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  • Israel Swears in Another Occupation Army Chief

    HIGHLIGHTS: New Army Chief to Continue Aggression Line of Predecessors||Palestinian Passer-by Killed in A Shootout Between Resistance Man & Occupation Troops in Jerusalem||Islamic Jihad Resistance Leader Killed Near Jenin||More Than 20 Palestinian Resistance Activists Arrested Near Ramallah|| STORY: Israel swore in a new occupation army chief of staff.. More

  • Iraq Accuses U.N. Arms Chief of Thwarting Talks

    Iraq on Tuesday accused the United Nations' chief weapons inspector of bowing to U.S. pressure and scuppering talks on the return of arms experts to Baghdad. "It was very clear that America pushed the head of the inspection team, Mr. Hans Blix, to obstruct discussions and hinder a joint agreement," Foreign Minister Naji Sabri told reporters after returning.. More

  • India, Pakistan Exchange Fire in Kashmir, One Dead

    An Indian soldier was killed when Pakistani troops fired artillery shells across a military control line that divides the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, Indian police said Tuesday. Cross-border firing between the two South Asian rivals, stepped up last month, has lessened following an easing of tensions after intense international diplomatic.. More

  • Top Officials to Meet on Mideast

    HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. Adamant Arafat Should Step Aside||Annan Brands Israel's Actions in the Occupied Territories Illegal||King Abdallah II in Moscow||Israeli Government Adopts Proposal to Keep Some Rural Communities for Jews Only|| STORY: U.S.Secretary of State Colin Powell is setting up Mideast talks with top U.N., European and Russian officials in a bid.. More

  • Pakistanis Confess to U.S. Consulate Blast

    HIGHLIGHTS: Pair Says Originally Planned to Assassinate Musharraf||Pair Attacked Fast Food Chains||Pair Members of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Almi Organization,|| STORY:Two Pakistanis allegedly linked to Afghanistan's Taliban admitted Monday that they were behind last month's car bomb attack on the U.S. consulate in Karachi as well as a string of other.. More

  • Muslim scholars, jurists visiting U.S.

    A group of Muslim scholars and jurists is visiting the United States to promote better understanding and cooperation with government officials and nongovernment organizations, its leader said Monday. Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsin al-Turki, secretary general of the Muslim World League, said the Sept. 11 attacks have aroused fear and mistrust between Muslim.. More

  • Israeli, Palestinian Officials Meet

    HIGHLIGHTS: Meeting First of A Series of Sessions to be Held||Talks Focus on Easing Burdens faced by Palestinians living West Bank Cities and towns under Israeli Occupation||Since Reoccupation Of Palestinian Population Centres More than 30 Palestinians have been killed, but no Israelis|| STORY: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met with Palestinian.. More

  • Mass Cabinet Resignations in Turkey

    HIGHLIGHTS: A Blow to Ecevit's Push to Stay in Power Despite Ill Health||Resignations Come a Day After Key Governmen Leader Calls for Early Elections||Opposition Now Largest Party in Parliament|| STORY:Turkey's coalition government was on the verge of collapse Monday when three ministers, including deputy premier Husamettin Ozkan, resigned a day after.. More

  • Africa Buries OAU; U.N. Chief Sounds Warning

    HIGHLIGHTS: Annan Warns Leaders of Complacency||Unlike OAU, AU Will Have Right to Intervene in Cases of War Crimes||However, Zimbabwe Excluded From Agenda|| STORY: African leaders buried their Organization of African Unity (OAU) Monday but were warned against complacency by United Nations chief Kofi Annans they prepared to set up the ambitious African.. More

  • Arafat Reportedly Fires West Bank Intelligence Chief, Tirawi; Cairo & Tel Aviv Agree on Principles of Reforming PA But Not on Implementation

    HIGHLIGHTS: Conflicting Reports on Tirawi's Sacking||Palestinian Security Sources Say Manasreh's Appointment as Replacement of Rajoub May be Frozen||Egypt Worried that Disarray within PA Could lead to Instability in the Region||More Palestinian Security Officers in Line to be Axed||Powell's Visit to the Region in Doubt Unless He Meets Arafat|| STORY:.. More

  • Thousands Mourn Slain Afghan Vice President

    Thousands of Afghans mourned assassinated Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir Sunday and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai vowed to track down the killers. Qadir's coffin, draped in flower-strewn velvet and flanked by two Afghan flags, was followed into the gold and white Eid Gha mosque by Karzai and former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, both wearing traditional.. More

  • AIDS Conference Opens Amid Controversy

    Activists and officials united in calling for cheap, life-savings drugs to be made available to fight AIDS in poor countries as the world's biggest conference on the disease opened amid controversy on Sunday. A protest overshadowed the opening ceremony of the Barcelona international AIDS conference as AIDS activists kept up a chorus of jeers and whistles.. More

  • African Leaders Meet to Launch African Union

    HIGHLIGHTS: AU to Emphasize Improved Governance & Economic Growth|| Obasanjo Briefs Leaders on New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)||Leaders Talk About Differences & How They Want the AU to Evolve||Draft Agenda Excludes Zimbabwe||Annan in Durban for AU Launch||OAU's Decision on Madagascar to be Reviewed|| STORY: African leaders held informal.. More

  • 'Observer': Britain Breaks Own Arms Embargo to Israel

    HIGHLIGHTS: Downing Street Well Aware Planes Could Be Used for Aggressive Acts inOccupied Territories||Jack Straw to Make a Statement to Clarify Government Position||Government in Breach of Election Promise||Government Facing Criticism for Change of Rules|| STORY: Britain is breaking its own embargo on arms sales to Israel by selling military components.. More

  • A Resistance Attack on an Internationally Illegal Settlement in Gaza Strip Thwarted By Israeli Occupation Troops

    UPDATED|| HIGHLIGHTS: Two Attackers Surrender- One Wounded||Sharon Sets Limits on Peres Meetings With New Palestinian Ministers||Egyptian Intelligence Chief Holds Meetings in Israel||French Foreign Minister Calls For Creation of a Democratic Palestinian State|| Cherie Blair to Host Reception to Aid Israel's So-called 'Terror Victims'|| STORY: Occupation.. More