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  • No Miracles at the Arab League's Emergency Ministerial Session in Cairo

    CAIRO (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Arab foreign ministers wound up an emergency meeting in Cairo on Wednesday with calls for political and economic help for the Palestinians and a familiar litany of condemnation of Israeli policies against them. "One cannot expect miracles, we are not at the time of miracles. But let me say there are practical, positive.. More

  • Afghan Taliban Say No Early Access to Westerners

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Wednesday ruled out any access to eight Westerners accused of trying to convert Muslim Afghans to Christianity until their investigation is complete. Abdul Hai Mutmaen, the movement's chief spokesman, told Reuters any decision on either the fate of the four Germans, two Americans and two Australians.. More

  • NATO Troops Deployed in Macedonia

    BRUSSELS, Belgium (Islamweb & Mews Agencies) - NATO authorized deployment of 3,500 troops to Macedonia on Wednesday and could begin collecting weapons from ethnic Albanian fighters early next week in its latest foray trying to bring stability in the Balkans.Troops started moving almost immediately, with the first French soldiers of the main force arriving.. More

  • Rebels Attack Sri Lankan Military

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil Tiger rebels attacked two Sri Lankan army camps on Thursday, killing seven soldiers and wounding 11 others, the defense ministry said. Six rebels were killed when soldiers at the seaside camps in northeastern Sri Lanka retaliated with help from navy forces, said defense ministry spokesman Brig. Sanath Karunaratne. The.. More

  • U.S. to Quit ABM if Russia Talks Fail

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Washington will go it alone and pull out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty if it fails to reach a compromise with Russia on missile defense, a senior U.S. arms official said on Wednesday.Under-Secretary of State John Bolton, wrapping up several days of arms talks in Moscow, said crucial decisions had to be made before the.. More

  • Kashmir Casualty Rate Among Indian Soldiers Increasing

    NEW DELHI, India, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-New figures released by the military in Indian-administered Kashmir show that the rate of casualties among the security forces has been on the increase for the past three years.According to government figures, the highest number of Indian security personnel killed in any year from 1990 to 1998 was 268. But.. More

  • On-going Israeli Brutality Again Hinders The Resumption of Ceasefire Talks

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Another Brutal Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip overnight, again casted a shadow over tentative efforts to resume talks on finally implementing a so far unheeded cease-fire.At least two Israeli missiles slammed into a Palestinian security post in Gaza late on Saturday, just hours after a Palestinians reprisal attack.. More

  • Syria's Assad in Kuwait

    KUWAIT CITY, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held talks in Kuwait city Saturday with Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Abdullah al-Sabah and other top Kuwaiti officials, a report said. Apart from his meeting with Sheikh Saad, who is also prime minister, Assad met in the early evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah,.. More

  • Sudanese rebels claim capture of oil company steamer, army boats

    CAIRO, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -South Sudanese rebels claimed Saturday to have captured a large Nile steamer and three army patrol motor boats heading to an oil-rich region in central Sudan, taking a number of prisoners of war. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) spokesman Yasser Arman told AFP that the steamer, which he said belonged to an oil.. More

  • Taliban Say Will Never Extend Diplomats' Visas

    KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban rejected any extension of visas for Western diplomats who have been in Kabul in a futile effort to see eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity, an Afghan news agency said on Saturday.The report by the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), which followed a U.N. warning.. More

  • NATO Forces Assessing Macedonia

    SKOPJE, Macedonia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - NATO troops, were deploying into Macedonia on Saturday to assess a mission to collect Albanian fighters arms amid fears thatso-called shadowy Albanian fighters splinter groups could cause trouble for them. According to Western observers, the groups are a mystery factor for NATO as it tries to determine.. More

  • Latin American Leaders Appeal to Bush on Argentina

    SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Latin American leaders wrapped up Saturday an annual summit with a personal plea to U.S President Bush to support plans for IMF aid to Argentina, which has been stricken by fears of default on its 128 billion debt.Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, host of the two-day annual Rio Group summit at a renovated former train station,.. More

  • Latest Victims of On-going Israeli Brutality: 5 Palestinians Killed Including 2 Children

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - At least 5 Palestinians were murdered in the latest outburst of on-going Israeli brutality against a Palestinian intifadha, uprising , against Israeli occupation. A Palestinian activist and his two young children were killed when their house in the southern Gaza Strip was targeted by Israeli assassins. Another Palestinian.. More

  • Iraq Says Oil Remains Option to Combat Sanctions

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said on Sunday Baghdad reserved the right to use oil as an instrument to try to lift U.N. sanctions. ``We are using all the means at our disposal to defend our people and dignity. If we use economic power to serve our own legitimate interest, then this is legal and noble,'' Sabri, who was appointed.. More

  • Taliban jets bomb opposition after rockets hit Kabul on independence day

    KABUL, (AFP) -Taliban jets pounded opposition-held areas Sunday, opposition sources said, as a rocket attack on the capital Kabul failed to upset Afghanistan's independence day parade.(Read photo caption below) Taliban jets carried out at least three sorties on opposition controlled areas in northern Kapisa and Parwan provinces, resistance commander.. More