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AGMnews - Oct 23 7:56 PM
Hotel comes under attack in Baghdad , forcing journalists to take cover. Hurricane Wilma speeds toward Florida like a rocket after drenching Cuba ... Palestine Hotel comes under attack in Baghdad, forcing journalists to take cover.The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine: Israeli Academic Analyzes the Root Cause of the Conflict [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 23 7:45 AM
Ilan Pappe addresses the Palestine-Israel conflict and links the ethnic cleansing of 1948 to prospects for a lasting peace in the region in his new book, "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" .Palestine AGMnews - Oct 22 11:57 AM
"This meeting is about and practical reforms within Palestine ,'' it said. No date has been set. "This has never been conceived of as a major peace ...John Chuckman: Israel, Palestine and Canada The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 24 4:17 AM
Harper's definition of democracy appears to be the American one: those governments are democratic who agree with American policy. Canada's Thirty-Percent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, just made a speech at a B'nai Brith banquet.Timetable set to reduce Iraqi violence Vancouver Province - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
People clean debris of a car bomb at Baghdad's Palestine Street, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006.Israeli Crimes Against Humanity In Palestine Scoop.co.nz - Oct 23 7:00 PM
315 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 62 children and 14 women, have been killed. At least 1072 Palestinian civilians, including 315 children and 45 women, have been wounded by IOF gunfire.Online news magazine and journal about Palestine, Israel, the Arab world, and AGMnews - Oct 22 2:13 AM
the Middle East. Palestine, Israel, Iraq and International news coverage.Carter Haaretz Daily - Oct 24 1:45 PM
Does Jimmy Carter represent the Democratic Party's view on Israel? Carter - who's about to publish a book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestine Peace, Not Apartheid - is quoted as saying that he represents "the vast majority of the Democrats."Palestine: Palestinian gunmen kidnap AP photographer AngolaPress - Oct 24 2:16 AM
JERUSALEM, 10/24 - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped an Associated Press photographer in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, grabbing him as he walked out of his apartment and whisking him away in their vehicle, a witness said.Supreme Leader: Hamas reflects Palestinians' stances Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 24 5:10 AM
Iran - Supreme Leader - Palestine Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said here Tuesday that the stances taken by Hamas government in Palestine mirror public stances.Israel, Palestine, and Canada Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Oct 23 1:31 PM
October 21, 2006-- Canada's Thirty-Percent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, just made a speech at a B'nai Brith banquet. Normally, there would be nothing notable in this, but his words this time reinforced controversial statements he made while Israel savagely bombed Lebanon.Hutsonville Basketball Coach killed in wreck Daily Clay County Advocate-Press - Oct 24 10:34 AM
An accident on Illinois 121 has claimed the life of a Little Illini Conference basketball coach. Greg Lauritzen, 43, was killed in a Sunday night automobile accident. Lauritzen was the Hutsonville-Palestine Pioneers head boy's basketball coach and athletic director.Khamenei calls for unity amid US plots Gulf News - Oct 24 1:36 AM
Tehran: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday urged Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine to remain united and "alert" against what he called US plots to destabilise the region.Even in holidays, Palestinians suffer ArabicNews.com - Oct 23 8:45 PM
As part of the great role it plays for long years for Palestinians, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has published a story that shows how the Palestinian people have been suffering, even in time of holy days.Palestinian child prisoners fall victim to forced labor - Al Jazeera - Oct 23 11:17 AM
Hundreds of Palestinian children are arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned by the Israeli army each year, according to the Defense for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI/PS), a non-governmental organization which monitors the detention conditions of these children and represents them in Israeli military courts.Stay united amid US plots, Khamenei warns Arabs AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 24 3:04 AM
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinians to remain united in the face of "cunning" US plots to destabilise the region.Fallout of Hamas's rule spurs Palestinian desire to flee The Christian Science Monitor - Oct 24 4:35 PM
