TEHRAN 29 Jan. (IPS) Hundreds of people, most of them teachers, have been wounded, some of them seriously, and as many arrested, following violent clashes that opposed Tuesday heavily armed police and security forces in several Iranian cities with demonstrators ... [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Riyadh's role as ally seen fraying [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
Associated Press

The marriage of convenience was consummated in one war and grew closer in another. Now in the shadowy struggle against terrorism, America and Saudi Arabia are growing apart. Top Stories [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Al Qaeda Believed Poised to Attack Afghan Town [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
Reuters

WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - President Bush said tens of thousands of Osama bin Laden's followers around the world were like "ticking time bombs," while in Afghanistan remnant Taliban and al Qaeda forces were believed to be plotting an attack on a southeastern town. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Hizbullah denies targeting Americans in civil war [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
The Daily Star

Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hizbullah's deputy secretary-general, told the American Fox News Network that the resistance only carried out "heroic martyrdom operations" against Israel since 1982. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] British Afghan force chief meets Herat warlord [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
Gulf News

The commander of Afghanistan's international security force held talks with the powerful governor of the western Herat province yesterday after a threat of attack by tribal rivals in the south. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Kuwait could bring Baghdad in from the cold [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
The Daily Star

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait is trying, as diplomatically as possible, to avoid closing the door on reconciliation with Iraq. At the same time, it will not set out to open it ­ certainly not unilaterally. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Israel alarmed by planned US arms sales to Arab world [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
The Daily Star

The Bush administration's plans to sell advanced missiles and other weapons to Arab governments, part of its effort to draw them into its war against global terrorism, is alarming Israel, particularly schemes to provide Egypt with satellite-guided Harpoon anti-ship missiles which it says will threaten the Jewish state's decades-old air superiority in the region. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Mosque recruitment film shows bin Laden slayings [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 27, 2002
The Observer

A gruesome video showing Islamic extremists murdering and mutilating 'infidels' is being circulated in Britain's mosques as part of a recruiting drive for Osama bin Laden's worldwide terror network. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] UK investigates Saudi torture claims [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
BBC

The Foreign Office is contacting Saudi Arabia after claims by four Britons that they were tortured by police who questioned them about a bombing campaign. The men were among a group of Westerners arrested during a series of explosions in which a British man and an American were killed. They faced 1,600 lashes between them and up to two-and-a-half years in jail after being convicted in May last year of illegally dealing in alcohol. But they were released last month. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Pakistan Could Use Nuclear Weapons if Attacked [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
Reuters

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Pakistani minister has warned that his country could not rule out using nuclear weapons if attacked by India, Kuwait newspapers reported Wednesday. Papers quoted Communications Minister Javed Ashraf as telling a news conference Tuesday during a visit to Kuwait that his country did not want to resort to nuclear weapons, but that, if it were attacked by India, "we cannot give a 'no first use' guarantee." The two nuclear-armed rivals have mobilized about a million troops along their border after New Delhi blamed Pakistan-based Muslim militants for a bloody attack on its parliament in December. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Insurgents want Afghan model to oust Saddam [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
The Washington Times

The leading opposition group to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said yesterday it believes a funding dispute with the U.S. government can be resolved quickly, but the group remains at odds with the Bush administration over its bid to take the fight against Saddam inside Iraq. Citing accounting and management shortfalls, the State Department earlier this month suspended all funding for the Iraqi National Congress. INC officials complained that the suspension was premature and reflected U.S. unease about the larger question of what to do about Saddam. "We have taken all the steps the State Department has recommended, but we do think it is unfair to use accounting problems to deal with issues of a political nature," said INC co-founder Ahmad Chalabi. Mr. Chalabi and a group of INC officials meet today and tomorrow with senior State Department officials to discuss the funding issues and the future of U.S. Iraq policy. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Australia: Release Refugee Children [an error occurred while processing this directive] January 30, 2002
Human Rights News

(New York, January 30, 2002:) In a letter sent to the top Australian immigration official, Human Rights Watch said that the detention of unaccompanied children seeking asylum violate Australia's commitments under a U.N. treaty on children's rights. Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, is currently in New York to attend the World Economic Forum. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]