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Syrian's Assad Meets Head of OIC to Discuss ME and Palestine 
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East and the Palestinian issue.Israel Agrees To Free $100 Mln Frozen Funds To Palestine Nasdaq - Dec 23 10:57 PM
(RTTNews) - In an effort that would revive hopes for resumption of peace talks with Palestine after witnessing hostility and distrust for many years, Israel had agreed to free $100 million to Palestine that was frozen, reports AP. Israel had also promised to relax travel restrictions.Abbas, Olmert agree to ease restrictions on Palestine IANS via Yahoo! India News - Dec 23 10:11 PM
Jerusalem, Dec 24 (DPA) Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed on easing of restrictions faced by the Palestinians, during a meeting here described as 'positive'.Palestine's necessary civil war The Nation - Dec 25 9:06 AM
Regardless of the latest hastily negotiated truce, the battle between nationalist Fatah and Islamist Hamas seems to be gaining intensity.Three teens charged in Palestine House vandalism CTV.ca - Dec 23 5:16 PM
Three youths have been charged in connection with vandalism at The Palestine House school in Mississauga last month. Police said "disturbing comments" were spray-painted on the driveway.Rawan's message of peace from Palestine The Evening Telegraph - Dec 25 9:26 AM
DRESSED in trendy jeans and sporting a fashionable haircut and stellar smile, pretty Rawan Ellati could be any young woman with the world at her feet.Palestine PM invited to Jordan News Interactive - Dec 25 1:55 PM
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has been invited to Jordan for the first time, the Hamas-led Palestinian Government has said.Palestine PM invited to Jordan The Australian - Dec 25 1:47 PM
"During a telephone conversation, Jordanian Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit invited the Palestinian Prime Minister to visit Jordan, and he accepted,'' government spokesman Ghazi Hamad said.With no speedy solution in sight Lebanon threatened by a crisis comparable to those in Iraq and Palestine Monday Morning - Dec 25 1:14 PM
Dr. Nabil Nicolas, a member of the parliamentary Bloc of Reform and Change, led by Michel Aoun, held the majority responsible for the degradation of the internal situation, and this encourages the strife that we are determined to combat .MacKay to Make Mid-East Visit Jason McIntyre 580 CFRA News Talk Radio - Dec 25 4:14 PM
Our Foreign Affairs Minister is planning a trip with a diplomatic goal. Speaking on CTV's 'Question Period,' Peter MacKay says he will travel to the Middle East in the hopes of rekindling the stalled peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.An Arab 2006: A shakeup of geography and demography: Iraqi frustration, Palestinian fragmentation and Lebanese migraine Monday Morning - Dec 25 1:14 PM
Who is working to modify Arab geography? No need to spend time looking for the reply. Since the implantation of the Jewish entity in the heart of historic Palestine on May 14, 1948, the region has found itself in a state of weightlessness.President allocates $30m for Palestine Authority Khaleej Times - Dec 24 7:40 PM
ABU DHABI The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered allocation of $30 million to the Palestinian Authority.Waiting, praying for a son s return Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Dec 25 2:12 AM
BATAVIA, Ohio The story of Christmas, at heart, is about searching and waiting. The Israelites were waiting for an end to the Roman occupation of Palestine.Children & spirituality dominate PMCA in Tehran IranMania.com - Dec 24 10:05 PM
LONDON, December 25 (IranMania) - A photo exhibition displaying works of the First Photo Festival of Children and Spirituality opened at the Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art (PMCA) on December 23, MNA reported.Meet calls for economic boycott of invading forces The Peninsula - Dec 24 2:58 PM
DOHA The conference on Islam and nationalism that ended here on Friday issued a final declaration that called on all Arab countries to boycott products from "countries involved in attacks against Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon."Israel and Palestine resume peace talks ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Dec 24 1:04 AM
Ehud Olmert has agreed to release over £50 million in frozen tax funds after peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Israel, Palestine heads hold first meeting Northern Territory News - Dec 24 8:17 AM
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held their first formal meeting on Saturday in a bid to revive peace talks and end years of conflict between the two sides.Results of Abbas-Olmert talks should be backed in Palestine, Israel Itar-Tass - Dec 24 5:29 AM
