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  • Macedonia to Make Another Step to Peace

    SKOPJE (Reuters) - NATOtroops are set to take in more weapons on Sunday from ethnic Albanian fightersin Macedonia, which received new assurances of international help to avoid another plunge into violence after they leave.(Read photo caption below) European Unionministers said on Saturday that their countries were willing to stay in the tiny Balkan.. More

    1618 17/04/2001

  • A Thunderous Concerted Palestinian Resistance Response to Recent Attacks by Israeli Assassination Squads

    NAHARIYA, Israel (Islamweb & News Agencies - A Palestinian Resistancebombing, car bomb explosions at a major Israeli intersection and a West Bank shooting killed seven people Sunday in a thunderous concerted Palestinian Resistance response to recent attacks by Israeli assassination squads against their leaders. Deadly events unfolded by the hour in.. More

    1620 17/04/2001

  • 5 Soldiers Killed in Kashmir Blasts

    SRINAGAR, Indian-ruled Kashmir (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Islamic Resistance menkilled five Indian soldiers and wounded another 10 people, including five civilians, in two separate land mine explosions in the troubled Jammu-Kashmir state Sunday, police said. A powerful land mine blast ripped through two army vehicles near Angralla, 185 miles south.. More

    1622 17/04/2001

  • Commonwealth Agrees Plan to End Zimbabwe Crisis

    ABUJA (Reuters) - Zimbabwe, in the midst of an economic crisis, has agreed to halt further farm occupations and enforce the rule of law in land reform, but Britain quickly cautioned that ``words on paper'' must be followed by action. (Read photo caption below) Under the deal announced late on Thursday by mediator Nigeria after one-day talks in Abuja,.. More

    1601 17/04/2001

  • Macedonian Peace Drive Enters Second Phase

    SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - NATO is likely to resume collecting weapons from ethnic Albanian fighters in Macedonia Friday as top European Unionofficials try to build up momentum for political reform. This comes on the heels of a ground breaking decision by parliament to start drafting constitutional reforms to grant more rights to ethnic Albanians.. More

    1602 17/04/2001

  • Fiji Caretaker PM Wins Most Seats, Ponders Coalition

    SUVA (Reuters) - Fiji's indigenous caretaker prime minister Laisenia Qarase won the most seats in the country's post-coup elections on Friday, but fell short of an outright majority to govern the racially split nation.(Read photo caption below) Qarase, who has said he is ready to form a new coalition government and is holding talks with independents.. More

    1603 17/04/2001

  • Arafat appeals to UN, Arab leaders over "isolation" of Jerusalem

    GAZA CITY, Sept 7 (AFP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has appealed to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to "urgently" intervene against Israeli moves to militarily seal off Jerusalem, a senior aide told AFP on Friday. The Palestinian leader sent similar messages to Arab League chief Amr Mussa and Jordan's King Abdullah II asking them to "urgently.. More

    1607 17/04/2001

  • Israel Buys 52 More US Jet-fighters

    FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT - news) on Wednesday said the U.S. government had granted approval for a 2 billion deal to supply Israel with 52 Lockheed F-16I fighter jets.Lockheed said Israel signed an amendment to a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. government. That followed an agreement.. More

    1608 17/04/2001

  • Belgium Suspends Ariel Sharon Probe

    BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A Belgian court suspended its war crimes investigation into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel SharonFriday while an appeals court rules if Belgium has any jurisdiction in the case. Sharon's Belgian lawyer, Michelle Hirsch said the investigation into whether he should face charges had been temporarily halted. ``The court is considering.. More

    1610 17/04/2001

  • Palestinian Killed in Mysterious Blast in Gaza

    GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian was killed early on Saturday in a mysterious explosion in an abandoned building in southern Gaza after a day of intifadha confrontationsthat flared despite heightened efforts to arrange top-level truce talks. (Read photo caption below)The explosion -- which Palestinian officials suspected occurred when explosives went.. More

    1611 17/04/2001

  • U.N. Race Meeting Split on Slavery

    DURBAN (Reuters) - The United Nations' race conference broke a deadlock over the Middle East Friday but stayed split on slavery as it went into ``extra time.''Muslim states said they would not block a South African-proposed compromise on wording on the Middle East, although it fell short of demands for a condemnation of Israel. But hopes for a breakthrough.. More

    1612 17/04/2001

  • Improving Resistance Security Arrangements Abort Latest Israeli Assassins' Attempt

    AL BIREH, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Improved Palestinian Resistance security arrangements have saved the life of Muhammed Mansour, the Fatah leader in Ramallah, who had left his office moments before Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at an office of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction on Saturday, casting a pall.. More

    1613 17/04/2001

  • U.N. Race Meet Seals Deal, Bitterness Lingers

    DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - A U.N. conference overcame nine days' wrangling over the Middle East and African demands for reparations for slavery to seal an agreement on fighting racism ``wherever it can be found.''The Durban declaration came a day after the conference was due to close, and bad feelings lingered, but exhausted delegates from some.. More

    1614 17/04/2001

  • Dead Migrants Found in Morocco

    RABAT, Morocco, (BBC)- Moroccan rescue services are searching for dozens of people still missing at sea after 13 bodies were washed ashore.A survivor said the 13 were from a group of 50 would-be migrants whose boat had capsized off Morocco's coast. According to Moroccan television, there were as many as 60 people on board at the time. The TV showed.. More

    1615 17/04/2001

  • South Lebanon back to polls for first time in decades

    TYRE, Lebanon, (AFP) -The people of southern Lebanon will have a chance to vote in municipal elections Sunday for the first time since 1963, following decades of Israeli occupation, civil war and other troubles. The rest of the country went to the polls in 1998, nearly a decade after Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war ended, but the south did not have the.. More

    1616 17/04/2001

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