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Sheila Samples: No Peace, No Place For Palestine 
Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:47 PM
Finally. Someone has noticed what is going on in the Middle East. The UK Telegraph reports that Britain is "furious" with Israel because of the damage it is causing in Gaza. Is it because of the wholesale slaughter of innocent Palestinians -- the bombing of a Gaza beach that turned the entire family of 12-year-old Huda Ghalia into a smoking pile of human flesh and scattered body parts?Palestine picture 'distorted' The Oregonian - Nov 20 12:25 AM
The Nov. 12 article, "Christians dwindle in Holy Land," [gave] a distorted and exaggerated depiction of Christian-Muslim relations in Palestine.Malaysia 81 on list of flawed democracies The Sun Daily - Nov 22 3:26 AM
PETALING JAYA (Nov 22, 2006): Malaysia is a "flawed democracy" and falls nearly at the bottom of the list, below Mongolia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Timor Leste and Palestine in a new Democracy Index developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.[PCUSANEWS] Conference addresses 'forgotten faithful' in Israel-Palestine [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Nov 21 1:59 PM
You are currently subscribed to the PCUSANEWS listserv of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).The World According to Carter The New York Sun - Nov 21 10:25 PM
Sometimes you really can tell a book by its cover. President Jimmy Carter's decision to title his new anti-Israel screed "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" (Simon & Schuster, 288 pages, $27) tells it all. His use of the loaded word "apartheid," suggesting an analogy to the hated policies of South Africa, is especially outrageous, considering his acknowledgment buried near the end of his shallow and HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Nov 21 2:09 PM
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that the UN Human Rights Council should focus on topics beyond the Palestine-Israel problem in order to avoid accusations that it is one-sided.Nativity displays span the globe, help Habitat Marshall Democrat-News - Nov 21 11:40 AM
They came from around the world to help raise money for Habitat for Humanity of Saline County -- from Bolivia, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Palestine, Russia, Uganda and, of course, Saline County.Violence, politics cause Palestinians to look abroad Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 4:43 AM
Imad Hassan, a Palestinian electronics engineer and lecturer, never thought he would want to leave his homeland.Damascus And Baghdad, Again, Come Together by Marianna Belenkaya RIA Novosti political commentator Moscow (RIA Novosti) Space War - Nov 22 5:27 PM
As the West, especially the U.S. and Britain, is trying to rethink its policies in Iraq and the Greater Middle East, regional nations are doing the same: Damascus and Baghdad are coming back to talks after 25 years of disarray. Questions arise as to whether it is linked to the Western behavior.Latest deaths Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 33 minutes ago
The Post-Gazette's comprehensive listings of recent deaths include two types of obituaries. News obituaries , prepared by our staff, are published at the discretion of our editors. Links to staff-written obituaries contain the individual's name. To suggest a news obituary, call 412-263-1601.Lessons learned Middle East Online - Nov 21 5:37 AM
Eleven State Department officials participated, leading briefings and discussions on topics ranging from Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, to US public diplomacy efforts and initiatives promoting democracy and reform, reports James Zogby .Alan Dershowitz: The World According to Jimmy Carter HuffingtonPost - Nov 22 9:03 AM
I like Jimmy Carter. I have known him since he began his run for president in early 1976. I worked hard for his election, and I have admired the work of the Carter Center throughout the world. That's why it troubles me so much that this decent man has written such an indecent book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His bias against Israel shows by his selection of the book's title: A Far-Flung Correspondent New York Review of Books - Nov 22 1:42 PM
An article by Neal Ascherson from The New York Review of Books, December 21, 2006North Korea Rejects U.N. Resolution on Its Human Rights Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Singapore News - Nov 22 6:08 PM
