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Speaker to discuss peace in Palestine, Israel and Gaza 
Albany Democrat-Herald - Oct 30 12:55 PM
CORVALLIS Non-violent resistance in Palestine, Israel, and Gaza will be the subject of a program presented by Joy Ellison at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Martha Room at the First United Methodist Church, 1165 N.W. Monroe Ave., Corvallis.Israel and Palestine Explored in an Unlikely Friendship New York Times - Oct 27 10:21 PM
For Israel and Palestine, the two-state solution now looks remote, and Jeffrey Goldberg?s new novel provides a useful primer on why things seem so pessimistic.Israel, Palestine, And Canada News From Bangladesh - Oct 30 10:31 AM
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.Palestine AGMnews - Oct 28 3:48 PM
A short time later , we could be up against a great hunger disaster in . " " Without help we can ' t stand on our feet long , " he added . ... Bush is hoping the January 25 vote will mark a step forward in his vision of two states , Israel and Palestine , living side by side in peace .Palestine AGMnews - Oct 28 3:47 PM
Majority Says Bishops Should Be Charged, Priests Removed From Church Should Be Independent? Poll Finds Majority Says Yes, Many Undecided ... ... least on a host of key issues in the Security Council ? for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine , through Afghanistan, Iraq, and many others.Palestine AGMnews - Oct 28 3:47 PM
Or when Bush was AWOL while the Israel- conflict built to a festering catastrophe." "Gore, unlike a lot of blow-dried politicians, ... My understanding of the situation regarding Israel and Palestine was also influenced by his work.Palestine AGMnews - Oct 28 3:47 PM
A cement truck filled with explosives detonated outside the Hotel in B. Two workers are rescued from Trump high rise's collapsed scaffold. ... The secularists in the Palestinian Authority have sold out Palestine for crumbs ?Lasse Wilhelmson: Solidarity with Palestine in Sweden The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 30 4:58 AM
One can expect of a solidarity movement for the Palestinian people, is that the right to return , question that unifies the Palestinians, becomes a major issue.Palestinian Jihad, PFLP prepare initiative to end Fatah, Hamas crisis People's Daily - Oct 30 4:58 PM
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) are drawing up a new plan to defuse tension between the Hamas-led government and President Mahmoud Abbas, PFLP sources said on Monday.FM meets Qaddoumi The Peninsula - Oct 30 4:43 PM
Doha H E First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani conferred here yesterday morning Farouq Qaddoumi, head of the politbureau of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), now visiting Doha.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Oct 30 4:16 PM
What are the rights of civilians in an armed conflict? How does Islam treat noncombatants in a war? In the context of the mounting civilians casualties in the wars or conflicts in Iraq, Palestine andHutsonville Basketball Coach killed in wreck Daily Clay County Advocate-Press - Oct 30 11:07 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.Bruins eliminated by New Palestine The Star Press - Oct 28 12:26 AM
HARTFORD CITY -- Friday night's muddy conditions prevented Blackford and New Palestine from generating much offense, but when the Bruins made a mistake, the Dragons capitalized for a 7-0 victory in a Class 3A sectional game.President criticizes US Middle East policy Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 30 6:04 AM
Iran - Ahmadinejad - US President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday said that any measure taken by the US in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine will be detrimental to the country itself.Miko Peled: Only a Pawn in Their Game The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 30 4:58 AM
The most common argument against the creation of one democratic political entity in Israel/Palestine is that Israel will never agree to it. On the stone that remains Carved next to his name His epitaph plain: Only a pawn in their game. -Bob Dylan.Rival factions prepare for war The Buffalo News - Oct 29 1:58 PM
JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to beef up his loyalist forces with Palestine Liberation Organization troops stationed in Jordan, Palestinian officials said, as rival Palestinian factions bolstered their ranks in anticipation of a feared civil war.Computer game takes "journalist's" view of Mideast Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 6:37 AM
A computer game developed in Denmark is about to give high school students outside the Middle East a new window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Palestine AGMnews - Oct 28 3:47 PM
