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Japan Destroyers Head Out to Back Up U.S. Strikes

SASEBO, Japan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Japanese naval destroyers set sail on Friday for the Indian Ocean as a step toward broader military support for U.S.-led strikes in Afghanistan, the first such move for Japanese forces since World War Two.The three ships from the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) set sail under sunny winter skies from Sasebo.. More

2360 12/05/2001
Storm Kills Up to 350 in Philippines, Heads to Sea

MAHINOG, Philippines (Reuters) - Tropical storm Lingling strengthened on Friday as it headed into the South China Sea after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines and a death toll of up to 350 people there.Disaster officials said at least 115 bodies had been recovered in four provinces in the southern and central Philippines while 281 people.. More

2361 12/05/2001
Opposition Claims Gains in Fighting

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Anti-Taliban forces on horseback attacked tanks in northern Afghanistanas U.S. airstrikes hit caves and vehicles and fighting raged near the key crossroads city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.The month-old U.S.-led bombing campaign was focused on that patch of rugged terrain, where mounted cavalry.. More

2349 11/05/2001
German anti-terror troops will be stationed in Uzbekistan

BERLIN, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Germany will station a force of commandos, tanks and other military units in Uzbekistan. as part of the US-led offensive against the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.In an agreement with the US Pentagon, Germany will deploy Fuchs (Fox) armoured vehicles, which can detect nuclear, biological or chemical elements.. More

2351 11/05/2001
Security director says U.S. remains on alert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States remains on alert against the possibility of new terror attacks, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said on Wednesday. Ridge told reporters at the White House that there was "no change" in the security warning put out on Oct. 29 by Attorney General John Ashcroft. "We're still on alert," Ridge said. "We will.. More

2352 11/05/2001
Japan to send ships to Indian Ocean on Friday

TOKYO, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Japan is preparing to send ships on an information gathering mission to the Indian Ocean this week before dispatching a larger fleet to help US-led military operations in Afghanistan.The government would make a decision on whether to send the flotilla Thursday evening, the Nihon Keizai and Yomiuri newspapers said. "The.. More

2353 11/05/2001
Israelis Strip Bishara of Immunity

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli legislators on Wednesday lifted the parliamentary immunity of an Arab colleague accused of inciting Palestinian resistance to Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.The 61-30 parliament vote allows charges to be filed against Israeli Arab representative Azmi Bishara for remarks he made in Syria, and for.. More

2356 11/05/2001
Palestinian Blows Self Up in Israeli Raid - Israel

JERUSALEM (Islamweb and News Agencies) - Israel said a Palestinian Resistance bomber blew himself up during an Israeli commando raid Thursday and the Palestinian Authority pledged to press ahead with its own roundup of militants despite internal opposition. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, speaking in Sweden, said the withdrawal of Israeli troops.. More

2357 11/05/2001
Jordan's King Abdullah Stresses Palestinians' Right To Statehood

LONDON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - King Abdullah of Jordan threw his weight Thursday behind Washington's military campaign in Afghanistan, saying it must be waged cautiously but with ``unflinching resolve.''Speaking for what he said was the ``too-rarely-heard Arab majority'' Abdullah said the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings in the United States were an.. More

2358 11/05/2001
Indian, Russia Leaders Meet

MOSCOW (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The Russian and Indian leaders met in the Kremlin Tuesday for talks on subjects ranging from the fight against international terrorism to construction of a Russian nuclear power plant in India.``In India there is a political consensus on a special relationship with Russia,'' Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.. More

2331 10/05/2001
Putin Disputes Iran Weapons Report

WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected suspicions that deadly smallpox or anthrax may have escaped his country and that Russia has provided dangerous weapons technology to Iran.Putin also praised President Bush, with whom he will meet next week, as someone with whom he can do business and a leader who keeps.. More

2332 10/05/2001
Israeli Forces Begin Ramallah Withdrawal

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli tanks rumbled out of Palestinian-ruled Ramallah on Wednesday, signaling an end to the two-week-old reoccupation of parts of the West Bank city which had drawn sharp international criticism. (Read photo caption below) Tanks, armored personnel carriers and jeeps moved through the streets of northern.. More

2327 10/05/2001
Taliban Parade Helicopter Wreckage

KABUL/RABAT, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers paraded parts of a downed U.S. helicopter through the streets of war-shattered Kabul on Tuesday in a show of defiance on the 31st day of Washington's air assault.After dark a U.S. warplane fired two missiles into central Kabul sending up a column of smoke and dust behind.. More

2328 10/05/2001
Germany To Commit 3,900 Troops for Afghan Campaign

BERLIN (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Germany signaled its ambition to play a more prominent role in world affairs on Tuesday by agreeing to mobilize up to 3,900 troops to support the U.S-led Afghan campaign. The decision, called historic by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, could lead to the first deployment of German troops in a fighting role outside Europe.. More

2329 10/05/2001
Afghan Opposition Claim Key Towns

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Backed by heavy U.S. bombing, Afghan opposition forces claimed the capture Tuesday of several key towns on the road to Mazar-e-Sharif in their first reported significant advance against Taliban defenses.At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said an assessment of the claimed move against the.. More

2330 10/05/2001

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