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Carter on Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid 
Malta Star - Dec 12 11:05 AM
The many controversial issues concerning Palestine and the path to peace for Israel are intensely debated among Israelis and throughout other nations - but not in the United States.Carter: Speaking Frankly About Israel And PALESTINE - Jimmy Carter says his recent book is drawing knee-jerk ... News From Bangladesh - Dec 12 10:28 AM
Carter: Speaking Frankly About Israel And PALESTINE - Jimmy Carter says his recent book is drawing knee-jerk accusations of anti-Israel bias.Wataniya, Palestine mobiles AME Info - Dec 11 7:22 PM
Wataniya International is partnering with Palestine Investment Fund to set up a mobile operator in Palestine.Carter - Truth about Palestine, Lies about Israel Scoop.co.nz - Dec 11 4:59 PM
Jimmy Carter tells the truth about the impact of the Israeli Occupation on Palestine in "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid." In Gaza, Israel is practicing a slow form of genocide where the people are sealed off from the world and encounter non-stop military assaults, he points out.New Phone Network for Palestine Cellular-News.com - Dec 11 5:21 PM
Wataniya International and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) have signed a shareholders' agreement to form a new mobile telecommunications company in Palestine.Wataniya International and Palestine Investment Fund partner to establish new mobile operator in Palestine AME Info - Dec 11 5:22 AM
Wataniya International and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed today a shareholders' agreement to form a new mobile telecommunications company in Palestine.Iran, Palestine share common cultural roots Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 11 5:07 AM
Iran - Palestine - Culture Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, in meeting with his Palestinian counterpart here Sunday, said that Iran and Palestine share many cultural roots.Malaysia to revive Israel, Palestine issue New Straits Times - Dec 12 4:53 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia hopes to revive discussion on the Palestinian-Israeli issue at an international meeting this Friday.Debate over Carter book reaches Middle East Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Dec 12 6:06 PM
Although he is more than 2,000 miles away from home, former President Jimmy Carter is still pushing buttons. Carter spent Monday trading barbs with Jay Leno as part of a West Coast swing to promote his latest book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," but groups closer to home are still voicing outrage over claims in the book that Israel practices apartheid against Palestinians. Debate is even ...Supreme Leader: God willing Palestine will be liberated Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 10 3:44 PM
Iran - Palestine - Supreme Leader Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that God willing Palestine will be liberated from occupation thanks to resistance.Palestinian PM: Early election in Palestine to trigger chaos Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 10 3:40 PM
Iran - Haniyeh - PLO The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said here Sunday that the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)'s recommendation to the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas for holding early election is considered as the `beginning of chaos in Palestine'.Ottoman Headquarters in Palestine Becomes Turkish Cultural Center Zaman Online - Dec 10 2:14 PM
An Ottoman headquarters in Al-Halil, Palestine has recently been transformed in to a cultural center and opened for public use. The Fevzi Pasa Palace, which was used as Palestine headquarters by the Ottomans, was renovated and turned into a culture center.Jimmy Carter: Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid Guardian Unlimited - Dec 11 5:38 PM
Jimmy Carter: Americans need to know the facts about the abominable oppression of the Palestinians.Jewish Federation leader says Carter book doesn't promote peace Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Dec 12 11:05 AM
A top official of a leading Atlanta Jewish organization said Tuesday that while former President Jimmy Carter claims one of the main purposes of his book, "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid," is to restart peace talks between Israel and its neighbors, the controversial book will not create a climate for peace. "Carter's book will embolden the Palestinians not to engage in the hard decisions that ...China to host seminar on Middle East New Kerala - 23 minutes ago
Beijing, Dec 12: China will host a high-level seminar on the vexed Middle East issue with delegates from both Israel and Palestine, including two former ministers, set to participate.Palestinians will win back Palestine": Iran Khaleej Times - Dec 10 4:51 AM