SEOUL, Nov 23 Asia Pulse - As expected, North Korea rejected a recent U.N. resolution condemning its human rights abuses, claiming it is a fabrication aimed at stifling the country. The North officially expressed the position through its Foreign Ministry and unofficially condemned the resolution through newspapers and an organization in charge of inter-Korean affairs.Teen Save Man From Train KLTV Texas - Nov 22 4:04 PM
An East Texas teen saves an elderly man from being hit by a train.Lebanon Struggles to Maintain Stability After Assassination The Online NewsHour - Nov 22 5:43 PM
Crowds in Lebanon paid their respects to Pierre Gemayel, the Christian Cabinet minister who was gunned down in Beirut this week. In the wake of the assassination of the prominent anti-Syrian leader, analysts discuss threats to stability in Lebanon.Israeli military advances on Gaza towns NDTV - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Israeli ground troops, tanks and armoured vehicles advanced on two northern Gaza towns on Wednesday purportedly in pursuit of Palestinian rocket squads, besieging a well-known Hamas lawmaker's house and engaging militants in ferocious clashes, Palestinian officials said.4,000-Year-Old Tombs Found Near Jerusalem Mall National Geographic - Nov 22 11:47 AM
Jewelry, weapons, and goat bones are among the artifacts in the cemetery, whose discovery suggests the city's Canaanite settlement was bigger than thought.All's going well so we can leave - and that's a fact Times Online - Nov 22 3:07 PM
The announcement was not so much low-key as no-key and it snuck up on us like a lion in the grass....Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
Antiquities: Suzan Mazur Talks To Medici Conspiracy Author Peter Watson - The Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side was the designated meeting spot, in the bar made famous by Ludwig Bemelmans' mural of Manhattan, Carlyle's very own Euphronios masterpiece.Lyndon Hood: Leaked Brash Email Of The Day Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
[The following email was illegally extracted from Don Brash's computer this morning, because that's what all the cool kids seem to be doing. ]Key Goes for Leadership - Bags Book He Hasn't Read Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
National's Finance spokesperson John Key told reporters that he would be putting forward his name for the leadership of the National Party following Dr Don Brash's resignation as leader of the Nation al Party this afternoon.Hu Jintao to receive hearty welcome in Pakistan Pakistani Newspaper - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22 (APP): All arrangements have been completed to extend a historic hearty welcome to Chinese President Hu Jintao on his arrival here Thursday on a four-day visit to Pakistan.Palestine Welcomes Spain s Peace Plan Zaman Online - Nov 18 2:12 PM
A Middle East peace plan presented by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday has been welcomed by Palestine but rejected by Israel.ANDERSON COUNTY RECOUNT LEAVES OUTCOME THE SAME Tyler Morning Telegraph - Nov 21 12:30 AM
PALESTINE - A recount in the Anderson County Precinct 2 commissioner race did not change the outcome of the election, but it did give the winner of the close race an extra vote.Africa: Ki-Moon Will Inherit a Long List of Troubles AllAfrica.com - Nov 22 3:38 PM
ON January 1, 2007, Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea's former foreign minister, will become United Nations Secretary-General, following Kofi Annan's ten-year tenure.Newflash: Brash Steps Down as National Leader Scoop.co.nz - Nov 22 4:17 PM
National Party Leader Don Brash is currently holding a press conference to announce that he is stepping down from the leadership of the party.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Nov 22 4:08 PM
Ibtiassam Al-Bassam s Beit Hanoun: Massacre on a Grand Scale (Nov. 14) was an honest reflection of what we, the helpless majority, think.Austrian Ambassador to Iran meets head of parliamentary friendship group Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 22 2:58 PM
Iran - Austria - Meet Austria's new Ambassador to Tehran here on Wednesday evening conferred with Head of Iran-Austria Parliamentary Friendship Group.The New Director of 'The Hobbit' is... Sam Raimi? Scoop.co.nz - Nov 22 3:31 PM
The New Director of 'The Hobbit' is... Sam Raimi? Word from a reliable source indicates that Sam Raimi has been approached to direct THE HOBBIT. Since Peter Jackson's (Middle-)earth shattering news that he is off the project, it seems the Spider-Man director may step into his place.UN High Commissioner's Car Stoned in Israel Zaman Online - Nov 22 2:12 PM
