Aug 27, 2000
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Benbitour has resignedtogether with his eight-month-old cabinet. Algerian President AbdelazizBouteflika immediately replaced Benbitour with his chief of staff and formerjustice minister Ali Benflis.
Aug 28, 2000
NICOSIA [MENL] -- China has implemented a massive military operation intoSudan to protect its lucrative oilfields in the Upper Nile region.
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden has introduceda new kind of terrorist in the Arab-Israeli conflict -- the freelancer.
Sep 04, 2000
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. naval analystsentenced to life for relaying military secrets to Israel, is struggling tokeep from being transferred to what he says is a violent prison wing.