Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in a military hospital outside Paris early on November 11, 2004. He was 75 years old. File photo shows Arafat sharing a warm gesture with US President Bill Clinton while Secretary of State Madelleine Allbright, Vice President Al Gore and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu (l to r) look on during a signing of a West Bank territorial agreement in the East Room of the White House on Oct. 23, 1998. (UPI Photo/Ricardo Watson/FILE)
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U.S. Raid Into Syria is Bad Timing
The raid by U.S. military helicopters on a Syrian village close to the Iraqi border that Damascus claimed killed several Syrians comes at a bad time for the U.S. administration of George W. Bush. Given the precariousness of the Middle East with the war in Iraq tying down U.S. forces, the conflict in Afghanistan gaining momentum, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks deadlocked, Iran defiantly pursuing its nuclear program, and Lebanons political situation uncertain with tens of thousands of Syrian troops camping on its border, the last thing Washington needs right now is to ignite another front.
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French oil company TotalFinaElf is negotiating with Ethiopian oil authorities with a view to entering the fuel distribution market in the Horn of Africa country, officials said.
Mossad starts hunt for Mombasa killers
ISRAELI FORENSIC EXPERTS LEAVE THE SITE OF A BLAST, THE PARADISE HOTEL SOME 15 MILES OUTSIDE THE KENYAN CITY OF MOMBASA NOVEMBER 29, 2002.
Sharon gets a standing ovation
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON (RIGHT) AND FOREIGN MINISTER BENYAMIN NETANYAHU GIVE EACH OTHER A HAND.
The light dims for Sharon
BENYAMIN NETANYAHU On Tuesday morning the prime ministers motorcade drove a few blocks to the official residence of President Moshe Katsav where Mr. Sharon admitted his coalition no longer enjoyed a workable majority in the Knesset.
Jail visit fuels Pollard controversy
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu stirred up the controversy over convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard when he visited the man serving a life sentence for selling some of Washingtons most sensitive secrets to the Jewish state.
Israel's right wing denounces Peres endorsement of Palestinian state
Leaders of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharons Likud party and other right-wing groups Friday denounced Foreign Minister Shimon Peress speech to the United Nations in favour of an independent Palestinian state.
Oufkir name at center of rights story in Morocco
Special to The The Oufkir name is still never far from the headlines in Morocco, members of the family having been both perpetrators and victims of gross injustices at the very center of government.
Don't squander this moment for peace
Recent developments in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and in Lebanon have conspired to undermine Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a move which is not good for the region.
Mordechai joins growing list of Israeli reprobates
Israeli police recommended on April 16 that Deputy Prime Minister Yitzhak Mordechai, a popular former general, stand trial on suspicion of having sexually assaulted three women over the past eight years.
