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Pakistan Fears India Attack if U.S. Invades Iraq

HIGHLIGHTS: Pakistan's UN Envoy Refers Reporters' Questions on Islamabad's Precautionary Measures to President Musharraf||Washington promises India to Press Pakistan on Elections in Kashmir||Kashmiri Nationalists Kill 3 Indian Policemen in Indian-ruled Kashmir||Pakistan Arrests 5 in 2nd. Musharraf Murder Plot|| STORY: Islamabad is worried that India.. More

28895 10/09/2002
U.S. Forces Launch Big Operation in E.Afghanistan

HIGHLIGHTS: Operation 'Champion Strike' Aims to Deny Qaeda Remnants Ability to Operate in the Area||Secrecy Engulfs Duration of Military Action & Details of outcome so far||Local Population in the Bermal Valley, Theatre of 'Champion Strike' Operation, Increasingly Vocal in Opposition to Presence & Tactics of American Troops in the Area|| STORY: Hundreds.. More

28894 10/09/2002
Arafat Says Peace with Israel Still Possible

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said Monday peace with Israel was still possible despite two years of violence, and repeated his condemnation of attacks on Israeli and Palestinian civilians. "The peace of the brave is still ahead of us and is not behind us," Arafat told lawmakers in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "After 50 years of struggle and.. More

28890 09/09/2002
Iraq, Pyongyang High on Agenda for Bush-Koizumi

A possible U.S. attack on Iraq and ties with North Korea are likely to grab much of the limelight when President Bush meets Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday, analysts and diplomats say. Concerns over soggy global growth and worries over Japan's own struggling economy and fragile banking system will also get a nod, but could take.. More

28889 09/09/2002
Masood's Death a Precursor to Sept. 11

The assassination one year ago of Afghanistan's legendary resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masood was an instrumental part of Osama bin Laden's plan to attack the United States two days later, his mentor and friend said. Masood Khalili, one of Masood's closest friends, was sitting next to the commander when two Arabs posing as journalists triggered a bomb.. More

28888 09/09/2002
Fighting in Gaza, Palestinian Lawmakers to Meet

HIGHLIGHTS: Fighting Erupts in the Central Gaza Town of Deir al-Balah and the Nearby al-Bureij and Nusairat Refugee camps||12 Parliamentarians Barred From Attending Session to Participate Thro' Video Link||Lawmakers to Vote on Arafat's Reshuffle|| STORY: Israeli occupation forces raided the Palestinian-ruled central Gaza Strip on Monday, sparking gun.. More

28851 09/09/2002
Iraq defiant after Bush-Blair summit

HIGHLIGHTS: International Community Should Stand up to Saddam Hussein: Powell||Bush Still Ready to Act Unilaterally||Despite Fledgling Campaign by Bush Top Advisers, Americans Still Believe White House Has Yet to Make a Convincing Case against Iraq||Baghdad Goes Business as Usual as Preparations for Referendum on Saddam's Rule Forge Ahead|| STORY: Iraq.. More

28850 09/09/2002
Sudan expands mobilisation to retake southern town

HIGHLIGHTS: Defense Minister: 'Army Capable of Retaking Torit'||Senior Government Officials Leave for War Zone||Khartoum Dispatches Envoys to Libya, Chad, Nigeria and China to Explain Position on Suspended Peace Negotiations|| STORY: The government sent another battalion of Islamist militiamen from Khartoum to southern Sudan as part of a military mobilisation.. More

28849 09/09/2002
Pakistani Police Kill Four Church Attack Suspects

Four suspected militants, including two linked to a bloody attack on a church last year, were killed in a shootout with the police in eastern Pakistan early on Sunday, police said. They said the two men suspected in the church attack were being transported in a police convoy when it was attacked by unidentified men near the small town of Krore Pukka,.. More

28841 08/09/2002
Locals Say Afghan Land Clash Claims 16 Lives

At least 16 people have been killed in fighting between two rival Afghan tribes in the southeastern province of Khost, residents said on Sunday. The clash on Saturday was part of an old feud over land between rival tribes north of the city of Khost, they said. "Neither sides seems to be giving any concessions in the dispute that they have. The issue.. More

28840 08/09/2002
Bush and Blair Claim to Have Evidence to Act against Iraq

HIGHLIGHTS: Germany & France Agree They're Opposed to Military Action against Iraq||Bush Calls Saddam a 'Tyrant', Discusses Ousting the Iraqi Leader with Blair & Plans to Challenge UN to Take Quick, Tough Action to Disarm Iraq||Bush & Blair Cite Unverified Past & Present IAEA Reports as Evidence against Iraq||Iraq Accuses Bush of Cheating the World.. More

28812 08/09/2002
Israeli Occupation Army Wound Stone-Throwing Boys

HIGHLIGHTS: Mega Bomb Attack Feared on Israeli Holiday||Occupation Forces Arrest Leading Hamas Resistance Activist Hisham Sharabaty in Hebron, Al-Khalil||Occupation Army Shot at By Resistance Man||Jewish French Lawyer Joins Barghouti's Defence|| STORY: Israeli armored combat vehicles fired at a crowd of stone-throwing Palestinian boys in the West Bank.. More

28811 08/09/2002
Germany: Pair Not Tied to al-Qaida

HIGHLIGHTS: Explosives, Chemicals, Pipe Bombs and a Photo of Bin Laden Found in Apartment||Couple 'Very Friendly' with Acquaintances But Male Companion Openly Hostile to Jews||Female Companion Warns a Friend to Stay away From U.S. Base Shopping Centre|| STORY: A Turkish man and his American fiancee arrested for plotting to bomb U.S. military bases in.. More

28799 07/09/2002
Bush and Blair plot Iraq strategy

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is heading to the US for talks with President George W Bush on building an international coalition for possible military action against Baghdad. The two leaders will meet at the US president's retreat, Camp David, to discuss what can be done to stop Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from developing and using weapons of mass destruction... More

28798 07/09/2002
Iran Says Tests New Surface-To-Surface Missile

Iran said on Saturday it had successfully conducted tests on a new surface-to-surface missile in a bid to bolster defense capabilities. "I can assure you this is one of the most precise missiles in the world as far as targeting is concerned," Ahmad Vahid, head of Iran's state Aeronautics Organization, was quoted by state television as saying. Vahid.. More

28797 07/09/2002

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