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FM confers on phone with OIC, Arab League chiefs on Palestine 
Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 09 10:27 AM
Iran - Mottaki - Palestine Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in separate phone conversations with secretary generals of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and Arab League Amr Moussa here Thursday, reviewed the latest developments in Palestine and the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza Strip.After announcing new partnerships and projects, PICTI ends its successful participation at Palestine's Expotech 2006 AME Info - Nov 09 12:37 AM
Palestine Information and Communication Technology Incubator (PICTI) have announced closing its participation at Expotech 2006, after three days of exhibition that took place in El-Bireh Municipality Halls.Stand up and Stop the Massacres in Palestine! Scoop.co.nz - Nov 08 2:29 PM
Palestine mourns yet another 23 martyrs killed during the night. Massacres in Palestine far from over while the world continues to maintain silence.Palestine rallies past Lady Hornets Athens Review Online - Nov 08 5:55 AM
A fourth-quarter surge by the Palestine Lady Wildcats cost the Athens Lady Hornets in their season-opening 47-45 loss Tuesday night at the AHS gym. This is not the way I wanted to start the year, said first-year Athens head coach Keith Durrett.Iran MPs denounce 'Zionist crimes in Palestine' ArabicNews.com - Nov 07 6:08 PM
In a statement the members of Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) condemned the latest crimes "committed by the Zionist regime in Palestine." Member of majlis presiding board Jahanbakhsh Mohebinia read the statement signed by 191 MPs in the public session yesterday.Palestine group celebrates with anniversary potluck Albany Democrat-Herald - Nov 07 10:56 AM
PALESTINE In 1916, farm wives living in the rural Palestine area often believed themselves to be a weary and lonely lot.Potluck today at Palestine Church Albany Democrat-Herald - Nov 07 10:57 AM
PALESTINE Former and current residents of the Palestine area in Benton County are invited to a Harvest Potluck from noon to 4 p.m. today at the Palestine Church on Palestine Avenue.Warriors finding new resolve Terre Haute Tribune-Star - 0 minute ago
As one of the traditional high school football powerhouses of the Little Illini Conference, Casey s Warriors have a healthy advantage in head-to-head competition through the years against several of their LIC rivals.It can probably be assumed that Palestine now Palestine-Hutsonville, and only a recent addition to the league s upper echelon had come out on the short end against the Warriors India backs two-state solution in Palestine Hindustan Times - Nov 09 12:33 AM
India has reaffirmed its commitment to a negotiated two-state solution agreed between the parties that would result in a viable, contiguous, sovereign and independent Palestinian state existing side by side with Israel in peace and security.Culture minister visits Palestine Contemporary Arts Museum Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 07 5:56 AM
Iran - Minister - Museum Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar Harandi visited the Palestine Contemporary Arts Museum in Tehran on Tuesday.Another Heinous Israeli Massacre of Innocents Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 4:30 PM
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign (PHRC) deplores the latest Israeli atrocity in Gaza which resulted in the death of 19 civilians, including seven children and eight women. Ten of the victims were from the same family.Law speaker sparks controversy Loyola Maroon - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
Students are crying censorship, and the dean's office is defending school policy after an impromptu prelude to a lecture concerning the controversial Palestine-Israel conflict at the Loyola College of Law. HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Nov 09 2:15 PM
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul called for an immediate halt of Israel s operations in Palestine, which have killed 50 civilians since the beginning of November.India backs two-state solution in Palestine New Kerala - Nov 08 8:53 PM
United Nations, Nov 9: India has reaffirmed its commitment to a negotiated two-state solution agreed between the parties that would result in a viable, contiguous, sovereign and independent Palestinian state existing side by side with Israel in peace and security.Ethiopia: AU blasts Israel for attacking Palestine AngolaPress - Nov 07 1:36 AM
Addis Ababa, 11/07 - The African Union (AU) Monday condemned the recent attacks by Israeli forces in the Northern Gaza Strip of Palestine.FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 9 AlertNet - Nov 09 12:48 AM
Source: Reuters Nov 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0830 GMT on Thursday: BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed a soldier and wounded four civilians in Palestine ... MPs denounce Zionists' crimes in Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 06 4:04 PM
