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December 30, 2002
Americans say
Saudi bases
will be available
for Iraq assault
US
gets impatient
over Iraq as war clouds gather
High-profile
assassination
rocks
Yemen
Sharon gives army free hand to
kill
US
plans to secure Iraqi oil
fields after invasion
Bush’s war on terror faces
mounting criticism
Powell ups pressure on Iraq,
Saudi Arabia to let US use bases
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian
schoolboy, attack cameraman
Egypt invites Palestinian groups for
landmark talks
Israeli elections panel allows
extremist to run
Khaleda
vows to build modern air force
Jamali
in bid to reunify PML
December 29, 2002
Assassination
of Jarallah Omar,
Deputy Chairman of the Yemeni Socialist Party
46
killed, 76 injured, as Chechen govt HQ bombed
Four Israelis,
two Palestinians killed, eight injured in retaliatory attack
Turkey
balks at joining war
Lebanon
launches new broadside at Washington
Ottawa
refuses to review
Hizbullah
ban
UNHCR warns of
humanitarian crisis in Iraq
Arab
League tries to win US
hearts and minds
December 28, 2002
Israelis kill
9 Palestinians
and reoccupy Bethlehem
Occupation army establishing special
'buffer zones'
Iraq stockpiles food for war
Palestinians worry about protection in case
of new Gulf War
Likud Party kicks off campaign under cloud
of corruption, disqualification of candidate
Greek church denies offering land in
exchange for confirmation. Sharon refuses to comment on report
Arab news
highlights
Russia says war on Iraq will
boost terrorism
US
abusing rights of
terror suspects
December 27, 2002
Nine
Palestinians killed, scores
arrested and injured by Israeli occupation forces,
No
arms will be found - Saddam
Lieberman sees Gulf States supporting
US
Israel
expects wave of attacks
during US strike on Iraq: press
Top
reformist blasts Iran's
judiciary over "political" pollster trial
Top
Saudi
singers to boycott music festival in Qatar:
report
Libya's
request to withdraw from Arab League "still frozen," league says
War
on Iraq could boost international terrorism:
Russia
UN
put Iraqi scientists
under scrutiny
US
will not attack Iraq without UN backing: NATO
chief
Iraq
stocks up food ahead of
possible US war
Pope
urges world to avert Iraq war
Iran,
Pakistan oppose
unilateral action on Iraq
Syria
rejects allegation of hiding Iraqi arms
Blair
praises PA reform conference
Mitzna
criticises Sharon for spreading 'hysteria'
Russia
opposed to unilateral
US strike on Iraq
It
doesn't feel like Christmas for Iraq's
Christians
Iran
presses on with test
flights
'Saddest
Christmas ever' in Bethlehem
Saudi
reiterates will not
join
any war on Iraq
3 killed in
Pakistan church
attack
Hekmatyar aligns with
Al-Qaeda
French govt wants
French-speaking imams
Khatami calls for talks on
Kashmir
Somali peace talks postponed
December 26, 2002
Seven
Palestinians killed, 15
arrested by Israeli occupation forces, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
No
arms will be found - Saddam
Lieberman sees Gulf States supporting
US
Israel
expects wave of attacks
during US strike on Iraq: press
Top
reformist blasts Iran's
judiciary over "political" pollster trial
Top
Saudi
singers to boycott music festival in Qatar:
report
Libya's
request to withdraw from Arab League "still frozen," league says
War
on Iraq could boost international terrorism:
Russia
UN
put Iraqi scientists
under scrutiny
US
will not attack Iraq without UN backing: NATO
chief
Iraq
stocks up food ahead of
possible US war
Pope
urges world to avert Iraq war
Iran,
Pakistan oppose
unilateral action on Iraq
Syria
rejects allegation of hiding Iraqi arms
Blair
praises PA reform conference
Mitzna
criticises Sharon for spreading 'hysteria'
Russia
opposed to unilateral
US strike on Iraq
It
doesn't feel like Christmas for Iraq's
Christians
Iran
presses on with test
flights
'Saddest
Christmas ever' in Bethlehem
Saudi
reiterates will not
join
any war on Iraq
3 killed in
Pakistan church
attack
Hekmatyar aligns with
Al-Qaeda
French govt wants
French-speaking imams
Khatami calls for talks on
Kashmir
Somali peace talks postponed
December 25, 2002
Israeli tank pullback from
Bethlehem church
fails to restore festive spirit
US 'could fight
Iraq and N.
