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  • Nations Opposing Iraq War Get Ready for UN Debate

    In a preview of a debate on Wednesday, South Africa, head of the 130-member Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations, said the world should solve the Iraqi crisis without resorting to force. Dumisani Kumalo, South Africa's U.N. ambassador, told a news conference that an attack on Iraq would have serious implications and the 15-nation Security Council.. More

  • Sanaa, Addis Ababa and Khartoum vow to jointly fight terrorism

    Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi pledged to join forces in fighting terrorism, in a statement issued in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, Tuesday. The three leaders "strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and are convinced that it poses a grave danger to regional and.. More

  • Five Injured as Resistance Man Hits Bus in Northern Israel

    Five people were slightly injured in a shooting attack on a bus near the northern Israeli town of Beit Shean, close to the northeastern frontier with the West Bank.Police spokesman in the region, Yossi Hassan, told AFP that the attack was carried out by a resistance mannear the Beit Hashita kibbutz, eight kilometres (five miles) northwest of Beit Shean.. More

  • Iraqis say "yes" to Saddam; Security Council split over resolution

    Iraqis went to the polls in a massive show of support for President Saddam Hussein and in defiance of US efforts to topple the regime, as Washington remained at loggerheads with other Security Council members over a new UN resolution on arms inspections.Iraqis turned out in their thousands for a referendum which gives Saddam Hussein, the sole candidate,.. More

  • Indonesia mulls emergency powers as Bali bomb hunt intensifies

    Indonesia was considering emergency powers to clamp down on terrorism as an international force was assembled to hunt down the bombers who killed nearly 200 people on the resort island of Bali.The United States and Australia also stepped up pressure on Indonesia to take action against Islamic extremist groups, as both countries blamed al-Qaeda for Saturday's.. More

  • Jihad Vows to Avenge the Death of Two Resistance Activists in Jenin as Inter-Palestinian Tension Continues and Sharon Leaves for Washington

    HIGHLIGHTS: Sharon's Knesset Speech Intended to Exploit Inter-Palestinian Tension||Inter-Palestinian Confrontations Erupt at Abayat Funeral||Arafat to Name New Cabinet in a Matter of Days||Dahlan Offers to Resign|| STORY: Occupation Forces have killed two Palestinian activists in Jenin as inter-Palestinian tension erupts during Abayat Funeral in Bethlehem... More

  • Iraq Accord Eludes Security Council

    Despite high-level negotiations, the United States and Britain were at odds Monday with France, Russia and China over a U.S.-backed resolution authorizing military action against Iraq if it fails to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors. France has led opposition to giving the Bush administration a green light, instead favoring two U.N. resolutions -.. More

  • Bush, Indonesia Link Al Qaeda to Bali Blasts

    Investigators hunted for clues on Tuesday to the planners of the Bali bomb explosions that both Indonesia and U.S. President George Bush have linked to al Qaeda. Bush said in Washington that the explosions that killed more than 180 people, mostly foreign tourists, on the resort island on Saturday appeared to be part of a new global pattern of attacks.. More

  • Sharon heads to Washington as Palestinian death toll rises

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was heading for Washington and tough talks with US President George W. Bush, who has demanded he ease Palestinian suffering and rising civilian death tolls ahead of a possible US campaign against Iraq.The visit comes a day after six Palestinians, three of them civilians, and one a four-year-old boy, were killed by.. More

  • Iraq mobilises for pro-Saddam vote as US sharpens war plans

    Iraq has mobilised to renew Saddam Hussein's mandate in Tuesday's referendum as Washington ordered regional commanders to sharpen war plans, dismissing as word play a new offer by Baghdad to allow UN inspectors unconditional access to its weapons facilities.Baghdad's ruling Baath party has monopolised the referendum in a defiant bid to show the United.. More

  • Shots Fired on U.S. Forces in Kuwait

    U.S. forces came under fire from two civilian vehicles near a training area in northern Kuwait on Monday, officials said. No one was hurt.It was the third case of gunfire involving American forces in Kuwait in less than a week. On Tuesday, two Kuwaitis ambushed Marines during training exercises, killing one and wounding a second. Marines killed the.. More

  • Abayat Assassinated, Six Other Palestinians Killed Including a Toddler

    Six Palestinians were killed, including a toddler crushed when Israeli occupation forces dynamite a house in the Gaza Strip and an activist was assassinated in Bethlehem, jeopardising talk of a fresh Israeli pullback from the West Bank. The latest killing of a child in the town of Rafah on the Egyptian border, where at least five youths were killed.. More

  • Rumsfeld orders update of war plans

    US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he had ordered regional commanders to sharpen war plans, according to the New York Times, after Washington dismissed as word play a new Iraqi offer to allow UN inspectors unconditional access to its weapons facilities. The newspaper Sunday quoted Rumsfeld as saying he ordered commanders to rewrite war plans.. More

  • Bush Condemns Bali Bombings as US Urges Americans to Leave

    US President George W. Bush has condemned the bomb attack in Bali that left more than 180 people dead as a "heinous" act of terrorism as the State Department urged Americans to leave Indonesia. US ambassador to Indonesia Ralph Boyce said Sunday that while there were no claims of responsibility for the bombing, early indications pointed to the al-Qaeda.. More

  • Israeli Occupation troops Enters Gaza Kill 4 Palestinian & Demolish Houses

    Israeli occupation troops backed by tanks and a helicopter entered the Rafah refugee camp on Sunday hunting for tunnels used to smuggle weapons and drugs into the Gaza Strip . Two Palestinians were killed and 28 wounded, witnesses and hospital officials saidThe Palestinians said the occupation soldiers blew up five houses, while Israeli occupation army.. More