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| June 30 |
| Britain silent
on 'Butcher of Bahrain' |
| Israel to take down
rogue outposts |
| Bomb
rocks Israeli train |
| Families are
torn apart by Israel's fence |
| Young icons of
death who warn the world of the rise of Hamas |
| Kuwait
hangs maid murderers |
| Israel dismantles office for liaison
with Palestinians in West Bank |
| Ben-Eliezer
orders IDF to uproot illegal outposts |
| Israeli minister condemns rogue
settlements |
| IDF
ends search for 15 militants in PA's demolished Hebron HQ |
| Israel
to deny entry to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan |
| Militants missing as blasts level siege HQ |
| Sickly Turkey gives way to despair |
| . |
| June 29 |
| Trial
of Syrian dissident adjourned for July sentencing |
| Jordan
uncovers terror network planning attacks in West Bank |
| Palestinian Baby Picture Stirs
Anger |
| 'Born
to kill': Defining image in a propaganda war |
| Paranoia exposed on both
sides of 'Sharon Curtain' |
| Saudi to U.S.: Don't Dismiss
Proposal |
| As curfew
bites, a handful of men bring hope to the trapped |
| Israeli army blows up Palestinian
compound: radio |
| Compound attacked in search for militants |
| Thirteen killed, nine injured in
attack near Algiers |
| Israel tries
to flush out militants with tanks and bulldozer |
| Iraq
accuses Iran of breaking truce |
| . |
| June 28 |
| Two men working for Iran mission to UN expelled |
| America turns up the heat in bid
to oust Arafat |
| Mossad
chief warns of Iran missile threat |
| Israeli
forces keep 700,000 Palestinians under curfew |
| EU gives more
aid to Arafat in defiance of Bush |
| PA
official finds 'no one to talk to' in Hebron compound |
| Family
of 'baby bomber' says photograph was 'just a joke' |
| 15
militants holed up as IDF siege of Hebron compound continues |
| Arens
election to Likud position seen as victory for Netanyahu |
| Turkish
collapse feared as leader hints he'll quit |
| Blair's
links with Bush undamaged |
| Family album 'depicts child bomber' |
| Ben-Eliezer
outlines peace plan to Arab daily |
| . |
| June 27 |
| Israeli forces rocket Hebron HQ as
Bush keeps squeeze on Arafat |
| Bush
Says Palestinians Will Lose Aid if They Keep Arafat |
| Palestinians
call Bush's bluff with elections schedule |
| Arafat in poll challenge to Bush |
| Palestinians
reject Bush threats |
| Arafat turns tables on Bush with election call |
| Blair
resists US pressure over future of Arafat |
| Syria breaks silence over US president’s Mideast speech |
| Bush
threatens to withhold PA aid if no reforms, crackdown on terror |
| Dozens
of Palestinians in PA's besieged Hebron HQ give up to IDF |
| World leaders face cracks over Middle
East, sliding markets |
| Public spat
over Arafat widens Blair and Bush rift |
| Rubinstein:
Israel cannot expel suicide bombers' families overseas |
| Arafat calls January
polls as Bush steps up pressure |
| . |
| June 26 |
| Besieged
PA building in Hebron comes under Israeli helicopter fire |
| In
the future, surging Muslim populations in the U.S. and Europe may force Jews to the right |
| Sharon rides Bush speech into new occupation of Hebron |
| UK rift with
Bush over Middle East |
| 'Charmed' Arafat finds himself in
yet another fix |
| 'Sharon
could have written speech' |
| Focus
shifts to Arafat successor but there is no clear heir |
| Syrian
daily: Bush's peace plan has 'no vision at all' |
| Expert:
Israel can now launch missile to any location on earth |
| Khamenei
accuses Bush of "unimaginable injustice" |
| Bush takes Mideast plan to cynical G8
