Turkish Parliament To Avenge French Law
The Turkish parliament is looking into a bill that would acknowledge France's massacre against Algerians forty years ago as genocide, a move that is thought to be in response for a French law passed last week recognizing an "Ottoman genocide" against Armenians.
Kostunica And U.N. War Crimes Prosecutor Hold Heated Meeting
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica and chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte met here Tuesday, in what appeared to be a heated stand-off over demands that Belgrade hand over indicted suspects.
Syria's Assad Greeted By Khatami On First Day Of Iran Visit
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was greeted here by President Mohammad Khatami Wednesday after arriving on his first visit to close regional ally Iran since taking office last
July.