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iraq

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Lugar urges Bush to change course soon in Iraq

GOP senator: Iraq plan not working

US: Biased Shiites moved from Iraq force

Iraq war divides U.S. mayors

Deadly blast hits Iraq peace talks

U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,562

GI survives breast cancer to serve in Iraq

Iraq Bomb Kills U.S.-Allied Sheiks

Lugar changes course on Iraq

U.K. official denies urging Iraq apology

israel

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Israel announces mass prisoner release

Israel announces prisoner release at summit

Ministry grants citizenship to Israel strikers

Egypt jails engineer for spying for Israel

Egypt nuclear engineer convicted of spying for Israel

Egyptian gets life on Israel spy charge

Israel releases Palestinian funds

Israel cautious on West Bank moves ahead of summit

Ministry grants citizenship to Israel strikers

What's Behind the Arab-Israel Summit

palestine
[UCC] Executive Council to receive UCC Synod action on Israel, Palestine

Nigeria: As Palestine Implodes

ISRAEL PALESTINE Sharm el-Sheikh summit: finding ways to help Abbas - Asia News

WCC UPDATE: Palestine/Israel: Jerusalem churches welcome peace advocacy initiative

Jeffrey D. Sachs: The Palestine Follies

Iran, Syria review latest developments in Palestine

Through the Alps, to Palestine

Lavrov to leave for Mideast June 26 for talks

Zuma slams Palestine invasion

Summit Begins In Egypt; Israel To Release Fatah Prisoners

United Nations

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Report: United Nations to Move to 36th Street

LEBANON UNITED NATIONS Unanimous condemnation of attack that killed six UN peacekeepers - Asia News

Haiku appreciation at the United Nations

Iran appoints new envoy to the United Nations

18 nations pledge to step up Darfur efforts

Afghan Helmand province becoming main drug supplier

Opium production up 50 percent in Afghanistan: UN report

U.N. Council seeks to stop natural resource abuse

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

U.S. to fingerprint E.U. visitors

Arafat
How to Deal With Hamas

Time for champagne, not bubbles

Rice defends U.S. policy despite Mideast strife

One year after Lebanon war, Rice defends Middle East record

20 things you should know about Harriet...

Time for champagne, not bubbles

Gaza raid prompts speculation that Israel plans wider operation

Commentary: All in the family

Commentary: A restructured PLO

Remarks With French Foreign Minister

Security Council

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Security Council Spotlights Nexus

Security Council Condemns Killing Of UN Peacekeepers In Lebanon

U.N. Security Council condemns bombing in Lebanon

UN Security Council condemns killing of peacekeepers

Application Security, Inc. Joins Data Governance Council Formed by IBM

U.N. Council seeks to stop natural resource abuse

Council for data security

U.N. Council seeks to stop natural resource abuse

UN Council considers impact of natural resources on armed conflict

AppSecInc Joins Data Governance Council

Egypt

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Egypt jails engineer for spying for Israel

Egypt nuclear engineer convicted of spying for Israel

Mideast leaders meet in Egypt to bolster Abbas

Has the mummy of ancient Egypt's best-known queen been identified at last?

Israel, Arabs Support Abbas at Egypt Summit

Egypt nuclear engineer gets life

Summit Begins In Egypt; Israel To Release Fatah Prisoners

Israel, Arabs Support Abbas at Egypt Summit

'QAEDA' IN EGYPT CALL

EU and Egypt forge links with US$15 million grant

Pakistan

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Rainstorms kill 228 people in Pakistan

Stricken Pakistan braces for possible cyclone

Storms kill 228 in Pakistan, officials say

Militant killed in Pakistan school attack

Italy to return smuggled art to Pakistan

Afghan refugee gives birth to quintuplets in Pakistan

Pakistan in Nato Afghan warning

Afghan refugee gives birth to quintuplets in Pakistan

Pakistan to manufacture nuclear power plants

1 Killed in Pakistan Post-Storm Riots

Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon's son given seven months in jail

