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Warriors dominate Hutsonville/Palestine 
Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Dec 21 9:17 PM
HUTSONVILLE -- The Casey-Westfield Warriors got back in the win column on Thursday night as they defeated the Hutsonville/Palestine Tigers 75-44 in a rescheduled Little Illini Conference contest.Jailed Syrian dissident prods Bush on Palestine, Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 12:59 PM
The jailed Syrian dissident writer Michel Kilo appealed to US President George W. Bush to "work seriously" towards a Palestinian state and to withdraw US troops from Iraq.Zawahri calls for holy war to liberate Palestine IANS via Yahoo! India News - Dec 20 4:41 AM
Cairo, Dec 20 (Xinhua) Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called for a holy war to liberate Palestine in a message broadcast by Doha-based Al Jazeera satellite television Wednesday.Al-Qaida's Zawahri Calls For Jihad To Liberate Palestine Nasdaq - Dec 20 2:38 AM
(RTTNews) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video tape aired on the Doha-based al-Jazeera satellite television Wednesday that Palestinian elections would not free Palestinian land and would be a setback to the holy war against Israeli occupation and called for a holy war to liberate Palestine.Bush signs Palestine act UPI - Dec 22 5:28 AM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed into law an act aimed at promoting the institution of democratic systems in the Palestinian Authority.Husband and wife team open pet medical center Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 22 3:49 PM
A husband-and-wife veterinary team have opened River s Edge Pet Medical Center at 202 Hickory St. N.W., near Tom s Garden Center in North Albany. Leah and David Gray are mid-valley natives. Leah grew up on a 30-acre family homestead near Palestine.Oppression has impoverished, not enriched, Palestinians Gulf News - Dec 22 1:24 PM
Why has Palestine had such an enduring grip on the emotional resources of Arabs these last eight decades, a grip that remains a mystery to people in the Euro-American world?Former colleague challenges Carter book on Palestine Florida Baptist Witness - Dec 20 9:23 AM
ATLANTA (BP)-A longtime adviser to President Jimmy Carter has made a highly publicized break with Carter over the former president's latest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.IDF gets 2 high-ranking Palestine Islamic Jihad terrorists Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 20 7:21 AM
Israel Defense Forces troops and Border Police Wednesday pinned down and surrounded a couple of senior Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists near the Samarian town of Jenin.Israel, Palestine display damaged The Republican - Dec 22 1:34 AM
AMHERST - Robin MacRostie is a graphic designer who created her own graphic holiday statement on her front lawn. She has a menorah and two flagpoles, one bearing the Israeli flag and another the Palestinian flag.British Press: Erdogan Rejects Blair's Proposal for Early Election in Palestine Zaman Online - Dec 21 2:15 PM
The British press says that Turkey came out against Tony Blair s support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas s call for early elections, thus undermining him.Al-Qaida's Zawahri calls for holy war to liberate Palestine People's Daily - Dec 20 12:55 AM
Doha-based al-Jazeera satellite television Wednesday broadcast a tape by al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri who called for a holy war to liberate Palestine.Jihad will 'liberate Palestine' News 24 South Africa - Dec 20 2:43 AM
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has said in a video that only jihad can bring about the liberation of Palestine.UPI Poll: Strong support for 'Palestine' UPI - Dec 21 11:45 AM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- About two-thirds of those asked in a UPI-Zogby International poll said there should be an independent Palestinian state.We need bridges not walls in Israel-Palestine, say UK church leaders Ekklesia - Dec 22 4:54 AM
The Israeli separation wall is "a sign of all that is wrong in the human heart", the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said today in Bethlehem - calling for bridges rather than barriers to deal with problems of violence and division.Friday, December 22, 2006 The Pakistan Link - Dec 22 10:13 AM
TEHRAN: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who is in Iran on a two-day official visit, held the second round of formal talks with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday and discussed with him the situation in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.Jimmy Carter's rant: Anti-Israel allegations are the focus of former president's book Cleveland Jewish News - Dec 22 4:59 AM
Palestine Peace not Apartheid. By Jimmy Carter. Simon & Schuster. November 2006. 264 pp. $27. I've always thought of former president Jimmy Carter as a vanilla kind of guy - someone who's most shocking admission in life was to having committed adultery of the heart. Palestinian politics a battleground Aljazeera - Dec 21 11:07 PM
