Pope Prays For Peace, But No Apology For Crusades
Pope John Paul II prayed Monday for "peace in the Holy Land and in the world" in a ruined church in a ghost town on the Syrian Golan Heights, but refused to visit the tomb of a medieval Muslim leader who fought off Christian Crusaders.
Macedonian Villages Come Under Fire
Villages in northern Macedonian braced for a fourth day of fighting Sunday as the government issued its daily warning to residents to quit, declaring a state of war to give it a free hand to battle ethnic Albanian
rebels.
Palestinian Baby Girl Dies Under Israeli Tank Fire
In spite of diplomatic efforts to renew Middle East negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis, tension between both sides continues, bringing more death tolls, new agencies reported.
Iraq: Smart Sanctions Amount To "Hostile Act"
Iraq warned its neighbors on Sunday a that it would regard the implementation of "smart sanctions" as proposed by the United States as an act of
hostility.