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  • Kuwait denies al-Qaeda link

    The Kuwaiti interior minister has said that there is no clear evidence linking the killers of a United States marine to Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. On Tuesday, one US marine was killed and another wounded while on exercises on Failaka Island off Kuwait in an attack by two gunmen. Both attackers were killed. "We have no information the attack was ordered.. More

  • Bombing in Bali Nightclub Kills 187

    A car bomb destroyed a crowded nightclub on the tourist island of Bali Saturday, sparking a devastating inferno that killed at least 187 people and wounded 300 - many of them foreigners. Officials said it was the worst terrorist act in Indonesia's history. Authorities said a second bomb exploded near the island's U.S. consular office. Police said there.. More

  • US Spurns Iraq's Invitation to Inspectors

    Iraq has reiterated its willingness to allow UN weapons inspectors unconditional access to its facilities, but the United States dismissed the offer as "word play," and Baghdad warned other Arab nations they could be next if the United States attacked Iraq. In a letter to chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix and Mohamed El Baradei, head of the International.. More

  • Kuwait Holds 15 in US Marines Shooting, Says Cell Led by Bin Laden Backer

    An inquiry into an attack on US marines in Kuwait has led to the arrest of 15 people, officials said, adding that their leader, who was gunned down in the fatal shooting, had sworn allegiance to al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. The 15 suspects -- all Kuwaitis -- formed an "organization" that was planning to strike at five other US and foreign targets,.. More

  • Bomb Kills At Least 150 in Indonesia

    A huge bomb killed more than 150 people as it ripped through two bars packed with foreign tourists on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, in an attack quickly blamed on terrorists. The explosion completely destroyed the bars in the tourist district of Kuta and triggered an intense blaze which burned for hours as rescuers struggled to ferry scores.. More

  • Iraqi vice president says U.N. inspectors can visit palaces

    Iraq's vice president said in an interview published on Saturday that Baghdad was ready to allow U.N. weapons inspectors to visit eight presidential palaces, a key sticking point with the United States. "As far as we are concerned, the inspectors can search and inspect however and where ever they would like," Taha Yassin Ramadan told the German Der.. More

  • Palestinian killed in Gaza, resistance bombing foiled in Tel Aviv

    A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli occupation soldiers in the battered Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis, the morning after security occupation forces foiled a resistance bombing in Tel Aviv.Arafat Abu Rujeila, 21, was hit in the head Saturday, by machine-gun fire from an Israeli tank just east of Khan Yunis.His death raised the toll from the two-year-old.. More

  • Kuwait tightens oil security, arrests 26 suspects

    Kuwait has arrested 26 suspects who formed a local al Qaeda-style "cell" for allegedly plotting to attack vital Kuwaiti and American targets in the oil-rich state, security sources said on Saturday.A senior oil official said the Gulf Arab state had also tightened already tough security for oil export facilities and tankers after uncovering the plot... More

  • Congress Backs Bush as Planners Mull a Post-Saddam Iraq

    The U.S. Congress gave President George W. Bush the go-ahead on Friday for a possible war with Iraq as American planners worked on how U.S.-led coalition forces might transfer power to Iraqi civilians for a democratic transition in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Despite the strong congressional authorisation for military action against Iraq, Washington.. More

  • Palestinian Bomber Captured Outside U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv

    A Palestinian bomber was captured by guards outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Friday after fleeing a nearby cafe where his explosives belt had set off a metal detector, police said. Uri Bar-Lev, a senior Tel Aviv police officer, told Israel Radio no one was injured in the incident on Tel Aviv's Herbert Samuel Street. Earlier, police said preliminary.. More

  • Party Seen Closest to Pakistan Military Heads Poll

    The party most closely linked to Pakistan's outgoing military regime emerged Saturday as the main player and potential coalition builder in parliament, after an election in which an Islamic front won major gains. Dubbed the "king's party" for its perceived backing of President Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-a-Azam had won 77 of the.. More

  • Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize-Seen as Indirect Criticism of Bush Administration

    Former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for a quest for democracy and human rights in an award that also faulted Washington's drive to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, won from a record field of 156 candidates vying for the prize named after Alfred Nobel, a Swedish philanthropist.. More

  • Israel goes on high alert following resistance bombing

    Israeli police restricted access to prayers at annexed east Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, as security occupation forces went on high alert a day after a Palestinian resistance bombing in Tel Aviv.Israel banned access to the disputed site to Muslim males under 40 following intelligence reports that Palestinian groups were planning a repeat of incidents.. More

  • Yemen Blast Likely a Terrorist Act

    A French oil tanker damaged by an explosion was towed into a northeastern Yemen port Friday, as investigators said metal and plastic pieces found on the deck suggested the ship was rammed by a smaller craft.American officials said Sunday's blast was an act of terrorism most likely carried out by people with links to al-Qaida, the terror network led.. More

  • U.S. House Backs War, Iraq Invites U.S. Inspectors

    HIGHLIGHTS: Blair and Putin to Hold Further Talks on Iraq in Moscow||Nonaligned Nations Ask for Iraq Meet || 3 U.S. Marines Injured in Kuwait Blast || STORY: The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to back a possible war with Iraq as Baghdad tried on Thursday to avert a strike by inviting the Bush administration to see for itself that.. More