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  • Syria's Assad Underlines Israel’s on-going Media Distortion Campaign About its Semitic Credentials

    [Syrian President Bashar Assad walks past Republican Guards at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Read photo caption below]. PARIS (Islamweb & Agencies) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday Israel's actions could lead to a new Middle East war. ``All Arab governments are trying to show restraint because a war would be in no one's interest. But.. More

  • Lebanon weighing lawsuit against Israel from occupation

    [Israel first entered south Lebanon in 1978, and then orchestrated a full invasion all the way to Beirut in 1982, before scaling back its occupation over a two-year period to a security zone in south Lebanon, which it evacuated only last year.] CAIRO,(Islamweb & Agencies) - Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiqal-Hariri indicated Tuesday that his country is.. More

  • Palestinian Hamas Vows More Attacks on Israel

    [A Palestinian boy carries an M-16 gun during a Hamas demonstration against Israeli occupation in the West Bank town of Tulkarem June 22, 2001. Read caption below]. NUSAIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (Islamweb & Agencies) - The Palestinian Islamic Resistance group Hamas said on Tuesday it was determined to keep attacking Israelis ``everywhere,'' underlining.. More

  • Japan: US Rapist Handed Over

    OKINAWA CITY, Japan (AP) - A U.S. Air Force sergeant suspected of raping a woman on Okinawa island arrived at a police station here Friday, but the U.S. ambassador said talks on his handover were still under way.Police believe Timothy Woodland, a 24-year-old staff sergeant stationed at Okinawa's Kadena Air Base, raped a local woman in her 20s last week.. More

  • Further round of Middle East diplomacy as Intifadha continues

    [One Palestinian casualty was killed crossing the Gaza-Israel border. More than a dozen people have died in violence since the ceasefire began, including eight Palestinians and six Israelis.] NICOSIA, (Islamweb & Agencies) - The Middle East was gearing up for another round of high level diplomacy Sunday, with Washington taking centre stage in a bid.. More

  • Intifadha Confrontations Flare As Diplomats Desperately Seek Political Solution

    [An Israeli tank shell hits a Palestinian neighborhood in the West Bank town of Hebron-Al Khalil,June 25, 2001 during a fierce gunbattle between Palestinians and Israeli occupation troops. Read photo caption below]. JERUSALEM (Islamweb & Agencies) - Fresh Intifadha confrontationsin the West Bank threatened to overshadow talks on Tuesday between Prime.. More

  • Castro Nearly Faints at Speech, But Comes Back

    HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro almost fainted and was helped from the stage two hours into a speech on Saturday, but returned within minutes to say he was fine and joked later that it was a ``rehearsal'' for his death. ``I joked saying it was a rehearsal. You could say I was pretending I was dead, to see what my burial would look like,''.. More

  • Macedonian paramilitaries threaten to start killing Muslim Albanians

    [A Macedonian MI 24 attack helicopter shoots flares and rockets at the village of Aracinovo near the capital Skopje June 24, 2001.Read photo caption below]. SKOPJE, (Islamweb & Agencies) - A shady Macedonian paramilitary group has sparked panic among ethnic Albanians in one of Skopje's main markets, threatening to kill storekeepers and burn their.. More

  • Albanian Elections Test Democracy

    [Democratic party and "Unity for Victory" coalition leader Sali Berisha.Read photo caption below]. TIRANA, Albania (Islamweb & Agencies) - Gunfire broke out at one polling station and assailants burned ballots at another, marring parliamentary elections Sunday that pitted Albania's incumbent Socialists against a center-right coalition led by firebrand.. More

  • Afghan Taliban Dismiss Bin Laden Threat Reports

    [Afghan soldiers from Taliban movement. Read photo caption below]. KABUL (Islamweb & Agencies) - Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Taliban movement on Sunday dismissed media reports that exiled Saudi Arabian dissident Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) was planning attacks on U.S. and Israeli interests, saying his activities were ``under control.'' A.. More

  • Major Quake Rocks Peru, 25 Feared Dead

    [A powerful earthquake shook southern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 31 people and sending dozens of homes, churches and buildings tumbling to the ground. Read photo caption below]. AREQUIPA (Reuters) - At least 25 people were reported to have been killed on Saturday when a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 rocked southern Peru, civil defense.. More

  • Philippine Rebels Sign Peace Agreement

    [Gadhafi's son, Seif el-Islam, chairs the opening session of the peace talks between the Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Tripoli, Libya. Read photo caption below]. TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The Philippine government and a Muslim separatist group signed a peace agreement Friday night, calling for a cease-fire in a 32-year.. More

  • Headless Bodies of Hostages Found

    [An Army trooper rides a tricycle as he patrols Isabela, the capital of the island province of Basilan in southern Philippines.Read photo caption below]. ISABELA, Philippines (Islamweb & Agencies) - The beheaded bodies of two Filipinos who were kidnapped by the outlawed Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines were discovered Saturday outside the.. More

  • Macedonia Vows to Fight On

    [The Macedonian army blasted a village held by Albanian Freedom fighters June 22, 2001, tearing up a ragged 11-day truce. Read photo caption below]. OUTSIDE ARACINOVO, Macedonia (Reuters) - The Slav-dominated Macedonian army blasted a village held by Albanian Freedom fighters Friday and vowed to continue to attack, tearing up an 11-day truce in a risky.. More

  • Pentagon study recommends smaller, more mobile US forces for Europe

    [Bush shakes hands after speaking to a Business Roundtable Meeting in the East Room of the White House on June 20. Read photo caption below]. WASHINGTON,(AFP) - A Pentagon study made public Friday recommends the US military move away from a large, fixed presence in Europe and Japan and instead use its bases there as staging areas for smaller, more.. More