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Trade Round Hopes Rise After WTO Deal on Drugs in Doha

DOHA, Qatar (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Negotiators clinched a tentative deal Monday to get cheap drugs to developing countries, boosting the chances of reaching a broader pact to launch a new round of world trade talks.Diplomats said they hoped that settlement of the dispute on terms broadly favorable to the developing world would generate the goodwill.. More

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Optimism About Agreement in Doha

DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - World trade ministers, shielded by thousands of Arab security guards and shadowed by U.S. marines, sought on Friday to launch a new round of free trade talks that many say is crucial to revive the stuttering world economy.Delegations from more than 140 nations began a five-day meeting in the Gulf state of Qatar hoping.. More

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Bin Laden Has Nuclear Weapons -Paper

ISLAMABAD (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Pakistan's Dawn newspaper said on Saturday that in an interview from inside Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden said he had nuclear and chemical weapons and might use them to respond to U.S. attacks.``I wish to declare that if America used chemical or nuclear weapons against us, then we may retort with chemical and nuclear.. More

2375 13/05/2001
World Backs Anti-Terrorism; Uneasy About Afghans

UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News agencies) - Under unprecedented security, world leaders on Saturday gave President Bush a warm but muted greeting during his maiden speech to the United Nations, a short distance from the Sept. 11 carnage at the World Trade Center.All speakers at a U.N. General Assembly session strongly endorsed and promised participation.. More

2386 12/05/2001
Paper: U.S. Finds Potential Afghan Chemical Sites

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Two Afghan sites suspected of involvement in efforts by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda followers to produce deadly chemicals have been identified by the United States, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.``The American bombing has spared the sites, even though American intelligence officials believe.. More

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Trading Nations Growl Over Terms for New Talks in Doha

DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Big powers and poor countries which united on Saturday to admit China to the world trade body, on Sunday tackle the far more divisive issue of whether to call a new round of talks on tearing down barriers to global commerce.But initial closed-session skirmishes -- and formal speeches by ministers setting out their countries'.. More

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Rome Split by Pro-US and Anti-War Rallies

ROME (Islamweb & News Agencies) - War and peace divided Rome on Saturday where tens of thousands of people attended a pro-U.S. rally at the same time as protesters denounced the Afghan conflict just blocks away. Holding aloft a sea of U.S. and Italian flags, which fluttered wildly in the blustery wind, the American supporters chanted ``USA, USA'' and.. More

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U.S. Jets Bomb Taliban Front in Fierce Night

KABUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In one of the heaviest nights of bombing in the 34-day-old U.S. war on the ruling Afghan Taliban, waves of jets pounded front line positions of the hard-line militia into the dawn Friday.At least 40 bombs were heard exploding on the front line where Taliban fighters are dug in facing the forces of the.. More

2359 12/05/2001
Japan Destroyers Head Out to Back Up U.S. Strikes

SASEBO, Japan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Japanese naval destroyers set sail on Friday for the Indian Ocean as a step toward broader military support for U.S.-led strikes in Afghanistan, the first such move for Japanese forces since World War Two.The three ships from the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) set sail under sunny winter skies from Sasebo.. More

2360 12/05/2001
Storm Kills Up to 350 in Philippines, Heads to Sea

MAHINOG, Philippines (Reuters) - Tropical storm Lingling strengthened on Friday as it headed into the South China Sea after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines and a death toll of up to 350 people there.Disaster officials said at least 115 bodies had been recovered in four provinces in the southern and central Philippines while 281 people.. More

2361 12/05/2001
Opposition Claims Gains in Fighting

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Anti-Taliban forces on horseback attacked tanks in northern Afghanistanas U.S. airstrikes hit caves and vehicles and fighting raged near the key crossroads city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.The month-old U.S.-led bombing campaign was focused on that patch of rugged terrain, where mounted cavalry.. More

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German anti-terror troops will be stationed in Uzbekistan

BERLIN, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Germany will station a force of commandos, tanks and other military units in Uzbekistan. as part of the US-led offensive against the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.In an agreement with the US Pentagon, Germany will deploy Fuchs (Fox) armoured vehicles, which can detect nuclear, biological or chemical elements.. More

2351 11/05/2001
Security director says U.S. remains on alert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States remains on alert against the possibility of new terror attacks, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said on Wednesday. Ridge told reporters at the White House that there was "no change" in the security warning put out on Oct. 29 by Attorney General John Ashcroft. "We're still on alert," Ridge said. "We will.. More

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Japan to send ships to Indian Ocean on Friday

TOKYO, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Japan is preparing to send ships on an information gathering mission to the Indian Ocean this week before dispatching a larger fleet to help US-led military operations in Afghanistan.The government would make a decision on whether to send the flotilla Thursday evening, the Nihon Keizai and Yomiuri newspapers said. "The.. More

2353 11/05/2001
Israelis Strip Bishara of Immunity

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli legislators on Wednesday lifted the parliamentary immunity of an Arab colleague accused of inciting Palestinian resistance to Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.The 61-30 parliament vote allows charges to be filed against Israeli Arab representative Azmi Bishara for remarks he made in Syria, and for.. More

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