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  • Bush's UN Speech Welcomed By Allies Dismissed by Iraq as Nonsensical

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush Challenges UN to Disarm Iraq & Warns He Stands Ready to Act Unilaterally if it Doesn't||Iraq Warns Bush Would Set the Region on Fire if he Attacked||Allies Welcome Washington's Willingness to Work with UN & Remain Silent on Bush's 'Regime Change' Policy||Qatar Warns War Would Endanger Region & Arab League is Hopeful|| STORY: Washington's.. More

  • One Dead in Israeli Raid in Gaza Strip

    An Israeli helicopter fired at least one missile into a Palestinian refugee camp as armored combat vehicles invaded the area in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said. The invasion sparked a gun battle as Palestinians, roused by a message broadcast on mosque loudspeakers, took up arms to oppose the advancing.. More

  • Bush Meets Separately with Musharraf & Vajpayee

    President Bush on Thursday told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf democracy is key to his country's future, a U.S. official said. Officials also said Bush told Musharraf and Indian Prime Atal Behari Vajpayee, in separate meetings on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, that they must address problems at the root of their dispute over Kashmir.. More

  • Iraq Says Will Repel Any Attack with Knives, Stones

    Iraq warned the United States on Thursday it was ready to repel any invasion with every weapon at its disposal, even kitchen knives, sticks and stones.Speaking only hours before President Bush was due to address the U.N. General Assembly on Iraq, Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said Iraq still hoped to avoid any attack. "But if we are attacked, we.. More

  • Palestinians Welcome Cabinet Change

    Palestinians on Thursday cheered their parliament for forcing the resignation of Yasser Arafat's Cabinet, widely considered corrupt and inefficient, but many stopped short of criticizing the Palestinian leader himself. The toppling of the Cabinet was a major blow to Arafat's prestige. The Palestinian leader has been weakened in recent months by diminishing.. More

  • Annan Challenges U.S. Policies on Iraq & Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. Case against Iraq Goes Beyond Straightforward Self-Defense, Says Annan||International Community Has to Have a Say in What is Done in its Name||Annan Renews Call for an International Conference on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict||International Community Annoyed by U.S. On-going Practice of Spurning International Initiatives||UN Chief also.. More

  • Bush to Urge U.N. to Force Iraq to Disarm

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush to Stress Washington Readiness to Act on it Own But Wouldn't Deliver an Ultimatum||White House Publishes 22-Page Document Laying out Saddam's Defiance of the UN||U.S. Policy on Iraq Wins Cautious Support from Portugal & Belgium But Bush Faces an audience of World Leaders Opposed to Any War on Iraq||21 World Dignitaries to Address UN.. More

  • Arafat Faces Political Battle as Israeli Military Pressure Continues

    HIGHLIGHTS: Arafat Dissolves Cabinet & Calls for January Elections to Avoid Humiliating ||Two Houses Demolished in al-Mughazi Refugee Camp|| No Reports of Injuries in Gaza Clashes But 11 Palestinians & 2 Israeli Occupation Soldiers Were Wounded in Confrontations in the Northern West Bank||Palestinian Dies of Wounds in Ramallah & Two Collaborators Shot.. More

  • Iranian President Arrives in Saudi Arabia for Talks

    Iran's President Mohammad Khatami arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on the crisis between Iraq and the United States.Khatami is to meet Crown Prince Abdullah, on Saturday after spending two days on a private pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites Mecca and Medina, Iran's official IRNA news agency.. More

  • India Blames Pakistan for Assassination of Kashmir Minister

    SOGAM, India (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India has blamed Pakistan for the assassination of a state minister in Kashmir, stoking fears of renewed tensions between the nuclear rivals over the disputed Himalayan regionTwo Pakistan-based Kashmiri nationalist groups have claimed responsibility for gunning down Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone on Wednesday,.. More

  • Putin Gives Georgia Tough Warning on Chechen Fighters

    MOSCOW (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued his toughest warning yet to Georgia to tackle Chechen fighters on its territory, but Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze dismissed his comments as biased. Russian commentators and at least one top parliamentarian said Putin would secure widespread backing for his pledge.. More

  • World Pauses to Honor 9/11 Dead

    The world paused Wednesday to honor the more than 3,000 killed last Sept. 11, but memorial ceremonies were tinged with fear the anniversary could spark repeat attacks. Firefighters walked through the darkened streets of New York and their courage was hailed around the globe."Right must and will prevail," Britain's Queen Elizabeth said in a message to.. More

  • U.S. Bases Come Under Attack in Afghanistan

    Attacks were reported on three U.S. bases in Afghanistan on Wednesday, just hours before ceremonies to commemorate the attacks on the United States last September 11. The U.S. military said a gunman fired on Bagram Air Base, the U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan, while the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency said rockets were fired at special.. More

  • Arafat Sets Palestinian Elections for January 20

    Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday called presidential and legislative elections for January 20 under international and domestic pressure to reform his government. The move, announced by the parliamentary speaker, turned Arafat's administration into a transitional government and some Palestinian officials said it would avert a parliamentary.. More

  • Israeli Forces Raid Gaza Village, Make Arrests

    HIGHLIGHTS:Resistance Says it Has Destroyed a Markava Tank in Beit Hanoun||Occupation Forces Arrest TenPalestinians in Gaza||Peres & Ereqat Meet to Reduce Tension; Ben-Eliezer & Yahya to Meet to Discuss Handing Back the West Bank City of Hebron, Al-Khalil||Arafat Opposes Appointment of Premier to Take Some of his Responsibilities||Parliament to vote.. More