summit |
| Western warplanes hit Iraqi air
defences |
| Arab leaders say US plan ‘assassinates’ peace
hopes |
| Arafat approved
reforms just as tanks rolled in |
| Arafat's
mask slips, but he still has a trick up his sleeve |
| Israel reaction: Speech greeted as sign of US
backing |
| World reaction: '...eventually we'll have two
states' |
| Palestinians insist on right to choose their leader |
| Blair faces rift with Bush
on Middle East |
| 'Unfair' US politicises an
angry Egypt |
| Israeli
troops storm Hebron headquarters |
| Bush's plan 'too vague' to achieve final peace |
| America's
lukewarm allies say it's business as normal |
| Israel presses on
with offensive after Bush speech |
| Influential US Jews like what they hear |
| Step down hint
to Turkish PM |
| . |
| June 25 |
| Israel completes
quick-response plan for 9/11-type attack |
| Bush
tells the Palestinians: you must get rid of Arafat |
| Bush shows Arafat the door |
| Text of Bush's Mideast peace plan |
| Highlights of Bush's Mideast peace plan |
| Saudi
Arabia bans products bearing 'Star Of David' |
| Syrian court jails dissident |
| Sharon launches
massive Gaza onslaught |
| A Look at Past U.S. Peace
Efforts |
| Extracts from Bush's
speech |
| Both sides see signs of a breakthrough |
| Bush
Says Peace Requires New Palestinian Leaders |
| Bush says
Arafat must go |
| Bush Calls for
Arafat's Removal |
| Hamas waits
defiantly as Israel plots its revenge |
| Arafat gambles with
crackdown on Hamas |
| Gaza 'war' likely to escalate bloodshed |
| Sharon launches
massive Gaza onslaught |
| Bush warned against hasty action on Iraq |
| . |
| June 24 |
| Sharon:
IDF preparing 'massive operation' against Hamas in Gaza |
| Palestinians put Hamas spiritual
leader under house arrest |
| Israel to
deport the families of suicide bombers |
| Israel
plans 'crushing offensive' to fight terror |
| Israeli forces complete reoccupation of five cities |
| White
House: Bush Mideast policy speech tentatively set for Monday |
| Israel
halts aid to territories from Iran and Iraq |
| Frustration
drowns Arafat's words |
| Russia fails to
secure Tehran nuclear deal |
| CNN
Cites Error in Israel Coverage |
| Rabbi's
vigilantes defy New York police |
| Iran quake victims claim survivors were left in
rubble |
| Hundreds killed
in Iran earthquake |
| . |
| June 23 |
| How Saddam
'staged' fake baby funerals |
| Israel retakes Palestinian city |
| Palestinian
police arrest militants in Gaza |
| Forces raid Palestinian areas as
reservists mobilized |
| Al Qaeda says behind deadly Tunis
attack |
| Iran quake toll revised down to 220 |
| Coming
action to be ‘crushing offensive’ |
| Jordan's
Abdullah: Arafat losing control of extremists |
| Bush urged to join calls for peace summit |
| Weary
West Bankers prepare for protracted occupation |
| Communications
Min. says won't object to taking CNN, BBC off air |
| Iranian
villages razed as quake kills 400 |
| . |
| June 22 |
| 9
Palestinians killed, IDF soldier injured |
| Israel planning long-term West Bank
re-occupation |
| Saddam
may hand power to his son to avoid attack |
| German
newspaper: Egypt is trying to obtain nuclear weapons |
| Radical
PFLP group slams Arafat acceptance of Clinton peace plan |
| EU
urges early Mideast summit |
| Arafat approves Taba
plan too late |
| Arafat endorses spurned Clinton peace plan |
| Ben-Eliezer admits ‘despair’ motivates suicide
bombers |
| Saudis held in Morocco deny plot to attack NATO warships |
| Apathy toward Israeli reoccupation numbs feelings of
humanity |
| Anger at Saudi bomb claims |