Tel Aviv court reduces jail term of Ariel Sharon's son

Ariel Sharon's son given seven months in jail

Israeli court upholds jail sentence on Sharon's son

Sharon's son to serve 7 months in jail

Omri Sharon's sentence cut

Israeli court upholds jail sentence on Sharon's son, but trims term to be served

Jail for Sharon's son

Son of former Israel PM Sharon given seven month jail term

With Labor seeking leverage, Sharon considers how to save shaky coalition

Syria

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For Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Theater Is a Ticket to Memories of Home

Syria's alliance with Iran in the balance

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Japanese NGO to open 'terakoya' school for Iraqi kids in Syria

Iran, Syria review latest developments in Palestine

Hamas: Palestinians groups proud of ties with Iran, meet in Syria

Syria, Iran discuss Palestinian conditions

The road back to Damascus

Who are the Kurds?

Israel braces for July war with up to five enemies

iran

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Iran invites nuclear watchdog to Tehran

Iran invites nuclear watchdog to Tehran

Iran invites IAEA team to help ease nuclear fears

Iran invites IAEA team to help ease nuclear worries

Iran invites UN team for talks on ending nuclear impasse

Iran invites IAEA team over contested atomic plans

UN nuclear inspectors to go to Iran

Chavez to head to Russia, Belarus, Iran, in latest bid to heckle US

UN nuclear inspectors to go to Iran

Iran invites IAEA to Tehran

Turkey

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Sarkozy blocks key part of EU entry talks on Turkey

Hormel: More turkey price hikes ahead

France snubs Turkey on EU talks

Hormel Plans to Up Turkey Product Prices

Cajun Roast Turkey And Dark Gumbo

Brining Adds Taste To Turkey

Paris balks at eurozone Turkey

Turkey bombards Kurdish border villages

Kiss is trouble for German teen in Turkey

Turkey condemns attack on UN force in Lebanon

Kuwait
Mitsui to build $1.3 bln Kuwait power plant-source

Kuwait to ban Indian airlines

Indian carriers looking for options after Kuwait ban

Kuwait's Al-Qadissaya signs Conceicao

Kuwait Set to Lift Ban on Kingdom Poultry Products

Unfair, India tells Kuwait

Kuwait flight talks

Kuwait's decision to block flights unfair: India

Kuwait may not allow AI, IA flights from July 1

India, Kuwait set for a flight fight

Lebanon

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Lebanon: Farewell to slain peacekeepers

Lebanon points finger at Islamists over UN attack

U.N. force vows to pursue Lebanon role despite bomb

Lebanon calls for world support after U.N. attack

UN chief slams attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon

Blast Kills U.N. Peacekeepers In Lebanon

Analysis: U.N. new target in Lebanon?

U.N. force vows to pursue Lebanon task despite bomb

Lebanon on alert after deadly UN attack

UN: Staying in Lebanon, despite bombing

Paul Bremer
Perrys, Wilson head to Israel

Shhh . . . There Is Corruption in Iraq

When Did Bush Know About Abu Ghraib?

Regulation of fireworks lights up region's agenda

What's New

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

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

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

Timeline: Lockerbie bombing

Blair gets Middle East job

From No 10 to the Middle East: Blair gets a new job

Top Scoops

Africa: African Examples - A Soldier and A Peacemaker

Former official says UN no longer seen as neutral

Sudan to keep wary eye on Paris conference

Saddam

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Saddam Hussein's Cousin Sentenced to Hang

Chemical Ali to Hang ; Saddam's Enforcer Sentenced for Gas Attack Massacre of Kurdish Villagers Chemical Ali to Hang

Saddam's cousin 'Chemical Ali' to hang

Top Saddam aides to hang

Saddam kin gets death sentence

Saddams cousin sentenced to death

Saddam's cousin, "Chemical Ali," and two others sentenced to death

2 from Saddam regime sentenced to die

Former Saddam aides sentenced over Anfal campaign

Saddam's ex defence minister sentenced to death

Feith
The Good Ol' Days That Never Were

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

North Korea

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North Korea Receives Funds and Says It Will Shut Down Its Main Nuclear Reactor

