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iraq

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US military bets all on Iraq campaign

Bombs kill 7 U.S. troops in Iraq

Nine U.S. troops die in Iraq

Eight U.S. Soldiers Are Killed in Iraq Violence

Brown wants to lift Iraq protests restriction

U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,555

Roadside bombs in Iraq kill 7 troops

Eight U.S. Deaths in Iraq Bring June Toll to 78

General?s Report on Iraq Progress Has Competition

Iraq genocide verdict against 'Chemical Ali' due Sunday

israel

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Israel, Fatah crack down on Hamas

Israels two main parties roil as leadership battles approach

Israel: Watch rights abuses in Iran

Britain: Biggest Union Backs Israel Boycott

Israel under pressure to free Fatah leader who could hold key to peace

Special section on Israel Kamakawiwoole and free CD in Sunday Advertiser

STATE LICENSE OK IN ISRAEL

Israel Arrests Senior Hamas Militant in Widening Crackdown

Israel coy over help for Abbas ahead of Mideast summit

Debate over German aid to Israel fueled by possible transfer of tanks

palestine
Clarendon edges past First National Bank at Palestine

: Iran Sinks Palestine, Boosts Kurdistan :

Divided Palestine roils peacemaking

UN-PALESTINE UN envoy: the Gaza crises is threatening the entire region - Asia News

Egypt Calls 4-Nation Summit on Palestine

Two Texas-based soldiers die in Iraq

Is Egyptian terrorist Abu Talb the real bomber?

Two Texas-based soldiers die in Iraq

People line streets to pay respects to Wabash Valley Valley soldier from Illinois

2 Texas-based soldiers die in Iraq

United Nations

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United Nations to Hold Training Course on Satellite Technology for Telehealth/Telemedicine

North American Broadcasters Association knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation

National Association of Broadcasters knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation

U.S., Critic of N. Korea Payments, Also Sends Millions

A Diplomat Reflects on Taiwan?s Isolation

Athena Software Joins the United Nations Global Compact

United Nations: Russia Rejects Kosovo Plan

Africa: Developing Nations Embrace Renewable Energy

EXTENDING MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE,

Arafat
Gaza raid prompts speculation that Israel plans wider operation

PLO fighters reduced to gatekeepers

Arutz 7 TV

PLO Fighters Reduced to Gatekeepers

Israeli, Palestinian leaders agree to summit in Egypt

Briefs: Now Olmert wants to talk; Hamas loots Arafat's abode; Syria invites Israelis in Golan to stay -- under Syria

Kent beat Essex in rain-hit match

Symbols to fear in Gaza

Arafat's legacy fading, fate of Fatah in question

Security Council

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UN Security Council urges protection of civilians in armed conflict

U.S.-led move to back Abbas gov't blocked in Security Council

Security Council Briefed on Sanctions

Security Council Lauds Accord

Revised Kosovo Resolution Submitted to U.N. Security Council

Council installs tougher security

CHAIR OF COMMITTEE MONITORING IRAN SANCTIONS BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL,

Serbia has rejected the new UN Security Council draft resolution [AFP]

Liberia: Security Council Requests Panel to Assess Situation

Congo-Kinshasa: Final Stop On Security Council's Week-Long Africa Trip

Egypt

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Abraaj buys stake in Egypt firm

Mubarak reiterates Egypt's support to Palestinian Authority

Egypt calls for summit to isolate Hamas

U.S., Egypt at odds on Gaza border curbs

Egypt Organizes Summit Meeting for Abbas

Egypt's Mubarak Calls Hamas Takeover Of Gaza A 'Coup'

Abraaj Capital announces acquisition of strategic stake in Egypt's leading integrated sugar company

EU slams Egypt poll lapses

Egypt says Hamas takeover of Gaza was a coup

Egypt sidelines Hamas in call for Red Sea regional summit

Pakistan

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Storms kill dozens in Pakistan

Islamists release 9 hostages in Pakistan

Suspended Pakistan judge acclaimed on latest procession

Rain kills 40 in southern Pakistan

NATO: 60 insurgents killed near Pakistan

Rockets Kill 9 in Pakistan Tribal Area

Pakistan wants to play India in North America

Suspended Pakistan judge embarks on latest procession

Up to 60 Taliban killed near Pakistan border

NATO: 60 insurgents killed near Pakistan

Ariel Sharon
Right and left fight for legitimacy as Sharon plows ahead with pullout

Israels two main parties roil as leadership battles approach

Even before he arrives in Israel, French envoy starts on wrong foot

Bush-Sharon meeting seen as key to improved U.S.-Israel coordination

Philip Rizk: Sharons Vision at Work in Palestine

Arutz 7 TV

Sharon's dream

Islam Qasem: Israels Occupation and Palestinians Self Defeat

All in the Family: Disharmony in Gaza

A Disaster Of Our Own Making

Syria

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Iraqi Exiles in Syria Look for Ways to Move On

Iran's deputy FM in Syria

U.S. attacks Syria sentencing

US does not want Syria involved in Mideast peace: VP

Outsiders pull the strings in Lebanon, say analysts

US slams Syria for jailing young democrats

Syria closes Lebanon border post because of camp siege

The Road Back to Damascus

US snubs Syria in peace bid

Syria denies plan to close Masnaa crossing

iran

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More EU-Iran talks next month: Solana