As tensions escalate between factions Fatah and Hamas, some are eying with concern how the involvement of regional rivals is playing out in Palestine.Zawahiri says only jihad will 'liberate Palestine' AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 20 1:40 AM
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a new video aired Wednesday that only jihad, not elections, can bring about the liberation of occupied Palestinian territory.Zayed Foundation gives $6m aid to Palestinians Khaleej Times - Dec 21 8:15 PM
ABU DHABI The Zayed Foundation for Charitable and Humanitarian Services will spend $ 6 million to build health and educational facilities in Palestine.Pearl Nativity, gift from Yasser Arafat, on display in Rajhrad Prague Daily Monitor - Dec 21 11:16 PM
Brno, Dec 16 (CTK) - A Nativity featuring Mary and Joseph and made of pearl, a gift from Yasser Arafat, then Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman, will be on display in the Benedictine monastery in Rajhrad in the Brno vicinity until January 1, Michal Vlasak told CTK today.Bush signs law blocking aid to Hamas AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 22 8:37 AM
US President George W. Bush signed a law banning US aid to Hamas, aiming to isolate the radical Islamic group which controls the Palestinian government but refuses to recognize Israel.CIVIL WAR LOOMS FOR PALESTINE New York Post - Dec 19 2:36 AM
JERUSALEM - Palestine moved closer to civil war early today after a series of gun battles and kidnappings between Hamas and Fatah factions left one person dead and 11 wounded. President Mahmoud Abbas insisted he will push ahead with new elections...Palestine PM opposes early elections IBN live - Dec 19 6:33 AM
Palestinian PM on Sunday rejected President Mahmoud Abbas's decision to hold early presidential and legislative elections in Palestine.Growing fear of 'Persian Threat' Zaman Online - Dec 21 2:15 PM
The growing Shiite influence in Iraq, the success of Hezbollah in Lebanon in the confrontation with Israel and Iranian financial aid in the amount of $250 million dollars to Palestine all have increased concerns over the Persian threat in the Arabic world.Hornets fall in Palestine, 50-47 Athens Review - Dec 19 8:22 AM
PALESTINE The Athens Hornets lost a close one Friday night, dropping a 50-47 win to the host Wildcats.Reiterating the keys to peace International Herald Tribune - Dec 20 8:45 AM
My book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" was published last month, and with it came a barrage of unfair and unbalanced criticism.It's simple apartheid Al-Ahram Weekly - Dec 21 1:18 PM
President Jimmy Carter is drawing criticism because his new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , uses the label apartheid to describe Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories.James Zogby: Oh! Little Town of Bethlehem...Where Art Thou? HuffingtonPost - Dec 22 1:26 PM
This time of year, hundreds of millions of Christians in the West turn their attention to Bethlehem. But what they think about is not the living, breathing and suffering Palestinian city that is real, but a Bethlehem that exists in their imagination. This gap between American perceptions of Bethlehem and its reality came through quite vividly in two studies issued this week . The first was a ...Jordan's king warns window for peace fading in Mideast AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 22 3:15 AM
Jordan's King Abdullah II has warned chances were running out for peace in the Middle East, with "disastrous" consequences in store unless progress is made in the first half of the new year.Palestine: Land with Interest Middle East Online - Dec 19 1:08 AM
Georges Corm , Lebanon's former Finance Minister, presents a 'dissident' proposal for a just and lasting settlement to the Israel-Palestine conflict, based on the body of law formulated by the international community back to 1947, and on financial reparation for land occupation and expropriation.A Palestinian minister accused the Israeli government of using illegal chemical weapons in the occupied territories. Al Jazeera - Dec 21 8:04 AM
"Analyses carried out in laboratories outside Palestine have shown that Israel has had recourse to banned chemical weapons and depleted uranium" in the Palestinian territories, environment minister Yussef Abu Sofia told reporters in Algiers Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference of Arab environment ministers.Dragons squad is all about teamwork The Indianapolis Star - Dec 20 11:57 PM
With one primary scorer, New Palestine's boys basketball team finished 8-14 a year ago. This year, the Dragons don't have one dominant offensive player, but several solid scorers have helped the team to a 4-1 start -- its best since the 2002-03 season.In Palestine, hypocrisy might be the best policy - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz Daily - Dec 20 1:37 PM
