Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak and his Syrian
counterpart Bashar al-Assad expressed
Monday, September 30, their continuous
opposition to an attack against Iraq and
called on the UN Security Council
"to force Israel to implement
(international) resolutions and withdraw
from the land it has occupied" in
the West Bank since mid-June after a
wave of suicide bombings...more>>
The
Israeli watertight siege on the
Palestinian territories has forced 168
out of 232 Palestinian companies to
completely stop exporting and has put 30
others out of business or bankrupt, a
Palestinian study says...more>>
Saudi
Arabia has recalled its ambassador to
the neighboring Gulf state of Qatar in a
spiraling dispute worsened by
accusations against the kingdom on the
Doha-based Al-Jazeera satellite
television station. Ambassador Hamad
al-Tuaimi flew back to Riyadh Monday,
September 30, afternoon, diplomats told
Agence France-Presse.more>>
Defusing
a trans-Atlantic spat, the European
Union proposed Monday, September 30, a
face-saving deal to give U.S. troops
limited immunity from the new
International Criminal Court (ICC),
which Washington is boycotting...more>>
E.U.,
U.S. OK War Crimes Trial Deal, HRW
Disagrees
