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Turkish Delegation To Travel To Palestine To Deliver Humanitarian Aid 
TurkishPress.com - Dec 29 10:13 AM
CORUM - A Turkish humanitarian delegation comprising parliamentarians and aid organizations` executives will travel to Palestine to deliver the aid collected through a campaign launched by Humanitarian Aid Fund, sources said on Thursday.Palestine covered in white Zaman Online - Dec 29 2:07 PM
The Middle East, experiencing a new wave of violence, enjoyed a bit of reprieve and welcomed snow before the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice Holiday and the New Year.Palestine council takes over hiring, firing employees Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 27 1:04 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.Patriots finish 2-0 at tourney Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 29 1:27 PM
JESSIEVILLE The Palestine-Wheatley Patriots put away Magnet Cove 50-43 Thursday at the Regions Holiday Classic to win their sixth straight game. Wednesday, P-W got past Jessieville 63-61 in overtime.Jimmy Carter's challenge Gloucester Daily Times - Dec 29 9:21 AM
From the reaction to his latest book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," you'd think former President Jimmy Carter had poked a stick in a hornets' nest.A 14-Year-Old Boy Named Ahmed Berkeley Daily Planet - Dec 29 9:35 AM
Now, when the world s attention is pinned on Iraq, the Iraq Study Groups findings, Syria, Iran and the possibilities for a new outcome in the region, my mind wanders to Ahmed and Palestine.CHBC Scores 170 Points In Two Wins Shelbyville Daily Union - Dec 29 11:38 AM
CHBC bounced back from a first round loss at the Dieterich Holiday Tournament to Newton, 49-44, scoring 170 points in two wins on Thursday. They beat host Dieterich, 89-12, and beat Palestine-Hutsonville, 81-30.Church News - 12/29/06 Corsicana Daily Sun - Dec 29 10:04 AM
Kelly s Temple, 501 N. Third, where Elder B.J. Kelly is pastor, will host its annual holiday revival at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29 and end with its watch meeting at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Conductor for the revival will be Minister Cassandra Bering of Palestine.'Terror' charity faces third probe Evening Standard - Dec 29 2:57 AM
A London-based charity providing aid to Palestinians is under investigation again over alleged links to militant Islamist group Hamas. The Charity Commission has launched a formal probe into Interpal, which supplies relief and development aid to Palestine and its refugees.Andalucia beat joint Palestine-Israel team The Star Online - Dec 28 4:18 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.A hard road to peace Appeal-Democrat - Dec 29 1:16 AM
Dec. 29, 2006 - After years of dormancy, moves toward a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine are appearing on several fronts.Russia calls to fulfill Olmert-Abbas agreements Itar-Tass - Dec 28 6:54 PM
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 - Dec 28 9:34 PM
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.Muslim pilgrims pray for peace at Mount Arafat Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 29 7:34 AM
More than 2 million elated Muslim pilgrims crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Mecca on Friday, praying for Muslims around the world and hoping for a safe haj.Daud Abdullah: Democracy Remains on Trial In Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - Dec 27 9:35 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.Area Muslims will join in observance of Eid al-Adha Richmond Times-Dispatch - 2 minutes ago
Area Muslims will observe Eid al-Adha starting tomorrow with prayer services and family activities around Richmond. Eid al-Adha, a major Islamic holiday, is a three-day observance that takes place at the end of the annual hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.Obituary: Saddam Hussein Financial Times - 49 minutes ago
The former Iraqi dictator showed early promise as an administrator. But two disastrous wars against Iran and Kuwait and an increasingly ruthless rule of terror inflicted isolation and misery on his countryComic 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.Saddam Hussein Put To Death Vh1 - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
in 1982, CNN has confirmed. The execution was not shown on live television, although it was videotaped, CNN reports. Images of atrocities wreaked by his regime were broadcast on state TV leading up to the hanging, according to The Associated Press.Saddam Hussein Put To Death MTV Music Television - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad at approximately 6 a.m. Saturday morning.Obituary - Saddam Hussein Times Online - 2 hours, 1 minute ago
Saddam Hussein was a tyrant whose actions brought down unimaginable catastrophe on Iraq and its peoples....Pre-empting Arab Mediation in Palestinian Divide News From Bangladesh - Dec 28 10:28 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).A Regular Guy Who Showed a Devotion to Local Causes Washington Post - Dec 28 11:20 PM
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... President of Palestine wants to negotiate UPI - Dec 27 7:51 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.Saddam Hussein Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
The Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was executed this morning at the age of 69, may not yield many general biographies - he was personally too uninteresting for that - but he will be a case study for political scientists for years to come.Abbas has said Olmert welcomes the idea of Israeli-Palestinian talks through informal channels [EPA] Aljazeera - Dec 28 12:45 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".ET basketball The Longview News-Journal - 35 minutes ago
