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  • Israeli occupation army launches operations in Bethlehem, Gaza after resistance bombing

    The Israeli occupation army moved into the West Bank town of Bethlehem following a resistance attack on a bus in Jerusalem that killed 11 people, an Israeli military source said.Israeli armour also entered the southern Gaza Strip early Friday, killing a Palestinian policeman with tank fire, a Palestinian hospital source said."The Israeli army has started.. More

  • Arab League to press UN to appoint Arabs to its inpection teams in Iraq

    Arab governments will press the United Nationsto appoint Arabs to the teams of inspectors searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, Lebanon's foreign minister said Thursday. Mahmoud Hammoud said Lebanon and the Arab League have begun drawing up lists of possible inspectors to present to the United Nations. "Not only do we hope and wish, we also.. More

  • At least 100 dead in riot sparked by Miss World article

    Rioting between Muslims and Christians in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna has claimed at least 100 lives, the Red Cross said, as local leaders tried to calm anger over an article on the Miss World pageant.Federal officials were in Kaduna for crisis talks with local religious leaders, who have appealled for calm following three days of bloody disturbances.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Forces Enter Bethlehem

    Israeli occupation forces entered the West Bank town of Bethlehem early Friday, in retaliation against the West Bank home town of a Palestinian resistance bomber who blew up a bus in Jerusalem, killing 11 and wounding dozens. The first Israeli occupation forces entered Bethlehem from the south, witnesses said, and surrounded the Dheisheh refugee camp.. More

  • NATO 'United' on Disarming Iraq, Divided on War; Bush to Meet Putin

    NATO members have declared themselves united in backing U.N. efforts to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, but the 19-nation defense alliance stopped short of promising to go to war over it. In Prague, NATO allies issued a communique on Thursday saying they "were united in their commitment to take effective action to assist and support the efforts.. More

  • London-Based Religious Muslim Leader Says Britain & U.S. Vulnerable to al Qaeda Attack

    ALondon-based Muslim leader who supports al Qaeda warned on Thursday that the group was likely to stage a major attack against the United States and Britain if they launch a war on Iraq. "If Britain and the United States attack Iraq they will suffer heavy casualties back home," said Syrian-born Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, leader of the Muslim al Muhajiroun.. More

  • Resistance Bomber Kills 11 in Israeli Bus Blast

    A Palestinian killed 11 people and injured at least 49 when he blew himself up on a crowded bus in Jerusalem Thursday in the first resistance bombing in Israel since the start of a general election campaign.The explosion ripped through a bus packed with commuters and school children during the morning rush hour. Witnesses said they had heard children.. More

  • NATO Allies Back UN Disarming of Iraq

    NATOmembers agreed on Thursday to back U.N. efforts to disarm Iraq but the 19-nation defense alliance, divided over the prospect of an eventual conflict, stopped well short of suggesting any collective action. "NATO allies stand united in their commitment to take effective action to assist and support the efforts of the UN to ensure full and immediate.. More

  • Pakistan Elects Pro-Military Prime Minister

    Pakistan's parliament elected Mir Zafarullah Jamali of a pro-military party as its first civilian prime minister Thursday since a 1999 coup, but he will rule in the shadow of military President Pervez Musharraf. Musharraf has promised to hand over the running of the country to the prime minister, but he will remain as president for a further five years.. More

  • At Least 10 Reported Dead in Jerusalem Blast

    At least ten people were killed and more than 40 wounded Thursday when a suspected Palestinian resistance bomber blew himself up on a crowded commuter bus in Jerusalem, Israeli rescue workers said. The rescue workers said that the number did not include the body of the suspected bomber who blew up a bus in the Kiryat Menahem neighborhood during morning.. More

  • Bush Warns Saddam Come Clean or Your Days Numbered; Long Postponed Iraqi Opposition Conference Now in Doubt

    President Bush warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Wednesday that his days would be numbered if he carried on denying having weapons of mass destruction. Saddam's government has promised to comply with U.N. demands that it submit a full inventory of its arms programs by December 8 but has so far denied possessing weapons of mass destruction. "Saddam.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Southern Gaza Strip as Barghouti Trial Resumes in Tel Aviv

    Israeli tanks and armored vehicles backed by helicopter gunships rumbled into the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday and blew up the home of a senior Palestinian resistance activist. Meanwhile, Israel will for the first time call on witnesses in its trial of West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti, which is due to resume Thursday in Tel Aviv. In Gaza, witnesses.. More

  • Arab Ministers Hold Talks on So-called Mideast 'Road Map' Peace Plan as Israel Requests Delay of Plan Release Expected Late Next Month

    Arab foreign ministers kicked off talks in Damascus concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the US confrontation with Iraq. Israel has meanwhile asked Washington to delay the release of 'roadmap' peace plan until the end of general elections in January. In the Syrian capital, Arab League chief Amr Mussa and 11 foreign ministers began discussing.. More

  • Six Hamas activists arrested in Qalqilya in Israeli occupation army raid

    Six member of the resistanceIslamic group Hamas were arrested by Israeli occupation troops in the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya during a brief occupation army incursion, Palestinian security sources told AFP.Mohammed Afani, 33, a wanted Hamas political activist was among those arrested. The other five men were rank-and-file Hamas members, the.. More

  • Iraq offers UN total cooperation; US criticises Annan

    UN weapons chiefs left Iraq armed with promises of total cooperation for the resumption of disarmament inspections, but the United States hit out at the world body and returned to war talk.Hans Blix, head of the arms commission UNMOVIC, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Mohamed ElBaradei flew to a rear base in Cyprus stressing that.. More