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  • Israel Expels Two West Bank Palestinians to Gaza

    Israel deported the brother and sister of a Palestinian activist from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip Wednesday as part of an internationally condemned policy it said was aimed at deterring attacks on Israelis. Lawyers for Kifah and Intisar Ajouri, siblings of a activist accused by Israel of organizing a resistance bombing that killed five people in.. More

  • Iraq on Agenda as Arab Foreign Ministers Meet

    Arab foreign ministers began a two-day meeting of the Arab League in Cairo Wednesday expected to focus on U.S. threats to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Israeli-Palestinian violence. About 20 foreign ministers from the League's 22 member states -- including Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri -- were attending the regular twice-yearly meeting,.. More

  • Powell Defends U.S. at World Summit

    Repeatedly interrupted by activists' jeers and protests, Secretary of State Colin Powell defended the United States' environmental record and its efforts to help the poor in the developing world at the World Summit on Wednesday. "The United States is taking action to meet environmental challenges, including global climate change," he said to loud booing.. More

  • Congress Wants Say in Iraq Decision

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush to Hold Briefing on Iraq||Washington & London to Publish Dossiers of Evidence on Saddam's Efforts to Develop Weapons of Mass Destruction||Iraq Says Return of Weapons Inspectors Must be Linked to Broader Issues ||Arab Foreign Ministers Discuss Iraq in Cairo Wednesday||Gulf States Oppose US Strike|| STORY: After winning the Gulf War,.. More

  • Mediators Confident of Peace in Sudan

    HIGHLIGHTS: Two Sides Nearly Have Everything on the Table-Never Gone this far Before, Says IGAD Team, Mediating the Peace Talks||Talks Broke for Circumstances Beyond Negotiating Table||Mediators Confident Talks Would Resume Even if Fighting on the Ground Continues||Rebels Say Government Looking for Pretext to Leave Talks Because it Feels it Gave Too.. More

  • Russia to Ratify Kyoto Protocol

    HIGHLIGHTS: Criticism of U.S. for not Signing Kyoto Continues||Russia's Ratification Meets Last Requirement Needed for Accord to Come into Effect|| Fighting Against Terrorism is O.K. But Same Impetus & Financial Resources Should be Devoted to Fight Against Poverty, Says Ecuador's president, Gustavo Noboa||70-odd Page Plan to Turn Rio Promises into Reality.. More

  • Israel Set to Deport Two Palestinians to Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTS: Ereqat Describes Decision as Marking a Black Day for Human Rights and Hamas Threatens Retaliation with an Escalation of Violence||Two More Palestinian Civilians Killed by Occupation Army Tank Fire Near Nablus||Occupation Forces Kill Resistance Man Near an an Internationally Illegal Settlement in Gaza||Resistance Groups Reject Yahya's Call.. More

  • Iraq's Aziz Says Ready to Work with UN

    HIGHLIGHTS:Israel Prepares for Possible U.S. Attack on Iraq After November 1||Iraq Urges Arabs to Close Ranks||Oil Prices Cool as Iraq Talks Cooperation|| STORY: Iraq is ready to cooperate with the United Nations to find a comprehensive solution to the country's crisis with the United States, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said on Tuesday. "As.. More

  • Sudan Braces for More Fighting After Talks Fail

    Sudan geared up for fresh fighting on Tuesday as government and rebel negotiators headed home after the collapse of landmark talks to end Africa's longest-running civil war. Sudan's government suspended the negotiations on Monday after rebels seized the strategic southern town of Torit, their biggest victory since capturing the town of Kapoeta in June... More

  • World Summit Agrees on Poverty Plan

    HIGHLIGHTS: Plan Urges Using Variety of Energy Sources Including Both Wind & Solar Power as well as Fossil Fuels||Annan Urges World Leaders to Commit Firm Action to Turn Rio Promises, Made a Decade ago, into Reality||Developing Countries Side with U.S. & Japan against Targets Sought by EU Countries||Plan Calls for Reducing No. of People Living without.. More

  • Iraq to Discuss U.N. Inspections with Annan

    HIGHLIGHTS: Return of U.N. Inspectors to be Taken up Within Context of 'A Comprehensive Settlement,' Tariq Aziz||Saddam Says U.S. Covets Mideast Oil||World Discord with Washington over Policy on Iraq Gets Louder with Mandella Appalled by it||Discord within U.S. over Policy Getting Louder, Too, With Powell Breaking Silence||Israel, Only U.S. Partner.. More

  • Sudan suspending peace talks with rebels, cites takeover of southern of southern town

    HIGHLIGHTS: President Orders Army to 'Take Every Path & Use All Weapons' to Retake Torit||Rebels' Spokesman Accuses Government of Starting the Fight for the East Equatoria Town||Experts Do not Expect Fighting & Freeze on Talks to Last Long||Military Preparations for a Major Offensive to Retake Torit Already Underway|| STORY: The Sudanese government.. More

  • Palestinians: Israeli Probe of Killings Propaganda Ploy

    HIGHLIGHTS: Hamas Vows Revenge||All Talks with Israelis Should be Suspended: Abed Rebbo||Palestinians Said to Appoint Hana Siniora, New Washington Representative||'If Arafat Leaves West Bank, He Won't be Allowed to Return,' Sharon|| STORY: Palestinians on Monday dismissed the Israeli army's plans to launch an investigation into the killings of Palestinian.. More

  • Iraq Says Considers UN Inspectors' Return

    HIGHLIGHTS: Tariq Aziz Appears to Reverse a Position He Took on Sunday in Interview with CNN||International Community Needs More Information about Iraqi Threat, Says Powell||Iraq's Diplomatic Charm Offensive to Isolate Washington Gathers Momentum|| STORY: Iraq held open on Monday the possibility of a resumption of weapons inspections, saying the return.. More

  • Annan Appeals to World Leaders

    HIGHLIGHTS: 'Stop being economically Defensive & Be Politically Courageous', Annan Tells World Leaders|| Negotiations over Reaching an Action Plan to Turn 11992 Rio Promises into Reality Painstaking||However, Compromises Reached in Three Areas Climate Change, Trade and Sanitation|| STORY: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed more than 100 heads.. More