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• Attack on deminers in Afghanistan leaves 1 dead, UN reports UN News Centre 04 May 2003 -- One anti-landmine staffer has been killed and another seriously injured after their car was attacked in Afghanistan, the United Nations reported today.

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• VRC-30 "Provides" Airborne Supply Line on Kitty Hawk Navy NewStand 04 May 2003 -- Before the mail call, before the bombings and before the patrols, there is Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30, the Providers, and their C-2A Greyhound aircraft.

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• Transcript: Powell Says U.S. Interested in Comprehensive Mideast Settlement Washington File 04 May 2003 -- Given the new situation in the Middle East, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on NBC's Face the Nation May 4, the United States will be looking for action by Syria on a number of issues, and is interested in a comprehensive Middle East settlement that takes into account the interests of Syria and Lebanon, as well as those of Israel and the Palestinians.
• POWELL/MIDEAST VOA 04 May 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States will be watching closely to see if Syria lives up to its promises to take action against terror groups. Mr. Powell spoke in a series of interviews on American television, one day after his return from a trip to Beirut and Damascus.
• ISRAEL/POLITICS VOA 04 May 2003 -- The head of Israel's opposition Labor Party, Amram Mitzna, resigned Sunday, three months after leading his faction to its worst-ever electoral defeat.
• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 04 May 2003 -- U-S Middle East envoy William Burns began a round of talks today (Sunday) with Israeli government officials as part of renewed Middle East peace efforts. Mr. Burns's discussions are expected to pave the way for a visit to Israel later this month by Secretary of State Colin Powell.

• IVORY COAST/CEASE-FIRE VOA 04 May 2003 -- A cease-fire covering all of Ivory Coast has gone into effect, aimed at ending nearly eight months of civil war. All sides in the conflict are trying to contain recent fighting near the border with Liberia.
• COTE D'IVOIRE: New ceasefire declared to stabilise "Wild West" IRIN 04 May 2003 -- A new ceasefire between government and rebel forces in Cote d'Ivoire took effect at midnight on Saturday following talks between the two sides earlier this week aimed at stabilising the volatile situation on the Liberian border.

News Reports

• TURKEY/QUAKE VOA 04 May 2003 -- Rescue workers in Turkey have abandoned their search for survivors of a powerful earthquake. The temblor killed more than 160 people and injured more than 500 others in the southeastern province of Bingol.
• ZIMBABWE/POLITICS VOA 04 May 2003 -- Three African presidents arrive Monday in Harare to help find a solution to the deep political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. The African leaders are to meet with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and leaders of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
• ASIA SARS VOA 04 May 2003 -- Beijing will keep schools closed in a continued effort to curtail the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. A handful of schools in Taiwan have also been shut as Taipei cracks down on those breaking quarantine orders.