South Korea to ship rice aid to North

U.S. Seeks Closure of North Korea Reactor by Year-End (Update1)

With money in hand, North Korea to close nuclear facility

North Korea says has funds, awaits U.N. team

U.S. Tells North Korea to Shut Reactor as UN Inspectors Return

North Korea Ready to Implement Nuclear Deal

Hill Says North Korea Appears `Serious' on Shutting Reactor

North Korea says its banking row with Washington resolved

North Korea says has funds, to move on nuclear deal

Daniel Pipes
U.S. lags behind leaders in Internet speed

Network Pilots for 2007-2008 Television Season

Pujdak's giving spirit still burns bright

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

Daniel Pipes: Two-state solution finally works

Round Lake tightens belt, cuts events

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

Civil Disobedience
Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi, Seen as Hero in Vietnam, Dies at 84

Diebold Targeted By Electronic Civil Disobedience

Aborigines threaten Ayers Rock ban

Looking ahead

Locals ban tourists from Uluru

Uluru in protest threat

Aborigines Threaten Ayers Rock Ban

Uluru protest threat over intervention

Govt intervention to spark Uluru protest

Threat to ban Uluru tourists

Apartheid

Apartheid-era minister facing attempted murder trial

Apartheid bosses trial date expected

Make no mistake, Howard's NT plan is a new apartheid

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Court date for Vlok expected tomorrow: NPA

Masked theater troupe probes human psyche

Briefs: Court date for Vlok expected today

Splits emerge in public-service strike

ANC reviews policy as poverty gap widens

NPA: Court date for Vlok expected on Tuesday

Beilin
Arutz 7 TV

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

MI6
MI6 Competition

Piecing together the murder jigsaw

'Journalism is my only weapon'

25th June 2007

Actor News

Event

Gaming

Bond News

Russian citizen says he was recruited by British secret services

Dershowitz
BLAME GAME

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

DePaul Students Protest Tenure Denials

Dershowitz Foes Face Scrutiny

The Dershowitz-Finkelstein Debate Timeline

Upfront fee pulls lawyer back in

On the bench, management in good standing

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
Top Scoops

Neo-cons take spin to US-backed airwaves

Joyeux de Vie: Exceptional Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue (2007-06-22 - 2007-09-01)

Jim Miles Reviews: War, Big Oil and Fight for the Planet

Betrayed by Our Media

That hot new neoconservative philosopher named Plato

Our Leaders, the Enemy

The CIA and the Politics of Counterrevolution

Kelly Gets Big Lift as Mayor Aims High

The War Over the War

elbaradei
Iran invites UN team for talks on ending nuclear impasse

Iran says uranium enrichment rights central to talks

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

U.N. Inspectors Invited to Iran for Talks on Nuclear Program

John Bolton
Disney phenomenon opens its national stage tour

Edited by Amy Radishofski, Staff Reporter Manufacturing.Net - June 25, 2007

Disney phenomenon opens its national stage tour

First Roberts court term to close with key rulings

Coalition pushes health care

8 cases await rulings by Supreme Court

Sunday's gossip column

GOLF

Transfer talk

Boxing - News & Results - UK Boxing News

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Mid-East Realities

Gaza

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Al-Qaida looming large in Gaza

Gaza reporter's family urges captors not to harm him

Analysis: Gaza gas deal may proceed

Zawahiri warns against offensive to retake Gaza

The Seething Anger in Gaza

Gaza: Kidnappers release new video of BBC reporter

AP: Former Fatah strongman won't accept full fault for Gaza's fall

One militant killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza

Aid trickles into Gaza but basic supplies dwindle

Hamas issues first sign of life of soldier held in Gaza

Tony Blair

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Tony Blair's New Job

Tony Blairs thoroughly modern journey

Tony Blair's Final Foreign Official Meeting Will Be With Arnold Schwarzenegger

Simon Jenkins: Thatcherism lives on after Tony Blair

Tony Blair set to be Middle East envoy

Cherie Blair's boss terms Tony Blair an a***hole for proposed smoking ban

Reviewing Tony Blair

US eyes Tony Blair as Middle East envoy

Blair set to be named Mideast envoy

What kind of inheritance does Tony Blair leave behind for Gordon Brown?