A poll shows that a third of Palestinians want to leave because of violence and economic woes. U.S. Marshals arrest British fugitive in Palestine Houston Chronicle - Oct 20 1:14 PM
U.S. Marshals in Texas arrested Anthony Brian Chatfield, a British citizen, on charges of tax evasion and fraud in Great Britain. Chatfield, 64, was arrested early Thursday morning in Palestine on British charges accusing him of defrauding the British government of 2 million pounds. Today in history - Oct. 24 AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 24 3:58 AM
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2006. There are 68 days left in the year.Arianna Huffington: Halloween Scoop: Lieberman Tries on Jack Murtha Mask in Effort to Trick Voters HuffingtonPost - Oct 24 2:55 PM
Have you decided what you are going to be for Halloween? Joe Lieberman has: he's going to dress up as Jack Murtha. Lieberman has been trying out his costume on the campaign trail in Connecticut, desperately trying to trick voters into thinking that he's against the war in Iraq so he can treat himself to their support. "No one wants to end the war in Iraq more than I do," said Lieberman New Ecumenical MultiFaith Group Sent to Palestine and Israel Christian Today - Oct 21 2:52 AM
A new group of 25 ecumenical accompaniers have commenced three months of working with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel EAPPIThe Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood Foreign Policy Association - 42 minutes ago
The Foreign Policy Association invites you to attend a lecture/book signingn on The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood featuring Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Director, Middle East Institute, Columbia University.Israel and Hamas Should Talk Middle East Online - Oct 23 3:32 AM
Hamas is the only party now in Palestine that has the legitimacy and the capacity to enforce a truce with Israel. Israel should engage Hamas - not try to force Hamas out of office and starve the Palestinians into submission, notes Rami G. Khouri .Palestine needs assistance from world community: UAE Khaleej Times - Oct 22 8:51 PM
NEW YORK The Palestinian people continue to live in a state of crisis which can only be described as a human tragedy resulting from the continuing Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land, hostile policies and war crimes against them, a UAE official told the UN.Fallout of Hamas's rule spurs Palestinian desire to flee The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Oct 24 1:00 AM
Ahmed Hushiyeh holds degrees in political science and communications, and dreams of becoming a photojournalist. But after a futile search for a job, the young Palestinian works as a janitor at his alma mater, Birzeit University.Search on for missing U.S. soldier in Iraq CNN.com - Oct 23 11:55 PM
A search is under way for a U.S. soldier who went missing in Iraq Monday evening, amid fears the soldier might have been kidnapped.Gunmen leave scores dead in grim end to Ramadan San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 24 2:05 PM
Gunmen bombed and shot families shopping for food and gifts, executed dozens in sectarian killings and ambushed a group of Iraqi police recruits Sunday during the closing hours of Ramadan. The violence left scores of Iraqis dead and further marred the... Jefferson takes over No. 1 spot in Class 2A The Longview News-Journal - 31 minutes ago
Jefferson (7-0) took over first place in the Associated Press Class 2A Top 10 with 15 first-place votes.Abducted AP Photographer Released Nasdaq - Oct 24 3:35 PM
(RTTNews) - The Associated Press photographer, Emilio Morenatti, who was abducted at gunpoint by unknown Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip, was released on Tuesday.Time for Bush to talk to Iran and Syria Guardian Unlimited - Oct 24 4:14 PM
Whatever else James Baker may recommend in his much-anticipated report on future US strategy in Iraq, it seems certain he will urge George Bush to open direct, high-level talks with Iran and Syria.Film festival shows topical documentaries Bozeman Daily Chronicle - 38 minutes ago
The Reel 2 Reel Film Festival returns to Bozeman and the annual Northern Rockies Bioneer Conference on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture theater.Barriers made to be broken The Palm Beach Post - 37 minutes ago
They weren't looking for trouble. That was never the purpose when Darryl Hill and his teammates would walk into a restaurant or a hotel in the Deep South more than four decades ago.UN Nuclear Agency Chief Sees Chance For Mideast Peace Nasdaq - Oct 24 4:19 PM
WASHINGTON (AP)--The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Tuesday that despite a sense of insecurity in the Middle East and in other world trouble spots, a glimmer of hope exists that could bring peace between the Arabs and Israel and elsewhere.Palestinian booted from city board The Arizona Republic - Oct 24 9:45 AM
The tensions in the Middle East are manifesting themselves on a Phoenix commission that is supposed to foster unity among people.Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
