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0 | The party reshuffle is part of a carefully laid out script to pass the leadership mantle to Bashar , a former eye doctor , and to ensure that the transition is smooth . | 31 | What is Bashar Assad 's party affiliation ? |
0 | '' Absolute loyalty to Gen . Bashar Assad , leader of the march of the people and the party , '' read the front-page headline in Al-Baath , the party 's mouthpiece . | 31 | What is Bashar Assad 's party affiliation ? |
0 | The party nominated him as their chief , and newspapers and the state propaganda machine began churning out editorials , posters and banners declaring Bashar the nation 's hope for the future . | 31 | What is Bashar Assad 's party affiliation ? |
0 | A fourth party in the case -- former Premier Mahmoud el-Zoubi -- committed suicide May <num> as he was about to be served a judicial summons . | 31 | What is Bashar Assad 's party affiliation ? |
0 | His party nominated him for president and is to confirm the nomination on June <num> at the first major party congress in nearly two decades . | 31 | What is Bashar Assad 's party affiliation ? |
0 | In the last two years , the late president purged old timers from the military and the party who were likely to pose a threat to his son . | 31 | What is Bashar Assad 's party affiliation ? |
1 | But there was little doubt Saturday that the late president 's wish was being honored and that Bashar Assad , a British -educated ophthalmologist , was headed for the presidency . | 32 | What was Bashar Assad 's profession prior to assuming the Presidency ? |
1 | Assad brought Bashar home from Britain where he was studying to be an eye doctor to prepare him for the presidency after his eldest son , Bassil , died in a car crash <num> . | 32 | What was Bashar Assad 's profession prior to assuming the Presidency ? |
0 | Instead , less than two hours after the public announcement of the president 's death , parliament amended the constitution to lower the age limit for the presidency from <num> to <num> . | 32 | What was Bashar Assad 's profession prior to assuming the Presidency ? |
0 | Technically , the Syrian constitution provides for a vice president to take over if the presidency becomes vacant . | 32 | What was Bashar Assad 's profession prior to assuming the Presidency ? |
0 | Analysts are divided over whether Bashar 's ascension to the presidency would set a good example for the rest of the Arab world . | 32 | What was Bashar Assad 's profession prior to assuming the Presidency ? |
1 | Parliament formally announced that Bashar Assad 's swearing-in ceremony will be on July <num> , after which he will embark on a seven-year term that is full of risks . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
1 | Assad , an ophthalmologist by training , officially began a seven-year term after taking the oath of office before the <num> -member Syrian Parliament . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
1 | Lahoud congratulated Assad on winning his fifth seven-year term as president in a referendum held in Syria on Thursday , in which Assad was the only candidate . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | Hafez Assad received between <num> and <num> percent of the vote in his presidential referendums , which , like Monday 's , were orchestrated by the Baath party | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | Recovering the Golan Heights , the Syrian plateau that was occupied by Israel in the <num> Arab-Israeli war , is a top priority , Assad said . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | `` However long it takes , this land is ours and it will return to us in full , '' he said . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | Syrian - Israeli peace negotiations have been frozen since mid-January , mainly over the future of a small strip of land that borders the Sea of Galilee , the major source of Israel 's water . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | He pledged to reform the Syrian economy , which remains largely state-controlled and dependent on oil exports , by streamlining the government bureaucracy . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | Syrian business owners , who have labored under a system with no private banks and strict controls on currency flows , have urged a major overhaul of the economic system . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | Syrian newspapers , which are all run by the state , said he did not want to see his picture adorning every public and private building . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | Syrian President Hafez al-Assad held two meetings with Lahoud on developing bilateral ties in all areas , the Syrian - Arab News Agency quoted presidential spokesman as saying . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
0 | They also insisted that the Syrian - Israeli and the Lebanese - Israeli tracks in the Middle East peace process can not be separated . | 33 | How long are Syrian presidential terms ? |
1 | Born in Jaffa in then- Palestine in <num> , Abu Nidal 's main targets have been Israelis . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
1 | Born in Jaffa in <num> , he has ordered the killing of <num> of his own operatives on suspicion of treason , which accounts for his ability to elude authorities around the world for so long . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
1 | The opposition party organ Wafd , quoting Palestinian sources , reported on Monday that Abu Nidal , a Palestinian born in Jaffa in <num> , is suffering from terminal leukaemia and receiving treatment in an Egyptian hospital . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Where is Abu Nidal ? | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | A onetime guerrilla colleague , confronted with the question , replies with one of his own : Which Abu Nidal ? | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The comment says much about Abu Nidal _ Arabic for `` father of struggle '' _ whom the United States once labeled the world 's most dangerous terrorist . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Over the years Abu Nidal has been reported to have died _ but then suddenly reappeared _ or to have totally changed his looks through plastic surgery . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The officials spoke on condition their names not be used , remaining as anonymous as the sources claiming Abu Nidal is in Egypt . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The reports persist because of Abu Nidal 's fame . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Palestinian officials have told The Associated Press that Abu Nidal _ whose real name is Sabri al-Banna _ is either jailed or hospitalized in Egypt . