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  • Tensions in Muslim World Mount Over U.S.-Led Strikes

    JAKARTA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Police in Pakistan battled thousands of anti-U.S. demonstrators as calls for a holy war against the United States echoed throughout the Muslim world following the U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan.While the United States and its allies were at pains to reassure the Islamic world that President Bush's war on terrorism.. More

  • Syria Elected for Seat on U.N. Security Council

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria, a country on the U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism, was one of five nations elected on Monday to a seat on the prestigious 15-nation U.N. Security Council. (Read photo caption below) Syria received 160 votes out of the 177 valid secret ballots cast by the U.N. General Assembly members. Despite last-minute appeals.. More

  • Palestinian Police Warn Militants

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Islamic Resistanceleaders said Monday they were summoned by the Palestinian Authority over the weekend and warned there would be a tough response if they did not stop attacks on Israelis.The Islamic Jihad group said it would defy the orders, while the larger Hamas faction suggested it would abide by a truce with.. More

  • 118 People Killed in Italy's Worst Air Disaster

    MILAN (Reuters) - Aviation investigators and magistrates were on Tuesday trying to pin down the cause and probe possible legal responsibility for a crash that killed 118 people in what is believed to be Italy's worst air disaster.A Scandinavian jet collided with a light plane in heavy fog and crashed into a hangar at Milan's Linate airport. All 110.. More

  • U.N. Says Raids Hamper Afghan Food Deliveries

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United Nationssaid on Tuesday it was becoming increasing difficult to deliver crucial emergency relief in Afghanistan after two days of U.S.-led attacks on to the battle-scarred country. (Read photo caption below) U.N. spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker told a news conference the ruling Taliban were still denying aid workers.. More

  • Blair Flies to Middle East Seeking Arab Support

    GENEVA (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair headed for Oman on Wednesday on the first leg of a two-state Middle Eastern diplomatic drive to shore up Arab support for a U.S.-led war against Osama bin Laden.On Tuesday night, Blair held 80 minutes of talks with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan al-Nahayan in Geneva. He later.. More

  • Taliban: Fresh Strikes on Kandahar

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Jets dropped three bombs Wednesday morning near the airport in the southern city of Kandahar, Taliban sources said. It was the second straight morning of daylight raids on the Taliban stronghold. The bombs hit about 7:15 a.m., the Taliban sources said. The area around Kandahar's airport has been the target of multiple assaults.. More

  • Anglo-American Raids Kill At Least 20 Afghans, Thousands Flea Kabul

    KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Kabul counted the dead Monday from a night of thunderous U.S.-led air attacks on Taliban targets while thousands fled the Afghan capital in fear of more strikes by the world's most modern military.The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan told Reuters the raids, which he described as ``horrendous terrorist attacks,'' had.. More

  • Musharraf Warns Northern Alliance

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Monday that he hoped for a short military campaign against Osama bin Laden and his ruling Taliban allies. He also warned Afghanistan's opposition should not try to take advantage of the U.S. and British attacks to try to seize power.``I certainly think the operation is not over,'' he told.. More

  • Second Anthrax Case Detected in Florida-A Biological Attack?

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - A co-worker of the Florida man who died of anthrax last week has tested positive for the extremely rare disease that experts say could be used as a biological warfare agent, officials said on Monday.Health officials last week described the case of the man who died as an isolated one and not a biological attack. But the.. More

  • Bombing resumes near Kabul, Kandahar

    (CNN) -- A new round of attacks on Afghanistan began Monday with strikes near at least two cities, and the United States said its anti-terrorist campaign could lead it to attack other nations, as well. In Kandahar, the Taliban's stronghold in southern Afghanistan, power went out and witnesses said explosions and anti-aircraft fire could be heard nearby... More

  • Bin Laden Vows No Peace for 'Infidel' America

    DUBAI (Reuters) - The world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, taunted ``infidel'' President Bush over the September 11 attacks on Sunday and said America would not live in peace until Palestinians could do the same.(Read photo caption below) In videotaped remarks broadcast as Western forces began an assault on his hideouts in Afghanistan, bin Laden.. More

  • America's New War Began

    WASHINGTON: Islamweb & Agencies- The US President, George Bush has confirmed that the United States launched an attack on Afghanistan and its ruling Taliban on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.The U.S. action follows several weeks of demands that the Taliban hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin.. More

  • America's New War Began

    WASHINGTON: Islamweb & Agencies- The US President, George Bush has confirmed that the United States launched an attack on Afghanistan and its ruling Taliban on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.The U.S. action follows several weeks of demands that the Taliban hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin.. More

  • America's New War Has Begun

    WASHINGTON: Islamweb & Agencies- The US President, George Bush has confirmed that the United States launched an attack on Afghanistan and its ruling Taliban on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington.The U.S. action follows several weeks of demands that the Taliban hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin.. More