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  • Oil Prices Jump 4 Percent as Fears Over Situation In Venezuela & Iraq Continue to Grow

    The price of a barrel of oil has jumped by more than 4% over fears a strike in Venezuela, the world's fifth largest oil exporter, will cut global supplies. Protests by Venezuelan opposition groups aimed at ousting President Hugo Chavez have entered a third week. Supply fears have been compounded by US and British threats to attack Iraq, which could.. More

  • U.N. Lab Gets Samples From Inspectors

    Experts at the U.N. nuclear agency's laboratory on Monday received the first samples gathered by weapons inspectors in Iraq and planned to begin analyzing the material immediately. Eight samples were brought to the lab outside Vienna for screening, and another 20 samples were expected by the weekend, International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman Mark.. More

  • Israeli Occupation troops Kill Three Palestinians in Gaza

    Israeli occupation soldiers shot dead three Palestinians, including two Hamas Islamic resistance men , in the Gaza Stripon Monday, Palestinian witnesses said.They said occupation troops killed the two Hamas members as they tried to sneak through a security fence into Israel near the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun and killed another Palestinian as.. More

  • West Africa Scrambles to Save Ivory Coast from War

    West Africa's political heavyweights meet in Togo on Monday to salvage faltering efforts to end war in Ivory Coast as former colonial ruler France rushes more troops to enforce a fragile cease-fire.Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema has been hosting peace talks between Ivory Coast's main rebel faction (MPCI) and the government since the end of October.. More

  • Pentagon: No Comment on Report of Troops in N.Iraq

    The Pentagonsaid on Sunday it had no information about an alleged movement of U.S. troops and equipment into northern Iraq from Turkey, reported by Turkey's NTV and the Arabic Al-Jazeera television channel. A Pentagon spokesman in Washington said: "I have nothing on that." A Turkish military spokesman declined to comment on the NTV report and a U.S... More

  • Assad in London for Talks on Territories & Iraq

    Tony Blair will be meeting President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in Downing Street on Monday. It is the first time a Syrian leader has paid an official visit to Britain, and the crisis in Iraq is almost certain to be the main topic of conversation. Syria has supported the UN on weapons inspections but President Assad has warned of the dangers of a US-led.. More

  • Pakistan Says Suicide Attack Foiled Against US Diplomat

    Pakistani police say they have arrested three Islamic extremists who planned to assassinate two US diplomats in a suicide attack by ramming their car with an explosives-laden Volkswagen bus. The arrests of the men, who were also said to be involved in a May bombing that killed 11 French engineers, then led police to the largest cache of explosives ever.. More

  • Three Palestinians accused of plotting to shoot down Sharon's helicopter

    Israeli authorities said that three Palestinians living in annexed east Jerusalem had been arrested on charges of plotting attacks, including one to shoot down Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's helicopter.The three were planning a missile attack on Sharon's helicopter at the helipad outside his Jerusalem office, legal sources said.They were also charged.. More

  • UN further boosts inspections, Iraqi opponents paper over unity cracks

    The United Nations was further strengthening weapons teams after a record number of site inspections, as Iraqi dissidents plotting in London were accused of fudging the real issues to ensure a show of unityAnother 20 inspectors were due to arrive in Baghdad during the day on Sunday bringing their total number on the ground to 113.The UN experts visited.. More

  • Russia Says No Violations in Iranian Nuclear Plans

    Russia, which is helping Iran build a nuclear power plant, said Sunday Tehran was violating no international rules by developing two other nuclear sites despite U.S. fears they could be used for military aims. Atomic Energy Minister Alexander Rumyantsev was also quoted as telling Itar-Tass news agency in an interview that efforts should be made to persuade.. More

  • Anglo-American Jets Raid Southern Iraq as Iraqi Opposition Groups Meet in London and UN Presses Baghdad to Provide List of Scientists

    Anglo-American jets attacked Iraqi targets in Southern Iraq as Saddam's foes met in London to discuss post-Saddam Iraq. UN Weapons inspectors have meanwhile had their busiest day Since they returned to the country last month. Iraq said the U.S.planes attacked civilian targets in the south of the country on Saturday, but the U.S. military said the planes,.. More

  • Palestinian Resistance Injure Two Israeli Settlers Near Jerusalem as Occupation Troops Clash with Students in Nablus; Arafat Slams Powell over Choice of Palestinian Leadership

    Two Israelis were injured when Palestinian resistance menopened fire at two cars near the internationally illegal Jewish settlement of Shilo, about nine miles north of Jerusalem, Israeli occupation army officials said. In the West Bank town of Nablus, Israeli occupation troops clashed with students at An-Najah University after closing the institution.. More

  • Jordan Says al-Qaida Members Killed Diplomat

    Jordanian police arrested a Libyan and a Jordanian accused in the killing of a U.S. diplomat in October, officials announced Saturday, saying a top al-Qaida operative supplied the two men with guns and money for a terrorist campaign in Jordan. The daylight shooting of Laurence Foley, 60, in front of his home in Amman shocked Jordanians and the American.. More

  • Israel Nabs Palestinian Activists, Peace Plan Lags

    Israeli occupation forces detained at least 14 Palestinians in the West Bank in a new sweep for resistance men on Saturday as international peace efforts looked likely to be eclipsed by wider Middle East developments. An Israeli occupation army spokesman said 12 'Activists ' were nabbed overnight around Ramallah, political base of Palestinian President.. More

  • IAEA Says Conclusion on Iraq Dossier Need Months

    The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday that the United Nationswould need a few months to reach a conclusion about Iraq's declaration on its weapons program. "By January, we should have a status report which should move us forward," Mohamed ElBaradei told Reuters. "We still need a few months before we come to a conclusion.. More