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | But no one has offered definite proof that Abu Nidal is indeed in custody in Egypt . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | One high-ranking Palestinian , who spoke on condition of anonymity , said Wednesday that Abu Nidal was seized by the Egyptians about five weeks ago coming from Libya . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | He said he was uncertain if Libya arranged for the Palestinian guerrilla to leave for medical reasons of if Abu Nidal 's own people were trying to smuggle him out through Egypt to another country . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Abu Nidal is near death and , though he is being treated in a hospital , he is in effect in detention , the official contended . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Over the years Abu Nidal is said to have operated out of Iraq , Syria and Libya . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | It was a Palestinian in Lebanon who asked the question about `` which Abu Nidal , '' raising the theory that the famous terrorist actually is dead and that some followers have used his famous nom de guerre . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The Palestinian , once close to Abu Nidal 's group , spoke on condition of anonymity . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Over the years , the chain-smoking Abu Nidal has been reported to be dead of cancer or a heart attack . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | I am Abu Nidal of flesh and blood ... | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The comment says much about Abu Nidal , whom the United States once labeled the world 's most dangerous terrorist . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Over the years Abu Nidal , whose nickname is Arabic for `` father of struggle , '' has been reported to have died _ but then suddenly reappeared _ or to have totally changed his looks through plastic surgery . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Over the years , the chain-smoking Abu Nidal has been reported to have died of cancer or a heart attack . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | A high-ranking Palestinian official said Wednesday that the notorious terrorist Abu Nidal has been detained in Egypt , but the country 's foreign minister denied the report . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The interest in Abu Nidal _ Arabic for `` father of struggle '' _ comes because of his notoriety for his daring attacks on Israelis and even Palestinians whom he opposed , and for the mystery surrounding him . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | In recent days , several Palestinian officials insisting on anonymity have told news organizations , including The Associated Press , that Abu Nidal was either jailed or hospitalized with leukemia . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | He said he was uncertain if Libya arranged for the 61-year-old Palestinian to leave or if Abu Nidal 's own people were trying to smuggle him out through Egypt to another country . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Abu Nidal is near death and being treated in a hospital , but is in effect in detention by Egyptian officials , the official contended . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | He theorized Egypt is denying the arrest because it does not know what to do with Abu Nidal and fears revealing his arrest could make Egypt the target of anger by other terrorists . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | He was asked about reports Tuesday and Wednesday by American newspapers and broadcasters which quoted U.S . and Arab officials as saying Abu Nidal had been arrested by Egyptian police . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | `` Abu Nidal is not in Egypt , '' Moussa replied . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | In Washington , the State Department 's intelligence and counterterrorism offices could not confirm reports of Abu Nidal 's arrest . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Abu Nidal 's group has been listed by the U.S . State Department as `` the most dangerous terrorist organization . '' | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | However , most of the incidents blamed on Abu Nidal occurred years ago , and he is now believed to have only a few hundred followers , mostly in Lebanon . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Abu Nidal , <num> , is accused by Washington of having killed or injured <num> people in attacks in <num> countries since <num> . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The Arab intelligence official , who spoke Tuesday on the condition of anonymity , said Abu Nidal was arrested two months ago in Egypt but had actually been there for nine months . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The official said Egyptian intelligence agents wanted to use Abu Nidal 's network to target terrorist groups planning bombings and assassinations in Egypt . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | At that point , according to the official , Abu Nidal stopped cooperating and was arrested . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Last week , Egyptian officials denied that Abu Nidal was on Egyptian territory after two Arabic newspapers asserted he was under arrest in Egypt . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Al Sharq al-Awsat reported on Aug . <num> that Abu Nidal was dying of cancer in an Egyptian hospital . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | The Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday that Abu Nidal had been arrested by Egyptian authorities as he crossed into Egypt from Libya . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Although the Abu Nidal group is smaller now than it had been in the past , it continues to have adherents in Lebanon , Syria , Libya , Iraq and according to intelligence officials several dormant cells in Europe . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Abu Nidal is wanted in Italy , the United States , the United Kingdom . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
0 | Moussa was telling reporters here in response to some media reports in the last couple of weeks that the 61-year-old man , who is known by his nom de guerre as Abu Nidal , is in Egypt . | 34 | When was Abu Nidal born ? |
1 | Palestinian officials have told The Associated Press that Abu Nidal _ whose real name is Sabri al-Banna _ is either jailed or hospitalized in Egypt . | 35 | What was Abu Nidal 's name at birth ? |
