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Palestine council takes over hiring, firing employees 
Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 27 1:07 PM
The Palestine City Council now has the say-so in regards to hiring and firing city employees, including department heads, thanks to an ordinance that was adopted at a special called meeting held on Tuesday night.Get Carter The Nation via Yahoo! News - 45 minutes ago
The Nation -- Jimmy Carter, by publishing his book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, walked straight into the buzz saw that is the Israel lobby.Daud Abdullah: Democracy Remains on Trial In Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - 4 minutes ago
Jimmy Carter is no anti-Semite. He belongs to a prominent group of American presidents who made more important contributions toward the advancement of the Zionist project than the Zionists themselves.Comic Book Heroes Brighten Eid Holiday for Youth of Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq [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.President of Palestine wants to negotiate UPI - 2 hours, 1 minute ago
JERUSALEM, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is opening a channel of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians to try to stop the conflict.Bush sees Palestine in 2007 Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 27 3:35 AM
US President George W. Bush is resolved to see at least one more policy dream fulfilled in the New Year: The declaration of a Palestinian state with provisional borders on the biblical Land of Israel before the end of 2007.Jimmy Carter's rant: Anti-Israel allegations are the focus of former president's book Cleveland Jewish News - Dec 27 1:29 PM
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. Push on for Palestine 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.Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide News From Bangladesh - Dec 27 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).Carter Receives Cold Shoulder Totally Jewish - Dec 27 6:46 AM
Former US President Jimmy Carter s attempts to mollify the American Jewish community following the publication of his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid have been rebuffed.Clay teams compete in local WorldQuest The Florida Times-Union - Dec 27 3:29 AM
How many adults would know the 1917 Balfour Declaration was a British government letter supporting plans for a Jewish "national home" in Palestine?Caution needed in Israel peace plan Sedalia Democrat - Dec 27 3:27 AM
After years of dormancy, moves toward a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine are appearing on several fronts. The Iraq Study Group report contends that an Israeli-Palestinian settlement is essential to a reasonable outcome in Iraq.Wentworth Energy Has Successfully Drilled the Third Well on Its East Texas Mineral Block [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Dec 27 7:30 AM
PALESTINE, Texas----Wentworth Energy, Inc. today announced that it has successfully drilled its third well on the Company's 27,557-acre mineral block in East Texas. Wentworth Energy has drilled and set production casing on the Red Lake Gas Unit #1-R well which is located in Freestone County, Texas.President Carter a knowledgeable authority Aspen Daily News - Dec 26 10:36 PM
In his letter to the Aspen Daily News of Dec. 18, Mr. Ron Harris questions Jimmy Carter's expertise concerning the tragic situation in Palestine/Israel.Students push to bring President Carter to Brandeis 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.Excerpts from letter in Saddam's name AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 27 12:04 PM
Following are excerpts from a letter in the name of Saddam Hussein posted on a Web site on Wednesday.The Looming Tower: Egyptian Ideological Origins of Al-Qaida Strategy Page - Dec 26 9:07 PM
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.Students push to bring President Carter to Brandeis 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,...The Hamas factor International Herald Tribune - Dec 27 7:45 AM
The latest American and European bid to revive the long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process is fundamentally flawed in its denial of Hamas as a necessary partner.Hamas befriends LeT, Hizb 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. Syrian's Assad Meets Head of OIC to Discuss ME and Palestine 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.BILAN 2006 Al-Ahram Hebdo - Dec 26 12:51 PM
Violences tous azimuts dans le cadre d affrontements civils ou ethniques ont marqué le monde arabe au cours de l année : la Palestine, l Iraq et le Liban semblent aujourd hui au bord du précipice.Israel Agrees To Free $100 Mln Frozen Funds To Palestine 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.What happened To The Arabs In 2006 by Bouthaina Shaaban UPI Outside View Commentator Damascus (UPI) Dec 27, 2006 Space War - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
In a recent press conference, President George W. Bush described the American economy at the end of 2006 as "strong, productive and prosperous," as an outcome of his Middle East policies and their consequences on the Americans.Saddam offers self as sacrifice, calls on Iraqis to unite AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 27 3:47 AM
Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has said in a letter that he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Saddam letter: Key excerpts BBC News - Dec 27 12:34 PM
