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  • Comic Book Heroes Brighten Eid Holiday for Youth of Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 26 8:49 AM
    Kuwait-based Teshkeel Media Group today announced that they have joined with Aramex, the leading transportation company, and UNESCO to help children and teens in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.
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  • Push on for Palestine Open this result in new window
    New York Daily News - Dec 26 1:10 AM
    JERUSALEM - A new U.S. drive to see a Palestinian state declared before President Bush leaves office in two years is unfolding in the Middle East.
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  • Students push to bring President Carter to Brandeis Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Dec 26 11:21 AM
    About 100 students, faculty and alumni of Brandeis University have signed an online petition to push the administration to bring former President Carter to campus to discuss his new book on Palestine, without being required to debate it.
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  • The Looming Tower: Egyptian Ideological Origins of Al-Qaida Open this result in new window
    Strategy Page - 37 minutes ago
    Al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahiri's pre-Christmas rants backfired in both Palestine and in Washington, D.C. Dr. Zawahiri -- Al-Qaida's terror emir No. 2 -- ordered the Palestinians to wage his globalist brand of jihad.
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  • Students push to bring President Carter to Brandeis Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Dec 26 9:49 AM
    WALTHAM - About 100 students, faculty and alumni of Brandeis University have signed an online petition to push the administration to bring former President Carter to campus to discuss his new book on Palestine,...
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  • Hamas befriends LeT, Hizb Open this result in new window
    Hindustan Times - Dec 26 12:55 PM
    Low on funds and struggling against rival group Fatah in Palestine, the Hamas has sought alliance with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, two Pakistan-based groups involved in terrorist activities in India, according to an Italian newspaper report.
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  • Syrian's Assad Meets Head of OIC to Discuss ME and Palestine Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Dec 25 9:31 PM
    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.
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  • BILAN 2006 Open this result in new window
    Al-Ahram Hebdo - Dec 26 12:51 PM
    Violences tous azimuts dans le cadre daffrontements civils ou ethniques ont marqué le monde arabe au cours de lannée : la Palestine, lIraq et le Liban semblent aujourdhui au bord du précipice.
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  • Israel Agrees To Free $100 Mln Frozen Funds To Palestine Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Dec 23 10:52 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.
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  • Jimmy Carter's rant: Anti-Israel allegations are the focus of former president's book Open this result in new window
    Cleveland Jewish News - Dec 26 11:14 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.
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  • Abbas, Olmert agree to ease restrictions on Palestine Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Dec 24 8:02 AM
    Jerusalem, Dec 24: 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'.
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  • LATEST GEORGIA HEADLINES Open this result in new window
    AccessNorthGA - Dec 26 8:29 AM
    The Associated Press - WALTHAM, Mass. About 100 students, faculty and alumni of Brandeis University have signed an online petition to push the administration to bring former President Carter to campus to discuss his new book on Palestine, without being required to debate it.
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  • Palestine's necessary civil war Open this result in new window
    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.
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  • Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Dec 26 10:26 AM
    The U.S administration and Israel are accelerating their coordinated meddling in the internal Palestinian divide between the Fatah-led presidency and the Hamas-led government to pre-empt a series of Arab mediation efforts, the latest of which is a UAE-Syrian try according to a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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  • Three teens charged in Palestine House vandalism Open this result in new window
    CTV.ca - Dec 23 5:20 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.
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  • Rawan's message of peace from Palestine Open this result in new window
    The Evening Telegraph - Dec 25 9:18 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.
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  • Palestine PM invited to Jordan Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Dec 25 1:50 PM
    PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has been invited to Jordan for the first time, the Hamas-led Palestinian Government has said.
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  • Palestine PM invited to Jordan Open this result in new window
    The Australian - Dec 25 1:40 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.
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  • With no speedy solution in sight Lebanon threatened by a crisis comparable to those in Iraq and Palestine Open this result in new window
    Monday Morning - Dec 25 1:07 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.
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  • Iran calls in UK envoy over Blair Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Dec 26 3:07 PM
    Iran's foreign ministry summons the UK ambassador to hear strong criticism of recent comments by UK PM Tony Blair.
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  • Nuclear talks bringing China and US closer: envoy Open this result in new window
    Space War - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
    Beijing (AFP) Dec 21 - Six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program may be struggling but the chief US envoy said Thursday they were strengthening ties between the United States and China.
