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Afghan Taliban Mobilizes Troops Ahead of Threatened Attacks

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Taliban geared up for threatened U.S. attacks Monday by mobilizing troops, seizing U.N. food stocks and appealing to the American people to avert a ``vain and bloody war.''(Read photo caption below)But their chief spokesman insisted the isolated leadership would still not hand over Osama.. More

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Britain's FM arrives in Iran on ground-breaking visit

TEHRAN, Sept 25 (AFP) - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Tehran early Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking British official to visit Iran since that country's 1979 Islamic revolution, IRNA news agency said. (Read photo caption below) Straw was due to hold talks here later Tuesday with President Mohammad Khatami and Foreign Minister.. More

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Afghan Taliban Mobilizes Troops Ahead of Planned US-Led Attacks

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban geared up for threatened U.S. attacks Monday by mobilizing troops, seizing U.N. food stocks and appealing to the American people to avert a ``vain and bloody war.'' (Read photo caption below)But their chief spokesman insisted the isolated leadership would still not hand.. More

1776 23/04/2001
UN Appeals to the World to Help Afghan Refugees

QUETTA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Monday it was making a ``substantial'' world appeal to help thousands of Afghan refugees heading for neighboring countries in fear of an impending U.S. strike. (Read photo caption below) ``We are launching our main appeal...it will be a very substantial appeal,'' a spokesman from the U.N. High Commissioner.. More

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Yemen Detains, Deports Scores of 'Afghan Arabs'

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has detained scores of people as it widens its investigation into possible links to Osama bin Laden, named by Washington as the prime suspect in the attacks on the United States, security officials said Monday. The officials said some of the arrests were based on information supplied by the United States and the suspects were.. More

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Peres Confirms Talks with Arafat Planned

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said on Monday he plans to meet with Yasser Arafat when the Palestinian president returns from a trip to Syria later this week. Peres, in an interview on CNN's ``Larry King Live, said Arafat must make a choice between ``terror and legitimacy'' as an international leader, and ``invest more.. More

1779 23/04/2001
Bombs and Bullets Rattle N.Ireland Hotspots

BELFAST (Reuters) - Explosions and shots shook parts of north Belfast on Monday as violence flared in sectarian flashpoints for the third night running, police said. (Read photo caption below) Three powerful blasts and bursts of gunfire stirred fresh tension in zones where Protestants and Roman Catholics live in a climate of friction that has regularly.. More

1780 23/04/2001
UK foreign secretary to visit Iran

BRUSSELS, BBC-Jack Straw is to become the first UK foreign secretary to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution. Mr Straw's trip is the latest in a hectic series of global diplomatic efforts since the terror attacks on the US 10 days ago. He announced that he would be making the historic trip shortly before Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Brussels.. More

1762 22/04/2001
Taliban Say Downed Spyplane and Helicopter

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Saturday they had downed an unmanned spy plane and a helicopter in areas where opposition forces reported sweeping advances. (Read photo caption below) Despite earlier contradictory statements, Taliban officials said they had established that their forces had downed a pilotless drone aircraft.. More

1763 22/04/2001
Sanctions Lifted for India, Pakistan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush lifted sanctions Saturday against India and Pakistan that were imposed after the two nations tested nuclear weapons in 1998.The move came as a U.S. military delegation headed to Pakistan this weekend for consultations on U.S. preparations for a military strike against Afghanistan. The sanctions barred economic and military.. More

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Saturday they had downed an unmanned spy plane and a helicopter in areas where opposition forces reported sweeping advances. (Read photo caption below) Despite earlier contradictory statements, Taliban officials said they had established that their forces had downed a pilotless drone aircraft.. More

1765 22/04/2001
Gulf Arab States Back Drive Against Attack Suspects

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Gulf Arab states pledged support Sunday for the U.S.-led drive to find those behind last week's attacks on the United States and bring them to justice. Foreign ministers from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) also condemned any attempt to link Islam with the attacks. A joint communiquéissued.. More

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Kazakh Leader Offers Full Support for U.S. Strike

ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Monday his central Asian state was ready to help the United States battle terrorism following the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. (Read photo caption below) ``Kazakhstan is ready to support an action against terrorism with all the means it has at its disposal,'' Nazarbayev.. More

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Kuwait leader suffers stroke

KUWAIT (AP) - The emir of Kuwait suffered a brain hemorrhage and was flown to London on Friday for treatment, removing him from the country even as the United States looks to its close Persian Gulf ally for help in building an anti-terrorism coalition. Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, 75, was in stable condition, the emir's office said in a statement.. More

1761 22/04/2001
Afghans Bitter About U.S. Rejection of Compromise

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, faced with a U.S. ultimatum to hand over Osama bin Laden or go to war, on Friday ignored recommendationsfrom clerics and said it was up to the Saudi-born millionaire militant to leave their land.The government's negative response to Thursday's recommendatios from 1,000 senior Afghan clerics to urge the.. More

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