International News
Compiled from CNN news sources by Sujata Chakraborty
Issue date: 4/16/02 Section: News
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Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that the nation's cabinet has declared Yasser Arafat an "enemy" and that Israel will do everything in its power to "isolate" the Palestinian leader. Sharon said Arafat is heading a "coalition of terror."
As Sharon spoke, Israeli tanks and bulldozers were tearing down the fences and walls surrounding Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, while he was inside.
Israel's moves come after a Palestinian terror attack killed 21 people at a Passover dinner on March 20, in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The militant wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for that attack, a suicide bombing. Hamas also claimed responsibility for a shooting Thursday in a Jewish settlement near Nablus that killed four Israeli settlers.
India
India and the United States are to take part in joint military exercises in the latest sign that ties between the former Cold War foes are mending.
India, which has taken a diplomatic backseat to rival Pakistan since Islamabad's assistance to America following the September 11 terror attacks, will conduct the exercises in Alaska, according to Indian media reports.
The decision to conduct the exercise comes during a tense military stand-off between Indian and Pakistani forces on their border that has raised fears of a fourth war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
South Africa
Talks to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo have made some progress on political issues. The 70-member Political Commission at the talks in the South African resort of Sun City has agreed on political reforms in the former Zaire which, if implemented, could leave President Joseph Kabila without a job.
Karaha, a former Congolese foreign minister, is the security chief of the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), which controls a huge swathe of land across eastern Congo and part of the copper-rich Katanga region.
Karaha said political reforms would include creation of new regional and central administrative structures, and a new president in Africa's third largest nation.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that the nation's cabinet has declared Yasser Arafat an "enemy" and that Israel will do everything in its power to "isolate" the Palestinian leader. Sharon said Arafat is heading a "coalition of terror."
As Sharon spoke, Israeli tanks and bulldozers were tearing down the fences and walls surrounding Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, while he was inside.
Israel's moves come after a Palestinian terror attack killed 21 people at a Passover dinner on March 20, in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The militant wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for that attack, a suicide bombing. Hamas also claimed responsibility for a shooting Thursday in a Jewish settlement near Nablus that killed four Israeli settlers.
India
India and the United States are to take part in joint military exercises in the latest sign that ties between the former Cold War foes are mending.
India, which has taken a diplomatic backseat to rival Pakistan since Islamabad's assistance to America following the September 11 terror attacks, will conduct the exercises in Alaska, according to Indian media reports.
The decision to conduct the exercise comes during a tense military stand-off between Indian and Pakistani forces on their border that has raised fears of a fourth war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
South Africa
Talks to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo have made some progress on political issues. The 70-member Political Commission at the talks in the South African resort of Sun City has agreed on political reforms in the former Zaire which, if implemented, could leave President Joseph Kabila without a job.
Karaha, a former Congolese foreign minister, is the security chief of the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), which controls a huge swathe of land across eastern Congo and part of the copper-rich Katanga region.
Karaha said political reforms would include creation of new regional and central administrative structures, and a new president in Africa's third largest nation.