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With the Name of Allah, The Merciful Benefactor, The Merciful Redeemer Muslim News Center Digest for: Sunday, 27th of Ramadan 1421 / 23rd of December 2000 To read the entire stories and to read future stories daily as they are posted, point your web browser to: http://www.oneummah.net/news/ --------------------------------- Palestinians, Israelis exchange fisticuffs --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, December 23, 2000 by oneummah: TEL AVIV, Dec 22: Negotiators at US-mediated talks between Israel and the Palestinians almost came to blows at one point on Thursday, a senior Palestinian official said. The official said the atmosphere was so bad that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright cancelled plans to attend the day's sessions. --------------------------------- CAIR-NET: Use of "Palestine" Provokes Attack on Sam's Club --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, December 21, 2000 by oneummah: "Yasser Arafat has yet to declare a Palestinian state, but "Palestine" exists - at least on globes being sold at Sam's Club stores this holiday season. "In the past two weeks, Jewish shoppers from Florida and elsewhere have bombarded the chain with calls and e-mails urging that the globes be yanked from the shelves. --------------------------------- Millions Of Muslims Round The World Observe Qods Day --------------------------------- Posted Friday December 22, 2000 - 04:06:37 PM EST Tehran Times (Tehran) "Tehran - Millions of fasting Muslims around the world yesterday voiced support for Palestinians and the Intifada (uprising) at the end of their rallies on the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramazan, observed as International Qods Day." -------------------------------- AT&T Distances Itself From IDF -------------------------------- News of the Gulf (Dubai) Posted Friday December 22, 2000 - 10:50:50 AM EST Dubai - American Muslims for Jerusalem and The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (known in Arabic as Al-Awda) announced today that a high-level AT&T executive distanced his company from reports linking it to the Israeli military's (IDF) website. According to AMJ and Al-Awda, the AT&T executive insisted that his company has no agreement with the IDF. Further investigation by AMJ and Al-Awda also finds no verifiable relationship between AT&T and the IDF web site at present. --------------------------------- Wahid visits separatist province --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by oneummah: BANDA ACEH, Dec 19: A bullet-proof vested Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid rejected a new truce with separatist rebels in Aceh on Tuesday, but backed more peace talks on a visit to the violence-torn province. --------------------------------- UN slaps arms, other sanctions on Taliban --------------------------------- Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by oneummah: UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19: The UN Security Council on Tuesday imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions on the Taliban until they surrender Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden. Despite objections from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the vote in the 15-member council for the resolution was 13 to 0 with China and Malaysia abstaining. --------------------------------- Iranian guards gun down 40 Afghans --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by oneummah: TEHRAN, Dec 16: Iranian security forces have killed at least 42 Afghans in the past three days and freed more than two-dozen hostages, the state IRNA news agency said on Saturday. --------------------------------- UN urged not to single out Taliban: Arms embargo --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by oneummah: By Masood Haider NEW YORK, Dec 16: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday asked the United Nations Security Council to adopt an arms embargo resolution "against all combatants, not only the Taliban." It underscored that the "humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has been fuelled by atrocities against civilians committed by all parties to the conflict." _____________________________ The Muslim News Center http://www.oneummah.net/news/ A Member of One Ummah Network _____________________________