Korea' if
needed
Turkish PM says Iraq situation at `serious
point'
Egypt to push for truce on suicide attacks
when Hamas-Fateh talks resume
Lebanon asks
Canada to withdraw
blacklisting of Hizbollah
Western agents provided tip for arrest of
UAE's Al Qaeda suspect
Khatami
sees bright ties with Pakistan
Thousands
celebrate Christmas in Abu
Dhabi
Three
UN Council members unconvinced of need to attack
3000 homes destroyed, 15
hurt in Iran quake
Little Christmas cheer for
Iraq's Christians
CIA
tried to bribe top
Iraqi aides to defect: newspaper
Saudi
Arabia will not join
war: Saud
Saudi Arabia
enters Arab Cup
semis after defeating Syria 3-0
Israeli
court hands 7 life
terms to Barghouthi aide
Muslim groups sue top US
officials over detentions
Pakistani
Court blocks Alqaeda suspects’ extradition
December 24, 2002
Israel asks for bids to build 232 new
settlement houses
Hizbollah provides tapes to discredit
Canadian blacklisting
Arafat
has ‘reservations’ about revised peace plan
Russia
reassures Lebanon over Iraq
Iraq
war is not inevitable, Schroeder
UN experts quiz
Iraqi scientists
News
highlights
Venezuelan
crisis cramps war plans
Khatami
meets Musharraf
Iran
agrees to return nuclear waste to Russia
Trader's
house in Lahore
raided by FBI
Abdullah seeks speedy end to
Israeli aggression
Iraqi
jet downs US
spy plane
Detainee
Al-Kaabi had nothing
to do with Afghanistan, says cousin
Israelis kill Hamas and Fatah
men in cold blood
War on terror targets
Islam:
British Muslims
December 23, 2002
Two Palestinians
assassinated by an Israeli
occupation unit
Iraq invites
CIA, 'ready to answer all
queries'
Sen.
Lieberman equates
attacks against Israel with world 'terrorism'
Le
Pen in Beirut, slams
the US, UK, and Israel
Israeli left-wingers meet Palestinian
delegation in London
Iranian President
Khatami arrives in
Pakistan
Palestinian leadership postpones
elections
Fateh, Hamas to resume Cairo dialogue
Saudi Arabia urges US to
refrain from solo war
Gulf states turn on
Saddam, skirt US war
buildup
Gulf
states: Full customs
union from Jan. 1
Gulf states chambers’
e-marts to be ready in 2 years
59
Guantanamo Bay prisoners not
Al-Qaeda: Report
Pakistan: Harassment of women
is widespread
Foes
of Venezuela's Chavez
step up street campaign
December 22, 2002
Israel tightens control in Gaza,
kills
another girl
Gulf summit opens to sound of war drums
over Iraq
British media reports snub to
Netanyahu in
London
Straw-Netanyahu news conference cancelled
US vetoes resolution
condemning Israel for killing of 3 UN workers
Iraq says to go to any
lengths to avoid war with US
Iraq says
war a certainty
as US pours troops into Gulf
Israeli peace activists
demonstrate in Hebron
Microsoft denies making
spy programme for Israel
Israel tightens control
in Gaza after attacks
Egypt resumes trial of 25 in govt overthrow
bid case
Quartet issues call for immediate ceasefire
Egyptians protest outside the
Qatari
Embassy against plan to attack Iraq
Iraq sends medical
aid to
Palestine
Iran protests detention
of nationals in US
Denktash
mulls alternative plan for united Cyprus
within EU
Former Rep.
