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  • Aid Workers Plead Innocent in Afghanistan

    KABUL (Reuters) - Eight foreign aid workers on trial for promoting Christianity in Islamic Afghanistan appeared for the first time on Saturday in the ruling Taliban's Supreme Court, saying they were innocent of proselytising.The hearing, now in its fourth day, was presided over by Chief Justice Noor Mohammad Saqib and 18judges.(Read photo caption below) ``Dur.. More

  • Macedonia to Make Another Step to Peace

    SKOPJE (Reuters) - NATOtroops are set to take in more weapons on Sunday from ethnic Albanian fightersin Macedonia, which received new assurances of international help to avoid another plunge into violence after they leave.(Read photo caption below) European Unionministers said on Saturday that their countries were willing to stay in the tiny Balkan.. More

  • A Thunderous Concerted Palestinian Resistance Response to Recent Attacks by Israeli Assassination Squads

    NAHARIYA, Israel (Islamweb & News Agencies - A Palestinian Resistancebombing, car bomb explosions at a major Israeli intersection and a West Bank shooting killed seven people Sunday in a thunderous concerted Palestinian Resistance response to recent attacks by Israeli assassination squads against their leaders. Deadly events unfolded by the hour in.. More

  • 5 Soldiers Killed in Kashmir Blasts

    SRINAGAR, Indian-ruled Kashmir (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Islamic Resistance menkilled five Indian soldiers and wounded another 10 people, including five civilians, in two separate land mine explosions in the troubled Jammu-Kashmir state Sunday, police said. A powerful land mine blast ripped through two army vehicles near Angralla, 185 miles south.. More

  • Commonwealth Agrees Plan to End Zimbabwe Crisis

    ABUJA (Reuters) - Zimbabwe, in the midst of an economic crisis, has agreed to halt further farm occupations and enforce the rule of law in land reform, but Britain quickly cautioned that ``words on paper'' must be followed by action. (Read photo caption below) Under the deal announced late on Thursday by mediator Nigeria after one-day talks in Abuja,.. More

  • Macedonian Peace Drive Enters Second Phase

    SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - NATO is likely to resume collecting weapons from ethnic Albanian fighters in Macedonia Friday as top European Unionofficials try to build up momentum for political reform. This comes on the heels of a ground breaking decision by parliament to start drafting constitutional reforms to grant more rights to ethnic Albanians.. More

  • Fiji Caretaker PM Wins Most Seats, Ponders Coalition

    SUVA (Reuters) - Fiji's indigenous caretaker prime minister Laisenia Qarase won the most seats in the country's post-coup elections on Friday, but fell short of an outright majority to govern the racially split nation.(Read photo caption below) Qarase, who has said he is ready to form a new coalition government and is holding talks with independents.. More

  • Arafat appeals to UN, Arab leaders over "isolation" of Jerusalem

    GAZA CITY, Sept 7 (AFP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has appealed to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to "urgently" intervene against Israeli moves to militarily seal off Jerusalem, a senior aide told AFP on Friday. The Palestinian leader sent similar messages to Arab League chief Amr Mussa and Jordan's King Abdullah II asking them to "urgently.. More

  • Israel Buys 52 More US Jet-fighters

    FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT - news) on Wednesday said the U.S. government had granted approval for a 2 billion deal to supply Israel with 52 Lockheed F-16I fighter jets.Lockheed said Israel signed an amendment to a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. government. That followed an agreement.. More

  • Belgium Suspends Ariel Sharon Probe

    BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A Belgian court suspended its war crimes investigation into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel SharonFriday while an appeals court rules if Belgium has any jurisdiction in the case. Sharon's Belgian lawyer, Michelle Hirsch said the investigation into whether he should face charges had been temporarily halted. ``The court is considering.. More

  • Palestinian Killed in Mysterious Blast in Gaza

    GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian was killed early on Saturday in a mysterious explosion in an abandoned building in southern Gaza after a day of intifadha confrontationsthat flared despite heightened efforts to arrange top-level truce talks. (Read photo caption below)The explosion -- which Palestinian officials suspected occurred when explosives went.. More

  • U.N. Race Meeting Split on Slavery

    DURBAN (Reuters) - The United Nations' race conference broke a deadlock over the Middle East Friday but stayed split on slavery as it went into ``extra time.''Muslim states said they would not block a South African-proposed compromise on wording on the Middle East, although it fell short of demands for a condemnation of Israel. But hopes for a breakthrough.. More

  • Improving Resistance Security Arrangements Abort Latest Israeli Assassins' Attempt

    AL BIREH, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Improved Palestinian Resistance security arrangements have saved the life of Muhammed Mansour, the Fatah leader in Ramallah, who had left his office moments before Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at an office of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction on Saturday, casting a pall.. More

  • U.N. Race Meet Seals Deal, Bitterness Lingers

    DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - A U.N. conference overcame nine days' wrangling over the Middle East and African demands for reparations for slavery to seal an agreement on fighting racism ``wherever it can be found.''The Durban declaration came a day after the conference was due to close, and bad feelings lingered, but exhausted delegates from some.. More

  • Dead Migrants Found in Morocco

    RABAT, Morocco, (BBC)- Moroccan rescue services are searching for dozens of people still missing at sea after 13 bodies were washed ashore.A survivor said the 13 were from a group of 50 would-be migrants whose boat had capsized off Morocco's coast. According to Moroccan television, there were as many as 60 people on board at the time. The TV showed.. More