Yasser Arafat, 75 ? Chairman of the Liberation Organization; signed 1993 Oslo Accord and won 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. ... "The Bush administration does not possess a strategy to deal with Islamism.A divided house, and divided lives, in Jerusalem Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 5:31 AM
If they look out of their windows, Fawzia al-Kurd and Bryna Segal share the same view from the same house across the rooftops of East Jerusalem.Abbas considers bringing in PLO troops based in Jordan The Columbus Dispatch - Oct 29 4:25 AM
JERUSALEM Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to reinforce his loyalist forces with Palestine Liberation Organization troops stationed in Jordan, Palestinian officials said, as rival factions bolstered their ranks in anticipation of civil war.Palestine: Abbas may dissolve Hamas government AngolaPress - Oct 29 3:03 AM
RAMALLAH, 10/29 - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he will replace the Hamas-led government with a panel of professionals if the militant group doesn`t agree to govern with his party, suggesting a new, tough line in a bid to ease crippling sanctions.Erekat: Palestine economy collapsing Aljazeera - Oct 28 9:53 AM
A close aide to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said that the territoriy's economy is close to collapse and urged the Hamas-led government to deal with the crisis.FM: Palestinian problems to be solved through national consensus Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 29 5:48 AM
Syria - Mottaki - Palestine Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Head of Hamas Political Office Khaled Mashal in a meeting in Damascus Sunday underlined that the problems of the Palestinian nation can only be solved through unity and national consensus.Abbas wants troops from Jordan Miami Herald - Oct 29 1:09 AM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to recruit Palestine Liberation Organization troops in Jordan, Palestinian officials said, in the latest sign rival Palestinian factions are girding for a possible civil war.The Coup Tour Against the War Pitchfork - 17 minutes ago
So the Dixie Chicks aren't ready to make nice and Neil Young wants us to impeach the President. That's all well and good, but Bay Area rap duo the Coup talk the talk and walk the walk.Under-fire Australian Muslim cleric collapses, takes leave AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 12:58 AM
Australia's top Muslim cleric took indefinite leave from preaching after collapsing and being rushed to hospital as he came under relentless pressure to resign over his comments about women.Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide International Herald Tribune - Oct 30 8:45 AM
.Abbas eyes PLO troops in Jordan (Amy Teibel / ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Washington Times - Oct 28 11:00 PM
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to beef up his loyalist forces with Palestine Liberation Organization troops from Jordan, Palestinian officials said, as rival Palestinian factions bolstered their ranks in anticipation of a feared civil"Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow" Opens 13th Sheffield Docfest indieWIRE - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
" Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow " opened the 13th edition of the Sheffield Documentary Festival Monday night, ushering in a program of 93 films from 23 countries, including nine world and 24 U.K. premieres.Abducted Spanish Aid Worker Released In Gaza Nasdaq - Oct 30 2:29 PM
(RTTNews) - A Spanish aid worker, abducted by unidentified gunmen in the Gaza Strip was released on Monday, reported the BBC. Palestinian authorities said that Roberto Vila, who was abducted by unidentified gunmen earlier on Monday near the town of Khan Younis was released unharmed.Australian Muslim cleric refuses to quit despite fresh row AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 29 8:03 PM
Australia's most senior Muslim cleric will not resign in an escalating row over a series of provocative remarks, his spokesman said, even as Islamic community leaders urged him to step down.Solana in Egypt for talks Gulf News - Oct 29 4:37 AM
Amman: European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana flew to Cairo on Sunday for a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss Egyptian efforts to arrange a prisoner swap between Israel and Palestine.Israel impeding functioning of Palestinian parliament: Quba a The Peninsula - Oct 30 4:43 PM
DOHA Members of the newly-elected Palestinian National Council (Parliament) have been forced to conduct business through video-conferencing since Israeli forces do not allow them to hold meetings, Tayseer Quba a, Deputy Speaker of the Council said yesterday.Labour minister quits over Lieberman's role Independent - Oct 30 4:19 PM