MOSCOW, December 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russia calls on all political forces in the Palestinian territories and in Israel as well as interested regional parties to back the results of the meeting between Israeli premier Ehud Olmert and head of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas , said on Sunday spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Kamynin by the results of the ...Israel and Palestine resume peace talks ITV.com - Dec 24 1:24 AM
Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to release over £50 million in frozen tax funds after peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.ISRAEL - PALESTINE Israel releases Palestinian funds AsiaNews.it - Dec 24 5:51 AM
The move, agreed during the first meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, will ease the suffering of the Palestinian people. Hamas criticizes the gesture as a pure trickery .Christ called bridge to peace (Seth McLaughlin / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) The Washington Times - 36 minutes ago
The hundreds of worshippers gathered yesterday for Christmas services at the Washington National Cathedral were told that people yearn for peace and that faith in Christ can bridge the world's deepest philosophical divides, even in time of war.Focus on Abraham unites 3 religions on a path to peace The Arizona Daily Star via Yahoo! News - Dec 25 12:41 AM
Heeding God's call, Abraham embarked on a journey to a new land, where a covenant with God, believers say, made him the patriarch of Jews, Muslims and Christians, celebrated for his faithfulness today by nearly half the world.Olmert to release $100 million to Palestine Gulf News - Dec 24 1:15 AM
Occupied Jerusalem: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed on Saturday to release $100 million in frozen funds to his neighbour counterpart President Mahmoud Abbas and ease Palestinian travel restrictions in a bid to rebuild trust and cooperation between the two countries.Iran hopes for continuation of Hamas-Fatah agreement Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 24 5:03 AM
Iran - Palestine - Spokesman Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini here Sunday expressed hope the Palestinian Hamas and Fatah movements would abide by a reconciliation agreement they have recently reached.Warriors dominate Hutsonville/Palestine Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Dec 21 9:32 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.Existential Battle for Palestine Middle East Online - Dec 23 7:08 AM
The existential question - recognition of Israel - pits Fatah against Hamas and threatens civil war among the Palestinians, and it hinges on the influence of the West on Palestinian sovereignty.Old allegiances crumble in Palestine Mail and Guardian - Dec 23 9:47 PM
Zuhair Abu Latifa's toy shop is the first in a row of shops inside the Qalandia refugee camp, not far from the tall concrete wall that cuts off the occupied West Bank from Jerusalem.FUTURE OF TEXAS STATE RAILROAD STILL UNCERTAIN Tyler Morning Telegraph - 21 minutes ago
READY TO ROLL: A Texas State Railroad employee maintains a train car in this 2005 file photo. (Staff File Photo By Megan Middleton) Despite the recent reprieve for the Texas State Railroad that will keep it running through August, the long-term future of the East Texas tourist attraction is still unsettled.Too much regulation Corvallis Gazette Times - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
(In regard to consignment shops, Dec. 17): First, I do have an interest in consignment shops. I have a family member who owns one and has been in the business for several years.Canterbury sermon: Full text BBC News - Dec 25 4:08 AM
The full text of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas sermon.Monday, Dec 25, 2006 Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Dec 25 3:12 PM
The daily Iraq violence roundup is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Dec 25 4:15 PM
The news that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for early elections has set of a flurry of comments predicting what the exercise would bring about.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year IranMania.com - 36 minutes ago
LONDON, December 25 (IranMania) - Iranian Muslim nation is happy to wish all Christians a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.Latin Patriarch calls for an end to occupation in the Holy Land Ekklesia - Dec 24 5:28 AM
In his Christmas message to the churches in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah has offered a vision of peace, justice, freedom and an end to the occupation for the Holy Land so that it might truly be a sign of hope to the world.After Europe, Mirwaiz says next stop Pak Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Dec 25 1:27 PM
