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  • Blast shatters Moscow flats

    A big explosion has ripped through a block of flats in Moscow killing at least one person. Emergency workers say they fear up to 17 people could be trapped under the rubble on Akademik Korolyov Street near the Ostankino television tower. Emergency teams with sniffer dogs are frantically working to find survivors in the darkness. Officials say they believe.. More

  • Israeli Soldier Shot Dead in Gaza Attack

    HIGHLIGHTS: Occupation Army Kills Two Palestinians in Tulkarm Refugee Camp and in Southern Gaza Respectively||15 Palestinian Activists Arrested in Tulkarm Area; Two More Detained in Ramallah Area||Israeli Raids in the Hebron Area Continue||Palestinian Security Holds Man for Betraying Resistance Chiefs to Israel|| STORY: Two Palestinians and an Israeli.. More

  • Lab Said Linked to al-Qaida in Kurdish-Controlled Iraq

    Terrorists linked to al-Qaida may have tested biological weapons at a small facility in northern Iraq known to American intelligence, a U.S. official said Monday. U.S. intelligence agencies had reason to suspect that the facility, in a part of northern Iraq not controlled by President Saddam Hussein's government, was a kind of laboratory for chemical.. More

  • Afghans Find Bomb in Kabul Bazaar Near U.S. Embassy

    Afghan security officials said they had discovered a bomb on Tuesday in a crowded bazaar about a third of a mile from the U.S. embassy in Kabul. Intelligence officials said the device, consisting of several pounds of explosives packed into a gas container, was found at a shop in the bazaar on the main road between Kabul airport and the U.S. embassy... More

  • Israeli Troops Exit Bethlehem

    HIGHLIGHTS: Occupation Soldiers Kill a Teenager Near Jenin & Demolish a Building in Nablus||Palestinian Police Begin Patrolling Bethlehem Streets||CIA Plays Key Role in Working out Latest Agreement||Redeployment of Palestinian Police in Gaza to be Implemented in Stages||Israeli Settlers Join Palestinian Resistance Groups in Criticizing 'Gaza First'.. More

  • Russian Helicopter Crash Killed over 80 Troops

    More than 80 Russian soldiers died when a giant military helicopter crash-landed in Chechnya on Monday after a possible guerrilla attack, local media reported. The Mi-26 helicopter, packed with more than 130 troops, plunged around 600 feet into a minefield on the edge of its destination -- Russia's main Khankala military base which lies a short distance.. More

  • Sudan's president reshuffles Cabinet to include opposition party leader

    Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday, allowing members of a faction that split from a key opposition party to join his government. The official Sudan News Agency said el-Bashir issued a decree appointing Mubarak el-Fadel el-Mahdi as his assistant and Ali Hassan Taj Eddin to presidential adviser for African affairs. El-Mahdi.. More

  • Resistance Groups Reject Gaza-Bethlehem Deal with Israel

    HIGHLIGHTS: Curfew Lifted in Bethlehem||Withdrawal from Gaza & Bethlehem Expected within 48 Hours||Security Talks at Lower Military Level to Begin in Coming few Days||Occupation Troops Wound a Palestinian as they Re-enter West Bank City of Nablus & Arrest Another at the City's Balata Refugee Camp||Abu Nidhal, Leader of Breakaway Fatah Revolutionary.. More

  • Iraq's MPs back Saddam for president

    HIGHLIGHTS: Russia Plays Down Significance of Iraq Economic Deal||Bush's Republican Party Split over Attack on Iraq||Iraqi Press Urges Arabs to Unite & Repel U.S. Crusade|| STORY: The Iraqi parliament unanimously approved President Saddam Hussein's uncontested candidacy for another seven-year term which is to be put to a referendum set for October 15.In.. More

  • Israel, Palestinians Agree on Gaza-Bethlehem Plan

    HIGHLIGHTS: If Implemented, Agreement Could Pave Way For Ceasefire Ending 22 Months of Intifadha||Implementation Begins Monday||Agreement Makes No Specific Reference to Military Withdrawal But Occupation Army Speaks of More Talks at Lower Military Level||Hamas Slams Agreement But Says it Would Never Allow Palestinian National Unity Be Broken||Israeli.. More

  • Reparations Lawsuit against Saudi Financiers and Sudan Backfires with American Blacks Demanding Slavery Reparations & An Israeli Bus Company Riding the Wave

    The lawsuit brought by families of the Sep. 11 Victims appears to have backfired with America's African Blacks demanding slavery reparations and an Israeli Bus Company riding the wave. Several Saudi banks and Islamic charities named in a lawsuit by families of Sept. 11 victims vehemently denied Sunday any role in funding terrorism and blasted the case.. More

  • Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran and the UAE Oppose U.S. Attack on Iraq

    AT top level meetings in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia where Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz received Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Salih and in Tehran where King Hamad Ben Isa Al Khalifa made the first visit in decades by a Bahraini head of state to the Islamic Republic of Iran¸ Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain and Iran reiterated strong opposition to.. More

  • Israeli Defence Minister to Meet Palestinian Interior Minister

    HIGHLIGHTS: Meeting Still to be Confirmed by Israel||PLO Former Treasurer Accuses Arafat of Corruption||Palestinian Peace Moves Blocked by Internal Friction||Occupation Army Stepping up Demolition Policy||Sharon's Popularity Plummeting||Israelis Having Second Thoughts About Wisdom of Barghouti Trial|| STORY: Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer.. More

  • Sudan President Renews House Arrest of Turabi; Government Differences Blamed for Aborted Release

    Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir ordered the renewal of a house arrest order against his ousted right-hand man, Islamist ideologue Hassan al-Turabi, the official SUNA news agency reported. President Beshir, on the basis of Article 132 of the constitution and Article 15 of the Law on Emergency and Public Security of 1998, has taken an extraordinary.. More

  • Europe Faces Huge Costs as Floods Still Threaten

    HIGHLIGHTS: Leaders to Meet in Berlin to Discuss Cost of Destruction Wrought Across the Region||91 Killed, Tens of Thousands Evacuated & Many Lose their Homes||Museums & Opera Houses Forced to Close & May Need Extensive Repairs||Czech Republic Witnesses Largest Post-war Evacuation|| STORY: Record floods threatened a string of historic towns on Sunday.. More