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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.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 .Israel Says Egypt Sends Weapons to Abbas?s Forces, With Israeli and U.S. Approval New York Times - Dec 28 7:25 PM
Egypt has sent a shipment of weapons into the Gaza Strip to forces loyal to the Palestinian president, officials said.Palestinian autonomy is overdue Aspen Daily News - Dec 27 11:54 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."Eid celebrated in different countries with one feeling Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
ABU DHABI Eid Al Adha is a festival of sacrifice. Word 'Adha' comes from 'Adhiya' meaning 'sacrifice'. 'Eid' is derived from word 'Aad' that refers to an event that happens regularly every year.Israel confirms approval of weapons shipment to Abbas International Herald Tribune - Dec 28 6:51 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 2:12 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.End of developing world despot Mail and Guardian - 22 minutes ago
The Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was executed on Saturday morning at the age of 69, may not yield many general biographies -- he was personally too uninteresting for that -- but he will be a case study for political scientists for years to come.Bolon takes oath as county s new state rep Lisbon Morning Journal - 11 minutes ago
LISBON Linda Bolon stood in the commissioners office Friday yet again but for different reasons. Bolon, current county treasurer, took the oath of office for her new position as state representative, which begins Jan. 1, for a two-year term.Turbulent year for books was a page-turner Calendarlive.com - Dec 29 5:37 PM
Accusations, including fraud, plagariasm and cooked-up identities, created a scandalous year for the once-genteel publishing industry.Yousef Alhelou: News of a new peace initiative between Israel and the Palestinians UN Observer - Dec 29 5:19 PM
2006-12-29 | Palestinian and Israeli officials have on Thursday called for direct negotiations between the two parties, aimed at reaching a final solution to the conflict, regardless of the precondition of a ceasefire.Haj pilgrims pray for world peace The Peninsula - Dec 29 4:28 PM
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia More than two million elated Muslim pilgrims crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Makkah yesterday, praying for Muslims around the world and hoping for a safe Haj.Pilgrims Seek God s Mercy at Arafat Arab News - Dec 29 4:07 PM
ARAFAT, 30 December 2006 Around three million pilgrims were rapt in attention when Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh gave a call for the unity of Muslim Ummah to ward off the challenges facing them.Bush sees Palestine in 2007 Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 27 3:27 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.Looking Back at a Dark Year Ohmynews - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
The overall world scene in 2006 was chaotic. With situations going from bad to worse as a result of the continued war in many countries around the globe, rarely was a cheerful...Felicity Arbuthnot: 'A Milestone for Iraq' UN Observer - Dec 29 6:19 PM
2006-12-29 | Fate is at it again. Just one day after celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace, Jesus - also Islam's Prophet, Issa - the farce Appeal of Iraq's legitimate President, Saddam Hussein and his co-defendents of the country's legitimate government, was predictably rejected by Iraq's (actually the US's) kangaroo court, announcing they were to hang, within thirty days.Millions gather for haj climax Times Online - Dec 29 7:23 AM
Millions of Muslims gathered on the plains of Mount Arafat near Mecca today for prayers symbolising man's wait for judgment day that provided a ritual climax to the annual haj pilgrimage....WAITING FOR THE PAINT TO DRY Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 29 6:09 PM
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 29 6:10 PM
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.Egypt reportedly sends arms to Abbas, with Israel's OK San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 29 3:56 AM
After coordination with Israel and the United States, Egypt has sent a shipment of weapons and ammunition into the Gaza Strip to forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, Israeli officials said Thursday. Senior... 2006 Top Ten: Emerging Trends Unstrung.com - Dec 29 12:34 PM
The so-called "emerging markets" came into their own in 2006 and are sure to be on the upswing next year. Here are 10 key trends to look out for in 2007:Hotlinks Tiscali - Dec 29 12:34 PM
Wearing simple white robes to symbolise equality and selflessness, many trekked at dawn to the rocky outcrop, known as Jebel al-Rahma (Mount Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammad gave his last sermon 1,400 years ago.Haj pilgrims pray for peace ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Dec 29 4:14 AM
More than two million haj pilgrims have crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Mecca, praying for Muslims around the world.The Berkeley Daily Planet Berkeley Daily Planet - Dec 29 9:29 AM
The East Bay's Independent NewspaperIran's influence grows, thanks to America Gulf News - Dec 29 12:54 PM
At the time when the US is wading in the heavy mud of the Iraqi quagmire, Iran is stealthily assuming the role of a major player in the region. That is why the Iraq Study Group recommended that the US should start negotiations with Tehran to bring about regional stability.Major Developments In 2006 In Turkey TurkishPress.com - Dec 29 10:07 AM
