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Argentine Pres. Swears in Cabinet

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina's new president reached into the ranks of both big business and his Peronist Party for a crisis cabinet Thursday in preparation for an expected devaluation to stave off economic collapse. The new leadership took shape amid reports the government was officially in default for the first time - missing a 28 million.. More

3144 04/06/2001
UN Agrees Anti-Racism Plan

NEW YORK, (BBC)- After months of wrangling, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says agreement has finally been reached on a document setting out the terms for global action against racism and xenophobia. Publication of the document was delayed by a dispute over whether several paragraphs referring to slavery and the slave trade should.. More

3145 04/06/2001
U.S. Mideast Envoy in the Region Thursday

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Washington's new Middle East troubleshooter was to return to the region on Thursday to try and rescue Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, only weeks after ending his first visit as violence raged. Envoy Anthony Zinni aims to bring about a lasting cease-fire, encourage a Palestinian crackdown on militants and discuss.. More

3124 03/06/2001
U.S. Raid Kills 100 Afghans Stirring Tensions Within the Karzai Administration

QALAYE NIAZI, Afghanistan)/KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. warplanes killed over 100 people in a weekend raid in eastern Afghanistan, villagers said Monday as Afghan and British officials initialed a deal on an international security force. Witnesses said at least one U.S. fighter jet, a B-52 bomber and two helicopters had swooped early Sunday.. More

3093 03/06/2001
World Ushers in 2002 Amid Worries

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Revelers thronged the streets of major world cities from Bangkok to Paris early Tuesday, welcoming a New Year they hope will usher in greater security and an end to 2001's economic woes. In Europe, where cold weather left many late-night party goers shivering, 12 countries used midnight to adopt the euro as their.. More

3094 03/06/2001
Argentina Names Provisional Leader

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A congressional leader took over as the fourth president in two weeks Monday as Argentina struggled with a deep economic and political crisis. Tempers flared earlier as angry Argentines lined up at banks and riot police cordoned off Government Palace. House leader Eduardo Camano - who was likely to lead the executive.. More

3095 03/06/2001
Euro Now Legal Tender in 12 Nations

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - More than 300 million Europeans began swapping their old currencies for the euro at midnight Monday in the most ambitious currency changeover in history, one which the euro's architects hope will help realize dreams of a united Europe. As firework displays ushered in the euro from Paris to Athens, Rome to Madrid, curiosity.. More

3097 03/06/2001
Zambia to Declare New President, Protests Planned

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia was set to declare the winner of cliffhanger presidential elections on Tuesday, while opposition leaders prepared for a mass protest against alleged ballot-rigging. Certified results from the Electoral Commission late on Monday showed Levy Mwanawasa, President Frederick Chiluba's chosen heir, extending his narrow lead over.. More

3101 03/06/2001
India Non-Committal on Peace Talks with Pakistan

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India's foreign minister, Jaswant Singh, said Tuesday he had had no confirmation on whether he would meet his Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar, this week for talks on ending a tense standoff between the nuclear powers when both attend a South Asian regional meeting in Nepal on January 4-6. But a source.. More

3108 03/06/2001
Gulf Arab leaders sign up for economic union, expand defense force

MUSCAT, Oman, (Islamweb & News Agencies) Leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) took a major step toward economic union and signed an agreement based on joint customs tariffs in 2003 and a single market and currency by 2010.(Read photo caption below) The GCC states also decided to increase their joint defence force to 20,000 men and.. More

3091 03/06/2001
First sign of progress in resolving India-Pakistan crisis

India hinted at a possible breakthrough in its military stand-off with Pakistan, as it welcomed Islamabad's arrest of a top militant leader blamed for the recent attack on the parliament in New Delhi. "If this information is correct, this is certainly a step forward in the right direction," Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters after a meeting.. More

3092 03/06/2001
Israel Kills Six Palestinians, Despite Reported Relative Calm

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel's right-wing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were to discuss peacekeeping options on Monday after the killing of six Palestinians disrupted two weeks of relative calm. Israeli occupation sources said the two would discuss cease-fire negotiations that Peres has held with.. More

3083 02/06/2001
Pakistan Holds Militant, As India Reports Border Death

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Pakistan has detained a second militant leader opposed to India's rule in Kashmir as the nuclear-armed neighbors stage their biggest military buildup in almost 15 years. With India's cabinet security committee due to meet on Monday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted Indian Defense Minister George.. More

3084 02/06/2001
U.S. Bombing Kills 15 in East Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. bombing over the past two days killed at least 15 people in eastern Afghanistan where an apparently mistaken bombing killed 65 people earlier this month, an Afghan news service said Sunday. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) quoted travelers arriving at the Pakistani border town of Miranshah as.. More

3085 02/06/2001
At Least 264 Killed in Lima Fireworks Blaze

LIMA (Reuters) - The death toll from an inferno in central Lima sparked by fireworks being sold ahead of New Year's Eve rose to 264 people on Sunday and could easily reach 300, a city official said.The blaze in a busy shopping district erupted on Saturday night but rescue workers were still finding corpses on Sunday afternoon, some of victims who had.. More

3087 02/06/2001

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