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China coach confident ahead of Palestine qualifier Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - Oct 09 2:48 AM
BEIJING, Oct 9 (Reuters) - China coach Zhu Guanghu believes his side can overcome Palestine in this week's Asian Cup qualifier, despite the absence of two key players, a Chinese newspaper reported on Monday.PALESTINE'S YBARRA MOVES INTO FAULKNER SEMIFINALS Tyler Morning Telegraph - Oct 09 12:21 AM
Palestine's Ryan Ybarra scored a 6-2, 6-2 win over Chris Greenlee of Rockwall in a quarterfinals match of Boys 18 B Singles in the Bob Faulkner Junior Major Zone Tennis Tournament Sunday at Tyler Tennis & Swim Club.One Act Play: News From Palestine Scoop.co.nz - Oct 08 5:32 PM
NEWS FROM PALESTINE Based on the life and writings of Samah Jabr A One-Act Play By Genevieve Cora Fraser Qatar's mediation into Palestine fails NDTV - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
Qatar's Foreign Minister failed to win an agreement for a Palestinian unity government that would lead to restoration of vital western aid to the West Bank and Gaza in separate meetings with rival leaders.Remi Kanazi: US Brokers in Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 09 5:02 AM
The Palestinians for their part have fallen into the trap set by Israel and America, that of divide and conquer each other. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East and she is in a very concerned state.Zhu takes it easy in Amman (Shanghai Daily) Updated: 2006-10-10 09:58 China Daily - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
China soccer team head coach Zhu Guanghu believes his side can overcome Palestine in this week's Asian Cup qualifier, despite the absence of two key players, it was reported yesterday.Hazardous Intent: US Brokers in Palestine Scoop.co.nz - Oct 08 5:17 PM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East and she is in a very concerned state.PRCS: IOF Continues to Violate International Humanitarian Law Palestine News Agency - Oct 09 12:04 PM
RAMALLAH, October 9, 2006 (WAFA) - Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights.Film considers Palestine peace Corvallis Gazette Times - Oct 06 10:44 PM
A film, Gaza Strip, that shows why peace is so difficult to achieve in Palestine, will be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Martha Room at First United Methodist Church, 1165 N.W. Monroe Ave.A Grocer's Brain in a Superpower's Body Middle East Online - Oct 09 4:32 AM
Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Iran's nuclear pursuits - five crises of regional and international dimensions. Yet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice works to implement Israeli restraint on blockading Palestinian fruits and vegetables from Gaza, says Rami G. Khouri .Assessing the Role Palestinians Have Played in the Failed Bid for Statehood New York Times - 38 minutes ago
Rashid Khalidi?s latest book, ?The Iron Cage,? is at heart a historical essay, an effort to decide why the Palestinians have failed to achieve an independent state.East Texans line up on both sides of the ball The Longview News-Journal - Oct 08 9:04 PM
DALLAS If the 101st renewal of the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry on Saturday is in fact Adrian Peterson's last as a collegiate football player, the 28-10 loss was a bittersweet finish for the Palestine product.Qatar to push mediation talks in Mideast AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 09 1:06 PM
Qatar's foreign minister headed to Gaza on Monday to talk with Hamas as part of a new and aggressive role for the tiny Gulf nation: pushing mediation efforts on Mideast issues ranging from Sudan to the Palestinians to the stalemate over Israeli prisoners.Qatar takes role in Mideast politics MSNBC - Oct 09 4:57 PM
Qatar apparently is trying to reassert itself as a key player in the region in the face of challenges from other major powers, especially Saudi Arabia. Beyond the Middle East, Qatar is also making a bid to defuse the crisis in Sudan s Darfur region.Jail for student bomb maker BBC News - Oct 09 7:54 AM
A chemistry student who made a homemade explosive favoured by suicide bombers is jailed for 14 months.Soccer-Singapore starved of strike power ahead of Iraq clash Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Singapore will be without three of their leading marksmen when they tackle Iraq in a crunch Asian Cup qualifier in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.Human Rights Defenders from Iran and Zimbabwe receive 2006 Martin Ennals Award Amnesty International - Oct 09 4:37 PM
Akbar Ganji, an Iranian investigative journalist turned activist, and Arnold Tsunga, a lawyer and a radio commentator from Zimbabwe, will receive the 2006 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) tomorrow.FM meets Abbas, Haniyah The Peninsula - 10 minutes ago
Gaza city Qatar s First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani met rival Palestinian leaders yesterday to try to end a stand-off that has prevented the formation of a unity government and triggered the worst internal fighting in a decade.Scoop Audio: Parliament Q&As Thomas Yadegar Case Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