TEHERAN - Iran s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday predicted the Palestinians would win back all the territory of Palestine , during talks with the visiting prime minister of the Hamas-led government.Ex-president says criticism gives more attention to Palestine WIS News 10 Columbia - Dec 11 1:58 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter has taken the criticism aimed at his latest book as a sign that his views on Israeli policy are generating more interest in the plight of the Palestinians.Sports Calendar Athens Review Online - Dec 12 6:07 AM
Athens (JVG-VG) at Palestine 5 p.m.UN appeals for Palestine aid Sunday Times - Dec 12 5:48 AM
AMMAN - The United Nations (UN) agency for Palestinian refugees has launched an emergency appeal for 246 million dollars to combat the dire living conditions in the Palestinian territories in 2007.Ex-president's book stirs controversy The Columbus Dispatch - Dec 12 5:20 AM
AUSTIN, Texas With his latest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter seems to have abandoned his position as the Democratic Party s comforting elder statesman.Can't have it Athens Review Online - Dec 12 6:06 AM
Athens Hornet Ak Jordan (5) keeps the ball away from a Pine Tree defender in Monday night s non-district basketball action at the AHS gym. The Hornets are scheduled to be in action again Friday at Palestine. Ninth grade action tips off at 5 p.m.Jimmy Carter's Book Stirs Criticism, Complaint NPR - Dec 11 2:11 PM
A new book by former president Jimmy Carter is generating wide controversy. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid charts the Arab-Israeli peace process from President Carter's time in the White House in the late 1970s to present day. Pro-Israel groups are offended, and say the book is unworthy of a former U.S. president.Iran's president predicts end of Israel USA Today - Dec 12 6:11 PM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was. His remarks drew applause from participants at a conference called to cast doubt on the Holocaust.President: Resistance in Palestine leads to final victory Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 09 3:06 PM
Iran - Palestine - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the supporters of the Zionist regime, especially the US and the UK, are now hesitant about the usefulness and survival of this forged regime.Iran: Israel will be 'wiped out' CNN.com - Dec 12 3:54 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust.Security Council urges negotiated two-state solution in Middle East AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 1:19 PM
The UN Security Council capped a special debate on growing Middle East turmoil by reaffirming its commitment to the vision of Israel and an independent Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security.City firm signs MoU with Israel for 1,000-bed hospital Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Dec 11 3:53 PM
Even as the CPI(M) fires at Israel for its policies on Palestine and Lebanon, the Left Front government here is quietly doing business with Israeli firms. On Monday, an agreement was signed between the city-based Ambuja Realty Group and Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd (EMI) of Israel to build a 1,000-bed state-of-the art hospital at Chakgheria on Eastern Bypass. The hospital, to be called 'Neotia ...How I see Palestine Gulf News - Dec 09 2:27 PM
I signed a contract with Simon & Schuster two years ago to write a book about the Middle East, based on my personal observations as the Carter Centre monitored three elections in Palestine and on my consultations with Israeli political leaders and peace activists.Jimmy Carter's Book Stirs Criticism, Complaint NPR - Dec 11 2:30 PM
Day to Day , December 11, 2006 · A new book by former president Jimmy Carter is generating wide controversy. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid charts the Arab-Israeli peace process from President Carter's time in the White House in the late 1970s to present day.Iran Pledges $250 Million To Palestine Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Dec 11 11:02 AM
December 11, 2006 -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah today said Iran had pledged about $250 million in aid to his cash-strapped Hamas-led government.Annan pleads for 'new and urgent push' for Mideast peace AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 11:07 AM
Outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan pleaded for "a new and urgent push for peace" between Israelis and Palestinians as the Security Council turned its spotlight on the mounting turmoil across the Middle East.Reactions to Former President Carter's New Book Emory Wheel - Dec 11 9:44 PM
