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  • US Planes Bomb Northern Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: USBritish Planes Attack Iraqi Air Defenses, U.S. Officials. USBritish Planes Attack Civilian Facilities, Iraq News Agency. No Mention of Casualties. STORYU.S. and British planes patrolling a no-fly zone over northern Iraq bombed Iraqi air defense systems Friday in response to anti-aircraft fire, U.S. officials said.The bombs were dropped.. More

  • Indian Mosque Imam Warns of civil war

    HIGHLIGHTS: Muslims Would Have to Defend Themselves. Muslims And Opposition Demand Modi's Resignation. BJP Accused of Returning to Hindu Revivalist Roots. (Read photo caption within)STORYSyed Ahmed Bukhari, the chief Imam (Muslim Prayer Leader) of India's biggest mosque says civil war could erupt if genocide against Muslims in the western state of Gujarat.. More

  • Arabs Demand Immediate Israeli Withdrawal, End of Siege in Ramallah & Bethlehem & UN Investigation Into Deaths & Destruction in Jenin

    HIGHLIGHTS: Britain Circulates Rival Resolution. Annan Proposes 'Robust' International Force. Incursion in Gaza, Deaths in Ramallah, Explosions in Bethlehem & Burial of the Dead in Nablus. Hamas Activist Arrested. Arafat in Good Health. Read photo caption within. STORYA debate on a new Arab-backed UN draft resolution, which the United States opposes,.. More

  • US Senate votes in favor of measure to ban US imports of Iraqi oil

    HIGHLIGHTS: 9% Of US Daily Oil Imports, 2000,Came From Iraq. House of Representatives Votes on Amendment, Next. Read photo caption within. STORY: The US Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a measure that would prevent the United States from buying oil of Iraqi origin.Lawmakers voted 88 to 10 Thursday for an amendment to an energy bill that is currently.. More

  • Jiang Zemin arrives in Iran to boost ties and discuss Mideast

    HIGHLIGHTS: Zemin Already Visited Germany, Libya, Tunisia & Nigeria. In Tunisia, Zemin Called For Immediate Israeli Withdrawal. Chinese Leader Accompanied by 180-People Political & Business Delegation. STORY:Chinese President Jiang Zemin kicked off a four-day visit to Iran last night with his arrival in the southern city of Shiraz, an official source.. More

  • UN Envoy Describes Situation in Jenin Refugee Camp As Shocking & Beyond Belief

    HIGHLIGHTS: Five-Pulled Alive Including Two Children. Larsen Warns of a Major Humanitarian Disaster. Moashar Visits Arafat. Read photo caption withinSTORYHorrific conditions prevailing in the Jenin Refugee Camp following Israeli atrocities that may have left hundreds of Palestinians dead and alive under the rubble have aroused an outcry from UN Mideast.. More

  • Resistance Kills 17 in Chechnya as Putin Says War Over

    HIGHLIGHTS: Nine Russian Troops Killed Wednesday; Putin Devotes Only 1 Minute ofAnnual Speech to Chechnya. Resistance Attacks Expected To Increase in Coming Months.Read photo caption within.STORY: A bomb killed at least 17 pro-Moscow police in Russian-RuledChechnya Thursday, two hours before President Vladimir Putin declared the war over. The attacks.. More

  • A US F-16 Fires Laser Guided Missiles At Canadian Troops in Afghanistan Killing Four of Them

    HIGHLIGHTS: A Joint US-Canadian Investigation to Be Launched. Four US Troops Were Killed on Monday. Read photo caption within.STORYA U.S. F-16 warplane dropped one or two 500-pound laser-guided bombs on Canadian soldiers involved in a live-fire exercise in a clearly defined training zone in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing four and wounding.. More

  • Amman, Cairo & Washington Won't Call Powell's Mideast Mission a Failure

    HIGHLIGHTS:Mubarak's Cold Shoulder Touch to Powell Reflects Arab Frustration With Washington's Half Hearted Effort. Arabs Won't Condemn Resistance Bombings. No Mideast Conference Before Israel Implementing UN Withdrawal Resolution. (Read photo caption within)STORYEgypt together with Jordan Tuesday refused to call a 10-day Mideast Mission by US Secretary.. More

  • ArafatPowell Meeting Ends Catastrophically, Powell, However, Remains Hopeful

    HIGHLIGHTS: 'Both Sides Must Compromise-PowellArafat Trembling with Anger. Arafat & Sharon Score Points With WashingtonPowell Mubarak Meeting Cancelled. Read photo caption WithinSTORY: - The 2nd meeting between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and US secretary Colin Powell which lasted 2 hours has ended catastrophically with Powell leaving with.. More

  • Arabs, EU & Russia Skeptical About USIsrael Call For Mideast Peace Conference

    HIGHLIGHTS:Manoeuver To Cover Atrocities. Syria's Participation Crucial. Implementing UN Withdrawal Resolution Comes First.(Read photo caption within)STORYArab League Secretary General, Amr Moussa, a number of leading Arab countries, the EU and Russia expressed reservations at an Israeli proposal floated by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and quickly.. More

  • Three killed, 7 Indian Soldiers Wounded & 20 Others Hurt Kashmir blast

    Three people were killed and 27 wounded when suspected Kashmiri nationalists fighters set off a landmine in a market in south Kashmir on Tuesday as an Indian army patrol was passing by, police said. (Read photo caption below)Seven Indian soldiers were wounded in the blast at the market in Aawntipora town on Kashmir's main highway south of Srinagar,.. More

  • Death Toll Unknown After Jenin Raid

    HIGHLIGHTS:Neutral Sustained Investigation, Needed. Thousands Unaccounted For. Magnitude of Destruction Unassailable Reality.The Sharon Sabra Shatilla Connection.(Read photo caption within).STORY: Israel has apparently succeeded in obliterating immediate reliable evidence of the massacre Palestinians reported following a fierce battle for control of.. More

  • Powell to Leave Empty Handed & Israel Reopens Desert Detention Camp

    HIGLIGHTS: Powell Leaves with Little to CheerIsraelis Kill an 11-year old Boy &a Mentally Ill Person Four Hamas Members Detained in Tulkarm Israel Reopens Desert Detention Camp (Read photo caption within)STORY:Secretary of State Colin Powell who has apparently held his last meeting with Sharon Tuesday said he intended to leave the region, though he.. More

  • Afghanistan Rattled Again by Quakes, Two Dead

    KABUL (Reuters) - Earthquakes have rattled Afghanistan and two people were killed in the northern district of Nahrin where hundreds of people have died in a series of tremors over the last three weeks, local residents said on Monday. They said a quake Sunday afternoon killed two men and injured five people in the Nahrin district village of Mohammad.. More

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