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  • Arab Intellectuals Seek Saddam Resignation

    HIGHLIGHTSSaddam May Abdicate & Accept to be Replaced by One of His Sons But that Won't Change Nature of Regime: Badrakhan|| Idea of Asylum for Saddam First Floated by Ghassan Tueini, a Former Lebanese Statesman|| Germany Denies Iranian Press Report Washington Sought Bonn's Help to Seek Peaceful Removal of Saddam Through Russian Role|| Iraq Confirms.. More

  • Palestinian Resistance Group Claims Responsibility for Killing Israeli Settler

    HIGHLIGTSIsrael quashes prison protest|| Dramatic Scenes at Barghouti's Murder Trial|| Israeli President Calls for "new strategy" as Death Toll Rises|| Rejection of Arab Candidates Shows Limits of Israeli Democracy: Egypt|| STORYThe burned body of an settler killed by a Palestinian resistance group was found Thursday in the Jordan Valley, hours after.. More

  • Yemen Arrests 30 Muslim Activists as Suspect Admits Wide Plan

    Acting on FB information, Yemen has arrested at least 30 Muslim activists suspected in the murder of three American missionaries, Yemeni security officials said Wednesday. All are believed to be part of a terrorist cell in Yemen that is plotting attacks on foreigners and secular political leaders, officials said. Yemen is the ancestral home of Osama.. More

  • Iraq Criticizes U.N. Limits on Imports

    Iraq criticized the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for adopting a U.S.-backed resolution that tightens controls on imports to Iraq, saying the measure would inflict "deliberate damage and harm to our people." The resolution, passed Monday by a 13-0 vote with Russia and Syria abstaining, puts new limits on purchases of certain communications equipment.. More

  • Israeli Occupation army Hunts for Activists in Gaza

    A Palestinian burst into an Israeli village, firing at a home and struggling with the owner before being killed Thursday, while three Palestinian boys shot by occupation soldiers after scaling a fence around Jewish settlements were buried in the Gaza Strip . The boys, ages 14 and 15, carried a knife and two cutters at the time, and had talked about.. More

  • Fury at Pakistan border bombing

    Hardline Islamic politicians in Pakistan have reacted with outrage at the US bombing of a border area at the weekend, calling it a violation of sovereignty. Pakistan's Government says the bomb was dropped on its territory during an operation by US troops in Afghanistan. The US military took the action after a Pakistani border guard apparently fired.. More

  • Fresh Gaza Clashes; Israelis Kill Five Palestinians

    Israeli occupation forces clashed with resistance men in two Gaza Strip refugee camps early Thursday and then withdrew, hours after the occupation army killed four Palestinians heading to attack Jewish settlements. In a separate incident, police said they killed a resistance man who broke into a home at an Israeli township near the West Bank boundary... More

  • UN's Blix Plans Trip to Baghdad in Mid-January

    Chief arms inspector Hans Blix will probably go to Baghdad between Jan. 18 and 20 for talks with Iraqi officials, presumably about a crucial report to the U.N. Security Council a week later, U.N. officials said. Iraq extended the invitation to Blix, in a letter dated last Saturday and reported by the Iraqi News Agency on Tuesday. The letter came from.. More

  • Sudanese President Promises Just Peace in the SouthThat Ensures the Sharing in Power & Wealth

    Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has promised to work for a peace deal that ensures broad participation in decision-taking and power-sharing in talks with the Sudanese rebels in southern Sudan. The president was speaking at a rally marking the country's 47th Independence day in the Southern city of Malakal on Wednesday, Jan 1, 2003. . Al-Bashir urged.. More

  • Weapons Inspectors Visit Two Iraqi Sites

    U.N. arms inspectors searching for banned weapons in Iraq began the new year Wednesday with visits to a truck repair shop in the capital and a missile maintenance facility north of the city. The Al-Harith missile facility does maintenance work on SA-2, SA-3 and SA-6 anti-aircraft missile systems and has been visited before by inspectors, who returned.. More

  • Israel Demolishes Two Palestinian Homes

    Occupation soldiers destroyed the homes of two Palestinian resistance men in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army said Wednesday. In a Nablus-area village in the West Bank, occupation troops demolished the home of a resistance bomber from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group affiliated with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah.. More

  • Yemen Arrests 'Scores' of Militants

    "Scores" of Muslim militants with suspected terror links have been arrested during a search for a terrorist cell targeting foreigners and secular-minded politicians, a security official said Wednesday.The arrests followed the weekend assassination of veteran leftist politician Jarallah Omar and the Monday killings of three American missionaries in southern.. More

  • Bush Vows to End Iraq, N.Korea Crises Peacefully

    Confronted with a nuclear challenge from North Korea and the possibility of war with Iraq, President Bush resolved on Tuesday to try to find peaceful solutions to both in 2003.His New Year's eve vow came even as the United States built up its military presence in the Gulf region and the communist regime in Pyongyang added a fresh twist to the Asian.. More

  • Palestinians Celebrate FATAH's 38th Anniversary

    HIGHLIGTSArafat Welcomes U.S.-Backed Call for Cease-fire & Demands UN Troops be Sent to Territories || Qadumi Asks for January Arab League Summit|| Fayyad Promises to Stamp out Financial Corruption|| Israel Bans Another Israeli Arab from Running for Elections||STORYYasser Arafat said he welcomes a U.S.-backed call for an immediate cease-fire with Israel,.. More

  • Moscow Ends OSCE Mission in Chechnya

    The Russian government said it was shutting down the mission in Chechnya of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and would not renew the mandate of the pan-European security body on January 1.Moscow wanted the OSCE to give up any political role in the Russian republic, where it has been working for a peaceful solution to the.. More