S. Arabia vows to hunt
\ndown terrorists<\/p>\n
INDONESIA\/SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi Arabian foreign minister
\nreiterated on Tuesday his government's resolve to hunt down
\nterrorists.<\/p>\n
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal said in a
\nstatement, which was made available to The Jakarta Post by the
\nRoyal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Jakarta on Tuesday, that the
\nrecent terrorist attack in Al-Khobar would not discourage Saudi
\nArabia in its determination to fight terrorism.<\/p>\n
He was referring to the recent suspected al-Qaeda militant
\nattack on the Oasis residential compound in the oil city of Al-
\nKhobar, which killed 22 people -- 19 of them foreigners.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot dead an American in the
\nSaudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday who worked for a U.S.
\ncontracting firm, the U.S. embassy and the firm said.<\/p>\n
It was the fifth assault on Westerners in the world's leading
\noil exporter in five weeks. -- Agencies<\/p>\n
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\nMideast-Israel-politics
\nIsraeli minister quits cabinet in protest at Gaza pullout plan
\nJP\/11\/ATW<\/p>\n
Israeli minister
\nquits cabinet<\/p>\n
JERUSALEM: The leader of Israel's hardline National Religious
\nParty (NRP), Effi Eitam, handed in his resignation from the
\ncoalition cabinet to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday,
\npublic radio reported.<\/p>\n
\"The cabinet decision (to approve the Gaza pullout) offers
\nHamas a terrorist state on a plate, at the expense of the blood
\nof Jews,\" Housing Minister Eitam charged in his letter to Sharon.<\/p>\n
A party colleague, deputy social affairs minister Yitzhak
\nLevy, also submitted his resignation in protest at the cabinet's
\ndecision on Sunday to approve Sharon's so-called disengagement
\nplan.<\/p>\n
But fellow NRP deputy Welfare Minister Zevulun Orlev has
\ndecided to remain in the cabinet. --AFP<\/p>",
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