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  • U.S. Tightens Screws on Taliban

    WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Islamweb & News Agencies) -U.S. forces massed within striking distance of the landlocked Central Asian country which has been told it will face military action if it fails to hand bin Laden over The United States Sunday stepped up its demands that Afghanistan surrender Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, dismissing protests from.. More

    1773 23/04/2001

  • Afghan Taliban Mobilizes Troops Ahead of Threatened Attacks

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Taliban geared up for threatened U.S. attacks Monday by mobilizing troops, seizing U.N. food stocks and appealing to the American people to avert a ``vain and bloody war.''(Read photo caption below)But their chief spokesman insisted the isolated leadership would still not hand over Osama.. More

    1774 23/04/2001

  • Britain's FM arrives in Iran on ground-breaking visit

    TEHRAN, Sept 25 (AFP) - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Tehran early Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking British official to visit Iran since that country's 1979 Islamic revolution, IRNA news agency said. (Read photo caption below) Straw was due to hold talks here later Tuesday with President Mohammad Khatami and Foreign Minister.. More

    1775 23/04/2001

  • Afghan Taliban Mobilizes Troops Ahead of Planned US-Led Attacks

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban geared up for threatened U.S. attacks Monday by mobilizing troops, seizing U.N. food stocks and appealing to the American people to avert a ``vain and bloody war.'' (Read photo caption below)But their chief spokesman insisted the isolated leadership would still not hand.. More

    1776 23/04/2001

  • UN Appeals to the World to Help Afghan Refugees

    QUETTA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Monday it was making a ``substantial'' world appeal to help thousands of Afghan refugees heading for neighboring countries in fear of an impending U.S. strike. (Read photo caption below) ``We are launching our main appeal...it will be a very substantial appeal,'' a spokesman from the U.N. High Commissioner.. More

    1777 23/04/2001

  • Yemen Detains, Deports Scores of 'Afghan Arabs'

    SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has detained scores of people as it widens its investigation into possible links to Osama bin Laden, named by Washington as the prime suspect in the attacks on the United States, security officials said Monday. The officials said some of the arrests were based on information supplied by the United States and the suspects were.. More

    1778 23/04/2001

  • Peres Confirms Talks with Arafat Planned

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said on Monday he plans to meet with Yasser Arafat when the Palestinian president returns from a trip to Syria later this week. Peres, in an interview on CNN's ``Larry King Live, said Arafat must make a choice between ``terror and legitimacy'' as an international leader, and ``invest more.. More

    1779 23/04/2001

  • Bombs and Bullets Rattle N.Ireland Hotspots

    BELFAST (Reuters) - Explosions and shots shook parts of north Belfast on Monday as violence flared in sectarian flashpoints for the third night running, police said. (Read photo caption below) Three powerful blasts and bursts of gunfire stirred fresh tension in zones where Protestants and Roman Catholics live in a climate of friction that has regularly.. More

    1780 23/04/2001

  • UK foreign secretary to visit Iran

    BRUSSELS, BBC-Jack Straw is to become the first UK foreign secretary to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution. Mr Straw's trip is the latest in a hectic series of global diplomatic efforts since the terror attacks on the US 10 days ago. He announced that he would be making the historic trip shortly before Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Brussels.. More

    1762 22/04/2001

  • Taliban Say Downed Spyplane and Helicopter

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Saturday they had downed an unmanned spy plane and a helicopter in areas where opposition forces reported sweeping advances. (Read photo caption below) Despite earlier contradictory statements, Taliban officials said they had established that their forces had downed a pilotless drone aircraft.. More

    1763 22/04/2001

  • Sanctions Lifted for India, Pakistan

    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush lifted sanctions Saturday against India and Pakistan that were imposed after the two nations tested nuclear weapons in 1998.The move came as a U.S. military delegation headed to Pakistan this weekend for consultations on U.S. preparations for a military strike against Afghanistan. The sanctions barred economic and military.. More

    1764 22/04/2001

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    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Saturday they had downed an unmanned spy plane and a helicopter in areas where opposition forces reported sweeping advances. (Read photo caption below) Despite earlier contradictory statements, Taliban officials said they had established that their forces had downed a pilotless drone aircraft.. More

    1765 22/04/2001

  • Gulf Arab States Back Drive Against Attack Suspects

    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Gulf Arab states pledged support Sunday for the U.S.-led drive to find those behind last week's attacks on the United States and bring them to justice. Foreign ministers from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) also condemned any attempt to link Islam with the attacks. A joint communiquéissued.. More

    1766 22/04/2001

  • Kazakh Leader Offers Full Support for U.S. Strike

    ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Monday his central Asian state was ready to help the United States battle terrorism following the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. (Read photo caption below) ``Kazakhstan is ready to support an action against terrorism with all the means it has at its disposal,'' Nazarbayev.. More

    1769 22/04/2001

  • Kuwait leader suffers stroke

    KUWAIT (AP) - The emir of Kuwait suffered a brain hemorrhage and was flown to London on Friday for treatment, removing him from the country even as the United States looks to its close Persian Gulf ally for help in building an anti-terrorism coalition. Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, 75, was in stable condition, the emir's office said in a statement.. More

    1761 22/04/2001

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