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  • Israel Preparing to Carry Out Massive Attack Against Palestinians

    WASHINGTON, BEIRUT, JERUSALEMThe Washington Post has reported that the Israeli military is planning a massive attack on Palestinian areas, an attack that would reach cities, towns and refugee camps. According to Israeli army officials quoted by the Post, the attack would take place once the cease-fire talks with the Palestinians collapse. However, while.. More

  • Philippines Rejects an Abu Sayyaf Cease-Fire Call

    ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Philippines rejected a cease-fire call from the Abu Sayyafguerrillas allegedly linked to the al Qaeda network on Monday and said the Abu Sayyaf had only two choices -- surrender or die. The cease-fire call from the Abu Sayyafgroup, who are holding three hostages including an American missionary.. More

  • Intifadha, Saudi Initiative & Iraq Top on Arab Summit Agenda

    BEIRUT, Lebanon (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Arab foreign ministers meeting in the Lebanese capital to set the agenda for Wednesday's Arab summit meeting have wrapped six hours of consultations with agreement on a formula in support of the Palestinian intifadha, uprising against Israeli occupation, postponed discussions on details of the Saudi initiative.. More

  • Palestinians Outraged by Zinni's Attempt to Renegotiate Tenet Plan

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Palestinians have postponed until Tuesday key security talks. A senior Palestinian official said top negotiators would hold talks with Zinni on Tuesday to discuss Palestinian concerns that his bridging proposal had diverged from a cease-fire agreement drawn up by CIA Director George Tenet last year. Israeli.. More

  • Iraq, UN to Discuss Return of Arms Inspectors Again Next Month

    UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Th United Nations has announced that the second round of discussions on the return of arms inspectors to Baghdad between the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iraqi foreign minister, Naji Sabri will resume April 18-19. Annan hopes the Iraqis, led by Foreign Minister Naji Sabri, would give a positive answer.. More

  • Top Kashmiri LF Lider Arrested

    SRINAGAR, KashmirA leading Kashmiri separatist, Mr. Yasin Malik, has been arrested by police in Indian-administered Kashmir. Police have linked the move to the seizure of 100,000 allegedly smuggled in from Pakistan. Protests erupted in several parts of the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, Srinagar, after the arrest. Mr. Malik, who heads the separatist.. More

  • Ministers Meet in Beirut Before Arab League Summit

    BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, WASHINGTONArab foreign ministers are discussing a Saudi peace plan for the Middle East amid stern warnings of what may happen if there is no settlement with Israel. The ministers are planning the agenda for the Arab League summit that starts in Beirut on Wednesday.The delegates have been discussing a Saudi plan offering Israel a return.. More

  • Dozens Rounded Up in Chechnya Sweep, Three Children Found Dead

    VLADIKAVKAZ, North Ossetia Federal troops rounded up dozens of people during a continuing sweep operation in Grozny and other Chechen towns, an official said Saturday. Human Rights Watch released a statement Saturday saying that troops were committing serious violations during the so-called mopping-up operations, including torture and the "forced disappearanc.. More

  • British Troops Refused to Land on Pakistan

    BAGRAM AIR BASE, AfghanistanBritish troops have been refused permission to land on Pakistani soil and may have to find an different route to reach Afghanistan, a British army spokesman said today. Hundreds of marines are waiting to offshore in the Arabian Sea on board HMS Ocean. It is understood the ship was hoping to dock in the southern Pakistan port.. More

  • Soldiers Responsible for the Explosion

    BERLIN, Germany Five Dane and German soldiers killed earlier this month while trying to defuse a rocket in Afghanistan may have been guilty of ``incorrect conduct,'' Germany's defense minister told a Sunday newspaper. Also, a magazine reported that the soldiers broke a string of safety rules during the incident, including using a hammer and screwdriver.. More

  • Mideast Ceasefire Talks End Without Agreement As Arab Summit Nears

    BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Preparations for holding an Arab summit on Wednesday are now in full swing as foreign ministers begin their preparatory ministerial session in the Lebanese capital Monday. The focus of the summit meeting will be the Saudi peace plan for the Middle East which calls for an end to the Israel-Arab conflict in.. More

  • Gunmen Attack Afghan Security Chief

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The governor of an eastern Afghan province demanded U.S. Special Forces hand over several rival Afghan allies who allegedly opened fire Sunday on the region's security chief, killing a bodyguard and wounding two others before reportedly fleeing into an American compound Afghan authorities said the assailants were believed to.. More

  • Koreas Agree to Reopen Dialogue

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea is sending a presidential envoy to North Korea next week to discuss improving relations, the rival nations said Monday, moving to resume dialogue and ease tensions in one of the world's most militarized regions. The joint statement marks a resumption of the reconciliation process on the Korean peninsula, which stalled.. More

  • One Palestinian Shot Dead, Peace Talks Continue

    GAZA STRIP, PalestineAt least one Palestinian was shot dead and several were injured by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip overnight as senior officials from both sides mulled a US compromise deal in the search for an elusive truce. The man was killed during an Israeli military incursion into Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources.. More

  • Anti-Nato Rally and Support to Milosevic

    BELGRADE, YugoslaviaThousands of supporters of the former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, have attended a rally in Belgrade, marking the third anniversary of the start of Nato's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. Many of the crowd carried anti-Nato banners and displayed their anger towards the military alliance chanting "Nato are murderers"... More

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