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Former King Becomes Premeir

SOFIA (Islamweb & Agencies) - Bulgaria's former King Simeon II, the first ex-monarch to regain political power after the downfall of communism in eastern Europe, agreed on Thursday to be the country's next prime minister. (Read photo caption below). Parliament was expected to approve Simeon's nomination and the new government on July 24. The prime ministershi.. More

1067 03/04/2001
Fiercest Intifadha Battle in Hebron, Al-Khalil

HEBRON, Al-Khalil, West Bank (Islamweb & Agencies) - A Palestinian attack in which two Jewish settlers were wounded triggered the fiercest gunbattle in the West Bank city of Hebron, Al-Khalil,on Friday since the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation began nine months ago.(Read photo caption below). Witnesses said several Israeli tanks shelled.. More

1068 03/04/2001
Algeria Set on Reforms

WASHINGTON, (Islamweb & Agencies) -Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Thursday said he had assured US President George W. Bush he is committed to economic and political reforms and establishing the rule of law in the Arab North African nation. (Read photo caption below)."Algeria is resolutely committed to pursuing ongoing economic and political.. More

1069 03/04/2001
No Indian Set Proposals on Kashmir

NEW DELHI (Islamweb & Agencies) - India said on Thursday that it was ready to discuss the disputed territory of Kashmir at this weekend's summit with Pakistan, but would not be making any new proposals on the matter.(Read photo caption below) ``India has not ever fought shy of talking to Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir,'' External Affairs Minister Jaswant.. More

1070 03/04/2001
The Taj Mahal Summit Draws Near

NEW DELHI (Islamweb & Agencies) - The leaders of India and Pakistan will focus on troubled Kashmir -- cause of two of the three wars between their nations -- at a weekend summit despite New Delhi's desire for a broader agenda. (Read photo caption below). The meeting between Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari.. More

1078 03/04/2001
US Objections Threatens UN Conference on Small Arms

UNITED NATIONS, (AFP) -France on Friday urged the United States to ease its opposition to regulation of small-arms sales in order to rescue from failure a United Nations conference on trade in weapons. (Read photo caption below). "There will be no result (from the conference) if there are no concessions made here and there," French Cooperation Minister.. More

1079 03/04/2001
N. Irish Peace Talks Resume

WESTON PARK, England (Reuters) - Rival Northern Ireland factions held urgent peace talks hosted by the British and Irish prime ministers under the shadow of some of the worst rioting in Belfast for years. (Read photo caption below)The talks at a secluded country house in the English midlands were reconvened late on Friday only hours after more than.. More

1080 03/04/2001
Death threat after Beijing wins 2008 Olympics

MOSCOW,(AFP) - A death threat has been sent to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member after the IOC awarded the 2008 Olympic Games to Beijing. (Read photo caption below). Irish IOC member Pat Hickey said the threats had been received in his office in Dublin. "I have had three death threats from a group calling themselves the Liberation Army.. More

1081 03/04/2001
India-Pakistan Summit Opens Today

AGRA (Islamweb & Agencies) - The leaders of India and Pakistan meet on Sunday in the shadow of the subcontinent's most famous monument hoping to find a way out of more than a half century of enmity between the two populous nations.While India wanted to discuss many issues in the talks, which have no formal agenda, it was clear the disagreement over.. More

1090 03/04/2001
Mideast Diplomacy Shifts To Cairo

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & Agencies) - Middle East peace diplomacy shifts on Sunday to Cairo, where Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres are due to have separate talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Sources in Mubarak's office said it was unlikely Arafat would meet Peres, who is also due to discuss the Israeli-Pales.. More

1091 03/04/2001
Russian Atrocities in Chechnya Show No Signs of Abating

NAZRAN, Russia (Islamweb & Agencies) - Russia's invading troops searched for Resistance commanders in Chechnya's capital on Saturday, three days after a general admitted troops committed large-scale crimes in similar search operations elsewhere in the region. (Read photo caption below). Interior Ministry police swept one neighborhood in Grozny, the.. More

1092 03/04/2001
Bosnia Muslims Open Mosque in the Country's Serb Half

BOSANSKA GRADISKA, Bosnia (Islamweb & Agencies) -Bosnian Muslims on Saturday opened a new mosque in this Serb-controlled northern town to replace one destroyed during the 1992-5 war. Hundreds of Muslim believers gathered to inaugurate the mosque, built on the spot where the medieval Obradovacka mosque stood before it was blown up by Bosnian Serb extremists.. More

1093 03/04/2001
N. Irish Peace Hopes Stagger on

WESTON PARK, England (Reuters) - Northern Ireland peace hopes staggered on with British Prime Minister Tony Blairreporting progress but no breakthrough on Saturday in crisis talks with rival Protestant and Roman Catholic politicians.Under the threat of growing violence and an August deadline for governing the British province, Blair said the latest.. More

1094 03/04/2001
World Criticizes Israel

WASHINGTON, (Islamweb & Agencies) -The United States at last joined an international callfor an immediate halt to Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes, condemning the practice as "highly provocative" and a blow to a fragile truce."Actions such as these demolitions are highly provocative, they undermine confidence and trust between the parties,".. More

1048 02/04/2001
Israeli Experts Play Down Prospects for War with Syria

JERUSALEM, (Islamweb & Agencies) -Chances of war are low between Israel and its regional foes Syria and the Lebanese Shiite Resistance men ofHezbollah, despite escalating skirmishes on the Israeli-Lebanese border, said members of Israel's leading think-tanks Tuesday."There is always the danger of miscalculation, but the probability is very low," said.. More

1049 02/04/2001

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