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  • U.S. Muslims Rally against 'Scapegoating & Hatred' in Washington

    HIGHLIGHTS: Opening Prayer: "__And Let Not The Hatred of Others to You Make You Swerve to Wrong and Depart from Justice", Quran, Sura: 4, Verse: 9||2,000 Reports of Harassment of Muslims Since 911||Political Strategy for Muslims in Upcoming U.S. Presidential Elections to be Discussed Sunday|| STORY: The largest annual gathering of American Muslims began.. More

  • Palestinian Minister Demands End to Resistance Attacks

    The Palestinian interior minister said in an interview published on Friday that militants must halt resistance bombings against Israelis or else face "isolation" by Palestinian society. "Stop the resistance bombings, stop the murders for no reason," Abdel Razzak al-Yahya said in remarks to an Israeli newspaper published a day after Israeli troops killed.. More

  • Powell Hails Saudi Ties, Wants More Cooperation

    Secretary of State Colin Powell described ties with Saudi Arabia as strong, but said Washington expected the oil-rich kingdom to do more to support the war against terrorism, a newspaper reported on Friday. The decades-long relationship between Washington and Riyadh has been severely tested by the September 11 attacks on the United States and the prospect.. More

  • Negotiations between U.S. and European Union turn heated at World Summit

    Overnight discussion at the World Summit on a plan for tackling poverty and protecting the environment turned heated when the European Union proposed taking the contentious issues out of the hands of negotiators and sending them to top ministers to decide. Summit host South Africa said it was looking at the suggestion to send 14 issues, including new.. More

  • Pressure Grows on U.S. and Iraq Amid Fear of Strike

    HIGHLIGHTS: European Countries May Turn to UN for Cover to Fall Behind Washington's War on Iraq||'Why Should Iraq Allow UN Inspectors Back, If Washington Was to Attack Any Way?' Taha Yassin Ramadan||Iraqi Opposition to Elect Government-in-exile Next Month||Muslims on the Receiving End Everywhere, Musharraf||STORY: Muslim and European states kept up.. More

  • Israel issues warning to Syria, Lebanon following new border flare-up

    HIGHLIGHTS: The Most Serious Attack by Hezbollah since April 26, Occupation Army Spokesman||3 Israeli Occupation Soldiers Wounded in the Hezbollah Attack|| Palestinians Call off Talks after Four Killed by Tanks in Gaza|| Israel's "iron grip" will lead to "human catastrophe": UN|| EU Peace Plan Eyes Palestinian State Next Year|| STORY: Israel issued.. More

  • Egypt extends detention of Islamist movement founder

    Egypt's state security prosecutor decided to extend for 15 days the detention of one of the founders of the militant Islamist Jamaa Islamiya movement. The authorities renewed the detention of Salah Hashem, as well as that of Ali Radi, an alleged member of the movement, judicial sources said Thursday.The two were arrested in mid-June.The two Islamists.. More

  • Hamas vows to "escalate retaliation" following deadly Gaza shelling

    HIGHLIGHTS: Hamas & Jihad Urge Yahya to Cancel So-called Security Meeting with Ben-Eliezer||Report: Jewish Settlers May Move||Sharon's Office Says Settlement Evacuation Plan, if One Exists, Never Brought to Premier's Attention; Ministry of Defense Makes no Immediate Comment||STORY: Two Palestinian Resistance groups lambasted Israel for its overnight.. More

  • A Former Attorney General Urges Bush not to Attack Iraq, as Top Senate Republican Calls for Hearings on Administration Plans on Attack

    Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has urged President Bush not to attack Iraq, saying a military strike on Baghdad would be a "massive crime against all international law.""My message to President Bush is: we have absolutely no right to attack the people of Iraq. ... You shouldn't and must not do it," Clark told Reuters late on Wednesday night.Clark,.. More

  • Moroccan Suspect Charged in Germany with Links to 911 Hijackers

    Authorities in Germany have outlined charges against a Moroccan man accused of links with the 11 September terror attacks on the United States. ounir el-Motassadek is accused of belonging to a terrorist organisation and assisting in the murder of more than 3,000 people. German Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said Mr el-Motassadek, who is accused of being.. More

  • Four Killed in Israeli Raid on Gaza Strip

    HIGHLIGHTS: All Four From One Family Killed in The Second Israeli Raid on the Village Ijleen in as Many Days||So-called Arms Shipment Found to be one of Refrigerators||A Visiting U.S. Envoy Has No Plans to Meet Arafat||Occupation Forces Detain Hamas Chief in Hebron, Al-Khalil||Palestinian Police Presents Collaborator in Killing of Hamas Leader, Shehada||.. More

  • US Official Rejects Saudi Iraq Fears & London Considers Issuing Iraq an Ultimatum

    HIGHLIGHTS: Washington to Try Ousting Saddam Whether or not He Admits UN Weapons Inspectors, Un-named U.S. Official||Saddam Compared to Adolf Hitler, Bush to Winston Churchill, Rumsfeld||Saddam's Fate Should be Decided by his Own People, Say Arab Leaders|| STORY: A senior adviser to US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has poured scorn on Saudi opposition.. More

  • Saudi oil key to energy markets if U.S. attacks Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: There's Definitely a War Premium, Otherwise Oil Prices Would be in Mid-twenties, Oil Expert||For How Long Can Washington Keep Consumer Gasoline Prices Flat is a Million Dollar Question||How Far Would OPEC Ministerial Council be Affected by War Talk When it Convenes to Review Oil Prices?-Another Vexing Question||A dlrs 40 Oil Barrel Could.. More

  • Israel Postpones Security Talks with Palestinians

    Israel's defense minister called off talks set for Wednesday with the Palestinian interior minister on easing an Israel military clampdown, after mortar shells were fired into a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, postponed the meeting with Abdel-Razzek Yahya after what Israel called a "grave incident" overnight.. More

  • Iraq Says Ready for Dialogue but America Wants War

    Iraq said on Wednesday there was still room for a diplomatic solution to avert war with the United States, but that Baghdad had to prepare for conflict because Washington did not want a peaceful solution. "We believe that dialogue has not totally been cut off, but it is being blocked by American pressure," Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan told.. More