Israel: Bombing In Netanya
The conflict in Israel and the
Occupied Territories continued Friday as a 20-year-old
Palestinian, Mahmoud Ahmed Marmash from Tulkarem, killed
himself and six Israelis, and injured 100 others, several of
them seriously, by exploding a bomb at a shopping center in
the Israeli coastal resort of Netanya.
U.S. Draft On Iraq Sanctions As U.K. Calls For End
The United States said Thursday it expected a draft resolution on modifying U.N. sanctions on Iraq to be presented in the world body next week as Britain circulated proposals to other members of the Security Council to end the 10-year-old U.N. embargo on trade with Iraq for all non-military goods, a British diplomat said Wednesday.
IslamOnline Speaks At Interfaith Conference
Dina Rashed, an IslamOnline correspondent based in Chicago, spoke on the topic of "The Umma and the Internet" on the second day of the First Annual Catholic-Muslim Studies Conference held in Chicago on Wednesday.
Powell Announces $43 Million In U.S. Aid For Afghans
The United States will contribute $43 million in new food and other humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan who are facing the worst drought in the country's history, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Thursday.