To the editor: Former President Jimmy Carter's new book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid , has stirred up a great deal of controversy on campus and in the Atlanta community. The title itself and many facts within the book, is seen as controversial and, in many ways, untrue.Carter book signing brings out protestors The Arizona Republic - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Within the walls of Changing Hands bookstore Tuesday night sat President Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize winner considered one of the world's greatest humanitarians. Outside the Tempe bookstore, however, stood hundreds of protesters.Haniyeh lauds Iran's understanding, sympathy for Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 11 8:21 AM
Iran - Haniyeh - Visit Visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said here Monday that his visit to Iran was successful and that during his stay in Tehran he witnessed understanding, sympathy, affection and brotherhood.Blair blasts Iran ahead of Middle East trip AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 9:09 AM
Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched a blistering attack on Iran, calling it a "significant strategic threat" to the whole Middle East, as he prepares to travel to the region.Leaders Voice Outrage on Iran?s Holocaust Talks New York Times - Dec 12 8:37 AM
The statements from European leaders, the Vatican and the White House came on the conference?s second day.Why they got it wrong USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 9:03 AM
I recalled the cartoon Mr. Peabody as I read the Iraq Study Group's recommendations, which promised "a new way forward" and delivered, instead, a dubious blueprint for a return to former days.Iran poses 'strategic threat' clouding Middle East, says Blair AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 4:59 AM
Iran poses a "significant strategic threat" which is overshadowing the whole Middle East region, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.Blair shocked by Holocaust denial meeting AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 12 7:19 AM
Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he found it "unbelievable" and "shocking" that Iran hosted a conference examining whether the Holocaust took place, a meeting Israel's prime minister has condemned as a "sick phenomenon."Gunmen kill four amid rising tension in Palestine Sharewatch - Dec 11 6:53 AM
The three Baalusha brothers and their driver were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car near a school in the Rimal district of Gaza City, medics and security officials said.Protests to follow former President Carter to Ariz. The Arizona Republic - Dec 11 1:10 AM
Fallout from former President Carter's latest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, will reach the Valley when Carter visits Tempe on a book-signing tour Tuesday.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-11 15:02 GMT: Gunmen kill four amid rising tension in Palestine Interactive Investor - Dec 11 7:22 AM
GAZA CITY (AFX) - Three young children of a senior Fatah official and their driver were killed in a drive-by shooting in Gaza, amid mounting tensions between the party of moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and the ruling Islamist Hamas movement.Highlights from the world's press CNN.com - Dec 12 3:38 AM
A two day conference is being held in Iran to examine whether the Holocaust actually happened. Participants include well known revisionist Western academics, and a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan.On this day in history CNN.com - Dec 12 3:39 AM
LONDON , England (Reuters) -- 1913 -- Leonardo Da Vinci's painting "Mona Lisa" is recovered in Florence two years after it had been stolen from the Louvre in Paris.Nathan Gardels: Jimmy Carter takes on Israel's Apartheid Policies and the Pro-Israeli Lobby in the US. HuffingtonPost - Dec 12 10:51 AM
There is not much room in American political life, whether Democratic or Republican, for trying to save Israel from its mistakes and the mistakes of AIPAC, its impressively effective lobbying arm in the United States. Former president Jimmy Carter is virtually the lone voice, along with his former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, willing to criticize Israel for its own good, in the ...Review of the Arab press UPI - Dec 11 7:01 AM
The Palestinian al-Quds commented in its editorial Monday on the Palestine Liberation Organization's recommendation to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to call for early elections after dialogue with Hamas came to a deadlock.J. Terry Edmonds: What's Love Got to Do With It? HuffingtonPost - Dec 12 12:51 PM
"What's Love Got to do With it?" Tina Turner snapped the question in a hit record more than a decade ago. Today, that song could serve as the national anthem for the culture of cynicism that seems to be rampant in America and around the world. And that cynicism seems to be working overtime as another holiday season is upon us. From fistfights over under-stocked and over-priced toys at the ...Iran president says Israel will be "wiped out" like the Soviet Union Seattle Times - Dec 12 4:09 PM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants...Iran a 'major threat', says Blair BBC News - Dec 12 6:52 AM
