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Bin Laden at Afghan Border, Officials Tell Paper

U.S. commanders appear to have concluded that Osama bin Ladenis moving among mountain hideouts along a 250-mile stretch of the border between Afghanistanand Pakistan, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The newspaper cites some American officers as saying the assumption driving the manhunt is that the al Qaeda leader and his top lieutenant, Ayman.. More

27097 28/08/2002
Israeli Assault in Gaza Further Overshadows Security Plan

HIGHLIGHTS: Resistance Men Waiting on the Periphery of Gaza City for any Further Israeli Advance||Yahya Pledges Proper Policing in Areas with Restored Self-Rule||Despite Grave Doubts, Ben-Eliezer Pleased with Progress in Implementation of so-called 'Gaza-Bethlehem First' Security Plan||Israel Detains PFLP & Hamas Leaders in Ramallah, Nablus & Hebron,.. More

27089 28/08/2002
U.S. in Two Minds about U.N. Inspectors' Return to Baghdad

HIGHLIGHTS: Both U.S. & Iraq Skeptical about Return of UN Inspectors to Baghdad||Using Force Would not Help Solve the Iraqi Issue, Says China||Iraq Won't Allow Inspectors' Return without a Price|| STORY: The United States still wants U.N. inspectors to return to Iraq but only if they have "unfettered and unconditional access" to search any sites they.. More

27083 28/08/2002
Iraq Defiant, Arabs Alarmed by New U.S. War Talk

HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. Planes Attack Mousil||Saddam Tells Qatari Foreign Minister Baghdad Has Fulfilled its UN Obligations||Mubarak Warns of Mideast Chaos if Iraq is Attacked||Bush Pledges to Consult with Saudi Arabia as He Approaches a Decision on Military action||Return of UN Inspectors Futile, if Washington Attacks, Says Ramadan|| STORY: Renewed U.S. talk.. More

27077 28/08/2002
Israel to Partially Ease Bethlehem Closure

The Israeli occupation army said on Tuesday it would relax restrictions on some Palestinians entering Israel from Bethlehem after "relative quiet" took hold in the West Bank city under a new security plan. The United States urged the Israelis and Palestinians to renew efforts to revive the stalled Gaza-Bethlehem plan, which has been seen as a test case.. More

27066 27/08/2002
Iraq Mounts Diplomatic Drive for Arab Support

Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan arrived in Syria on Tuesday seeking to build diplomatic defenses against the threat of U.S. attack, as the United States stepped up its war talk against Baghdad. U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney on Monday laid out the case for pre-emptive action against Iraq citing mortal danger to the United States. He warned.. More

27065 27/08/2002
U.S. envoy leaves China with positive mood set for summit

A U.S. envoy left China for Japan on Tuesday, having set the scene for an October Sino-U.S. summit by clearing the air on Taiwan and announcing the addition of a Chinese separatist group to Washington's terrorism blacklist. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, whose trip coincided with a Chinese sweetener on missile exports, said earlier.. More

27064 27/08/2002
Seven Israeli Arabs Arrested as Doubts About Truce Grow

HIGHLIGHTS: Hamas Leader of the Jenin Region, Abu el-Heijah, Detained||Prolonged Conflict Corrupting Jewish Culture, Says Chief Rabbi in Britain||U.S. Backs Truce Plan|| STORY: Israeli occupation forces said they had arrested a group of Israeli Arabs accused of helping a Palestinian bomber blow up a bus and Washington urged renewed efforts to revive.. More

27040 27/08/2002
Qatar Minister in Iraq to Discuss Arms Inspections

Qatar's foreign minister arrived in Iraq Monday for talks to try and persuade Baghdad to resume U.N. weapons inspections. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani's state visit was the first by a Gulf Arab foreign minister to Iraq in at least four years and would focus on arms inspections as a key to averting a potential U.S. attack on Iraq. "We will.. More

27038 27/08/2002
Cheney Presses Case for Iraq Action

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney warned Monday that the United States could face devastating consequences from any delay in acting to remove Saddam Hussein as president of Iraq. Lawmakers urged President Bush to get their support before any invasion, even though White House advisers say congressional assent is not legally required. Cheney's remarks were.. More

27037 27/08/2002
Israel Raids Jenin Camp, Reaffirms Security Deal

Israeli troops swept into Jenin refugee camp Monday and hunted house-by-house for Palestinian militants, witnesses said, as Israel's defense chief insisted a security deal meant to ease violence remained intact. The so-called "Gaza-Bethlehem First" arrangement, in which Israeli forces vacated Bethlehem last week, is viewed as a test for a wider withdrawal.. More

27033 26/08/2002
U.S. Envoy in China Talks, Missile Rules a Boon

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage held talks with officials in Beijing on Monday, buoyed by China's publications of rules tightening controls on missile-related exports, a key sticking point in relations. Just hours after Armitage arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday to prepare for a Sino-U.S. summit in October, Beijing published the.. More

27032 26/08/2002
Arab League Slams Israel Support for Iraq Strike

Arab League chief Amr Moussa blasted Israel's support for a possible U.S. military strike on Iraq, saying it cast doubt on what Washington was trying to gain by such an attack. "Israel's comments on any attack on Iraq add a dangerous dimension to any such move by the United States," Secretary General Moussa told the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite.. More

27031 26/08/2002
Palestinian teenager injured in Gaza Strip

HIGHLIGHTS: Palestinians Target Occupation Army Position with Anti-tank Missiles||Israel Rules out Hebron Pull-back as Occupation Army Continues Sweep of West Bank||PFLP Hebron Leader Detained||Palestinian Meetings to Decide the Future of the 'Intifadha' Resume in Gaza|| STORY:A Palestinian teenager was wounded by Israeli fire Sunday in the Gaza Strip,.. More

26998 26/08/2002
Iraq Says 8 Killed, 9 Hurt in Attack on South

Eight people were killed and nine wounded Sunday when Western coalition planes bombed targets in southern Iraq, an Iraqi military spokesman said. Britain and the United States said coalition planes attacked Iraqi radar after aircraft had come under threat. A British Defense Ministry spokesman declined to say whether British or U.S. aircraft were involved.. More

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