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  • Talks emerge out of Gaza conflict Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor - Dec 26 12:53 PM
    Israeli and Palestinian leaders met to talk about finances and prisoner release in the interest of restraining violence.
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  • MacKay to Make Mid-East Visit Jason McIntyre Open this result in new window
    580 CFRA News Talk Radio - Dec 25 4:11 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.
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  • Ban calls for patience on NKorea Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 26 1:43 AM
    Incoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for patience in international efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
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  • Talks emerge out of Gaza conflict Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Dec 26 12:00 AM
    At a weekend summit, Israeli leader Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seemed to find common ground on a key point: that a devastating Palestinian conflict will eventually total up to a loss for Israel as well.
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  • An Arab 2006: A shakeup of geography and demography: Iraqi frustration, Palestinian fragmentation and Lebanese migraine Open this result in new window
    Monday Morning - Dec 25 1:07 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.
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  • Civil war in Iraq Open this result in new window
    Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Dec 26 6:05 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.
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  • Deepak Chopra: Why Terrorism Is Losing Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Dec 26 9:26 AM
    Since 2001, the phrase "War on Terror" has disrupted American political life by offering a false comparison. Defeating terrorism isn't the same as waging a war. Nothing could be further from a classic war like WW II, for example--now the British government has issued a directive not to refer to the conflict as a war. Insofar as the U.S. has tried to use the war model in Iraq, it has failed. ...
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  • Israel-Egypt talks to focus on prisoners Open this result in new window
    UPI - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
    JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Talks this week between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit will likely focus on the release of key prisoners.
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  • President allocates $30m for Palestine Authority Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Dec 24 7:44 PM
    ABU DHABI The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered allocation of $30 million to the Palestinian Authority.
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  • LOST TRACKS : Good CDs We Overlooked This Year Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Dec 25 11:18 PM
    THE TRUE FALSE IDENTITY T Bone Burnett Before he made his fortune launching the Americana-goes-to-Starbucks movement, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack producer T Bone Burnett was a singer-songwriter of formidable reputation and modest (really modest) sales. "The True False Identity" is...
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  • Waiting, praying for a sons return Open this result in new window
    Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Dec 25 2:06 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.
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  • Budget increase expected for state's parks Open this result in new window
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Dec 26 1:02 PM
    There will still be plenty of specifics to debate.
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  • Democracy and Its Discontents in Gaza Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Dec 26 4:21 PM
    Ramzy Baroud, Aljazeera.net English.
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  • The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Dec 26 4:15 PM
    Khaled Amayreh's article "Futile speech" sheds light on some very painful truths. The actions of both Mahmoud Abbas and Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erakat, underscore one of the many reasons why the Middle East remains in such a sad state of affairs!
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  • DAILY BRIEFING, DECEMBER 22 Open this result in new window
    Tyler Morning Telegraph - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
    Trinity Mother Frances Signs Agreement With Humana Inc. Trinity Mother Frances Health System has signed a participating provider agreement with ChoiceCare Network, a preferred provider organization network owned by Humana Inc.
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  • WAITING FOR THE PAINT TO DRY Open this result in new window
    Tyler Morning Telegraph - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
    About 11 p.m. on Aug. 31, Tyler firefighters responded to Sam's Deli, Bar & Grill, 6011 S. Broadway Ave., to fight a fire that is believed to have started in the kitchen.
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  • 13th century text hides words of Archimedes Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Dec 26 12:42 AM
    The pages of a medieval prayer text also contain words of ancient Greek engineer Archimedes. It takes high-tech imaging to read between the lines. THE book cost $2 million at auction, but large sections are unreadable.
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  • Children & spirituality dominate PMCA in Tehran Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - Dec 24 10:02 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.
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  • Students Start Petition To Revive Visit From President Carter Open this result in new window
    WLBZ Bangor - Dec 26 9:14 AM
    A growing number of Brandeis University students and faculty want former President Carter to visit the Massachusetts campus to discuss his controversial new book.
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  • Kenya: Vtel Group Hit By Econet Disease Open this result in new window
    AllAfrica.com - Dec 26 3:28 PM
    The hurdle that tripped Econet Wireless Kenya in its race to roll out Kenya's third mobile network now faces a would-be competitor.
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  • Palestinian unity is need of the hour Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Dec 26 1:55 PM
    Jordan will host talks between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister Esmail Haniya in an attempt to stop factional violence.