Wayne Owens found
dead in Israel
Gulf
Cooperation Council summit meets in Doha, Qatar
America yields to
Blix over
Iraq weapons
Third Saudi
satellite launched
Yemeni forces hunt
Al-Qaeda
gunmen after deadly firefight
December 21, 2002
Six
German soldiers and one American killed, several injured in Afghanistan
Lebanese
government warns a private TV station over airing of US propaganda
Iraq
chastises Powell
for ‘over-reaction’
‘Quartet’
haggles over timing of peace proposal
Straw
defends plan for Middle East talks
Palestinian
Christians brave curfew
to reach church
Israeli fire kills
11-year-old Palestinian girl
Turkey under US pressure
to make up its mind on Iraq
Palestinians
blast US for delaying
peace roadmap
Mideast
mediators meet, divided on peace plan
Guantanamo
detainee phones home
Strom
Thurmond's Secret Daughter
Arab American perspective on
US news
US,
UK not cooperating: Blix
Kashmir legislator shot dead
December 20, 2002
Bush
tells Mubarak that peace
plan is not ready
Abu
Marzook: U.S. charges
politically motivated
Israeli
troops kill Palestinian
girl in Rafah, man in
Jenin
Lebanon
bans TV spots aimed at improving US image
How
to make the Muslim
world love America?
British
lawmakers warn of terror fallout from Iraq war
Palestinians
despair as West Bank
occupation hits six straight months
All
Arabs
against war, says Assad
Saleh
brings call for ‘new
Arab order’
Diplomats
slam US road map
delay
Palestinian
Authority fumes over US
stalling on road map
Jean-Marie
Le Pen expected to
arrive to Lebanon Friday evening
Iraq
to resume talks on missing
Gulf nationals
Last
Prophet captures
Islam’s early battles
S. Africa's
Mandela slams US for diplomatic "piracy"
Zimbabwe-Libya
talks on fuel deal collapse
Israeli police
probe alleged Likud electoral fraud
Somalialand
holds first elections for 35 years
December 19, 2002
Most
Americans favour nuclear response
U.S.
files charges against senior Hamas leader in support for Sharon's policy
to starve the Palestinian
people
North
Korean captain blasts U.S. action as piracy
Sri
Lankan Power-sharing
'must ensure Muslim rights
Lebanese Students stand in solidarity
against aggression, war
Iraqis board buses
for long journey home
Mitzna
warns Palestinians on violence
After London,
Assad
meets Chirac for talks
US against adopting Mideast peace 'road
map' until after Israeli elections
'Iraqis will defend Baghdad house-by-house'
Egypt
activists hold conference against Iraq war
Three to hang for attack on
Indian Parliament
US likely to see UN violation
by Iraq
Saud to head team to
GCC
summit
US support for Iraq action
falls: Poll
US mistakenly set
Taleban
leader free
Court allows
French Muslim
woman to wear headscarf at work
Islamabad protests inclusion
on INS watch list Police
use tear gas as Hindus and Muslims clash in Gujarat
December 18, 2002
Legacy of
the Prophet Muhammed: A
movie
aired in the US, on PBS
Algeria
rebels kill 10 government troops
Bush
failed to make case: A
new poll
Hizbullah
offers to help Ottawa
rectify ban ‘error’
US
democracy program draws
criticism
Blair’s
plans for PA talks
gather pace
Arms
inspectors bring
mission to Baghdad University
Hizbullah:
Some Israelis want pre-emptive war
Iraq
‘can’t take’ another war ? but Iraqis show no fear
US
could fight Iraq
in summer heat
Prince
Abdullah to shun
Gulf summit in Qatar — source
Dutch
family escape botched Saudi car blast
Russia,
Yemen see UN as channel for solution to Iraqi
crisis
Move to protect
Guantanamo
detainees’ interests
Saudi schoolteacher in US
defies stereotyping of Arab women
Non-citizen Muslims told to
register in America
US Jews fight for peace
in Palestine and Israel
Separatist
leader Shah
stages protest march in Kashmir
December 17, 2002
Israeli troops gun down
four
Palestinians
Accusations
against charity activities baseless:
Al-Namlah
Gore not to run for president
in 2004
US
plans covert propaganda
