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  • Anti-American Riots Rock Nigeria, Protest Elsewhere

    KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed in Nigeria in anti-American riots on Saturday and thousands of demonstrators joined peace marches in London and Berlin. (Read photo caption below)Nigerian authorities ordered police to shoot on sight and clamped a night curfew on Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north, after some of.. More

    1987 29/04/2001

  • UN's Robinson Hopes for Pause in Air Strikes

    GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson Friday expressed concern about the suffering of Afghan civilians but denied she had called for the suspension of U.S.-led air strikes.Earlier, Robinson had been reported in remarks to Irish state radio as calling for a halt in the bombing before winter to allow food and other.. More

    1976 29/04/2001

  • Palestinian Leaders Keep Lid on Anti-U.S. Unrest

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Palestinian Authoritykept a tight lid Friday on unrest against the bombing of Afghanistan, and Palestinian officials said the United States and Britain were preparing to revive stalled Middle East peacemaking.Palestinian police briefly detained three foreign reporters covering a rally held by the militant Islamic.. More

    1977 29/04/2001

  • Cheney Suspects Bin Laden Link in Anthrax Cases

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fourth case of the potential germ warfare agent anthrax was discovered in the United States on Friday and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said there could be links between the cases and Osama bin Laden.(Read photo caption below) Hours after officials said an employee of NBC-TV Nightly News program tested positive for skin anthrax,.. More

    1979 29/04/2001

  • US Says Later Attacks Possible on States Like Syria and Sudan

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The United States said on Thursday it could take military action against countries like Syria later in its campaign against terrorism if they do not comply with the demands of Washington and its allies. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage also told reporters the targets in the campaign include all groups.. More

    1957 29/04/2001

  • Fifth Night of U.S. Bombing on Afghanistan

    KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. planes bombed targets in Afghanistan early on Friday in a fifth straight night of raids which the ruling Taliban say have killed more than 200 people. (Read map caption below) Weary and frightened residents in the capital Kabul reported a dozen strong explosions in the early hours of the morning. Late on Thursday,.. More

    1958 29/04/2001

  • Taliban Forces Reported Under Pressure in North

    KHOJA BAHAWUDDIN, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Correspondents say accounts of gains by opposition commanders in Afghanistan are impossible to confirm, but they are starting to paint a picture of Taliban forces under pressure -- at least in the north where their grip is weakest. Thursday, forces loyal to Afghan warlord Ismail Khan said they.. More

    1959 29/04/2001

  • Foreigners' Trial Resumes in Afghanistan Saturday

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban will resume on Saturday the trial of eight foreign aid workers detained on charges of converting Muslims to Christianity, Atif Ali Khan, their defense lawyer said. (Read photo caption below) Khan returned to a capital under fire, saying it was his duty to defend his clients since.. More

    1960 29/04/2001

  • Palestinian Hamas Member Found Dead in West Bank

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel said on Thursday a Muslim militant found dead after a blast in the West Bank was the deputy of one of its most wanted men and that he was killed while planting a roadside bomb. A statement by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office, which oversees Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency, stopped short of.. More

    1961 29/04/2001

  • Islamic States Concerned At the Prospect of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

    DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The world's largest Islamic body expressed concern Wednesday at the prospect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan but steered clear of condemning U.S. strikes against the Taliban rulers sheltering Osama bin Laden.(Read photo caption below)A communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of.. More

    1947 28/04/2001

  • Iraq Downs Third US Predator Drone

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military lost another unmanned Predator surveillance aircraft on a mission over southern Iraq Wednesday, the third such crash since Aug. 27, the military's Central Command headquarters said. (Map)The announcement from command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, said the 3.2 million Air Force RQ-1B drone disappeared and there.. More

    1948 28/04/2001

  • Powell: No Immediate Plans to Attack Other Groups

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no immediate plans to attack targets besides Afghanistan and the al Qaeda organization of Osama bin Laden, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday.(Read photo caption below) Asked to comment on reports that the United States was going to attack other targets, Powell said: ``There are no plans that.. More

    1949 28/04/2001

  • India Warns of Biological Attack Threat -Paper

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, worried about possible biological attacks by terrorists, has provided its states with a list of pathogens and asked hospitals to stock adequate antidotes, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Health officials were concerned about biological attacks following the death of a man in Florida from anthrax and at least two others.. More

    1952 28/04/2001

  • Palestinian Leaders Urge End to Internal Violence

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Leaders of rival Palestinian factions urged supporters to restore calm Tuesday after U.S.-led air strikes on Afghanistan triggered the Palestinians' deadliest internal violence in years.(Read photo caption below) Trying to put a lid on the crisis, officials kept all schools and universities closed in the Gaza Strip,.. More

    1943 28/04/2001

  • First Daylight Attack on Kandahar, First Civilian Casualties Arrive in Peshawar, Pakistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Reports are coming in early Tuesday of the first Daylight attack on Kandahar.F-16 jets are reportedly targeting the city's airport.Heavy anti-aircraft gunfire was heard.Civilians have reportedly been killed.However, Taliban sources say they have not suffered heavy material damage. At the same time, first.. More

    1923 28/04/2001

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