The paragraphs below are taken from my latest Slate article. You can read it in full here : British Prime Minister Tony Blair, visiting the West Bank on Monday, declared, "If the international community really means what it says about supporting people who share the vision of a two-state solution, who are moderate, who are prepared to shoulder their responsibilities, then now is the time for the ...Leader of Palestinian left under cruel prison regime- Free Ahmed Saadat! News From Bangladesh - Dec 21 10:28 AM
In last summer two hearings of a Israeli military court took place at the Ofer prison facility in the West Bank to try the secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmed Saadat, the biggest left wing faction.Mideast leaders seek their own solutions for region The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Dec 22 12:00 AM
For many of the Middle East's leaders, the upshot of the swirling American debate over Iraq is that when, as seems likely, the US withdraws it will leave behind an ongoing war.Dwight A. Cochran Escanaba Daily Press - Dec 21 7:00 AM
NEW PALESTINE, Ind. Dwight A. Cochran, 92, New Palestine, Ind., died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at Brandywine Health Care, in Greenfield, Ind.Unity Accident WKBN 27 Youngstown - Dec 22 6:04 PM
A rain-slicked road may be the reason for a crash in Unity this afternoon.Rabbis try reaching out to Carter, but say damage from book remains J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Dec 21 8:39 AM
new york | With former President Carter traveling the country touting his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, which essentially blames Israel for the absence of peace with the Palestinians, a group of Phoenix-area rabbis hoped a face-to-face meeting could patch things up and help repair Carter s relationship with the Jewish community.Festival of Lights Kinston Free Press - 31 minutes ago
While Christmas trees decorate many windows this time of year, the 25 members of Temple Israel in Kinston are celebrating Chanukkah.Al Qaeda's No. 2 speaks out against elections Sports Illustrated - Dec 20 2:31 AM
Al Qaeda's second-in-command released a new videotaped statement Wednesday that said "holding elections won't lead to Palestine's liberation," CNN Arabic experts confirmed.IHSAA drops Sullivan football to Class 2A Terre Haute Tribune-Star - 11 minutes ago
The IHSAA announced Friday the enrollment figures and classifications for each football-playing member school for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years.Number of Illinois ethanol plants may jump from 6 to 46 Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 17 minutes ago
CHARLESTON -- While six ethanol plants are in production in Illinois, applications for nearly 40 more ethanol plant permits have been submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency this year.Shields, Brooks React to Syria Talks Debate, Bush Press Conference on Iraq The Online NewsHour - Dec 22 5:15 PM
With some Democratic senators pushing for talks with Syria and Iran, and President Bush postponing his decision on Iraq policy until the new year, politics columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks offer analysis of the U.S. role in the Middle East.Looking at Ourselves New York Review of Books - Dec 22 12:00 PM
At the annual memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, we pause to remember Yitzhak Rabin the man, and the leader.Now Blair must appeal to Iran's moderates Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
Tony Blair claimed yesterday that Iran poses a "strategic challenge" to moderate Middle East governments and the west as a whole, in a message that will gratify the ruling hardliners in Tehran.Rhetoric of confrontation Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
Tony Blair waited until the final stop of his Middle East trip to deliver his big message about the state of the region.Middle East Peace Process: Stagnation by Design Ohmynews - 20 minutes ago
Only a well defined and careful comprehension of the Intifada can explain the many dichotomies it presented, its seeming contradictions at times. How could a popular rebellion of an historically...Brown's first job must be to break free of US shackles Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
Gordon Brown's first hundred days as prime minister have already prompted more speculation than Santa Claus. We assume that there will be showy initiatives and sweeteners for all, not least because he will be tempted to call an early election, in 2008.Blair heads to Turkey on first leg of Middle East tour Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
The prime minister, Tony Blair, set off for Turkey today on the first leg of a visit to the Middle East designed to restore momentum to the search for peace and stability in the region.Robert Fisk: Banality and barefaced lies Independent - Dec 22 4:25 PM
I call it the Alice in Wonderland effect. Each time I tour the United States, I stare through the looking glass at the faraway region in which I live and work for The Independent - the Middle East - and see a landscape which I do no recognise, a distant tragedy turned, here in America, into a farce of hypocrisy and banality and barefaced lies. Am I the Cheshire Cat? Or the Mad Hatter?East Palestine police to see pay raises Lisbon Morning Journal - Dec 18 8:31 PM