operations in friendly countries
Egypt
wants `road map' before Israeli elections
Blair
invites Arafat aides for talks in
London
Iran hits back at US over nuclear spat
Palestinian and Israeli women receive
American honors
Kuwaiti
court rejects
confessions by Al-Qaeda suspects
Experts
see bleak future for democracy
Women
'are main war victims' under Israeli occupation
Iran's parliament votes to
end ban on satellite TV
Iraq war 'not imminent' says Britain amid
reports of military build-up
Three Saudis beheaded for armed holdup
Chemical factory ablaze in northern Israel
Egyptian divorce law gives women hope
despite obstacles
Malaysia to issue first
passports with thumb prints
North Korea launches double
verbal attack on US and Japan
December 16, 2002
Israel smashes
Gaza homes
Christmas cheer in short supply in occupied
Bethlehem
Egypt allows conference
denouncing US
policies on Iraq, Mideast crisis
Iraq
tells UN to stop US strikes
Yemen House speaker
blasts US
‘terror’
Saleh
begins Russia visit today
Israel bars
Arafat from
Bethlehem
Unassuming Afghan lady on the
cutting edge of fame, as George
Bush's barbar
Venezuela's Chavez fights
against strike 4
Kashmiri
fighters killed near the border
Cyprus
deal possible by Feb.: Turkey
December 15, 2002
US soldiers caught in
street fight with South Koreans
French, Germans
rally against war
No Xmas mass for Arafat in occupied
Bethlehem: Sharon
Israeli
Labor Party eyes
Jerusalem partition plan
Iraq
urges UN to stop US-British
air strikes
Iraq told to name
scientists
Saudi Arabia, Iraq restore
phone link
Kissinger resigns as 9/11
panel chief
TV series to show how
Islam
led Europe out of the Dark Ages
Oil
giant takes initiative to
remove Nigerians' resentment
Israel nabs Palestinians;
peace plan lags
'Infidel'
Saddam dons Islamic clothing for
jihad against US
Five Palestinians killed at fence with
Israel were on desperate search for work
December 14, 2002
Arabs
cool to U.S. democracy initiative
Israeli
troops storm house,
kill Palestinian
Europe
seals its historic
eastward enlargement
UN to check Iran N-sites
H H Happy Holidays!
Happy New Year! H H End of the Year and
Holiday
Highlights!
Arab American News Focus
Arab American Institute
Fannnie
Mae Announces New Initiative to Expand and Muslim
Home Ownership
Islamic Institute, Washington DC
Tehran denies nuclear weapons program
Arabs split on
US democracy plan
Egypt criticizes $29 million offer, but Qatar expresses enthusiasm
The energy imperative
fueling Washington’s
war plans
Oil and breaking OPEC’s influence loom large in US designs on Iraq
Hollywood
actors headed by Sean Penn in Baghdad
Malaysia
frees Quattrocchi
1m
devotees gather for Bangladesh Islamic congress
Iraq
ready to resolve its differences with
Kuwait: Sabri
US-British planes
hit three Iraqi targets
Two
Al Qaeda held for US diplomat killing in Jordan
US, Israel want to destroy
Iraq
Blix
asks Iraq for list of scientists: UN
Iranian press
slams US charges Tehran hiding nuclear weapons program
Eight
die in Kashmir, anti-aircraft missile discovered
Harrier jets rush in after coalition bases attacked in
Afghanistan
Five die in fresh Algerian violence Somali
town of Baidoa seized by
militia group December
13, 2002
Israeli occupation forces kill
seven
Palestinians in Gaza, two Israeli occupation soldiers killed in Hebron
Palestinians to announce
on Monday if elections
are on
Powell announces $29m US plan
for modernizing Arabs
Carter: The
Bush
administration is completely compatible with the Israeli government while
ignoring the Palestinian Authority
UN inspectors scrutinise six more sites in
Iraq
US says
Algeria wants to buy arms
Iraq invites UN envoy in charge of
Kuwait
captives
Taleban, US are scissors
against Islam,
says Khatami
Benazir may be allowed to
return from self-exile
Khatami to visit Pakistan
North Korea vows to
revive nuclear programme, blames US
December 12, 2002
A regime change in
Iraq?
