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  • Powell Works to Win Favor for Iraq Action

    Political observers maintain that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's insistence on traditional diplomacy to disarm Iraq has run into a stonewall in the United Nations, dealing a blow to his moderate approach within the hard-line Bush administration. With the U.N. Security Council due to take up a U.S.-British-Spanish resolution next week to authorize.. More

  • Algerian Plane Crash Kills More Than 100

    An Algerian plane crashed Thursday, killing 103 passengers and crew near Tamanrasset, deep in the Sahara Desert, airport authorities said. Interior Minister Noureddine Zerhouni told state radio that an engine of the Air Algerie plane caught fire on takeoff, but said further investigations were needed to determine the precise cause of the accident. It.. More

  • 11 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Operation

    Israeli occupation forces killed at least 11 Palestinians who were watching firefighters put out a fire in a Gaza refugee camp, just hours after a bus bombing that killed 15 Israelis, witnesses said. More than 100 people were wounded in the attack on the Jabalya refugee camp, which came during a sweep by the Israeli occupation army. The occupationarmy.. More

  • Britain Explores Possible Iraq Deadline

    Seeking a compromise ahead of a key Security Council meeting on Iraq, British diplomats floated the idea of giving Saddam Husseina short deadline to prove he has no more banned weapons - or face war. The idea, first discussed by London and Washington several weeks ago, re-emerged as France, Russia and Germany warned that they would block any U.N. authorizatio.. More

  • Ayodhya Court Ruling Awaited

    India's Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on whether religious activities can take place around a holy site disputed between Hindus and Muslims. The site, in the northern city of Ayodhya, houses the remains of a 16th Century mosque destroyed by a Hindu mob 10 years ago. Hardline Hindus say that the mosque was built on the ruins of a temple which.. More

  • Israel Kills 11 Palestinians in Raid After Bus Blast

    Israeli occupation forces killed at least 11 Palestinians, including some torn apart by a tank shell, in a major raid in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a resistance bomber killed 15 people in Israel. The tank round crashed into a crowd trying to hose down a commercial building set ablaze during the incursion into Jabalya refugee camp which triggered.. More

  • France Germany & Russia Won't Back U.N. on Iraq

    In a blunt warning to the United States and Britain, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Russia said Wednesday they would block any attempt to get U.N. approval for war against Iraq. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who will travel to the United Nations on Thursday to lobby for a resolution authorizing military action, countered that the United.. More

  • Bomb Rips Apart Israeli Bus in Haifa; 15 Dead

    The first Palestinian resistance bombing in two months tore apart a packed Israeli bus in the port city of Haifa on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 40, police said.The explosion ripped the roof off bus number 37, turned the vehicle into a charred wreck and hurled bodies out onto a main street at the entrance to the Carmeliya.. More

  • Turk Military Backs U.S. Troops Move, Warns Kurds

    Turkey's powerful armed forces on Wednesday backed a tentative government move to submit a fresh motion to parliament allowing U.S. troops to open a "northern front" against Iraqfrom Muslim Turkey. Chief of the General Staff Hilmi Ozkok said Turkey would be better off in any war than out of it, and argued that opening an extra front against Iraq from.. More

  • Islamic Summit Rocked as Iraq Slams Kuwait

    Bitter enmity between Iraqand Kuwait erupted in a vitriolic name-calling match on Wednesday at an Islamic summit meant to unite the voice of the world's one billion Muslims against war.In a clash caught on live television before the Qatar state broadcaster shut down transmission, Iraq denounced Kuwait as an American vassal and a traitor to the Muslim.. More

  • Muslim Leaders Open Emergency Summit to Seek Elusive Consensus on Iraq

    Muslim leaders from around the world opened an emergency summit Wednesday; part of frantic diplomatic efforts to avert a U.S.-led war to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that is widely feared would destabilize the Middle East. Wednesday's meeting of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference was the third high-level gathering in the region.. More

  • Muslim Leaders Prepare for Summit on Iraq

    Iran offered a plan Tuesday to avert war in Iraq by holding elections supervised by the United Nations - one of several proposals emerging as Muslim leaders prepared for a summit focused on the U.S.-led effort to oust Saddam Hussein.Arab and Muslim leaders gathered in Qatar for a meeting of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference, the third.. More

  • U.S. May Reconsider Iraq War Resolution

    With other nations' opposition hardening, the Bush administration left open the possibility Tuesday that it would not seek a United Nations vote on its war-making resolution if the measure was clearly headed for defeat. U.S. troop strength in the Gulf neared 300,000, and President Bush and his advisers were looking beyond the diplomatic showdown in.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Troops Kill Three Palestinians

    Israeli occupation troops killed an elderly shepherd near an internationally illegal Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip and two other Palestinians in West Bank clashes on Tuesday after Washington voiced concern over Palestinian civilian casualties. Palestinian security sources identified the dead man as Abdullah al-Ashab, 85, a shepherd from the village.. More

  • Saddam Vows Iraq Will Beat Any Invaders

    In a letter marking the Islamic new year Tuesday, Iraqi President Saddam Husseinsaid Iraqwill defeat any invaders and accused the United States of trying to turn Arabs into slaves. "The tyrant thinks he is capable of enslaving the people and hiding the decisions, freedoms and legitimate choices (they were born with) when their mothers delivered them.. More