Key excerpts from a letter written on 5 November by Saddam Hussein, released by the former Iraqi leader's lawyer.Abbas, Olmert agree to ease restrictions on Palestine 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'.LATEST GEORGIA HEADLINES 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.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.Saddam's 'final message' urges Iraqis to unite Guardian Unlimited - Dec 27 5:23 PM
The ousted dictator urges Iraqis to unite against the US and Iran and portrays himself as a potential martyr.Sectarian strife threatens Muslim world: Musharraf Khaleej Times - 20 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD - The Muslim world must take immediate action to counter sectarian strife that threatens to tear it apart, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf warned in a speech reported on Thursday.Uri Avnery: Sorry, Wrong Continent Scoop.co.nz - 28 minutes ago
A FEW weeks ago, the 15th Asian games, the "Asiad", was held in Qatar. The Israeli media treated the event with a mixture of derision and pity. Some kind of picturesque Asian circus.Three teens charged in Palestine House vandalism 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.Middle East News: End The Policy Of Isolation Scoop.co.nz - 43 minutes ago
[ Middle East News Service comments: The English edition of Haaretz carries this as its leading opinion piece item (I m not sure where it fits in the Hebrew edition, if at all.)Somalia fighting unnerves regional press BBC News - Dec 27 5:20 AM
Newspapers in Africa and the Arab world express serious concerns over the fighting in Somalia, fearing the unrest could spread to other countries in the region.The Resurrection of Paul Washington Post - Dec 27 9:32 AM
WHAT PAUL MEANT By Garry Wills Viking. 193 pp. $24.95 Poor St. Paul. He is not in particularly good odor nowadays. A deluge of recent books and films has swept Jesus back into the public eye, but the apostle to the gentiles, whose Epistles fill nearly as many pages in the New Testament as the Gospels, languishes under a cloud of contempt. ...Forward.com Forward - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
As two of his top editors leave to work on other projects, Michael Lerner, editor of the liberal Jewish bimonthly Tikkun, has indicated that he is looking to redirect his magazine s energies away from Israel and toward a greater focus on interfaith matters.Forward.com Forward - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
2006: Fact or Faux Pas? In lieu of establishing a Jewish Awareness Month in 2007, take the YPASI (You re Probably An Antisemite If ) test to see if you re an A-S.Rawan's message of peace from Palestine 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.Saddam's 'final message' urges Iraqis to unite against US Guardian Unlimited - Dec 27 4:17 PM
In what may prove to be the final message from Saddam Hussein before his execution, the ousted dictator urged Iraqis to unite against the US and Iran and portrayed himself as a potential martyr.Rice IV by Anne Gearan of the Associated Press Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
QUESTION: We'll start with Iraq -- that's right.Palestine PM invited to Jordan 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.Palestine PM invited to Jordan 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.Uri Avnery: Sorry, Wrong Continent The Palestine Chronicle - 20 minutes ago
In Israel we are used to consider unquestioned "conceptsias" as the mother of all our mistakes and defeats. But is such an assumption any different from the expression of an unconscious world-view?Israelis, Palestinians Find No Accord on Jerusalem Angus Reid - 25 minutes ago
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Support for a plan that seeks to divide Jerusalem after a sovereign Palestinian state is created remains low in the Middle East, according to a poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Mark Schneider: Reasons for Optimism; Why Hope? The Palestine Chronicle - 19 minutes ago
For years I've had this dream of getting hundreds of U.S. moms and dads taking flights into Amman and Baghdad and then dramatically going to find and retrieve their soldier-children.Ramzy Baroud: Democracy and Its Discontents in Gaza The Palestine Chronicle - 4 minutes ago
Palestinians had no illusions that electing a government under occupation doesn t change the status quo of their beleaguered lives, but it could, they hoped, bring an end to the nepotistic system espoused at home.ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2006122839538) Zaman Online - Dec 27 2:15 PM
Members of the Neturei Karta order, the Jews wearing traditional dark clothing and broad-rimmed hats with curls hanging down from their temples in Tehran streets are ultra-Orthodox Hasidis whom we have watched from time to time beating on themselves at the Crying Wall in Jerusalem.Book Review: Violence Over the Land The Palestine Chronicle - 19 minutes ago
Ned Blackhawk has done much justice to the history of his people and the manner in which the west developed, and the manner in which the American empire progressed.Iraq must 'unite against invaders' Guardian Unlimited - Dec 27 8:04 AM
Lawyer releases letter from Saddam after Iraq's highest court turns down death sentence appeal.Saddam ready for sacrifice Dawn - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Dec 27: In a defiant open letter to the Iraqi people, released on Wednesday, Saddam Hussein said he would go to the gallows as a sacrifice and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Saddam urges Iraqis to unite Guardian Unlimited - Dec 27 7:52 AM
In what may prove to be the final message from Saddam Hussein before his execution, the ousted dictator has urged Iraqis to unite against the US and Iran.'Martyr' Saddam: I offer myself in sacrifice, says condemned dictator Evening Standard - Dec 27 3:14 PM
