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  • Stray U.S. bomb hits Kabul neighborhood

    CNN) -- A stray bomb from a U.S. warplane struck a neighborhood near Kabul's airport Saturday, a senior Pentagon official told CNN. (Read photo caption below) The bomb came from a Navy jet that was targeting a helicopter on the ground at the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, the officials said. Instead, the precision-guided bomb struck a civilian.. More

  • Anti-American Riots Rock Nigeria, Protest Elsewhere

    KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed in Nigeria in anti-American riots on Saturday and thousands of demonstrators joined peace marches in London and Berlin. (Read photo caption below)Nigerian authorities ordered police to shoot on sight and clamped a night curfew on Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north, after some of.. More

  • Al Qaeda Threatens to Strike US, British Targets

    DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group vowed Sunday to hit U.S. and British interests in retaliation for U.S.-led strikes against Afghanistan, warning Americans and Britons to avoid planes and skyscrapers. In a statement broadcast on Qatar's al-Jazeera television, Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Bu Ghaith (Photo) also told U.S. and British ''infidels''.. More

  • United States, Uzbekistan Announce Deal on Air Base

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uzbekistan has agreed to let U.S. forces fighting terrorism use one of its air bases for humanitarian purposes ``in the first instance,'' the two countries said in a statement Friday.(Read photo caption below) In a deal signed Oct. 7, they also agreed on a need for urgent consultations should Uzbekistan's territorial integrity.. More

  • UN's Robinson Hopes for Pause in Air Strikes

    GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson Friday expressed concern about the suffering of Afghan civilians but denied she had called for the suspension of U.S.-led air strikes.Earlier, Robinson had been reported in remarks to Irish state radio as calling for a halt in the bombing before winter to allow food and other.. More

  • Palestinian Leaders Keep Lid on Anti-U.S. Unrest

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Palestinian Authoritykept a tight lid Friday on unrest against the bombing of Afghanistan, and Palestinian officials said the United States and Britain were preparing to revive stalled Middle East peacemaking.Palestinian police briefly detained three foreign reporters covering a rally held by the militant Islamic.. More

  • Cheney Suspects Bin Laden Link in Anthrax Cases

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fourth case of the potential germ warfare agent anthrax was discovered in the United States on Friday and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said there could be links between the cases and Osama bin Laden.(Read photo caption below) Hours after officials said an employee of NBC-TV Nightly News program tested positive for skin anthrax,.. More

  • US Says Later Attacks Possible on States Like Syria and Sudan

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The United States said on Thursday it could take military action against countries like Syria later in its campaign against terrorism if they do not comply with the demands of Washington and its allies. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage also told reporters the targets in the campaign include all groups.. More

  • Fifth Night of U.S. Bombing on Afghanistan

    KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. planes bombed targets in Afghanistan early on Friday in a fifth straight night of raids which the ruling Taliban say have killed more than 200 people. (Read map caption below) Weary and frightened residents in the capital Kabul reported a dozen strong explosions in the early hours of the morning. Late on Thursday,.. More

  • Taliban Forces Reported Under Pressure in North

    KHOJA BAHAWUDDIN, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Correspondents say accounts of gains by opposition commanders in Afghanistan are impossible to confirm, but they are starting to paint a picture of Taliban forces under pressure -- at least in the north where their grip is weakest. Thursday, forces loyal to Afghan warlord Ismail Khan said they.. More

  • Foreigners' Trial Resumes in Afghanistan Saturday

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban will resume on Saturday the trial of eight foreign aid workers detained on charges of converting Muslims to Christianity, Atif Ali Khan, their defense lawyer said. (Read photo caption below) Khan returned to a capital under fire, saying it was his duty to defend his clients since.. More

  • Palestinian Hamas Member Found Dead in West Bank

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel said on Thursday a Muslim militant found dead after a blast in the West Bank was the deputy of one of its most wanted men and that he was killed while planting a roadside bomb. A statement by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office, which oversees Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency, stopped short of.. More

  • Bombs Bring Fresh Terror to Kabul for Sixth Night

    KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Hopes for a respite from U.S.-led attacks on the Afghan capital evaporated in the early hours of Saturday, as powerful explosions brought fresh terror to Kabul for a sixth straight night.(Read graphic caption below) U.S.-led forces gave weary Afghans a short respite for the Muslim day of prayer Friday, after a fifth.. More

  • NBC Aide Tests Positive for Anthrax

    NEW YORK (AP) - An assistant to NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw contracted the skin form of anthrax after opening a ``threatening'' letter to her boss that contained a suspicious powder, authorities and the network said Friday.(Read photo caption below) Officials quickly said there was no known link to either the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or the far more.. More

  • EU Creates Nuclear and Bio-Attack Task Force

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday stepped up its readiness to deal with biological, chemical and nuclear attacks by creating a network of emergency experts and agreeing to share data on available vaccines and antidotes. As fears continued to grow in the western world of follow-up attacks to the September 11 air attacks on New York and.. More