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights car was stoned in the Israeli border town of Sderot while she was touring the city inspecting damage done by Palestinian rockets.ABDULHAMIT BILICI Zaman Online - Nov 22 2:16 PM
Wake up and Smell the Coffee! Those who have dragged the world into a slough of misery in Iraq are now mulling over a way out. This is the current situation in Washington, the capital of the warrior, and London, the capital of its ally.KERIM BALCI Zaman Online - Nov 22 2:16 PM
The New Initiative for the Middle East that Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero announced in Turkey and later explained with the support of Italy and France brings a series of questions to mind. At the top of the questions list is why such an initiative should come from Spain.SAHIN ALPAY Zaman Online - Nov 22 2:17 PM
As a result of the US congressional elections on November 7th, the Democratic Party gained a majority for the first time in 12 years in the House of Representatives (by 25), where all seats were up for grabs, and in the Senate (even if only by 1), where one-third of the seats were contested.Lions bite desert dust The Electric New Paper - Nov 22 2:17 PM
SHOCK and awe. That was how Singapore felt after being floored by two knockout punches in the opening six minutes by Iraq in yesterday evening's Asian Games Qualifier in Doha.Hughes comes back against Hoxie Forrest City Times-Herald - Nov 22 11:24 AM
HOXIE Steven Johnson scored 21 points for Hughes in a 68-64 victory Tuesday over Hoxie in senior boys basketball. Hoxie (1-1) led 15-11 in the first quarter but Hughes came back and tied it at 28 all at halftime, then took a 46-43 lead at the end of the third quarter.Weather may spoil Thailand's last 4 bid The Nation - Nov 22 9:23 AM
[SOCCER] Thailand's national team coach Chanwit Pholchivin has expressed his concerns over the cool temperature and dry weather in Qatar, which might affect his side's performance in the 15th Asian Games next month.Lyndon Hood: Nicky Hager - Guilty of Journalism? Scoop.co.nz - Nov 22 2:02 PM
Nicky Hager: Guilty of Journalism? Nicky Hager, if that's his real name, is proposing to publish some sort of book. There been a lot of waffling in the papers about accountability and public interest but this so-called debate is missing the point.Closings planned for Thanksgiving Forrest City Times-Herald - Nov 22 11:23 AM
Government offices on the state and local level will close Thursday and Friday of this week for the Thanksgiving holiday. According to officials with the St. Francis County Courthouse and Forrest City City Hall, offices will close today at 4:30 and reopen for regular business on Monday.Performance of Arab stock markets in Q3 Gulf Times - Nov 21 12:37 AM
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) published in its periodical bulletin the performance of 15 Arab stock markets for the third quarter of 2006. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Lebanon, Tunis, Sudan, Palestine, and Algeria were included.Strategy for taxation reforms outlined: Shaukat calls for creating Islamic Economic Union Business Recorder - Nov 22 3:54 PM
ISLAMABAD (November 23 2006): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed the need of creation of 'Islamic Economic Union' for entering multilateral free trade agreements and promotion of free flow of capital, labour, goods and services among the Muslim countries.Cuba criticizes Security Council for failure to act regarding Israel Granma Internacional - Nov 22 10:19 AM
CUBA s permanent representative to the United Nations, Rodrigo Malmierca, described as unacceptable the failure of the UN Security Council to take action as Israel flagrantly violates that body s resolutions.Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 22 November 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Nov 22 12:16 PM
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...Iranian envoy criticizes repeated use of veto right by US Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 22 7:43 AM
Iran - US - Sadeqi Representative of Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN Mansour Sadeqi on Tuesday strongly condemned the Zionist regime's atrocities in the Palestinian territories and criticized US repeated use of veto right in support of the Israeli crimes.Talks On Formation Of Palestinian Unity Government Suspended Nasdaq - Nov 20 9:23 AM