A lone Labour minister has resigned in protest at the inclusion of the right-wing politician Avigdor Lieberman in the coalition cabinet of the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.Saudi ambassador calls for U.S. pressure on Israel People's Daily - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
Saudi Ambassador to the United States Turki al-Faisal on Monday urged Washington to press Israel to have peace talks with the Palestinians.Tuesday October 31, 2006 By Greg Ansley The New Zealand Herald - Oct 30 1:42 PM
CANBERRA - Australia's firebrand Muslim cleric, already causing outrage over his comments on women, has lent his support to militants fighting Australian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.Condoleezza Rice IV Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
QUESTION: Former Secretary of State James Baker wrote in his memoir that it was time for some equity in the Middle East, but it remains an unsolvable problem. How do you comment on that? Do you still see the Middle East as an unsolvable problem? Is it time for some equity over there?Controversial Aussie cleric steps down Stuff - Oct 30 1:07 PM
SYDNEY: Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello accused the country's Muslims of tolerating a message of hate by Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly for a decade too long as the leading cleric stood down yesterday from preaching duties at Lakemba Mosque.NGO official seeks more assistance for Lebanon The Peninsula - Oct 30 4:44 PM
DOHA Lebanon is a country destroyed and most people have no recourse to employment following Israel s recent attack on the small nation, a NGO official, who is currently in Doha, said yesterday.Theater Review: The Controversial My Name is Rachel Corrie Finally Opens in New York Blogcritics.org - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
For an unusual show, I offer an unusual review... Nine Theses on My Name is Rachel Corrie 1. While it is a collection of a non-playwright s journals, My Name Is Rachel Corrie is very deliberately constructed as a play by its co-editors Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner. It even has two acts even though they re not demarcated in the script and the intermissionless 90 minutes would e C e n t r a l The Star Online - Oct 30 5:52 PM
With America immersed in an increasingly controversial war in Iraq, and soldiers coming home weekly in body bags, protest music is once again flourishing.Livni shuns Qatar conference, but Israel is there AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 29 1:59 PM
Mired in Middle East politics, an international conference on democracy opened in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, boycotted by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni but with Israel still attending.Israel Planning To Expand Military Offensive In Gaza, Says PM Nasdaq - Oct 30 9:28 AM
(RTTNews) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that Israel is planning to expand its military offensive in the Gaza strip and added that Israel will soon decide on the type of operation it will conduct, reported AP. Addressing Israeli Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Olmert said that the proposed military offensive is not intended for an Israeli re-occupation of Charles Pinky Jessie Van Zandt Newspapers - Oct 30 3:23 PM
Services for Charles Miller "Pinky" Jessie, 34, Flint, were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 29, at Lee Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Morgan officiating.PFLP, Jihad mediate between Fatah, Hamas People's Daily - Oct 28 5:27 PM
The Islamic Jihad (Holy War) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have mediated between the Fatah movement and the ruling Hamas movement, the PFLP said in a statement on Saturday.BUSCADOR DE NOTICIAS - AGMNEWS AGMnews - Oct 28 3:48 PM
its traditional display of a map of pre - 1948 Palestine ? now comprising the state of Israel ? following a complaint from US Ambassador John Bolton .UN sanctions would only motivate Iran: Ahmadinejad Yahoo! India News - Oct 30 9:56 AM
Tehran, Oct 30 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday said that any United Nations Security Council sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme would only serve to further 'motivate' the nation.Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 30 October 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Oct 30 12:29 PM
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...BUSCADOR DE NOTICIAS - AGMNEWS AGMnews - Oct 28 3:47 PM
form of warfare is similar to the counterinsurgency struggles Britain fought in the years after World War II in Palestine , Cyprus, Kenya and Malaya. ...BUSCADOR DE NOTICIAS - AGMNEWS AGMnews - Oct 28 3:47 PM
diplomacy with moderate Palestinians by prohibiting visas and travel for all members of the Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization . ... Palestine . Hamas supporters wearing green scarves try to encourage voters to oust the Fatah party in the Palestinian parliamentary elections .SA at the UN: Don t believe the hype Mail and Guardian - Oct 30 2:13 PM