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Sarkozy blocks key part of EU entry talks on Turkey

The EU needs a kick-out clause

Blair rejects calls for British EU treaty vote

France snubs Turkey on EU talks

Norway to boost natural gas sales to EU

EU treaty 'in Britain's interest'

Europe Business Lobby Welcomes EU Summit

Blair rejects call for EU referendum

EU jobs cash for French workers

Tokyo
Coca-Cola to Buy 34 Percent Stake in Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling

Coca-Cola Japan buys Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling stake

Tokyo stocks move slightly lower in early morning

Japan, China To Launch Tokyo-Shanghai Shuttle Flights In October

Dollar edges down to mid-123 yen in early Tokyo deals

Tokyo-Shanghai shuttle flights set for October debut

Chartered flights to link Tokyo, Shanghai

Coca-Cola Japan Company Acquires 34% Interest in Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Tokyo exchange must expand and innovate, says chief

Dollar eases within upper 123 yen level in Tokyo deals

de Borchgrave
Al-Qaida jumps at Hamas opportunity

Lessons learned from Britain in Basra

Analysis: U.N. new target in Lebanon?

German defense minister a terror target

Rice may visit N. Korea this fall

Analysis: Into the Palestinian labyrinth

Zoellick confirmed as World Bank head

U.N.: Resources a double-edged sword

Kiss is trouble for German teen in Turkey

Japan inches up as ally in U.S. minds

Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk: After the Spaniards, who will be next to die in Lebanon?

Robert Fisk: Murder of peacekeepers raises stakes in Lebanon

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

UN soldiers' inevitable deaths stir feeling of 'Here we go again'

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Holiday Farm Cycling Results

06-25-07 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE

Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine'

Cuba And Its Defence Of All Human Rights

Letters: You bet there's interest in Attleboro politics; Veterans' project was great place to raise kids; Remember when ...

Lincoln Group
Anti-pollution group surveys Lincoln residents on lead threat

National Forensic League All-Stars Receive $88,000 in College Scholarships from Lincoln Financial Group

SBL philanthropic group awards some 20,000 in grants to six programs at the health center

From Lincoln Center with Love

Market Advisors June 2007 Research Report on Dragon Capital Group Initiates an Intermediate-Term Price Target of $0.14

South end group begins summer outdoor offerings

National group honors LU's Carolyn Mahoney

Lincoln Northeasters talk college financing

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

South end group begins summer outdoor offerings

AIPAC
GOP writes AIPAC to explain abortion-related 'no' vote on Israel aid

AIPAC mounts new offensive to display support of Congress

Dennis Perrin: Hillary Sings!

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

Split Looming On Israel Pressure

Kassen Receives Silver Donkey Award

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"

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
Chavez: Prepare for war with U.S.

BET Awards: It's an R&B love-fest that gets it right

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

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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Mideast Leaders Show Support for Abbas as Hamas Releases Tape of Israeli

Hamas releases audio of captured Israeli

Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri voices support for Hamas

Al-Qaida leader urges support for Hamas

White House hopes Hamas does not offer Al-Qaeda refuge

Hamas is 'ready to talk' to Fatah

Hamas posts Israeli soldier tape before summit

Israeli PM rules out talks with Hamas on soldier

Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri voices support for Hamas

Al-Qaeda leader urges support for Hamas

Divestment
Claymore Launches First Socially Responsible ETF Based on Sudan Divestment Issue

Perry signs Sudan divestment legislation

Warehouse Group Announces the Sale of 50% Stake in The Base Retail Complex (WHS.AX, 00732952, 20070626)

Blue-chip PSUs to be unshackled

State pension fund girds for Iran divestment push

Ardagh takes over Rexam's glass business

FIPB move could impact growth: ICICI Bank

Sudan-Free ETF Shuns Firms With Ties There

In Wisconsin, divestment vote fails in one school, passes in another

Sudan-Free ETF Shuns Firms With Ties There

World Council of Churches
WCC UPDATE: Palestine/Israel: Jerusalem churches welcome peace advocacy initiative

Churches Must Speak More Strongly on Migrant Rights

[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

Religion News In Brief

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.

