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  • US Peace Envoy Due in Pakistan After Bombing Claim

    HIGLIGHTS: Pakistan Says India Has Lost Dozens of Personnel||India More Cautious with War Talk||Musharraf Won't Take Further De-escalatory Steps Until India Reciprocates||Kashmir Elections High On Armitage Agenda||Pakistan Rejects U.S. Criticism against Musharraf Expanding His Powers||Washington Agrees to Reschedule 3 billion Dollars Worth of Pakistan's.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinian Resistance Men in Gaza

    HIGHLIGHTS: Attack Seen as Underlying Yahya's Failure to Convince Resistance Groups Stop Attacks against Israelis||Palestinians Say they See no Improvement in Situation under So-called 'Gaza First' Deal||Palestinian & Security Commanders to Hold More Talks Friday||Occupation Army Demolishes Resistance Leader's House in Tulkarm|| STORY: Israeli occupation.. More

  • India Denies Air Attack in Pakistan-Ruled Kashmir as U.S. Official Arrives in New Delhi

    India on Friday denied media reports it had launched an air attack on a military post in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. "It's normal firing which has been become an almost routine feature in certain areas on the Line of Control (cease-fire line). No air power was used," an army spokesman told Reuters. The BBC had quoted Pakistani television saying India.. More

  • Lockerbie Families Seek Inquiry of Abu Nidal Claim

    Relatives of the Lockerbie airliner bombing victims renewed their calls on Friday for an independent inquiry into the 1988 attack after a former aide to Abu Nidal said the guerrilla chief had claimed responsibility. Jim Swire, a spokesman for families of British victims, said Palestinian militant Abu Nidal's possible involvement was "one more of the.. More

  • Yehiyeh Urges Israel Attacks to Stop

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bloodshed & Detentions Continue in the West Bank||U.N. Says Israel to Ease Restrictions ||Israel's National Council Recommends Borders with Palestine Be Determined Quickly with or Without Palestinian Consent||Ex-Jerusalem Mayor Wants City Split between Israelis & Palestinians||Sharon Postpones Trip to U.S. || STORY: The Palestinian Authority's.. More

  • Differences Between London & Washington Over Iraq Underlined

    Britain set itself apart from top ally the United States, which has made a "regime change" in Baghdad a priority, saying on Thursday its main aim in Iraq was to get weapons inspectors back in. In comments that underlined differences between President Bush and London, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the main threat was from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's.. More

  • Bush voices support for Musharraf despite reform worries

    President George W. Bush on Thursday praised General Pervez Musharraf as a stalwart ally in his war on terrorism, a day after the Pakistani leader made constitutional changes that critics say threaten the south Asian nation's return to democratic rule.Bush, traveling in Oregon, said it was important to promote democracy in Pakistan under Musharraf,.. More

  • Three-thousand demonstrate at Ramallah funeral of PFLP leader's brother

    HIGHLIGHTS: Israel defence minister praises Palestinian security team as "sincere"||Palestinians to discuss government reforms with donors, diplomats||Mayor opposes "collective punishment" in east Jerusalem|| STORY: Some 3,000 people attended the funeral of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) chief Ahmad Saadat's brother, slain by the.. More

  • Syria rally to support US-pressured Saudi, Egyptian regimes

    Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara wrapped up a tour to support Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the face of US pressure over Iraq, human rights and post-September 11 charges of terrorism. Shara met Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Wednesday in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Thursday in the Mediterranan town.. More

  • Pakistani Groups Reject New Constitutional Change

    Pakistani opposition parties, Islamic groups and legal bodies on Thursday angrily rejected constitutional changes by military ruler General Pervez Musharraf that will help him wield overall power after October polls. Analysts say the controversial amendments could lead to a power struggle between Musharraf and the parliament formed after the October.. More

  • 'Regime Change' (In Iraq), Still Top on Bush's Agenda

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush's National Security Council Discusses Boosting U.S. Military Capabilities||Iraq Wasn't up for Discussion During Meeting||Tommy Franks and Powell Absent from Meeting||Putting Protection of Americans and Long-range Issues of Military Planning & Reform Both on Track, Major Concern||Canada Latest American Ally to Voice Doubts About Attack.. More

  • US to Launch Program to Promote Democratic Reforms in Mideast

    HIGHLIGHTS: Programme to be Unveiled by Powell Mid-September||Millions of U.S. Dollars Earmarked for Training Political Activists, Journalists and Trade Union Leaders||Effectiveness of U.S. Aid to Mideast Countries to be Reviewed||Mideast no Longer Off Limits as Far as Washington is Concerned||However, Outlook Remains Modest in Light of Prevailing Political.. More

  • Afghans prepared to probe mass grave in north

    Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was prepared to launch an investigation into reports that hundreds of Taliban fighters taken prisoner died in the north of the country following their surrender last year. But Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the powerful defence minister, immediately poured cold water on the reports."I don't believe what has been rumoured about.. More

  • Palestinians Flee Israel's Gaza Strip Raid

    Palestinians picked up sleeping children and ran through the dark to find shelter in back streets or a hospital on Wednesday after Israeli forces raided a Gaza Strip refugee camp on a demolition mission. "I was in the bathroom. The ceiling collapsed on me. I survived by a miracle," said mother Wafa Abu Awad, a resident of the Khan Younis refugee camp... More

  • Assassin's Kit Found at Abu Nidal Baghdad Home

    Abu Nidal may have run low on friends and followers, but to the end the notorious guerrilla chief clung onto a haul of weapons fit for a small team of assassins. Booby-trapped suitcases, rifles, pistols fitted with silencers and what appeared to be explosives were found by Iraqi officials at the Baghdad apartment where one of the world's most-wanted.. More