Winning a two-year non-permanent seat on the 15-member United Nations Security Council from January 2007, with an impressive 186 out of 192 votes, is a great achievement for South Africa.Computer game takes "journalist's" view of Mideast AlertNet - Oct 30 5:05 AM
Source: Reuters By Corinne Heller JERUSALEM, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A computer game developed in Denmark is about to give high school students outside the Middle East a new window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... Commentary: Lieberman not an Israeli internal affair Middle East Times - Oct 30 8:50 AM
-- The absence of a proportionate Palestinian reaction to the ascendancy of Israel's far right leader, Avigdor Lieberman, into the mainstream strategic decision-making in Tel Aviv has indicated of how dangerously the inter-Palestinian divide is overshadowing the Israeli threats and encouraged the visiting European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, to legitimize with a public meeting EGYPT-OPT: Gaza's medical lifeline cut by border closures AlertNet - Oct 30 6:50 AM
Source: IRIN Hopes that the single border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt would reopen and bring relief to hundreds of Gazan medical patients have been dashed after reports of an imminent Israeli attack on the border were met by the deployment of thousands of Egyptian troops to the area. Want to win a million? Gulf News - Oct 30 12:41 PM
MBC announced yesterday what it called the biggest quiz show of its kind in the Arab world, with 240 participants from 12 Arab countries and a hefty $1 million (Dh3.67 million) grand prize, half of which will be dedicated to a charity of the winning team's choice.Esca to host Arab market officials Gulf News - Oct 30 12:39 PM
Abu Dhabi: Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (Esca) hosts a meeting tomorrow for the heads of Arab capital markets authorities to study its initiative of establishing an Arab Capital Markets Union.Kenya: Joy As CCK Picks Second National Operator AllAfrica.com - Oct 30 7:51 AM
Kenyans last week breathed a sigh of relief following the licensing of the second landline operator by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the industry regulator.Sheik falls on his sword Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 30 4:55 AM
Peter Costello accuses Australia's Muslims of tolerating a message of hate by Sheik al Hilaly for a decade too long.Mailbag: Are Rays shopping Crawford? Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Oct 30 8:57 AM
Mailbag: Are the Rays shopping Crawford?Metro Indy trick-or-treating hours The Indianapolis Star - Oct 30 4:33 AM
Here's a look at local trick-or-treat hours at when local municipalities are asking trick-or-treaters folks to round up their candy on Tuesday:Livni shuns Qatar conference, but Israel will be there AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 29 7:10 AM
Mired in Middle East politics, an international conference on democracy was to open in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar has been boycotted by Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni but with Israel still attending.Iran proposes 6+2 treaty to guarantee Persian Gulf's security Payvand Iran News - Oct 30 7:53 AM
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday proposed to the six member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) plus Iran and Iraq to sign a security cooperation treaty as the best way to defend security in the Persian Gulf. -IRNALife on film The Courier News - Oct 30 2:25 AM
Walls of 18 percent gray adorned with lavish photos greeted me in the foyer of a local photographer's studio.TAIWAN UNIV STUDENTS HAVE POOR KNOWLEDGE OF INT'L AFFAIRS: POLL Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - Oct 29 11:59 PM
Statistics More than half of Taiwan's university students cannot correctly identify the name of Germany's chancellor and over 60 per cent have no idea which country was recently in a conflict with Israel, according to a survey released Sunday.Peace-time poems Daily News - Oct 30 12:34 PM
I have to learn to write peace-time poems, capture the natural colours of earth, grass, trees and leaves, re-interpret the expression on human faces once ravaged by flight and departure, returning from the exile of their lost lives, no longer to tattoo the burnt sienna flesh stripped and denuded by war with the spectral images that always haunted my dreams.Taiwan Univ Students Have Poor Knowledge Of Int'l Affairs: Poll Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News - Oct 29 11:59 PM
More than half of Taiwan's university students cannot correctly identify the name of Germany's chancellor and over 60 per cent have no idea which country was recently in a conflict with Israel, according to a survey released Sunday.Livni shuns Qatar conference, but Israel is there Middle East Times - Oct 30 3:32 AM