| Shoppers killed as Israeli tank opens fire in
market |
| Israeli settlers rampage after blood-soaked week |
| Israeli Children shot
dead in their home |
| Israeli
shells kill two children at Jenin market |
| . |
| June 21 |
| Israeli
Cabinet: IDF to enter W. Bank cities 'as long as is needed' |
| Americans in Saudi Arabi
warned to check cars before starting |
| Now Arafat Said
Ready to Accept Clinton Plan |
| Report:
Syria preparing to build extended-range Scud |
| Jordan's
King: Arafat losing control of extremists |
| Israel
says killing of 4 Palestinians in Jenin was a 'mistake' |
| Israel
trying new tactics as terror groups spring back |
| Militants scorn Arafat’s plea for calm |
| Bush
expresses condolences to Sharon; Powell calls Arab leaders |
| Israeli father tells how bus blast hit three generations |
| Arafat pleads for the
bombings to stop |
| Israelis threaten to
drop CNN after Turner comment |
| Briton
killed in car bomb explosion in Saudi Arabia |
| Second Briton killed by car bomb in Saudi Arabia |
| Six settlers shot dead
in West Bank |
| Jobless protesters in
march of hunger |
| . |
| June 20 |
| Turner
Backlash: Israeli TV Companies Weigh Taking CNN Off the Air |
| 5,
including mother, 3 children killed in attack on Itamar |
| Israel
Calls Up Reserve Soldiers |
| Bush
says will deliver Mideast speech at 'appropriate time' |
| Mubarak winds up whirlwind tour of regional capitals in
Damascus |
| Israeli
tanks seize territory in switch of tactics |
| Sharon:
IDF to seize land for every act of terror |
| Israel
hits Gaza after suicide strike |
| New
bomb hits Bush peace plan |
| Latest attack forces Bush to delay blueprint for
Palestinian state |
| Occupation
puts brake on Bush proposals |
| Suicide bomber evaded net for days as Israeli police closed in |
| Seven more Israelis die in rush-hour bomb at bus
stop |
| 2
IDF soldiers killed, 4 wounded in Qalqilyah gunbattle; IDF hits Gaza |
| Men and youths of Jenin
are rounded up |
| 'It is nice to be
killed while killing' |
| Nusseibeh,
Ashrawi among signatories on call to end suicide attacks |
| . |
| June 19 |
| Suicide bombings in Israel since start of
second Palestinian intifada in September 2000 |
| Interim
Palestinian state rejected |
| Jerusalem
bombing brings Sharon reprisals |
| Bush's
Palestinian plan leaked to Arab paper |
| Israel takes
foothold in Jenin |
| Turner withdraws
criticism of Israel as "terrorist" |
| Helicopters fire missiles into Gaza |
| Suicide bomber kills at least seven,
wounds about 40 |
| Israel has right to self-defense:
White House |
| Bus bombing
puts exile of Arafat back on Israel's agenda |
| Kurdish leader
shuns US move to oust Saddam |
| The
attacker's final note: 'How beautiful it is to kill and to be killed' |
| Arab ministers say Bush plan must be ‘fair’ |
| Turkish president calls for stronger ties with Iran |
| IDF
moves on Jenin in retaliation for bombing |
| Bus bomb leaves 20 dead as Israel asks: what next? |
| Al-Qaeda
chief is held in Morocco |
| Saudis
arrest 13 over al-Qaeda missile attack |
| Suicide
strike not expected to influence Bush speech |
| Saudis arrest al-Qa'ida suspects 'planning attacks' |
| Bush plan for peace likely to sidestep divisions at home |
| Youth and passion identify attackers |
| 'I did it so others can have better life' |
| Cherie Blair's suicide bomb blunder |
| . |
| June 18 |
| Hamas
Claims Jerusalem Suicide Bombing |
| Jerusalem
Explosion Leaves 20 Dead |
| CNN chief accuses
Israel of terror |
| J'lem
on high alert for bomber; IDF kills top man in Fatah military wing |
| U.S.
