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Peace Force in Kabul Likely Before Dec 22 –Karzai
ROME (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai, the designated head of the interim government that will take power in Afghanistan Saturday, believes an international peace force is likely to arrive in Kabul before his government takes office. He arrived in Rome late on Monday for talks on Tuesday with the country's former king.His words echoed a senior U.S. official.. More -
Haitian Coup Attempt Thwarted
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A gang of gunmen seized Haiti's National Palace in a coup attempt Monday, killing four people before police retook the building. Three others, including one of the attackers, died as violence spread. Government supporters armed with machetes and sticks struck back by burning the homes and offices of opposition leaders around.. More -
Tension Remains High Between India & Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India said Monday anyone challenging its national security will face tough consequences, as tensions rose with nuclear rival Pakistan over last week's bloody suicide attack on the Indian parliament. Islamabad threatened to respond strongly if attacked, as a top Indian government minister said all options were.. More -
Israel, U.S. React Warily to Arafat Truce Speech; EU More Optimistic
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel and the United States responded warily to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's call for an end to Resistance bombings and armed attacks on Israelis. Arafat also demanded the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stop its ''brutal war'' against the Palestinian Authority. He did not formally.. More -
Pakistan Wants a Joint Investigation of the Attack on Indian Parliament
NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Indian police Sunday accused Pakistan's main intelligence service, Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI). of being connected to the bloody suicide attack on the Indian parliament, as hostility between the nuclear-armed enemies intensified. New Delhi Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma said the link had come.. More -
U.S. fails to catch bin Laden as stronghold falls
TORA BORA, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Afghan forces destroyed the last bastion of the al Qaeda organization in Afghanistan on Sunday but did not find Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born militant who stands accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks on the United States. U.S. forces and their allies were scouring the country for.. More -
British-led Team Arrives in Kabul to Assess Composition & Size of Peacekeeping Force For Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - A British army general said on Sunday he had arrived in Kabul to discuss the size and composition of an international peacekeeping force, even as Afghan leaders have voiced doubts about the need for the troops. Major General John McColl arrived at Bagram air base Saturday night and met leader designate Hamid Karzai Sunday and was.. More -
Russian Troops Search for Chechen Resistance Men
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russian forces searched parts of the Chechen capital, Grozny, and the mountains to the south for suspected Resistance men Sunday, detaining more than 50 suspects, authorities said. Federal forces also halted traffic in and out of Argun, Chechnya's third-largest city, as Russian soldiers rounded up residents.. More -
Russia Expects U.S. to Consult Over War - Putin
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times he expects the United States to consult Moscow before taking the ``war on terrorism'' beyond Afghanistan. He was quoted in Monday's edition as saying the top priority should be blocking the financing of terrorism and he specifically warned against military.. More -
Israel Responds to Arafat’s Speech By Killing 3 Palestinians & Briefly Detaining Two of His Top Aides
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops responded to Yasser Arafat’s call to end all attacks against the Jewish state by shooting dead three Palestinians on Monday, including a Hamas member and a 12-year-old boy, drawing vows from militant groups to defy Yasser Arafat's demand for a halt to armed attacks on Israelis. Israel.. More -
Al Qaeda Chechens Fight to Death in Tora Bora
TORA BORA/KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Chechen fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden fought to the death Saturday in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan in battles with U.S. special forces and their Afghan tribal allies. But an Afghan commander returning from the front among the caves, tunnels and valleys near Tora Bora said that while the Chechens.. More -
Eid al-Fitr Festival Begins Amid Mideast Bloodshed
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies ) - Israeli helicopters rocketed Palestinian security targets in northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, as fresh violence rumbled on after the end of a U.S. peace mission and ushered in the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Palestinian police said two attack helicopters fired four missiles at a Palestinian police station.. More -
Musharraf Warns India Against Hasty Action
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf warned India against ``precipitous action'' on Saturday after New Delhi gave him days to act against Kashmiri separatists it blames for a suicide attack on its parliament. Musharraf, speaking on Pakistan Television, said he condemned the attack on Thursday on India's.. More -
India, U.S. Begin Naval Exercises
BOMBAY, India (AP) - India and the United States began weeklong joint naval exercises Saturday off India's west coast, U.S. officials said. Guided missile destroyers USS Antietam, based in San Diego, and the USS O'Kane, based in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, arrived in Bombay and were to be followed by warship USS Carl Vinson early next week, U.S. officials.. More -
Russia Seeks Post-ABM Strategic Framework
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on Saturday his country would do its utmost to find a substitute for the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty the United States has decided to abandon. ``We would not like this unilateral step of the United States administration to be to the detriment of strategic stability,'' Ivanov told a media.. More
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