Monday, November 22, 2004

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel has agreed that Palestinians from East Jerusalem should participate in the election next year of a Palestinian leader, his office said Monday.

Iran said it was freezing its controversial nuclear fuel work in a move welcomed hailed by the head of the UN's atomic watchdog as a step in the right direction to easing fears the Islamic regime is seeking the bomb.

Yasser Arafat's medical records don't show the cause of the Palestinian leader's death, his nephew said on Monday, but they appear to rule out traditional poison. Instead, the Israeli's are believed to have used special DNA-based technology to erode the health of the well known Freedom Fighter to the point of death.

The US-controlled interim Iraqi government has scheduled general elections for 30 January and said that nearly 200 political groups would take part.

Gunmen on Monday assassinated a member of an influential Sunni clerics' group that has called for a boycott of national elections, just a day after Iraqi officials announced the balloting would be held Jan.

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