Scoop Audio (click here to listen): National Party's Lockwood Smith asked the Minister of Immigration questions in The House today regarding the refugee applicant Thomas Yadegary who is held in Mt Eden Prison until he signs his own deportation passport papers.Qatari FM, Haneya meeting ends, second meeting with Abbas People's Daily - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya and visiting Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassem al-Thani had ended a meeting late Monday night in Gaza.Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 10 Oct. Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 2:32 PM
- The first week of October is totally THE best time to be in San Francisco. The days might start off foggy but by the afternoon it is sunny and warm, and in the evening you get the golden-est sunsets.Qatari FM leads Marathon meetings between Haneya and Abbas People's Daily - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Visiting Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassem al-Thani held on Monday night marathon meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haneya in Gaza City.Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 6:32 PM
POLITICS HEADLINES: QUESTIONS OF THE DAY Nuke Test: North Korea Condemned For Testing Nuclear Device State Of It: Can Cunliffe Explain His Asylum-Seeker Flip-Flop?A Dynasty of Closed Ranks Washington Post - Oct 08 11:17 PM
Theodore N. Lerner and his family have spent their lives in the Washington area, but even those who have worked alongside them say the family retains an aura of mystery and power.Finals slots up for grabs The Star Online - Oct 09 4:16 PM
SINGAPORE: South Korea and Iran can secure their places at the Asian Cup Finals when qualifying resumes on Wednesday, but underachieving China have a fight on their hands.Ex-Corrections Minister Says Obeying Law A Mistake Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 6:02 PM
Sticking to the rules is easy but it won't get you anywhere in life. That was the message of former Corrections Minister Matt Robson when he spoke at a school assembly at Moenui Area School yesterday.Qatari FM due in Gaza to settle crisis: official People's Daily - Oct 09 4:52 PM
A Palestinian official said on Monday that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabir al-Thani's visit to the Gaza Strip would be "the final effort" to settle crisis over forming a new Palestinian government.Daily Voting News For October 9, 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:47 PM
'The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its partners are currently recruiting volunteers for the 2006 national Election Protection program.Public Address 10/10/06 - Prison Special Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:32 PM
Reader Stephen Walker got in touch yesterday with a WTF? as regards this Herald story about the visiting commentator Theodore Dalrymple, who told Herald reporter Simon Collins that the "s*xual revolution" and a consequent plague of s*xual jealousy are to blame for rising arrests with respect to family...Vodafone And IHUG Writing New History Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:33 PM
This is a very significant development as it clearly goes beyond the strategy Vodafone has pursued so far; which is to built partnership with fixed based operators in order to get a better foothold in the market.9 Nuke Powers Violating Non-Proliferation Treaty Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:18 PM
As North Korea becomes the eighth confirmed nuclear power (Israel is not confirmed but considered the ninth) some of the blame has to go to the original five nuclear powers.Ken Blackwell Campaigns With White Supremacist? Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:17 PM
J. Kenneth Blackwell, the man who stole Ohio s 2004 presidential election, was out campaigning October 4, 2006 with a man widely viewed as one of America s leading white supremacists. Blackwell is an African-American.Norman Solomon: Welcome to the Nuclear Club Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:17 PM
Moments after hearing about North Korea's nuclear test, I thought of Albert Einstein's statement that "there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world."Martin LeFevre: Global Polity Now Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:17 PM
"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; it weeps, it bleeds; and each day a gash is added to her wounds." - Shakespeare, Macbeth Will things change in America if the Democrats win control of both Houses of Congress in November, and the White House in 2008? More importantly, will such a shift restore genuine US leadership as "the sole remaining superpower?"Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 5:02 PM
SCOOP LEAD STORY State Of It: Can Cunliffe Explain His Asylum-Seeker Flip-Flop? NEW ZEALAND LEAD: Fisheries: Improving Exploited Foreign Workers Lot Incenses Maori Party - Business News: Carpet Pulled From Beneath 134 Feltex Staff Politics News: Govt To Corporatise Hawke's Bay and New Plymouth Airports Questions Of The Day And More Headlines:The bFM WIRE Today: 12 - 2pm weekdays Scoop.co.nz - Oct 09 4:47 PM
12.00 bNews with Kim Weather and Surf. 12.30 Hot Spots. With International Security Expert. Paul Buchanan. At 2.35pm (NZ time) yesterday, North Korea joined the nuclear club when it carried out it's first nuclear test.