(RTTNews) - Talks on the formation of a unity government in Palestine between the Hamas and the Fatah Party of President Mahmoud Abbas have been suspended, said an aide to the Palestinian President on Monday.Forward.com Forward - Nov 22 5:24 AM
Being Jewish in the New Germany By Jeffrey M. Peck Rutgers University Press, 224 pages, $24.95.Like dying, totally helpless, trapped in a car The Daily Star Lebannon - Nov 22 1:19 PM
"I woke up this morning at 8:50 a.m. and already we had 22 dead, 18 in Gaza and four in the West Bank. And the toll is rising. The Israeli tanks opened fire on several homes as the residents were sleeping. You don't really expect a diary entry from me do you?"Blair welcomes Syria FM's visit to Iraq as a sign for peace and progress AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 21 7:09 AM
Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed a top Syrian politician's visit to Iraq as a sign that Damascus was becoming a force for peace and progress in the Middle East.Columbia and Silsbee ready to rumble The Facts - Nov 22 2:34 PM
WEST COLUMBIA Various ailments limited Columbia s output for the first five weeks of the football season. At full strength, however, the Roughnecks are a force to be reckoned with. Bellville found out in the bi-district round last week, falling 26-12 to Columbia.Damascus and Baghdad, again, come together Russian Information Agency Novosti - Nov 22 9:27 AM
Moscow. (RIA Novosti political commentator Marianna Belenkaya) - As the West, especially the U.S. and Britain, is trying to rethink its policies in Iraq and the Greater Middle East, regional nations are doing the same: Damascus and Baghdad are coming back to talks after 25 years of disarray.Books of the Year The New Statesman - Nov 22 11:13 AM
Our critics choose . . . History is people thinking and feeling as we do, but living lives we can never experience, which is why I can never get enough of it. The very best history writing has the novelist's instinct for characterisation, and understands the import ance of tiny detail.No Arab, Palestinian Cheers for U.S. Democrats News From Bangladesh - Nov 22 10:23 AM
Arabs, at least at the non-official level, were quick to hail President George W. Bush s mid-term electoral defeat and the humiliating downfall of his war architect Donald Rumsfeld, but cheering the Democrats victory has yet to wait and may not be voiced at all.Rumsfeld s War and War Crimes- "Opinion" News From Bangladesh - Nov 22 10:23 AM
The 2006 election was a referendum on America s war in Iraq. The results displayed widespread mistrust of the Bush administration. Some of the most pro-war Republican hawks in the Senate and the Congress have been replaced by Democratic candidates that appeared to be anti-war or less pro-war.A grateful way of life Corsicana Daily Sun - Nov 22 6:49 AM
Norma Scott has been collecting nativity scenes for the last 45 years or so, and by her most recent count, was flabbergasted to discover she has approximately 275 of them.Mother's disappearance in postwar Germany a mystery USA Today - Nov 21 4:43 AM
A vast archive of Nazi documents will provide clues that might lead to a reunion, or at least answers, 60 years after a mother disappeared from the refugee camps of postwar Germany. Protected files are only unsealed for scholars, victims and victims' families.Time For Madrid Talks Part II by Laura Heaton UPI Correspondent Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2006 Space War - Nov 21 6:41 PM
Renewed Israeli incursions into Gaza have sparked a bout of Qassam rocket fire from Palestinian militants that make peace talks seem further away than ever, but some experts with experience on the diplomatic front say aspects of the status quo present a singular opportunity.Teacher quits after anti-U.S. message found in word puzzle The Myrtle Beach Sun News - Nov 22 3:19 AM
A first-year Spanish teacher at Smithfield-Selma High School resigned after being confronted about a hidden message embedded in a word puzzle.Steve Clemons: The Pelosi-Harman Fault Line HuffingtonPost - Nov 21 3:48 PM
Nancy Pelosi and Jane Harman have been on a collision course for some time . They are both very tough-minded, opinionated, media savvy Democrats on the rise, and they have been knocking into each other for some time while still feigning mutual admiration. None of us -- or them -- come with a perfect package of policy views and perspectives. I admire Nancy Pelosi a great deal, but her Lebanon Industry Minister Gemayel Is Killed in Beirut (Update5) Bloomberg.com - Nov 21 2:02 PM
