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  • Palestinian Blows Self Up in Israeli Raid - Israel

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb and News Agencies) - Israel said a Palestinian Resistance bomber blew himself up during an Israeli commando raid Thursday and the Palestinian Authority pledged to press ahead with its own roundup of militants despite internal opposition. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, speaking in Sweden, said the withdrawal of Israeli troops.. More

  • Jordan's King Abdullah Stresses Palestinians' Right To Statehood

    LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - King Abdullah of Jordan threw his weight Thursday behind Washington's military campaign in Afghanistan, saying it must be waged cautiously but with ``unflinching resolve.''Speaking for what he said was the ``too-rarely-heard Arab majority'' Abdullah said the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings in the United States were an.. More

  • Indian, Russia Leaders Meet

    MOSCOW (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Russian and Indian leaders met in the Kremlin Tuesday for talks on subjects ranging from the fight against international terrorism to construction of a Russian nuclear power plant in India.``In India there is a political consensus on a special relationship with Russia,'' Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.. More

  • Putin Disputes Iran Weapons Report

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected suspicions that deadly smallpox or anthrax may have escaped his country and that Russia has provided dangerous weapons technology to Iran.Putin also praised President Bush, with whom he will meet next week, as someone with whom he can do business and a leader who keeps.. More

  • Arabs Dismiss Bin Laden Appeal, Syria Rips U.S.

    DAMASCUS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The head of the 22-nation Arab League Sunday dismissed an appeal by Osama bin Laden to Muslims to join a holy war against the West, saying the Saudi militant did not speak for the world's Arabs and Muslims.Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country, also rejected the appeal, saying the world was united against.. More

  • EU Leaders Hold Talks on Middle East, Afghanistan

    LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Key European leaders held lightning talks in London on Sunday to discuss the war on terrorism and agreed to try to push for progress in the stalled Middle East peace process. British Prime Minister Tony Blair hosted a dinner for French President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and German Chancellor Gerhard.. More

  • Nicaragua Votes on Returning Ortega to Power

    MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Nicaraguans voted in large numbers for president on Sunday, deciding whether to return Daniel Ortega to power on promises he has changed since the 1980s when his leftist Sandinista government waged war against U.S.-backed rebels.Going into the election, opinion polls showed Ortega running neck and neck.. More

  • Algeria Says U.S. Ought to Address Arab Discontent

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Algeria's president on Monday endorsed the U.S. war on terrorism but said the West must seek to address the causes of discontent in the Muslim world, including poverty and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Speaking after half an hour of Oval Office talks with President Bush, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.. More

  • Sharon Pushes Arafat Further to the Sidelines As the President Meets Perez in Brussels

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres joined European Unionofficials for an informal gathering in Brussels amid signs Israel was trying to sideline Arafat closer to home.``There were no negotiations and no decisions,'' an Israeli source said after the meeting which Belgian.. More

  • Russian Germ Warfare Experts Raise Smallpox Alarm

    MOSCOW (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Former Soviet germ warfare scientists, warning that so-called rogue powers could lure underpaid Russian researchers, called Monday for wide reintroduction of worldwide vaccination against the now extinct smallpox virus. ``It is a very dangerous weapon in the hands of terrorists and...you don't need some clever way.. More

  • Somalia Denies Being Site for Bin Laden Bases

    NAIROBI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Somali President Abdiqassim Salad Hassan Monday denied media reports that Osama bin Laden had bases in his country and reaffirmed his commitment to combating terrorism. Abdiqassim was responding to reports in the Washington Post and other media that the United States was considering strikes against alleged bases.. More

  • Nicaragua's Ortega Loses Election, Blames U.S.

    MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Sandinista revolutionary leader Daniel Ortega conceded defeat in Nicaragua's presidential election on Monday and accused his old enemy, the United States, of a ``dirty campaign'' to prevent his return to power. Ortega fell to a decisive defeat and blamed U.S. criticism of him ahead of Sunday's election for scaring voters,.. More

  • Sidestepping a Possible US Reprimand, Sharon Puts Off Trip

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Side-stepping what could have been an opportunity for Washington to voice concerns about Israeli tactics against Palestinians, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has postponed a trip this week to the United States.The U.S. administration is concerned that military advances by its close ally into Palestinian-ruled areas.. More

  • U.S. Bombs Taliban North of Kabul As Opposition Reports Gains

    KABUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. fighter planes blasted Taliban front lines north of Kabul on Saturday and the Afghan opposition said it captured a district south of the crossroads city of Mazar-i-Sharif. (Read photo caption below) After dark, two waves of aircraft roared over Kabul and bombed the east of the capital near the main.. More

  • Bin Laden Turns Fury on UN

    DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Osama bin Laden turned his wrath on the UN, Arab and other Islamic leaders, saying in a new videotaped statement broadcast on Saturday that any Muslim backing the United States' ``crusade'' in Afghanistan had betrayed the faith.Defiant and clad in military fatigues with an AK-47 assault rifle on his left, America's.. More