EAST PALESTINE Police officers and dispatchers could see their wages increase by at least 10 percent over the next four years following action taken Monday by City Council.Gaza gripped by gun battles between factions Independent - Dec 22 4:25 PM
The simmering and unresolved tensions between the two biggest Palestinian factions flared briefly once again into open violence yesterday in both Gaza and the West Bank.Do America and Israel want the Middle East engulfed by civil war? News From Bangladesh - 37 minutes ago
Neocons talk a great deal about changing maps in the Middle East. Like Israel s dismemberment of the occupied territories into ever-smaller ghettos, Iraq is being severed into feuding mini-states.Three IPS schools moving to 4A The Indianapolis Star - Dec 22 12:20 PM
Broad Ripple, Manual and Northwest High Schools will move down a class to 4A next year in football, part of the reclassification process undertaken by the IHSAA every two years.Abdullah s Visit to Boost Saudi-Oman Relations Arab News - Dec 22 4:20 PM
JEDDAH, 23 December 2006 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah s landmark visit to Oman, beginning today, reflects the strong relations between the two GCC countries, said Omani Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Kalabani.Fatal Car Crash WTAP-TV - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
One man is dead and another faces charges after a tractor trailer collided with a car in downtown Parkersburg Friday morning. Wood County crash investigator Kevin Hornbeck says Timothy Mabe of Charleston ran a red light in his semi-truck and crashed into a silver Cadillac.Shaky Middle East Truce ERT.gr - Dec 21 4:37 AM
Islamic Jihad militants fired eight Gaza-made Qassam missiles at Negev desert and the port city of Ashkelon in southern Israel in the last 24 hours. The missiles, which caused no damage or casualties, violated the cease-fire agreement struck between Israel and Palestine on 26 November.Carter's plea to Jews run in Al-Jazeera WorldNet Daily - Dec 20 10:25 PM
Jimmy Carter is taking another stab at explaining himself, his positions on the Middle East and his new book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," a blistering indictment of Israel.President Abbas Pushing Ahead With Early Elections In Palestine Nasdaq - Dec 18 10:22 AM
(RTTNews) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that he has decieded to go forward with his plans of declaring early elections in Palestine in spite of the stiff opposition from the ruling Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls parliament and the Cabinet.Bush signs bill denying aid to Hamas-led authority Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 4:21 PM
President Bush on Thursday signed into law legislation restricting aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority until it recognizes Israel's right to exist, makes financial reforms and takes other steps.OUT & ABOUT, DEC. 23-25 Tyler Morning Telegraph - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Tyler Junior College's Hudnall Planetarium presents its Christmas Show, "Star of the Magi," at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the facility at the corner of Mahon Avenue and Lake Street on the TJC main campus.Forward.com Forward - Dec 20 8:21 PM
By now, many people have surely grown weary of the controversy over Jimmy Carter s new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. And why not?Zawahiri says only jihad will 'liberate Palestine' TODAYonline - Dec 20 2:01 AM
An image grab taken April 2006 from a videotape aired by Al-Arabiya shows Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri. Zawahiri has said in a new video aired December 20 that only jihad, not elections, can bring about the liberation of occupied Palestinian territory.Arabs urged to bury the hatchet The Peninsula - Dec 22 3:53 PM
DOHA Speakers at the Islam-Nationalism conference which opened at the Ritz-Carlton yesterday called upon Islamists and nationalists in the Arab world to bury their differences and remain united to tackle the serious issues facing the Muslim Ummah.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Dec 22 4:15 PM
The report Man Forgives Nephew Moments Before Execution in Abha (Dec. 14) was a great story, telling us that we all everyday, in-no-way-special people have within us the ability to attain heights of superhuman nobility, if only we don t allow our evil passions to kill the angelic sparks that Allah has put into us.EDITORIAL Little seasonal cheer in Mideast The Nation - Dec 22 9:05 AM
American President George W Bush has just signed into law a bill designed to block US aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government and also ban contacts with the party until it renounces violence and recognises Israel's right to existence.Only jihad will liberate Palestine: Zawahiri Hindustan Times - Dec 20 12:55 AM
The deputy leader of the Al-Qaeda terror group, Ayman al-Zawahri, spoke out against early elections in the Palestinian territories, saying in a video tape broadcast on Al-Jazeera on Wednesday that elections would not lead to "liberation."Forward.com Forward - Dec 20 8:22 PM
