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  • Bush Ups Pressure on Iraq, Others Have Misgivings

    President Bush has ratcheted up the pressure on Baghdad to obey U.N. resolutions as Germany and influential Arab nations voiced misgivings about any assault on Iraq.Malaysia and Cuba made clear their opposition to military action and Japan has expressed reservations. Jordan and Syria present their views to the U.N. General Assembly on Sunday.Bush, speaking.. More

  • Arab League Raises Prospect of Ending Iraq Crisis Without A New UN Resolution

    HIGHLIGHTS: New Resolution Would Set Short Deadline & Threatens Use of Force if Baghdad Does Not Comply||Bush Renews Stern Warning Urging UN to 'Show Some Backbone' & Stressing Readiness to Go it Alone|| Blair's Promised Dossier to Reveal So-called 'Baghdad-Qaeda Link' as well as 'Worrying Activity' at Sites of 3 Former Plants Producing Chemical Weapons||Acti.. More

  • Israel Arrests Suspected Bomber Ahead of Jewish Holiday

    HIGHLIGHTS: Occupation Army to Locks Down Palestinian Territories for Two Days Ahead of Jewish Holiday||Occupation Army Enters Jenin, Eastern Gaza & Takes over Municipality in Yatta, Near Hebron||Farm Land Bulldozed in Gaza by Occupation Army||Israelis Prohibited from Entering Areas under Palestinian Control|| STORY: The Israeli occupation army arrested.. More

  • U.S. says disrupts "terrorist cell" in New York

    U.S. officials said on Saturday they had disrupted a "terrorist cell" on American soil, arresting five U.S. citizens who attended an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan before the September 11 attacks. Officials said, U.S. citizens of Yemeni descent, received training in the use of assault rifles, handguns and other weapons while attending the camp.. More

  • Saudi, Iran Leaders Discuss Iraq, U.S. Warnings

    Iranian President Mohammad Khatami arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Saturday for talks with Saudi leaders about the Iraq crisis. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran share borders with Iraq, and the Gulf superpowers have opposed a U.S. military strike against Baghdad, saying it would destabilize the entire region. Riyadh has also refused to allow.. More

  • U.S., Pakistan Officials Question Key 9/11 Suspect

    U.S. and Pakistani officials said they were questioning key al Qaeda suspect Ramzi Binalshibh on Saturday after arresting him in Pakistan on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks he is accused of helping to plan. Pakistan's government added that a second high-level al Qaeda suspect was also being held after a series of raids in the sprawling.. More

  • Specter of Second Gulf War Hangs over Iraq Crisis

    HIGHLIGHTS: Iraq Rejects Bush's Demand of Unconditional Return of UN Weapons Inspectors to Baghdad||Oil Prices Leap up as Iraq's Rebuttal Raises Likelihood of War||International Community Piles up Pressure on Saddam to Readmit UN Inspectors||Financiers & Economists Deeply Worried about Impact of War on World Economy||Bush Wants UN Action within Days.. More

  • Four Palestinians Killed as Bush Meets Senior Palestinian Official for the First Time Since Calling for New Palestinian Leadership

    HIGHLIGHTS: Palestinian Resistance Men Detonate Explosive Charge Near One Israeli Settlement & Clash with Occupation Troops at Another||16 Hamas Activists Detained by Occupation Troops in the Northern Palestinian West Bank Town of Tubas||Palestinian Official Calls on Quartet to Intervene to End Israeli Aggression||Mubarak Pays Tribute to Bush's Renewed.. More

  • Key 911 Figure Binalshibh Captured in Pakistan

    HIGHLIGHTS: Binalshibh Found Based on Information Provided By U.S. Intelligence||Room-mate to Atta & very Prominent in Hamburg Cell||Interviewed on Al-jazeera Arabic TV Satellite Station and Another Key al Qaeda Member, Binalshibh Affirmed that Osamah Bin Laden Was Personally Involved in Planning the Sept. 11 Attacks|| Binalshibh RepeatedlyMentioned.. More

  • UN Leaders Turn to Mideast Conflict

    After opening their annual forum with a debate dominated by Iraq, world leaders turned Friday to the deepening Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the tense standoff between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Yet Iraq remained high on the global agenda, with Arab countries expected to address the possibility of war. Russia and China also were among 24 countries.. More

  • U.N. Members Mull New Iraq Steps Amid War Drums

    Relieved that the United States was not taking immediate military action against Iraq, world leaders are welcoming President Bush's offer to seek U.N. approval before moving to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday follows up Bush's address on Thursday to the United Nations by meeting all 15 members.. More

  • Indian Police Clash with Protesters in Kashmir

    Indian police fired tear gas in Kashmir on Friday to disperse a second rally called to protest against the killing of two civilians by security forces. The violence comes as campaigning winds down for the first stage of voting in a state election marred by bloodshed. Dozens of tear gas shells were fired into the crowd of a few dozen people, some of.. More

  • Bush's UN Speech Welcomed By Allies Dismissed by Iraq as Nonsensical

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush Challenges UN to Disarm Iraq & Warns He Stands Ready to Act Unilaterally if it Doesn't||Iraq Warns Bush Would Set the Region on Fire if he Attacked||Allies Welcome Washington's Willingness to Work with UN & Remain Silent on Bush's 'Regime Change' Policy||Qatar Warns War Would Endanger Region & Arab League is Hopeful|| STORY: Washington's.. More

  • One Dead in Israeli Raid in Gaza Strip

    An Israeli helicopter fired at least one missile into a Palestinian refugee camp as armored combat vehicles invaded the area in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said. The invasion sparked a gun battle as Palestinians, roused by a message broadcast on mosque loudspeakers, took up arms to oppose the advancing.. More

  • Bush Meets Separately with Musharraf & Vajpayee

    President Bush on Thursday told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf democracy is key to his country's future, a U.S. official said. Officials also said Bush told Musharraf and Indian Prime Atal Behari Vajpayee, in separate meetings on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, that they must address problems at the root of their dispute over Kashmir.. More