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  • Israeli Occupation army Digs In, Demolition of Arafat HQ Stops

    Israeli occupation troopsdug in around Yasser Arafat's West Bank headquarters Monday after halting demolition of his presidential complex following international censure, even from the United States. Troops stood guard in the leveled compound Monday morning where only one main building remains standing, sheltering the Palestinian president and up to.. More

  • US Pushes War Option as Saddam Gets Key Support in Iraq

    President George W. Bush can count on broad support from the US Congress as he mulls plans for attacking Iraq regardless of what the United Nations decides, key lawmakers said, while defiant Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein picked up backing from Shiite religious leaders. Senator John McCain told NBC television he expects the United States to go to war against.. More

  • Cliffhanger German election too close to call

    Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's four-year-old government hung in the balance after estimates indicated that the most fiercely fought national election in Germany since World War II was too close to call. Although official estimates put Schroeder's Social Democrats narrowly behind the opposition conservatives, his coalition partners the Greens scored.. More

  • US Says Israeli Action at Arafat HQ 'Not Helpful'

    The White House said on Sunday that Israel's siege of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat West Bank compound was "not helpful" to ending Palestinian Resistance bombings. "Israeli actions in and around the Moqata'a are not helpful in reducing terrorist violence or promoting Palestinian reforms," White House spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo said, referring to.. More

  • Britain's Blair Faces Cabinet Defiance on Iraq War

    British Prime Minister Tony Blairfaced direct defiance from a key member of his cabinet on Sunday who said another war with Iraq would inflict too much suffering on the Iraqi people. "We cannot have another Gulf war. We cannot have the people of Iraq suffering again. They have suffered too much. That would be wrong," Clare Short, Blair's International.. More

  • Arafat Refuses to Handover Wanted Palestinians; Israeli Occupation Army Cuts off Power, Water & Phone Lines to Arafat Office

    Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will "never" hand over 20 Palestinians holed up in his besieged office whose surrender is demanded by Israel, a top Palestinian official said, saying that to do so would be "political suicide"."After discussions and consultations with the Palestinian leadership -- and this is not subject to discussion -- the Palestinian.. More

  • Lebanon's Hezbollah blasts US involvement in river dispute with Israel

    Lebanon's militant Hezbollah movement blasted the involvement of a US official in trying to cool tension with Israel over the use of the waters of a southern border river. "The interference of the Americans in this issue is a mistake. Asking the Americans to deal with this problem is equivalent to telling the Israelis to do it," Hezbollah chief Hassan.. More

  • Indian Kashmir Police Camp Attacked Ahead of Poll

    Security forces killed a suspected Islamic separatist in Indian-ruled Kashmir on Sunday, ending a night-long siege at a police camp two days before the second round of an election in the Himalayan state. In separate incidents, Indian police said a ruling National Conference party worker was shot dead overnight just outside Srinagar, the summer capital.. More

  • Israel Plants Flag in Arafat's HQ

    HIGHLIGHTS: Occupation Army Kills 4 Palestinian Protesters in Ramallah, Tulkarm & Nablus||Israel Threatens to Blow up Arafat Compound Unless So-called 'Wanted Activists' Surrender||Palestinians Describe Israeli Surrender Demand as 'Pretext', Real Objective, They Say, 'Humilation of Arafat'||Occupation Army Intends to Make Conditions So Unbearable at.. More

  • Baghdad's rejection of new resolutions same old story: Rumsfeld

    HIGHLIGHTS: Commander of US Troops in the Gulf Says Ready to Move on Iraq Whenever Ordered to Do So||Russia Reiterates Support for Early Return of UN Inspectors to Iraq & Blix Says Advance Team Could Arrive in Baghdad by Mid-October||Schroeder Reiterates Opposition to War Threats against Iraq & Apologizes for Hitler Jibe by One of his Ministers|| STORY:.. More

  • Yemen Arrests Suspected Al Qaeda Members

    HIGHLIGHTS: One Suspect Dies of Wounds in Hospital, a Second and 2 Security Officers Being Treated for Wounds After Gunfight||Other Members of the Group Fled During Fight, Security Forces Combing Rawdah Suburb||Authorities Holding 85 People Arrested in Manhunt for al-Qaeda Members||Amnesty International Accuses Yemen of Human Rights Violations Detaining.. More

  • Arafat Defiant as Israeli Army Tightens Siege

    Yasser Arafat vowed not to capitulate to Israel on Saturday after its occupation forces demolished parts of the building where he was under siege and fired a tank shell that showered him with dust. But in his first public statement since the siege began on Thursday, the Palestinian leader called for an end to attacks inside Israel, which sent in tanks.. More

  • Iraq Says Won't Cooperate with New U.N. Resolution

    Iraq said on Saturday it would not cooperate with any new United Nations Security Council resolution that runs contrary to an agreement reached with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "Iraq announces that it will not cooperate with a new resolution which is different to what was agreed upon with the (U.N.) secretary-general," said a statement issued.. More

  • Qatar Says Israel Promises Arafat Won't Be Harmed

    HIGHLIGHTS: Arafat Showered with Dust as Shelling of his Private Offices Continues||Bulldozers Tear Down Bridge Linking Arafat's Two Wings of His Building, Explosions demolish Main access Staircase and Destroy most other Structures in Compound||Ereqat in Contact with Americans,and Europeans, Abu Mazen with the Israelis,to Stop Attack on Arafat||Israel.. More

  • Britain: Judgment Should Have Threat

    HIGHLIGHTS: Resolution Could Be Ready for Discussion Wednesday||Russia Still Opposes Threat of War||Iraq Moves Troops into Civilian Areas in Anticipation of a Surprise U.S. Air Attack||Iraqi Vice President, Ramadan, Says Baghdad's Inspection Offer is Sincere|| Story: Britain told Security Council members Friday that any resolution calling on Iraq to.. More