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Putin, Blair Push for Closer Russia-NATO Ties

R.A.F. HALTON, England (Reuters) - The leaders of Britain and Russia pressed on Friday for closer NATO ties with Moscow, saying most members of the alliance had backed the plan. ``The proposal...has achieved I believe broad acceptance. We can now enter in the detailed discussions on the working of the new NATO-Russia council,'' British Prime Minister.. More

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New Afghan Leader Sworn In

KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Soft-spoken aristocrat Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Saturday as leader of Afghanistan in the first peaceful handover of power in decades. His formidable task is to rebuild a land destroyed by war, hatred and hunger. (Read photo caption below) ``I promise you that I will fulfil my mission to bring peace to Afghanistan,.. More

2956 29/05/2001
Next Argentine President Readies Economic Rescue

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina on Saturday prepared to install an interim president, who is expected to kick off his two-month mandate with a rescue plan for an economy that has pushed people to bankruptcy and rioting. Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, a governor tapped by the one-time opposition Peronist Party, was to assume the presidency following.. More

2957 29/05/2001
Indian and Pakistan Troops Exchange Fire on Border

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Pakistan troops exchanged small arms and machinegun fire at border flashpoints on Friday as tension mounted between the two nuclear capable neighbors, officials said on Saturday. A senior Indian defense official said troops had been deployed ``wherever required'' along the border of Indian-ruled Jammu and Kashmir state.. More

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Nigeria Politicians in Hiding After Machete Attack

LAGOS (Reuters) - Politicians were in hiding in a part of southwest Nigeria on Saturday after rioters slashed a top parliamentarian with machetes and two other officials were killed, regional officials said. Osun State Assembly Deputy Speaker Moses Gbotosho suffered a machete attack in the town of Ife on Thursday, Ayo Afolabi, spokesman for the Osun.. More

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Hamas Militants Attack Gaza Police Station

GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Hamas supporters attacked a Palestinian police station in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, witnesses said, as defiance of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's pledge to rein in militants spread. In Gaza City, a meeting of senior Hamas officials ended without a decision on whether to accede to Arafat's demand that.. More

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UN Approves New International Force for Afghans

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized an international force to help keep the peace in the Afghan capital Kabul, with Britain leading the troops and the United States prepared to rescue them in an emergency. The 15-member council voted unanimously just two days before a vanguard of some 250 British soldiers will.. More

2938 28/05/2001
Tension in the Himalayas Forms Uneasy Backdrop To Musharaf’s China Visit

BEIJING (Islamweb & News Agencies) - President Pervez Musharraf reassured old friend China on Thursday it was a cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy as his country and arch-rival India traded fire across a cease-fire line dividing Kashmir. Musharraf wasted no time in emphasizing that Sino-Pakistani relations remain strong despite Pakistan's commitment.. More

2939 28/05/2001
India Says Aims to Avoid War with Pakistan

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee promised on Wednesday to make every effort to prevent war with Pakistan but said options were still open in a tense stand-off over an attack on India's parliament. Vajpayee said New Delhi would first use diplomatic means to convince Pakistan to close down two Pakistan-based Kashmiri separatist.. More

2927 28/05/2001
U.S Asks For More From Palestinians & Israelis; E-U Pessimistic

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The United States is pressing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to do more to translate into action his call for an end to violent Resistance attacks on Israelis. Delivering the message in telephone calls on Tuesday, Secretary of State Colin Powell also urged Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be ready to.. More

2908 28/05/2001
Israel Reportedly Maintains Contacts with Palestinians

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel is holding high-level contacts with Palestinian officials despite its decision to sever ties with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Israeli sources said Tuesday. ``There are contacts under way at different levels and varying degrees of intensity,'' an Israeli Foreign Ministry source said. ``There is.. More

2909 28/05/2001
US fears India, Pakistan tensions may spiral out of control

WASHINGTON, (AFP)-The United States urged India and Pakistan to tone down their rhetoric after last week's attack on the Indian parliament boosted tension between the nuclear rivals US officials fear "could spiral out of control." The White House and the State Department said the two south Asian nuclear rivals needed to weigh carefully any steps they.. More

2910 28/05/2001
First Yemeni Action Against Al-Qaeda

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces stormed a hide-out of Islamic militants linked to Osama bin Laden on Tuesday in the first military action of its kind in Yemen since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Tribal and security sources told Reuters that 12 people from both sides were killed and at least 22 wounded when special forces used helicopters.. More

2912 28/05/2001
Bin Laden location a mystery after loyalists routed

TORA BORA, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, remained a mystery on Tuesday as U.S. and Afghan forces hunted his routed fighters in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States did not know whether the Saudi-born millionaire it blames.. More

2913 28/05/2001
Karzai Vows to End Rule of Gun in Afghanistan

ROME (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai, chosen to lead the new Afghanistan, said on Wednesday he felt the great weight of his task but vowed to end terrorism, ``warlordism'' and the rule of the gun in a country he wants to rebuild almost from scratch. ``I am very, very determined...Terrorism has made our people suffer unbelievably difficult times,'' he said.. More

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