CONFERENCE OPENER: Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani attends the opening ceremony of the Sixth International Conference on New or Restored Democracies in Doha October 29.Morgantini Leads Fact-Finding Mission of MEPs to Palestine and Israel Palestine News Agency - Oct 26 3:48 AM
STRASBOURG, October 26, 2006 (WAFA) - Italian MEP Luisa Morgantini will lead a fact-finding mission of European parliamentarians to Israel and Palestine from Friday 27 to Tuesday 31 October 2006.Prep scoops The State Journal-Register - Oct 30 5:20 AM
Can Hillsboro win a second straight Class A state championship in girls basketball? The Hiltoppers will officially begin to work on that project today, when high school girls teams across the state can begin practice.U.S. reverses Israeli expulsion policy - Al Jazeera - Oct 30 1:47 AM
" Thirteen years ago, I left a comfortable life in the United States for an uncertain future in the West Bank. Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization had just signed the Oslo Accords.IOF, Jewish Colonisers Ban Farmers, Internationals from Harvesting Olive Palestine News Agency - Oct 30 4:18 AM
HEBRON, October 30, 2006 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and Jewish colonisers banned Monday scores of farmers and pacifists from harvesting Olives in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron.The whole problem lies in politicising a professional concept like Tourism, comments Greater Kashmir - Oct 30 9:25 AM
Kashmir Tourism has seen many ups and downs during last half century or so.American Voters Must Not Reward Failure Middle East Online - Oct 30 3:59 AM
Now Bush himself, accompanied by leading army generals and senators, is saying more or less what progressive writers and intellectuals have contended for years on Iraq, notes Ramzy Baroud .Commentary: Who is afraid of the Iranian bomb? Middle East Times - Oct 30 12:36 AM
TEL AVIV -- At the height of the epic Battle of Britain in 1940, when British airmen were killed at an appalling rate ("never was so much owed by so many to so few"), an official in charge of propaganda had a bright idea to raise morale.Migration meeting delayed Times of Malta - Oct 30 12:56 AM
A high-profile conference focusing on rescue at sea, with specific emphasis on the recently set-up EU border patrols to curb illegal immigration, has been postponed after the government turned down the invitation to attend.Controversial Aussie cleric in hospital TVNZ - Oct 29 11:24 PM
Controversial cleric Sheikh Taj Aldin Alhilali has been taken to hospital after fainting at Lakemba Mosque. The sheikh had been due to meet with the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) on Monday before a final decision was made on his future.Israeli FM boycotts Qatar conference Middle East Online - Oct 30 1:14 AM
Livni shuns international conference on democracy because of Hamas participation, but Israel is there.Lieberman Is Not an Israeli Internal Affair Middle East Online - Oct 30 1:44 AM
Lieberman, who was born in Moldova, USSR, in 1958 and immigrated to Israel in 1978, is on record as opposing the Road Map for a two-state solution, says Nicola Nasser .Solana Hopeful of Palestinian Unity Government Top Hamas Delegation in Cairo to Discuss Prisoners Exchange Deal Palestine Media Center - Oct 30 2:08 AM
EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana has expressed hope that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will soon announce a plan to form a national unity government, thus putting an end to the ongoing internal crisis and international aid cut, which started since the Hamas took power earlier this year.Cleric collapses under pressure to resign Independent Online - Oct 30 12:39 AM
Australia's top Muslim cleric has been rushed to hospital after collapsing, as he came under intense pressure to resign for lambasting scantily-clad women and praising jihadist fighters.Elimination Season Closing Gaps Post-Tribune - Oct 29 11:29 PM
Week 2 of the elimination season, with 314 teams already down to a manageable 80 in five classifications by enrollments, saw not much movement among the top Indiana high school football teams.Who Is Raśl Castro? La Nueva Cuba - Oct 29 2:20 PM
Fidel Castro may be on his deathbed. Or he's already gone. Unfortunately, in the Communist countries of Latin heritage, the tyrants came in pairs buy one, get one free. Communist Romania got Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu. Cuba got Fidel and Raśl Castro.Sydney sheik making headlines again The Age - Oct 29 3:07 PM
Australia's most senior Islamic cleric, Sheikh Taj Aldin Alhilali, has made headlines again with more controversial comments. -Australian Muslim cleric refuses to quit Japan Today - Oct 29 10:35 PM