Solana says atom talks with Iran envoy constructive

EU's Solana optimistic about atom talks with Iran

EU and Iran to meet over Tehran's nuclear programme

Iran president turns to butcher for economy tips

Iran's Larijani Says Progress Made in Talks on Nuclear Program

Venezuela Won't Seek Nuclear Bomb Technology in Iran (Update1)

TARGET ON IRAN

U.S., Britain Drafting Stricter Iran Sanctions

Iran supplied missile that hit UK helicopter

Turkey

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PKK stages suicide attack in E.Turkey: sources

Suicide bombers attack police station in Turkey

Sources say PKK stages suicide attack in E.Turkey

Suicide attack in Turkey

PKK in suicide attack in E. Turkey - army sources

PKK stages suicide attack in E Turkey-sources

Turkey striker Tuncay signs for Middlesbrough

Turkey's Garanti Bank starts talks in Ukraine

Four EU Members Oppose Turkey's Accession

Two-in-Five in Turkey Would Join EU

Kuwait
Report says Kuwait's Dar and Airbus mull finance JV

Citibank eyes stake in Kuwait's Gulf Bank: paper

Airbus and Kuwait plan finance unit

Kuwait shares surge to new record

Kuwait nears new mobile firm

Kuwait to sell 76% stake in 3rd mobile firm

Kuwait's third mobile firm to sell 76pc stake

Kuwait replaces Saudi Arabia

Kuwait's third mobile company to operate Q1 of 2008

Citibank eyes stake in Kuwait's Gulf Bank: paper

Lebanon

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Wracked by crises, Lebanon endures

Outsiders pull the strings in Lebanon, say analysts

Investigators Look For Cause In Latest Lebanon Fire

Wracked by crises, Lebanon endures

Lebanese army clashes with gunmen in north Lebanon

Portion of Lebanon to open.

Lebanese army clash with gunmen in north Lebanon

Three soldiers killed in Lebanon siege camp blast

Wracked by Crises, Lebanon Endures

Paul Bremer
Perrys, Wilson head to Israel

When Did Bush Know About Abu Ghraib?

Lords of misrule still in charge at the Baghdad bubble

St. Pauls minority contracting practices under scrutiny

MW seniors look to the future

Bringing Home Lessons Learned on the Battlefield

A matter of legacy

Iraqi Labor Leaders Blame US for the Bloodshed in Iraq and say Get Out!

: Saddam's execution and the future of Kurdish national demand :

Book on Baghdad `Green Zone' Wins $59,500 Samuel Johnson Prize

Kofi Annan
Africa: Kofi Annan Leads 'Green Revolution' in Africa

Africa: "Too Few African Governments Have Had the Guts to Say 'No'"

Daily Analysis

Cut & paste: So much for representing freedom and human rights

National Report

Africa: Annan to Work for World's Richest Man, Bill Gates

Chinese envoy arrives in Sudan for Darfur talks

Vital clue in wreckage led to bomber

Paris meeting must press Darfur rebels to talk-China

Kofi Annan Devoting Energy To Help African Farmers

Saddam
Rights group criticizes Saddam judgment

Group finds judgment flawed in Saddam case

Serious flaws in Saddam trial: rights group

Iraq revives Saddam oil deal with China

Rights group criticizes Saddam judgment

Iraq revives Saddam deal with China

Rights group blasts Saddam's trial

'Serious flaws' in Saddam Hussein's Dujail trial

Judgement day for 'Chemical Ali' over Kurdish genocide

'Serious flaws': Human Rights Watch criticizes judgment in Saddam's trial

Feith
Some very simple things about Sharon and the Likud that no one grasps

Letters to the editor

NOPGA JUNIOR

Begging for Libby's Pardon

Walter C. Uhler: The Bush/Cheney Holocaust in Iraq: Criminality, Immorality, Incompetence and Desperation

Wis-Kino gets 'complicated' for its spring Kabaret

Roughing it

Futile, fraudulent or worse

Bill Moyers: Begging His Pardon

North Korea

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U.S. expects North Korea to shut reactor in 3 weeks

North Korea might close nuclear reactor in weeks

North Korea could shut down reactor

North Korea ?Prepared? to Shut Down Reactor, U.S. Envoy Says

North Korea has 3 weeks to shut reactor: U.S. envoy

US, North Korea agree to shut reactor

US expects North Korea to shut reactor in three weeks

U.S. envoy says North Korea could shut down reactor within 3 weeks

North Korea 'expected' to shut reactor

U.S. expects North Korea to shut reactor in 3 weeks

Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes: Two-state solution finally works

Feds Hint At Plea Deal, As Ex-Pols Trial Looms

Network Pilots for 2007-2008 Television Season

New Riegel council inspects sewer problem, contacts engineering firm for repairs

Roving the World International competition here; local team looking for three-peat

Putting all the eggs in Fatah basket

'Obsession' stokes passions, fears and controversy

Watershed Field Day held

Wheat Harvest 2007: 'It's A Mess!'