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is older than the State of Israel. It was the brainchild of famous Polish-born, Vienna-based violinist Bronislaw Huberman. A perspicacious virtuoso, Huberman persuaded about 75 musicians from major European orchestras to make a bee-line to Palestine.Al-Qaeda's Zawahri says only holy war, not elections, can liberate Palestine Pravda - Dec 20 12:51 AM
The deputy leader of the al-Qaida terror group, Ayman al-Zawahri, spoke out against early elections in the Palestinian territories , saying in a video tape broadcast on Al-Jazeera on Wednesday that elections would not lead to "liberation."DUBAI MIRACLE Daily Record - Dec 20 9:34 PM
TONY Blair has insisted Iraq and Palestine could be top holiday spots if they follow the path to peace. Blair cited the growing popularity of Dubai with British tourists, calling it a "modern miracle".EKREM DUMANLI Zaman Online - Dec 22 2:18 PM
While returning from New York Thursday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan answered reporter questions about internal politics, such as the debate over the presidency, mass resignation of the opposition party, and the latest political picture in public surveys.Brandeis group pursues Carter visit Boston Globe - Dec 22 12:59 AM
President Jimmy Carter may yet come to Brandeis University to speak about his controversial new book about Israel -- and even get the stage to himself.Suicide bomber kills Iraq police cadets AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 10:18 AM
A suicide bomber killed 15 police officers and recruits in central Baghdad as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi leaders in an bid to draw up a new plan to end the war.West freshman earns Eagle rank Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 22 3:50 PM
Riley Kinser, son of Cara and Ralph Kinser of Albany, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. An Eagle Scout court of honor was held Dec. 8. Riley is a member of troop 365, sponsored by the Third Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Albany.Africa: Rice Plans Regular Regional Briefings With New Pentagon Chief AllAfrica.com - Dec 22 11:45 AM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she plans a series of in-depth briefings with the new secretary of defense, beginning in January 2007, to enhance diplomatic and military collaboration in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere.Al-Qaeda attacks Palestinian poll BBC News - Dec 20 1:36 AM
Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri says holy war, not elections, will "liberate Palestine".Recurrence Of A Flu Pandemic Similar To Infamous 1918 Flu Could Kill 62 Million Science Daily - Dec 22 7:06 AM
A team of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Queensland in Australia have re-analyzed data from 27 countries around the world to estimate both the global mortality patterns of the 1918 pandemic and, based on 2004 population data, how a similar pandemic would affect the world today.Lebanese police seize explosives AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 11:36 AM
Police on Thursday arrested four people and seized a large quantities of weapons, explosives and fuses in raids against a pro-Syrian party.Palestinian Problems Sour Mood in Bethlehem Crosswalk.com - Dec 22 7:30 AM
Bethlehem, West Bank (CNSNews.com) - A falloff in tourism, an international boycott against the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government, and inter-Palestinian fighting are just of few of the woes that have soured the mood in Bethlehem this Christmas season.'Return to national unity talks' Gulf News - Dec 22 1:20 PM
Doha: The Hamas chief in exile Khalid Mesha'al has urged President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement to return to talks aimed at forming a new national unity government but rejected the president's call for early presidential and parliamentary elections.Sherri Muzher: O Little Town of Bethlehem The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 22 4:55 PM
Growing up in a Palestinian Christian home, the cities in the Bible came alive through my parents stories of visits to nearby Bethlehem and Jerusalem .William Cook: A Christmas Curse The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 22 4:55 PM
Who are they, these ministers of war, that flagellate their laity daily with dire diatribes about Satan s impending presence in their midst, the prophecies of doom and destruction that John predicted in the Book of Revelation?The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Dec 20 4:15 PM
The report Gunmen Shoot at Minister s Convoy in Gaza (Dec. 11) tells us that Palestine has descended into anarchy. There are too many people in positions of power and influence in Palestine who are under the thumb of America. It is these puppets who are creating chaos.WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS? Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 22 12:14 PM
