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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.Andalucia beat joint Palestine-Israel team The Star Online - Dec 28 4:22 PM
SEVILLE: One subject Israelis and Palestinians agree on is football. Members of Israel s national squad partnered Palestinian players against a team representing the southern Spanish region of Andalusia on Wednesday for a friendly organised by the Peres Centre for Peace aimed at promoting peace.Get Carter The Nation via Yahoo! News - Dec 27 9:00 PM
The Nation -- Jimmy Carter, by publishing his book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, walked straight into the buzz saw that is the Israel lobby.Russia calls to fulfill Olmert-Abbas agreements Itar-Tass - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
MOSCOW, December 29 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia hopes Israel and Palestine will not resort to unilateral actions, which would anticipate the solution of the issue of the final status of Palestinian territories, Russian foreign ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said Thursday.Victim s tears fail to deter legal procedure Lisbon Morning Journal - 11 minutes ago
LISBON An East Palestine man waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of attempted involuntary manslaughter despite a tearful plea from his girlfriend to lower his bond.Daud Abdullah: Democracy Remains on Trial In Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 27 9:40 PM
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.Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide News From Bangladesh - Dec 28 10:24 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).President of Palestine wants to negotiate UPI - Dec 27 7:43 PM
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.Abbas has said Olmert welcomes the idea of Israeli-Palestinian talks through informal channels [EPA] Aljazeera - Dec 28 12:52 AM
Nawaf Hawatmeh, general secretary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has told Al Jazeera that Hamas officials met Israeli officials in London and prepared what he called the "Geneva Hamas document".A Regular Guy Who Showed a Devotion to Local Causes Washington Post - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Gerald R. Ford thought globally as a president, but in a salubrious 30-year retirement spent on ski slopes and putting greens, he acted locally, serving on charities, donning sneakers for the first Desert AIDS Walk, speaking to the Boys and Girls Club and leading the annual... Israel Says Egypt Sends Weapons to Abbas?s Forces, With Israeli and U.S. Approval New York Times - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
Egypt has sent a shipment of weapons into the Gaza Strip to forces loyal to the Palestinian president, officials said.Oh! Little Town of Bethlehem Where Art Thou? Middle East Online - Dec 28 1:53 AM
When Americans think at all about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they do so through the prism of the Israeli narrative. They either do not see the Palestinian side of the story, or see a Palestine gutted of its human content, says James Zogby .Palestinian autonomy is overdue Aspen Daily News - Dec 27 11:51 PM
I couldn't agree more with Mr. Larrowe in that former President Carter clearly points out in his book "Palestine, Peace not Apartheid" that "Israel was admitted to the U.N. in 1949 with the clear proviso that Palestinian refugees would be allowed to return to their homeland or be fully compensated for lost property."Israel confirms approval of weapons shipment to Abbas International Herald Tribune - Dec 28 6:44 PM
Israel and the United States reportedly backed the move to send weapons and ammunition to forces loyal to the Palestinian president. Wave of terror on the way Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 28 2:05 AM
The Palestine Islamic Jihad, which operates with impunity inside the Palestinian Authority-controlled Gaza Strip, warned Wednesday that a tsunami of terror is about to be unleashed against Israeli Jews.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.Political Ups and Downs in 2006 Fox News - Dec 28 6:26 PM
2006 was harsh for the GOP, great for Democrats, rough on President Bush and probably unsustainably stellar for Sen. Barack Obama.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. "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories" tops Amazon.ca's fiction list Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Dec 28 12:27 PM
TORONTO (CP) - Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Dec. 26 from Amazon.caExcerpts from letter in Saddam's name AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 28 3:53 AM
Following are excerpts from a letter in the name of Saddam Hussein posted on a Web site on Wednesday.Medea Benjamin: Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2006 HuffingtonPost - Dec 28 1:57 PM