Malibu conference on Europe sees threats in 'multiculturalism'

Civil Disobedience
Diebold Targeted By Electronic Civil Disobedience

Looking ahead

Martin Luther King's Story Plays on Beijing Stage

Vigil Raises 'Voices Against Terror'

A Place at the Altar

Regions and territories: Wales

Martin Luther King's Story Plays on Beijing Stage

Cry of the West -- Don't fence me in / Rebecca Solnit redefines traditional views of borders and place and cites ...

A far from straightforward delivery - 1932

Rainbow Family gathers

Apartheid
Zimbabwe: Book Revisits Apartheid Era

Morgan Freeman to play Nelson Mandela in apartheid drama

Striking South Africa unions reject pay offer

Jewish group in South Africa works to heal apartheids legacy

Scots plan for classes of 18 sparks 'apartheid' row

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers embarked on a strike on June 1[AFP]

Morgan Freeman to play Nelson Mandela

Masked theater troupe probes human psyche

Striking South Africa unions reject pay offer

Unions reject pay offer

Beilin
Arutz 7 TV

Jerusalem Gay Pride marred by arrests, cancellation

Israeli police brace for Jerusalem gay rally

'And now, the forecast...'

Jerusalem Gay Pride marred by arrests, cancellation

How buy-to-let is changing your street

The road to hell

Olmert, Back From The Brink

World leaders congratulate Peres; Beilin: Victory for peace camp

Expunging a grievous legacy

MI6
'Golfer' tells of plot to lay the blame at Libya's door

At last, welcome to Gordonbury!

Foulkes quits 'boring' job to be at Lords

Neoconned!: How Blair took New Labour for a ride

Actor News

Bond News

Media Alert

No BlackBerries for Sarkozy cabinet, say French spooks

News and opinion since 1995

20th June 2007

Dershowitz
BLAME GAME

Israel studies programs get major boost with $15 million grant to Brandeis University

DePaul Students Protest Tenure Denials

Upfront fee pulls lawyer back in

On the bench, management in good standing

Dershowitz Foes Face Scrutiny

The Dershowitz-Finkelstein Debate Timeline

Former Clinton Aide Enlists Big-money Backers For Illinois Congressional Race

DePaul Students Turn Graduation Into Protest

Coalition launched to combat academic boycotting of Israel

Richard Perle
Our Leaders, the Enemy

The CIA and the Politics of Counterrevolution

Kelly Gets Big Lift as Mayor Aims High

The War Over the War

Brown's bane will be getting dragged into an American attack on Iran

Top Scoops

Begging for Libby's Pardon

Nizar Sakhnini: Disintegration and Fragmentation in the Middle East

Bill Moyers: Begging His Pardon

Hamas Takes Over Gaza Security Services

elbaradei
ElBaradei stresses need to normalize Iran-US ties

ElBaradei: Report on Iran nuclear ability based on realities

ElBaradei hopes to break stalemate on Iran peaceful nuclear case

Good progress in talks with ElBaradei: Larijani

Larijani, ElBaradei agree to draw up plan of action

IAEA, Iran drawing up new action plan: ElBaradei

New action plan between IAEA, Iran might be drawn: ElBaradei

Larijani, ElBaradei start closed-door talks

IAEA: ElBaradei-Larijani meeting on Friday

Iran's Larijani meets ElBaradei as sanctions loom

John Bolton
Little League

A 'Musical' for the masses

8 cases await rulings by Supreme Court

Coming out of the dark ages

Hips fiasco causes chaos in flooded rental market

Cuba And Its Defence Of All Human Rights

Window watch

Hips fiasco causes chaos in flooded rental market

Paintsil ponders moving on

Once again, Purtzer seeing red

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Mid-East Realities

Gaza

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Hamas urges talks as Abbas orders probe into Gaza fiasco

Egypt says Hamas takeover of Gaza was a coup

Egyptian leader condemns Hamas takeover of Gaza

Hamas chief reveals his plans for Gaza peace

Hamas fights crime clans for total control of Gaza

Gloom From Gaza

Symbols to fear in Gaza

Christians flee Gaza after convent attack

The Arabs Must Help Gaza

U.S., Egypt at odds on Gaza border curbs

Tony Blair

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Tony Blair's premiership has big lessons for Gordon Brown

Tony Blair Makes Last Visit to Vatican as British Prime Minister

British Prime Minister Tony Blair holds long talks with Pope

Blair and Pope Discuss Future of the Mideast

Tony Blair Steps Down With Mixed Legacy After 10 Years in Power

Tributes flow as Blair leaves on high note with EU deal

Blair holds private talks with pope at Vatican

Blair, Brown said to row over France's EU competition coup

Standing ovation sends off Tony Blair

Tony Blair Prepares to Convert to Catholicism at Vatican

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More EU-Iran talks next month: Solana

EU, Iran hold nuclear talks in Portugal

Tributes flow as Blair leaves on high note with EU deal

Blair, Brown said to row over France's EU competition coup

EU-Iranian talks 'constructive'

