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International Monitors is the Only Solution For Now, Says King Abdallah II

LONDON, (BBC)-King Abdullah of Jordan has said it is of paramount importance that the Israelis and the Palestinians get past the current crisis of violence and back to the negotiating table.Speaking in an interview with the BBC, the king said the situation had to be resolved before it got out of hand. (Read photo caption below) King Abdullah described.. More

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Arafat Arrives in China Seeking Asian Support

BEIJING (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafatarrived in China from Pakistan on Thursday on the final stage of a whirlwind tour across Asia seeking support for his people's Resistance to Israeli occupation. Before leaving Pakistan, he said he was ready to meet Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to discuss ways to end 11.. More

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Hizbollah Welcomes Israel Decision on Prisoners

BEIRUT (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Lebanon's Hizbollah welcomed on Thursday Israel's decision to allow the Red Cross to visit two Lebanese Resistance men kidnapped as bargaining chips for missing Israeli servicemen. But the Resistance group said the decision by the Israeli Supreme Court would have no bearing on negotiations over four Israelis that.. More

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Taliban Minister Says Red Cross Can Meet Detainees

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to meet eight foreign aid workers accused of spreading Christianity, Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil said on Thursday.It was not clear when such a meeting could take place, and ICRC officials in Pakistan said they had not.. More

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Bush Confirms ABM Withdrawal

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush flatly declared on Thursday that the United States would withdraw ``on our timetable'' from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, a long-standing cornerstone of arms control. (Read photo caption below) In one of his most explicit statements on the issue, Bush told reporters the accord hampered U.S. ability.. More

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Palestinians Abandon UN Resolution

UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinians failed to muster enough support in the U.N. Security Council on Friday for a resolution on the 11-month conflict with Israel, with members reluctant to face a threatened U.S. veto.The Palestinians withdrew their draft resolution, for the time being, and their chief U.N. delegate, Nasser al-Kidwa,.. More

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Bush Blames Palestinians for Mideast Deadlock

CRAWFORD, Texas (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Using unusually blunt language, President Bush made plain on Friday he blames the Palestinians for failing to break the deadlock in the Middle East conflict, saying their leader Yasser Arafat could end the bloodshed if he tried harder.``If the Palestinians are interested in a dialogue, then I would strongly.. More

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Palestinians United and Defiant

NABLUS, West Bank, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-In the West Bank, over 20,000 Palestinians attended a rally in Nablus of the Resistance Islamic group Hamas which has claimed responsibility for a number of Resistancebombings. ``An eye for an eye, a soul for a soul. We want equity in death,'' said a speaker at the assembly held in a football stadium and.. More

1501 14/04/2001
Sixteen Killed in Attacks in Indian-ruled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Sixteen people including nine Indian security personnel were killed in a string of militant attacks across the Indian-ruled territory. (Read photo caption below) Six Indian police and a civilian were killed late on Thursday when Muslim Resistance menattacked a police station in Poonch, 155 miles north of.. More

1502 14/04/2001
Albanian Fighters in Macedonia Strike Deal with NATO

SKOPJE, Macedonia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Macedonia's Albanian fighters have agreed to hand in about 3,000 weapons to NATO troops, Western diplomats said Friday, clearing the way for the start of a mission aimed at rescuing the country from all-out civil war.As alliance troops flooded into Macedonia to begin collecting arms next week, NATO and.. More

1503 14/04/2001
Retired US Sergeant Faces Spy Charges

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A retired decorated Air Force sergeant who worked as a civilian at the super-secret office that builds and operates U.S. spy satellites was held Friday on a spying charge.Brian P. Regan, 38, appeared in federal court a day after federal authorities took him into custody as he was passing through a security checkpoint to take a.. More

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Israeli Occupation Troops Murder Four More Palestinians in W.Bank

NABLUS, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian officials said four Palestinians were murdered by Israeli occupation soldiers in the early hours of Wednesday in another brutal Israeli reaction to Palestinian resistance to occupation. (Read photo caption below). According to the sources the four Palestinians were killed near the West Bank.. More

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NATO Poised to Launch Macedonia Mission

BRUSSELS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - NATO stood poised Wednesday to launch its third mission in the Balkans in a decade after the alliance's top commander said a cease-fire between Macedonian forces and ethnic Albanian fighters appeared to be holding firm.The 19 countries of the Atlantic alliance have until noon to register any objections to Operation.. More

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Israeli Occupation Soldiers Murder Four More Palestinians

NABLUS, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Palestinian officials said four Palestinians were murdered by Israeli occupation soldiers in the early hours of Wednesday in another brutal Israeli reaction to Palestinian resistance to occupation. (Read photo caption below). According to the sources the four Palestinians were killed near the West Bank.. More

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Latest Palestinian Intifadha Activist on Israel's Assassins Hit List

GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli assassinsfired missiles from helicopter gunships on Wednesday at two cars carrying the military leaders of the Resistance Islamic group Hamas, killing one man but missing the bombing mastermind who tops Israel's assassins hit list. (Read photo caption below) Four missiles slammed into the cars as they drove.. More

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