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

Obituaries in the news

Sex Slaves Resolution Expected To Reach Floor Vote in Congress

Prutschi leaving Congress after 23 years

Anti-Semitism Report Chides Governments

Michael Bloomberg's knightly ambitions

New talk of final status raises old concerns

Obituaries in the news

Colin Powell
Is Obama Getting 'Colin-ized'?

Former U.S. President and Secretary of State to Address 100,000 Church and Business Leaders in 200 Cities Worldwide

Jolie praised for humanitarianism by Colin Powell

Nigeria: Leadership Lessons From Collin Powell

HISD likely to rename school for Rod Paige

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?

Q&A: Would Closing Gitmo Make a Difference?

The Unseen Path to Cruelty

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
2 hurt in Dover-area accident

Poland Celebrates Summit Deal at Home as EU Criticism Grows

For Sikhs, reaching out is no easy task

Calderon No Fox in Mexican Pension Crisis, Bid to Raise Taxes

Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Off Lows, But Still Fall

June 2007

Donation of $20,000 will benefit trail near Cambridge

Northern exposure for PM

Coming out of the dark ages

Fourth of July activities

Learning Chinese
Sizing up China: Beijing-backed culture centers teaching the world Chinese

Chinese Agencies Launch Nationwide HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign Targeting College Students

"Worsening" Drought Leaves Millions of Chinese Without Drinking Water

Victorian Britain: alive, well and living in Chinese minds

Chinese woman breaks silence on sex slavery horror

Chinese gains currency in elementary school

Kung Fu Master Gets Kick Out of Teaching

Two schools offering Chinese classes

Chinese official: Confucius Institutes welcome sponsorship

Confucius Institutes welcome sponsorship, says Chinese official

Zionism
Ariadna Theokopoulos: Downfall of Zionism

Call for 'new' spiritual Zionism stirs debate

Time for Indonesia to review stance on Israel, legislator

Israeli news site reports on first Christian Zionist

Religion calendar

Iranian mag commemorates Fassbinder

Why Are We Abetting Terrorists?

An ongoing power of attraction

Blair to the Rescue

Princess of Wales
Le Bon Diana Fancied Me

'Diana wolf-whistled at me like a brickie' says Simon Le Bon

No End In Sight To Diana Cash Crop Says Brother

Diana: A Princess Remembered

Unique insight

British soldiers withdraw from Northern Ireland base

British troops leave NIreland borderland

The print and the Princess

British troops leave NIreland base

Death of Princess Diana

Israeli Apartheid
Oren Ben-Dor: Apartheid is the Core of the Crisis

Leon accuses ANC of taking sides

Zuma slams Palestine invasion

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

Saree Makdisi: West Chooses Fatah; Palestinians Don't

Sonja Karkar: West Hands Palestinians Poisoned Chalice

Zuma speaks up against Palestine invasion

Anti-Semitism Report Chides Governments

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

Two or three states - or no state solution

Bush Middle East

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Blair set for Middle East job

From No 10 to the Middle East: Blair gets a new job

Blair to be given Middle East role this week, reports claim

Blair set to clinch job as worlds man in the Middle East

Blair 'to be named as peace envoy to the Middle East'

Middle East mediators near deal on Blair as envoy

Blair Poised For Middle East Peace Role

Middle East mediators near deal on Blair as envoy

Rice: Democracy will come to Middle East

Middle East mediators near deal on Blair as envoy

Christopher Hitchens
Review: God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

Atheist polemic refuses to engage authentic religion

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

Commentary: Last days of Europe?

Woody Allen?s Universe, Still Expanding, Is as Absurd as Ever

Host of NPR religion program writes book

Luminaries who lunch

This week's best-sellers

Paradise Now
Bike/Walk Twin Cities awarded $7.3 million in funding

'Jericho' fans blow their horns

Angora Fire in Lake Tahoe Now 40% Contained

Thailand: Navigating paradise

PV Man Convicted For Porn Scamming

Rollin' on the river in Cincinnati

Your Home | Torches light the way

The Wall. The duck. The bikes. They're all still here, but now ...