As we close this year on the low of a devastating conflict in Iraq and a President contemplating sending yet more troops to fight and die in an unwinnable war, let us not forget that it was a year of many positive gains for the progressive movement. Here are just ten. 1. First, of course, is the November elections, when voters gave Republicans an "electoral thumpin'". From California's Jerry ...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.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?EAST TEXAS FISHING REPORT The Daily Sentinel - 29 minutes ago
NACOGDOCHES: Lake Nacogdoches is about 2 1/2 feet low and clear. Water temp is in the upper 40s.$1-a-pack hike in cigarette tax three days away The Daily Sentinel - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
In the early 1900s, tobacco was one of the lifeblood crops of Nacogdoches.Oklahoman who fell in Iraq had plans for his life The Norman Transcript - 7 minutes ago
CNHI News ServiceQUINTON -- When he spoke to his mother last Thursday, he said he'd call her again on Chris...Blood Drive KTRE-TV East Texas - 47 minutes ago
Stewart Regional Blood Center and East Texas Radio Group will kick off the New Year again with the third annual East Texas Battle for Life blood drive Jan. 2-6.Charity link to Hamas probed BBC News - Dec 28 5:34 AM
The Charity Commission launches a formal inquiry into the London-based Palestinian charity Interpal, after a BBC investigation.My Notebook: Iraq's burning but expect no U-turn by Bush New Straits Times - Dec 28 5:20 PM
THE year-end festivities are in the air as the New Year is just a few days away. But there is nothing much to celebrate in Iraq as violence soars to its highest level on record.Buzzer shot lifts P-W to overtime win HOLIDAY CLASSIC Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 28 1:23 PM
JESSIEVILLE Thank goodness for second chances.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.Turbulent year for books was a page-turner Calendarlive.com - Dec 28 6:40 PM
Accusations, including fraud, plagariasm and cooked-up identities, created a scandalous year for the once-genteel publishing industry.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.Fatah Denies Receiving Weapons From Egypt With Israeli Approval Nasdaq - Dec 28 12:08 PM
(RTTNews) - Thursday, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denied reports that Egypt had sent weapons to Fatah members loyal to Abbas.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.34 Years Later, U.S. Concludes Arafat Planned Killing of Envoy Israel National News - 26 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) The American State Department announced Thursday its conclusion that arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat was behind the 1973 murder of American and other diplomats in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.WOODS DOMINATES SUMMER MONTHS ON PGA TOUR Tyler Morning Telegraph - 1 minute ago
It was a Tiger summer in every way. The months of July and August re-established one Tiger as the best golfer, maybe ever, while another team of Tigers continued to make believers out of everyone.ADL lists top 10 issues affecting Jews in 2006 Cleveland Jewish News - 30 minutes ago
Israel fights to protect itself from Hezbollah in the north and Hamas in the south, growing violence among Islamic extremists; the Iranian threat to Israel, Jews and the world; and concerns about global anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias at the United Nations were among the issues most affecting the Jewish community in 2006, according to the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) annual list.Branded terrorist, microcredit czar keeps lending Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Dec 28 11:02 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Hussein al-Shami, custodian of cash for the Islamist militant group Hezbollah, has had a rough few months. During Hezbollah's 33-day war with Israel this summer, Israeli warplanes obliterated the 10-story Beirut apartment building where Mr. Shami had lived with his family.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.MidEast: The eye of the labyrinth and beyond Gulf News - Dec 28 12:56 PM
When it comes to discussing the Middle East, talk of American foreign policy is inevitable. The world's only superpower has long invested its time and energy in the region but since 9/11, this "involvement" has intensified and reached newer heights.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.Hussein letter to Iraq: 'Do not hate' The Philadelphia Inquirer - Dec 28 2:33 AM
Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to embrace "brotherly coexistence" and not to hate U.S.-led foreign troops, in a goodbye letter posted on a Web site yesterday, a day after Iraq's highest court upheld his death sentence and ordered him hanged within 30 days.End of the neocons Al-Ahram Weekly - Dec 28 12:45 PM
There came a moment in 2006, impossible to pinpoint even to the month (certainly it occurred well before the one, only and everlasting Shimon Peres said, "I told the Americans that there is no sense in sending a $100 million jet to chase a terrorist that will down the plane with a shoulder-held grenade launcher.Sectarian strife threatens Muslim world: Musharraf IANS via Yahoo! India News - Dec 28 4:27 AM