Prime Minister Tony Blair says Iran's "deeply extreme" regime poses a "major strategic threat" to the Middle East.PA Newspaper Reports Israel Offers Too Few Prisoners for Shalit's Release Israel National News - Dec 11 12:21 PM
(IsraelNN.com) The Palestine Authority's official publication Al-Ayyam reports that the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit has been held up because Israel has agreed to free only 1,000 Arab prisoners and not 1,400, as Hamas has demanded.Supreme Leader: God willing Palestine will be liberated Payvand Iran News - Dec 10 9:37 AM
The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his entourage in Tehran. -IRNACarter books brings out protestors 12 News Phoenix - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
Within the walls of Changing Hands bookstore Tuesday night sat former President Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize winner considered one of the world's greatest humanitarians.Why are Jews at the 'Holocaust denial' conference? BBC News - Dec 12 7:10 AM
These men have gone to a contentious forum in Iran. But looks can be deceptive.Media spotlight on Iran's Holocaust talks BBC News - Dec 12 8:53 AM
Reports and comment on Holocaust conference being held in Tehran feature across a wide spectrum of Mid-East media.Adam Hanft: Baker's "Way Forward" and Holocaust Denial; We Should Sit Down with Who? HuffingtonPost - Dec 12 10:21 AM
American politics is a speckled minefield of sensitivies and nuances, a danger zone where gestures and language can exact a high political toll. It's a lesson learned by Trent Lott, George Allen, Jessie Jackson, and, of course, Hillary Clinton whose cheek-smacking of Sura Arafat got her into deep hummus. Curious, then, that the proximity of Ahmadinejad's Holocaust Denial Conference , clumsily ...Baker report links Palestine, Iraq Call for international peace conference Monday Morning - Dec 11 3:33 AM
But the panel suggested no radically new ideas for breaking the intertwined deadlocks plaguing peacemaking. Iraq cannot be addressed effectively in isolation from other major regional issues, interests and unresolved conflicts , said the congressionally mandated Iraq Study Group.Blair seeks to get Palestinians to negotiate with Israel Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
Tony Blair revealed yesterday he intended to set out a political and economic offer to the Palestinians when he visits the Middle East, detailing what they can expect in return for negotiations with Israel.Alan Dershowitz: Is Norman Finkelstein in Tehran? HuffingtonPost - Dec 12 9:06 AM
A neo-Nazi website has published the schedule of speakers at the Iranian Holocaust denial conference. (His name was mysteriously removed from the schedule this morning.) Prominent among the speakers in the schedule was assistant professor Norman Finkelstein of DePaul University. His name appeared along with Professor David Duke of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in Ukraine ...Jordanian FM calls for support for UNRWA People's Daily - Dec 11 6:04 AM
Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al Khatib on Monday urged the international community to exert sustained efforts to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to enable it to carry on looking after Palestinian refugees.Outrage over Holocaust forum BBC News - Dec 12 7:46 AM
A conference in Iran questioning whether the Holocaust took place draws international condemnation.Iran President: Israel Will Be Wiped Out San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 12 1:58 PM
Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt on the Holocaust. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments were likely to further... Iran's leader says Israel 'will be wiped out soon' USA Today - Dec 12 1:31 PM
Today at the Holocaust-denial conference in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Israel "will be wiped out soon the same way the Soviet Union was," the Associated Press reports, citing the official IRNA news agency. By eliminating the "Zionist regime,"... Blair looks to Mid East tour BBC News - Dec 12 7:25 AM
Tony Blair is focusing his energies on an imminent tour of the Middle East which some see as his attempt to finally move on from Iraq.Blair takes tougher line against Tehran Financial Times - Dec 12 6:16 PM
Tony Blair appeared to dismiss the prospect of engaging Iran directly in talks about the future of the Middle East, saying yesterday it posed a "significant strategic threat" to the region.Palestinians Throngs Protest Boys' Deaths CBS News - Dec 12 9:02 AM
Hamas gunmen, blamed for the drive-by shootings of the three young sons of a Palestinian intelligence officer, opened fire on Tuesday's demonstrators in Gaza, wounding four. Hamas said it was provoked by children throwing stones.Larry Wilson: Pasadena Star-News - 37 minutes ago