Paradise by any name

Azad for portrayal of brighter side of Kashmir

Dennis Ross
Poll: Bloomberg could have Perot-like effect on 2008 race

Django annexes Hard Times pocket crown

Under the gun: Are radar numbers real?

Commentary: A restructured PLO

June 2007

Report: Israel to release terrorist if U.S. frees Pollard

Jazz reviews for March 15, 2007: "Want You" by Tony DeSare; "Passages by Scott Burn; "Live At Blues Alley" by ...

A graduation for the ages

For the Record

Bean, Clark wed

Martin Indyk
Top Scoops

NEWSWEEK International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, July 2- July 9 Special Double Issue

Trusting Abbas. Again - Haaretz - Israel News

NEWSWEEK International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, July 2- July 9 Special Double Issue

Democracy Defeated

Putting all the eggs in Fatah basket

Between a vision and a mirage

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

Ramzy Baroud: The Palestine Experiment

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

Mushahid Hussein

Teacher Joseph Kyle
Events & More

Education Notebook: 6th-grader writes winning mayoral essay

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

SARS China
SARS survivors regain physical health but mental health toll lingers for some

Hong Kong stronger after the SARS crisis

Cases such as the SARS outbreak in 2003 have sparked calls for new reporting laws [GALLO/GETTY]

China backtracks on tough media laws for disaster coverage

China backtracks on tough media laws

China backtracks on tough media laws for disaster coverage

Hong Kong under China: In some ways, it's better

Working from home catching on in China

Rising China gives young Hong Kong residents a sense of patriotism

Norman Finkelstein
Interview with the Democratic Party Editor

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

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

Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker

European Bonds May Decline Before Consumer Confidence Report

Top Scoops

Fight to the death, says general

"The wrong metric"

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
Internet radio races from PCs

Crossin-Briggs rallies to win tournament

Straight Shooting: Answering the critics

Another Time, Another Place

Let's see what lottery teams need

Tracking device helps teens to drive right

A Rare Beauty

Precocious Braun is in good company

Rosen Interim High School Principal, Block Gets Seat on Board

Who, if anyone, can dethrone the Spurs?

Lawrence Franklin
Franklin Co. wins 10th straight

Franklin County keeps on winning

Local roundup: Kingery gets LMS victory at Callaway

Natural gas may come to Franklin Co.

Realty and remodeling companies offering ways to fight global warming

Baldwin City Woman Dies After Accident

Cheney's power illustrated in military commissions decision

Palace captures Carbon BR title

People on the move

Lovett named UWA trustee chief

Professor Stephen Walt
Network Pilots for 2007-2008 Television Season

Baca: Hollywood's sheriff?

Entertainment calendar

The CEO Mayor

Weekend Guide

Anti-Zionists Left and Right

CNAC Distances Itself From Ex-CIA Official Over Israel Remark

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: After the Spaniards, who will be next to die in Lebanon?

Robert Fisk: Murder of peacekeepers raises stakes in Lebanon

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

UN soldiers' inevitable deaths stir feeling of 'Here we go again'

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Holiday Farm Cycling Results

06-25-07 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE

Robert Fisk: Welcome to 'Palestine'

Cuba And Its Defence Of All Human Rights

Letters: You bet there's interest in Attleboro politics; Veterans' project was great place to raise kids; Remember when ...

Delta Airlines
Airlines ranked by emplanements

Airlines Stick With Domestic Fare Increases

Regional airlines turning biggest profits

Indonesia grounds nine airlines over safety failures

Delta Adds Daily Eugene-To-LA Flights

14 airlines win CityPair contracts for fiscal 2008

US Air, Delta or Continental: Which is a potential United merger partner?

Delta boosts 1Q operating margin

Which airlines will apply for the new China routes?