0 | That was the name of the shadowy figure who Ray , after recanting his confession , claimed had manipulated him into the plot . | 35 | What was Abu Nidal 's name at birth ? |
0 | The wagons carried food and white boxes with large blue circles bearing the name of the donor , Doctors of the World . | 35 | What was Abu Nidal 's name at birth ? |
0 | But now in a final , posthumous novel to be published next year for the centennial of his birth , the adventurer and prankster who was Hemingway can keep readers guessing . | 35 | What was Abu Nidal 's name at birth ? |
0 | A thriving afterlife as a brand name . | 35 | What was Abu Nidal 's name at birth ? |
1 | Abu Nidal , <num> , is accused by Washington of having killed or injured <num> people in attacks in <num> countries since <num> . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
1 | The PLO has condemned to death in <num> . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
1 | The PLO condemned Abu Nidal to death in <num> . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | He is wanted in the United States , Great Britain and Italy and was condemned to death by the Palestine Liberation Organization , from which he broke in <num> . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | Over the years , reports of his death , often spun by the man himself , have circulated widely . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | The official 's account could not be independently confirmed , but it was supported on some points by a PLO official . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | Over the past decade he included the PLO among his targets having taken responsibility for killing some the organization 's top leaders . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | PLO officials said Egypt would not confirm these reports to them , but left open the possibility the arrest may have taken place . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | Over the years , his death has been reported widely in accounts often spun by the man himself . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
0 | In Washington on Tuesday , Thomas Pickering , undersecretary of state , said he did not have `` any determinative information '' to provide on the reported arrest , and said questions should be addressed to the Egyptian government . | 36 | In what year did the PLO condemn Abu Nidal to death ? |
1 | Klein is allegedly a former accomplice of Cold War terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , better known as `` Carlos the Jackal . '' | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | Orders for the attack are believed to have come from Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , the man known as Carlos the Jackal , who is in a French jail serving a life sentence for three other murders . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | Klein , believed to be a former accomplice of Cold War terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , also known as `` Carlos the Jackal , '' has been sought on an international arrest warrant for <num> years . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | The daily Evenimentul Zilei reported recently that some former Securitate agents could be indicted in France for collaborating with `` Carlos the Jackal , '' whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | Voinea announced that Romania charged Carlos , whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , of undermining the peace and committing crimes against humanity . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | Carlos , a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , was arrested in Sudan in <num> . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | His expulsion came a year after the Sudanese government had arrested and extradited Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , better known as the terrorist `` Carlos the Jackal , '' to France . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
0 | Klein lived under a false name in the Norman village of Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume until his arrest under an old warrant . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
0 | Germany is interested not only in what Klein might have to say about Carlos ' terror network , but also about activities at the time of the Stasi , the East German secret police . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
0 | `` The German secret service told us Carlos rented a car in Germany using false documents provided by Romania , '' Voinea said . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
0 | After a four-year trial , an accused terrorist and a former accomplice of Carlos the Jackal will be sentenced next week in a bombing attack on a French cultural center , a Berlin court said Monday . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
0 | Germany 's longest-sought fugitive until his <num> arrest in Yemen , Weinrich is a former Red Army Faction member who also headed European operations for international terrorist Carlos the Jackal in the 1970s and '80s . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
0 | Prosecutors say the Berlin bombing was one in a series of unsuccessful attempts to pressure France to free Carlos ' lover and another member of his terrorist gang from a French prison . | 37 | What is Carlos the Jackal 's real name ? |
1 | He was held in La Sante prison where Carlos the Jackal , nickname for Venezuelan -born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , is held . | 38 | Where was Carlos the Jackal born ? |
1 | In the letter , Chavez addressed the Venezuelan -born Carlos as `` Dear compatriot '' and , according to press reports , signed the missive `` with profound faith in the cause and the mission , now and forever. '' | 38 | Where was Carlos the Jackal born ? |
1 | Carlos , a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , was arrested in Sudan in <num> . | 38 | Where was Carlos the Jackal born ? |
1 | He even penned a friendly letter to an infamous Venezuelan -born terrorist , `` Carlos the Jackal , '' who is serving a life term in a French prison . | 38 | Where was Carlos the Jackal born ? |
1 | One peculiar example is his correspondence with Ilich Ramirez Sanchez , the Venezuelan -born former guerrilla known as Carlos the Jackal , who was convicted of murder and kidnappings across Europe , including an attack on OPEC ministers . | 38 | Where was Carlos the Jackal born ? |
0 | Relatives of the man known as Carlos the Jackal have praised a letter of solidarity sent to the convicted terrorist by Venezuela 's president . | 38 | Where was Carlos the Jackal born ? |
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