expresses reservations about fence |
| Jerusalem
and Haifa back on highest terror alert |
| Bush's
putting final touches on key Mideast speech likely tomorrow |
| Report:
Bomber was AIDS carrier |
| Bush to
recommend Ramallah as capital of Palestinian state |
| Gunning for
Saddam - but is the CIA capable of riggering his demise? |
| Israel
Police survive suicide attack |
| . |
| June 17 |
| Dubai makes
dirty money arrests |
| Palestinians lash out at Israel's aim
to oust Arafat, dismiss state deal |
| Palestinian blows himself up near
fence site |
| HAMAS
THREATENS CHEMICAL ATTACK |
| Arafat
blasts Rice, saying she has no right to dictate to Palestinians |
| Arafat
denounces 'racist' fence |
| Arafat blasts Israeli fence plan |
| Bush
polishing proposal for provisional Palestinian state |
| Israeli
soldiers kill Palestinian militia activist, Palestinians say |
| Bush gives CIA
green light to kill Saddam |
| Saddam
bolsters his defences against US attack |
| Iraq
accused of smuggling nuclear arms parts on aid flights |
| Iraq
scorns US covert operations |
| Israelis turn
to Berlin for refuge from conflict |
| It's
fence or terrorism |
| Israel
starts to fence off the West Bank |
| Israel's
new Arabic satellite broadcasts to begin next week |
| Construction
of security fence begins |
| Report:
Rice says PA is not the basis for a Palestinian state |
| . |
| June 16 |
| Bush Ordered
'Lethal Force' To Capture Saddam Hussein |
| Amid
objections from right, Arabs, work to start on security fence |
| Sha'ath:
PA wants state in 2 years |
| In
Mideast Diplomacy, Few Secrets or Solutions |
| Israel fears
invasion of Palestinian immigrants |
| Sharon
tells U.S. he envisions two states living in peace |
| Gaza
defiant amid the rubble |
| Two bombs
rock Yemeni cities |
| Two
Israelis dead after shooting in Dugit |
| Egypt
says Israel should be building peace, not fence |
| Syrian opposition calls for reforms
after dam collapse... |
| Israel picks woman to fight 'battle of CNN' |
| . |
| June 15 |
| U.S. holds final talks on Mideast
vision |
| France expected to return pro-Chirac
majority in assembly poll |
| Star Wars
arrives in Alaska moose country |
| Israel begins fencing
off Palestinian areas |
| Gaddafi 'aims to
hijack' African Union organisation |
| US expels Iraqi envoy for spying |
| In Foreign Parts: Israel's Sim City |
| . |
| June 14 |
| AL leader warns West against 'hidden agendas' in war on terror |
| Confusion as White House shifts its
policy on Mideast |
| Bush
needs to calm his own warring factions |
| Six men who can be contenders to lead Palestinians if
Arafat goes |
| Iraq
strike likely by winter |
| Israel's
UN ambassador: Syria should not be on Sec. Council |
| US
launch air strikes on Iraq |
| Habash calls for Arafat’s
resignation but won’t hold his breath |
| US infighting hobbles efforts to hold peace conference |
| Israelis bet on site of next bombing |
| Bush ready to support interim Palestinian state |
| Israel's
UN ambassador: Syria war crimes accusation hypocrisy |
| Starbucks the target of Arab boycott for its
growing links to Israel |
| Spies in Iranian skies |
| US
LEANING TOWARD NEGOTIATION TIMETABLE |
| Peres
endorses Powell's 'provisional state' |
| Swedish
group files war crimes complaint against Sharon |
| Syrian
on trial for criticizing Hafez Assad |
| . |
| June 13 |
| Sharon heads home with carte blanche to hammer Palestinians |
| Powell and Bush drift apart on
Middle East |
| Bush and Powell
in public split over Israel |
| Alleged
Jewish terrorists on trial next week |
| Heatwave cools real fears of suicide attacks |
| Blair
meets Sharon in London, calls for 'early restart' to negotiations |
| . |
| June 12 |
| Blair offers Sharon help in search for peace |
| Palestinian
leader accuses Israel of torture |
| Most
Palestinians want to `liberate all of historic Palestine' |
| Israeli
troops pull back from Ramallah, including Arafat's HQ |
| Israel captures 10 bombs
at Arafat security HQ |
| Mideast
Violence Kills 12 People |
| Eleven killed, 10 wounded in
machinegun attack on Algerian bus |
| Poll:
