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Israeli warplanes over fly southern Lebanon

SHEBAA, Lebanon, (Islamweb & Agencies) - Israeli planes over flew southern Lebanon on Monday, following night flights over the area and shelling into the disputed border area of the Shebaa Farms. The fighter-bombers flew at medium altitude over the coastal city of Tyre, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Beirut, and nearby villages. The jets then.. More

1277 08/04/2001
Gunmen Take 41 Hostage in South Russia-Agencies

MOSCOW (Islmaweb & Agencies) - Unidentified gunmen took hostage 41 people traveling on a bus in southern Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies said. RIA news agency quoted local police as saying that two gunmen seized the commuter bus traveling from the town of Nevinnomyssk in the regional capital of Stavropol at around 7 a.m. RIA said the gunmen,.. More

1278 08/04/2001
Albanian language issue at heart of Macedonian peace talks

SKOPJE, (Islamweb & Agencies) -The question of whether Albanian should become an official language in Macedonia is at the centre of ongoing peace talks here and could make or break moves to prevent the Balkan country sliding into civil war. In another development, the United States on Monday accused ethnic Albanian rebels of breaking a truce in Macedonia... More

1279 08/04/2001
China Tin Mine Floods; 200 Feared Dead

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 200 miners are trapped and feared dead in a flooded tin mine in China's southern region of Guangxi, state media said on Tuesday, but mine officials said the reports were highly exaggerated.(Read map caption below). The official Wenhui Daily said more than 70 bodies had been found and alleged that the mine owners had tried.. More

1280 08/04/2001
Washington Warming up in Defence of Zionism and Slavery in Durban

NEW YORK, The Unite Nations, (Islamweb & News Agencies)- A 1975 UN resolution equating Zionism with racism was repealed in 1991 after strong opposition from the US and Israel, but recent violence in the Middle East has led to calls for its revival.(Read photo caption below). Zionism is the political movement which emerged in the late 19th century which.. More

1255 08/04/2001
Macedonia Peace Talks to Resume on Saturday

SKOPJE (Islamweb & Agencies) - Macedonia's polarised politicians resume peace talks on Saturday after top European Union and NATO officials twisted their arms in a new bid to stave off civil war. (Read photo caption below). President Boris Trajkovski will chair the talks, in the lake resort of Okhrid, between the leaders of four mainstream parties.. More

1256 08/04/2001
Israeli Missiles Target Gaza Alleged Weapons Factory

GAZA (Islamweb & Agencies) - Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at a building in the Gaza Strip on Saturday which the Jewish state's army said was used by Palestinians to produce arms, including mortar bombs. The military said it attacked near the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza and that pilots returned to base reporting direct hits... More

1257 08/04/2001
Sudanese Peace March

WAD MADANI, Sudan, (BBC)-Thousands of people including large numbers of children have begun a march towards to Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in an effort to bring an end to a protracted civil war. The peace march began at Wad Medani, about 150km from Khartoum with an estimated 1,000 participants, but within hours the numbers are reported to have swelled.. More

1258 08/04/2001
Battle Rages for Somali Town, 15 Reported Dead

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 15 Somali gunmen were killed on Friday as rival militias fought for a second day for control of the southern port town of Kismayu, radio reports from the area said. Residents said hundreds of fighters loyal to warlord General Mohammed Morgan launched a major attack on rivals of the Juba Valley Alliance, a clan-based grouping.. More

1259 08/04/2001
Powell Begins Fence-Mending Visit to China

BEIJING (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a day of top-level talks on improving China-U.S. relations roiled by a series of security and human rights spats in the first half of this year.Powell, the most senior Bush administration official to visit China, flew in from Seoul after Beijing removed one obstacle.. More

1260 08/04/2001
UN Tribunal Urges Hunt for Fugitive Croat General

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The United Nations war crimes court urged Croatia on Thursday to track down a fugitive general charged with crimes against humanity after a fellow commander surrendered earlier this week to face trial. (Read photo caption below). The international court said it expected Zagreb to find retired general Ante Gotovina. Another veteran.. More

1248 07/04/2001
Castro Leads Cuba's Biggest Anti-U.S. March

HAVANA (Reuters) - In a show of physical vigor belying his collapse on stage last month, President Fidel Castro (news - web sites) led more than 1.2 million Cuban marchers on Thursday in the largest anti-U.S. protest in four decades of hostilities.Wearing white tennis shoes and his trademark olive-green military garb, Castro marched at the head of a.. More

1249 07/04/2001
Etna Lava Flow Licks Refuge Car Park

NICOLOSI, Sicily (Reuters) - Rescue workers on Thursday battled to divert lava spewing from Europe's highest and most active volcano, Mount Etna, from engulfing a building housing a scientific monitoring center.The lava flow reached a car park 10 yards away from the Sapienza refuge, a popular tourist spot offering shelter from bad weather, after bulldozers.. More

1250 07/04/2001
Iraq Fires Missile at US Spy Plane

WASHINGTON (AP) - By firing a surface-to-air missile at an American U-2 spy plane over southern Iraq, President Saddam Hussein's government has signaled a significant change in its targeting strategy against patrolling U.S. and British planes, officials said. The high-flying U.S. plane was not hit, but the missile flew so close Wednesday that the plane's.. More

1246 07/04/2001
Combatants Agree to Renew Macedonia Truce-Diplomats

SKOPJE, Macedonia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - NATOhas won the agreement of the Slav-dominated Macedonian government forces and ethnic Albanian fightersto reinstate a cease-fire shattered by three days of fighting, diplomatic sources said late on Wednesday.Under the deal, brokered by NATO special envoy Pieter Feith, the National Liberation Army (NLA).. More

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