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Sudan defends peace plan to Arabs
Government ministers from Sudan are in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to discuss the contents of a new peace deal to end 19 years of civil war in Sudan. The peace deal brokered by the United States creates the possibility of southern Sudan breaking away from the north in six years time, something the Arab countries oppose. Two days of Sudanese-Egyptian.. More -
Egyptian-US Activist Jailed for Seven Years
An Egyptian-American academic was convicted a second time Monday of tarnishing Egypt's image and other charges and sentenced to seven years in a case international human rights organizations had condemned as politically motivated. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, 63, was sentenced last year to seven years for embezzlement, receiving foreign funds without authorization.. More -
New West Bank Bloodshed, but Powell Optimistic
HIGHLIGHTS: Settlers Kill a Teenage Girl in Hebron & Occupation Army Kills Villager in Ramallah||Two Top Hamas Activists Arrested Close to Arafat's H.Q. in Ramallah||Resistance Fires Mortar Bomb At Israeli Settlement in Gaza|| STORY: A new spasm of violence seizing the Israeli-occupied West Bank overshadowed Secretary of State Colin Powell's optimism.. More -
Jordanian King Opposes Iraq Moves
Jordan's King Abdullah II finds "somewhat ludicrous" the idea of intervention in Iraq while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has the Middle East in turmoil. Also, despite speculation in Washington and elsewhere, the United States is not sending troops into Jordan to prepare for an invasion of Iraq to oust President Saddam Hussein, Abdullah said Sunday... More -
Musharraf Pays First Visit to Bangladesh as Shoot out Claims Six Lives in Pakistan
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf pays his first visit to Bangladesh on Monday amid calls for Pakistan to apologise for alleged atrocities committed during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence. General Musharraf will be leading a 30-member delegation to discuss bilateral trade, but negotiations could well be sidelined. Some Bangladeshi politicians.. More -
Hezbollah Fighters Open Fire on Israeli Planes; Israeli Palestinian Talks Set to Resume Despite Bloodshed
HIGHLIGHTS: Jewish Settlers Rampage Through Hebron after Funeral|||Powell to Meet a Palestinian Delegation in Washington next week||Jesse Jackson Meets Peres in Tel Aviv at the Start of a Peace Mission||Sharaa Blasts U.S. Middle East Policy|| STORY: Hezbollah fighters fired anti-aircraft weapons at Israeli warplanes flying over southern Lebanon Sunday,.. More -
Powell in Islamabad After Pressing India on Peace
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began talks with Pakistan on Sunday after being rebuffed by India in a push for dialogue on Kashmir, a potential nuclear flashpoint between the South Asian rivals. Powell said before leaving India that the situation had "improved considerably" in the past month since the nuclear-armed neighbors drew back from the.. More -
Explosion Hits Turkey Gas Facility
Explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas filling facility sparked a fire that ravaged through the unit for three hours Sunday and sent thick black fumes into the sky. There were no reports of injuries. At least eight tanks at the Akcagaz facility near the southwestern city of Izmit exploded and caught fire, Izmit Deputy Governor Ummet Kandogan said... More -
Muhammad Deif Appointed as new Hamas Commander in Gaza; Washington Invites Palestinians for Talks
HIGHLIGHTS: Delegation to Washington to Include Saeb Ereqat & New Interior Minister, Abdul Razaq Al-Yahya||Israel Steps up Search for Attackers who Killed 4 Israelis Friday||UN Security Council Puts off Debate on Gaza Massacre until Monday||Growing Alarm over Palestinian Humanitarian Crisis|| STORY: Hamas on Friday appointed Muhammad Deif the new commander.. More -
India Tells Powell Time Is Not Conducive for Talks with India
Secretary of State Colin Powell promised Saturday to push for talks on disputed Kashmir between India and Pakistan during his visit to the two countries this weekend, his third since October. But if he had a timetable in mind, he did not reveal it to reporters traveling on his plane on an eight-nation tour of Asia that took him to India Saturday ahead.. More -
Fighter Crash Kills 78 at Air Show in Ukraine
A Ukrainian fighter jet killed at least 78 people and injured 115 on Saturday when it hurtled to the ground and cart wheeled in flames into a crowd of spectators in the world's deadliest air show disaster. The Russian-built Sukhoi Su-27's wing clipped the ground as it failed to come out of a difficult rolling dive at the show outside the city of Lviv,.. More -
Israel Steps up Hunt for Resistance Activists Following Roadside Attack
Israel pressed its hunt for PalestinianResistance men who killed four Israelis in a roadside ambush in the West Bank, the second attack in two days following Israel's brutal air raid in the Gaza Strip. The shootings capped a week of bloodshed that threw a new wrench into efforts to restart an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue and left the United States at.. More -
A Landmark Encounter Between Sudanese President Al-Bashir & Rebel Leader Garang
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and rebel leader John Garang met on Saturday for the first time and were todiscuss how to advance a deal aimed at ending Sudan's 19-year-old civil war, a Sudanese diplomat in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Sudan's charge d'affaires in Uganda, Mohammed Surjudin, told Reuters the landmark meeting between Garang,.. More -
Powell Urges Easing Kashmir Tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is visiting India and Pakistan to implore leaders of both countries to build recent commitments that eased the threat of a third war over Kashmir. Powell told reporters this week he will see if other actions beyond those already taken "will reduce the level of violence or the potential for violence" on the tense.. More -
Palestinian Resistance Kills Four Israelis in West Bank Road Ambush
HIGHLIGHTS: Al-Aqsa Brigades Claims Responsibility||Occupation Army Imposes Curfew on the Village of Yata Near Hebron Where Palestinian Attackers Apparently Came From|| ||Hamas Appoints Successor to Salah Shehada But Reuses to Name its New Military Commander|| STORY: Palestinian Resistance men killed four people, including a Jewish settler couple and.. More
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