Delta, American raise domestic fares $5 each way

skype
How To Record Skype Calls: A Mini-Guide

'Virtual girl' traps predators

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

'Virtual girl' traps predators

OnState inks deal to help bring voice to eBayers

Skype finally working on Samsung BlackJack smartphone

Linksys iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype

Privacy Spat Could Shut German Gmail

Overseas calls cheap, easy on new Net services

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London Review of Books
Paper: Ford hires KPMG to eye Jaguar, Land Rover books

Ford hires KPMG to eye Jaguar books

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide - weekend

Iranian foundation honors French Orientalist

People Week in Review

Douglas Pils: Week in review/preview - Duncan treads in waters known only to Russell

FSA review set to shake up life insurance sales

Find the keys to true love

Sunday newspaper round-up: ICI, LSE, HMV

Moussauoi
Garbage In, Garbage Out

Patricia Duff
18 teachers retired in the Twin City and took hundreds of years of experience

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

South Africa

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Mbeki Uses South Africa's Burgeoning Influence to Defy Bush

Illness strikes India on eve of South Africa opener

Australia slam 'weakened' South Africa

South Africa: Dozens trapped in budget hotel blaze

South Africa's Live Earth venue changed

India summon bowling cover for South Africa ODIs

South Africa beats Ireland by 42 runs

Illness strikes India on eve of South Africa opener

South Africa defend weakened Tri-Nations team

Ireland win toss and field against South Africa

Noam Chomsky
Interview with the Democratic Party Editor

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

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
Capital Conservation: Student Conservation Association and ExxonMobil Team Up for High School Summer Conservation Crew ...

National Forensic League All-Stars Receive $88,000 in College Scholarships from Lincoln Financial Group

Professional Association for Educators Makes Digital Arts Training a Priority

Districts shell out in race for new teachers

Professional Association for Educators Makes Digital Arts Training a Priority

National Educational Computing Conference 2007 Exhibitor Profiles

Both ministry, union claim victory

Green Teens: Student Conservation Association and ExxonMobil Team Up for High School Summer Conservation Crew Program

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

'The teachers joined in on the joke'

Landrum Bolling

Paul Flum

Israeli Apartheid
Oren Ben-Dor: Apartheid is the Core of the Crisis

Leon accuses ANC of taking sides

Zuma slams Palestine invasion

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

Saree Makdisi: West Chooses Fatah; Palestinians Don't

Sonja Karkar: West Hands Palestinians Poisoned Chalice

Zuma speaks up against Palestine invasion

Anti-Semitism Report Chides Governments

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

Two or three states - or no state solution

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
Rev. Tim Johnson at Lyons Presbyterian

United Church of Christ Chooses Fairness toward Israelis and Palestinians

Church news 6.22

Former area pastor going to Richmond, Va., church

Religion Notes

Community Calendar

Hollywood's leap of faith with 'Evan Almightly'

Hazleton's 150th: Four stops along memory lane

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

The call to heal

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 ****

Top Scoops

'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
Americans need to find success away from comforts of home

Americans need to find success away from comforts of home

Panthers re-sign goaltender Anderson

Feilhaber strikes gold for Americans

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

U.S. hopes to build on win over Mexico

Two quick goals help U.S. women to victory

Hot start lifts Americans

Buoyed by Mexico win, U.S. faces tall task

You Are Probably Paying More Than Those Credit Card Rewards Are Worth

King David Hotel
Jackson memorabilia dispute continues

Jackson memorabilia dispute continues

Dispute over Jackson family memorabilia continues in Las Vegas

'1408' gives fresh look to old, creepy theme

King Edward progress tour: Hotel deemed safe

Jackson Heads To Court Over Items Held Back From Auction

'Evan Almighty' Debuts With $32 Million

Progress made on renovation of King Edward hotel

Andrea Martin joins `Young Frankenstein'

Michael & Janet Seek Return of Unsold Stuff

Sistani
Iraqi's chilling tales of revenge

For Mahdi commander, killing Sunni Muslims is the best revenge

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

al-Sistani
Iraqi's chilling tales of revenge

For Mahdi commander, killing Sunni Muslims is the best revenge

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

9/11 Commission
Courier News Online - Gov. Whitman confronts critics in Congress over 9/11 role

Whitman testifies on Capitol Hill

9/11 Commission Report - The Big Duh

Aaron Shure: The Cheney Coup

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

Condo project on the agenda

Portune, county treasurer butt heads on investments

Overseeing the executive branch

Bullpen News Briefs

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

Iran-UK relations benighted, again

A Mighty Heart' Gives A Free Pass to Terror

Anxiety in the Land of the Anti-Immigration Crusader

Who says Hindus are not victims of communalism?

