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WTO Agrees on New Round to Open Markets

DOHA, Qatar (Reuters) - Trade ministers from more than 140 countries agreed Wednesday to launch a new series of talks to liberalize global commerce, aiming to lift millions from poverty and boost the world's tottering economy.After six days of haggling at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in the Gulf state of Qatar, ministers said ``broad and.. More

2442 14/05/2001
Abandoned Terror Lab Found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Materials left behind in a compound used by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network - including a booklet offering advice on how to survive a nuclear explosion - suggest the terrorist group may have been trying to develop chemical arms and other unconventional weapons.Foul-smelling liquids and charred papers.. More

2450 14/05/2001
Macedonian Peace Accord Finally Sealed

SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Macedonia's parliament ratified a milestone peace accord with minority Albanians in a surprise early morning vote on Friday after almost two months of foot-dragging threatened to rekindle an ethnic conflict.The MPs proclaimed the 15 constitutional amendments as law with unexpectedly dizzying speed just 20 minutes.. More

2452 14/05/2001
Russia & the United States Fail To Agree on Missile Defence System

CRAWFORD, Texas (Islamweb & News Agencies) - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to strike a deal Thursday on the issue that has divided them the most, U.S. plans for a national missile defense, even as they hailed a new era of warm U.S-Russian cooperation.But they agreed on a range of other issues. Bush said that he and Putin.. More

2453 14/05/2001
Bush, Putin Agree to Slash Nuclear Weapons

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In a radical departure from Cold War-era arms policies, President Bush said on Tuesday the United States would slash its nuclear warheads by two thirds in the next decade and Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to try to follow suit. But the two presidents, at their fourth meeting since June, said they still.. More

2433 14/05/2001
British Troops Fly Into Bagram Airbase

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Up to 100 British commandos have flown into Bagram airbase north of the Afghan capital Kabul, defense sources said Thursday.The sources said the Royal Marines were checking out the base's facilities and paving the way for humanitarian operations in an area which is now in the hands of the opposition Northern Alliance. ``The.. More

2449 14/05/2001
World Calls for Broad-Based Afghan Government

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Northern Alliance's unstoppable march into Kabul prompted urgent calls around the world on Tuesday for the creation of a broad-based government in Afghanistanand greater U.N. involvement.Ignoring international pressure to stay out of the city until a deal had been struck on a post-Taliban government, leaders of.. More

2419 13/05/2001
Rabbani Plans to Return to Kabul on Wednesday

DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Northern Alliance leader, Burhanuddin Rabbani, said on Tuesday he would return to the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, more than five years after being deposed.Rabbani, driven out of Kabul along with his forces in 1996 by the radical Islamic Taliban movement, ruled out Taliban involvement in any political.. More

2420 13/05/2001
Afghan Opposition Claims Destroying Cream of Taliban Fighters

BUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Opposition forces in Afghanistan said Sunday they had destroyed the cream of the Taliban fighting force.They said they were driving ahead on three fronts and might seize the capital, Kabul, despite international pressure to stay out. U.S. jets kept the pressure on Taliban forces outside Kabul, pounding.. More

2398 13/05/2001
Britain Confirms Its Troops Are in Afghanistan

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - British troops are on the ground in northern Afghanistan advising the opposition Northern Alliance, British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Sunday.``I can certainly confirm that there are members of Britain's armed forces on the ground in northern Afghanistan,'' he told BBC radio, for the first time confirming weeks.. More

2399 13/05/2001
Herat, Next Prize in Afghan Conflict

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The ancient Afghan city of Herat is the next key prize being fought for by the opposition Northern Alliance as they battle, with U.S. backing, to topple the hardline Taliban. Rebel fighters were locked in fierce battles on the outskirts of the western city of Herat, near the border with Iran, late Sunday. The.. More

2400 13/05/2001
Arafat Seeks Practical Steps to Statehood

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has welcomed U.S. support for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, while accusing Israel of practicing state terror against a 13-month Palestinian uprising.But despite the verbal backing at the U.N. General Assembly, no new peace moves were apparent and Arafat faced.. More

2401 13/05/2001
Rich Versus Poor Disputes Pepper World Trade Talks

DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - World trade ministers moved on Monday into the final stretch of talks on prying open global markets, balancing prospects of new economic wealth with the demands of poor nations to get their fair share.With disputes between the haves and have-nots of the world peppering every discussion, ministers from more than 140.. More

2402 13/05/2001
US Opposition Obstructs Nuclear Test Ban Case

UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russia, the European Union and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pleaded on Sunday for nations to ratify a global ban on nuclear testing as U.S. opposition posed a major obstacle to the pact's future. In strong comments to a U.N. conference that was boycotted by the Americans, Russia challenged U.S. objections.. More

2403 13/05/2001
Israel Raids Palestinian Village

TEL, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In a 10-hour raid Monday on a Palestinian village, Israeli occupation troops killed an Islamic Resistance leader and arrested 45 residents, including 16 on Israel's so-called wanted list.Israel also continued to hold parts of two Palestinian towns in the northern part of the West Bank. Occupation troops moved.. More

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