Can a guy not get some Christmas shopping done at Vroman's without Secret Service security goons cramping his style? Not Monday evening. Certain aisles cordoned off, certain titles that let's say it didn't pay to be seen reading?Rise in Emigration from the PA Israel National News - Dec 11 8:06 AM
(IsraelNN.com) More than 10,000 Arabs from the Palestine Authority territories in the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria emigrated between June and October, and another 45,000 have made preparations to leave, said Ahmed Suboh, a Palestine Authority Foreign Ministry official, citing reports from PA missions abroad.X factor heads for Arabia Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
The prime minister is off to the Middle East. Blair of Arabia! The man is gripped, fascinated, obsessed.Iran Deliberately Causing Problems In Middle East, Says Blair Nasdaq - Dec 12 2:28 PM
(RTTNews) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during his monthly media briefing on Tuesday, called Iran a "major strategic threat" and added that the Islamic Republic is deliberately causing problems in the Middle East. Blair also said that the Iranian regime was "deeply extreme".Blair: Iran is major threat Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Tony Blair today made his strongest attack yet on the Iranian government, declaring that President Ahmadinejad's government was a "major strategic threat" to the Middle East.Blair calls Iran major threat to Middle East Reuters.co.uk - Dec 12 6:10 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday called Iran a "major threat" to Middle East stability and said there was little prospect of engaging Tehran in efforts to end bloodshed in Iraq.Ahmadinejad tells Holocaust deniers Israel will be 'wiped out' like the Soviet Union San Diego Union-Tribune - Dec 12 4:32 PM
Pinochet's death exposes divisions Associated Press Mourners at the funeral of Gen. Augusto Pinochet booed the defense minister whose government denied him a state ceremony, exposing the deep divisions in Chile over the former dictator's legacy.Analysis: U.N. plea for Mideast peace UPI - 38 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in has last report to the Security Council before retiring at the end of the year, made an impassioned plea for Arab-Israeli peace, saying it was not just another regional conflict the world body faced.Iran poses 'strategic threat' clouding ME: Blair IranMania.com - 40 minutes ago
LONDON, December 13 (IranMania) - Iran poses a "significant strategic threat" which is overshadowing the whole Middle East region, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, MNA reported.Iran Opens Conference on Holocaust New York Times - Dec 11 6:08 PM
The gathering included Holocaust deniers, discredited scholars and white supremacists under the guise of a ?debate? on the era.Prime minister's monthly press conference Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
It's the last prime minister's press conference of the year, and one of the last few Tony Blair will give before he departs the scene at some point during 2007.MK Katz: Prohibit Haniyeh s Return Following Iran Visit Israel National News - Dec 11 8:51 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Member of Knesset Yisrael Katz (Likud) urged Defense Minister Amir Peretz Monday to prevent Palestinian Prime Ismail Haniyeh from returning to the Palestine Authority controlled areas following his visit to the Iranian capital due to his calls for violence against Israel.Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel Nasdaq - Dec 08 12:59 PM
(RTTNews) - Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian Prime Minister, at Friday prayers in Tehran said he would never recognize Israel and would not give up the Jihad movement until the complete liberation of Jerusalem and Palestine land is achieved.PM to broker Middle East deal Guardian Unlimited - Dec 12 5:44 PM
Blair reveals plans of a political and economic offer to the Palestinians in return for negotiations with Israel.Former U.S. president accuses Israel of human rights violations People's Daily - Dec 12 4:38 PM
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter accused Israel of making "horrible, despicable human rights abuses" in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.*Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel Nasdaq - Dec 08 12:59 PM
(RTTNews) - Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel.Blair says Iran poses "major strategic threat" to Mideast People's Daily - Dec 12 4:38 PM
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday that Iran "poses a major strategic threat" to the Middle East.Ahmadinejad tells Holocaust deniers Israel will be "wiped out" like the Soviet Union Boston Herald - Dec 12 2:34 PM
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president said Tuesday that Israel will one day be "wiped out" as the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a conference casting doubt...Gunmen kill 3 schoolchildren in Gaza CNN.com - Dec 11 7:05 PM
