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  • Suspected killer of Lebanese soldiers handed over

    A gunman suspected for killing three Lebanese army intelligence agents was handed over to the armyfrom the Ain HelwePalestinian refugee camp where he had been holed up for five days, a Palestinian source said.The source said Lebanese Islamic leaders had handed the suspect, Badih Hamade, to Lebanese soldiers early Tuesday at the northern entrance of.. More

  • Powell Says Could See Arafat as Symbolic Leader

    HIGHLIGHTS: Quartet & Arabs Discuss Arafat & Reoccupation of Palestinian Cities & Towns By Israel||Israeli Occupation Forces Briefly Enter Jericho Arresting A Palestinian Police Officer|| STORY: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said before a meeting of Middle East peace envoys in New York on Tuesday he was willing to consider a plan retaining Yasser.. More

  • Rumsfeld Orders War Plan Update, Warns Iraq

    US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he had ordered an update of all US contingency war plans, including those outlining possible military action against Iraq. He also refused to give any details late Monday about the plans, even if President George W. Bush decided to bring about a regime change in Iraq through military means. (Read photo caption)"You.. More

  • Israel, Egypt Discuss Arafat's Fate Ahead of Quartet Meeting

    HIGHLIGHTS: Officials in Egypt, Israel & the U.S. Seek Compromise over Arafat's Role in Mideast Peace Making||'Arabs Feel Palestinian Crisis Over-spilling its Boundries', Says Israeli Official||Palestinians Receive Assurances From Mubarak over Arafat's Role in the Mideast Peace Process, Says Ereqat|| STORY: Israel pressed its campaign to take Yasser.. More

  • Israeli Troops Shut Down Palestinian Internet Centre

    Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the Ramallah offices of the main Palestinian Internet service provider, Palnet, shutting down its services to the West Bank and Gaza Strip and arresting six employees, a company manager told AFP. "The army raided our offices in Ramallah and arrested six employees without giving a reason," the manager, Samir Sabri,.. More

  • Iraqis Told to Prepare for War

    HIGHLIGHTS: Iraqi Parliament Supports Saddam & is to Send Delegations to Arab & Islamic Countries||An Iraqi Civilian Killed & Six Others Wounded in Fresh Anglo-American Air Attacks Against Iraq||Jordan Emphatically Denies Reports that its Territory Will Be Used as Launching Pad for Invading Iraq|| STORY: President Saddam Hussein's powerful elder son.. More

  • Ben-Eliezer Arrives in Alexandria for Talks with Mubarak

    Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer arrived in Alexandria Monday afternoon and was headed to a meeting with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, Israel Radio reports. Ben-Eliezer's visit follows that of Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg and Transport Minister Ephraim Sneh, both senior Labor Party leaders. On Friday, Mubarak said he was opening contacts.. More

  • Sheikh Omar Sentenced to Death for Pearl Murder

    A court in Pakistan sentenced British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death Monday for the kidnapping and murder of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl. Lawyers said Sheikh Omar, as he is better known, and three accomplices, who were also found guilty of the killing and were jailed for life, showed no emotion as each verdict and sentence was.. More

  • Turkey PM Faces Pressure to Resign

    Premier Bulent Ecevit said Monday he would step down if his economy minister is forced out. Minister Kemal Dervis offered his resignation last week, but was persuaded to stay on to avoid damaging Turkey's fragile economy and an International Monetary Fund-backed recovery program. Dervis has backed legislators who deserted Ecevit to form a new party... More

  • Israel Kills Two Palestinians & Claims Destroying an Explosives Factory in Gaza; Israeli Official to Meet Mubarak in Egypt

    HIGHLIGHTS: Resistance Kills Collaborator in Gaza||Israeli Cabinet Authorizes More Peres-Palestinian Talks||Baz Meets Israeli Transport Minister as Israel Steps up Diplomatic Drive to Oust Arafat|| STORY: Breaking a lull of several weeks, Israeli fighter jets were deployed over the Southern Gaza Strip on Sunday and fired missiles at a building, destroying.. More

  • Iraqi Officers Elect Military Council

    HIGHLIGHTS: Iraqi Opposition Groups Capitalise on US Commitment to Depose Saddam||Arabs Oppose Military Action Against Iraq||U.S. Rules Out Kurdish State in Iraq|| STORY: Exiled Iraqi army officers have elected a military council to work towards overthrowing President Saddam Hussein and establishing civilian rule. (Read photo caption)The council will.. More

  • Spain Won't Use Force Against Morocco

    Spain indicated Sunday that it would not use force to get Morocco to withdraw troops from an abandoned flyspeck island on the North African coast, despite its deployment of four warships nearby. Deputy Interior Minister Pedro Morenes flew into the area to reassert his country's claim to Perejil Island and seek support from allies in pressuring Morocco... More

  • Israeli Aircraft Hit Palestinian Target in Gaza

    Israeli aircraft fired at least one missile at a building in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses and security sources said. The target of the Israeli strike was not immediately clear. Some witnesses and security sources said it was a building housing security facilities and an office of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction... More

  • India Condemns Kashmir Raid as Toll Rises

    India Sunday condemned a raid in Kashmir by gunmen, some dressed as Hindu holy men, who killed 27 slum dwellers and the government said it would give its response Monday.After an emergency cabinet meeting, India sent Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani to the scene of the worst attack in disputed Kashmir since a May raid on an India army camp that.. More

  • Man Pulls Gun Near French President

    PARIS - Police arrested a man who pulled a rifle out of a guitar case as French President Jacques Chirac was inspecting troops Sunday during the annual Bastille Day military parade, police and witnesses said. Cries of alarm from the crowd lining the parade route apparently alerted police, and the gunman fired a single shot as he was wrestled to the.. More