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  • Bush Pushes Hard for Congressional Support on Iraq Resolution

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush’s Political Offensive Complicated by Reservations Of Some Congress Opposition Members and the November Congressional Elections||Bush to Address Nation Monday Night Focusing of Threat, He Believes, Saddam Poses for World Peace||Senate Votes on Draft Resolution Wednesday or Thursday, House Already Approved it||Bush Tones Down Attacks.. More

  • Khartoum to Resume Talks with Rebels, Blames Fighting on Eritrea

    HIGHLIGHTS: Sudan Threatens Retaliation against Eritrean Agression||Khartoum Calls on Opposition to Join Kenya Talks||Opposition Alliance Forces Attack in Eastern Sudan Wasn't Commissioned by Mirghani, Leader of Khatmiyah Religious Group||Khartoum to File Complaint with UN, African Union & Arab League against Eritrea||Government Forces Appear to Be.. More

  • Palestinian Teen Dies in Clash

    Israeli occupation troops enforcing a curfew clashed with dozens of young Palestinian stone-throwers Saturday, and a 14-year-old boy was killed by occupation army fire, doctors said . Residents said more occupation soldiers and tanks were deployed Saturday in Nablus, the West Bank's largest city, and in adjacent refugee camps. Nablus has been under.. More

  • Factions Could Battle if Saddam Out

    Even before hostilities erupt in a war with Iraq, what happens the day after President Saddam Hussein falls is raising critical questions. A new and legitimate authority may take time to emerge, civil war could break out between the majority Shiite and minority Sunni Arabs, and Kurds in the north might press for an independent state, which U.S. ally.. More

  • Cyprus Talks End Without Breakthrough

    Talks between the Turkish and Greek leaders of Cyprus ended without a breakthrough Friday but the two parties agreed to continue dialogue to try to resolve the dispute that divides the Mediterranean island. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan , who facilitated the talks, said he would meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash and Greek Cypriot President.. More

  • Powell Sees UN Deal on Iraq Despite Snags, Blix Welcomes New Resolution

    HIGHLIGHTS: Powell Urges UN Security Council to Maintain Pressure on Iraq by Moving Quickly||Powell Hints There's Room for Compromise Between the One & Two-Resolution Proposals Now under Informal Discussions Between UN Security Council Member States||Blix Non-committal on One or Two Resolution Proposals||Anglo-American One-Resolution Approach Facing.. More

  • U.S. Charges 6 With al-Qaida Plot

    HIGHLIGHTS: Ashcroft Hails Arrests as "defining day" in Fight against Terrorism||Four Arrested, Two Sought Overseas, Five of the Detainees U.S. Citizens||Arrests Coincide with Lindh Being Sentence to 20 Years for Fighting for Taliban & Shoe Bomber, Richard Reid Pleading Guilty||Portland Muslim Community Feel Being Targeted|| STORY: Hailing a "defining.. More

  • Iraq tells Security Council to be brave and defy U.S.

    Iraq's ruling Baath Party newspaper on Friday accused certain states of not being "brave" enough to threaten to veto a U.S.-drafted new U.N. resolution demanding Baghdad to disarm or face military strikesAl-Thawra did not name these states but it was clearly referring to Russia, China and France, all veto-wielding permanent U.N. Security Council members... More

  • Palestinians prepare to protest US law on embassy in Jerusalem

    Palestinians were preparing mass demonstrations in the Gaza Strip, as tempers were still boiling over a new US law demanding the US embassy in Israel be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.Three Palestinians were wounded as the Israeli occupation army continued its sweep of the West Bank, while sporadic incidents took place in the Gaza Strip, security.. More

  • Sudan says it pushed back rebel attack on eastern army posts

    The army said Thursday it had pushed back a rebel attack on strategic areas in eastern Sudan. Speaking on state-run television and radio, army spokesman Gen. Mohamed Basher Suliman said southern rebels launched simultaneous attacks early Thursday on army posts in five border areas in the eastern province of Kassala, some 400 kilometers (250 miles).. More

  • Inspectors Await New Mandate Before Going to Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: Inspectors Ready to Kick off at Earliest Opportunity||Washington & London Indicate Readiness to Accept the 2 UN Security Council Resolution Scenario Proposed by France||France Strongly Opposes Proposed Anglo-American Draft Resolution Which Would Allow Washington to Decide on its Own Whether Iraq Was in Breach of UN Directives||Five Civilians.. More

  • Barghouti Indicts Israel at Trial, Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Vender in Jenin

    HIGHLIGHTS: Barghouti's Jewish Lawyer Compares Client to Moses [PBUH]||3rd Court Appearance Light on Legal Content, Heavy with Staging, Tension & Drama||Next Court Session Set for Nov.21st ||Lawyers Distribute 54-count Indictment Listing Israel's Crimes against Humanity & Palestinians in Particular||Trial Appears to be Set to Stage Arafat as Being Israel's.. More

  • Pakistan Tests Medium Range Missile

    With border tensions between South Asia's nuclear neighbors running high, Pakistan test fired a new surface-to-surface missile Friday, the official media Uneasy neighbor India was given prior warning of the test, according to the state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan announced. . The missile, believed to have a range of 380 miles, is one in a series.. More

  • Israel Practices Arafat Expulsion ; Barghouti Back on Dock

    Israeli occupation troops have practiced expelling Yasser Arafatby helicopter, security sources confirmed Thursday, as a newspaper reported that commandos have scouted the Palestinian leader's place of exile in a foreign country. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said commandos were ready to carry out the plan on short notice. Israeli.. More

  • Iran calls for Islamic summit meeting on US Jerusalem law

    Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi has called for a meeting of Muslim states following US moves towards recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the official news agency IRNA reported.Kharazi urged that the Al-Qods (Jerusalem) committee of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference meet to discuss the consequences of a new US law, in talks.. More