SYDNEY Australia's most senior Muslim cleric will not resign in an escalating row over a series of provocative remarks, his spokesman said Monday, even as Islamic community leaders urged him to step down.Ramzy Baroud: American Voters Must Not Reward Failure The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 30 4:58 AM
On November 7, however, only the American voter has the power to decide: whether to reward failure or to gracefully search for a way out. How critical is the situation in Iraq? It depends on who you ask and when. Common sense tells us that the situation there has always been critical.RELATED NEWS Zawya - Oct 30 4:15 AM
Arab-Americans will vote overwhelmingly Democratic this year, expanding on a trend that began in 2002. Bottom line, it is frustration with the Bush administration's domestic and foreign policy that is shaping Arab American preferences.Australian Muslim cleric collapses under pressure to resign Khaleej Times - Oct 29 10:53 PM
SYDNEY - Australia s top Muslim cleric was rushed to hospital Monday after collapsing, as he came under intense pressure to resign for lambasting scantily-clad women and praising jihadist fighters.The wildest mobile apps telecomasia.net - Oct 29 5:57 PM
(Xinhua via NewsEdge) A consortium led by Dubai-based VTEL won a lucrative tender to provide telecommunications services in Kenya.The war of Lebanon and the battle of Gaza, a screen of fire for the judaization of Jerusalem Monday Morning - Oct 30 12:17 AM
Jerusalem, flower of cities, had the appearance of an orphan during the blessed Fitr feast, although many Palestinian women were engaged in washing the esplanade in front of the Aqsa Mosque.Could Santa Claus come early this year say, on November 8th? Middle East Online - Oct 28 3:28 AM
We need a way to get a sane foreign policy in place that would not breed or feed international terrorism, or take us into imperial paths; and, finally, the creation of an atmosphere conducive to dialog which would bring a permanent peace for Israel, Palestine and the entire Middle East, says Ben Tanosborn>.BUSCADOR DE NOTICIAS - AGMNEWS AGMnews - Oct 29 7:48 PM
claims to have killed 420 Taliban in nine days. A child and his grief , one among thousands. Suicide bombing of Iraqi army recruits kills 13 ...FALL OKTOBERFEST Tyler Morning Telegraph - Oct 28 12:39 AM
PALESTINE - The Fall Oktoberfest is under way in downtown and Old Town Palestine, with festivities including live entertainment, arts and crafts, a parade, a musical jamboree and a steak cook-off.Australian Muslim cleric refuses to quit despite fresh row TODAYonline - Oct 29 8:20 PM
Melbourne's daily papers outraged by Sheikh Taj Aldin al-Hilali's comments. Australia's most senior Muslim cleric will not resign in an escalating row over a series of provocative remarks, his spokesman said, even as Islamic community leaders urged him to step downIran offers 6+2 treaty to guarantee PG's security IranMania.com - Oct 29 10:09 PM
LONDON, October 30 (IranMania) - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini proposed to the six member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) plus Iran and Iraq to sign a security cooperation treaty as the best way to defend security in the Persian Gulf, IRNA reported.Brendan Pereira on Monday: How dearly we miss June 6 New Straits Times - Oct 29 4:30 PM
WE never saw June 7 coming. Sure, there were whispers that he was not happy with the way his successor was running the country; with the way ministers and business friends were not returning calls.History's heavy footfalls Calendarlive.com - Oct 29 6:19 PM
By Thomas Meaney, Thomas Meaney is the literary editor of the New York Sun.Eid celebrated with calls for tolerance Monday Morning - Oct 30 12:19 AM
Senior clerics in the Middle East called for acceptance and dialogue following a year marked by angry and sometimes violent Muslim reactions to blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published in a Danish newspaper last year, and a speech by Pope Benedict XVI linking Islam with violence in September.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Oct 29 4:12 PM
Q. On the basis of my understanding of verses such as 24: 31, and 33: 53 & 55, the hijab is obligatory for Muslim women. However, some of our brothers and sisters living in the US claim that it isArchives The Daily Tar Heel - Oct 29 9:59 PM
Even the most internationally conscious have more to learn, campus leaders said. Advocates for Human Rights, a committee of the Campus Y, will kick off its first Conflict Awareness Week today to raise attention about underreported human rights violations in countries around the world.Archives The Daily Tar Heel - Oct 29 9:59 PM
Heather McTeer Hudson, the first black female mayor of Greenville, Miss., will deliver the 13th annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture on Nov. 9. The speech, titled "Homegrown: The Evolution of African-American Leadership," will be the title of her free public talk at 7 p.m. at the Stone Center.
