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  • U.S., 'Odd Man Out' On Declaring Mideast Peace Plan Before Israeli Vote, Jan 28, 2002

    Of the 4 members of the so-called Mideast Quartet group, only the United States findes itself at odds with the other three, Russia, the EU and the UN, on the issue of declaring details of the so-called 'Roadmap' Mideast plan. The issue came in the open when the United States on Wednesday proposed putting off the plan until after Israelis vote in January,.. More

  • London and Washington Appear Set to Declare Baghdad in Violation of UN Disarmament Resolution 1441

    Secretary of State Colin Powell was expected to say on Thursday that Iraq's weapons dossier contains omissions that amount to a violation of a U.N. disarmament resolution, U.S. officials said. It was unclear whether Powell would also say that Iraq was in "material breach" of the resolution, officials said, but they insisted this would not be an immediate.. More

  • Activists in Egypt Say Iraq War Spells Death, Chaos

    Anti-war activists from Egypt and around the world Wednesday forecast bloodshed, anger and years of chaos in the Middle East if the United States wages war against Iraq. Amid expectations that Washington would move a step closer to war this week by declaring Iraq in "material breach" of a U.N. disarmament resolution, intellectuals and lawmakers meeting.. More

  • U.N. Group Says Al Qaeda Has New Afghan Camps

    Al Qaeda has recently set up several new training camps in eastern Afghanistannear the border with Pakistan, the head of a United Nationsgroup monitoring the flow of money to the network said on Tuesday. "A large number of al Qaeda operatives and others trained by al Qaeda remain at large," said Michael Chandler, who heads the U.N. group, which tracks.. More

  • US set to declare Iraq outside UN arms limits

    The United States was reportedly set to declare Baghdad in violation of UN disarmament resolution 1441 this week as weapons inspections moved into their fourth week in Iraq.However Washingon was unlikely to call for an immediate war to punish the regime of President Saddam Hussein, The New York Times said Wednesday.The US assessment of the 12,000-page.. More

  • Egypt allows conference denouncing U.S. policies on Iraq, Mideast crisis

    Egyptian authorities Sunday withdrew their ban on a conference this week that will voice opposition to American policy in the Middle East and threats to attack Iraq, according to an organizer of the gathering. A day earlier, conference spokesman Abdel Aziz el-Hussayni had told The Associated Press that Egyptian State Security officials canceled the.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Troops Kill More Palestinians & Arrest Several Others as Sharon Tries to Deflect Scandal

    Israeli occupation troops have killed more Palestinians and arrested 13 others in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sought on Tuesday to contain a bribery scandal that threatens to turn voters away from his Likud party. In new violence, witnesses said a 17-year-old Palestinian man was killed when an Israeli tank.. More

  • Britain Steps up Military Plan against Iraq; Iraqi Opposition in Disarray

    Britain is stepping up preparations to join any U.S.-led war on Iraq, defense sources said, but a walkout at an Iraqi opposition meeting signaled possible fresh dangers if President Saddam Hussein is ousted. The United States and Britain have already made clear they see holes in Iraq's weapons declaration to the United Nations and the White House has.. More

  • Bush Orders Missile Shield Deployment by 2004

    US President George W. Bush said that the United States will field a limited missile shield by 2004 to protect against the "catastrophic harm" of an attack by terrorists or nations like North Korea."Today, I am pleased to announce that we will take another important step in countering these threats by beginning to field missile defense capabilities.. More

  • Israeli Occupation troops Kill Palestinian Near Egypt Border

    Israeli occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian man who approached an occupation army post near the Egyptian border and rounded up more than a dozen resistance menin the West Bank and Gaza, military sources and witnesses said on Tuesday.The fresh violence coincided with discussions in the United States between Israeli and U.S. officials on a peace.. More

  • U.N. Hunts for Arms as U.S. Assails Iraq

    U.N. inspectors fanned out across Iraq on Tuesday to search for banned weapons after Washington found fault with an Iraqi arms disclosure and vowed to give Baghdad no second chances. Iraqi officials said nuclear, biological and chemical experts set out at dawn from Baghdad for Mosul, nearly 250 miles north, and Radwan, in the Abu Ghuraib area, about.. More

  • Russia Indirectly Criticizes U.S. on Iraq

    Russia indirectly criticized the United States on Monday for dismissing Iraq's weapons declaration as deficient even before U.N. inspectors give their assessment of the 12,000-page document. Bush administration officials have described the Iraqi declaration as woefully short of facts and have raised the possibility of the use of force against Saddam.. More

  • Chemical Factory Ablaze in Haifa

    A huge blaze broke out at an Israeli chemical factory adjacent to an oil refinery in the northern port city of Haifa Tuesday, but there were no casualties, officials and witnesses said. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control and National Fire Chief Shimon Roma told Israel Radio there was no real threat of it spreading to the nearby oil.. More

  • Blair Ups Peace Effort; Assad Tells Britons Damascus Shelters No Terrorist Organizations as Israel Kills Four Palestinians in Gaza

    Palestinian President Yasser Arafat accepted a British invitation on Monday to send a delegation to London next month and called for international mediators to finalize a Middle East peace plan. Violence continued unabated in the Gaza Strip against the backdrop of the apparent attempt by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to move the Israeli-Palestinian.. More

  • US Set for Verdict on 'Last Chance' Iraqi Arms File

    The United States said on Monday it expected to deliver a final verdict late this week on Iraq's weapons declaration after warning the dossier was flawed and that Baghdad had no more chances to come clean. The United States and Britain have already signaled that they are preparing to wage war if Iraq breaches a tough U.N. Security Council resolution.. More