Street Beat TylerPaper.com asked people this week at the Tyler Public Library. Here are some of the answers:ANALYSIS-Al Qaeda seeks support for Islamic state in Iraq AlertNet - Dec 22 8:36 AM
Source: Reuters By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - An al Qaeda campaign to establish an Islamist state in Iraq capable of rivaling the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has drawn limited support from ... Blair has nothing of value to offer the region Gulf News - Dec 22 1:25 PM
Not since the mid-fifties in the days of Sir Anthony when he turned the patch of shrub at the back of Downing Street into the "Garden of Eden" by pruning roses has a British prime minister been so out of touch with the Middle East yet so convinced of his righteousness.Hamas urges Gulf and Arab states to help defuse crisis Gulf News - Dec 22 1:20 PM
Doha: The ruling Palestinian movement Hamas yesterday urged Saudi Arabia and other Gulf and Arab states to step in to defuse the current crisis in the Occupied Territories.Al-Qaeda's No. 2 Urges Palestinians to Use Jihad, Not Elections Bloomberg.com - Dec 20 2:25 AM
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Palestinians to reject elections and wage Islamic holy war to ``liberate Palestine,'' warning that attempts to form a national unity government will fail.Jordan gunman sentenced to death over murder of Briton AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 9:50 AM
A Jordanian military court has sentenced to death by hanging a Jordanian blacksmith over the murder of a British tourist in September in an attack on Western holidaymakers.Roger Lieberman: Politics of Fragmentation The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 22 2:40 PM
It is imperative that Fatah, Hamas, and the other elements of the Palestinian Authority find sufficient common ground to speak in a constructive, united voice for the best interests of their people.Fuelling Global Jihad Outlook India - Dec 22 10:09 AM
The sad irony is that the American war in Iraq has proved to be counterproductive to the struggle against the global jihad movement and has alienated the floating middle of Muslim public opinion. It has given Al Qaeda central and its affiliates a new lease on life.Suicide bomber kills 15 at Iraq police academy AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 21 8:07 AM
A suicide bomber has killed 15 Iraqis arriving at a police recruitment centre in central Baghdad, the US military said, in the latest attack to strike security forces in the war-torn capital.Rice Plans Regular Regional Briefings with New Pentagon Chief U.S. Department of State - Dec 22 12:19 PM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she plans a series of in-depth briefings with the new secretary of defense, beginning in January 2007, to enhance diplomatic and military collaboration in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere. The United States in 2007 also looks forward to working with responsible nations to strengthen democratic forces throughout the Middle East, Rice says. This ...Weekly Recap Of Global Events Nasdaq - Dec 22 2:53 AM
US President George W Bush for the first time this week acknowledged that the US was not winning the war in Iraq. Bush's admission is a reversal from his defiant assertion days before the November elections, when he declared "Absolutely, we're winning."War Profits Trump the Rule of Law Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Dec 22 12:51 PM
Slush funds, oil sheiks, prostitutes, Swiss banks, kickbacks, blackmail, bagmen, arms deals, war plans, climbdowns, big lies and Dick Cheney - it's a scandal that has it all, corruption and cowardice at the highest levels, a festering canker at the very heart of world politics, where the War on Terror meets the slaughter in Iraq. Yet chances are you've never heard about it - even though it ...OIC Steps in for Palestinian Peace Zaman Online - Dec 20 2:15 PM
International friends stepped in to try to mediate between the two opposing groups in Palestine, al-Fatah and the governing Hamas party, after the worst inter-Palestinian violence in years claimed five lives Tuesday.Rice Plans Regular Regional Briefings with New Pentagon Chief U.S. Department of State - Dec 22 11:45 AM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she plans a series of in-depth briefings with the new secretary of defense, beginning in January 2007, to enhance diplomatic and military collaboration in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere. The United States in 2007 also looks forward to working with responsible nations to strengthen democratic forces throughout the Middle East, Rice said. This ...Hornets fall in Palestine, 50-47 Athens Review - Dec 18 10:22 AM
PALESTINE The Athens Hornets lost a close one Friday night, dropping a 50-47 win to the host Wildcats. The Hornets led, 47-41, with three minutes to play, but the Wildcats used turnovers to cut that deficit to 47-46.Iraq not Eye-raq, please -Americans remain baffled and confused about the Middle East News From Bangladesh - Dec 22 10:27 AM
Despite the deluge of information on the Middle East in the US media Americans remain baffled and confused about basics in politics and culture.