EU leaders celebrate hard-fought reform treaty deal

EU chiefs 'satisfied' with treaty

EU leaders reach agreement on new treaty

EU Sets End-of-Year Deadline for New Treaty After Poland Yields

Tokyo
Island asks Tokyo not to delete suicides from textbooks

Bush plans to visit Tokyo before Asian summit: report

Blackout traps nearly 20,000 in Tokyo trains

Tokyo Commuters Walk After Power Outage

Tokyo begins to heed nation's cry for help

Okinawa presses Tokyo on history texts

Tokyo teens kill selves in Kyushu

Sekisui House to Sell Shares in Tokyo Midtown Complex (Update1)

New Tokyo bourse president eyes global role

de Borchgrave
Take the paper route for fast, fun summer dining

Take paper route for fast summer entertaining

Disposables go from elegant to whimsical

U.N. condemns rocket attack on Israel

U.N. says aid to Gaza returns to normal

Outside View: Israel after the elections

Analysis: Berlin vs. Warsaw over EU future

Analysis: Sudan's unconditional OK to U.N.

Law Of Unintended Consequences Fuels Wheels Of Misfortune

'The Left' unites in Germany

Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk: How can Blair possibly be given this job?

Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine'

Cuba And Its Defence Of All Human Rights

Police Report

HONOR ROLL

Robert Fisk: A cry for justice from a good man who expected us to protect his son

Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine'

Thus are reports about the Mideast generated

Top Scoops

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Lincoln Group
Lincoln Financial Group Announces Key Appointments in Finance and Individual Markets

6:24 p.m.: Trip to Lincoln sites set

Lincoln Financial Group to Participate in the 2007 Wachovia Conference

Hank Medress, Doo Wop Singer Of `The Lion Sleeps Tonight,' Dies

Law curbing Lincoln Rd. vendors challenged

'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' singer dies

Singer of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' dies at 68

Lincoln Northeasters talk college financing

Briefs: Valley Airways limiting Lincoln flights

AIPAC
AIPAC mounts new offensive to display support of Congress

Dennis Perrin: Hillary Sings!

Former Clinton Aide Enlists Big-money Backers For Illinois Congressional Race

Kassen Receives Silver Donkey Award

Split Looming On Israel Pressure

Bush, Olmert Pledge Support for New Abbas Government

Lies, damn lies, and lies that unleash hell

Jewish man with an odd hobby: Actor portrays Saddam Hussein

Joseph A. Palermo: Attacking Iran "On the Table"

Newly Discovered Nuances to the Camp David Accords

Sha'ath

Shaath

Israeli troops kill six Palestinian militants

Israel Kills 6 in Gaza, West Bank

Israeli troops kill six militants

Deadly fighting drives Gaza closer to civil war UPDATE

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-06-12 15:54 GMT: Deadly fighting drives Gaza closer to civil war UPDATE

Arutz 7 TV

Palestinian fighting 'will burn all of us,' official says

Gaza fighting verges on civil war

Palestinians risk civil war in Gaza Strip

Analysis: Gaza clashes peak

Belafonte
Eddie Murphy father of Spice Girl's child

Local attorney finds success the old-fashioned way

Arts notes

The after-life of Sammy Davis Jr

Screen Actors Guild and Black Hollywood Confront AIDS

Screen Actors Guild and Black Hollywood Confront AIDS: Celebrities Get Public HIV Tests at Press Conference

Movie Review: Surf's Up

Movie mini-reviews 06-21-2007

Richard Gere Wins Marian Anderson Award

'Surf's Up' should be a delight for you and the kids

Jim Fetzer
Hopland site on market for $11 million

Who's Who in Wine Marketing

Outdoors briefs

SUU garners Top 10 award a second time

Stakeholders discuss future of Market Square

Senior matchplay

Leases & Sales

Cal assistants look like head coach material

A different kind of wine

Senior Matchplay battles through rain

Marzook
Royal determined to regain Bradby, but Trinity could upset

Trinity have the edge over Royal

Muslim congressman called 'security' issue

Arutz 7 TV

ARULDAS - (GEORGE UTHARIYANATHAN).

For Israel, reasons to talk to Syria are adding up

Hamas

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Hamas: BBC reporter's kidnappers scared

Top Official of Hamas Is Rebuffed Over Talks

Hamas calls for talks with Abbas's Fatah

Israel, Fatah crack down on Hamas

Hamas urges talks as Abbas orders probe into Gaza fiasco

Will Islamic Jihad Behave in Hamas' Gaza?

Israel detains key Hamas militant in West Bank

Dismissed Hamas PM urges talks with Fatah rivals

Israelis arrest senior Hamas activist

Mubarak: Hamas' takeover a 'coup'

Divestment
BSE draws up future business plan, may tap capital market

Sell the FT, say Pearson investors

Ministry clears decks for Pepsi divestment waiver

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-06-22 10:03 GMT: ADDleisure says BUPA to take 29.9 pct stake in co for 3.0 mln stg UPDATE

CCoP endorses $650.3 million UBL GDRs: PSO sell-off date shortly, says Zahid

Sell the Financial Times, say Pearson investors

Julius Baer considers divestment in bid to stay independent - report

Education A lesson in investing

US fund sells stake in Korean Exchange Bank

Hickory water hopes doused?

