Palestine Blames Israel for Mideast Violence
A top Palestinian security official described Saturday a meeting with Israeli counterparts and United States CIA chief George Tenet the previous evening as "very tense" but put the onus on Israel to guarantee a return to calm in the region.
Iran's Khatami Headed For Landslide Victory
Iran's President Mohammad Khatami was headed for a landslide re-election victory Friday, but powerful conservatives wasted little time in accusing his reformist allies of extensive fraud.
U.N. Experts to Discuss Fresh Iraq Sanctions
The five permanent members of
the U.N. Security Council are to meet at expert level in Paris
this week to discuss changing the Iraqi sanctions regime as
Baghdad reiterated its rejection of further U.N. sponsored
penalties for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
U.S. Congressmen Bash Taliban On Yellow Badges
On the day the Taliban enacted a decree ordering all Hindus to wear yellow identity patches, several U.S. Congressmen vowed to wear a yellow "I am a Hindu" badge, to express solidarity with Afghan Hindus.
Palestine Blames Israel for Mideast Violence
Iran's Khatami Headed For Landslide Victory
U.N. Experts to Discuss Fresh Iraq Sanctions
U.S. Congressmen Bash Taliban On Yellow Badges
