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- Israel-Palestine conflict: Arafat urges the International Court of Justice to rule against the West Bank barrier. Sharon rules out talks.
- Nearly 20,000 protesters in Tirana, Albania, demand the resignation of Prime Minister Fatos Nano.
- The first pan-European Union political party, the European Greens, is established in Rome.
- An outbreak of dengue fever in Indonesia has killed more than 220 people on Java.