Islamabad, Dec 28 (DPA) The Muslim world must take action to counter sectarian strife that threatens to tear it apart, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf warned in a speech Thursday.War and Religion Manhasset Press - Dec 28 11:55 AM
The horrendous death tolls in Iraq, mainly of Moslem Sunnis and Moslem Shiites, should not have come as a surprise. Here is a list of the majority of wars in only the last 100 years.The West Wing - The Complete Series Collection DVD Talk - Dec 28 10:42 AM
Warner Bros. // Unrated // $299.98 // November 7, 2006 "We're going to raise the level of public debate in this country, and let that be our legacy." - Leo McGarryExcerpts from the Hussein letter Boston Globe - Dec 28 1:20 AM
To the great nation, to the people of our country, and humanity, 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.Islam not against modernisation: Mush IBN via Yahoo! India News - Dec 28 4:44 AM
Musharraf has said Islam is not in conflict with modernisation but modernisation was distinct from westernisation.Faith in the people Al-Ahram Weekly - Dec 28 12:43 PM
Tarek El-Bishri, 73, a prominent judge, scholar, historian and intellectual, has been a major inspiration to Egypt's movements for change and dissent. In a general assembly this summer, pro- reform judges hailed El-Bishri as the "godfather of the Egyptian judiciary".'I call on you not to hate,' Hussein says in letter on Web Baltimore Sun - Dec 28 5:07 AM
Here are excerpts from a letter in the name of Saddam Hussein posted on a Web site yesterday: Risks and perils loom large Gulf News - Dec 28 12:55 PM
Although peering into the fog of the future is always a hazardous business, it would not be rash to say that, of all the potential man-made catastrophes that might afflict the world this coming year, for sheer destructiveness none would surpass an American/Israeli attack on Iran.Santa for All The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dec 28 1:08 PM
I enjoyed reading Larry Miller's article, "I'm Dreaming...of a White...Chri -- Er, Holidays" (Dec. 22). I was born, raised and live in L.A. County, and I have yet to witness falling snow with white landscapes.Musharraf calls for Muslim unity UPI - Dec 28 6:28 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday appealed for Muslims worldwide to stop sectarian fighting and associating modernization with westernization.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,...Beirut paralysis Al-Ahram Weekly - Dec 28 12:44 PM
Lebanon reaped the consequences of its inherent contradictions in 2006. The fragile balance established to end the civil war was only ever meant to be temporary.JewishJournal.com The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Dec 28 1:09 PM
While world Jewry recovers from the shock of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Holocaust conference in Tehran, emotions are slowly giving way to analysis.Sectarian strife threatens Muslim world: Musharraf The Times of India - Dec 28 7:06 AM
The Muslim world must take action to counter sectarian strife that threatens to tear it apart, Pak president has said.South Africa: Iraq - World must Unite AllAfrica.com - Dec 28 7:44 AM
The United States is losing the war in Iraq and something decisive must be done about it, fast, the bipartisan US congressional Iraq Study Group (ISG) has warned. Meanwhile back on his Texas ranch, George W Bush continues to mull over his response.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.Sectarian strife threatens Muslim world: Musharraf The Times of India - Dec 28 6:46 AM
ISLAMABAD: The Muslim world must take action to counter sectarian strife that threatens to tear it apart, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf warned in a speech on Thursday.Do America and Israel want the Middle East engulfed by civil war? News From Bangladesh - Dec 28 10:26 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.Too much regulation Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 28 12:08 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.Protesters are the ones who mock Judaism Ann Arbor News - Dec 28 6:32 AM
Laurel Federbush's Dec. 19 letter defended Blaine Coleman's display of a "F*** Israel'' sign at an Ann Arbor City Council meeting. Federbush wrote that "Coleman's sign actually contained two obscene words, the other being "Israel'' ... which is a mockery of Judaism.'' 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.SADDAM AVENGERS New York Post - Dec 28 2:35 AM
WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party thugs threatened revenge attacks on U.S. interests "everywhere" if the Iraqi government executes the ousted dictator. The saber-rattling message came amid a surprise on the streets of Baghdad -...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.LETTER FROM SADDAM RELEASED Orlando Sentinel - Dec 28 6:33 AM
'I CALL ON YOU NOT TO HATE' A farewell letter posted Wednesday on the Internet in the name of Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis not to hate the invaders of their country.Dear Iraqis, goodbye...: Saddam Central Chronicle - Dec 28 10:03 AM