POLITICS HEADLINES: Pacific: Clark Assures Sogavare He Will Not Be Arrested QUESTIONS OF THE DAY: Employment: Govt Announces Plans For Pacific Seasonal Workers Inflation: CPI Rise Drops In Year To June - What Will Bollard Say?Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 22-25 Oct. Scoop.co.nz - Oct 24 6:44 PM
- Stay after school, Mr Fernandez, and write 500 times: "I must not say 'there has been arrogance and stupidity' by the US in Iraq." Bad diplomat! Climb back into your Green Zone bubble and hush your mouth! See...An ultimatum Winchester Star - 6 minutes ago
At times we believe the greatest danger posed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is that folks who should take him seriously do not. Granted, his pronouncements often assume an apocalyptic bent, but this hardly suggests he does not mean what he says.KiwiFM: Wammo n List On Taxpayer-Funded Goodies Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
Stateside With Rosalea: Arrogance And Stupidity - Stay after school, Mr Fernandez, and write 500 times: "I must not say 'there has been arrogance and stupidity' by the US in Iraq." Bad diplomat! Climb back into your Green Zone bubble and hush your mouth! See...KERIM BALCI Zaman Online - Oct 24 2:15 PM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh managed to prove through his speech to thousands in Gaza last Friday that Hamas still rules the streets.NZ Assures Sogavare He Will Not Be Arrested Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare is fearful he will be arrested over the Julian Moti affair when he returns to Honiara on Thursday, but New Zealand says his fears are unjustified.FEATURE-Palestinians in Nablus lament their "dying" city AlertNet - Oct 24 4:19 PM
Source: Reuters (This story is one of three issued on Oct. 25 looking at social and economic challenges in the Gaza Strip and West Bank) By Dean Yates NABLUS, West Bank, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Dying ... Marcos Details The Next Stages Of Other Campaign Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago
After spending two days in Tijuana, Baja California, listening to various representatives of disenfranchised peoples, Subcomandante Marcos laid out the first details of an expanded Other Campaign.Narconews: Reports From Baja, Atenco & Oaxaca Scoop.co.nz - Oct 24 6:44 PM
Recently there have been several meetings and announcements that have shed light on the future endeavors of the Other Campaign.Daniel Batten: I Can Hold My Tongue No Longer ... Scoop.co.nz - Oct 24 6:44 PM
: I Can Hold My Tongue No Longer ... I have just seen "An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore, and I can hold my tongue no longer ... Science tells the truth dispassionately. But often it it the role of business to be gate-keeper to those truths.Breaking Deadlock on Arms Management Nepalnews. com - 41 minutes ago
Nepal s peace process has been stalled over the issue of arms management , a sticking point between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) upon which the success of Nepal s peace process largely depends.Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to UN Warns against Israel's Devastation of Natural Resources Palestine News Agency - Oct 20 2:49 PM
NEW YORK, October 20, 2006 (WAFA)- Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations warned Friday against Israel's devastation of natural resources in the Palestinian Occupied Territory.Internecine Shiite killings resume in Iraq Boston Globe - Oct 24 4:01 AM
At least two more policemen were fatally shot early Tuesday in the southern Iraqi city of Amarah, where militiamen loyal to an anti-American cleric have been hunting down officers aligned with a rival group in a new outbreak of Shiite-on-Shiite revenge attacks.Is humanitarianism in a post 9/11 world headed for a crisis? EurekAlert! - Oct 24 7:23 AM
Boston -- Imagine sitting down to talk with eight mullahs in a village in central Afghanistan, meeting with people in the war-torn Gulu district in Uganda, or attending a town meeting of displaced persons in Colombia.BUSCADOR DE NOTICIAS - AGMNEWS AGMnews - Oct 22 7:11 PM
and Palestine are the most obvious examples. But this is not a discussion on the role of the media per se, misguided or otherwise. ...Pixies Bam Thwok Pitchfork - Oct 24 11:11 AM
Generally, when bands come lumbering out of their graves after more than a decade dead and gone, they can rely upon two things: The initial awkwardness of their first post-reunion band practice, and a mixed reaction from wary fans who've either come to associate their music with their youths, or who've only become fans in the years since the group disbanded.CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON IRAQ NOW TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Georgie Anne Geyer via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 2:41 PM
