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Party Wins Seats in Morocco Gov't

HIGHLIGHTS: Provisional Results Show Socialists Leading with 44 Seats out of 325-Seat Parliament||Official Results Expected Sunday Night||Official Results Expected to be Followed by Period of Uncertainty as Parties Work Together to Piece out Coalition Government|| STORY: An Islamic party that favors introducing Sharia law more than doubled their number.. More

29589 29/09/2002
Resistance Leader Vows to Fight on After Israeli Air Strike

A top Palestinian resistance leader swore on Saturday to avenge an Israeli air strike that killed two of his aides and wounded him along with 27 bystanders in Gaza City. "The leader, Mohammed Deif, swears that he will not rest until he meets God as a fighter," said a statement by the military wing of Hamas, an Islamic group dedicated to Israel's destruction.. More

29579 28/09/2002
Iraq Rejects Proposed UN Resolution on Inspections

Iraq said on Saturday it will not accept tough new rules for U.N. weapons inspections proposed in a U.S.-drafted Security Council resolution requiring Baghdad's compliance under threat of military action. Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan declared Iraq rejected any extra procedures for weapons inspections as contained in the draft U.N. resolution envisaging.. More

29578 28/09/2002
Fresh Fighting in Ivory Coast, Rebels Make Gains

Fresh fighting broke out overnight between rebels and government soldiers as French troops wound down a mission to help foreigners escape the rebel-held city of Bouake. Senior French military sources confirmed skirmishes took place around loyalist positions north of Tiebissou, a town 40 miles from Bouake where some French troops are based. The rebels.. More

29577 28/09/2002
Key international support remains elusive, Bush defends pro-strike stance

HIGHLIGHTS: Russia, France & China Continue to Oppose Pre-emptive Strike on Iraq||Bush's War Effort also Faces Opposition on the Home Front Both on Street and Congressional Levels||US & British Envoys Due in Moscow to Lobby for Russian Support for Tough New UN Resolution on Iraq||Kremlin Remains Unconvinced of WashingtonLondon Claims of Baghdad-Qaeda.. More

29551 28/09/2002
Khartoum Welcomes Rebels' Offer for "temporary ceasefire" During Peace Talks

HIGHLIGHTS: Sudanese Government Welcomes Offer||SPLA Claims Government Lost 1,000 Men in Latest Attempt to Retake Tourit||UN Grounds Humanitarian Aid to South as Government Closes Air Space in the Region for Nine Days|| STORY: The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) is ready to order a temporary ceasefire in exchange for a resumption of peace talks.. More

29549 28/09/2002
Israel Says Top Hamas "Resistance leader" Survived Gaza Raid

A top Hamas resistant man survived an Israeli helicopter missile attack in Gaza, an Israeli cabinet minister said Friday, confirming Palestinian reports Mohammad Deif was wounded but alive. The strike in a crowded civilian area Thursday killed two other members of the Islamic organization and wounded more than 25 people, reviving international criticism.. More

29541 27/09/2002
Bush Faces Iraq Delay in Congress

Democratic accusations that President Bushis seeking a blank check for war with Iraq are slowing his drive for approval by Congress. Trouble brewed for the administration at the United Nations , as well. There, a tough resolution prepared by the United States and Britain to threaten Iraq faced stiff opposition from France, Russia and China, who hold.. More

29540 27/09/2002
Russians resume operations against Chechens in Ingushetia

Russian troops resumed operations against Chechen fightersfrom Chechnya who are scattered through a forest in the neighbouring southern republic of Ingushetia, the scene of intense fighting the previous day. The troops kept up bombardments on Chechen fighter positions overnight and launched mopping-up operations at daybreak, Russian media quoted military.. More

29539 27/09/2002
Hamas Chief Hurt, Two Dead in Israel Missile Hit

HIGHLIGHTS: 15 of 27 Injured Teen-age Civilians, 3 of them Children, 6 of them in Serious Condition||Hamas Vows Revenge||Resistance Attacks Settlers Near Hebron, Al-Khalil, Wounding 4 of them||Seven Palestinians Killed in Separate Clashes Across the Territories|| Muqataa Siege Enters its Second Week Amid Reports of Sickness Among the Building's 250.. More

29535 27/09/2002
US, UK Back Resolution, Iraq-Al Qaeda Link Alleged

HIGHLIGHTS: Anglo-American Jets Attack Basra Airport||Powell Dispatches Envoy to Paris, Moscow to Iron out Differences over a Draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq||Rumsfeld Claims Top Qaeda Leaders Have Been in Baghdad in Recent Weeks||US Congress Leaders Report Progress Towards Resolution Authorizing Military Force against Iraq|| STORY: The.. More

29533 27/09/2002
Russia Looks Set to Intervene in Georgia Following Chechen Attack in Ingushetia

Reacting to fighting that left at least 14 Russian soldiers dead and a helicopter shot down near his country's southern border with Georgia, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov again said that Moscow would not hesitate to bomb the neighbouring state if the "terrorists" crossed into its territory. Speaking in Warsaw, he also confirmed that two Russians.. More

29528 27/09/2002
Four Palestinians & an Occupation Soldier Killed in Fresh Intifadha Clashes

Five people, including a Palestinian baby girl and an Israeli occupation army officer, were killed in scattered Intifadha clashes across the Palestinian territories, as the Palestinian intifadha, uprising against Israeli occupation, neared its second anniversary. Fourteen-month-old Gharam al-Tel died from tear gas inhalation Thursday as violent scuffles.. More

29518 26/09/2002
Putin Sees No Need for New U.N. Resolutions on Iraq

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for a political solution to the Iraq crisis through existing U.N. resolutions, a move which could undermine U.S. demands for tough international action against Baghdad. "We favor a rapid resolution of the situation around (Iraq) on the basis of existing U.N. Security Council resolutions, and in accordance.. More

29517 26/09/2002
Chechens Down Russia Chopper; Battle Rages

Nine Russian soldiers were killed in a major battle which raged in southern Russia on Thursday after Chechen fighters downed a Russian military helicopter, army regional command said. Fierce fighting erupted between a large group of Chechen fighters and security forces around the village of Galashki in Russia's Ingushetia region -- just across the border.. More

29516 26/09/2002

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