On an European tour, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said his back channels with the Central Government are open and that he will follow up his current tour with a visit to Pakistan in January. Mirwaiz, who of late has emerged as a sort of consensus separatist leader in the Valley between India and Pakistan, is pursuing what Hurriyat says "an awareness campaign on Kashmir". Mirwaiz's ...Focus 2006: Political Continuity and Change Radio Singapore International - 33 minutes ago
In this edition of Focus 2006, we look back at some of the significant political changes in the region and beyond. Welcome to the programme. I m Yvonne Gomez.Israel to ease restrictions on Palestinians People's Daily - Dec 25 4:07 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ordered the implementation of a series of steps to ease restrictions on the Palestinians.Call for Peaceful End to Iran N-Row Arab News - Dec 25 4:21 PM
MUSCAT, 26 December 2006 Saudi Arabia and Oman yesterday called for a peaceful resolution of the standoff between Iran and Western countries on Tehran s nuclear program.American Heritage Magazine, April 1977 American Heritage - Dec 24 1:06 AM
In the nearly thirty years that have passed since President Harry Truman issued the directives to support the partition of Palestine and afterward to recognize the State of Israel, the motivations of the President have been the subject of extensive historical discussion.Anti-Israel "rabbis" face fallout from Jewish world Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 24 3:23 PM
Jewish leaders from across the globe have decried the sight of six Jews with beards and black hats embracing Iran's president at a conference questioning the Holocaust, believing their gesture hurt the faith.Husband and wife team open pet medical center Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 23 10:21 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.Worried Pope trusts in Jesus to rekindle mideast peace EuroNews - Dec 25 11:30 AM
A frenzy of cheering greeted Pope Benedict in Saint Peter's Square in Rome. In his Christmas message, he confided a sense of dread over violence in the Middle East.Iraqi suicide bomber kills 7 police officers CNN.com - Dec 24 1:21 PM
A suicide bomber walked into a police station in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on Sunday morning and blew himself up, killing at least seven police officers and wounding 30 more, according to a security official in the Diyala province .This year's true heroes:everyday people in the deep South The Nation - Dec 25 9:03 AM
The brutal attack on two female teachers by insurgents in Pattani last week is a tragic reminder that despite its intensifying efforts, the government of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont is not anywhere close to containing violence in the deep South.A bulls-eye on Carter's back The Philadelphia Inquirer - Dec 25 12:24 AM
Critics are taking shots at former president Jimmy Carter, but he says that's okay. The burst of publicity focuses on issues Carter feels are widely hashed over in Israel, but given short shrift in the United States.EKREM DUMANLI Zaman Online - Dec 25 2:10 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.Budget increase expected for state's parks Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Dec 25 8:45 AM
There will still be plenty of specifics to debate.Bombings Kill 4 American Soldiers, 7 Iraqi Policemen Washington Post - Dec 24 12:28 PM
BAGHDAD, Dec. 24 -- Four American service members were killed in explosions, and seven Iraqi policemen died when a suicide attacker detonated a bomb in a police station northeast of the capital, authorities said Sunday. Al-Qaeda says only jihad will 'liberate Palestine' Mail and Guardian - Dec 23 12:47 AM
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a new video aired on Wednesday that only jihad (holy war), not elections, can bring about the liberation of the occupied Palestinian territory.Gaza middle class struggling through Western aid freeze AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 24 11:05 AM
They are not the poorest in Gaza, but mid-level civil servants Khaled and Rami are having a hard time adjusting to their newfound dependence in the face of a crippling Western aid freeze against the Hamas-led government.2006 Bahrain Gulf Daily News - Dec 25 4:15 PM
SARA HORTON reviews the events that made the headlines in July, in the seventh of 12 daily features looking back over the year.Benefits to U.S. sanctions against Iran?! Al Jazeera - Dec 25 8:50 AM