WASHINGTON -- Suddenly, over the last week, all the given "truths" or suppositions about Iraq have changed. You could hear it in the repeated -- sometimes crystal clear, sometimes painfully ambiguous -- utterances from our "leaders," but it always ended up with the same three words: Iraq has failed.art Till October 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Telegraph - Oct 24 3:56 PM
Paintings and sculptures by Sourabh Mazumdar, Kamal Kushari and Pankaj Nigam. Till October 28 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Synchrome 3 , an exhibition of works by over 70 artists.'Major attacks against Israel on their way' WorldNetDaily - Oct 24 2:43 PM
TEL AVIV Terror groups allied with Hamas in the Gaza Strip are planning a series of large-scale attacks against Israeli positions near Gaza "within the coming days," including rocket attacks, suicide bombings against Jewish communities and raids of Israeli military posts, several senior terror leaders in Gaza told WND today.Israeli soldiers kill a guerrilla chief Los Angeles Times - Oct 24 12:11 AM
The army says it was trying to stop rocket attacks. A militant calls the incident `a clear assassination.'Humanitarian NGO's are Turkey's Pride in EU Bid Zaman Online - Oct 24 2:09 PM
Turkey-based humanitarian relief organizations who have provided substantial aid in Turkey and abroad have become Turkey s pride in its bid for European Union membership.Bryant, McCoy share visions for the future of Forrest City Forrest City Times-Herald - Oct 24 1:05 PM
The two candidates for mayor of Forrest City are Larry S. Bryant, the incumbent, and challenger Gordon McCoy. Bryant, 54, lives at 438 A Avenue. He is married to Stephanie Bryant and is the father of two sons, Justin, 20, and LScott, 12.Botswana: The State of Opposition Politics AllAfrica.com - Oct 24 1:06 PM
Why should the electorate hope that there could be an alternative to one party rule after forty years of independence?Musharraf satisfied with progress in Indo-Pak dialogue The Economic Times - Oct 24 3:54 PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the progress achieved by the Indo-Pak dialogue process to resolve the Kashmir issue but said Islamabad will not accept New Delhi s domination in the region.Evidence Of Gut Parasite Found In Dinosaur Science Daily - Oct 24 7:09 AM
University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have discovered what appears to be the first evidence of parasites in the gut contents of a dinosaur, indicating even the giants that roamed Earth 75 million years ago were beset by stomach worms.Eid-ul-Fitr today Business Recorder - Oct 24 3:03 PM
LAHORE (October 25 2006): Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest Muslim festival, marking the culmination of the holy month of Ramazan is being celebrated across the country on Wednesday (October 25) with traditional zeal and a renewed pledge to strengthen national solidarity, and cement bonds of brotherhood in the Ummah.At Least Six Dead in Gaza Strip Clashes Washington Post - Oct 23 10:46 AM
JERUSALEM, Oct. 23 -- At least six Palestinians died Monday in clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip, part of an escalating operation there to stop rocket fire into southern Israel and smuggling across its borders. One of those killed was a high-ranking Palestinian...Shiite militiamen re-emerge in troubled southern city in Iraq USA Today - Oct 23 10:41 AM
Shiite militiamen loyal to a fiery anti-American Shiite cleric re-emerged in the troubled southern city of Amarah on Monday, dragging four policemen aligned with a rival Shiite militia from their homes and killing them.Police killed in southern Iraq Philadelphia Tribune - Oct 24 10:59 AM
Fort Lewis-based engineers Sgt. Troy Johnston, left, and Spc. Brett Ringheiser, scan the roadside for improvised explosive devices during their morning sweep of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday.Seven killed in Israeli raid in Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 10:06 AM
Seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in a raid on the Gaza Strip during festivities marking the end of Ramadan, in an operation president Mahmud Abbas slammed as a "massacre."Commentary: A chicken and egg question Middle East Times - Oct 24 7:34 AM
TEL AVIV -- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led directly or indirectly to the collapse of every Israeli government for at least the past 18 years.Nigeria: Rev. Fr. Kukah's Latest AllAfrica.com - Oct 24 11:06 AM
Only Muslims ignorant of the background of former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; who is now the Pope and Holy Father will be surprised by his recent attack on Islam. The timing of the attack itself tells a lot; it came just after the fifth anniversary of 9/11.Don t boss us around, Musharraf tells India Deccan Herald - Oct 24 1:38 PM
In a sharp attack, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday asked India to shed its obsession of being a greater nation and stop its attempt to dominate Islamabad.ANDERSON SHERIFF REORGANIZES TO BOOST PATROLS Tyler Morning Telegraph - Oct 22 4:07 PM