US
forces bent on indefinite occupation
of Gulf: Iraq ruling
party
Yemen wins Scud tussle
Saudi
Arabia to ask for output cut by 1.5 mbpd
GCC central bank idea to
figure in Dubai talks
Canada
con man held for defrauding
Muslims
North Korean
Scuds: The worry
is over customers
Palestinian Film
Blacklisted in Hollywood
Palestinian killed as Israel election race
heats up
Morocco's
FM in Spain for
fence-mending talks
U.S.,
Qatar sign pact to upgrade bases bases
Iraqi
exile gets warm welcome home
Iraq
declaration shifts focus to luring scientists
British
MPs condemn Israeli policy
December 11, 2002
Israel ‘has cost America $1.6
trillion’
Mossad agent ‘posed as militant’
in Gaza
Anti-West
sentiment rises in Kuwait
War
still very likely say defence experts
Iraq blasts US ‘blackmail’
OPEC to go for hefty output
cut, says Al-Naimi
US exports to Saudi Arabia
slide 25.6% in first nine months
Email Spoofing targeting Arab
American institutions
Arab
League chief to
discuss Mideast, Iraq issue with Russian officials
Peace group
challenges British government over Iraq
Israel bars
Arafat from Bethlehem for Christmas
Canada, US
agree to allow troops to cross border in emergencies
Sudan hopes
for EU financial support for peace process
Cuba's Castro
cements Caribbean support
Oil jumps as
Venezuela strike hits day eight
Khatami’s brother: Heed student rallies
PSP lashes out at
Schroeder
for promising more help to Israel
Yemen says Scuds bound for
army, wants them back
Iran wants access to
Iraqi
weapons declaration
Russia receives copy of
Iraq arms dossier from United States
Israeli film board bans
Jenin camp documentary
Qatar, the Israeli-US
main base in the Gulf
December 10, 2002
US begins scrutiny of
Iraq
dossier
Hard-liners tighten grip on
Likud, oppose Palestinian statehood
Australia may be targeted:
Expert
Israeli troops kill woman, mentally
handicapped man
Iraq accuses Kuwait of breaching Arab
fence-
mending deal
Syrian
lawmaker goes on hunger strike to
protest treatment in prison
Egypt extends detention of five Islamists
US
whisks Iraq UN arms declaration to Washington
World
silence on Mideast conflict decried
Awami
calls general strike on Thursday
Politics
of Pakistan
may shift to London
December 9, 22002
Iraq
challenges US, UK to show
proof of N-arms Israelis kill Palestinian
mother Al-Qaeda
claims Kenya attacks,
vows more
GCC chief says
Saddam's apology to Kuwaitis was a letdown
Al Qaeda's Kuwaiti spokesman resurfaces to make new threats
Armitage
arrives in Asia to drum up support over Iraq
Hamas, Fateh to resume ceasefire talks within days — Palestinians
Arabs renew plea for protection of Palestinians
US military begins war game in
Qatar U.S.
adopts Kosovo model to follow war Iraq,
Iran pose no threat to GCC - French admiral Gujarat:
Muslims to make a difference in 15 seats
Israelis, Palestinians in anguished
search for missing girls in Jerusalem
December 8, 2002 Several
Palestinians and Israelis killed
and injured in Tulkarem ... Five Palestinians killed in other areas
Alqaeda
announces its
responsibility for the Mombasa attacks and pledges to launch more
Saddam apologizes to Kuwaitis and asks for
their solidarity
Fake
Al-Qaeda cell busted in
Gaza
Hamas,
Fatah to resume ceasefire talks within days
Iraq declares
it has no banned
arms
Blix
not convinced by US
claims
Media voice outrage over
Eid Al-Fitr massacre in Gaza
Arab-Americans
on the
spotlight
Two Israeli soldiers
wounded in blast on Lebanese border
South
African police uncover
right-wing bomb plot
Six
sentenced to death for drug trafficking in southern China
December 7, 2002
Saddam apologizes to Kuwaitis and asks for
their solidarity
10 Palestinians slain in
Gaza
Israel
'subverting historic facts,' says Shaikh Salama
U.N.