Saddam Hussein sent a final letter to the Iraqi people yesterday - in which he claimed to be a martyr who will face the gallows as a sacrifice for his country.Strengthening ties between Iran-Turkey's political parties undelined Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 27 12:22 PM
Iran - Turkey - Political Parties Ways of strengthening ties among Iran and Turkey's political parties were discussed in a meeting between Iran's acting Ambassador to Ankara Gholam-Reza Baqeri Moqaddam and the leader of Turkish Right Path Party Muhammad Aghaz.Defiant Saddam ready for gallows Hindustan Times - Dec 27 2:40 PM
Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said in a letter released on Wednesday that he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Musharraf for strong Muslim voice to meet challenges Business Recorder - Dec 27 3:46 PM
ISLAMABAD (December 28 2006): President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for a strong Muslim voice to effectively deal with internal and external challenges and emphasised the need for the Islamic world to take urgent steps for ending sectarian strife.Hamas sez it doesn't trust New York Daily News - Dec 27 1:30 AM
JERUSALEM - Hamas accused the United States of interfering in internal Palestinian affairs yesterday after reports emerged of a new U.S. peace plan seeking to bypass the extremist group.Dec. 28, 2005 at IsraelNN.com Israel National News - Dec 27 5:33 PM
(IsraelNN.com) The IDF is prepared and ready to return fire if terrorists continue to launch Katyusha attacks at communities in the north of Israel, said Major-General Udi Adam, OC Northern Commander.Hughes will test Jacksonville Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 27 1:07 PM
The Hughes Blue Devils have dispatched 12 of their first 14 opponents this season. The only two losses have been against the same team 6A-East power Jonesboro.Excerpts from letter in Saddam Hussein's name posted on the Internet Albuquerque Tribune - Dec 27 12:43 PM
Many of you have known the writer of this letter to be faithful, honest, caring for others, wise, of sound judgment, just, decisive, careful with the wealth of the people and the state . . . and that his heart is big enough to embrace all without discrimination.Saddam ready for 'sacrifice' as Baathists vow revenge Times Online - Dec 27 6:22 AM
Saddam Hussein has vowed to go the gallows as a "martyr" ready and willing to sacrifice himself, after Iraq's highest court rejected an appeal against his death sentence....The 2006 List to end all lists Toronto Eye Weekly - Dec 27 4:59 PM
Liberal ads are crazy. In our cities. In Canada. We did not make this up. | Jane Creba memorial on Yonge Street. | Broken Social Scene album tops our cross-Canada music critics poll. | Sarah Slean voted best musician. | MP Sarmite Bulte raises funds, copyright questions.Evacuation No Option For Flood In Netherland's Most Populous Area Science Daily - Dec 27 7:07 AM
A flood in the southern Randstad will claim thousands of victims. And evacuating the area would only save precious few lives, TU Delft researcher Bas Jonkman states in the latest edition of Delft Outlook (Delft Integraal).Students protest at UN office against anti-Iran resolution Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 27 6:52 AM
Iran - UN - Protest A group of university students gathered in front of UN office in Tehran on Wednesday to protest the resolution the United Nations Security Council passed against Iranian nuclear program.Ramzy Baroud: Middle East Peace Process; Stagnation by Design UN Observer - Dec 27 4:10 PM
2006-12-27 | I began the preface of my latest book, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People s Struggle , by making the following claim: The second Palestinian uprising will be etched in history as an era where a major shift in the rules of the game has occurred. But have they?Saddam: 'I will be with the merciful God' USA Today - Dec 27 3:05 AM
Dear faithful people. I say goodbye to you, but I will be with the merciful God who helps those who take refuge in him and who will never disappoint any honest believer. So says Saddam Hussein, according to one of... Pope appreciates Iranians' sentiments for Mary, Jesus Christ Payvand Iran News - Dec 27 9:38 AM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday in a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Holy See delivered a written message from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. -IRNAOlmert lets army stop terror rockets after boys critically injured WorldNet Daily - Dec 27 10:55 AM
TEL AVIV After two 14-year old Jewish boys were seriously injured last night by Palestinian rocket fire, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert today decided to allow the army to carry out select anti-rocket operations aimed at militants in Gaza discovered in the process of launching projectiles.Blogosphere: December 28 Gulf News - Dec 27 1:40 PM
Gulf News web sub-editor Emily Corfe plunges headlong into the blogosphere to find out what bloggers from the Middle East and beyond have on their minds.Saddam will go to the gallows a 'martyr' News Interactive - Dec 27 7:40 AM
OUSTED Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said today he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.With no speedy solution in sight Lebanon threatened by a crisis comparable to those in Iraq and Palestine 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 .Pope appreciates Iranians' sentiments for Mary, Jesus Christ Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 27 8:07 AM