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

Samir Kuntar

Olmert

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Olmert offers Fatah prisoner release at Mideast summit

Olmert says Israel to free 250 Palestinian prisoners

Olmert Makes 'Gesture of Goodwill'

Abbas-Olmert meet at Mideast summit

Olmert-Abbas start talks in Egypt

Olmert to Release Prisoners in Show of Support

Olmert says summit with Abbas to project peace hopes

Abbas-Olmert to meet ahead of Mideast summit

Olmert offers to free 250 Fatah prisoners

Olmert: Israel to release 250 Fatah prisoners

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
General: Iran meddling increasing in Iraq

Attacker Kills 4 Sunni Sheiks Who Aided U.S.

Conflicting arms claims on Iran reveal US rift

Cars, not war, may finally topple Afghan minarets

Monday, June 25, 2007

U.S. questions strength of Iraqi forces

'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death

Piecing together the murder jigsaw

Israel Will Support Abbas With Millions From Taxes

U.S. generals doubt Iraqi force strength

Iraq Divide
Bush seeking compromise over Iraq

Iraq lawmakers agree to lengthen session

U.S. and Iraq forces kill 90 al Qaeda in offensive

U.S., Iraq forces kill 90 al Qaeda in offensives

10 U.S. troops die in Iraq

90 Qaeda fighters killed in joint Iraq operation

Military reports 7 killed in Iraq

Odds stacked against Blair mission

Spend on making wealth, not war

Eight US soldiers, 90 Qaeda men killed in Iraq

Jimmy Carter Apartheid
Sonja Karkar: West Hands Palestinians Poisoned Chalice

Critical, not unpatriotic

Brandeis receives $15M for Israel studies center

Top Scoops

Facts on Carter's presidency differ greatly from letter's views

Year in Review: 2006 - 2007

Newly Discovered Nuances to the Camp David Accords

Abukar Arman: The Finkelstein Principle

This Week's Letters to the Editor

A Tribute to Demme's Story

Saudi King

Saudi king to receive Polish 'Order of the Smile'

Saudi king meets Polish president

Polish president meets with King of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian king flies in to Warsaw

Saudi King to hold economic talks with Poland

King's Visit to Strengthen Saudi-Polish Ties

Kings Visit to Strengthen Saudi-Polish Ties

Saudi king to visit Iran

Saudi Arabia, Poland plan security-cooperation agreements

Saudi ministers agree to adopt human trafficking treaty

Brandeis Carter
Brandeis receives $15M for Israel studies center

Shalom in the home

$2 million grant will help food banks go local

'The Lion King' returns to Kentucky Center

Abe Soliman

Geoffrey Aronson
Portsmouth area community calendar

Paul Wolfowitz

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World Bank board approves Robert Zoellick to replace Wolfowitz as president

Zoellick confirmed as new World Bank president

Mending Fences at World Bank

Zoellick Wins Unanimous Approval to Head World Bank

World Bank approves Zoellick as president

World Bank board meets on Zoellick nomination

World Bank's new chief will also focus on corruption

World Bank Board OKs Zoellick as Next President

Zoellick OK'd As Next World Bank Chief

Board OKs Zoellick as new World Bank president

David Petraeus Jewish
The Bloomberg Boomlet Drives 2008 Campaign Coverage

Law Of Unintended Consequences Fuels Wheels Of Misfortune

Commentary: Mideast's wheel of misfortune

Thursday, June 14

Wednesday, June 6

Editorial roundup

Hodes foresees horrible' summer in Iraq

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