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Bus hits land mine in central Afghanistan; 13 killed
A bus carrying people to a picnic area hit a land mine in central Afghanistan, killing 13 passengers and injuring six others, a U.N. official said Sunday. The accident occurred Saturday near Bamiyan, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of the capital, Kabul, said U.N. spokesman David Singh. Passengers urged the driver to take a detour because of land.. More -
Border guards in Tajikistan kill five suspected drug smugglers
Russian border guards in Tajikistan killed five suspected drug smugglers in a five-hour gunbattle on the border with Afghanistan ,officials said Sunday. According to border guards spokesman Gen. Maj. Gen. Sergei Zhilkin, a patrol encountered a group of 16 gunmen crossing the Pyandzh River into Tajikistan from Afghanistan Saturday night. (Read photo.. More -
An Israeli Train Engineer Injured in a Blast South of Tel Aviv
HIGHLIGHTS: Palestinians Demand Withdrawal from West Bank Cities & Release of Withheld Tax Money|| Palestinians Say Success from Meetings would be contingent on Israel's withdrawal from Reoccupied Palestinian Cities & Towns||Occupation Soldiers Arrest 25 Palestinians over the Weekend||U.S. State Department Report Finds No Conclusive Evidence Arafat.. More -
Spanish Forces Leave Disputed Islet After Deal With Morocco
HIGHLIGHTS: Deal Reached After Intense U.S. Mediation||Island to Be Demilitarized with Forces of Neither Side Occupying It.||Moroccan & Spanish Foreign Ministers to Meet in Rabat Monday|| STORY: A Spanish garrison withdrew from a disputed islet after an accord brokered by Washington ended a row with Morocco that turned an obscure outcrop in the Mediterranean.. More -
Sudan Peace Talks Reach Breakthrough
HIGHLIGHTS: Agreement Covers Two Contentious Issues: State Versus Religion & Self-determination (for the south)||No Ceasefire Until All Issues Are Resolved||Successful Peace Talks Could Help Turn Sudan into a Major Oil Exporter|| STORY: Sudan's warring factions said on Saturday they had made a major breakthrough in talks to resolve the 19-year-old conflict.. More -
Israel, Palestinians to Resume Delayed Talks
HIGHLIGHTS: Meeting Not Yet Confirmed, Ereqat||Israeli Officials Meet Condoleeza Rice in Washington Next Week||Israel & the Palestinians Discuss Ceasefire Plan Through Third Parties||Occupation Army DemolishesWorkshop in Gaza|| STORY: Israeli and Palestinian officials were expected to hold talks on Saturday evening that Israel postponed after two deadly.. More -
Leila (Perejil) Deal Close After U.S Role
Spain believes an agreement with Morocco over the disputed islet of Perejil can be reached soon, after intense diplomatic pressure from the United States galvanized negotiations between the neighboring countries. A government source said on Saturday that even though Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio has not spoken directly with her Moroccan counterpart,.. More -
UK's Straw in Pakistan on Last Leg of Peace Tour
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Pakistan on Saturday under pressure to lean on Islamabad to stop Islamic militants attacking Indian targets in the disputed Kashmi region. He was due to hold talks with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Inam-ul-Haq, but it was not immediately clear whether he would meet President Pervez Musharraf... More -
UN, U.S., Warn Israel on 'Collective Punishment'
HIGHLIGHTS: Exile an Option for Family Members with Proven Link to the Plans for Attacks||22 Relatives Detained so far||Hamas Threatens More Attacks If Deportations Were Carried out||Car Explodes Near Tel Aviv-1 Dead|| STORY: Israel's attorney general has set terms for the possible deportation of relatives of Palestinian Resistance men, a step aimed.. More -
Morocco Appears to Backtrack on a Pledge Not to Reoccupy Leila Islet (Perejil) if Spain Withdraws its Troops
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell mediated intensively between Spain and Morocco on Friday and a senior U.S. official said he hoped to help them resolve their dispute over the island of Perejil. Powell made several calls to King Mohammed of Morocco and Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio. He is seeking a solution along the lines of restoring the.. More -
U.S. Warplanes Kill five Iraqis and Injure 17 Others
HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. Central Command Says Military Facility Attacked in Southern Iraq While Baghdad Says Civilian & Service Installations Attacked in Qadissiyah||Iraq Increases Challenges to U.S. Aircraft, U.S. Central Command Says||Warplanes Use Precision-guided Weapons in Attack|| STORY: U.S. and British warplanes destroyed a military communications facility.. More -
Israel Arrests Relatives of Palestinian Attackers, Destroys Houses
HIGHLIGHTS: Fathers & Brothers to be Expelled to Gaza Strip||Hamas Threatens Unique Response||Curfew Partly lifted in Four Palestinian Cities||Al-Nazir Claims Responsibility for the Twin Tel Aviv Resistance Bombing Attack||2 Houses Destroyed, 16 Palestinians Detained||Israelis Begin to Doubt the Wisdom of Their Government's So-called 'Anti-terror Policy'||A.. More -
Mahathir Warns U.S. Against Attack on Iraq
HIGHLIGHTS: Mahathir Was Addressing an International Forum of Islamic Scholars in Kuala Lumpur||Iraq to Protest to UN over U.S. Visas Denial||Senate Republican Urges Debate over Bush's Iraq Plans|| STORY: Malaysia - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned Friday that a U.S. military campaign to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would infuriate Muslims.. More -
Sheikh Omar's Lawyers File Appeal in Pearl Case
HIGHLIGHTS: Defense Lists 10 Grounds for Conviction to be Overturned||3 Co-accused Have Already Filed Appeal||Threats to Kill Officials if Execution is Carried out|| STORY: Lawyers defending British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh said they had appealed on Friday against his conviction and death sentence for the kidnap and murder of U.S... More -
Arab FMs Encouraged By Their Talks with Quartet & Bush
HIGHLIGHTS: Bush Says Resistance Bombings Timed to Coincide with Top-level Mideast Diplomacy Talks in Washington Are Not Coincidental||Bush Presses FMs on Palestinian Reform While FMs Present Detailed Plan on Palestinian Statehood||FMs & Powell Present a Surprisingly Unified Assessment of Bush's Vision on Mideast Peace||Israel Acknowledges It Couldn't.. More
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