World Council of Churches
[UCC] Avery Post, Diane Kessler honored by Council on Ecumenism

WCC UPDATE: Israel-Palestine: Churches launch peace advocacy forum

Churches Challenged to Act on World Refugee Day

Council wants end to Israeli occupation

WCC FEATURE: Churches to speak out on migrants' rights

New IsraelPalestine Peace Forum Launched at WCC Conference

Householders in Scotland have been hit with council tax rises well above the inflation rate over the past 10 years.

News Brief

Papal Message for World Mission Sunday

D.C. Council Rejects Earlier Youth Curfew

World Jewish Congress
European Jewish Congress calls on World Jewish Congress official to quit

European Jewish Congress race pits candidates from East and West

Education, outreach top agenda for Russian tycoon seeking Jewish post

Sex Slaves Resolution Expected To Reach Floor Vote in Congress

Prutschi leaving Congress after 23 years

Global Jewish satellite channel in the making - Russian senator

Michael Bloomberg's Knightly Ambitions

EJC president stresses coexistence, anti-Semitism fight in re-election bid

Forward.com

General Pace fired for national emergency"

Colin Powell
Is Obama Getting 'Colin-ized'?

Jolie praised for humanitarianism by Colin Powell

Colin Powell, Bill Clinton Still Liked in U.S

Did Powell 'blast' Bush on war?

"Today" Show Says Powell "Blasted" Bush on Iraq War. Did He?

Weekly Roundtable

Jolie Praised By Powell

Popular New Videos

WP: Cheney exerts influence out of public view

The silent influence of Dick Cheney

Palestine Solidarity Movement
Knowing Al Qaida

UNISON backs Israel boycott

Human Rights Council discontinues mandate against Cuba

Posted: 20-06-2007 , 18:37 GMT

Omar Barghouti: Light at the End of the Gaza-Ramallah Tunnel

Chancellor Decries U.K. Groups Israeli School Boycott Proposal

Tories back vote on independence

Hamas calls for Johnston's release

Ben White: The War in Gaza

South Africans ends week of action against Israeli occupation

Cambridge Union
Donation of $20,000 will benefit trail near Cambridge

Who's Playing

Coming out of the dark ages

Letters to the Sports Editor

Cheating students turn to smart drug for edge in exams

EU summit to back research institute

June 2007

Goldilocks bears burden of flying flag for country

Same as the old boss

June 2007

Learning Chinese
Confucius Institutes welcome sponsorship, says Chinese official

Chinese hostages freed

Book Review Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything by Lenore Look

Chinese Vice-Premier Sends Message to International Environmental Exhibition

Chinese Medicine Workshop Set for This Weekend

Chinese Official Says Detained Environmental Activist "Turned Rogue"

Rainy weather halts Force play

Indiana Academy receives $378,000 grant

Galena receives grant to teach Mandarin to middle-schoolers

Learning From Dell - the Faithful Implementer of 'Just in Time'

Zionism
Call for 'new' spiritual Zionism stirs debate

Religion calendar

Iranian mag commemorates Fassbinder

Why Are We Abetting Terrorists?

An ongoing power of attraction

Blair to the Rescue

Middle East Peace: Dont Pin Hopes on Peres

Queen of spleen: The acid tongue of Julie Burchill

Churchill And The Jews

Princess of Wales
Diana: A Princess Remembered

Death of Princess Diana

Geoff Capes: Back to give Britain a shot at the title

Spencer Regrets Diana Funeral Blast

Diana concert proving to be right royal flop

House Star To Investigate Diana Death

Cash from Diana's will for William

Freedom Of Information: The Diana interview that changed BBC reporting

Diana: A Princess Remembered

Prince William gets 25th birthday gift from Diana

Israeli Apartheid
Mona El-Farra: When Gaza Brothers Turn Against Each Other

Saree Makdisi: West Chooses Fatah; Palestinians Don't

Omar Barghouti: Light at the End of the Gaza-Ramallah Tunnel

Two or three states - or no state solution

Nigeria: Trouble in Palestine

Brandeis Gets Grant For Israel Studies

Ali Abunimah: Three-State Solution is No Path to Peace

Philip Rizk: Sharons Vision at Work in Palestine

Chancellor Decries U.K. Groups Israeli School Boycott Proposal

Team Gordon

Bush Middle East

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US approves of Blair as possible Middle East envoy

Bush, Blair discuss prime minister playing Middle East peacekeeper role

Bush hints at Middle East peace-keeping role for Blair

Britain's Blair May Become Middle East Envoy

Mixed reaction for plan to make Blair Middle East envoy

Tony Blair as Middle East czar

US doesn't rule out Blair for Middle East peace process

Bush wants Blair as Mid-east envoy: BBC

Blair in line for UN role as Middle East envoy

US wants Blair to be Middle East peace envoy

Christopher Hitchens
Review: God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

In the name of the Father

Author Christopher Hitchens targets God and faith

Letters from readers about Christopher Hitchens, the Police, and, of course, The Sopranos ending

Host of NPR religion program writes book

NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLERS

John Gray's apocalypse

Hardcover Nonfiction

Washington Area Bestsellers

You're in a bad neighborhood and 10 men approach you . . .

