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  • Sudanese university closed amid anti-government unrest

    Sudan's leading university ordered all of its faculties closed after a three-week protest movement against the Islamist government turned increasingly violent.The University of Khartoum authorities decided to close the university "immediately and indefinitely" to protect both students and buildings scattered across the capital region, Vice Chancellor.. More

  • Iraqi Opposition Delays Meeting

    Exiled Iraqi opposition groups have again postponed a conference planned this month in Belgium to discuss their possible role in toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. In a statement sent to The Associated Press in Cairo on Thursday, a preparatory committee said it is putting off the conference, scheduled for Nov. 22 in Brussels, Belgium for two weeks,.. More

  • Occupation Troops Kill & Arrest More Palestinians as Sharon Says a Palestinian State is a 'Fait Accompli' & Hamas & Fatah Seek Closer Ties

    The Israeli occupation army killed a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank city of Nablus it invaded a day before, as it stepped up a military response to a deadly attack on a kibbutz, Palestinian sources said. In Gaza, Israeli occupation troops also shot dead Khaled Abu Hilal, 36, in Rafah refugee camp, near the Egyptian border in an area of frequent.. More

  • Arab Foreign Ministers to Meet This Wednesday in Damascus

    Nine top Arab diplomats will meet in Damascus next week to forge a joint stand on a US-inspired roadmap for Arab-Israeli peace, a source at the Arab League said. The foreign ministers, who form a committee to follow up Arab summit resolutions designed to help the Palestinians, will meet November 20-21 to discuss US and European proposals to revive the.. More

  • Israel Arrests resistance man Linked to Kibbutz Attack

    The Israeli occupation army shot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank on Thursday and arrested a resistance man accused of being behind an attack on an Israeli kibbutz that killed five people.Witnesses said occupation soldiers opened fire on stone-throwers in central Nablus, killing a 17-year-old youth during the second day of a large-scale Israeli sweep.. More

  • Iraqi Paper Says Conflict with U.S. Not Over

    The newspaper of President Saddam Hussein 's eldest son said Thursday the conflict between Iraq and the United States was not over despite Baghdad's acceptance of a new U.N. resolution on disarmament. "Our allies and brothers should realize that the problem with the American administration and its ally Britain is not over. Perhaps it is resuming again,".. More

  • China's Jiang Ushers in New Generation of Leaders

    Chinese Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin ushered in a new generation of leaders under Hu Jintao on Thursday in the first orderly succession since the party took power in 1949. But the new leadership, to be unveiled on Friday after months of secretive jockeying for power, will be packed with Jiang's allies, allowing him to pull strings from behind the.. More

  • Reluctant Iraq Accepts U.N. Resolution to Disarm

    Iraq reluctantly accepted on Wednesday a tough new U.N. resolution that gives Baghdad one last chance to disarm and paves the way for weapons inspectors to return to the country after a four-year absence. Faced with a Friday deadline, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri surprised diplomats by submitting a letter of acceptance to U.N. Secretary-General.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Outskirts of Gaza City, Take Positions Near Yassin's Home as Washington Appears Resigned to Slow Progress on 'Roadmap'

    Dozens of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles rolled into the southern outskirts of Palestinian-ruled Gaza City early on Thursday, Palestinian witnesses and security sources said. They said the tanks entered the As-Sabra area of the Gaza Strip's main city and took up positions about 150 meters (yards) from the home of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder and.. More

  • Bin Laden Alive and Kicking?

    Experts said Wednesday they believed the voice on a tape broadcast by independent television station al-Jazeera was that of the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden. Gulf officials as well as Muslim activists said they were convinced the audio tape carried the voice of the Saudi dissident with a DLRS. 25 million reward on his head for allegedly.. More

  • Iraq accepts U.N. resolution despite "bad contents"

    Iraq on Wednesday accepted a new U.N. Security Council resolution, which gives Baghdad one last chance to disarm, cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors or face "serious consequences". "We hereby inform you that we will deal with resolution 1441, despite its bad contents," said a letter from Foreign Minister Naji Sabri to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi.. More

  • Israel Hunts resistance man in West Bank

    In the biggest sweep in months, Israeli occupation troops hunting for resistance men stormed dozens of homes in this Palestinian city Wednesday, ordering residents to line up in the dawn chill as tanks blocked roads and helicopters hovered above. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat denounced the raid, which came two days after five Israelis were killed.. More

  • Bin Laden Tape May Prove He's Alive

    An Arab TV station broadcast an audiotape Tuesday of a voice that a U.S. official said sounded like Osama bin Laden's. If confirmed, it would provide hard evidence that the al-Qaida leader was alive as recently as last month. The speaker, identified by al-Jazeera television as bin Laden and aired across the Arab world, praised the October terrorist.. More

  • Bush Dismisses Iraqi MPs And Awaits Word from Saddam

    Iraq's parliament on Tuesday unanimously rejected a U.N. call for Baghdad to disarm, but U.S. President George W. Bush dismissed the action of a "rubber stamp" assembly and said he wanted to hear what President Saddam Hussein had to say. Political analysts said the mixed signals were designed to give a flavour of democratic legitimacy to Iraq's autocracy.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Army Enters Nablus in West Bank

    HIGHLIGHTSOccupation Forces Enter City from Four Directions||24 Hours Earlier, Occupation Army Raided Tulkarm|| Helicopter Gunship Fires Missile at Gaza Metal Factory for Second Time in as Many Days|| Netanyahu Says Would Expel Arafat if Elected Prime Minister||STORYDozens of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles swept into the West Bank city of Nablus.. More