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Jordan trade deal hits snag in US Congress

WASHINGTON,(AFP) -A landmark US-Jordan free trade deal hit a snag in Congress on Tuesday, as a prominent Republican senator threatened to block a vote on ratification, objecting to the pact's labor and environmental provisions. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas said he could use procedural means to stop the bill from reaching the Senate floor as his amendment.. More

1133 04/04/2001
Bush stands firm on defense and environment

LONDON, (AFP) -President George W. Bush arrives in London Wednesday with the firm message that the United States is not prepared to budge on its controversial positions on missile defense and the environment. Speaking on the eve of his arrival in Europe ahead of a G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, Bush said that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty.. More

1134 04/04/2001
G8 Ministerial Session in Rome Wednesday

ROME (Reuters) - Big power foreign ministers will seek common ground on thorny issues ranging from U.S. missile defense to sanctions on Iraq when they meet in Rome on Wednesday ahead of a weekend summit of Group of Eight leaders.Controversial U.S. plans for a missile defense shield and its effects on the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) are.. More

1135 04/04/2001
UK: Conservative Party Leadership: Final Round

LONDON, (AFP) -No-one was as surprised as pro-euro Kenneth Clarke when the former British finance minister became the front-runner in the race to lead the opposition Conservative Party.The beer-swilling bon viveur, whose support for the European single currency faces strong opposition within his own party, beat his two rivals in a ballot of Tory members.. More

1136 04/04/2001
Arafat Calls for Arab Summit while Mubarak Blasts Sharon

GAZA, CAIRO, (Islamweb & Agencies)-In the face of on-going occupation troop mobilization in the West Bank, Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat has called for an Emergency Arab Summit meeting to discuss mounting Israeli escalation against his people.In Cairo, where Arafat was recently consulting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader,for.. More

1140 04/04/2001
US on Gulf Alert

GULF, (BBC)-The US Government has warned that what it calls "terrorist actions" may be imminent against US interests in the Arabian peninsula. It has warned American citizens in the region to remain vigilant.This is the second such warning by the US State Department in under a month. Last time it was a worldwide alert. This time the caution is focused.. More

1141 04/04/2001
Kadhafi to create fund for southern Sudan

KHARTOUM, (Islamweb & Agencies) -Visiting Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi announced Wednesday his intention of creating a fund for the rehabilitation of southern Sudan, which has been torn by an 18-year civil war. During a meeting with Sudanese officials in Khartoum, Kadhafi pledged Libya would be the first contributor to the fund and said he would urge.. More

1142 04/04/2001
Push for Peace on in Macedonia

SKOPJE, Macedonia (Islamweb & Agencies) - Ethnic Albanians signaled their willingness Wednesday to salvage peace talks after Macedonia's largest political party denounced a Western-backed proposal it says makes too many concessions to the country's Albanian minority. Zehir Bekteshi of the influential ethnic Albanian Party for Democratic Prosperity told.. More

1143 04/04/2001
G8 foreign ministers seek agreement on world's hotspots

ROME,(Islamweb & Agencies) -Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight world powers enter a second day of talks Thursday in a bid to overcome their differences on international crises ahead of the Genoa summit. (Read photo caption below). Ministers from the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, Britain, Italy and Russia were to meet for the.. More

1144 04/04/2001
Bush in London Ahead of G8 Summit

LONDON (Reuters) - President Bush arrived in London Wednesday for a two-day visit on his way to the G8 meeting of heads of state of leading industrial nations in the Italian city of Genoa.During his first visit to Britain as president, Bush will discuss with British Prime Minister Tony BlairWashington's controversial missile defense program and Bush's.. More

1145 04/04/2001
Israeli Tanks Shell Palestinians

JENIN, West Bank (Islamweb & Agenciew) - Israeli occupation troops shelled four Palestinian security targets in the West Bank overnight, hours after a Palestinian bomber killed two Israeli soldiers near a train station in Israel on Monday. (Read map caption below). The bomber, from the Resistance Islamic Jihad group, detonated explosives strapped to.. More

1115 04/04/2001
Fighting in Somalia Kills 13

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Rival armed groups clashed Monday in southern Mogadishu, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more in the fourth straight day of fighting in the capital, witnesses and hospital officials said.The fighting in the southern part of the city erupted Sunday over a convoy of food aid sent to the year-old transitional government.. More

1116 04/04/2001
High Hopes Dashed in Agra

AGRA, India (Islamweb & Agencies) - South Asian nuclear rivals India and Pakistan failed to reach an accord on their half-century dispute over Kashmir, ending a landmark three-day summit Monday on a solemn note.Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf met for an hour with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as midnight approached in one final attempt.. More

1117 04/04/2001
Russia, China to Strike New Friendship Treaty

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia and China are to sign a new pact on Monday establishing the principles of a partnership to defend mutual interests and boost trade between the giant neighbors.Russia's Vladimir Putinhosts China's Jiang Zemin, who arrived on Sunday, days before flying to Italy for the G8 summit of industrialized nations and.. More

1111 03/04/2001
Israeli Tanks Move into Hebron, Al-Khalil

HEBRON, West Bank (Islamweb & Agencies) - Israeli tanks moved into the predominantly PalestinianWest Bank town of Hebron, Al-Khalil from three directions early Monday, destroying Palestinian police posts during a fierce exchange of fire, witnesses said.(Read photo caption below). The Israeli occupation army claimed that it was returning Palestinian.. More

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