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Iraq Says Five Expelled U.N. Staff Were Spies

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Wednesday accused five U.N. aid officials it expelled from Baghdad of being involved in acts that infringed on its national security. ``Iraqi authorities have evidence that the five U.N. staffers have carried out acts that violate their assignment in a way that infringes on Iraq's national security, so they were expelled,''.. More

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UN Race Meet Still Split on Middle East, Slavery

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Negotiators at a U.N. race conference still face deadlock over the Middle East and slavery, although the European Union stepped back from a threat to withdraw from the meeting.``The European Union is waiting. No decision has been taken to withdraw,'' EU spokesman Koen Vervaeke told Reuters late on Wednesday.(Read photo.. More

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Latest Victims on Israel Assassins' Hit List

TULKARM, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - An Israeli helicopter gunship fired missiles at a jeep in the West Bank town of Tulkarm on Thursday, killing two people and wounding an a Palestinian Resistance activist on Israel Assassins' hit list, Palestinian officials said.The Israeli occupation army had no immediate comment. Israel's assassins' squads.. More

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Yugoslavia Pressured on War Crimes

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - The chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor renewed her call Tuesday for the extradition of indicted Serb suspects, but also suggested charges could be filed against rival ethnic Albanians for attacks in Kosovo. Carla Del Ponte met Tuesday with Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and other pro-democracy leaders who overthrew former.. More

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Taliban Say Christian Aid Workers Now on Trial

KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The chief justice of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said Tuesday the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity had begun but Western diplomats in Kabul said they remained in the dark. (Read photo caption below) ``The trial proceedings started from today, but we can't say how long it would take.. More

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Two Palestinians Killed in Hebron, Al-Khalil

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) -In a day of bitter intifadha confrontations on several fronts, two Palestinians were killed and at least 20 were wounded, while at least six Israelis were hurt.In the center of Hebron, heavily armed Israeli occupation soldiers and lightly armed Palestinian Resistance men battled Monday evening. Two Palestinians.. More

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Middle East Conflict Takes Centre Stage in World Diplomacy

WORLD CAPITALS, (Islamweb and News Agencies)-From Durban to Moscow, and on to Washington and Middle East capitals, the middle East conflict appeared as intractable on the world diplomatic stage as it is on the ground on the ancient lands of Palestine. In Durban, South Africa, the United States and Israel pulled out of the World Conference Against Racism.. More

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Blast Rocks Jerusalem, Several Casualties

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A suspected Palestinian Resistance bomber blew himself up in Jewish West Jerusalem on Tuesday, causing several casualties, police said. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blast which appears to have come in retaliation for on-going Israeli attacks against Resistance leaders. (Read photo caption below) The blast occurred.. More

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Macedonian Parliament Resumes Discussing Peace Plan

SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Macedonia's nationalist prime minister Ljubco Georgievski has blasted a NATO-backed peace plan but called on parliament to ratify the blueprint because the small Balkan state could not afford to defy the West.Georgievski spoke out in a key parliamentary debate on the peace plan on Monday evening, after a day dominated.. More

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Asylum Seekers Steam to Papua New Guinea

CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia (Reuters) - Hundreds of mostly Afghan asylum seekers headed for Papua New Guinea on an Australian navy ship on Tuesday after a nine-day standoff as a court sat to decide their final destination.But while the fate of the 433 unwanted boat people remained uncertain, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was reaping voter support.. More

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Putin Slams NATO Expansion on Finland Visit

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out Monday at plans to expand NATO eastwards and said only a ``sick mind'' could believe Moscow posed an aggressive threat to European security.(Read photo caption below) ``I underline that we don't see any objective reason for the Baltic states to become members of NATO,'' Putin told a news.. More

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Palestinian Resistance Bomber Injures 13 in Down Town Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A Palestinian Resistance bomber disguised as a bearded ultra-Orthodox Jew blew himself up in Jerusalem Tuesday, wounding 15 people in the context of the on-going intifadha, uprising, against Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. (Read photo caption below) A policeman who confronted the bomber just before.. More

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Iraq Expels Five U.N. Officials

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iraq has expelled five U.N. aid officials -- four Nigerians and a Bosnian -- for what it called an infringement of its national security, the United Nationsreported on Tuesday. In response, U.N. officials protested but withdrew the four Nigerians, three men and one woman, citing safety reasons. (Read photo caption below)The.. More

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U.S. Planes Bomb Iraqi Defenses

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. fighter jets bombed Iraqi air defenses in separate attacks Tuesday in the southern and northern ``no-fly'' zones, defense officials said.(Read map caption below)The official Iraqi news agency said the strike in the south injured four people. The Pentagon generally does not comment immediately on casualties related to patrols over.. More

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Perez Meets Two Senior Palestinian Officials

JERUSALEM, AMMAN,(Islamweb & News Agencies)-Efforts to end the bloodshed in the Middle East accelerated - despite another Palestinian Resistance bombingin Jerusalem, injuring 13 other people. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators said they were preparing for several rounds of high-level talks later in the week.On Monday night European Union foreign policy.. More

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