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   Police Question Top Indonesia Cleric
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was taken to the capital Jakarta on Monday for questioning about his alleged links to a terrorist network suspected in the Bali bombings that killed nearly 200, as well as a series of Christmas Eve church bombings in 2000.


MORE AROUND THE WORLD  

Diplomat's killing shocks neighbors
Neighbors and friends of a U.S. diplomat gunned down outside his home were shocked and concerned about their own safety.

India state elections set for December
Elections will be held in December in a state in western India where more than 1,000 people have died in Hindu-Muslim riots this year.

Japanese arrive for North Korea talks
Japanese diplomats arrived for talks on normalizing relations with North Korea amid renewed concern over the North's nuclear weapons program and its abduction of Japanese citizens.

Arafat postpones legislative session
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat postponed a legislative session set to vote on his proposed Cabinet after Israel prevented 13 legislators from traveling to the session for security reasons.

Brazil elects da Silva as president
From shoeshine boy to union firebrand to the next president of Latin America's largest nation, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrated a stunning electoral victory, but has a world of problems to confront in Brazil.

APEC Leaders Pledge to Boost Trade
Pacific Rim leaders headed home Monday with commitments to reduce poverty with trade, saying jobs and education are among their best weapons in the global fight against terrorism.

U.S. troops, enemy fighters clash
U.S. special forces in central Afghanistan exchanged gunfire with an enemy reconnaissance team over the weekend, the military said. No injuries were reported.

U.N. council to resume talks on Iraq
The U.N. Security Council begins critical negotiations on a new Iraq resolution this week, still sharply divided over language that could trigger military action against Saddam Hussein.




LATEST HEADLINES FROM REUTERS  

Brazil's President-Elect Lula Relishes Victory



Chechens Ready for Talks with Russia



Italy Scrambles Water-Planes to Stem Etna Flows



Ukraine News Agency Says Director Has Disappeared



U.S. Diplomat Shot Dead Outside Home in Jordan



U.S. Releases Some Guantanamo Prisoners



Putin Vows No Deal with 'Terrorists' After Siege



EU Launches Final Stage of Enlargement Talks



Israeli Coalition Shaken over Settlement Funding



Iraqis Defiant at the Prospect of Yet Another War




LATEST HEADLINES FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS  

Germans Postpone World Wars Memorial



U.S. Warns on Central Africa Travel



Russia Military to Get Broader Power



Poland Solidarity Union Founder Dies



U.S. Diplomat Shot Dead in Jordan



Australia Lists Terror Group



Chechens Ready to Start Peace Talks



Lava Prompts Italy School Closings



Police Question Top Indonesia Cleric



Three Afghans Home From Guantanamo






LATEST HEADLINES FROM KNIGHT RIDDER TRIBUNE  

London headed toward complete traffic meltdown



Cuban-American voters enduring high tides of change



Kidnapping in Mexico touches rich, powerful but seldom gets reported



Brazil moves decidedly to the left with new leader



Gas killed hostages in Moscow theater; only 2 of 117 deaths blamed on captors; 646 survived



Da Silva is first leftist to serve as Brazil's president in four decades



Al-Jazeera TV in another controversy



APEC nations urge North Korea to end nuclear program



Suicide bomber kills three, injures 15 during struggle at Jewish settlement



Lula da Silva wins Brazil presidency, returns indicate





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