Iran - Holy See - President Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appreciated Iranians' sentiments for Mary and Jesus Christ (Peace Be Upon Them).Saddam offers self as sacrifice, calls on Iraqis to unite AFP via Yahoo! Canada News - Dec 27 3:23 AM
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has said that he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.President calls for strong Muslim voice to deal with challenges Pakistani Newspaper - Dec 27 10:54 AM
ISLAMABAD Dec. 27 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Wednesday called for a strong Muslim voice to effectively deal with internal and external challenges and emphasized the need for the Islamic world to take urgent steps for ending sectarian strife.Acid Suppression Medication Linked With Increased Risk Of Hip Fracture Science Daily - Dec 27 3:07 AM
Use of the drugs proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for the treatment of acid-related diseases such as gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with a greater risk of hip fracture, according to a study in the December 27 issue of JAMA.I ll go to the gallows as a sacrifice: Saddam The Herald - Dec 27 2:08 PM
BAGHDAD. OUSTED Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said in a letter released yesterday that he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Do America and Israel want the Middle East engulfed by civil war? News From Bangladesh - Dec 27 10:27 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.Read excerpt's from Saddam Hussein's letter here Helena Independent Record - Dec 27 11:57 AM
To the great nation, to the people of our country, and humanity,The good men of Leipzig Haaretz Daily - Dec 27 10:23 AM
LEIPZIG, Germany - The phone call two weeks ago reached D. at a cafe in Conne Island, the center of the pro-Israel radical left in Leipzig.Posted: 27-12-2006 , 12:47 GMT Al Bawaba - Dec 27 4:54 AM
Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has said in a letter that he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Iran calls in UK envoy over Blair 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.Saddam a self-described martyr The Australian - Dec 27 3:40 AM
Saddam, in a letter written to the Iraqi people from his cell and confirmed as genuine by his defence lawyer, said: "I sacrifice myself. If God wills it, he will place me among the true men and martyrs."Nuclear talks bringing China and US closer: envoy Space War - Dec 26 8:25 PM
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.Iraq prepares for rapid Saddam execution Khaleej Times - Dec 27 5:39 AM
BAGHDAD - Iraq prepared on Wednesday for the rapid execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein, with the US-backed government eager to bring his chapter in the country s bloody history to an end.East Texas Fishing Report Athens Review - Dec 27 8:03 AM
The East Texas Fishing Report for the week of Dec. 24:Shiro Presbyterian Candlelight service, impressive turnout Navasota Examiner - Dec 27 9:04 AM
n Even with the dreadful weather, I hope all of you had a great Christmas, got everything you needed (not wanted), hit all those famous sales the day after, have your tree down and the house back in order. Now, it's time to make those New Year's Resolutions .Iraq prepares for rapid Saddam execution TurkishPress.com - Dec 27 4:49 AM
Iraq was preparing for the rapid execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein, with the US-backed government eager to bring his chapter in the country's bloody history to an end.Saddam offers self as sacrifice Middle East Online - Dec 27 4:53 AM
Letter: Saddam blames US, Iran for inflaming country s sectarian bloodshed, calls on Iraqis to unite.Saddam calls on Iraqis to unite against enemies Hindustan Times - Dec 27 4:10 AM
Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said on Wednesday that he would go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Talks emerge out of Gaza conflict 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. main Kavkaz Center - Dec 27 6:54 AM
Since the collapse of the super power, Soviet Union in 1991 America has been the lone super power.MacKay to Make Mid-East Visit Jason McIntyre 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.Too much regulation Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 27 7:37 AM
(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.Ban calls for patience on NKorea 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.U.S. finally admits Arafat murdered American officials WorldNetDaily - Dec 26 10:15 PM
The document, released earlier this year, with no fanfare, makes it clear the Khartoum operation "was planned and carried out with the full knowledge and personal approval" of Arafat, a frequent visitor to the White House throughout the 1990s who died in 2004.Talks emerge out of Gaza conflict 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.Saddam offers self as sacrifice News 24 South Africa - Dec 27 4:43 AM
Saddam Hussein says that he will go to the gallows as a "sacrifice" and has called on his former Iraqi subjects to unite against their enemies.Temple Unites Faiths The Morning News - Dec 27 1:13 AM
FAYETTEVILLE -- Who knew religious divisions could be solved in an Olive Garden?People's Revolt in Lebanon Middle East Online - Dec 27 1:38 AM
With "in the street" reporting on the protests and a summary of the recent history of Lebanon, Newsday's Mohamad Bazzi says local Lebanese strife is -- not Shiite vs. Sunni, pro-Islamist vs. pro-Western -- but essentially a rebellion against the Siniora government's economic policies.An Arab 2006: A shakeup of geography and demography: Iraqi frustration, Palestinian fragmentation and Lebanese migraine 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.