculation
about a separation of BMW and Rover
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In a statement from BMW it says that the Rover group
is still making huge losses after six years in German hands.
For
this reason the rumours about the separation of BMW and Rover
increases in the business world. more
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Moscow
‘Arrests’
British Spy
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Russian citizen has been arrested on charges of
spying for Britain, the Russian security services say.
The arrested man is reportedly being held in a
Moscow prison.
RIA, a Russian news agency, reported that the man
allegedly worked for British intelligence in the Estonian
capital, Tallinn. more
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Land
under water |
Mozambique suffers from the most serious flood from
generations. The rain started three weeks ago and made the
rivers overflow in the south of Africa. The situation aggravated
when a tropical storm reached the coast.
The disaster area is now of about the same size as
Germany. 400 000 inhabitants lost there homes and up to...
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