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  • Top Officials to Meet on Mideast

    HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. Adamant Arafat Should Step Aside||Annan Brands Israel's Actions in the Occupied Territories Illegal||King Abdallah II in Moscow||Israeli Government Adopts Proposal to Keep Some Rural Communities for Jews Only|| STORY: U.S.Secretary of State Colin Powell is setting up Mideast talks with top U.N., European and Russian officials in a bid.. More

  • Pakistanis Confess to U.S. Consulate Blast

    HIGHLIGHTS: Pair Says Originally Planned to Assassinate Musharraf||Pair Attacked Fast Food Chains||Pair Members of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Almi Organization,|| STORY:Two Pakistanis allegedly linked to Afghanistan's Taliban admitted Monday that they were behind last month's car bomb attack on the U.S. consulate in Karachi as well as a string of other.. More

  • Muslim scholars, jurists visiting U.S.

    A group of Muslim scholars and jurists is visiting the United States to promote better understanding and cooperation with government officials and nongovernment organizations, its leader said Monday. Abdullah bin Abdul Mohsin al-Turki, secretary general of the Muslim World League, said the Sept. 11 attacks have aroused fear and mistrust between Muslim.. More

  • Israeli, Palestinian Officials Meet

    HIGHLIGHTS: Meeting First of A Series of Sessions to be Held||Talks Focus on Easing Burdens faced by Palestinians living West Bank Cities and towns under Israeli Occupation||Since Reoccupation Of Palestinian Population Centres More than 30 Palestinians have been killed, but no Israelis|| STORY: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met with Palestinian.. More

  • Mass Cabinet Resignations in Turkey

    HIGHLIGHTS: A Blow to Ecevit's Push to Stay in Power Despite Ill Health||Resignations Come a Day After Key Governmen Leader Calls for Early Elections||Opposition Now Largest Party in Parliament|| STORY:Turkey's coalition government was on the verge of collapse Monday when three ministers, including deputy premier Husamettin Ozkan, resigned a day after.. More

  • Africa Buries OAU; U.N. Chief Sounds Warning

    HIGHLIGHTS: Annan Warns Leaders of Complacency||Unlike OAU, AU Will Have Right to Intervene in Cases of War Crimes||However, Zimbabwe Excluded From Agenda|| STORY: African leaders buried their Organization of African Unity (OAU) Monday but were warned against complacency by United Nations chief Kofi Annans they prepared to set up the ambitious African.. More

  • Arafat Reportedly Fires West Bank Intelligence Chief, Tirawi; Cairo & Tel Aviv Agree on Principles of Reforming PA But Not on Implementation

    HIGHLIGHTS: Conflicting Reports on Tirawi's Sacking||Palestinian Security Sources Say Manasreh's Appointment as Replacement of Rajoub May be Frozen||Egypt Worried that Disarray within PA Could lead to Instability in the Region||More Palestinian Security Officers in Line to be Axed||Powell's Visit to the Region in Doubt Unless He Meets Arafat|| STORY:.. More

  • Thousands Mourn Slain Afghan Vice President

    Thousands of Afghans mourned assassinated Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir Sunday and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai vowed to track down the killers. Qadir's coffin, draped in flower-strewn velvet and flanked by two Afghan flags, was followed into the gold and white Eid Gha mosque by Karzai and former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, both wearing traditional.. More

  • AIDS Conference Opens Amid Controversy

    Activists and officials united in calling for cheap, life-savings drugs to be made available to fight AIDS in poor countries as the world's biggest conference on the disease opened amid controversy on Sunday. A protest overshadowed the opening ceremony of the Barcelona international AIDS conference as AIDS activists kept up a chorus of jeers and whistles.. More

  • African Leaders Meet to Launch African Union

    HIGHLIGHTS: AU to Emphasize Improved Governance & Economic Growth|| Obasanjo Briefs Leaders on New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)||Leaders Talk About Differences & How They Want the AU to Evolve||Draft Agenda Excludes Zimbabwe||Annan in Durban for AU Launch||OAU's Decision on Madagascar to be Reviewed|| STORY: African leaders held informal.. More

  • 'Observer': Britain Breaks Own Arms Embargo to Israel

    HIGHLIGHTS: Downing Street Well Aware Planes Could Be Used for Aggressive Acts inOccupied Territories||Jack Straw to Make a Statement to Clarify Government Position||Government in Breach of Election Promise||Government Facing Criticism for Change of Rules|| STORY: Britain is breaking its own embargo on arms sales to Israel by selling military components.. More

  • A Resistance Attack on an Internationally Illegal Settlement in Gaza Strip Thwarted By Israeli Occupation Troops

    UPDATED|| HIGHLIGHTS: Two Attackers Surrender- One Wounded||Sharon Sets Limits on Peres Meetings With New Palestinian Ministers||Egyptian Intelligence Chief Holds Meetings in Israel||French Foreign Minister Calls For Creation of a Democratic Palestinian State|| Cherie Blair to Host Reception to Aid Israel's So-called 'Terror Victims'|| STORY: Occupation.. More

  • Annan Puts Off Date for New Arms Talks with Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: Contacts Between the Two Sides Will Be Limited to Technical Matters for the Time Being ||Annan Says Not in a Position to Answer Iraq's Political Questions||Fears Iraq is Trying to Drag Diplomatic Maneuvering Offering Progress on Some Issues, But Not Moving on Inspectors' Question|| STORY: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan deliberately.. More

  • Afghan Government Probes Qadir's Assassination

    HIGHLIGHTS: Assassinated Leader to be Buried in Ancestral Home, Eastern City of Jalalabad||Washington & Kabul Coordinating Investigation Effort||Attack Could've been Taliban-inspired Say Political Observers|| STORY: Afghan President Hamid Karzai launched an investigation into the assassination of one of his three vice presidents, Haji Abdul Qadir, as.. More

  • Palestinian Security Chiefs Reject Arafat Nominee

    HIGHLIGHTS: Protest Directed at Ouster as well as Replacement by a Political Appointment||Dahlan's Removal Paves Way to Streamline PA's Nine security Services into 4 Well-defined forces Under New Interior Minister||Egyptian Officials Expected for Talks in Ramallah Sunday||French Foreign Minister in Syria, on 2nd Leg of a Mideast Tour||Calls for Revenge.. More