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  • WTO Agrees on New Round to Open Markets

    DOHA, Qatar (Reuters) - Trade ministers from more than 140 countries agreed Wednesday to launch a new series of talks to liberalize global commerce, aiming to lift millions from poverty and boost the world's tottering economy.After six days of haggling at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in the Gulf state of Qatar, ministers said ``broad and.. More

  • Abandoned Terror Lab Found in Kabul

    KABUL, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Materials left behind in a compound used by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network - including a booklet offering advice on how to survive a nuclear explosion - suggest the terrorist group may have been trying to develop chemical arms and other unconventional weapons.Foul-smelling liquids and charred papers.. More

  • Macedonian Peace Accord Finally Sealed

    SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Macedonia's parliament ratified a milestone peace accord with minority Albanians in a surprise early morning vote on Friday after almost two months of foot-dragging threatened to rekindle an ethnic conflict.The MPs proclaimed the 15 constitutional amendments as law with unexpectedly dizzying speed just 20 minutes.. More

  • Russia & the United States Fail To Agree on Missile Defence System

    CRAWFORD, Texas (Islamweb & News Agencies) - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to strike a deal Thursday on the issue that has divided them the most, U.S. plans for a national missile defense, even as they hailed a new era of warm U.S-Russian cooperation.But they agreed on a range of other issues. Bush said that he and Putin.. More

  • Bush, Putin Agree to Slash Nuclear Weapons

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In a radical departure from Cold War-era arms policies, President Bush said on Tuesday the United States would slash its nuclear warheads by two thirds in the next decade and Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to try to follow suit. But the two presidents, at their fourth meeting since June, said they still.. More

  • British Troops Fly Into Bagram Airbase

    LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Up to 100 British commandos have flown into Bagram airbase north of the Afghan capital Kabul, defense sources said Thursday.The sources said the Royal Marines were checking out the base's facilities and paving the way for humanitarian operations in an area which is now in the hands of the opposition Northern Alliance. ``The.. More

  • World Calls for Broad-Based Afghan Government

    LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Northern Alliance's unstoppable march into Kabul prompted urgent calls around the world on Tuesday for the creation of a broad-based government in Afghanistanand greater U.N. involvement.Ignoring international pressure to stay out of the city until a deal had been struck on a post-Taliban government, leaders of.. More

  • Rabbani Plans to Return to Kabul on Wednesday

    DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Northern Alliance leader, Burhanuddin Rabbani, said on Tuesday he would return to the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, more than five years after being deposed.Rabbani, driven out of Kabul along with his forces in 1996 by the radical Islamic Taliban movement, ruled out Taliban involvement in any political.. More

  • Afghan Opposition Claims Destroying Cream of Taliban Fighters

    BUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Opposition forces in Afghanistan said Sunday they had destroyed the cream of the Taliban fighting force.They said they were driving ahead on three fronts and might seize the capital, Kabul, despite international pressure to stay out. U.S. jets kept the pressure on Taliban forces outside Kabul, pounding.. More

  • Britain Confirms Its Troops Are in Afghanistan

    LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - British troops are on the ground in northern Afghanistan advising the opposition Northern Alliance, British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Sunday.``I can certainly confirm that there are members of Britain's armed forces on the ground in northern Afghanistan,'' he told BBC radio, for the first time confirming weeks.. More

  • Herat, Next Prize in Afghan Conflict

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The ancient Afghan city of Herat is the next key prize being fought for by the opposition Northern Alliance as they battle, with U.S. backing, to topple the hardline Taliban. Rebel fighters were locked in fierce battles on the outskirts of the western city of Herat, near the border with Iran, late Sunday. The.. More

  • Arafat Seeks Practical Steps to Statehood

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has welcomed U.S. support for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, while accusing Israel of practicing state terror against a 13-month Palestinian uprising.But despite the verbal backing at the U.N. General Assembly, no new peace moves were apparent and Arafat faced.. More

  • Rich Versus Poor Disputes Pepper World Trade Talks

    DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - World trade ministers moved on Monday into the final stretch of talks on prying open global markets, balancing prospects of new economic wealth with the demands of poor nations to get their fair share.With disputes between the haves and have-nots of the world peppering every discussion, ministers from more than 140.. More

  • US Opposition Obstructs Nuclear Test Ban Case

    UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russia, the European Union and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pleaded on Sunday for nations to ratify a global ban on nuclear testing as U.S. opposition posed a major obstacle to the pact's future. In strong comments to a U.N. conference that was boycotted by the Americans, Russia challenged U.S. objections.. More

  • Israel Raids Palestinian Village

    TEL, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In a 10-hour raid Monday on a Palestinian village, Israeli occupation troops killed an Islamic Resistance leader and arrested 45 residents, including 16 on Israel's so-called wanted list.Israel also continued to hold parts of two Palestinian towns in the northern part of the West Bank. Occupation troops moved.. More