Sudan 'kills refugees in Darfur'

"Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes in Darfur, a rebel spokesman told the BBC. There is no...

Baghdad clashes leave 400 Iraqis, 2 Americans dead

Violence in Baghdad is increasing as US and Iraqi forces fight militants loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. Intense fighting began Sunday after militia members attacked coalition positions during a sandstorm."More than 400 people have been killed in fighting over the last...

MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat

"MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say...

President says Saddam Hussein must leave Iraq within 48 hours - March 17, 2003

My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its...

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Saddam Accepted Bush's Ultimatum, To Prevent The Invasion

Saddam yielded to all demands to reach peaceful resolution, but the Bush administration did not respond to his offer.

Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm

"MARJAYOUN, Lebanon - Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war, the militant Hezbollah group is facing little on-the-ground pressure to give up its weapons and disarm — despite a U.N. cease-fire resolution demanding just that. The leaders of a U.N. peacekeeping force...

Lebanese army troops move into south

"DUBAI: Lebanese troops have begun crossing the Litani river in southern Lebanon to help enforce a U.N. sanctioned ceasefire plan that came into force to end of the 34-day war between Israel and Hizbollah. Lebanese authorities, however, made it clear that their troops would...

Beirut sends army south - Toronto Sun

" But Lebanese cabinet refuses to disarm Hezbollah By AP BEIRUT -- Lebanon approved a plan yesterday to deploy its army south of the Litani River, a key provision of the UN ceasefire plan to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. But the cabinet stopped short of agreeing...