Iran - Majlis - Zionists In a statement issued on Monday the members of Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) condemned the latest crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Palestine.Rival Parties Agree Upon Formation Of New Unity Government In Palestine Nasdaq - Nov 06 7:59 AM
(RTTNews) - The Fatah Party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the rival Islamic militant group Hamas have reached an agreement on the formation of a new unity government for Palestine reported AP on Monday.Viewpoint: The danger of bias Michigan Daily - Nov 09 12:43 AM
Last Thursday evening, I attended a lecture/workshop titled "Palestine 101" - a seminar to inform the University population of the "human rights violations" currently occurring in Israel. The organizer of the event was a young Israeli-born woman in her twenties, Ora Wise, a rabbi's daughter and a master's student in Jewish education at the Jewish Theological Seminary.Palestinian prime minister protests Israeli tank attacks Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 08 8:59 PM
Palestine - Israel Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday condemned Israeli attacks against Beit Hanoun killing at least 18 people in their sleep and suspended the current negotiations with moderate president Mahmoud Abbas.Palestinians Angrily Mourn 18 Civilians Killed by Israel New York Times - Nov 09 4:53 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered to ease tensions by meeting the Palestinian president ?anytime, anyplace.?Israel Exposes That It Is The Aggressor Side, O.I.C. S.G. Ihsanoglu TurkishPress.com - Nov 08 8:47 PM
RIYADH - "Israel exposed that it was the aggressor" said Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), regarding the Israeli offensive in Palestine, killing 19 people.Forward.com Forward - Nov 08 4:45 PM
Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, dreamed of building a Jewish state in Palestine. Larry Baras, the owner of a specialty baking company in Boston, dreams of building a baseball league in Israel.Baghdad rocked by wave of bombings AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 11:49 AM
A series of concerted bombings ripped through Baghdad as attacks across Iraq killed at least 35 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence this week was over.150,000 Iraqis killed by insurgents AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 10:26 AM
Nearly simultaneous car bombs struck two markets in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people. Iraq's health minister said about 150,000 have been killed by insurgents since the war started, giving the government's first overall casualty estimate.Car bombings in Baghdad markets kill 16 AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 9:36 AM
Nearly simultaneous car bombs struck two markets in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, and many Iraqis cheered the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.17 killed as Iraqis welcomes Rumsfeld's exit AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 6:51 AM
Insurgents have killed at least 17 people, mostly in Baghdad, as Iraqi politicians welcomed the resignation of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, blaming him for many of the country's woes.Staples wins ag commissioner seat Houston Chronicle - Nov 07 10:12 PM
State Sen. Todd Staples, R-Palestine, defeated Democrat Hank Gilbert of Whitehouse and Libertarian Clay Woolam of Richardson. The agriculture commissioner administers laws regulating and benefiting agriculture in Texas. The office has oversight of weights and measures, packaging and labeling and marketing of agricultural products. The Gaza tinderbox Guardian Unlimited - Nov 09 6:23 PM
Simon Tisdall: Israel's leaders must hope the latest atrocity at Beit Hanoun does not trigger a knock-on crisis.Hutsonville Basketball Coach killed in wreck Daily Clay County Advocate-Press - Nov 08 11:23 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.Palestinians burying dead killed in Gaza AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 1:49 AM
Palestinians were burying dead women and children and Israel was absorbing harsh condemnation after its artillery shells exploded in a Gaza neighborhood and killed 18 members of a family, the highest civilian death toll among Palestinians in six years of conflict.Iran press gleeful but cautious after U.S. vote Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 1:29 AM
Iran's press wrote with glee on Thursday about the drubbing President George W. Bush's Republicans received in U.S. elections but predicted it would only moderate, not radically change, U.S. foreign policy.David Grossman on Israel and Palestine Guardian Unlimited - Nov 07 3:09 AM
David Grossman: Israel has wasted too many chances to reach a lasting Middle East peace.Thursday, November 9 CNN.com - Nov 09 12:06 AM
From CNN Chief National Correspondent John KingMother Nature flattens a city in Iran and occupation crushes a people in Palestine The Daily Star Lebannon - Nov 07 1:23 PM
