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  • Israel Defends Closing Palestinian Office

    HIGHLIGHTS: Nusseibeh Denies Claims by Top Israeli Officials that Office Was Used to Advance Palestinian Interests in Jerusalem||Occupation Army Arrests Arafat's Chief Body Guard|| Israel's New Army Chief Opposes Expulsion of Arafat||Israel to Put Barghouti on Trial|| STORY: Israel defended on Thursday its decision to close the office of a moderate.. More

  • Turkey's Economy Minister Resigns

    HIGHLIGHTS: Dervis' Resignation Comes Within Hours of Cem's||There's Speculation that Two Men & Ozkan May Form New Centerist Party||Crisis Unleashed by Coalition Partner Nationalist Action Party by Calling for Early Elections in November|| STORY: Turkish Economy Minister Kemal Dervis was reported by NTV and other television stations to have resigned.. More

  • Warlords Could Seize Control in Afghanistan -UN

    HIGHLIGHTS: UN Statement Made at a 15-Donor Countries Meeting in Geneva||Afghan Minister: Reformists in Afghanistan Face Environment of Risk||Kabul Wants ISAF Mandate Extended|| STORY: Afghanistan could slide back under the control of warlords if it fails to receive the aid it urgently needs, a top U.N. official said on Thursday. Kenzo Oshima, U.N... More

  • Mideast Quartet, Lenders Meet in London to Discuss Palestinian Aid

    HIGHLIGHTS:Quartet to Meet in New York Next week||Arafat to Appoint Dahlan National Security Adviser||Palestinian Mortars Hit an Internationally Illegal Israeli Settlement in Gaza||Israeli Occupation Army Officers Press Superiors for Partial Withdrawal from West Bank||White House Criticizes Israel Over Closure of Jerusalem University||STORY: Representatives.. More

  • Iraq is ready to keep alive UN dialogue: FM

    HIGHLIGHTS: Iraq is Waiting for Annan to Make Next Move|| Iraq Accuses Blix of Blocking Last Round of Vienna Talks at the Behest of Washington||New York Times: Jordan Being Considered as Potential Base for Attack on Iraq|| STORY: Iraq wants to keep alive its talks with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, which broke down last week over the resumption of.. More

  • US Under Fire, Tries New Proposals on Global Court

    HIGHLIGHTS: New Proposal Drops Demand for Automatic Immunity from ICC Jurisdiction Every 12 Months||Members to Send Draft Proposal to their capitals||France Opposes Proposal But Would Abstein Rather than Use Veto Power to Kill it|| STORY:Under attack from its allies, the United States late on Wednesday introduced a new compromise proposal that would.. More

  • Israeli, Palestinian killed as both sides pursue dialogue

    An Israeli officer and a Palestinian teenager were killed in separate clashes despite a lull in violence that has raised hopes for reviving peace talks.The violence came amid efforts to keep incipient Palestinian-Israeli talks on track and inter-Arab consultations ahead of an international gathering next week on the Middle East crisis. The meeting in.. More

  • Saudi FM in lightning consultations with Egypt, Syria, Jordan

    Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made a whirlwind tour of Egypt, Syria and Jordan as he pressed on with inter-Arab consultations ahead of key talks on the Middle East crisis.On his arrival here Prince Saud went straight into talks with King Abdullah II, Jordanian officials said Wednesday.Earlier in Damascus he met President Bashar al-Assad to discuss.. More

  • Islamabad Plans Elections for October 10; US Spy Plane Crashes in Pakistan

    Pakistan's military government will hold parliamentary elections on October 10, state television reported on Wednesday. It said the elections for the National Assembly (lower house), the Senate (upper house) and the four provincial assemblies would be held on the same day. The announcement came after President Pervez Musharraf chaired a meeting of.. More

  • Israelis, Palestinians Discuss Easing Living Conditions on Besieged Palestinian Population

    HIGHLIGHTS: No Breakthroughs But Two Sides Emphasize Importance of Keeping the Talks Going||Bush Calls Israeli & Saudi Leaders||Israel Agrees to Unfreeze Funding it Owes to the Palestinian Authority||400 American Jews Immigrate to Israel||A So-called New Palestinian Movement Calls for a Confederation with Israel|| STORY: Israelis and Palestinians voiced.. More

  • Al Qaeda to Hit U.S., Jewish Targets Soon

    HIGHLIGHTS: An Algerian Daily Receives E-Mail Taped Answers to Questions Sent to Al-Qaeda Internet Web Site||Bu Ghaith Says Attacks Will Include "Afghanistan's Puppet Regime"||According to Source, Bin Laden & Mullah Omar Alive & Going About Their Work|| STORY: The al Qaeda network will strike U.S. targets in America and around the world soon, an al.. More

  • South Africa Takes Chairmanship of New Pan-African Body

    HIGHLIGHTS: Amendments to AU Founding Charter to be Discussed at Extra-ordinary Summit||Top-level Talks Held on Sidelines of Durban Summit to Try to Resolve Many-sided War in Democratic Republic of Congo|| Amara Essy, OAU Outgoing Secretary General Appointed Interim chairman of AU Commission|| STORY:South Africa took command of Africa's new political.. More

  • Israel Swears in Another Occupation Army Chief

    HIGHLIGHTS: New Army Chief to Continue Aggression Line of Predecessors||Palestinian Passer-by Killed in A Shootout Between Resistance Man & Occupation Troops in Jerusalem||Islamic Jihad Resistance Leader Killed Near Jenin||More Than 20 Palestinian Resistance Activists Arrested Near Ramallah|| STORY: Israel swore in a new occupation army chief of staff.. More

  • Iraq Accuses U.N. Arms Chief of Thwarting Talks

    Iraq on Tuesday accused the United Nations' chief weapons inspector of bowing to U.S. pressure and scuppering talks on the return of arms experts to Baghdad. "It was very clear that America pushed the head of the inspection team, Mr. Hans Blix, to obstruct discussions and hinder a joint agreement," Foreign Minister Naji Sabri told reporters after returning.. More

  • India, Pakistan Exchange Fire in Kashmir, One Dead

    An Indian soldier was killed when Pakistani troops fired artillery shells across a military control line that divides the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, Indian police said Tuesday. Cross-border firing between the two South Asian rivals, stepped up last month, has lessened following an easing of tensions after intense international diplomatic.. More