Congo President assassinated by own bodyguard
President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shot dead by one of his bodyguards on Tuesday.



Bush wants CIA chief to go on indefinitely
President elect George W Bush has asked CIA Director George Tenet to stay on as head of the US spy agency for "an undetermined period of time,".



NATO says no "Balkans Syndrome", fails to calm storm
New Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica accused NATO of having a "depleted conscience" for using the shells and bullets during the 1999 Kosovo conflict.



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