These are excerpts from an interview Boston Globe had with Saeed Jalili, Iran's deputy foreign minister, in which the Iranian diplomat spoke about the Islamic Republic's ties with Washington and international concerns over its nuclear program.Fallout between anti-Zionism rabbis and world Jews - Al Jazeera - Dec 25 10:20 AM
A delegation of six Jews from the Neturei Karta, an international Anti-Zionism organization of Orthodox Jews dedicated to the propagation and clarification of Torah, travelled to Tehran earlier this month to attend the international conference on the Holocaust, called "The Holocaust - Global Vision", sparking anger and criticism among world Jews, specially Israeli Jewish Rabbis.GOODBYE, FRIEND New York Post - Dec 25 2:25 AM
Uri Dan, The Post's Mideast correspondent in war and uneasy peace for the past quarter-century, died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv yesterday at 71. The author of more than a dozen books on the Middle East, Dan - who would always greet Post colleagues...Iraq not Eye-raq, please -Americans remain baffled and confused about the Middle East News From Bangladesh - Dec 25 10:32 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.MP: Iran's nuclear technology following same path as oil industry nationalization Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 25 8:02 AM
Iran - Nuclear - Sanctions A lawmaker and member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hamid Reza Haji Babaei said here Monday that Iran's peaceful nuclear technology is going along the same lines as the nationalization of the oil industry.The Liberated And The Dead Outlook India - Dec 25 9:29 AM
The BBC on the Haditha maassacre the title of the news report was suitably 'balanced': 'Iraqi Deaths.' Not 'American Massacre,' or 'American Massacre Of Iraqi Civilians.'A confident Hamas stares down Abbas, the West Fragile cease-fire holding -- just Monday Morning - Dec 25 1:13 PM
A months-long standoff between the radical Islamists and the moderate Abbas spilled over into deadly violence last week after the president called for early elections, a move strongly rejected by Hamas.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 25 8:17 AM
Merry Christmas - Happy New Year Iranian Muslim nation is happy to wish all Christians a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.Hardcover Nonfiction New York Times - Dec 22 10:19 PM
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama 2. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham 3. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan 4. CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O?Reilly 5. PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID, by Jimmy CarterDo America and Israel want the Middle East engulfed by civil war? News From Bangladesh - Dec 25 10:31 AM
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.Bethlehem marks another gloomy Christmas AlertNet - Dec 25 5:24 AM
Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, background) By Jonathan Saul BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Hundreds of pilgrims celebrated Christmas in Bethlehem on Monday but Palestinian residents said there was little ... UN resolution on Iran indicates anti-Muslim discrimination of big powers against, Reyshahri Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 25 5:47 AM
Iran - UN - Discrimination The resolution the United Nations Security Council passed against Iranian nuclear program indicated discrimination the big powers are enforcing against Muslims, head of Iranian Haj Pilgrims, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri said on Monday.Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide Middle East Online - Dec 25 3:53 AM
For years, Israel had been leaving no stone unturned in its effort to precipitate a Palestinian civil war, notes Nicola Nasser .Iran and North Korea standoff: US policy on NPT is in tatters Middle East Online - Dec 25 7:08 AM
Thanks to the Bush administration, by signing a nuclear deal with India in violation of the NPT and not lifting a finger to reign in Israel's atomic weapons, more and more countries will follow Iran and North Korea in a bid to nuclearize, notes Abid Mustafa .Personal Thought: US policy on NPT in tatters Central Chronicle - Dec 25 9:42 AM
On 23/12/06 the UN Security Council voted unanimously to impose sanction against Iran's nuclear programme. The key aspects of the resolution were a) Ban on import and export of nuclear-related material and b) Assets frozen of 10 companies and 12 individuals.Perilous transition to democracy Gulf News - Dec 23 2:19 PM
When the political process breaks down, the battle moves to the streets. That is the depressing diagnosis for the strife now consuming Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.SoCal Bestsellers Calendarlive.com - Dec 25 5:09 AM
Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores. Hollywood Station by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown: $24.99) Cops stationed in a Hollywood of meth tweakers and hustlers try to solve a jewelry heist and a security guard's murder.Talks emerge out of Gaza conflict The Christian Science Monitor - Dec 24 2:34 PM
Israeli and Palestinian leaders met to talk about finances and prisoner release in the interest of restraining violence. The pending four-fold crisis Financial Express - Dec 25 8:25 AM
As a political scientist, and a Hegelian at that, I have never considered making predictions more than an occasional byproduct of in-depth analysis that would be germane to an intrinsic evaluation of one's corpus of explanations.UK Church Leaders Pledge to be 'Voice for the Voiceless' of Bethlehem Christian News Wire - Dec 23 12:45 PM
BETHLEHEM, Palestine, Dec. 23 / Christian Newswire / -- Leaving Bethlehem this morning after a three-day pilgrimage, the UK s church leaders pledged themselves to continue to be a voice for the voiceless on behalf of the beleaguered people of the town.2nd Vice President of Southern Baptist Convention Invites all Christians to STAND, on Christmas Day Against the WALL in ... Christian News Wire - Dec 23 12:45 PM
BETHLEHEM, Palestine/BUENA PARK, Calif., Dec. 23 / Christian Newswire / -- Christmas day 2006 "The Wiley Drake Show" will broadcast from BETHLEHEM, the City of Jesus Birth, to ask all Christians and their leaders to join UK Church Leaders to pledge to be "A Voice for the Voiceless" in BETHLEHEM.Sorry, wrong continent Middle East Online - Dec 25 2:08 AM
The assertion that we are a European people automatically reinforces the position of our ruling class, which is still overwhelmingly Ashkenazi-European, over and against the majority of the citizens of Israel, who are of Asian-African Jewish and Palestinian-Arab descent, notes Uri Avnery .Christmas homework San Antonio Express News - Dec 24 8:07 PM
Pastors often spend months planning for big crowds at Christmas Eve services.The Resurrection of Paul Washington Post - Dec 24 2:10 PM
WHAT PAUL MEANT By Garry Wills Viking. 193 pp. $24.95 Temple Unites Faiths The Morning News - Dec 25 12:50 AM
FAYETTEVILLE -- Who knew religious divisions could be solved in an Olive Garden?Week of 12/24/06 The Times of Northwest Indiana - Dec 25 12:20 AM
1. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom: A touching novel by the author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" that asks the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a loved one?Monday, December 25, 2006 The Pakistan Link - Dec 25 3:03 AM
ASHGABAT: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has called for greater regional cooperation and collective efforts for security and stability in the region.Bush signs anti-Hamas law Al Jazeera - Dec 23 7:05 AM
The U.S. President George W. Bush has signed a law blocking U.S. aid to the Hamas -led Palestinian government and banning contact with the ruling party until it ends its anti-occupation armed resistance, acknowledges Israel's right to exist and abides by previous agreements and understandings between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, including those ...Don't stop terror rockets, says Israeli prime minister WorldNet Daily - Dec 24 10:21 PM
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday rejected a plan by military leaders here to allow the Israeli Defense Forces to take out Palestinian militants it catches in the process of launching rockets from the Gaza Strip into nearby Jewish cities, WND has learned.Sheldon Drobny: Dark Ages America and Post War Presidents HuffingtonPost - Dec 24 8:53 AM
The title of this piece comes from the book by Morris Berman, Dark Ages America , which was published in 2006. It is a terrific review of the causes of the decline of the "American Empire" after WW II. Berman has made the case through his well-documented book that the Cold War was a product of the Truman Administration and NSC-68 (National Security Council Directive #68) authored by ...MP s literary gift Harrow Times - Dec 24 10:14 PM
HARROW East MP, Tony McNulty gave the gift of reading to children in impoverished countries. Mr McNulty donated a book to Book Aid International during a reception in the House of Commons on Tuesday.Iran hopes for Hamas-Fatah agreement IranMania.com - Dec 24 9:49 PM
LONDON, December 25 (IranMania) - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini expressed hope the Palestinian Hamas and Fatah movements would abide by a reconciliation agreement they have recently reached, IRNA reported.Palestinian PM Haniyeh Praises Suicide Bombers and Vows to Destroy Israel New York Jewish Times - Dec 24 7:22 PM