delays release of Iraqi weapons declaration
Bush shakes up team to
revamp economy
Bush
visits mosque, praises
Islam
UN searches
resume in Iraq, arms declaration due
Iran
to fingerprint American journalists
Kashmir "tense"
on second day of Muslim protests
Enraged
Venezuela strikers
blame Chavez for deaths December 6, 2002
Israeli massacre in
Al-Buraij refugee camp:
10 Palestinians killed and 20 injured, during an
air and land raid in the first day of Eid.
Israel
to extend West Bank security fence
Saddam:
UN will be given a chance to disprove US allegations
Muslims in
US to celebrate a
quiet Eid
Eid
Al-Fitr celebrated with
fervor, in Saudi
Arabia
Eid
Al Fitr celebrated with fervour in the Philippines
Asia marks end of Ramadan,
celebrates Eid Al Fitr
Saudis
in talks to buy Euro-fighters
Three
killed in Karachi Macedonia Consulate blast
December 5, 2002
US preserves
UN unity on Iraq in
oil- for-food plan
Anger
with US, alienation sour Muslims'
Eid
3
Palestinians
killed: Israeli soldiers
shoot youth playing with plastic gun
Killing of elderly woman underscores
dangers at Israeli checkpoints
Sharon proposes Palestinian
state on parts of WB, Gaza
Poll: Is
jihad a holy war, or
internal spiritual struggle?
UN inspectors visit more sites in Iraq
US plans to upgrade
Turkish bases for Iraq
war
Iran’s hard-liners declare jihad on
reformers
Somali talks enter crucial
phase
December 4, 2002
US asks Security Council to renew Iraq
oil-for-food for two weeks
US
wants
'aggressive,' multiple Iraq
inspections
US, British jets again attack Iraq air
defenses
US
government a danger to
world, says Iran's
Khatami
Israelis set expansion of
settlements
Iraq
opens palace for
inspection
Militant gives up, 10
die in Kashmir violence
Iraq
pledges to hand UN arms
statement by
deadline
Israeli troops kill
95-year-old Palestinian
woman near Ramallah
Report:
Arab Israelis and Palestinians set
to outnumber Israeli Jews within 20 years
Saudi
Arabia says it has been 'unfairly maligned'
December 3, 2002
Sharon nixes
envoy’s ‘2 states’ remark
Confusion over
how many American Muslims there are
US envoy
arrives in Kashmir
Inspectors:
Equipment missing from Iraqi site
Four
Palestinians killed in W. Bank, Gaza Strip
Hamas, Abbas were
close to truce — Israeli army chief
Americans
should be careful, but US embassy says recent incidents in Egypt
not
indicative of anti-American hostility
Arab
women’s groups tout plan to pass on nationality
Israel
slammed
for settler attacks on olive growers
Philippine,
U.S. agents 'tortured Al Ghozi'
Sri
Lanka Muslim
party split overshadows talks
Howard's
threat damages Australian interests in Asia:
analysts
December 2, 2002
Israeli troops
gun down two in Gaza raid; missiles hit car
Palestinian teenager
killed by Israeli army in Jenin
Iraq
says Western jets bomb oil
firm, killing 4
Israel snubs its UN ambassador for supporting
creation of Palestinian state Putin's
concern over nuke safety rejected
UN
team aim in on Iraq's long-range missiles
Arab
League
seeks more Arab experts on UN Iraq team
Indian
troops kill four rebels in Kashmir
Malaysian
court rules in favour of Italian in Bofors scandal
December 1, 2002
4
killed, 27 injured in a US-UK air raids on
an Iraqi oil company in Basra
A
Palestinian local Jihad
leader survived an
Israeli assassination attempt on his life, in Gaza today
London
meeting calls for boycott
of Israel
South
Korean Anti-US
protestors arrested for breaking into US base
Behind
the rhetoric, US and
Iran cooperating over
Iraq
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