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, an anti-Syrian politician, was shot dead in an ambush in Beirut, deepening tensions in the politically divided nation and raising international concerns about its democracy.Democrats Downplay Carter on Israeli 'Apartheid' Middle East Online - Nov 22 1:37 AM
An upcoming book by Jimmy Carter offers Democrats a larger picture of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. But the newly-elected dominant party in Congress sounds as though it will tailor its views to the Israel Lobby, says Michael F. Brown .ELCA Provides Funds to Address Four Emergency Situations Overseas [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Nov 22 11:59 AM
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- International Disaster Response of theEvangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) provided a total of$250,000 Nov. 21 in response to an emergency appeal for fundsissued by Action by Churches Together (ACT).The ELCA is a member of ACT -- a global alliance ofProtestant and Orthodox churches and related agencies working tosave lives and support communities in emergency Durrani attends OIC meeting in Jeddah Pakistani Newspaper - Nov 20 11:09 AM
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (APP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani who represented Pakistan at the Extraordinary Ministerial meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on Palestine in Jeddah condemned the massacre of the innocent people, including women and children, in Beit Hanoun.The rise and decline of the neo-cons Asia Times - Nov 22 2:34 AM
Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, an influential, neo-conservative-led pressure group called the Project for the New American Century issued a letter to the president calling for a dramatic reshaping of the Middle East as part of the "war on terror".Osama and Zawahiri received share from US aid for Afghan Jehad: Mushahid The Pakistan Link - Nov 20 10:21 AM
KARACHI: Federal Defence Minister, Rao Sikandar Iqbal has said that if the injustices as regards to Kashmir, Palestine and the Muslim world were not redressed, then the reining in of the terrorism would be difficult, while the PML Secretary General, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said that American CIA provided $2.1 billion financial support for Afghan Jehad also shared by Osama bin Laden and Palestinian emigration soars TVNZ - Nov 21 11:34 PM
Imad Hassan, a Palestinian electronics engineer and lecturer, never thought he would want to leave his homeland. Now lawlessness, Israeli raids and political in-fighting have prompted Hassan to look seriously into emigrating. Canada is his favoured destination.IOF Kill three Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Abducted Red Cross Employees Released in Khan Younis Palestine Media Center - Nov 22 12:33 AM
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed three Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including a 17 year-old boy and an elderly, Palestinian medical sources said.Charleston council approves contracts for library expansion Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Nov 21 10:05 PM
CHARLESTON -- A proponent of ethanol-based fuel and a farmer spoke in support of the proposed Diamond Ethanol plant during Tuesday s City Council meeting.Lebanon Industry Minister Gemayel Is Killed in Beirut (Update4) Bloomberg.com - Nov 21 9:57 AM
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, an anti-Syrian politician, was shot dead in an ambush in Beirut, raising tensions in the politically divided nation.Syria, Iraq restore full diplomatic ties Gulf Times - Nov 22 2:42 AM
BAGHDAD: Iraq and Syria agreed to restore full diplomatic relations yesterday after a break of a quarter of a century, a move Iraq hopes may help stem what it says is Syrian support for militants.Philip Slater: If You Personalize War It's a Felony HuffingtonPost - Nov 21 9:18 AM
American soldiers are being tried and given long sentences for murdering Iraqi civilians. What hypocrisy! At least they had the courage to face up to the realities of their actions. Why should they be punished and not the pilots who cower behind a wall of distance and never have to see the children they've maimed, the families they've murdered, the homes they've destroyed? Or the missile Holiday festivities set at Children s Museum The Tribune Chronicle - Nov 21 10:09 PM
