The world is in a ”race against the clock” in the war against hunger, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation chief Jacques Diouf said on Thursday at the end of the World Food Summit.
A United States envoy said Pakistan’s president assured him that he wants to do everything he can to avoid war with India. Richard Armitage also said the US military effort against al-Qaida has not been affected by the rising tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged apparently unhurt on Thursday from his damaged headquarters compound after Israeli troops ended a six-hour siege that left one of his security guards dead — flashed a victory sign as he was greeted by about 100 cheering civilians.
Tension mounts in the Middle East as the Israeli Cabinet approves retaliation measures for the latest suicide bombing