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  • Islamic and Arab Nations Determined to Bolster International Support for Palestinians

    UNITED NATIONS, ARAB LEAGUE,(Islamweb & News Agencies) - Islamic and Arab nations look determined to advance the Palestinian's cause on the world stage.Meetings in New York, the UN heaquarters and in Cairo, the Arab League's headquarters took the subject to heart and came up with a number of recommendations and drew up action plans to serve that end... More

  • Resistance Bombing Hits Kashmir

    JAMMU, Indian-ruled Kashmir, (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say Resistance men have carried out a bombing attack on a camp of the Indian army at the village of Lassipora in the frontier district of Kupwara. The extent of casualties is not yet known and the Indian army operation was said to be continuing. (Read map.. More

  • Taliban No-Show Thwarts Diplomats on Detainee Trip

    KABUL, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Three Western diplomats sat out a second frustrating day in Kabul Wednesday as a meeting with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban over the fate of eight foreign aid workers held for promoting Christianity failed to materialize.(Read photo caption below) The Pakistan-based diplomats from Germany, Australia and.. More

  • Megawati's Vision for Running Indonesia

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's new leader outlined her vision for running the troubled nation on Thursday, promising to restore order and apologizing to the rebellious provinces of Aceh and Irian Jaya for decades of human rights abuses.But she warned the two resource-rich regions at either end of the archipelago that they would never be allowed to.. More

  • Israeli Tanks and Planes Attack Jenin

    JENIN, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli tanks began withdrawing from the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town of Jenin on Tuesday after a three-hour night-time attack in which troops raided key Palestinian Authority buildings, witnesses said. Witnesses said that Israeli helicopters were flying above the town, and that Palestinian Resistance.. More

  • Palestinians Arrest Intifadha Hamas Activists

    GAZA CITY, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-The Palestinian security forces have arrested two activists belonging to the Islamic Resistance group Hamas, which said it carried out Thursday's Resistancebombing in Jerusalem.The move comes after renewed international pressure on the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, to act against militants of Hamas and another.. More

  • Syrian Premier in Iraq on First Such Visit in 20 Years

    BAGHDAD, Iraq (Islamweb & News Agencies)- Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa Miro arrived in Baghdad on Saturday, becoming only the second Arab head of government to visit Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War.(Read photo caption below) Arriving at the airport named after President Saddam Hussein, Miro said he expected to sign an agreement to boost trade.. More

  • U.S. Envoy to Meet Arafat, Hoping to Calm Mideast

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A U.S. envoy was to push ahead with efforts to reconcile warring Israelis and Palestinians on Monday, as the intifadha threatened to explode into regional conflict.David Satterfield was due to hold talks with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat about ways of stopping the fighting which killed a Palestinian child.. More

  • Last-Minute Macedonia Truce Leaves Peace Uncertain

    SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A NATO-brokered truce between Macedonian security forces and ethnic Albanian fighters came into effect at the ``11th hour'' on Sunday so that a deal to try to end a six-month conflict could be signed on Monday.The cease-fire was worked out while the security forces were using jets and attack helicopters in fierce.. More

  • Taliban Refuse to Allow Envoys to Meet Detainees

    KABUL, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said Sunday that Western diplomats would not be allowed to meet eight foreign aid workers held on charges of trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.Officials of the Islamic Taliban movement also informed U.N. special representative for Afghanistan Francesc Vendrell of violations'.. More

  • Fresh Resistance Attacks Across Chechnya

    MOSCOW (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Two pro-Russian administrators were reported Sunday to have been shot dead in Chechnya in a Resistance campaign to deter Chechens from working with Moscow and Resistance sourcessaid they had launched fresh attacks across the region. Russian news agencies quoted the military as saying Russian troops in the separatist.. More

  • Kashmir Violence Surges Before India Anniversary

    SRINAGAR, Indian-ruled Kashmir,(Islamweb & News Agencies) - Grenade attacks and gun battles in disputed Kashmir were reported Sunday to have killed 29 people before India's Independence Day this week.Pakistan-based Resistance fighting Indian rule in the Himalayan territory said they had killed 18 Indian soldiers in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp.. More

  • Rumsfeld Heads to Russia for Talks

    MOSCOW (AP) - Russia is unlikely to drop its opposition to U.S. plans for a missile defense system anytime soon but eventually will want such defenses of its own, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday. In an interview with reporters traveling with him on an overnight flight from Washington, Rumsfeld gave no indication he expected his talks.. More

  • Sudan government accuses SPLA rebels of rejecting peace

    KHARTOUM, (AFP) -The Sudanese government has accused the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of rejecting a peace bid by Egypt and Libya, Presidential peace adviser Ghazi Salah Eddin Atabani told repoerters here Sunday. He cited a recent statement by the movement demanding the initiative include self-determination for southern Sudan and separation.. More

  • At least 111 dead, 35 others still missing in Iran floods

    TEHRAN, (AFP) -The death toll from flooding in northern Iran over the past two days has risen to 111, with 35 still reported missing, and serious damages, television reported Sunday.(Read photo caption below) The earlier toll referred to more than 100 dead in Golestan province from which followed torrential rain. The television also broadcast a message.. More