Paradise Now
Paradise by any name

Catch a bus to Paradise this summer and celebrate the slimy banana slug

Kissel gets one month to finish Paradise septic system

Realtor to the rich and famous

I THOUGHT MY DAYS AT CELTS WERE OVER THE DAY I TOLD O'NEILL TO F***OFF

TRAVEL: Med for It ; ANCHOR IN AMAGICAL CORSICAN PARADISE

A Peace of Paradise

Pirates paradise on Blackey Cove

U.S. Open, WDCM set mini-golf tourney to help music students

There's only one Boris

Dennis Ross
Inside Slant

SAN FRANCISCO / City attorney aims to widen gang injunction

ON THE AIR

Pitt County Superior Court

Guests on Sunday news shows

Granville residents mull walking bridge

How good is Hamilton? He's a cross between Senna and Prost

SUNDAY'S TV NEWS SHOWS

With 2007 graduation, McKelvies transition begins

Martin Indyk
Indyk: Israeli Troops Likely to Move into Gaza to Stop Attacks

Democracy Defeated

Putting all the eggs in Fatah basket

Democracy defeated

Between a vision and a mirage

How Does Gaza Takeover Affect U.S., Israel, Fatah?

Ramzy Baroud: The Palestine Experiment

US tempted to accept reality in Gaza

U.S. to Lift Embargo on Palestinian Government

The Palestinian Experiment: A Defining Turn

Mushahid Hussein

Teacher Joseph Kyle
Marriage license applications

Trinity Catholic School Sixth Graders Graduate, Look Back And To Future

Obituaries

IN DEVELOPMENT: June 16-20, 2007

Ledyard Grads Look Back On Four Years

Pupils fold 1,000 paper wishes for peace to be sent to Japan

Obituaries published June 21, 2007

The best is yet to come

CLASSROOM NOTES

MEMS audiences enjoy rhythm of the islands

SARS China
Rising China gives young Hong Kong residents a sense of patriotism

10 years under China, Hong Kong remarkably unchanged but still wary

Hong Kong's decade under China's flag

Chinese army readied to deploy in HK during SARS

10 out of 10 for Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Thriving, fun, but not yet democratic

Survival of the fittest in Hong Kong

Full democracy in Hong Kong still its biggest political issue

Slow road to China

Women to Wear Gold Jerseys in World Cup

Norman Finkelstein
DePaul Students Protest Tenure Denials

The Dershowitz-Finkelstein Debate Timeline

DePaul Students Turn Graduation Into Protest

Metro briefs

The Finkelstein Principle

Abukar Arman: The Finkelstein Principle

Controversial professor denied tenure; UT student urges hiring

Dershowitz Foes Face Scrutiny

Letter from Bill Christison: Denying Finkelstein Tenure

Viewpoint: No academic left behind

General Peter Pace
General Pace fired for national emergency"

Who's Afraid of History?

Iraq Deaths Don't Mean Failure, Pace Says

General offers way to measure success in Iraq

Likely Divisive Hearing Cited in Decision on Joint Chiefs of Staff

Fight to the death, says general

"The wrong metric"

Ouch! Sorry Swans way off the pace

Gates, Pace warn of tough fighting, higher casualties in Iraq

El JEMAD español se reúne hoy en el Pentágono con el jefe de la cúpula militar estadounidense

Pete Pace Baltimore
Baseball Today - June 19

Baseball Today

Top 50: In with new, out with some of old

Best of the '90s Manning vs. Brady is hot contest for QB spot

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The Tour Blog

Swiss Re director

Marias Golden Rose Finds $75,000 Pearl Necklace Perfectly Fitting

Bruzonsky

PNAC
Nizar Sakhnini: Disintegration and Fragmentation in the Middle East

High on Hate

Bruning enters Senate race, assails Hagel

Resentment starts to grow over Zoellick

The 2008 Angle on the Zoellick Nomination

AP: Fort Dix tipster goes public

Charlie Sheen 9/11
Cast of Villains

People,Places and Things

Pop Top

Sheen Denies Pulling Out Of 9/11 Documentary

Sheen may still narrate 9/11 conspiracy documentary

Sheen Denies Pulling Out Of 911 Documentary

Sheen having second thoughts about 9/11 documentary

SHEEN RETHINKS NUTTY 9/11 FILM

Friendly Fire

Paris prepares for a stint in the slammer

Steve Rosen
Another Time, Another Place

Let's see what lottery teams need

Precocious Braun is in good company

Rosen Interim High School Principal, Block Gets Seat on Board

Who, if anyone, can dethrone the Spurs?

Up Next

Local theater company bounces back to life

June 22, 2007

The NBA's 'other' postseason awards

Roz Weiner this year's winner of Golda Meir award

Lawrence Franklin
Franklin Co. wins 10th straight

Franklin County keeps on winning

Natural gas may come to Franklin Co.

