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  • Sharon Storms to Victory, Humiliates Israeli Left

    HIGHLIIGHTS|| So-called 'Terrorism' & Gulf War Top on Sharon's Second Term Agenda|| Likud Replaces Labour as Biggest Party in Parliament|| Shinui Sweeps into Third place Replacing Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Parties as Political Power Brokers|| Katzav Expected to ask Sharon to Form a New Government|| STORYPrime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party rode to.. More

  • Britain Bolsters Bush as He Prepares Case for War

    Britain said Tuesday Iraq had clearly ignored United Nationsdisarmament demands, rallying behind President Bushas he prepared to set out his case for war to American voters and skeptical allies. Warning Baghdad to stop its "game-playing," British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said it was in "material breach" of U.N. Security Council resolutions, echoing.. More

  • Mubarak Warns Iraq to Cooperate With U.N.

    Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakwarned the Iraqi government to avoid any missteps in cooperating with U.N. inspectors or expect war, but he said he's not sure Saddam Husseincomprehends advice offered him. "The strike is coming - coming unless Iraq abides by the resolutions of international legitimacy and ceases to put obstacles in front of the international.. More

  • 5 Palestinians Killed in W. Bank, Gaza

    The bodyguard of a Hamas leader and two Palestinian teenagers were killed in an explosion in Gaza City house that Palestinians blamed on an Israeli helicopter strike, and which Israel said was the result of a bomb going off prematurely In the West Bank, two Palestinians were killed in a confrontation with Israeli occupation troops Tuesday morning in.. More

  • Inspectors Call for More Time in Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS|| UN Security Council Meets Again Wednesday to Discuss Reports|| UN Inspectors to Report Again to UN Security Council on Feb 14th || ElBaradei Says Aluminum Tubes Imported by Baghdad Earmarked For Missile programs & not for Nuclear Program as Alleged by Washington|| Issues of Private Interviews with Iraqi Scientists & U2 Reconnaissance Planes.. More

  • US More Isolated on Iraq After Arms Experts Report

    The United States appeared further isolated on Monday in its attitude toward Baghdad, with most of the world saying U.N. arms inspectors needed more time to search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Even Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of staunch U.S. ally Britain, while condemning Iraq's attitude to the inspectors as "a charade," said the continuation.. More

  • U.N. Iraq Report Deepens Divisions in EU

    Reports by U.N. weapons inspectors Monday highlighted deepening differences over Iraq among members of the European Union, with Britain maintaining support for the United States' tough position and Germany insisting, "war is no alternative." The 15 EU foreign ministers, gathering in Brussels Monday, initially were united in backing more time for U.N... More

  • Inspectors Give Key Iraq Report to Drumbeat of War

    As U.N. arms inspectors prepared to give the Security Council a crucial report on Iraq Monday, U.S. and British officials said they had the proof Baghdad was hiding banned weapons, laying it open to attack. Hours before the Council session in New York, due to start at 10:30 a.m., the United States made clear it would go into battle alone against Baghdad.. More

  • EU Asks Iraq for Full Cooperation

    The European Unionon Monday urged Iraq to cooperate more fully with United Nationsarms inspectors. The 15 EU foreign ministers issued a short statement urging "Iraqi authorities to engage in full and active cooperation" with the arms inspections that began two months ago. At the same time, the Europeans said they want the arms inspectors to be given.. More

  • Palestinian Killed by Homemade Grenade

    An 18-year-old Palestinian man was killed when Palestinian resistance activists tossed a homemade grenade at a funeral procession in the southern Gaza Stripon Monday, hospital officials said. The youth, Said Mabi, was badly wounded by shrapnel and died before reaching the hospital, said Dr. Ali Moussa at Rafah hospital. Mabi was part of a procession.. More

  • Inspectors Can't Decide If Iraq Rearming

    Iraq's arms declaration is incomplete, its scientists aren't fully cooperating with inspections and Baghdad is obstructing the use of a U-2 plane that could be helpful in the hunt for weapons of mass destruction, inspectors are expected to tell the Security Council in a toughly-worded report Monday. After two months on the job, the chief weapons inspectors,.. More

  • Bahrain Deploys Patriot Missiles

    Bahrain, a key U.S. ally in the Gulf, has announced it is deploying Patriot missile batteries to counter any possible long-range missile threats, newspapers reported Sunday. The announcement to deploy Patriots, one of world's few workable defenses against surface-to-surface guided missiles, came during a visit Saturday by the king, Sheik Hamad bin Isa.. More

  • Palestinians Fire More Rockets at Israel after Massive Gaza Raid

    Defiant Palestinian resistance activists fired more rockets into southern Israel after 12 people were killed in the deepest Israeli raid into Gaza City since the Palestinian Authority was created in 1994, just 48 hours ahead of Israel's elections. The Katyusha-style unguided missiles caused no damage or injuries as they crashed into fields close to.. More

  • Blair: Iraq Inspectors Should Get Time

    United Nations weapons inspectors should have the time they need to do their job in Iraq, but it should not take them months to determine whether Saddam Hussein is cooperating fully, Prime Minister Tony Blairsaid Sunday. Blair also said he would be "very focused" on securing formal U.N. backing for military action against Saddam if force becomes necessary... More

  • Israeli Occupation forces Kill 12 Palestinians in Gaza Raid

    Israel killed 12 Palestinians on Sunday in its deepest thrust into Gaza City in two years of fighting, a show of strength underlining Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's tough security policy two days before an election. Dozens of armored vehicles backed by missile-firing helicopters rumbled from three directions into the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City,.. More