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Macedonian peace talks resume

SKOPJE, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Peace talks aimed at ending Macedonia's six-month conflict were set to resume Friday amid uncertainty after hardline threats which threatened to undermine the progress made so far. Leaders of the four main Macedonian Slav and ethnic Albanian parties were to resume their negotiations in the southwestern town of Ohrid.. More

1314 09/04/2001
UN's Annan urges reinforcement of fight against traffic in small arms

UNITED NATIONS, (AFP) -Governments should establish legally binding rules against the illegal trade in small arms to build on agreements made at a UN conference last month on the subject, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday.(Read photo caption below). Of the more than 1,000 people killed daily by small arms, so-named because they are weapons.. More

1315 09/04/2001
US Held Responsible for Israeli Attacks; Arafat meets Pope

BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Lebanese parties and opposition Palestinian factions Thursday held the US Administration "directly responsible" for Israel's continued attacks against the Palestinians. (Read photo caption below)."The American Administration is directly responsible for what is happening in Palestine, due to its true partnership.. More

1310 08/04/2001
Pakistan, U.N. Sign Key Deal on Afghan Refugees

ISLAMABAD (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Pakistan and the U.N. refugee agency signed a key agreement on Thursday on how to determine the status of an estimated 180,000 Afghans languishing in squalid camps in northwestern Pakistan.(Read photo caption below) Pakistan hosts around two million Afghan refugees who have arrived over the past 23 years, mostly.. More

1312 08/04/2001
Floods, Landslides Kill 60 on Indonesian Island

JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 60 people have been killed and dozens are missing on the remote Indonesian island of Nias after days of heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, the official Antara news agency said on Wednesday. Three villages were swept away in the predawn hours of Tuesday as most villagers were still sleeping. Hundreds of homes were.. More

1289 08/04/2001
Powell Leaves China

BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell left China on Sunday morning after a one-day visit aimed at rebuilding ties with China.Powell told a news conference late on Saturday that China had agreed to resume a ``no holds barred'' human rights dialogue this year and also participate in expert discussions on Chinese missile technology transfers. Sino-.. More

1265 08/04/2001
Toledo Sworn in As President 'For Peru's Poor'

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru's protester-turned- President Alejandro Toledo took office on Saturday, vowing to beat his country's crushing poverty in a ``new dawn of irrevocable democracy.''The 55-year-old centrist economist, who grew up in a small adobe house with no power or running water, took his oath for a five-year term, swearing ``by God, the.. More

1266 08/04/2001
US reserves the right to respond to Iraq

WASHINGTON, July 29 (AFP) -The United States reserves the right to respond to threats from Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, national security advisor Condoleezza Rice told CNN's Late Edition on Sunday. President George W. Bush "has made it very clear that he considers Saddam Hussein to be a threat ... (and) has reserved the right to respond when that threat.. More

1270 08/04/2001
Macedonian ceasefire crumbles as peace talks Stall

TETOVO, Macedonia, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Macedonia's fragile ceasefire between ethnic Albanian fighters and government forces started to crumble Sunday as peace talks ran into deadlock on the issue of making Albanian an official language. A convoy transporting Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski came under fire, four Macedonian soldiers.. More

1271 08/04/2001
India Ruling Party Cautiously Backs Pakistan Peace

NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday endorsed efforts to seek peace with bitter foe Pakistan but warned that the ``holy war'' mentality in Pakistan could stand in the way of dialogue. A BJP national executive committee resolution addressing the recent abortive India-Pakistan summit said Prime Minister.. More

1272 08/04/2001
Japanese Ruling Coalition Wins

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's ruling coalition swept to victory Sunday in elections for the upper house of Parliament, a vote of confidence the popular prime minister said would build steam for his plans to overhaul the stagnant economy. The three-party coalition, led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party, won 78 of the 121 seats up.. More

1273 08/04/2001
Powell: China Easing Pursuit Tactics

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that China, eager for strong U.S. relations, wants to keep tensions over Taiwan at a minimum and also to avoid a repeat of the April 1 spy plane incident. Arriving in the Australian capital after talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing, Powell said China has cut back on aggressive.. More

1274 08/04/2001
Israel Seeks Escalation of its War of Annihlation Against The Palestinians

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & Agencies) - Violence between Israel and the Palestinians has surged, with each side blaming the other for the escalation as air strikes, bombings, shootings and stabbings mount.Israeli helicopter gunships fired at least three missiles at the main Palestinian police compound in Gaza City on Monday, wounding seven policemen in what.. More

1275 08/04/2001
Fourteen Arab League members press to reactivate Israel boycott

DAMASCUS, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Fourteen Arab countries, with the notable absence of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and a handful of Gulf states, met Monday for the second day to bolster the Muslim world's economic boycott of Israel, but failed to reach an agreement on the issue of indirect boycott. "We want to reactivate the boycott so that it constitutes.. More

1276 08/04/2001
Israeli warplanes over fly southern Lebanon

SHEBAA, Lebanon, (Islamweb & Agencies) - Israeli planes over flew southern Lebanon on Monday, following night flights over the area and shelling into the disputed border area of the Shebaa Farms. The fighter-bombers flew at medium altitude over the coastal city of Tyre, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Beirut, and nearby villages. The jets then.. More

1277 08/04/2001

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