Police log

Taxes Gone Wild

TICKETLINE & NEW SHOWS

SBA Disaster Loans Available to Non-Farm Illinois Businesses Affected by April Freeze

Book Reviews

Qualcomm's request for stay on ITC order denied

All-First Coast baseball team

Professor Stephen Walt
Network Pilots for 2007-2008 Television Season

Entertainment calendar

The CEO Mayor

Weekend Guide

Anti-Zionists Left and Right

CNAC Distances Itself From Ex-CIA Official Over Israel Remark

Harry's last hurrah

Fest quest

John Mearsheimer
Anti-Zionists Left and Right

Paul Findley: High Cost of Subservience to Israel

CNAC Distances Itself From Ex-CIA Official Over Israel Remark

Forward.com

A Cheney on Fred Thompson's team

Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk: How can Blair possibly be given this job?

Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine'

Cuba And Its Defence Of All Human Rights

Police Report

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Robert Fisk: A cry for justice from a good man who expected us to protect his son

Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine'

Thus are reports about the Mideast generated

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Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Delta Airlines

Delta, American raise domestic fares $5 each way

Delta, American Ups Fares for Most Domestic Flights

Delta leads new fare increase

Delta Ticket Agent Busted For Running SkyMiles Scam

Eos Airlines Passes Continental and Delta, Closes-In on Virgin Atlantic

Delta Air raises domestic fares $5 each way

Airlines receiving failing grades for ground delays

Reborn, old airlines look to soar again

Delta sets course for China

Video: Zoom Airlines Lands in the United States Offering New Low-Cost New York to London Flights

skype
IM+ for Skype Software for Symbian S60v2 and UIQ phones (BETA version)

Skype finally working on Samsung BlackJack smartphone

Linksys iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype

Skype to Sell Co-Branded VoSKY Exchange PBX-to-Skype Gateway for Businesses

Free VoIP For Your Windows Mobile Smartphone

What's the catch?

Mobiola Screen Capture

VONaLink DialBridge - New Software for Bridging Cell Phone Calls to Skype Released

Paedophiles use net calls to lure victims

London Review of Books
FSA review set to shake up life insurance sales

2 timely books: borderless wealth, business, finance, politics in China, India, Japan age

Review: God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

FSA review set to shake up life insurance sales

Books: The 'I' that engages you

The great escape

Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert

2 timely books: emerging China, India finance, outsourcing, trade vs borderless business

River Cafe Has Style, Super Pasta, Dark Nemesis: Richard Vines

Geographer maps terrain of the soul

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Garbage In, Garbage Out

Patricia Duff
NOT TO PANIC

Bodyguard to stars busted for ID theft

Bodyguard to the stars jailed for identity theft

Hedgebrook forges ties to community with help from alumnae

For the record

Queen's Birthday Honours: Full list

Divots--Schultz has sights set on top-20 inish in PNC

News and opinion since 1995

Top gossip maven dies

Queen's Birthday Honours: Full list

South Africa

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NZ scores two late tries to defeat South Africa 26-21 in Tri-Nations

Power line theft leaves South Africa in dark

New Zealand scores two late tries to defeat South Africa 26-21 in Tri-Nations

Late tries give New Zealand win over South Africa

Kiwis conquer South Africa

Primed South Africa can't take the Irish lightly

South Africa 21 New Zealand 26 - result

Tri-Nations: South Africa v New Zealand latest

South Africa 21 New Zealand 26

Noam Chomsky
Stephen Lendman: Noam Chomsky's Interventions - Book Review

Behind the scenes of a staged reading

Am I Left?

Registration for July programs has begun

Noam Chomsky Voices Support for the Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007

Alexei Sayle: Bernard Manning and the tragedy of comedy

What "truly motivates" George W. Bush?

R.I.P. Punk Planet : 1994-2007

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Steven Rosen AIPAC
AIPAC 'Spy' Trial Delayed Again

Paris and Rosie

Vice-president's aide jailed for lies to FBI on name leak

National Association of Teachers
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the National Association of Attorneys General Summer Meeting

Teachers group blasts meeting

Have same meals, teachers advised

Vilsack lobbying for teachers union

School system fretting over replacing departing teachers

Cuba And Its Defence Of All Human Rights

Pro-Life Teachers, Parents and Students: Let's Picket NEA Teacher Union / Philadelphia Sunday July 1 and State Capitals ...

LOOKING BACK

Teachers deserve some rest after combined service of 97 years

Vilsack to lobby for national teachers union

Landrum Bolling

Paul Flum

Israeli Apartheid
Mona El-Farra: When Gaza Brothers Turn Against Each Other

Saree Makdisi: West Chooses Fatah; Palestinians Don't

Omar Barghouti: Light at the End of the Gaza-Ramallah Tunnel

Two or three states - or no state solution

Nigeria: Trouble in Palestine

Brandeis Gets Grant For Israel Studies

Ali Abunimah: Three-State Solution is No Path to Peace

Philip Rizk: Sharons Vision at Work in Palestine

Chancellor Decries U.K. Groups Israeli School Boycott Proposal

Team Gordon

Uzi Arad
News Categories

Cleansing the Two-state Vision in Jerusalem

Nicola Nasser: Cleansing the Two-state Vision in Jerusalem

Suddenly, Syria is hot topic in Israel

Faith files: St. Elizabeth Parish to mark 100th anniversary

Presbyterian Church Israel
Former area pastor going to Richmond, Va., church

Church news 6.22

Religion Notes

Hollywood's leap of faith with 'Evan Almightly'

Church news: Vacation Bible School starts Monday at St. Irenaeus

Portsmouth area religious listings

Community Calendar

Arutz 7 TV

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Church Puts New Twist on Bible School

George Bush Root Causes
Obscure Attacks on Iraq Mosques

Minister accused over Rushdie may visit UK

Israel willing to negotiate with Abbas

This week

Gone to Be a Soldier in the Army of the Lord ****

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'Genius' Bruce wins by a head

The Global War on Terror and the New Imperialism

Fighting Words

Religious extremists in 3 faiths share views: report

Louise Arbour Israel
Daily Analysis

Cotler calls UN report one-sided

Top U.N. Official Threatens Retaliation' Against State Dept.

