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Afghan Leader Karzai Says Omar Not Captured Yet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai said on Friday he believes Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is still on the loose, and he would turn Omar over to the United States if he is captured. Karzai comments follow several reports that Omar had been captured. Afghanistan's Minister for Reconstruction said on Germany's.. More

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Argentina to Devalue as President Slams Free Market

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina's new President Eduardo Duhalde, blaming free market policies of the last decade for creating social chaos, asked Congress on Friday to rescue the economy by allowing a traumatic currency devaluation. Duhalde proposed a bill to Congress that seeks special powers enabling him to dismantle the peg that kept.. More

3162 04/06/2001
U.S. Envoy to Push for Peace with Sharon, Arafat

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Washington's top Middle East troubleshooter was to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Friday in a push to jump-start peace negotiations after 15 months of bloodshed. Certain to be near the center of discussion during Anthony Zinni's meetings will be Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's demand for seven days.. More

3138 04/06/2001
India, Pakistan Head Into Summit Amid Tension

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Indian and Pakistani leaders will attend a regional summit on Friday as their armies stare one another down in a confrontation causing concern around the world, but they may not use the gathering to talk peace. The nuclear-capable neighbors showed no signs of a thaw as they prepared for the three-day meeting of the South Asian.. More

3139 04/06/2001
Afghan Authorities Release 269 Taliban Prisoners

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanista's new government released 269 Taliban prisoners on Thursday, most of them captured as long as five years ago by Northern Alliance forces. The men were freed from a prison in central Kabul and given 500,000 afghanis (20) each by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to get back to their homes, mostly in southern.. More

3140 04/06/2001
U.S. Bombs Afghan Town Near Pakistan Border

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes launched a bombing raid on Thursday night on a former Taliban stronghold near the Pakistan border, the Afghan Islamic Press reported. It said witnesses in the Pakistan town of Miramshah saw and heard warplanes attacking Zhawar, across the border in Afghanistan's Paktia province. The United States attacked the same.. More

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Afghan minister believes Mullah Omar arrested

BERLIN (Reuters) - Afghan Minister for Reconstruction Amin Farhang said late on Thursday he believed deposed Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar may have been arrested, but the United States said it had nothing to support the report. "I have heard that he was arrested but more I do not know," Farhang said, speaking on a late-night ARD TV news programme... More

3142 04/06/2001
Argentine Pres. Swears in Cabinet

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina's new president reached into the ranks of both big business and his Peronist Party for a crisis cabinet Thursday in preparation for an expected devaluation to stave off economic collapse. The new leadership took shape amid reports the government was officially in default for the first time - missing a 28 million.. More

3144 04/06/2001
UN Agrees Anti-Racism Plan

NEW YORK, (BBC)- After months of wrangling, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says agreement has finally been reached on a document setting out the terms for global action against racism and xenophobia. Publication of the document was delayed by a dispute over whether several paragraphs referring to slavery and the slave trade should.. More

3145 04/06/2001
U.S. Mideast Envoy in the Region Thursday

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Washington's new Middle East troubleshooter was to return to the region on Thursday to try and rescue Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, only weeks after ending his first visit as violence raged. Envoy Anthony Zinni aims to bring about a lasting cease-fire, encourage a Palestinian crackdown on militants and discuss.. More

3124 03/06/2001
India Says Holding Hope Diplomacy Could Still Avert War with Pakistan

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nuclear-armed India said Wednesday it was prepared to use its full military might to defend itself amid threats by Pakistan-based Islamic militant groups to mount further attacks on the country. Nuclear rivals Pakistan and India have come to the brink of war following an assault last month on India's parliament which.. More

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Kashmir Resistance Group Threatens to Blow Up Taj Mahal

LUCKNOW, India (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A Pakistan-based Kashmiri militant group, which India blamed for an attack on its parliament last month, has threatened to blow up the Taj Mahal, an Indian official said Wednesday. Security around the 17th century marble monument had been tightened following an e-mail threat from the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The.. More

3127 03/06/2001
International Team Inspects Afghan Capital

KABUL (Reuters) - A reconnaissance team from 12 nations contributing to a security force in Kabul began inspecting the war-torn Afghan capital city Wednesday as British troops prepared a base for the peacekeeping operation. The 25-strong team from Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Greece, Sweden, Norway, Finland and.. More

3128 03/06/2001
Argentina's 5th President in 2 Weeks Takes Office

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Calling for a cross-party government, populist Eduardo Duhalde took office on Wednesday as Argentina's fifth president in two weeks and began plotting a possible devaluation to pull the economy out of a recession that sparked bloody riots. After Congress chose Duhalde on Tuesday to lead Argentina until 2003, the Peronist Party.. More

3129 03/06/2001
U.S. Raid Kills 100 Afghans Stirring Tensions Within the Karzai Administration

QALAYE NIAZI, Afghanistan)/KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. warplanes killed over 100 people in a weekend raid in eastern Afghanistan, villagers said Monday as Afghan and British officials initialed a deal on an international security force. Witnesses said at least one U.S. fighter jet, a B-52 bomber and two helicopters had swooped early Sunday.. More

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