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  • New York Times Bestsellers Open this result in new window
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Dec 26 3:40 PM
    FICTION 1. For One More Day, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $21.95.) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother. 2. Next, by Michael Crichton. (HarperCollins, $27.95.) The author of "Jurassic Park" describes a not-too-distant future when genetic engineering runs amok. 3. Cross, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99) A retired FBI agent tracks ...
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  • Students Push For Carter To Visit Brandeis Open this result in new window
    CBS 4 Boston - Dec 26 6:06 AM
    A growing number of Brandeis University students and faculty want former President Jimmy Carter to visit their campus to discuss his controversial new book - after he turned down an initial invitation. More Massachusetts News
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  • Time For A Regime Change Open this result in new window
    Outlook India - Dec 26 10:09 AM
    Blair's ideological zealotry has helped destroy Iraq, revive the Taliban in Afghanistan, increase the threat of terror in Britain and introduce repressive laws that were not enforced even in the second world war.
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  • Meet calls for economic boycott of invading forces Open this result in new window
    The Peninsula - Dec 24 2:54 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."
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  • Israel and Palestine resume peace talks Open this result in new window
    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.
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  • A life and love well traveled Open this result in new window
    The Plain Dealer - Dec 26 4:08 AM
    Gilford, Mich. - The trials and joys of 17 could fill Katherine Lester's world. She basks in the victory of a straight-A report card. She raves about the admissions rep who visited Akron-Fairgrove High School and convinced her that Baker College in Flint is "an amazing school."
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  • New Releases: Good Charlotte, Omarion, Matisyahu, Switchfoot & More Open this result in new window
    MTV Music Television - Dec 26 4:07 AM
    Axl didn't make good on his promise, but Good Charlotte, Omarion, Matisyahu and Switchfoot are squeaking out new items before 2006 ends.
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  • FM: West unwilling to see Islamic states access modern technology Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 26 8:38 AM
    Iran - Mottaki - Islam Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with Secretary of Libyan General People's Committee for Planning al-Tahriri al-Hadi al-Juhaimi on Tuesday said that the US and West are reluctant to see Islamic states access modern technologies and that this accounts for their exercise of scientific apartheid.
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  • Review of the Arab press Open this result in new window
    UPI - Dec 26 7:44 AM
    Jordan's al-Ghad said Tuesday as the year 2006 "takes its last breath," the Arabs have no reason to be optimistic about what the New Year brings.
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  • Israel, Palestine heads hold first meeting Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Dec 24 2:56 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.
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  • Nicola Nasser: Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 26 11:40 AM
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is expected in Israel and the PA in January, said she would ask the Congress for $100 million to strengthen the security forces of the PA loyal to Abbas; but strengthen these forces against whom?
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  • Writing Peoples History Open this result in new window
    Greater Kashmir - Dec 26 11:22 AM
    And that is more credible a source than the one which documents everything except truth, comments NASEER A GANAI How many lives were lost during the last 17 years? The question will haunt politicians and journalists here for some time.
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  • Too much regulation Open this result in new window
    Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 26 12:18 PM
    (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.
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  • Words worth reading Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 26 2:07 PM
    This year witnessed an explosion of nonfiction books published on the war in Iraq and the so-called "war on terror." For those eager to escape the news or engage other, more creative voices, the following subjective list of the best books published in 2006 emphasizes novels and poetry from in and around the region. Enjoy.
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  • Do America and Israel want the Middle East engulfed by civil war? Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Dec 26 10:26 AM
    Neocons talk a great deal about changing maps in the Middle East. Like Israels dismemberment of the occupied territories into ever-smaller ghettos, Iraq is being severed into feuding mini-states.
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  • Brandeis is urged to bring in Carter Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Dec 26 4:44 AM
    Almost 100 students, faculty, and alumni of Brandeis University have signed a petition calling for campus officials to bring President Jimmy Carter to Waltham to discuss his controversial new book about Israel without requiring him to debate.
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  • Results of Abbas-Olmert talks should be backed in Palestine, Israel Open this result in new window
    Itar-Tass - Dec 24 5:33 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 ...
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  • James Petras: Why Condemning Israel, Zionist Lobby is Important Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 26 11:40 AM
    Democratic, just and peaceful responses to the Big Questions that face Americans, Europeans, Muslims, Jews and other peoples of the world passes through the defeat and dismantlement of the Israeli-directed Zionist Power Configuration in America.
