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  • Turkey Victors Mull Premier Choice

    The man who led an Islamic-rooted party to victory in Turkey's elections - but is barred from office - said he won't run the government from behind the scenes, as his party tried Tuesday to decide whom to name as prime minister. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the popular boss of the Justice and Development Party, cannot hold office because of a 1999 conviction.. More

  • U.S. Missile Kills Al Qaeda Suspects in Yemen

    A missile fired by an unmanned U.S. aircraft has killed six alleged members of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in Yemen, including a key suspect in an attack on a U.S. warship two years ago, a U.S. official said on Monday. The official told Reuters in Washington that a Central Intelligence Agency drone carried out Sunday's attack on a car carrying.. More

  • Resistance Bomber Kills Two as Sharon Survives Vote

    A Palestinian Resistance bomber has killed two Israelis in a shopping mall as Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon won a tenuous lease on life for his minority government, surviving parliamentary no-confidence. The London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper said it had received a claim of responsibility from the Al-Quds Brigade of the resistance Palestinian.. More

  • Saddam Hints at Flexibility; U.N. Deal Close

    President Saddam Hussein said on Monday Iraq would consider cooperating with a U.N. resolution on arms inspections if it was not just a pretext for a U.S. attack. At the United Nations, after weeks of wrangling, signs emerged that a compromise resolution may be agreed this week. "If a resolution is issued which respects the U.N. charter, international.. More

  • Leading Al Qaeda Suspect Killed in Yemen Car Blast

    Six alleged al Qaeda members, including a key suspect being hunted by Yemen on suspicion of links to Osama bin Laden , were killed when their car exploded, a source close to Yemen's government said on Monday. The source said it was not yet clear what caused Sunday's car explosion in the Marib oil-producing province, 170 km (105 miles) east of the capital.. More

  • Turkey Faces Painful Tests After Election Rout

    Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) began forming a government on Monday after a spectacular election triumph that will raise deep concerns in a secularist establishment wary of the party's Islamist roots. Muslim NATOmember Turkey's closest ally, the United States, will be eager to see a new cabinet in office in about two weeks, the minimum.. More

  • Israeli Occupation troops Kill 5 Palestinians as Group Accuses Israel of War Crimes

    Israeli occupationarmy troops killed five Palestinian men in three separate shootings in the Gaza Strip , occupation army and Palestinian officials said Monday. No weapons were found on any of the five, according to the two sides. The occupation army shot and killed three men in central Gaza late Sunday when they approached a heavily guarded border.. More

  • Turkish Party: Opposes U.S. Strikes

    The leader of winning party in Turkey's elections said Monday he is opposed to a U.S. military strike against neighboring Iraq, unless approved by the United Nations. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the Justice and Development Party, which has Islamic roots, expressed hope that no U.S. strike against Iraq would take place if proof that Iraq had.. More

  • Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Help Any U.S. Strike on Iraq

    Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, said Sunday it would not allow the United States to use facilities in the country to attack neighboring Iraq, even if a strike was sanctioned by the United Nations. "We will abide by the decision of the United Nations Security Council and we will cooperate with the Security Council. But as to entering.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Army Kills 4 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip & Destroys Palestinian Homes Near Jenin in the West Bank

    Israeli's occupation Army has announced that its soldiers have killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, three of them were killed near the Nahil Oz crossing in the North East.A Palestinian source meanwhile said the fourth was killed near Sofa crossing East of Rafah in the south. Earlier reports said that the occupation army entered entered Beit Hanoun.. More

  • Israel arrests 165 wanted Palestinians in Jenin in nine day operation: occupation army

    The Israeli occupation army has arrested 165 wanted Palestinians in the northern West Bank town of Jenin and its refugee camp since the start of a major operation there nine days ago, an army spokeswoman said."The army has arrested 165 wanted militants in Jenin city and refugee camp since the start of Operation Vanguard," the spokeswoman said, saying.. More

  • U.S. Pilots in Gulf Use Southern Iraq for Practice Runs

    ABOARD U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 30 When Navy warplanes roar off the flight deck of this aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, their official mission is to patrol the no-flight zone in southern Iraq.But they also have an unadvertised task: practicing bombing runs against Iraqi targets.Navy pilots are conducting mock strikes against.. More

  • Crisis-Weary Turks May Back New Party

    Voters weary of economic crises looked ready to abandon the ruling coalition in elections Sunday and back a new party with Islamic roots that prosecutors have tried to shut down. Many parties now in parliament, including all three in Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit's coalition, may not even get the necessary 10 percent of votes to make it back in. The.. More

  • Ereqat Fears New Israeli Crackdown

    HIGHLIGHTSEreqat Was Addressing a News Conference at a Seminar on the Spanish Island of Majorca|*|Ereqat Expects Sharon to Take Advantage of Attack on Iraq and Destroy Palestinian Authority, Inflict 'Physical Harm' on Arafat & to Fully Reoccupy West Bank & Gaza Strip|*|Peres Doesn't Share Ereqat's Pessimism & Appears to Reject Ereqat's Call for International.. More

  • Ex-Islamic Group Leads in Turkey

    HIGHLIGHTESElections Expected to Radically Remake Parliament|*|AKP, Erdogan's Justice And Development Party Has its Roots in Islamic-Oriented Movements|*|AKP Agenda Focuses on Turkey's Wrenching Recession & Corruption Rather than on Religion|*|None of Parties now in Parliament Polled Above 10 percent, the Minimum Vote Threshold for Getting Seats in.. More