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Lucio Gutierrez
SEOUL: A new favourite to replace Kim Dae-Jung as South Korea's next president emerged Monday after the reformist camp unified their challenge behind a former human rights lawyer and one-time jailed dissident.
VIENNA: Outgoing Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel faced the difficult process of forming a coalition, with the prospect of resentment from outgoing partner, the far-right Freedom Party.
QUITO: Retired colonel and former coup leader Lucio Gutierrez won Ecuador's presidential election, signaling the impoverished Andean nation's swing to the left.
JAMMU, India: Indian police fought running battles with Islamic rebels close to a Hindu temple complex in southern Kashmir where 14 people were killed in an overnight bloodbath.
JAKARTA: The alleged mastermind of the Bali bombing was brought to Jakarta for questioning over a string of earlier attacks and will be confronted with witnesses.
THE HAGUE: Over 75 countries, including the United States, Russia and Libya, will sign an international code of conduct on preventing the proliferation of ballistic missiles here.