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U.S. Bombs Al Qaeda, Surrender Talks Fail
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. planes bombed eastern Afghan mountain hideouts of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda fighters on Wednesday as surrender negotiations fell apart. Afghanistan's nominal president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, complained that the new interim government about to take over had been imposed by foreign powers, but said he backed its designated head,.. More -
Europeans Scramble to Put Afghan Force Together
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Five key U.N. Security Council members struggled with a resolution on Wednesday that would authorize a multinational force for Afghanistan. But the key stumbling block was how the operation would be coordinated with the U.S. military, diplomats said. In a race against time, Britain, which will lead the force, is scrambling.. More -
OIC Sets Up Panel to Press U.S. on Israel
DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Representatives of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims set up a ministerial panel on Monday to urge the United States and the European Union to press Israel to end its attacks on the Palestinians and revive Middle East peacemaking. At the end of an emergency one-day meeting in Qatar, foreign ministers from the 57-nation.. More -
Israeli Forces Hit Palestinian Gaza Security HQ
GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli helicopter gunships destroyed a Palestinian security headquarters in the Gaza Strip in a missile strike on Tuesday, shortly before the start of a European Union mission intended to bolster U.S. peace efforts. In Israel's latest response to a wave of Palestinian Resistance bombings, at least five missiles reduced.. More -
Alliance Forces Advance in Tora Bora While US Marines Move Closer on Kandahar
KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghan forces said they advanced on Monday against Osama bin Laden's diehard, mostly Arab fighters who were dug in on cave-riddled mountains in the east of the country and putting up fierce resistance. Though the whereabouts of bin Laden himself remain unclear, a spokesman for anti-Taliban forces said the Saudi-born.. More -
Two Foreign Forces on Afghan Soil: One For Peacekeeping & Another For Prosecuting War
UNITED NATIONS (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Britain has accepted the task of leading and organizing a multinational force for Afghanistan, which the U.N. Security Council is expected to approve by Friday, U.S. diplomats said on Monday. But U.N. officials are worried that the NATO nations, who are to form the core of the force, may not deploy troops.. More -
Annan Collects Nobel
OSLO (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan collected the centenary Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, urging more focus on human rights in a U.N. quest to end poverty, prevent conflicts and foster democracy. Annan, who shares the 951,600 prize with the United Nations, said the world body should be led in the 21st century by the idea that to save.. More -
Russia, U.S. Closer on Missile Cuts
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia and the United States are near agreement on drastic cuts in long-range nuclear arsenals but remain at odds over a U.S. missile defense, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said the arms-reduction deal could be ready for the next summit between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir.. More -
International Pressure on Arafat to Crack Down on Resistance Leaders Continues Despite Israel’s On-going Extra-Judicial Killings
GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) – International pressure on Palestinian President, Yaser Arafat continues to mount despite Israel’s on-going vicious extra-judicial killings, the blind pursuit of which claimed the lives of two children in Hebron Tuesday. (Read photo caption below)Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces killed at least three Palestinians.. More -
Arafat, Sharon Mark September 11 Anniversary
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in separate statements on the three-month anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States, called on Tuesday for a global fight against terrorism. ``On this sad occasion, I call upon the world to stand united in fighting terrorism and to.. More -
Afghan Commander Says Al Qaeda Agree to Surrender
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda fighters defending their last hideouts in the cave-riddled mountains of eastern Afghanistan were due to surrender on Wednesday under a deal with their Afghan attackers. Haji Mohammad Zaman, commanding local forces assaulting al Qaeda strongholds in the rugged Tora Bora region, told an Afghan news service.. More -
Afghan Army Chief Calls for Small Peace Force
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim defense minister said Tuesday an international peacekeeping force should be confined to only 1,000 troops with a ``very limited'' role guarding government meetings. Mohammad Fahim also told reporters the Northern Alliance-led security forces now in control of the capital would remain, despite a pledge to ``withdraw.. More -
Milosevic Pours Scorn on Bosnia Genocide Charge
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Slobodan Milosevic on Tuesday contemptuously dismissed charges of spearheading a Serb campaign of genocide in the 1992-95 Bosnian war as ``monstrous,'' refusing to plead to the third and gravest indictment against him. The former Yugoslav leader, looking tired and pale during his fourth appearance at the United Nations war crimes.. More -
Macedonia Peace at Crossroads
SKOPJE (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Macedonia's delicate peace deal faces its biggest test to date on Thursday when police begin returning in earnest to the lawless heartland of demobilized ethnic Albanian fighters. The plan emerged from weeks of negotiations between Western peace overseers and the government. It was given the green light after civil.. More -
Israel Severs Ties with Arafat & The United States Points a Finger at the Palestinian President
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel sent its warplanes against Palestinian targets early on Thursday and severed ties with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in a move that seemed likely to scupper the latest U.S. Middle East peace efforts. The Middle East faced a fresh spiral of violence as Israeli planes struck in a wave of retaliatory.. More
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