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  • Compromise May Break UN Impasse on Iraq

    The United States has agreed to give up an explicit authorization for military action against Iraq in a new U.N. resolution, opening the door for agreement with France that would end a month-long deadlock in the U.N. Security Council, diplomats reported. Paris, which had led the resistance to earlier U.S. proposals, on Thursday was favorably disposed.. More

  • Yemen receives donors aid; admits terror attack behind tanker blast

    Yemen received a massive fund injection to combat poverty and terrorism in a move that coincided with its confirmation that an attack had caused a blast on a tanker off its coast. The World Bank said Thursday it had accorded Yemen an assistance package of grants and loans worth 2.3 billion dollars to support an anti-poverty campaign running from 2003.. More

  • Palestinian Authority & UNRWA Denounce Rafah Massacre

    Israeli tank shelling killed at least six Palestinians and wounded 60 in a Gaza Strip refugee camp Thursday after resistance men fired at army bulldozers, aggravating tensions that were already close to the boiling point. Two other people were feared dead in the wreckage of a house destroyed in the Rafah camp, said Palestinian medics. Witnesses said.. More

  • US and France Find Common Ground on Iraq

    France appeared favorably disposed to new U.S. proposals for a draft resolution that now drop any immediate authorization for a military strike against Iraq unless Baghdad balks at U.N. weapons inspections, diplomats said late on Thursday. An agreement with France, which was leading widespread resistance to an early U.S. draft, would clear the way for.. More

  • SPLA Accuses Sudan of Violating New Truce

    The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) accused the Khartoum government of violating a 10-minute old truce by attacking its forces in eastern Sudan, and warned the alleged breach would hurt renewed peace talks. "Government forces attacked our forces in eastern Sudan around 1210 local time," or 0910 GMT, SPLA spokesman Yasser Arman said from his offices.. More

  • Israelis, Palestinians Hold First Talks in Weeks

    Palestinian and Israeli officials have held their first high-level talks in several weeks to set the agenda for further ministerial meetings, the two sides said on Thursday. Although no breakthrough was announced, the discussions between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Jerusalem late on Wednesday.. More

  • Saddam: Iraqis Confident After Vote

    Iraqi President Saddam Husseinsaid the referendum re-electing him for another seven years has increased the determination of Iraq's people to fight for their country, Iraqi media reported Thursday. Saddam spoke Wednesday at a meeting of the Revolutionary Command Council, Iraq's main decision-making government body, the official daily al-Iraq said. The.. More

  • Three Killed, Dozens Hurt in Philippine Mall Blasts

    At least three people were killed and dozens wounded when bombs ripped through a shopping center in the largely Christian city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines on Thursday, officials said. No group has claimed responsibility but officials said they suspected the blasts were the work of radicals fighting for an Islamic state in the south of the.. More

  • U.S. to Submit New U.N. Resolution on Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: Powell to 'Get Tough' with France||Nation after Nation Warn Washington at Debate against Military Action Before UN Weapons Inspectors Report to Council||Bush Signs Congressional Decision into Law||No Vote Expected Before Next Week||Saddam's Top Deputy Leaves Door Open for Baghdad's Compliance with New UN Resolution|| STORY: The United States.. More

  • Bush Gives Sharon Green Light to Hit Back if Attacked by Iraq

    HIGLIGHTS: William Burns to Start a 2-Week Visit to the Middle East||Peres Meets Ereqat: Palestinian Official||Israel to pay Palestinian Revenue Confisicated During 2 Years of Intifadha, Uprising Confrontations||Palestinian Killed in Rafah, 15 Others Wounded Including 9 Children||So-called Rouge Settlements Dismantled|| STORY: Speaking to reporters.. More

  • Qatar Confirms Split with Saudi Arabia; Foreign Minister: Saddam Didn't Threaten Doha & We're not An American Pone

    H.E. the foreign minister of Qatar, SH. Hamad Ben Jassim Ben Jabor Al-Thani denied that the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has threatened to attack Qatar or any other Arab Gulf State if the U.S. attacks Baghdad adding in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV programme (Billa Hudood) aired by the Qatari Doha-based TV Satellite station,Al-Jazeera,Wednesday,that.. More

  • Bush, Sharon to Meet over Iraq, Palestinians

    A looming U.S. war on Iraq and Washington's desire for Israel to stay out of it were likely to be high on the agenda of talks on Wednesday between President Bushand Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon . But with the White House saying Bush has yet to decide on military action and Sharon calling for less "babble" on the issue, little may emerge from.. More

  • Saddam Wins New Term with 100 Percent 'Yes' Vote

    Iraqi President Saddam Husseinwon a perfect 100 percent of votes in a referendum for a new term in office, official results showed on Wednesday."Our leader President Saddam Hussein, may God preserve him and look after him, has won 100 percent of the votes of eligible voters," said Saddam's top deputy Izzat Ibrahim, reading official results at a news.. More

  • Indian Security Body Urges Phased Troop Withdrawal

    India's top security advisory group Wednesday urged the government to pull back some troops from the border with Pakistan, local television reported, in what would be the biggest move to ease tension in almost a year. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayeechaired a National Security Advisory Board meeting that recommended a phased withdrawal of some of.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Another Teen-ager in Tulkarm & Release Jerusalem's Mufti (Top Muslim Religious Authority in the City)

    HIGHLIGHTS: Jerusalem's Chief Muslim Religious Authority, Mufti Ikrima Says Has no Position on So-called Suicide Bombings||Ben-Eliezer Says Occupation Troops Could Withdraw From Hebron, Al-Khalil by End of the Week||Arafat to Appoint a New Cabinet by the End of the Week|| STORY: Jerusalem's chief Muslim religious authority was questioned by Israeli.. More