In the wide gulf between fiction film and reportage, documentary takes many forms. Take "Lesson from Bam" and "Closing Your Eyes," two regional films screened Monday at the Docu Days film festival. Neither film is particularly cheerful. Neither is the region these days. "Lesson from Bam" (2005), by Austria-based Iranian filmmaker Alireza Ghanie.Palestinians Condemn Security Council Silence On Israel Nasdaq - Nov 09 6:29 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The Palestinians denounced the Security Council's silence on Israel's offensive in Gaza, urging the United Nations' most powerful body to condemn the killing of 18 family members and demand a withdrawal of Israeli troops from the coastal strip.Bomb attacks on Baghdad markets kill at least 16 Houston Chronicle - Nov 09 12:37 PM
Nearly simultaneous car bombs struck two markets in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad today, killing at least 16 people. Iraq's health minister said about 150,000 have been killed by insurgents since the war started, giving the government's first overall casualty estimate. Talks resume on government as Gaza buries its dead Financial Times - Nov 09 6:23 PM
Rival Palestinian factions yesterday resumed talks on a national unity government, showing renewed commitment as tens of thousands joined a funeral for the 18 civilians killed by Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.Just like old times: realists from the first Bush era return to power Times Online - Nov 09 3:35 PM
Two years ago they were the pariahs of neoconservative Washington, a group of soft-spined old timers who refused to see that the only way to defeat America s enemies was with the lethal might of the US military.Scoop Link: Spare Room Checks Out MetroLive Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Ana Samways writes: At last Metro Magazine has deigned to go online, but as editor Lauren Quaintance promises there ll be no musical kittens: YouTube is harmless, diverting stuff, she says in the November editorial.India Social Forum meet opens The Hindu - Nov 09 11:59 AM
A common platform for people from Asia and Africa to express themselvesToday's Scoop Just Politics News Summary Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
American Coup: USA Goes To The Polls On Easily Hackable Voting Machinery - Documentary - "In 2002, Seattle grandmother and writer Bev Harris asked officials in her county why they had acquired electronic touch screen systems for their elections .The Real Deal: Living History Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 6:44 PM
A Forward To US History Uncensored: What Your High School Textbook Didn't Tell by Catherine Austin Fitts Solari, Inc.Palestinian President Consults With Exiled Hamas Leader Nasdaq - Nov 09 12:59 PM
(RTTNews) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday contacted Hamas' supreme leader Khaled Mashaal over the phone, said an aide to the President. The two have not spoken to each other since April, after the Hamas leader harshly criticized the Palestinian president in a speech.September sales tax revenue named Forrest City Times-Herald - Nov 09 12:59 PM
St. Francis County had sales tax receipts of $149,668.16 in September, according to the Arkansas Municipal League."Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I" Gives Insight Into How Western Powers 90 Years Ago Still Influence the SYS-CON Media - Nov 09 5:29 PM
Inecom Entertainment Company, a producer anddistributor of documentary and instructional films announced today that theworldwide release of 'Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I' willtake place on December 5, 2006. The DVD will be on sale at video stores,Internet retailers, educational and institutional distributors and largeretail chains. In addition, a sneak preview of the film will Hamas calls off cease-fire with Israel USA Today - Nov 08 4:54 PM
Hamas' exiled leader on Wednesday called off a cease-fire with Israel and militants threatened to attack Americans after 18 members of a family, including eight children, were killed in an Israeli artillery barrage on a densely populated Gaza neighborhood.Al-Qaida Wins Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Nov 08 4:00 PM
War On Terror: Aside from the Democrats and their media allies, the only people happy about the election results are the terrorists who want to kill us. They got the Congress they were hoping for.Gaza: ICRC deplores the death of two Palestine Red Crescent volunteers carrying out their humanitarian duties AlertNet - Nov 05 8:19 AM
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Geneva / Tel Aviv (ICRC) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the death on 3 November of two Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedics in the Gaza Strip and is deeply shocked and saddened by this event. PM On Saddam's Sentence, Iraq and Food Miles Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 4:59 PM