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  • Ran HaCohen: The Embarrassment of the Wretched Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 26 12:40 PM
    To discredit the boycott, Julius and Schama lie about its target, portraying a political boycott as a racist one. By this manipulation, the writers in fact reaffirm the defamation that "all the Jews" are culpable and thus responsible for the Israeli occupation.
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  • Israel To Ease Restrictions On Palestinians Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Dec 26 12:22 AM
    (RTTNews) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday issued instructions for the implementation of a series of measures aimed at easing restrictions on Palestinians including dismantling roadblocks in the West Bank following a meeting with senior Israeli officials.
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  • Israel and Palestine resume peace talks Open this result in new window
    ITV.com - Dec 24 1:16 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.
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  • Volunteer Firefighter Receives Pair Of Honors Open this result in new window
    Southwest Times Record - Dec 26 8:15 AM
    If you met Joe T. King, you probably wouldnt assume much about him. You would not assume that the lanky, soft-spoken King, 72, is a community leader, a steadfast firefighter or the Sebastian County Firefighter of the Year. Maybe its his reserved, do-it-yourself manner that makes him so unassuming.
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  • James Miles: Harpers Global Humanistic Ignorance Continues Open this result in new window
    The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 26 11:25 AM
    I have never been so disgusted with being a Canadian, represented by a such an ignorant person, wilfully so as there is plenty of information available to support all the views and statements made here.
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  • Brandeis Students Supporting Carter Open this result in new window
    WBZ.com - Dec 26 7:50 AM
    WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A growing number of Brandeis University students and faculty want former President Carter to visit campus to discuss his controversial new book.
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  • Analysis: Middle East predictions in 2007 Open this result in new window
    UPI - Dec 26 5:13 AM
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- It's that wonderful time of the year again. No reference to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or the Muslim Eid al-Adha intended. I refer instead to the year-end predictions political analysts traditionally make, in which they project what the year ahead may have in store.
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  • Turkey Welcomes Olmert - Abbas Talk Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Dec 26 4:04 AM
    ANKARA - Ankara has welcomed the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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  • Atalay Says Tika Will Grow Stronger As Turkey Grows Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Dec 26 3:49 AM
    ANKARA - "Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA) will grow stronger as Turkey grows. TIKA's sphere of activity will extend as Turkey's sphere of influence extends," said Turkish State Minister Besir Atalay on Tuesday.
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  • Palestinian Problems Sour Christmas Mood in Bethlehem Open this result in new window
    Crosswalk.com - Dec 26 12:00 AM
    Bethlehem, West Bank - 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.
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  • Israeli Arabs: No To Zionist State Open this result in new window
    Baltimore Jewish Times - Dec 26 8:42 AM
    Increasingly alienated from the Jewish state in the wake of the recent Lebanon war, Israeli Arabs have produced a radical document demanding cultural autonomy and the right to veto government decisions that concern them.
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  • U.S. Welcomes U.N. Security Council Resolution on Iran Sanctions Open this result in new window
    U.S. Department of State - Dec 26 7:49 AM
    The United States welcomes the U.N. Security Councils unanimous decision December 23 to sanction Iran for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment programs but stresses that further action is needed by individual nations and groupings. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns expresses satisfaction that the action, taken under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, was approved ...
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  • Silent night an apt description for Bethlehem Open this result in new window
    Hutchinson News - Dec 26 3:19 AM
    BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Hundreds of people packed the Church of the Nativity on Monday to celebrate Christmas at Jesus' traditional birthplace, but few foreign tourists were among the worshippers, putting a damper on the holiday cheer.
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  • ISRAEL - PALESTINE Israel releases Palestinian funds Open this result in new window
    AsiaNews.it - Dec 24 5:56 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.
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  • Bellmont, South Adams drop a class in football Open this result in new window
    Decatur Daily Democrat - Dec 26 6:48 AM
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana High School Athletic Association is moving 56 high schools into new class divisions for football.
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  • Christ called bridge to peace (Seth McLaughlin / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) Open this result in new window
    The Washington Times - Dec 25 9:06 PM
    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.
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  • Treating the disorder that is Islamophobia Open this result in new window
    St. Petersburg Times - Dec 25 10:12 PM
    Let the world know, American Muslims strongly condemn terrorism and all terrorists, whoever they are and wherever they may be. We love our country and are very proud to be American and Muslim.