Baghdad, Dec 28: Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to embrace ''brotherly coexistence'' and not to hate US-led foreign troops in a goodbye letter posted on a Website on Wednesday, a day after Iraq's highest court upheld his death sentence and ordered him hanged within 30 days.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.Sectarian strife can engulf Muslim world The Pakistan Link - Dec 28 7:27 AM
ISLAMABAD: Sectarian strife could sow the seeds for a disaster that could engulf the entire Muslim world if not addressed immediately, President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday.Sectarian strife threatens Muslim world, warns Musharraf The Sun Daily - Dec 28 4:15 AM
ISLAMABAD (DEC 28, 2006): 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 today.President calls for strong Muslim voice to deal with challenges The Pakistan Link - Dec 28 7:26 AM
ISLAMABAD: 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.Zimbabwe: Neo-Liberalism - the Glittering Python AllAfrica.com - Dec 28 5:44 AM
IT is 17 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequent end of the Cold War.Russell Brown, MP for Dumfries and Galloway The Galloway News - Dec 28 6:04 AM
ANOTHER year passes and another approaches. Many lessons learned and many hurdles overcome. At this time of year we celebrate the good times experienced over the past year, while we take the opportunity to reflect upon the bad.Islam not at conflict with modernisation: Musharraf rediff.com - Dec 28 4:40 AM
He said Muslim nations needed to work for reconciliation with the world.What happened To The Arabs In 2006 by Bouthaina Shaaban UPI Outside View Commentator Damascus (UPI) Dec 27, 2006 Space War - Dec 27 7:54 PM
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.Fears surrounding bird flu abating in Saudi AME Info - Dec 28 3:53 AM
Nine months after its first look at public concern in Saudi Arabia over 'bird flu', TNS checks up and finds that awareness is still high, but there is a growing indifference to the disease as fewer people see it having any impact on their lives.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.Germany At EU Helm Seeks to Revive Mideast Quartet Deutsche Welle - Dec 28 4:27 AM
Germany is well-positioned to restart a Middle East peace process when it takes over the EU presidency Jan. 1. The recent violence in the Gaza Strip has Berlin concerned the fragile ceasefire could collapse.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.WAITING FOR THE PAINT TO DRY Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 28 7:14 AM
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.DAILY BRIEFING, DECEMBER 22 Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 28 7:15 AM
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.2007: another bad year for Iraq Kurdish Media - Dec 28 5:37 AM
"The situation in Iraq will get worse in 2007." That is the view of most of the American policy-makers, present and past, as summarised by Bob Woodward in his book State of Denial.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.Fraud, war and bad ideas The News & Observer - Dec 28 12:42 AM
Publishing world has a weird year.Temple Unites Faiths The Morning News - Dec 28 12:38 AM
FAYETTEVILLE -- Who knew religious divisions could be solved in an Olive Garden?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.Saddam urges Iraqis to unite against US Mail and Guardian - Dec 28 1:23 AM
In what may prove to be the final message from Saddam Hussein before his execution, the ousted dictator urged Iraqis to unite against the United States and Iran and portrayed himself as a potential martyr.Indias Nuclear Disarmament Gets Critical OneWorld South Asia - Dec 28 2:36 AM
In October 2006, eight years after India and Pakistan crossed the nuclear threshold, the world witnessed yet another breakout, when North Korea exploded an atomic bomb and demanded that it be recognised as a nuclear weapons-state. Talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons, in return for security guarantees and economic assistance, collapsed last week.Week of 12/24/06 The Times of Northwest Indiana - Dec 27 10:55 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?Excerpts from Saddam's letter IBN live - Dec 27 11:33 PM
Excerpts from a letter by Saddam Hussein that a member of his team confirmed was written by him on November 5.Sectarian strife threatens Muslim world: Musharraf Khaleej Times - Dec 27 9:24 PM
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.Muslim sensitivity training for 45,000 airport workers WorldNetDaily - Dec 27 10:28 PM
The Transportation Security Administration created after 9/11 to safeguard America's airports is providing Islamic sensitivity training to 45,000 airport security officers so they'll know what to expect when Muslims fly from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia to participate in the annual "hajj," or pilgrimage to Mecca.Uri Avnery: Sorry, Wrong Continent Scoop.co.nz - Dec 27 9:17 PM
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.