The Children s Museum of the Valley, 139 E. Boardman St., Youngstown, is planning a week full of THANKSGIVING ACTIVITIES on Friday for the museum s Turkey Ball. There will be special Thanksgiving activities throughout the day.Iraq and Syria Resume Relations After Two Decades (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Nov 21 9:18 AM
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Syria will resume diplomatic relations with Iraq after more than 20 years, raising the possibility of collaboration to stem insurgency in Iraq.Posted: 22-11-2006 , 04:33 GMT Al Bawaba - Nov 21 8:40 PM
The Egyptian Musician Association is organizing a press conference to celebrate Egyptian singer Hakim s nomination to participate and sing at the Noble Peace Prize special event ceremony that will be held in Norway on December 11, 2006.Response from the city of Charleston regarding ethanol Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Nov 21 10:04 PM
EDITORS NOTE: The following information is the full list of questions and answers form the city of Charleston Web site. Questions regarding the proposed ethanol plant in Charleston have been submitted to the City Council and City staff by Mr. Paul Switzer, a resident of the City Charleston.Holy Walk celebrates its 22nd year Midland Daily News - Nov 20 9:33 AM
The scene outside Homer United Methodist Church late last week was one of spitting rain and soggy grass. The church yard was empty except for a few scattered outbuildings. But if you squinted your eyes and used your imagination, you could see first-century Palestine and the world in which Jesus Christ was born, raised and died.Whitney Dibo: Tongue tied on the Middle East Michigan Daily - Nov 21 10:19 PM
In my Religion and Politics class last week, we were blessed with a gift from the academic gods: a guest speaker. Time to whip out the Michigan Daily's Sudoku and doodle the class away. However, our guest speaker, Prof. Mark Tessler, actually stirred our sleepy 10 a.Asylum seeker s suicide tragedy Rochdale Observer - Nov 22 2:17 AM
A SYRIAN asylum seeker who lost his fight to stay in England was found hanged on the day he was meant to leave his flat, an inquest was told.Lebanon Industry Minister Gemayel Is Killed in Beirut (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Nov 21 8:27 AM
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was shot dead in an ambush on his car, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Lebanese television showed pictures of the windows of Gemayel's silver sedan riddled with bullets.Bush's policies in the region draw wide criticism Gulf News - Nov 22 12:45 AM
Abu Dhabi: "Here in the UAE we do honour Americans, and I believe that they are highly respected in our country. However, we do not respect your son, and we do not respect what you are doing all over the world."Lebanon Industry Minister Gemayel Is Killed in Beirut (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Nov 21 7:44 AM
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was shot dead in an ambush on his car, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Lebanese television showed pictures of the left windows of Gemayel's silver sedan riddled with bullets.Soccer All-State teams named The Indianapolis Star - Nov 21 11:05 AM
Selected by the Indiana Soccer Coaches AssociationEAST TEXAS DRILLING REPORT, NOVEMBER 19 Tyler Morning Telegraph - Nov 21 11:45 PM
Anadarko E&P Co. is preparing to drill the Alford Jones Gas Unit Well No. 12 to 11,000 feet in the Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) Field. The well will be located 10.6 miles southeast of Longview in the Walling, J Survey, A-239.Beacon of hope for rebirth of Bolívar s dream Mail and Guardian - Nov 21 9:39 PM
Daniel Ortega, blessed by the church, flanked by a former Contra as his vice-president and still loathed by the United States ambassador, may be a sickly shadow of his former self, but his victory undoubtedly reflects the desire of Nicaraguans for change.Deadly incidents in Iraq on Tuesday WOAI - Nov 21 6:47 PM
-3 a.m.: Three civilians are killed and 15 wounded when U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters storm Sadr City in eastern Baghdad. -6:45 a.m.: A roadside bomb strikes a police patrol killing one policeman in east Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad.Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest Nov. 21-22 Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 7:01 PM