PALESTINE - Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor has reorganized his staff and changed how the county courthouse and courthouse annex are secured to put more deputies patrolling the streets.Pakistan urges UN and OIC to resolve conflicts in Muslim world Pakistani Newspaper - Oct 22 6:16 PM
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 (APP) - Underlining the role of regional organizations, Pakistan has urged that the U.N. and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to work "more closely" in resolving some of the conflicts in the Muslim world, including Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Kashmir.TEXAS STATE RAILROAD ENGINE CHRISTENED Tyler Morning Telegraph - Oct 22 4:06 PM
RUSK - You might say the threat of losing the Texas State Railroad has Carolyn Salter steamed. "We will have some powerful ammunition to take to the Legislature," the Palestine mayor said.Rwanda: Strive for Righteousness - Sheikh Swaleh Habimana AllAfrica.com - Oct 24 9:40 AM
As the Muslims from different parts of Kigali yesterday converged at the Nyamirambo regional stadium, the Mufti, Sheikh Swaleh Habimana implored them not to go back to commit sins because the fasting period has ended.The East Texas Fishing Report Athens Review Online - Oct 24 7:58 AM
ATHENS Lake Athens is four feet low and clear. Water temp is in the low 70s. Peter Gould at Lake Athens Marina said bass are good to six pounds on lipless crankbaits, Texas rig worms and topwaters worked in 4-8 feet of water. Good numbers of slot fish reported.Today in history The Olympian - Oct 24 4:07 AM
n In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. n In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years War and effectively destroyed the Holy Roman Empire.US joint maneuvers in Persian Gulf dangerous: source Payvand Iran News - Oct 24 8:08 AM
An informed source in Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described the US military maneuvers next week in cooperation with Bahrain and Kuwait as dangerousCommentary: Only comprehensive peace can work Middle East Times - Oct 24 5:49 AM
WASHINGTON -- In the course of intensively shuttling between and within enemy groups in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the last two years I have noticed a pattern on all sides: the tendency of even the peacemakers and diplomats to create alliances against someone to be excluded.What about the Iraqis? Business Standard India - Oct 24 11:43 AM
The news media are full of reports about the US administration repeatedly denying that it has any plans for a quick exit from Iraq. The very repetition of these denials, now almost on a daily basis, suggests that things have reached a tipping point in that troubled country.Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace: Tarrant eyes re-election Athens Review Online - Oct 24 7:57 AM
Sue Tarrant is seeking her sixth term as Justice of the Peace Pct. 4. She started her career as Court Clerk for A.R. Doc Bell in late 1984, and was elected to office after his death in February 1986. The Justice of the Peace court is very important to its citizens, being referred to as the People s Court. Hamas condemns abduction of Spanish photographer in Gaza People's Daily - Oct 24 5:39 AM
Palestinian governing Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned on Tuesday the abduction of a Spanish photographer that works for the Associated Press (AP) near a Gaza hotel by unknown masked militants.Iran Sparked Islamic Divide, Iran Only Can Defuse It News From Bangladesh - Oct 24 11:23 AM
Tehran for the first time and at the highest level has this week went public on the so far taboo Sunni-Shiite divide, accused the American Great Satan of exploiting and fuelling the historic Islamic sectarian tragedy, which is true, but offered no way out of the divide except a verbal call for unity, which has to be tested against the Iranian policies on the ground in Iraq, where the Iranian call 7 Palestinians killed in gunfight with Israeli forces San Jose Mercury News - Oct 24 3:07 AM
Israeli forces trying to disrupt rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip killed a militant commander and six other Palestinians on Monday during one of the bloodiest clashes of Israel's four-month offensive in the coastal territory.Unite against Islamophobia in Glasgow: the government is terrified of our unity Socialist Worker - Oct 24 10:42 AM
Around 300 people rallied in Glasgow s George Square last Saturday to unite against Islamophobia and protest at the wave of racist attacks on Muslims since Jack Straw s comments about the veil earlier this month.IHSA football postseason The State Journal-Register - Oct 24 5:08 AM
Cahokia at Chatham Glenwood, 7 p.m.India's say in Kashmir unacceptable Central Chronicle - Oct 24 10:54 AM
Islamabad, Oct 24: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the progress achieved by the Indo-Pak dialogue process to resolve the Kashmir issue but said Islamabad will not accept New Delhi's "domination" in the region.United Nations' charter takes effect in 1945 Telegraph - Oct 24 11:37 AM