Israel views Haniyeh's statements as the kind of extremism that fuels terrorism and that has prevented progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.Etisalat may buy stakes in Wataniya Khaleej Times - Dec 24 7:28 PM
DUBAI UAE's telecommunications major Etisalat, which is on target to boost its global investment to $27.2 billion in the next five years, may seek to buy a stake in Wataniya Telecom the second biggest mobile phone company in Kuwait.Jews aren't supposed to love Christmas Haaretz Daily - Dec 24 11:07 PM
Jews aren't supposeed to love Christmas. Historically, our job as Jews was to resist its charms, suspect its motives, endure its excesses. At best, in a Diaspora where schools were public and Christianity assumed, we were supposed to grin and bear it.Israel's FM Livni Warns EU of Iranian Threat New York Jewish Times - Dec 24 7:22 PM
"There are some who perceive the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran as a single, isolated, and somehow manageable problem. They are deeply, and dangerously, mistaken."Quartet extend Palestinian aid plan Gulf News - Dec 23 3:00 AM
Washington: An agreement has been reached to extend US, European, UN and Russian assistance to Palestine. In a statement issued by the three countries and the UN, they said Palestinians were in need, and encouraged donors to respond to UN and other requests.Fifteen Vigo players on All-Wabash football team Terre Haute Tribune-Star - Dec 24 5:59 PM
Unbeaten regular seasons or competitive play against tough schedules.Archbishop to Appeal for Peace in the Holy Land Christian Today - Dec 25 12:10 AM
The Archbishop of Canterbury will appeal for peace in the Holy Land in his Christmas sermon today The appeal comes days after his return from the Holy Land where he was on pilgrimage with other church leaders including Cardinal Cormac MurphyOConnorFEATURE-Anti-Israel "rabbis" face fallout from Jewish world AlertNet - Dec 24 3:09 PM
Source: Reuters By Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Jewish leaders from across the globe have decried the sight of six Jews with beards and black hats embracing Iran's president at a conference ... 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.Roundup: Palestinian factions depreciate importance of Abbas-Olmer t talks People's Daily - Dec 24 4:08 PM
Several Palestinian factions, including the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), on Sunday depreciated the impact of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.Saudi-Oman Ties Get Big Boost Arab News - Dec 24 4:18 PM
MUSCAT, 25 December 2006 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Sultan Qaboos of Oman held talks here yesterday on major regional and international issues and explored ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation in all areas, an official statement after their meeting at Al-Alam Palace said.PM calls for resolving global disputes Dawn - Dec 24 7:49 PM
ASHKABAD (Turkmenistan), Dec 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who was in Ashkabad on Sunday to attend the funeral of Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov, held meetings with different world leaders and discussed with them regional and international issues.Judean birth sparks debate The Woonsocket Call - Dec 24 3:48 PM
BETHLEHEM, Judea -- A newborn became the subject of heated controversy recently when three astrologers from the East announced their belief that the child was the awaited Messiah -- a savior and king.Holy Land's woes sink Bethlehem's Christmas spirit / Strife ruins celebrations, local economy San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 24 3:41 AM
This is the first Christmas season that Hamas has hosted in Bethlehem, and things are not looking good in the town where Jesus was born 2,000 years ago. "This is the saddest Christmas. As you see, Manger Square is empty," said Mayor Victor Batarseh, a... Washington Area Bestsellers Washington Post - Dec 24 12:56 AM
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Dec. 17, 2006. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright ? 2006 by Nielsen BookScan. (Right-hand column of italicized numbers reflects weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. Advice,... Bethlehem tries to stem exodus of Christians Boston Globe - Dec 24 1:28 AM
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Victor Batarseh, the mayor of Bethlehem, looked around the famous piazza outside the Church of the Nativity and sighed. The hordes of Christmas pilgrims who used to flock to the birthplace of Jesus at this time of year were nowhere to be seen.At Christmastime, remember the military St. Petersburg Times - Dec 24 4:44 AM
There has been a lot of discussion of support for the troops, especially during the holiday season. All of this conversation takes me back to Christmas 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia.