GAZA CITY (AP) -- Palestinian gunmen killed three young sons of a senior Palestinian intelligence officer Monday in an apparent botched assassination attempt that could ignite widespread factional fighting.Blair Says Iran a `Threat,' Calls for Work on Peace (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Dec 12 6:23 AM
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, preparing to visit the Middle East, said Iran was threatening the security of the Middle East and that more needed to be done to win peace between Israel and Palestinians.Asian Games: Karate results from 15th Asian Games Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 12 11:14 AM
_ Karate results from the 15th Asian Games on Tuesday:KERIM BALCI Zaman Online - Dec 12 2:12 PM
Speaking to thousands in Gaza last Friday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniye succeeded in showing that Hamas still ruled the streets.Erekat condemns killing of Gaza civilians as result of power multiplicity People's Daily - Dec 12 4:06 PM
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday the killing of innocents in Gaza was the result of power multiplicity and the absence of legitimate weapon.Blair blasts Iran ahead of Middle East trip IranMania.com - 25 minutes ago
LONDON, December 13 (IranMania) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched a blistering attack on Iran, calling it a "significant strategic threat" to the whole Middle East, as he prepares to travel to the region, AFP reported.Simon Hoggart's sketch Guardian Unlimited - Dec 12 5:43 PM
Simon Hoggart: The prime minister is off to the Middle East. Blair of Arabia! The man is gripped, fascinated, obsessed.Iran the major problem - Blair News Interactive - Dec 12 3:18 PM
BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair today moved away from one of the key recommendations of the Iraq Study Group's report on Iraq, saying Iran was now the major problem in the Middle East.UK's Blair calls Iran major threat to Middle East Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Dec 12 12:05 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday called Iran a "major threat" to Middle East stability and said there was little prospect of engaging Tehran in efforts to end bloodshed in Iraq.Defiant Ahmadinejad revels at Holocaust event Independent - Dec 12 4:17 PM
Iran attracted international condemnation yesterday for hosting a conference of Holocaust deniers which was described by Tony Blair as "shocking beyond belief".Jimmy Carter Says Newspapers Ignoring Book -- Or Hitting It As 'Anti-Israel' Editor & Publisher - Dec 10 10:21 PM
NEW YORK Former President Jimmy Carter's new book is an instant bestseller and also something of a lightning rod. "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," published last month by Simon & Shuster, has drawn praise as well as considerable criticism from pundits and reviewers who claim it is "anti-Israel."Iran's president tells meeting of Holocaust deniers Israel will be 'wiped out' CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Dec 12 1:03 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hardline president said Tuesday that Israel will be one day be "wiped out" just like the Soviet Union was, drawing applause from participants in a world conference casting doubt on the Nazi Holocaust during the Second World War .Stateside With Rosalea: Full Moon Over The Teacups Scoop.co.nz - Dec 12 6:24 PM
Completely unreliable sources have informed me that the person who poisoned that Russian spy bloke was born in the Year of the Horse. Or is a Mafia Don. Maybe even a Mafia Don born in the Year of the Horse and with a predilection for smallgoods.Public Address 13/12/06 - John Campbell's Bedroom Scoop.co.nz - Dec 12 6:24 PM
Hi folks: a couple of contributions for our Flying Nun Records 25th anniversary bizzo - yes, it's *that* John Campbell. Don't forget that the winners of our Flying Nun Moments competition will be announced on Friday morning.Paul G. Buchanan: On Markets and Murderers Scoop.co.nz - Dec 12 6:24 PM
The death of Agusto Pinochet Ugarte has reopened old wounds in Chile and rekindled debate about the relative merits of his rule versus that of socialist authoritarians like Fidel Castro.Daily Voting News For December 12, 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Dec 12 6:24 PM
"At least two commissioners and [Broward County] Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes question the reliability and credibility of touch-screen machines without a physical record of each vote.UN warns Palestinian plight increases radicalism AlertNet - Dec 12 11:56 AM
Source: Reuters By Suleiman al-Khalidi AMMAN, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Growing poverty among Palestinians since the West imposed sanctions on the Hamas-led government could radicalise unemployed youths and ...