NewsFebruary 1, 2005
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Car bomb explodes in Tajik capital, killing driver; Pope comes down with flu; audiences suspended; Agency says need for food aid in Indonesia may rise; Palestinian leader meets with Russian officials
Car bomb explodes in Tajik capital, killing driver
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- A car loaded with explosives blew up outside a government ministry in the Tajik capital early Monday, killing the driver and wounding three people, authorities said. Five cars were set ablaze by the blast. Interior Minister Humdin Sharipov has launched an investigation.
Pope comes down with flu; audiences suspended
VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. The frail 84-year-old pontiff came down with the illness Sunday and doctors advised him to cut back on activities, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said.
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Agency says need for food aid in Indonesia may rise
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Nearly 800,000 people will need some form of food assistance in Indonesia's Aceh province as it recovers from the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami, said Claude Jibidar, the World Food Program head in Aceh on Monday. He said that the organization was now feeding some 340,000 people in Aceh, but that this figure was expected to rise as isolated villages are reached and the economic effects of the tsunami are felt. "We are talking around 790,000 people" who will be in need of food assistance, he said.
Palestinian leader meets with Russian officials
MOSCOW -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas met with top Russian officials Monday in a bid to win Moscow's support in upcoming peace talks with Israel, while expressing high regard for Russia's role in the Mideast peace process. Russia has traditionally played a secondary role to Washington in Mideast peacemaking, despite its participation in the so-called quartet seeking Mideast peace that also includes the United States, the United Nations and the European Union. A Cold War-era supporter of the Palestinians, Moscow's relations with Israel have improved significantly since the 1991 Soviet collapse.
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