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  • Risks From Anthrax Antibiotic Panic Envisaged

    LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - As fear of anthrax swept the United States, scientists warned Friday that overuse of antibiotics could lead to the build-up of superbugs and possibly a drug-resistant strain of the germ warfare agent. (Read photo caption below) ``Indiscriminate use of antibiotics can induce resistance in B anthracis and other organisms,''.. More

  • Bin Laden Urges Pakistanis to Defend Islam -Jazeera

    DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden issued a letter Thursday urging Pakistani Muslims to defend Islam against what he described as a Christian crusade, Qatar's al-Jazeera satellite television said. (Read photo caption below) The television showed a picture of the letter, handwritten in Arabic, which it said was signed.. More

  • US Determined To Continue Raids During Ramadan

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday the United States could not afford to stop its war on terrorism for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Read graph caption below) The leaders of some Muslim nations, including U.S. ally Pakistan that shares a long border with Afghanistan, have.. More

  • Bush To Rally Support For War Effort

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - President Bush next week will launch an offensive to rally support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, with major addresses to U.S. and foreign audiences and meetings with key allies, the White House said on Thursday. U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told a news conference Bush will make a national.. More

  • India Accuses Pakistan of Provocative Troop Moves

    NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - India accused Pakistan on Thursday of carrying out provocative troop movements near the border in the bitterly disputed Kashmir region as tension between the nuclear foes mounted. (Read photo caption below) A senior Indian official said the Pakistani army had moved some offensive formations closer to the border,.. More

  • Israel Kills Two More Palestinian Activists and Captures More Palestinian Territory

    JERUSALEM, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Two more Palestinians were killed in a new Israeli incursion into Palestinian-ruled territory near the city of Jenin.Several others were arrested.  Israeli tanks and bulldozers have raided the Palestinian-controlled West Bank village of Arrabe to arrest suspected Islamic militants. Troops seized several people,.. More

  • Israel Drags Feet over Withdrawal as Perez Drafts Initiative

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Israeli occupation forces held fast to positions in and around five Palestinian cities, defying repeated U.S. calls for a full withdrawal from areas occupied after Palestinian militants killed an Israeli cabinet minister on October 17. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres meanwhile said he was drafting a new Middle.. More

  • U.S. Bombs Afghanistan City in Pre-Dawn Raid

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Two waves of U.S. jets raided the southern Afghan city of Kandahar early on Wednesday, dropping at least one huge bomb.``It was huge, the whole building was shaking,'' a Reuters reporter said. The first planes roared through the sky before dawn, swiftly followed by the sound of small explosions and.. More

  • Britain Says Bombing Should Take Account of Ramadan

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - British Defense Minister Geoff Hoon, in Washington to consult with the United States on the war in Afghanistan, said on Tuesday the campaign should take account of Ramadan because of sensitivities in the Muslim world about bombing during the Muslim fasting month. (Read photo caption) But Hoon also said the allies.. More

  • New Anthrax Raises New Questions

    NEW YORK (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A hospital worker lay gravely ill with inhalation anthrax Tuesday as the growing list of victims prompted investigators to worry that the bacteria might be spreading at postal facilities from one piece of mail to another. (Read photo caption below) The 61-year-old New York woman became the first person in the country.. More

  • Blair Breaks Ice With Syria

    DAMASCUS, Syria (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Encouraged by Syria's condemnation of terror attacks in the United States, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is testing the willingness of Damascus to promote the Middle East peace process. Blair is the first British prime minister to visit Syria, a key player in the region. He planned to meet Wednesday with.. More

  • Cheney Moved to Secure Location Due to Threat

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has been moved to an undisclosed secure location because of the latest threat of terrorist attacks, the White House said on Tuesday. (Read photo caption below) Spokesman Ari Fleischer said Cheney was moved to the location on Monday night after Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that new attacks.. More

  • Airstrikes May Pause for Ramadan

    LONDON (AP) - A pause in military strikes in Afghanistan for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is ``being considered'' though past wars among Islamic countries have not had such cease-fires, Britain's foreign secretary said Sunday.(Read photo caption below)Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the Allies were sensitive to the religious implications of continuing.. More

  • Israel Remains Defiant Despite so-calle US Pressure

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli tanks, armor and occupation troops held on to Palestinian-ruled areas in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, despite pressure from Israel's closest ally, the United States, for an immediate withdrawal.Washington said it was encouraged by Israel's pullout on Monday from Bethlehem -- revered as the birthplace.. More

  • Israel Remains Defiant Despite so-called US Pressure

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli tanks, armor and occupation troops held on to Palestinian-ruled areas in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, despite pressure from Israel's closest ally, the United States, for an immediate withdrawal.Washington said it was encouraged by Israel's pullout on Monday from Bethlehem -- revered as the birthplace.. More