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Anthrax Found in Letter Sent to Kenya From U.S.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya became the first country outside the United States Thursday to confirm anthrax being sent by post, with one letter testing positive and two others sent for laboratory tests.(Read photo caption below)Health Minister Sam Ongeri said a letter sent from the United States to an unnamed businessman in Nairobi contained anthrax. Governments.. More

2059 01/05/2001
Opposition Says Controls 30 Percent of Afghanistan

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A leader of the Northern Alliance fighting Afghanistan's ruling Taliban was quoted on Thursday as saying the opposition now controlled more than 30 percent of the country after recent offensives.Opposition-held territory has previously been estimated at five to 10 percent of Afghanistan. (Read photo caption below) The statement by.. More

2060 01/05/2001
Special Forces Craft Over Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Low-flying AC-130 gunships are hitting Taliban troops in a tough new assault on Afghanistan's leadership, officials said. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned that the front lines, facing rebel forces, soon will not be ``a very safe place to be'' for the Taliban.(Read photo caption) American warplanes carried out the heaviest.. More

2027 01/05/2001
Daylight Air Raid on Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Jets swooped over a foggy post-dawn Kabul on Wednesday, causing five or six powerful explosions in the center of the Afghan capital in the wake of a series of overnight raids, witnesses said. (Read photo caption below) ``There were five to six bombs, the planes disappeared quickly. I can't see where they landed because it's quite foggy.. More

2028 01/05/2001
Anthrax Scares World, but Only Americans Infected

LONDON (Reuters) - The rash of American anthrax cases triggered panics, hoaxes and hypochondria around the world on Tuesday, but not a single case of the disease or of contaminated materials was confirmed outside U.S. borders.Several mail scares hit Washington as police at the Capitol confirmed that a letter sent to the office of Senate Majority leader.. More

2029 01/05/2001
Powell Walks Diplomatic Tightrope in South Asia

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell walked a diplomatic tightrope in New Delhi on Wednesday as he sought to cool tensions between India and Pakistan after an outbreak of firing across their border in disputed Kashmir. Powell, who holds talks with India before heading to Shanghai for this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.. More

2030 01/05/2001
Iran Agrees to Help U.S. Military in Distress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to help U.S. military personnel in the relatively unlikely event they end up in distress in Iran during operations in neighboring Afghanistan, a State Department official said on Tuesday. ``We indicated that if this event ... were to occur, we would be looking for this kind of reaction from them and they indicated.. More

2031 01/05/2001
Sharon Names Terms for Palestinian State

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel set out sweeping security conditions on Tuesday for the potential recognition of a Palestinian state and said he would lead any future peace talks.Sharon's remarks followed strong expressions of support for a Palestinian state made by the United States and Britain earlier this month.. More

2032 01/05/2001
APEC Works on Anti-Terrorism Letter

SHANGHAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In an apparent nod to China, a revised draft of an anti-terrorism statement to be issued by leaders at their Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit drops an earlier specific reference to fighting money-laundering.China's APEC spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a news conference on Wednesday that members meeting.. More

2033 01/05/2001
PFLP Claims Responsibility For Assassinating an Israeli Cabinet Minister

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Suspected leftist Palestinian Resistance me assassinated far-right Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi on Wednesday, dealing a serious blow to U.S.-led peace efforts. (Read map caption below) The radical Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine group claimed responsibility for the first Arab.. More

2040 01/05/2001
Israeli Occupation Troops on Outskirts of Jenin , PFLP Officals Arrested

JERUSALEM (Islamweb and News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops entered Palestinian-controlled territory on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the first military action since Palestinian gunmen assassinated a senior Israeli cabinet minister.(Read photo caption below) Palestinian officials and witnesses said around eight tanks.. More

2043 01/05/2001
U.S. Planes Target Taliban Stronghold of Kandahar

KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. warplanes saw fresh action over Afghanistan early on Thursday, targeting the ruling Taliban's southern stronghold of Kandahar which was rocked by a series of powerful explosions, witnesses said.(Read photo caption below) The overnight attacks followed another day of intense bombardment as low-flying U.S. jets.. More

2044 01/05/2001
APEC Ministers Seek Common Ground on Terrorism

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - APEC foreign ministers, seeking common ground amid differences over the U.S.-led fight against terrorism, said on Thursday the struggle was a battle between good and evil rather than countries or religions.(Read photo caption below) President Bush and other leaders from the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum begin.. More

2045 01/05/2001
House Shuts Down After Anthrax Scare

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Thirty-one Senate employees tested positive for anthrax exposure, officials said Wednesday as the threat of bioterrorism rattled Capitol Hill. Hundreds more lined up nervously to be tested and leaders ordered the shutdown of the House and three Senate office buildings.(Read photo caption below) House leaders shut.. More

2047 01/05/2001
Powell Sees U.N. Role in Post-Taliban Afghanistan

SHANGHAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Secretary of State Colin Powell outlined his vision on Wednesday of how stability could be brought to a post-Taliban Afghanistan using the United Nations, Afghan factions and emigres, and peacekeepers.(Read photo caption below) ``We may see a political vacuum immediately, or sort of a deteriorating situation that.. More

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