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  • Two Top Iraqi MPs Dismiss Bush's Speech as 'Lies'

    Two senior members of the Iraqi parliament on Tuesday dismissed as "full of lies" President Bush's speech in which he said Baghdad wanted to attack the United States with weapons of mass destruction. "Your speech Bush is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument," Abdul Aziz Kailani, the head of the religious affairs committee in the parliament,.. More

  • Pakistan Test-Fires Second Missile, Last for Now

    locked in a military stand-off with India, successfully test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, concluding a series of two tests in less than a week, state media reported. The second test came two days before parliamentary elections in Pakistan and on the day India held the last phase of a disputed state poll in Kashmir , the Himalayan.. More

  • Israel Draws Considerate U.S. Condemnation After Khan Younis Massacre

    HIGHLIGHTS: U.N. Secretary General, Annan, Describes Massacre as Being Void of any Moral or Legal Justification||Washington Gently Asks Israel to Investigate & Kindly Take Steps to Prevent Recurrence of 'Tragic Incidents Such as These'||In another Shameless Response, a White House Spokesman Said 'Israel has a right to defend itself'||Five Palestinians.. More

  • Bush Warns Iraqi Generals as France, Britain Seek Consensus

    HIGHLIGHTS: Speech Aimed Not Just at Americans But Critics of White House Stance on Iraq||Bush Tells Congress Approving Using Force against Iraq Doesn't Mean Military Action 'Imminent' or 'Unavoidable'||Senator Criticizes Bush Administration for Sending Message through Words & Deeds That Countries Other than U.S. Do Not Matter||British Foreign Minister.. More

  • Yemen Blast Accidental, Officials Say

    The United States said on Monday it was unclear what caused a blast that gutted a French-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Aden but one senior U.S. official told Reuters it appeared to be an accident. The Yemeni government has ruled out an assault similar to the 2000 bombing of the U.S. destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden, saying a fire caused the blast... More

  • Hamas urges Palestinian groups to strike Israel after raid

    The resistance Islamist group Hamas called on all Palestinian Resistance organisations to strike Israel after an Israeli raid in the Gaza Strip which left at least 11 Palestinians dead."This massacre is one of a series by the Zionist occupation aimed at destroying all Palestinians, including children, women and elderly people," charged Abdel Aziz Rantissi,.. More

  • Tens of thousands of Americans protest Washington's Iraq policy

    Tens of thousands of people, led by some top Hollywood stars, demonstrated on the streets of the United States' largest cities to protest President George W. Bush's US plans to invade Iraq.In New York on Sunday, at least 15,000 people gathered in Central Park to denounce Washington's stance towards Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, including Oscar-winning.. More

  • French launch terrorist enquiry into tanker blast

    The anti-terrorist branch of the Paris prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary enquiry into the blast on board a French tanker off the coast of Yemen, judicial officials revealed.The enquiry -- which the officials qualified as "exploratory" -- has been entrusted to the domestic intelligence service, the Territorial Surveillance Directorate (DST)... More

  • At Least Nine Palestinians Killed & Eighty Others Wounded in Gaza Raid

    HIGHLIGHTS: Raid a Blow to EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana on a Visit to the Territories||Missile Attack in Katiba Neighbourhood of Khan Younis Kills Seven Palestinians Including a Woman While Israeli Gun & Tank Fire Kill Two Others at Al-Amal Neighbourhood of the Same Gazan City||Eyewitness: Firing Was Random from Both Ground and Air Occupation Forces||Solana.. More

  • Osama bin Laden warns of more attacks against United States

    The Arab satellite station al-Jazeera broadcast an audiotape Sunday in which a male voice attributed to Osama bin Laden said the "youths of God" are planning more attacks against the United States. "By God, the youths of God are preparing for you things that would fill your hearts with terror and target your economic lifeline until you stop your oppression.. More

  • Iraq open to new UN resolution as US lawmakers prepare to authorize attack

    Baghdad's UN ambassador said his country is open to a new UN Security Council resolution on arms inspections, as US lawmakers prepared to authorize President George W. Bush to attack Iraq.Iraqi ambassador Mohammed Aldouri said Baghdad would be willing to consider a new resolution as the world body prepared for a week of bargaining."We are not rejecting.. More

  • Tanker Explodes Off Yemen Amid Bomb Speculation

    An explosion set a French oil supertanker ablaze off the coast of Yemen Sunday, triggering conflicting explanations of an internal blast and a bomb attack from a small boat. Yemeni Transport and Marine Affairs Minister Saeed Yafai said one of the ship's tanks had exploded, igniting the fire. But an official source in Paris said France had strong indications.. More

  • Israel Tries 4 Accused in Bombings

    Four Arab residents of Jerusalem, accused of helping bombers carry out three attacks that killed 35 people and wounded almost 200, went on trial Sunday amid a flood of insults from relatives of the Israeli victimsThe relatives denounced the families of the accused as they waited outside the Jerusalem District Court, and then cursed the four accused.. More

  • UK's Straw to Tour Mideast to Seek Support on Iraq

    British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will make a whistle-stop trip to Iran, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt this week to try to gather support for possible action against Iraq, officials said Sunday. The Iran leg of the trip had been previously made public but only Sunday were Straw's other destinations confirmed by the British government. Britain has refused.. More

  • Arafat Signs Law on Jerusalem as Future Capital

    HIGHLIGHTS: The Signing of the Law by Arafat Comes in Response to the New U.S. Law Recently Signed by Bush Requiring White House to Stipulate on Documents that Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel||PLC to Discuss New U.S. Law Sunday||Bush Checks British Push for Peace Talks||A Second Palestinian Teen-ager Killed in Less than 24 Hours||Sharon Expected.. More