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  • Iran's Khatami Lashes United States for Promoting War

    HIGHLIGHTS: "Iran would have no problem with the United States if it tones down its hostile rhetoric, " Khatami||Khatami Receives a Warm Welcome in Malaysia||Washington Accused of Meddling in Iranian Affairs||Khatami Opposes any Attack against Iraq & Describes the Israeli Government as Being the Most Supressive & Cruel Government in the World|| STORY:.. More

  • Iraq: U.S. Raid Kills 1, Injures 22

    HIGHLIGHTS:Americans Describe Attack as 'an act of self defense'||Annan Rejects New Talks with Iraq||Saddam plans Mid-October Referendum|| STORY:U.S.-led airstrikes in southern Iraq early Tuesday killed an Iraqi civilian and injured 22 others, an Iraqi military spokesman said.U.S. and British warplanes attacked "residential areas" in the al-Qadissiya.. More

  • Israelis Criticized Over Strike

    HIGHLIGHTS: A Crime against International Law and Unworthy of a Democracy Like Israel! Says EU Official||Saud Al-Faisal: a "horrible act" with "no ethical, moral or even military justification."||The Timing of the Massacre Raises Doubts About Israel's Intentions Specially as Serious Inter-Palestinian Discussions Have Been Underway to Put an End to Resistance.. More

  • Kashmir Group Urges Powell to Support Independence

    HIGHLIGHTS: Powell Expected in Region Later this Week|| JKLF Wants to Reunite all of the Jammu Kashmir state and Make it a Fully Independent Country||Group Calls for an International Committee to be Formed to Steer Region Towards Independence in 15 Years|| STORY: A nationalist Kashmiri group called on U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday.. More

  • 12 Killed as Rivals Battle in West Afghan Town

    HIGHLIGTS: Fighting Between Ethnic Pashtun and Tajik Began in Western Province of Heart Monday||Ceasefire Reportedly Brokered||Battle Underlines Afghanistan's Continued Vulnerability to In-fighting|| STORY: At least 12 people have been killed in clashes between rival Afghan factions fighting for control of the Sheen Dend district in the western province.. More

  • Israel Massacres Women & Children in a Supposedly Targeted Attack against a Hamas Resistance Leader in Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTS: Confusion Surrounds Fate of Attack Target, Salah Shehada of the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades||UN Blasts Israel over Civilian Deaths||Ereqat Describes Attack as 'Despicable War Crime'||Hamas Threatens Revenge|| STORY: Israel killed 11 people, including eight children, in an air strike on the home of the leader of the military wing of the.. More

  • Morocco, Spain to Continue Islet Talks

    Morocco and Spain agreed to a "frank and sincere dialogue" and will meet again in September to discuss their competing claims to a tiny Mediterranean island that ignited a 10-day military standoff, the Moroccan foreign ministry said Monday. Two days after Spain withdrew its forces, both countries maintained their claims to the island, according to a.. More

  • UN Warns of Thousands of Deaths from U.S. Fund Cut

    The head of the U.N. Population Fund warned on Monday that a U.S. decision to withhold 34 million U.S. dollars from her agency's budget would cost the lives of tens of thousands of poor women and children. The George W. Bush administration decided to scrap this year's payment to the U.N. agency, known by the acronym UNFPA, after accusing it of indirectly.. More

  • Israel Releasing Withheld Palestinian Funds & Lifting Shutdown of Nusseibah's Office in Jerusalem

    Israel said Monday it had released some tax receipts owed to Palestinians for the first time since shortly after a Palestinian uprising flared in 2000 and more could be transferred if the funds are not misused. The gesture, together with a government decision to lift a much-criticized shutdown of an eminent Palestinian moderate's offices, could precede.. More

  • Mubarak Criticizes Israeli Policies

    Israel's demands for a new Palestinian leader and its occupation of Palestinian territories will only fuel violence and extremism, Egypt's president said Monday. Hosni Mubarak's warning to Israel came during a speech at a Cairo military academy marking the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled Egypt's British-backed monarchy. "Israel will gain nothing.. More

  • Morocco, Spain Start Talks on Disputed Islet

    The Moroccan and Spanish foreign ministers met for the first time Monday to discuss a disputed Mediterranean islet, after a U.S.-brokered deal over the weekend prompted Spain to withdraw its troops from Perejil island. The talks between Mohamed Benaissa and Ana Palacio were expected to dwell only on the status of the uninhabited tiny island at the center.. More

  • Two Palestinian Resistance Men Reported Killed During an Attack on an Israeli Settlement in Southern Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTS: Aqsa Brigades Threatens Relatives of Israeli leaders||Israel Backtracks on Deportation of Kin & Agrees to Release Tax Revenue Withheld from PA||Israel Reportedly Promises to Withdraw from Two Palestinian Cities||A Bomb Explodes Near an Occupation Army Patrol in Nablus|| STORY: Two Resistance men were killed when occupation army soldiers.. More

  • Spain, Morocco Start Crucial Talks After Islet Row

    The foreign ministers of Spain and Morocco meet face to face on Monday to try to consolidate a weekend truce brokered by the United States over the islet of Perejil. Spain's Ana Palacio will travel to the Moroccan capital Rabat for talks with Mohamed Benaissa that should provide an opportunity for both sides to end the bitterness which culminated in.. More

  • WorldCom Files For Bankruptcy

    The scandal-hit telecoms giant, WorldCom, has applied for bankruptcy protection in the largest case of insolvency in US corporate history. The company, which has 85,000 employees and operates in 65 countries, has buckled under the pressure of massive scandal over a 3.85 billion U.S. dollarsaccounting fraud which made the company look profitable when.. More

  • Israeli Train Attacked After High-Level Talks

    A bomb planted under an Israeli passenger train wounded its driver Sunday in an attack that clouded prospects for easing Israeli restrictions on Palestinians under curfew in seven reoccupied West Bank cities. The blast, which police called a terror attack, occurred only hours after Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told Palestinian leaders that Palestinian.. More