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  • Israeli Occupation Troops End A Brief Sweep Through Jenin Refugee Camp

    HIGHLIGHTS: House of Hamas Jenin Leader Jamal Abu al-Haija Set Ablaze||Palestinian Resistance Man Killed As He Attacks An Israeli Settlement in Gaza Strip||Incursions Into Nablus & Al-Beireh||STORY: Israeli occupation forces pushed back into the Jenin refugee camp in a sweep for suspected Palestinian Resistance men early on Friday, returning to the.. More

  • Washington Finds No Arafat Evidence of Involvement in Attacks Against Israel

    HIGHLIGHTS: |Washington Examines PLO Compliance with 1993 Oslo Accords || PLO Has No System to Bring Resistance Bombers to Justice||Tenet May Shift Security Talks to Washington||STORY: In Washington, a State Department report found "no clear evidence" that Yasser Arafat or other senior officials of the Palestine Liberation Organization planned or approved.. More

  • Israeli Tanks Enter Jenin; No PLO Evidence of Involvement in Attacks Against Israel

    HIGHLIGHTS: Large Scale Operation||Refugee Camp, Scene of Recent Atrocities, Partially Spared||Washington Finds No Evidence PLO Involved in Resistance Attacks Against Israel|| Tenet May Shift Security Talks to Washington||STORY: Israeli tanks invaded thePalestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank early Friday, and shooting exchanges broke out, witnesses.. More

  • Possible Pearl Grave Found in Pakistan

    Pakistani police have found a grave where they believe murdered American journalist Daniel Pearl is buried, the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency said on Friday. Police were understood to have arrested three people following the find, it said. (Read photo caption)The APP report from the southern port city of Karachi came after.. More

  • Bush On the Defensive over Pre-September 11 Warnings

    HIGHLIGHTS: White House Officials Concede for First Time Administration Received Warnings Well Ahead of September Attacks||Congress Wants Disclosure Investigated||President Was Briefed on Possible Hijackings But Not-Not- on Use of Aeroplanes as Missiles by Suicide Hijackers||STORY: The Bush administration defended itself against charges that it had.. More

  • Arafat Bows to Reform Pressure

    HIGHLIGHTS: Presidential & Parliamentary Elections Within 6 Months||Election Committee Meets Within 2 Days||Sharon Wants Interim Government Imposed on Palestinians|| STORY: Facing pressure from the United States, Europe and his own people, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agreed Thursday to hold presidential and parliamentary elections within six months... More

  • FBI Agents Cross-Examined in Pearl Murder Case

    Pakistani prosecution and defense lawyers on Thursday cross-examined two U.S. FBIagents on key emails and video evidence in the kidnap and murder of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl.The FBI cooperated closely with Pakistani investigators after Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl was abducted on January 23 while working on stories about Islamic militants. A.. More

  • Israeli Troops Carry Out New West Bank Raids

    HIGHLIGHTS: Palestinian Officer Killed: 4 Arrested in Ramallah||18 Arrested in Nablus||Attack on Gaza a Matter of Time, Israeli General||Palestinian Legislators Discuss Reforms||STORY: TheIsraeli occupation army raided the Palestinian city of Ramallah on Thursday, maintaining pressure on its opponents despite having pulled back from its big sweep into.. More

  • EU & UN Involvement in Mideast Politics On the Rise

    HIGHLIGHTS: Two Palestinians Killed Over Past 24 Hours||UN Could Take Over Security in PA Areas||Exiles Won't Be Granted Refugee Status in Europe||Israeli Arabs Deeply Involved in Aqsa Intifadha||STORY: An Israeli occupation force operating in the Ramallah area in the early hours of Thursday morning, killed a member of Palestinian Authority Chairman.. More

  • Gulf foreign ministers call for Israeli withdrawal

    Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council called on the international community to exert pressure on Israel to withdraw from Palestinian Authority territory and for the resumption of Middle East peace talks. The ministers, meeting in the Red Sea port city of Jiddah, urged the United States, Russia, European Union and United Nations.. More

  • Ben-Eliezer Supports Division of Jerusalem

    Israel's Labor Party heard rival plans Wednesday for withdrawing from Palestinian areas, with the party leader advocating a peace deal including division of Jerusalem, while his challenger called for unilateral pullback from most of the territory.The often angry debate pitted the Labor leader, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 65, against Haim.. More

  • Mixed reactions to Arafat speech; White House, EU wait to actions

    Yasser Arafat's speech pledging to reform his Palestinian Authority prompted mixed reactions in the Palestinian territories and abroad. DOMESTIC REACTIONS Some political analysts said the real test for Arafat now lies in whether he carries out substantial reforms rather than cosmetic changes, and whether he can introduce changes that please all the.. More

  • Border Tensions High Between India & Pakistan

    Pakistan has announced that one person was killed when Indian Forces shelled villages on the Pakistani side of the border of Pakistani Kashmir. Police sources meanwhile accused India of opening unprovoked fire on the villages adding that two children were also injured in the shelling. The incident came as India vowed on Wednesday to take action in response.. More

  • At least five killed in Algerian bomb attack

    At least five people were killed and 30 injured when a bomb exploded at a marketplace in the northeast Algerian town of Tamzalt, medical sources told the official APS news agency. Residents earlier put the death toll at seven, with 15 wounded, and APS said its casualty figures were "unfortunately not definitive". The bomb went off on the weekly market.. More

  • Arafat Calls on Parliament to Join Him in Denouncing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians And Promises Wide Ranging Reforms

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bombing Israeli Civilians Controversial & Divisive||Elections on All PA Levels Promised||BushPraised for Being First American President to Openly Speak of the Creation of A Palestinian State||Arafat Rejects Accusations Camp David Was a Missed Opportunity||STORY: Addressing his people on Nakbah Day (Catastrophe Day), the day the state of.. More