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Syria Elected for Seat on U.N. Security Council

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria, a country on the U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism, was one of five nations elected on Monday to a seat on the prestigious 15-nation U.N. Security Council. (Read photo caption below) Syria received 160 votes out of the 177 valid secret ballots cast by the U.N. General Assembly members. Despite last-minute appeals.. More

1927 28/04/2001
Palestinian Police Warn Militants

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Islamic Resistanceleaders said Monday they were summoned by the Palestinian Authority over the weekend and warned there would be a tough response if they did not stop attacks on Israelis.The Islamic Jihad group said it would defy the orders, while the larger Hamas faction suggested it would abide by a truce with.. More

1928 28/04/2001
118 People Killed in Italy's Worst Air Disaster

MILAN (Reuters) - Aviation investigators and magistrates were on Tuesday trying to pin down the cause and probe possible legal responsibility for a crash that killed 118 people in what is believed to be Italy's worst air disaster.A Scandinavian jet collided with a light plane in heavy fog and crashed into a hangar at Milan's Linate airport. All 110.. More

1930 28/04/2001
U.N. Says Raids Hamper Afghan Food Deliveries

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United Nationssaid on Tuesday it was becoming increasing difficult to deliver crucial emergency relief in Afghanistan after two days of U.S.-led attacks on to the battle-scarred country. (Read photo caption below) U.N. spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker told a news conference the ruling Taliban were still denying aid workers.. More

1937 28/04/2001
Blair Flies to Middle East Seeking Arab Support

GENEVA (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair headed for Oman on Wednesday on the first leg of a two-state Middle Eastern diplomatic drive to shore up Arab support for a U.S.-led war against Osama bin Laden.On Tuesday night, Blair held 80 minutes of talks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan al-Nahayan in Geneva. He later.. More

1939 28/04/2001
Taliban: Fresh Strikes on Kandahar

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Jets dropped three bombs Wednesday morning near the airport in the southern city of Kandahar, Taliban sources said. It was the second straight morning of daylight raids on the Taliban stronghold. The bombs hit about 7:15 a.m., the Taliban sources said. The area around Kandahar's airport has been the target of multiple assaults.. More

1941 28/04/2001
Anglo-American Raids Kill At Least 20 Afghans, Thousands Flea Kabul

KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Kabul counted the dead Monday from a night of thunderous U.S.-led air attacks on Taliban targets while thousands fled the Afghan capital in fear of more strikes by the world's most modern military.The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan told Reuters the raids, which he described as ``horrendous terrorist attacks,'' had.. More

1905 27/04/2001
Musharraf Warns Northern Alliance

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Monday that he hoped for a short military campaign against Osama bin Laden and his ruling Taliban allies. He also warned Afghanistan's opposition should not try to take advantage of the U.S. and British attacks to try to seize power.``I certainly think the operation is not over,'' he told.. More

1906 27/04/2001
Second Anthrax Case Detected in Florida-A Biological Attack?

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - A co-worker of the Florida man who died of anthrax last week has tested positive for the extremely rare disease that experts say could be used as a biological warfare agent, officials said on Monday.Health officials last week described the case of the man who died as an isolated one and not a biological attack. But the.. More

1920 27/04/2001
Bombing resumes near Kabul, Kandahar

(CNN) -- A new round of attacks on Afghanistan began Monday with strikes near at least two cities, and the United States said its anti-terrorist campaign could lead it to attack other nations, as well. In Kandahar, the Taliban's stronghold in southern Afghanistan, power went out and witnesses said explosions and anti-aircraft fire could be heard nearby... More

1921 27/04/2001
Bin Laden Vows No Peace for 'Infidel' America

DUBAI (Reuters) - The world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, taunted ``infidel'' President Bush over the September 11 attacks on Sunday and said America would not live in peace until Palestinians could do the same.(Read photo caption below) In videotaped remarks broadcast as Western forces began an assault on his hideouts in Afghanistan, bin Laden.. More

1894 26/04/2001
America's New War Began

WASHINGTON: Islamweb & Agencies- The US President, George Bush has confirmed that the United States launched an attack on Afghanistan and its ruling Taliban on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.The U.S. action follows several weeks of demands that the Taliban hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin.. More

1881 26/04/2001
America's New War Began

WASHINGTON: Islamweb & Agencies- The US President, George Bush has confirmed that the United States launched an attack on Afghanistan and its ruling Taliban on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.The U.S. action follows several weeks of demands that the Taliban hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin.. More

1882 26/04/2001
America's New War Has Begun

WASHINGTON: Islamweb & Agencies- The US President, George Bush has confirmed that the United States launched an attack on Afghanistan and its ruling Taliban on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.The U.S. action follows several weeks of demands that the Taliban hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin.. More

1884 26/04/2001
Zia Set to Be Next Bangladesh PM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Khaleda Zia prepared to form a new government Thursday after her four-party coalition gained an overwhelming two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections.Her rival, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said the vote was ``fake and manipulated'' and demanded a new election. Foreign observers said, however, that the election.. More

1861 25/04/2001

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