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2006. There are 68 days left in the year. On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.Six killed in Israeli raid in Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 5:19 AM
Six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in a raid on the Gaza Strip during festivities marking the end of Ramadan, in an operation president Mahmud Abbas slammed as a "massacre."Is Humanitarianism in a Post 9/11 World Headed for a Crisis? Newswise - Oct 24 6:18 AM
A new report finds serious gaps between the principles of humanitarian action and the perceptions of aid beneficiaries in Afghanistan and other countries. Failure to address and reverse present trends threatens the time-tested humanitarian system.Uganda: Muslims Mark Idd-El-Fitr AllAfrica.com - Oct 24 7:07 AM
MUSLIMS yesterday hailed presidents Yoweri Museveni and Muammar Gaddafi for their role in the completion of their national mosque and headquarters that had stalled since the 1970s.The Lobby, Unmasked: AIPAC Scandal has Many Tentacles Sierra Times - Oct 24 6:11 AM
While it may be in questionable taste to celebrate at this time of national disaster, with Iraq falling to pieces and the security of the United States compromised as never before, one can't help but savor this delicious moment as the neoconservatives fall from their formerly dizzying heights.WCC NEWS: Palestine/Israel: Muslim, Hindu, among new accompaniers [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Oct 20 7:29 AM
A new group of 25 ecumenical accompaniers have just begun threemonths of working with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme inPalestine and Israel (EAPPI). The group includes the first Hinduand the second Muslim to participate in the programme, the formerfrom South Africa and the latter from the UK.'Indo-Pak process should move forward' rediff.com - Oct 24 3:19 AM
Ruling out the participation of former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in next year's polls, he said there was no need to change parties inside Pakistan but there is a need to change their leadership.Today in History Red Bluff Daily News - Oct 24 9:29 AM
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2006. There are 68 days left in the year. On Oct. 21, 1805, a British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed.Islamic Iran will always support Palestine: Envoy Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 19 11:09 PM
Iran - Lebanon - Envoy Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani here Thursday said that Islamic Iran would always support Palestine and the oppressed.Council for the National Interest Presents: The Armageddon Vote in 2006: Christian Zionists and the Midterm Elections [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Oct 24 12:23 PM
The Council for the National Interest (CNI) presentsPA Sources: Fatah Plans Corp Israel National News - Oct 22 2:49 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Sources in the Hamas terrorist organization reported that Fatah security forces plan to take control of Palestinian Authority (PA) ministries and institutions, according to the PA's Palestine News Network (PNN) , which claims to be an independent news agency.John Pilger: exposing the rotten heart of the empire Socialist Worker - Oct 24 10:43 AM
In his latest book, the marvellous Freedom Next Time, journalist and film-maker John Pilger presents an antidote to authorised versions of contemporary history that censor by omission and impose double standards .Trey Ellis: Capital Killed Communism. It Can Kill Terrorism Too. HuffingtonPost - Oct 23 3:08 PM
I was a Democratic Socialist back at Stanford. Back then, after seeing the movie Reds I was so fired up that I convinced a Soviet studies friend to teach me the words to "The International" in Russian. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need," were my marching orders (By the way, it looks like Marx might have gotten this phrase from the Bible's Book of Acts. Don't be a snob, Mush tells India IBN live - Oct 24 5:01 AM
Musharraf expressed satisfaction on the Kashmir issue but said Pak will not accept India's "domination" in the region.Hamas PM calls for unity amid standoff with Abbas AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 3:01 AM
Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya has appealed for Palestinian unity and continuing resistance to Israel amid a standoff with moderate president Mahmud Abbas and clashes between their rival supporters.Film Depicts Jerusalem Baltimore Jewish Times - Oct 24 8:16 AM
The subject of Jerusalem is a difficult one for any artist to tackle. But it was the challenge of a lifetime for French Jewish director Elie Chouraqui to turn the acclaimed 1972 book, "O Jerusalem," into a feature film.The state of opposition politics Mmegi - Oct 24 10:00 AM
All evidence suggests that the opposition has decidedly failed to justify itself in the forty years of its existence. Hardly does it meet the demands of opposition politics in the democratic practice of the 21st century.