Human Rights Violations In Beit Hanoun Attack

UN Launches Legislative Guide On Child Rights

Human rights too long neglected in Mideast conflict

UN: Human rights too long neglected in Mideast conflict

U.N. Official Says Debate Over Israel Boycott A Good Thing'

ISRAEL-OPT: Trapped between the lines

June 6, 2007

Goals For Americans
Video: Diabetes Patients Make Significant Gains in Disease Control; Still, Nearly Half Fail to Reach ADA Treatment Goals

Donovan, Hejduk score goals to put Americans in final

Americans taken with top 2 picks

Americans selected 1-2

Americans taken first in hockey draft

Americans stand tall at top of draft

Top Two Picks Are Americans

Americans picked 1-2 for first time in league history

Two Americans top draft Bruins select skilled Canadian forward with No. 8 pick

Americans taken in NHL draft

King David Hotel
King Edward progress tour: Hotel deemed safe

From Stephen King, a fresh kill

Progress made on renovation of King Edward hotel

Media Granted King Edward Tour

'1408' checks out as fresh tale of hotel hauntings

King scared young Cusack

Gay rights activists say they are seeking rights to marry and have children AFP]

David King: Click and scroll - Golf etiquette is always a must

Do enter '1408'

Melton 'Pleased' With King Edward Renovation

Sistani
Iraqi political talks boost al-Maliki

Barney and Tammy to Condi: Stop Killing of Gays in Iraq

A brothers wild-eyed search for revenge

: Sunnis say the struggle for Kirkuk turns ugly :

Business as usual in Baghdad

Iraq's Sistani urges end to attacks on Sunni mosques

Iraqs Sistani urges end to attacks on Sunni mosques

Back To Basics In The War On Terror

U.S. military launches major assault in Iraq

al-Sistani
Iraqi political talks boost al-Maliki

Barney and Tammy to Condi: Stop Killing of Gays in Iraq

A brothers wild-eyed search for revenge

Business as usual in Baghdad

Iraq's Sistani urges end to attacks on Sunni mosques

Iraqs Sistani urges end to attacks on Sunni mosques

U.S. launches major attack aimed at al-Qaida

: Islam likely main basis for Iraqi law :

Bombs destroy 2nd Sunni mosque in 2 days in Iraq

9/11 Commission
9/11 Commission Report - The Big Duh

New study from Pilots for 9/11 Truth: No Boeing 757 hit the Pentagon

'After 9/11, Laden flew kin out of US'

Workshop reveals secrets to healthy roses

As FBI fights terrorism, other prosecutions drop

Fact Sheet: Strengthening Border Security and Facilitating Entry into the United States Moving Toward WHTI ...

DHS Advances Initiative to Strengthen Border Security and Facilitate Entry into the United States WHTI Land and Sea ...

'Canada didn't take the threat seriously'

Clash of Civilizations
Islam Scholar Rejects 'Clash Of Civilizations' Theory

Anxiety in the Land of the Anti-Immigration Crusader

World: Islam Scholar Rejects 'Clash Of Civilizations' Theory

Major New Book Refutes 'Clash Of Civilizations'

Salman Rushdie and the Knighthood

Africa: When the Continent Ignores the Youth, Its Warlords Celebrate

Ali Eteraz: Sigh, Defending Salman Rushdie...Again

Some very simple things about Sharon and the Likud that no one grasps

Clash of civilizations; a dangerous idea

Abdullah-Sarkozy Talks to Focus on ME

Samir Kuntar

Olmert

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Olmert, neighboring leaders to meet on Gaza crisis / Meeting intended to show support for Abbas' government

Olmert, Abbas to Meet Arab Leaders

Olmert, Giuliani meet

Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt to discuss Gaza

Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt on Monday

Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt next week: aide

Olmert sees a 'new beginning' with Palestinians

Olmert sees 'new beginning'

Abbas, Olmert to Hold Talks in Egyptian Seaside Town (Update1)

Egypt summit could pave way for new beginning between Israel, PNA: Olmert

Tony Judt
Anti-Zionists Left and Right

Hold the phone: the real story behind 'Gaddafigate' crisis

Forward.com

RELEASE HALEH ESFANDIARI

A Cheney on Fred Thompson's team

IRAN COMMAND
Conflicting arms claims on Iran reveal US rift

Is Egyptian terrorist Abu Talb the real bomber?

Roadside bombs kill 7 American troops in Iraq