Israel Pulls Out of Raided Village, Eyes Full West Bank Withdrawal
Israeli forces left the battered West Bank village of Beit Rima Thursday, as the government mulled bowing to U.S.-led pressure and quitting all Palestinian towns it re-occupied in the hunt for killers of a cabinet minister.

Northern Alliance Backs Ramadan Bombing of Taliban
The Ambassador of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance to India said Thursday that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan should have no bearing on the U.S. military strikes against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia and Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.

Saudi Foreign Minister Arrives In Pakistan
Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, arrived in Islamabad Wednesday for discussions with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the current crisis in Afghanistan, news agencies reported Thursday.

• American Muslims Call for Peaceful Efforts to End the Conflict in Afghanistan
• U.N. Says U.S. Uses Cluster Bombs on Civilians, Opposition Pushes Back Taliban Frontline
• Two Pakistani Atomic Scientists Arrested
• Ahmici Muslims Shocked by U.N. Acquittal of War Crimes Suspects
• British Police Arrest Egyptian Islamic Activist
• Malaysia Becomes Member of Commonwealth Committee on Terrorism
• Anthrax Scare Hits Middle East
• Bodies Of Dead "Jihad" Fighters Returned to Pakistan After Protests
• Beneath the Surface, Uzbek Muslims Seethe at U.S. Troop Presence
• Chechen Rebels See "Provocation" in Russian Talk of Disarmament
• Israeli Intensifies Incursions in West Bank, Gaza
• Pakistan Copes With Afghan Refugee Influx
• Post-Taliban Conference Opens In Peshawar