On her whistle stop tour to celebrate the unveiling of the New Zealand Memorial in Hyde Park this weekend the Prime Minister found time to have a natter with the man most likely to replace Tony Blair as leader of the British Labour Party and therefore the next most likely Prime Minister of the UK Gordon Brown.VOTERS TAP RAY AS JUDGE Tyler Morning Telegraph - Nov 07 10:23 PM
PALESTINE - It appeared Tuesday night that Anderson County voters chose Democrat Linda Bostick Ray as their new county judge.Jamal Juma: Between Resistance and Deception Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:14 PM
The Israeli regime unleashes daily racist brutality that by far outstands the crimes of the previous apartheid regime in South Africa. It imprisons an entire people behind ghetto walls, kills them and submits them to an economic blockade that has brought communities to the verge of starvation.150,000 Iraqis Killed by Insurgents phillyburbs.com - Nov 09 10:13 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Nearly simultaneous car bombs struck two markets in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, and the Iraqi government offered its first overall casualty estimate for the war.TODD STAPLES ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY IN AG COMMISSION RACE Tyler Morning Telegraph - Nov 07 9:08 PM
Palestine Republican State Sen. Todd Staples plowed past Whitehouse Democrat Hank Gilbert Tuesday in what appears to be a victory in the race for agriculture commissioner, according to incomplete and unofficial returns.Cabinet puts off decision on Palestinian Embassy following contentious debate The Daily Star Lebannon - Nov 09 1:18 PM
The Lebanese government suspended discussions Thursday on a controversial proposal for the establishment of a Palestinian Embassy in Beirut, after a heated debate and a request for postponement by the foreign minister. Some Lebanese politicians, including President Emile Lahoud.Attacks across Iraq leave 35 dead Japan Today - Nov 09 2:43 PM
BAGHDAD A series of concerted bombings ripped through Baghdad Thursday as attacks across Iraq killed at least 35 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence this week was over.Olmert blames 'technical error' as Gazans bury dead Times Online - Nov 09 9:02 AM
Ehud Olmert today blamed the artillery shelling which killed 18 Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip yesterday on a "technical error" and called for an urgent meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, to whom he pledged...Baghdad rocked by wave of bombings AFP via Yahoo! Asia News - Nov 09 9:24 AM
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A series of concerted bombings has ripped through Baghdad markets as attacks across Iraq killed at least 27 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence earlier in the week was over.Kurt Nimmo: Rumsfeld Dumped, Bush Suggests a Spook Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:29 PM
It is all smoke and mirrors, as usual.State Dept. Daily Press Briefing November 9, 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 1:59 PM
VIETNAM President Bush and Secretary Rice's Travel to Vietnam / APEC Meetings and Issues / Bilateral Meetings / Trip Schedule Public Address 10/11/06 - More Than A Little Odd Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:14 PM
On Tuesday, Simon McCallum of Otago University's computer science department issued a press release critical of what he regarded as the unfair and anti-competitive "traffic management" Telecom Xtra was imposing on its new 'Go Large' broadband accounts...William Rivers Pitt: A Deep, Deep Breath Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:29 PM
I will sew no silken seam on a fine May mornin', You can bide your time 'til your time runs out, So take this as fair warning ... - "Shepherd Lad," The Battlefield BandPalestine faulted on abuse of women Contra Costa Times - Nov 07 3:07 AM
A new report presents an alarming picture of the abuse of women in the Palestinian territories, with police, courts and government agencies failing to treat violence such as rape and beatings as a crime.Sit Down for Change and Stand Up for Peace Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:14 PM
I haven't met anyone who likes to go to funerals. Attending a funeral must be one of the last things anyone of us would ever choose to do. Here in America we are even more distanced from death than we are from birth.Baghdad rocked by wave of bombings New Straits Times - Nov 09 11:26 AM
A series of concerted bombings ripped through Baghdad as attacks across Iraq killed at least 35 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence earlier in the week was over.Swanson: Throwing Stuff Over the White House Fence Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:14 PM
On Wednesday, Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, Lennox Yearwood, and about 50 other activists for peace met up on the sidewalk in front of the White House.John Chuckman: As I Lay Dying Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 2:14 PM
