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  • EU Summit Launches Reform Vision

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A European Union summit launched an ambitious project to reshape the bloc for the 21st century on Saturday but ended in acrimony when leaders failed to agree on how to share out a dozen new EU agencies. Wrapping up a two-day summit, the 15 leaders took the unprecedented step of agreeing on a political Convention to chart the future.. More

  • U.S. Marines Secure Kandahar Airport

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Hundreds of U.S. Marines occupied the Kandahar airport Friday, carefully picking through unexploded weaponry and debris left by the Taliban as the U.S. military relocated its main base in southern Afghanistan. It was the biggest Marine deployment since the U.S. military established a firebase in southern Afghanistan in.. More

  • EU Fumbles on Afghan Force

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders, at a summit marred by anarchist violence, agreed on Friday to participate in a U.N. peacekeeping force for Afghanistan but slapped down Belgian efforts to stick an EU flag on it. Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, announced triumphantly that the 15-nation.. More

  • Annan Fears Arms Race After U.S. Abandons ABM Treaty

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan regretted on Friday Washington's decision to abandon the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, fearing it could spark an arms race. ``The ABM treaty has served for many years as a cornerstone for maintaining global peace and security and strategic stability,'' U.N. spokesman Manoel de Almeida.. More

  • Israel Continues Strikes As Arafat Remains Virtually Under House Arrest

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel vowed to continue its so-called ''anti-terror'' campaign against the Palestinian Authority and Resistance groups after fresh air strikes on Palestinian targets and despite renewed U.S. backing for besieged Yasser Arafat. ``We will not make any compromise with terrorism. We can't do this. So the cabinet.. More

  • War Risk Between India & Pakistan Rises as New Delhi Plans Response to Attack

    NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India was preparing its response on Friday to an unprecedented guerrilla attack on its parliament, having vowed to ``liquidate the terrorists and their sponsors, whoever they are, wherever they are.'' Though no-one claimed responsibility, analysts' were quick mention Muslim Resistance groupsin Kashmir -- and the.. More

  • Vatican Says No Peace Until Israel Quits Territories

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said Thursday peace between Israelis and Palestinians would never be possible until the Jewish state withdrew from the occupied territories and a Palestinian state was born. The Vatican made its position clear at the end of a day-long meeting presided by Pope John Paul II and attended by Catholic religious leaders.. More

  • Bin Laden Said Near Fierce Fighting in Tora Bora

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden, whom the United States accuses of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, could be in the vicinity of the Agam Valley in eastern Afghanistan where fierce fighting is raging against his followers, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday. U.S. officials believe that bin Laden is in the Tora Bora region near.. More

  • Many in Arab World Call Bin Laden Video a Fake

    DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Washington's allies were quick to judge the latest videotape of Osama bin Laden to be final proof of his guilt on Thursday, but in the Arab world many dismissed the footage as false propaganda. While some senior Arab officials declared themselves convinced, it was harder to find ordinary citizens who did and most.. More

  • Putin Says U.S. Wrong Over ABM, Europe Split

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Washington's decision to quit the 1972 ABM missile treaty was a mistake but signaled he wanted to keep Moscow's warming relations with Washington on track. In his first comments on the confirmation by President Bush that the United States would pull out of the accord in six months,.. More

  • Israel’s Military Blunder Against Palestinians Under Occupation Continues As a Traumatized International Community Helplessly Watches on

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) – A traumatized international community continues to helplessly watch on as Israel’s on-going military orgy against Palestinians under occupation continues. Israeli occupation troops shot and wounded four Palestinian policemen in the northern Gaza Strip early on Saturday, and tanks firing heavy machineguns then thrust.. More

  • India Demands Pakistan Rein in Pakistani-based Kashmiri Resistance Groups

    NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India on Friday blamed a Pakistan-based Islamic guerrilla group for the bloodbath at its parliament and Pakistan warned India against any ``misadventure'' in retaliation. As tension ran high between the nuclear-armed arch-enemies, the Lashkar-e-Taiba Resistance group denied blame for Thursday's raid, in which.. More

  • Al-Jazeera Acknowledges Bin Laden Tapes

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Arabic-language Al-Jazeera news station acknowledged Wednesday that it refrained from broadcasting several videos of Osama bin Laden, taken before and after Sept. 11, for editorial or technical reasons. Ibrahim Helal, the station's editor-in-chief, said the collection may include a videotape that was referred.. More

  • Translators Interpret bin Laden Tape

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Translators are going over a videotape of Osama bin Laden talking about the Sept. 11 terror attacks to ensure accuracy ``before anything is released to the world,'' President Bush's spokesman said Wednesday. Numerous U.S. officials have already seen the tape and translations of what's on it. They say it proves bin Laden is behind.. More

  • Crew Rescued After U.S. Bomber flying a Long-range Combat Mission to Afghanistan Crash

    WASHINGTON (AP) - An Air Force B-1B bomber flying a long-range combat mission to Afghanistan crashed in the Indian Ocean Wednesday. A Navy ship pulled all four crew members to safety. The B-1B was the first U.S. airplane lost in the war in Afghanistan, which entered its 67th day Wednesday. Air Force B-1Bs and B-52s have made almost daily bombing runs.. More