Majority Palestinians See Israel's Elimination as Goal |
| Sharon
unmoved by Bush as suicide bomb kills girl, 15 |
| Suicide bomber injures
9 |
| Saudi Gibraltar
plotters 'funded by Bin Laden' |
| Palestinians:
Israel arrests deputy leader of PFLP in Ramallah raid |
| Dahlan
slams Arafat's reforms |
| . |
| June 11 |
| French
group: Italian writer's new book is 'Islamophobe attack' |
| Israelis press Arafat siege,
Palestinians complain of US "bias" |
| US
backs Israel as tanks again ring Arafat |
| Bush pours cold water on Mideast peace conference |
| Militant groups give thumbs down to Arafat’s reforms |
| Significant
victory as Sudanese rebels capture strategic town |
| Fire
destroys parts of largest private museum in Saudi Arabia |
| Three
Injured in Israel Bus Bombing |
| Text
of Bush, Sharon Remarks |
| Sharon wins US backing
for reform-before-talks demand |
| Israel
had Padilla/Abdullah Abu Mujaher file before Sept. 11 |
| Bush sides
with Sharon over conditions for peace talks |
| Ramallah
sweep yields would-be suicide bombers |
| Israeli troops seal off Arafat
compound in Ramallah invasion |
| Bush:
Time not right for peace conference, no confidence in PA |
| . |
| June 10 |
| Baghdad 'using Syria rail
link to smuggle in military hardware' |
| Israeli troops storm Ramallah,
wrecking Palestinian cabinet meeting |
| Ben-Eliezer: new PA interior mininster appointment is step backward |
| Members of the new Palestinian Cabinet |
| Arafat's
reform choice fails to impress US |
| Arafat yields to US by slashing cabinet |
| PA
police arrest Gaza Strip leader of Islamic Jihad |
| Japan
puts forward its own peace plan |
| Dozens of Palestinians wounded in
blast |
| Sharon
rejects new peace plan |
| Arafat
shrinks his cabinet to 21 ministers |
| PA
police arrest Gaza Strip leader of Islamic Jihad |
| Israel
convinces Europeans Arafat is financing terror |
| PA kicks off reforms
with cabinet reshuffle as Sharon set to meet Bush |
| . |
| June 9 |
| Arafat
threatens 'disastrous explosion that will impact world stability" |
| 'Palestinians
planned to attack beaches' - Israel |
| Sharon says attacks must end before
talks |
| Sharon
to tell Bush: No pullback to `67 lines |
| Bush rebuffs Mubarak on Palestinian
state |
| Sharon's iron fist fails to stem the bloodshed |
| Three Israelis killed in dawn shooting at Jewish
settlement |
| Mubarak calls again for Palestinian
statehood |
| . |
| June 8 |
| Eight killed in new
Israeli-Palestinian violence |
| Bush, Mubarak to hold second day of
Mideast meetings, Sharon to arrive |
| West Bank raids undermine negotiations |
| 3 Israelis shot dead in West Bank |
| Bush
to set out Middle East policy next week |
| Bush promises new ideas as Mubarak talks begin |
| Jerusalem's first gay pride march defies critics |
| . |
| June 7 |
| U.S.
might suggest Israel accept 1967 borders |
| Latest Israeli assault may signal new
push to oust Arafat |
| Living's
Easy for the Gaza Terror Chiefs |
| Jerusalem
Has First Gay Pride Parade |
| Nearly
20 Israel Tanks Enter Jenin |
| Polls:
Israelis, Palestinians reject Saudi plan |
| Mood
hardens with calls to expel Arafat |
| U.S.: IDF action will not bring peace |
| White House opposes idea of exiling
Arafat |
| Tank shell punches hole
in Arafat's bedroom wall |
| Tank raid leaves
Arafat HQ in ruins |
| Britain ready to send
troops to India |
| Arafat
Defiant After Israeli Raid on Compound |
| Syrian dam burst kills 22, leaves some
4,000 homeless: TV |
| . |
| June 6 |
| Peres:
New U.S. plan calls for evacuation of all settlements |
| US to press on
with peace moves |
| U.S.
plan includes return to `67 borders |
| Muslims
wary of US fingerprint plan |
| Israeli tanks return to Arafat compound |
| Bomber brings Apocalypse to Armageddon |
| Demands
for vengeance after car bomber kills 16 |
| Israeli Tanks Fire on Arafat Compound |
| Israelis fret spiraling casualties as bus goes up in flames |
| Buried
hopes Burst dam swamps Syrian villages |
| Sharon
delays departure to US |
| Suicide bomber kills 16 on bus packed with soldiers |
| . |
| June 5 |
| White House questions Arafat authority |
| U.S.