********** WIN a 4Gb iPod Nano with Scoop.co.nz! We'd like you to tell people you know about us. In return we'll give you the chance to win the sexy new iPod from Apple. Share Scoop now!Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 7:16 PM
The Hollow Men: Brash Says He's Trying To Allow Book Release; SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE; LATEST AUDIO; Media: Gordon Campbell Tackles The State of Modern Journalism - ; Stadium: Another Waterfront Site Proposed; Election Spending: National Announces Book Review: Target Iran The Palestine Chronicle - Nov 22 12:29 AM
The situation has changed somewhat since the publication of this book, but that does not diminish its importance. Target Iran The Truth About the White House s Plans for Regime Change. Scott Ritter. Nation Books, New York, 2006.Joharah Baker: Settlements Should Always be a Priority The Palestine Chronicle - Nov 22 12:28 AM
If we don t, we will wake up one day with the little land we thought we could surely claim as our own, pulled out from beneath us. One of the most dangerous, and most insidious, powers of time is that it can slowly neutralize issues that once evoked strong sentiments.Peter Rost, M.D: What About Women s Lib? Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:48 PM
What About Women s Lib? I don t follow the gossip press, and I couldn t care less what Britney Spears does.Tanveer Jafri: Veils & The Muslim Women Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:47 PM
Hijab or Burqa tradition among the Muslim women, which has been accepted by the Islam religion, has again become a subject of controversy, these days.Octavio Rodríguez Araujo: Mexico In Crisis Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:49 PM
One of the aspects that characterizes Mexico's crisis today is the State and its system of public administration, not because the State is not fulfilling its class nature but because in doing so via the logic of globalization it is leading the country to ruin, for the benefit of just a few.Blockades Close Chiapas in Defense of Oaxaca Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:48 PM
Today thousands of indigenous civilians from Zapatista communities successfully stopped traffic on all major roads and highways in the highlands and jungle regions of Chiapas.Guardian Link: Did the CIA kill Bobby Kennedy? Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:48 PM
In 1968, Robert Kennedy seemed likely to follow his brother, John, into the White House. Then, on June 6, he was assassinated - apparently by a lone gunman.Daily Voting News For November 20, 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:46 PM
Doug Chapin of electionline.org 'said for all the flaws, Colorado was fortunate on two fronts. First, the problems were largely what he called hassle factor, and had nothing to do with allegations of inaccuracy, fraud or large-scale disenfranchisement.Masalai i tokaut: Forest Min Tries To Gag Debate Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:49 PM
Rimbunan Hijau s little boy, Forest Minister, Patrick Pruaitch, is resorting to ever more desperate measures to try and silence the debate over Papua New Guinea s notoriously corrupt and destructive logging industry.William Fisher: Scientific Sleight Of Hand Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:47 PM
Most abstinence-until-marriage education programs -- which receive about $158 million annually from the Department of Health and Human Services -- are not reviewed for scientific accuracy before they are granted funding, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.Link: CIA Analysis Finds Iran Not Developing Nukes Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:47 PM
Washington - A classifed draft CIA assessment has found no firm evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, as alleged by the White House, a top US investigative reporter has said.Peter Rost: The Lounge Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:48 PM
We all get them the credit card applications. The better credit you have, the more letters you get in the mail, proposing that you should get one more credit card.Scoop Link: Seymour Hersh Iran, The Next Act Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:46 PM
Is a damaged Administration less likely to attack Iran, or more? By Seymour M. Hersh The New Yorker Monday 20 November 2006Friedman: Killing America Softly With His Song Scoop.co.nz - Nov 21 6:46 PM
You'd never guess it from the sycophantic obituaries, but Milton Friedman did more damage to American democracy and culture than just about any figure in the 20th century.
