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  • Eight Dead, Others Feared Buried in Moscow Explosion

    Rescuers combed through rubble in search of survivors on Wednesday after an explosion ripped through a Moscow apartment block killing at least eight people and burying others, emergencies officials said. Officials said Tuesday night's blast was probably caused by a gas leak, dismissing early suspicions it may have been a bomb. Some residents said they.. More

  • Major Israeli Operation in Gaza after Bethlehem Pullout

    HIGHLIGHTS: An Israeli Assassination Squad Kills Brother of Jailed Resistance Leader, Ahmad Saadat||Eyewitnesses Refute Israeli Claims Saadat Fired First||Attacks & Counter Attacks Underline Fragility of 'Gaza First' Agreement|| STORY: Israeli tanks and infantry moved into Khan Yunes in the south of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian security source said,.. More

  • German Police Storm Iraq Embassy to Free Hostages

    HIGHLIGHTS: German Police Operation Lasts Less than 2 Minutes||Washington Denies any Contacts with the Group||Attackers Barricade themselves in a Consulate Room withTied up Iraqi Mission Chief and Designated Successor||Five Attackers Include Former Army Members & Independent Kurds||Group Says it Intended to Send Message to Schroeder, Opposed to Military.. More

  • Blast shatters Moscow flats

    A big explosion has ripped through a block of flats in Moscow killing at least one person. Emergency workers say they fear up to 17 people could be trapped under the rubble on Akademik Korolyov Street near the Ostankino television tower. Emergency teams with sniffer dogs are frantically working to find survivors in the darkness. Officials say they believe.. More

  • Israeli Soldier Shot Dead in Gaza Attack

    HIGHLIGHTS: Occupation Army Kills Two Palestinians in Tulkarm Refugee Camp and in Southern Gaza Respectively||15 Palestinian Activists Arrested in Tulkarm Area; Two More Detained in Ramallah Area||Israeli Raids in the Hebron Area Continue||Palestinian Security Holds Man for Betraying Resistance Chiefs to Israel|| STORY: Two Palestinians and an Israeli.. More

  • Lab Said Linked to al-Qaida in Kurdish-Controlled Iraq

    Terrorists linked to al-Qaida may have tested biological weapons at a small facility in northern Iraq known to American intelligence, a U.S. official said Monday. U.S. intelligence agencies had reason to suspect that the facility, in a part of northern Iraq not controlled by President Saddam Hussein's government, was a kind of laboratory for chemical.. More

  • Afghans Find Bomb in Kabul Bazaar Near U.S. Embassy

    Afghan security officials said they had discovered a bomb on Tuesday in a crowded bazaar about a third of a mile from the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Intelligence officials said the device, consisting of several pounds of explosives packed into a gas container, was found at a shop in the bazaar on the main road between Kabul airport and the U.S. embassy... More

  • Israeli Troops Exit Bethlehem

    HIGHLIGHTS: Occupation Soldiers Kill a Teenager Near Jenin & Demolish a Building in Nablus||Palestinian Police Begin Patrolling Bethlehem Streets||CIA Plays Key Role in Working out Latest Agreement||Redeployment of Palestinian Police in Gaza to be Implemented in Stages||Israeli Settlers Join Palestinian Resistance Groups in Criticizing 'Gaza First'.. More

  • Russian Helicopter Crash Killed over 80 Troops

    More than 80 Russian soldiers died when a giant military helicopter crash-landed in Chechnya on Monday after a possible guerrilla attack, local media reported. The Mi-26 helicopter, packed with more than 130 troops, plunged around 600 feet into a minefield on the edge of its destination -- Russia's main Khankala military base which lies a short distance.. More

  • Sudan's president reshuffles Cabinet to include opposition party leader

    Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday, allowing members of a faction that split from a key opposition party to join his government. The official Sudan News Agency said el-Bashir issued a decree appointing Mubarak el-Fadel el-Mahdi as his assistant and Ali Hassan Taj Eddin to presidential adviser for African affairs. El-Mahdi.. More

  • Resistance Groups Reject Gaza-Bethlehem Deal with Israel

    HIGHLIGHTS: Curfew Lifted in Bethlehem||Withdrawal from Gaza & Bethlehem Expected within 48 Hours||Security Talks at Lower Military Level to Begin in Coming few Days||Occupation Troops Wound a Palestinian as they Re-enter West Bank City of Nablus & Arrest Another at the City's Balata Refugee Camp||Abu Nidhal, Leader of Breakaway Fatah Revolutionary.. More

  • Iraq's MPs back Saddam for president

    HIGHLIGHTS: Russia Plays Down Significance of Iraq Economic Deal||Bush's Republican Party Split over Attack on Iraq||Iraqi Press Urges Arabs to Unite & Repel U.S. Crusade|| STORY: The Iraqi parliament unanimously approved President Saddam Hussein's uncontested candidacy for another seven-year term which is to be put to a referendum set for October 15.In.. More

  • Israel, Palestinians Agree on Gaza-Bethlehem Plan

    HIGHLIGHTS: If Implemented, Agreement Could Pave Way For Ceasefire Ending 22 Months of Intifadha||Implementation Begins Monday||Agreement Makes No Specific Reference to Military Withdrawal But Occupation Army Speaks of More Talks at Lower Military Level||Hamas Slams Agreement But Says it Would Never Allow Palestinian National Unity Be Broken||Israeli.. More

  • Reparations Lawsuit against Saudi Financiers and Sudan Backfires with American Blacks Demanding Slavery Reparations & An Israeli Bus Company Riding the Wave

    The lawsuit brought by families of the Sep. 11 Victims appears to have backfired with America's African Blacks demanding slavery reparations and an Israeli Bus Company riding the wave. Several Saudi banks and Islamic charities named in a lawsuit by families of Sept. 11 victims vehemently denied Sunday any role in funding terrorism and blasted the case.. More

  • Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran and the UAE Oppose U.S. Attack on Iraq

    AT top level meetings in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia where Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz received Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Salih and in Tehran where King Hamad Ben Isa Al Khalifa made the first visit in decades by a Bahraini head of state to the Islamic Republic of Iran¸ Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain and Iran reiterated strong opposition to.. More