Sadly, little coming from America's politics can fire my enthusiasm. During my lifetime, America has busied itself with the task of burying liberalism, reminding one of October's frenetic squirrels hunting and burying acorns.Sister Cities Awards Astec Industries For Corporate Responsibility The Chattanoogan - Nov 09 3:31 PM
Sister Cities will present an award to Astec Industries, Inc. for corporate responsibility tonight, (Thursday) at its annual meeting. Astec has been supportive of Sister Cities for many years, said Eleanor Cooper, Sister Cities organization member.Bahrain gear up with easy win Gulf Daily News - Nov 09 5:12 PM
BAHRAIN beat Qatar easily 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 in the first of four friendly volleyball matches last night at the Kanoo School in Salmabad.Victims of Israeli fire buried as Hamas vows revenge Times Online - Nov 09 7:19 AM
Thousands of Palestinian mourners filled the streets of northern Gaza this morning to bury many of the 18 people killed by errant Israeli artillery shelling, as militants vowed to avenge the deaths.At least 17 killed in second day of violence News Interactive - Nov 09 9:38 AM
AT least 17 people were killed in Iraq, seven of them in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad, security and medical sources said on the second day of violence since the curfew in the capital was lifted.Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 9 November 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Nov 09 12:15 PM
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...Arabs react to U.S. election results AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 08 10:12 AM
Angered by the Iraq war and new violence in Gaza, some Arabs reacted harshly Wednesday to the drubbing of President Bush's party, saying the Republicans paid for failed U.S. policies across the Middle East.New Palestinian Government Without Haniyeh Zaman Online - Nov 07 2:17 PM
An agreement to form a new government in Palestine has been reached. The country has been suffering because of a stop in financial assistance from the West since Hamas took power.FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 9 AlertNet - Nov 09 9:03 AM
Source: Reuters Nov 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1640 GMT on Thursday: Asterisk denotes a new or updated item. * BAGHDAD - Police in Baghdad found 26 bodies shot dead around the ... Death toll in suicide bombing on Shiite coffee shop in Baghdad rises to 21 CNews - Nov 09 11:11 AM
BAGHDAD (AP) - Police raised the death toll in a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite coffee shop in Baghdad to 21 on Wednesday, with 25 injured, while gunmen killed at least one man and wounded four in an attack on a Shiite bakery.Hamas leader says Israel truce is over AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 08 9:33 AM
Hamas' exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, said on Wednesday that a 2005 truce with Israel was finished and appealed to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks.JewishJournal.com The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Nov 09 2:03 PM
When Howard Grossman moved to the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Wilkes-Barre 35 years ago, it was a thriving industrial city with a substantial, long-established Jewish community.How EU and Democrats differ International Herald Tribune - Nov 08 8:44 AM
Many Europeans hope that the decisive advance by Democrats in the U.S. elections will usher in new trans-Atlantic collaboration but European officials and analysts warn that Democratic policies on issues from trade to the Middle East might add tension to an already fraught relationship.Palestinians enraged at shelling of village Baltimore Sun - Nov 09 5:27 AM
20 civilians reported dead; Hamas leader calls truce with Israel over Most of the Athamna family was asleep when they heard the first Israeli artillery shell slam into their four-story apartment building. 17 killed as Iraqis welcome Rumsfeld's exit Channel NewsAsia - Nov 09 7:56 AM
BAGHDAD : Insurgents have killed at least 17 people, mostly in Baghdad, as Iraqi politicians welcomed the resignation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, blaming him for many of the country's woes.Palestinians show renewed consensus after Gaza killings Financial Times - Nov 09 7:57 AM
Rival Palestinian factions on Thursday resumed talks on a national unity government, showing renewed consensus as tens of thousands joined a mass funeral for the 18 civilians killed by Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.Bomb Attacks on Baghdad Markets Kill 16 phillyburbs.com - Nov 09 5:13 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Bomb attacks on markets in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killed at last 16 people, among 38 Iraqis killed or found dead across the country on Thursday in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence.JewishJournal.com The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Nov 09 2:05 PM
