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  • Palestinian Deaths Mount with New Gaza Violence

    Israeli occupation soldiers and Palestinians fought gunbattles near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Stripon Tuesday, which left one Palestinian dead, as violence in the region intensified. Palestinian security officials reported the man's death near Neve Dekalim settlement before dawn but said it was not clear whether he had been involved in the fighting... More

  • No Excuse for Quick Iraq Strike, Says U.N.'S Annan

    U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annansaid Tuesday there was no argument for a U.S.-led military strike against Iraq before U.N. weapons inspectors present their report in late January. Speaking after the United Nationsapproved tougher sanctions to prevent Baghdad from importing goods which could be used in war, Annan said Iraq was cooperating with inspections.. More

  • Expelled U.N. Inspectors Leave North Korea

    Expelled U.N. inspectors left North Korea Tuesday after the communist state set alarm bells ringing by ending independent monitoring of its nuclear program. A senior North Korean envoy added a new dimension to the crisis when he said Pyongyang was unable to meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty because of nuclear threats by Washington... More

  • Three Americans Shot Dead at Hospital in Yemen

    HIGHLIGHTS Police Arrests Assailant Described by Yemeni Officials as an Islamic Extremist|| However, an American Hospital Official Says Attack May Have Been An Isolated Incident Specifically Related to The Running of The Clinic|| Salih Condemns Attack & Bush Deplores Murders||STORY: A gunman shot dead three American staff at a Baptist mission hospital.. More

  • Four Palestinians Killed in On-going Intifadha Clashes

    HIGHLIGHTSThe Four Victims Fall in Gaza, Nablus, Near Jenin and Hebron, Al-Khalil|| One of the Victims Imran Abu Ramdieh, 18, Beaten to Death by Occupation Soldiers|| Israel's Central Elections Committee Bars Ahmad Tibi, Leading Arab-Israeli MP and Former Advisor to Arafat from Running in Israeli Elections in January||STORY: A Palestinian resistance.. More

  • Iraq Faces Tougher Sanctions after U.N. Vote

    HIGHLIGHTSAnglo-American Jets Attack Air Defenses in Southern Iraq|| Additions to the U.N. Sanctions ListInclude Drugs to Protect Iraqi Soldiers from Poison Gas and Anthrax|| Iraq Accuses Washington of Tempting Iraqi Scientists to Leave the Country|| UN Inspectors Search Seven Suspect Sites Monday|| STORYIraq, its economy in tatters, faced tougher sanctions.. More

  • Israeli Occupation soldiers Kill Three Palestinians

    Israeli occupation soldiers on Monday killed three Palestinians, including a resistance man , while Israel's Supreme Court ruled that reserve occupation soldiers have no right to refuse service in the West Bank and Gaza Strip . The court rejected an appeal by eight reserve occupation soldiers, but avoided making a landmark ruling on the legality of.. More

  • Security Council OKs Iraq Trade Barriers

    At the request of the United States and Britain, the Security Council voted in favor of new restrictions on Iraqi imports Monday in an effort to prevent Baghdad from acquiring equipment that could be used in war. Russia and Syria abstained from the vote, arguing that the changes hurt deliveries of humanitarian goods to Iraq, which has been subject to.. More

  • Yemen Arrests Man in Slaying of Americans

    A suspected Muslim extremist, hiding his gun cradled like a baby, slipped into a Southern Baptist hospital in Yemen on Monday and opened fire, killing three American missionaries and seriously wounding a fourth, officials said. The suspected attacker, a Yemeni, was arrested, and a Yemeni official said security forces were searching for a militant cell.. More

  • Amid Reports that Arab Leaders May Push for Saddam Exile, GCC Chief Says U.S. Military Presence in the Gulf is no Threat to Any Arab or Islamic Country

    The Gulf States all "oppose any military action against Iraq" and favor a diplomatic solution to the showdown over its alleged weapons of mass destruction, their top representative revealed in Cairo on Sunday. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman -- has always stood for "sparing.. More

  • Powell Says U.S. Planning to Protect Iraqi Oil Fields But No Decision on War Yet

    President Bush has made no decision yet on using force against Iraq but the United States was positioning itself militarily for whatever might be required, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday.Powell said the United States was awaiting the findings of United Nations arms inspectors working in Iraq. "I think that this can't go on indefinitely,".. More

  • Sharon Defends Assassination of Palestinian Resistance Activists

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said the killing of selected Palestinian resistance activists remains necessary, despite claims it is counter-productive. He issued his defiant defence after Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein criticised the policy of "targeted killings", saying it had to be carried out with the "utmost caution", Israeli occupation.. More

  • Israeli Occupation army Kills Palestinian Boy in West Bank

    Israeli occupation soldiers shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the West Bank on Sunday, the second Palestinian child killed by Israeli gunfire in two days, witnesses said. With world attention focused on possible U.S. war on Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged since Israeli occupation forces killed eight Palestinians in operations against activists.. More

  • Saudi to Let U.S. Use Bases in Iraq War

    Saudi Arabia would allow the United States to use its air bases and an important operations center in a possible war with Iraq, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing senior U.S. military officials. "I firmly believe the Saudis will give us all the cooperation we need, and every indication I have is we're getting pretty much what we've asked.. More

  • American soldier seriously wounded in southern Afghanistan, but not due to hostile fire

    An American soldier was in serious condition at a German hospital Sunday, hours after he was airlifted from southern Afghanistanwith a gunshot wound to the head, the U.S. military said. The soldier, who was not identified, arrived early Sunday for treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, but was later moved to an undisclosed local.. More