Apr 05 Palestinian Militants Killed, U.S. Envoy Meets With Arafat U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Friday as Israel continued its military incursion in the West Bank, reportedly killing two leading militants, despite calls from President Bush to withdraw. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Judge William Webster, Director of the Security Review Commission Terence Smith interviews Judge William Webster, director of the Security Review Commission, about his just-released report on security at the FBI in the wake of the Hanssen spy affair. Continue watching
Apr 04 Fighting Intensifies in Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin Gunbattles intensified Thursday near one of Christianity's holiest sites, while Israeli takeovers of other towns sparked outbursts of violence in the volatile West Bank. Continue reading
Apr 04 Pres. Bush Calls on Israel to Pull Out of West Bank By Admin In a dramatic policy shift toward the ongoing violence in the Middle East, President Bush called on Israel to halt its drive into the West Bank and announced that Secretary of State Colin Powell would go to the region next… Continue reading
Apr 04 Hundreds Arrested in Afghan Coup Plot Authorities in Afghanistan arrested hundreds suspected of planning a bombing campaign against the government of interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai. Continue reading
Apr 04 President Bush on the Middle East The full text of President Bush's speech announcing Sec. of State Colin Powell's mission to the Middle East, delivered Thursday in the White House Rose Garden. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch Senator Perspectives on President Bush's Speech Four U.S. senators reflect on President Bush's speech announcing that Sec.of State Colin Powell will visit the Mideast to work out details of an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. Continue watching
Apr 03 Egypt Limits Official Contact With Israel Egypt will limit its contact with Israel's government, but would not completely close diplomatic channels -- a move that comes as anger grows in the Arab world over Israel's deepening incursions into Palestinian-held territory. Continue reading
Apr 03 Israeli Tanks Roll Into Nablus; Bethlehem Standoff Continues Israeli forces Wednesday battled gunmen in the streets of Nablus and in Bethlehem, where scores of Palestinians took refuge in one of Christianity's holiest shrines, the Church of the Nativity. Continue reading
Apr 02 Mideast Violence Rages; Arafat Rejects Exile Offer At least 13 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died today during fighting throughout the Palestinian territories. Continue reading