Unveils Fingerprint Plan, Angers Arab Groups |
| Israeli Navy lashing out at Gaza Strip targets |
| Israelis
Claim Cyanide-Bomb Attempt |
| Bush
administration condemns 'brutal' attack |
| Israeli Troops Enter West Bank |
| 17
people, most of them soldiers, killed as car bomb hits bus in north |
| Mubarak
tables peace plan for Middle East |
| Sharon will fly to US to head off peace plan |
| US
support of Israel prevents peace |
| Israel will fence off West Bank |
| Mubarak
to Ask Bush to Set Timetable |
| 'Hamas
infrastructure badly damaged' |
| Netanyahu: Saudis playing double game |
| Mubarak
Proposes Palestinian State in Early 2003 |
| Women killed in
Syria dam burst |
| Arafat presents security reform plan
to CIA chief |
| Emergency
steps as 'mad cow' confirmed |
| Arafat
Appoints New Security Chief |
| . |
| June 4 |
| Mad
Cow Disease Discovered in Israel |
| Sharon
okays Green Line border fence |
| US and EU push hard for peace summit |
| Israel
nabs key Hamas man as Nablus, Qalqilyah operations rumble on |
| EU links
criticised because of Algerian state violence |
| Israel warning
over plan to release faction leader |
| Arafat rejects court order to release 'assassin leader' |
| Nobel peace laureate: Negotiations between FM's ‘a
waste of time’ |
| Israel may let India use its
new high resolution spy satellite |
| . |
| June 3 |
| Knesset approves return of four sacked Shas
ministers to cabinet |
| PFLP
chief welcomes ruling on release, Israel critical of decision |
| Israel
Beginning Land Seizures |
| Egyptian
FM denies rift with Syria over Mideast peace strategy |
| EU, US officials step up talks as
Israel maintains grip on Nablus |
| Bush sets out case for
US first strikes against Iraq |
| Jewish woman falsely
accused of terror |
| Hamas
says weighing Arafat offer to join reshuffled PA cabinet |
| Detention
extended for Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti |
| Shin
Bet chief says IDF must stay in Area A, but Sharon disagrees |
| . |
| June 2 |
| Shin
Bet chief: rise in attacks if no fence built between Israel, W. Bank |
| Mideast conference could
happen next month |
| Diplomats
attempt to arrange Mideast peace conference, possibly in July |
| Britain accuses Israel of reoccupying West Bank, splitting Palestinian land
into fenced-off 'cantons' |
| Israeli
troops raid refugee camp homes |
| Liberal voice
of Italy savages 'Jew-hating' Left |
| Sharon
to lead Israeli team to peace parley |
| Al-Baz:
Forget replacing Arafat |
| PA
to announce new cabinet |
| Sharon
says he will head Israeli delegation to peace conference |
| . |
| June1 |
| Palestinian killed in West Bank |
| Israeli troops blow up Christian
shrine |
| Israel
widens West Bank sweep |
| Israeli raids poison atmosphere
for talks |
| Secret Middle East talks in Britain |
| Sharon
demands reform of Palestinian Authority before talks |
| Hundreds rounded up in
Israeli raid on refugee camp |
| Israeli army sweeps into Nablus to crush extremists |
| Death threat sent to
wife of EU bank chief for support to Palestinians |
| Jewish woman
accused of aiding suicide bomb attack |
| Syria
takes over Security Council rotating presidency for June |
| Victory in Algerian elections rejected as sham |