... I am speaking here tonight as a person whose love for the land is overwhelming and complex, and yet it is unequivocal, and as one whose continuous covenant with the land has turned his personal calamity into a covenant of blood.Some Other Palestine Ohmynews - Nov 06 7:30 PM
the scene in London was too surreal, and brought into question the usefulness of such displays of solidarity with the Palestinians. As Hezbollah and Iranian flags and banners wavered in the cold breeze,...FULL TEXT OF AN OPEN LETTER FROM NOBEL LAUREATE LEE YUAN-TSEH Central News Agency - Nov 09 8:12 AM
Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) The following is the full text of an open letter from Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh calling for President Chen Shui-bian to carefully consider whether he should step down over the indictment of his wife Wu Shu-jen on corruption charges and his alleged misuse of a "state affairs fund."50 die across Iraq; Marine, U.S. soldier among the victims USA Today - Nov 08 8:51 AM
A pair of mortar rounds slammed into a soccer field where young men were playing in a Shiite district of Baghdad on Wednesday, as more than 50 people were killed in attacks nationwide.Deadly Israeli shelling stuns Gaza The Columbus Dispatch - Nov 09 4:52 AM
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip One weeping man dipped his hand in the blood of a dead relative and smeared it over his face, wailing "God avenge us, God avenge us."INTERVIEW-Palestinian economy to shrink 15 pct-monetary chief AlertNet - Nov 09 3:48 AM
Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy BEIRUT, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The Palestinian economy is expected to shrink by at least 15 percent this year and will not recover unless "an economic siege" of the Hamas-led ... Review of the Arab press UPI - Nov 09 7:00 AM
Arab newspapers Thursday commented on an Israeli raid that killed 18 Palestinians, mostly women and children from the same family, in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, calling it a massacre.Baghdad rocked by wave of bombings Middle East Times - Nov 09 7:05 AM
CAR BOMB SITE: Soldiers secure the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad November 9. (REUTERS) BAGHDAD -- A series of concerted bombings ripped through Baghdad markets Thursday as attacks across Iraq killed at least 27 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence earlier in the week was over.Baghdad rocked by wave of bombings TODAYonline - Nov 09 9:50 AM
Iraqi civilians gather around the wreckage left behind following a car bomb attack in Baghdad. A series of concerted bombings has ripped through Baghdad markets as attacks across Iraq killed at least 27 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence earlier in the week was over.An Updated Look at the China-Taiwan Status Quo (Part I) The Epoch Times - Nov 09 3:10 PM
Common sense answers by Bruce Herschensohn to questions about the current state of affairs between China and Taiwan, the U.S., Communism, and the U.N.Bruce Herschensohn is a savv...CirTran Signs $4 Million Agreement for International Marketing of True Ceramic Pro Broadcast Newsroom - Nov 09 8:39 AM
SALT LAKE CITY, BUSINESS WIRE -- CirTran Corporation (OTCBB:CIRT), an international full-service contract manufacturer, marketer and distributor of IT, consumer and consumer electronics products, today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement for the international marketing of its True Ceramic Pro Flat Iron Kit by Williams Worldwide Television of Santa Monica, California.Commentary: The only option on an empty agenda Middle East Times - Nov 09 6:51 AM
TEL AVIV -- Since Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert shelved his unilateral convergence plan for the West Bank, his government has had no political agenda at all for dealing with the Palestinian issue.Baghdad rocked by wave of bombings INQ7.net - Nov 09 6:54 AM
BAGHDAD -- A series of concerted bombings ripped through Baghdad markets on Thursday as attacks across Iraq killed at least 27 people and left little doubt that a brief respite in the violence earlier in the week was over.Car bombs kill shoppers in Baghdad KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Nov 09 8:27 AM
Nearly simultaneous car bombs struck two markets in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, as many IraqisPosted: 09-11-2006 , 14:36 GMT Al Bawaba - Nov 09 6:42 AM
Bomb attacks on markets in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killed at last 16 people, among 38 Iraqis killed or found dead across the country on Thursday.Jordan dynasty bolsters religious role in Jerusalem Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 08 6:07 AM
Jordan's King Abdullah watched intently during a presentation of plans for the construction of a new minaret near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.Gene Linked With Mental Illness Shapes Brain Region, Researchers Find Science Daily - Nov 09 3:12 AM
A gene variant associated with mental illness goes hand-in-hand with enlargement of a brain region that handles negative emotions, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System have found.