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  • Evidence KGB & Not Chechen Fighters Engineered 1999 Deadly Bombings in Russia

    A former Russian security agent offered evidence Thursday meant to support his claim that the KGB's successor, not Chechen fighters, engineered a series of deadly bombings that thrust Russia into a new war in Chechnya in 1999. In a video link with Britain, where he fled two years ago, Alexander Litvinenko said he received the evidence in a statement.. More

  • Pentagon Asks FBI to Probe News Leak

    The Pentagon has asked the FBI to help investigate who leaked a highly classified planning document involving Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. The FBI has not decided whether to join in the leak investigation, Rumsfeld said, adding he would encourage the FBI to get involved. Rumsfeld ordered the Air Force's Office of Special.. More

  • Israeli Tanks Enter al-Zeitun Village in Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTS3 Palestinians Wounded in Clashes with Occupation Troops||Arab Envoys Put Off Anti-Israeli UN Resolution||PA Urges Arab League Countries to Make Good Their Pledges of Financial Aid|| STORY: Three Palestinians were wounded, two seriously, after Israeli tanks and bulldozers pushed their way into a Palestinian village in the central Gaza Strip.. More

  • Mubarak Calls Attack on Gaza `Abominable'

    HIGHLIGHTS: Attack an Act of Sabotage, Says Mubarak||Mubarak & Chirac Discuss Iraq & Sudan||Mubarak Now in Spain, is to Meet Prime Minister Aznar & King Juan Carlos Later Friday|| STORY: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday condemned an Israel air strike that killed 15 people in Gaza City, most of them children as "abominable," and accused Israel's.. More

  • Blair: Iraq Decision Not Imminent

    HIGHLIGHTS: Blair Refuses to Promise to Seek Parliament's Approval for Any Strikes Against Iraq||British Legislators Complain of Inadequate Consultation Before Joining U.S.-led Campaign Against Afghanistan||Press Criticizes Blair's Government Use of"spin control" on Controversial Issues|| STORY: Facing strong domestic opposition to possible military.. More

  • Israel Braces for Retaliation; UN Security Council About to Take Decision on Gaza Massacre

    HIGHLIGHTS: Al-Aqsa Brigades Claims Responsibility for Killing an Israeli Settler & Wounding Another Near Qalqilya||Condemning Israel for the Gaza Massacre, UN Security Council Prepares to Take a decision||Arafat to Appoint Prime Minister||Mubarak set to Discuss Middle East with Chirac|| STORY: Suspected Palestinian Palestinian resistance men shot and.. More

  • Ten Hurt in Kashmir Grenade Attack

    At least 10 people were wounded in Kashmir on Thursday when suspected nationalist fighters hurled a grenade at a crowded crossing, the fourth such attack in the past 24 hours, police said.The latest attack came ahead of a visit to India and Pakistan this weekend by Secretary of State Colin Powell, aimed at calming tensions between the nuclear rivals.. More

  • South Asia Floods Kill 254

    Rain-swollen rivers burst their banks across South Asia on Thursday, flooding more villages and raising the death toll to 254 in Bangladesh, Nepal and India. More than 4 million were homeless or stranded. Floods gripped a third of Bangladesh, where nearly 3 million people remained stranded in their swamped villages, the Relief Ministry said in a preliminary.. More

  • Israel Braces for Palestinian Resistance Revenge Attacks As PA Demands UN Security Council Treat Attack on Gaza as a 'War Crime'

    HIGHLIGHTS: An Israeli Settler Killed and Another Seriously Wounded in Northern West Bank||Hamas Orders Its Cells and Activists to Unleash a Sea of Blood against Israel||PA UN Representative Says Israel's Crime Falls within Jurisdiction of International Criminal Court||Arab UN Ambassadors Circulate Draft Resolution Demanding Israel's Withdrawal from.. More

  • Annan Puts Burden of More Arms Talks on Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: Annan's Position Apparently Closes Door on Diplomatic Solution||Iraq Wants Talks to Lead to End of Sanctions, End of U.S. Threats of 'Regime Change' and End on 'No-fly Zones'||UN Chief Wants Return of UN Inspectors First|| STORY: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan threw the ball back into Iraq's court on whether to have further talks on arms.. More

  • U.S. Defeated in Bid to Block UN Anti-Torture Pact

    HIGHLIGHTS: American Plan Tantamount to Killing the Measure After 10 Years of Drafting||UN General Assembly Takes up Treaty Later This Year||U.S. Envoy Says Treaty Incompatible with U.S. Law||U.S. Embarrassed by Widespread Criticism of its Treatment of Guantanamo Bay Prisoners||STORY: The United States on Wednesday lost a bid to block a draft anti-torture.. More

  • Israelis No Longer Proud of the Carnage in Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTS: Peres Says It Was a Mistake that Shall be Investigated||Israel's President Says Politicians Must be Held Responsible for the Carnage||Even Sharon Who Earlier Was So Proud of Spilling Children's Blood Now Says If Israel Had Known, Another Way Would Have Been Found to Kill Shehada||However, Not Even the 'Jerusalem Post' Could Swallow the Unpalatable.. More

  • Four Die, 30 Hurt in Nationalist Attacks in Indian-ruled Kashmir

    A teenaged girl and three Indian security troops were killed and 30 others wounded in attacks by Kashmiri nationalists fightin Indian-rul across Kashmir. The report by Indiapolice on Wednesday comesahead of a visit by the U.S. secretary of state to India and Pakistan. Colin Powell is due to arrive this weekend to calm tensions between the nuclear-armed.. More

  • Saudi Arabia Refuses to Allow Official Visit by Qatari FM

    Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani implicitly acknowledged on Tuesday that a "misunderstanding" had put Doha at odds with neighboring Saudi Arabia. However, he emphasized that he was keen to patch up relations."Qatar wants to have good relations with all member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and above all Saudi Arabia,.. More

  • Worldwide Condemnation of Israel's Massacre in Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTSHamas Vows Revenge||Bush at last Joins other World Leaders in Condemning the Massacre||Sharon Proud of his Crime||A One-ton Bomb Used in the Attack||An Arafat-Hamas Deal in the Making to Stop Bombings against Israeli Civilians Sabotaged by the Massacre|| STORY: Holding up the flag-wrapped body of a 2-month-old girl, tens of thousands of Palestinians.. More