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  • An Amish Christmas? Open this result in new window
    Rutland Herald - Dec 26 6:48 AM
    If you are a Christian, it is easy for you to relate to Christmas. If you are not a Christian, you may wonder what promise the season holds for you. Let me suggest that both the Christian or non-Christian focus should be on peace this year. Peace is something we can hold in common at Christmas. Those who are avowedly agnostic or atheistic hope for peace just as "religious" folks do. The desire ...
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  • Bangladeshi diasporas want voting right Open this result in new window
    Financial Express - Dec 26 7:29 AM
    The end of the political standoff in Bangladesh came as a great relief to the Bangladeshi diasporas here in North America who were as tensed and alarmed as people way back home.
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  • Still behind bars Open this result in new window
    Daily Press - Dec 26 7:21 AM
    Gov. Schwarzenegger's plan for prison reform includes most of the elements conventional wisdom would suggest to deal with California's prison overcrowding and recidivism crises.
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  • Centile expands SAMENA's membership base Open this result in new window
    AME Info - Dec 26 2:23 AM
    SAMENA Telecommunications Council, the region's premier non-profit telecoms association, announced that Centile, one of the leading enablers of next-generation SIP-based services for converged Fixed-Mobile and multimedia applications, is now a SAMENA Member.
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  • World bids Annan cautious farewell - Open this result in new window
    Al Jazeera - Dec 26 2:04 AM
    After tens years as the United Nations Secretary General, that included the oil-for-food, sex scandals and other international fiascoes, outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Annan bid the Council farewell as the world remembers the few achievements and curses that marked his ethically-scarred two five-year terms.
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  • Focus on Abraham unites 3 religions on a path to peace Open this result in new window
    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.
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  • Temple Unites Faiths Open this result in new window
    The Morning News - Dec 26 12:52 AM
    FAYETTEVILLE -- Who knew religious divisions could be solved in an Olive Garden?
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  • Olive wood carvers under siege Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Dec 26 3:35 AM
    Eisa Khalid Gareeb and his two sons, Walid and Mansour, did not seem very busy as they grouped in their small workshop in Beit Shahour.
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  • Olmert to release $100 million to Palestine Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Dec 24 1:20 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.
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  • 13th century text hides words of Archimedes Open this result in new window
    KTLA 5 - Dec 26 12:18 AM
    The pages of a medieval prayer text also contain words of ancient Greek engineer Archimedes. It takes high-tech imaging to read between the lines.
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  • Ban calls for patience on North Korea Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Dec 26 1:03 AM
    SEOUL - Incoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called Tuesday for patience in international efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
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  • 13th century text hides words of Archimedes Open this result in new window
    Calendarlive.com - Dec 26 12:10 AM
    THE book cost $2 million at auction, but large sections are unreadable.
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  • Iran hopes for continuation of Hamas-Fatah agreement Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 24 4:23 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.
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  • Ban calls for patience on NKorea Open this result in new window
    TODAYonline - Dec 26 12:32 AM
    Future United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, speaks in front of a board in honor of Ban at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, 26 December 2006. Ban called for patience in international efforts to convice North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
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  • Warriors dominate Hutsonville/Palestine Open this result in new window
    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.
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  • Ban calls for patience on NKorea Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Dec 26 12:33 AM
    Incoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for patience in international efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. "The issue requires time and patience. As UN secretary general, I will step up efforts to resolve it," Ban said.
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  • The Press Republican - Plattsburgh, NY Open this result in new window
    Plattsburgh Press Republican - Dec 26 3:05 AM
    Loading... Professor Jim Torczyner stands in his whimsical garden in Willsboro. This past summer, his green-thumb efforts were not as successful as his planting the seeds of peace Staff Photo/Alvin Reiner
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  • Existential Battle for Palestine Open this result in new window
    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.
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  • Week of 12/24/06 Open this result in new window
    The Times of Northwest Indiana - Dec 25 10:05 PM
    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?
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  • Ban to step up efforts to resolve nuke saga Open this result in new window
    Independent Online - Dec 26 1:15 AM
    Incoming United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for patience in international efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
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  • FUTURE OF TEXAS STATE RAILROAD STILL UNCERTAIN Open this result in new window
    Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 25 9:44 PM
    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.
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  • Old allegiances crumble in Palestine Open this result in new window
    Mail and Guardian - Dec 23 9:53 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.
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  • Canterbury sermon: Full text Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Dec 25 4:04 AM
    The full text of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas sermon.
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