-A bird flu epidemic broke out in Turkey, mostly affecting eastern regions. The epidemic killed four people, three of them from the same family while the Health Ministry said the number of confirmed human bird flu cases in Turkey stood at 20. We were victims of racism against Muslims - Holiday couple describe their airport security ordeal News From Bangladesh - Dec 29 10:33 AM
A married couple from Wales are looking into the possibility of taking action against Welsh Police forces after bungling special branch operatives ensured that both husband and wife missed their flight whilst their belongings and ID were checked.British charity investigated for possible Hamas link Middle East Times - Dec 29 4:38 AM
LONDON -- A British charity that provides aid to poor and needy Palestinians is being investigated over possible improper links to Islamist group Hamas, a watchdog said Friday.Do America and Israel want the Middle East engulfed by civil war? News From Bangladesh - Dec 29 10:31 AM
Neocons talk a great deal about changing maps in the Middle East. Like Israel s dismemberment of the occupied territories into ever-smaller ghettos, Iraq is being severed into feuding mini-states.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.Saddam s execution should be delayed to avert chaos in Iraq: Mushahid The Pakistan Link - Dec 29 8:18 AM
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate s Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed Friday demanding delaying the execution of Saddam Hussain said his execution could further disturb the situation in Iraq and Middle East.Too much regulation Albany Democrat-Herald - Dec 29 11:48 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.Israel confirms Egyptian arms shipment to Abbas Inside Bay Area - Dec 29 7:03 AM
JERUSALEM After coordination with Israel and the United States, Egypt has sent a shipment of weapons and ammunition into the Gaza Strip to forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority president,Fest brings families close Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Dec 29 2:34 AM
Iman Diabmarzouk's son and four daughters are really looking forward to Saturday. They'll be wearing fancy new clothes, eating breakfast at La Madeleine and getting lots of cash from their parents.Muslim Pilgrims Pray for Peace During Haj Fox 6 News San Diego - Dec 29 5:04 AM
More than 2 million elated Muslim pilgrims crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Mecca, praying for Muslims around the world and hoping for a safe haj.Muslim pilgrims pray for peace at Mount Arafat AlertNet - Dec 29 3:33 AM
Source: Reuters By Souhail Karam MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia, Dec 29 (Reuters) - More than 2 million elated Muslim pilgrims crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Mecca on Friday, praying for Muslims around the world ... Jimmy Carter's rant: Anti-Israel allegations are the focus of former president's book Cleveland Jewish News - Dec 27 1:21 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.caMuslim pilgrims gather by Mount Arafat for most important day of Hajj Daily Mail - Dec 29 4:37 AM
More than two million elated Muslim pilgrims crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Mecca on Friday, praying for Muslims around the world and hoping for a safe Hajj Thai insurgency targets Buddhists (Richard Ehrlich / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) The Washington Times - Dec 28 10:27 PM
Buddhists are fleeing their homes in southern Thailand in the face of an increasingly militant Muslim insurgency that has begun calling for an independent and pure Islamist nation in the impoverished region bordering Malaysia.Excerpts 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.Holy Hill, tornado made news in 2006 Greater Milwaukee Today - Dec 29 8:54 AM
Locally, 2006 will be remembered as the year that Washington County s top tourist destination repeatedly made the headlines for widely differing reasons.CHIPPEWA TWP. - Theft alleged The Beaver County Times - Dec 29 4:57 AM
Kathy Lefebvre, 32, of 42 Pleasantview Homes, Beaver Falls, was charged by Chippewa Township police with retail theft.THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AT THE GCC SUMMIT: Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Dec 29 7:10 AM
THE REGION IS BELEAGUERED WITH DANGERS, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A POWDER KEG AWAITING AN EXPLODING SPARK.Stupid Palace measure for victory The Daily Tribune - Dec 29 6:14 AM
It is most stupid of Malacaņang to claim that if the remains of a cadaver are proved to be those of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani, this would mean that the Arroyo government is winning the war against terror.Hajj pilgrims end `Disavowal of Pagans' ritual with issuance of resolution Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 29 3:24 AM
Iran - Hajj - Disavowal of Pagans A large number of Hajj pilgrims participating in the 'Disavowal of Pagans' ritual in this sacred desert on Friday issued a resolution condemning the United Nations Security Council anti-Iran resolution.ADL lists top 10 issues affecting Jews in 2006 Cleveland Jewish News - Dec 29 8:22 AM
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.Full text of Supreme Leader's message to Hajj pilgrims Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 29 3:24 AM
Iran - Supreme Leader - Hajj The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei sent a message to the Hajj pilgrims. The full text of the message reads as follows: "In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, "Once again the Hajj season is back with its spiritual tidings, and again it presents a precious opportunity to the Islamic world.Ain-Al-Yaqeen - December 29, 2006 - Article 8 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Dec 29 7:10 AM
PRINCE SAUD ALFAISAL CALLS ON THE PALESTINIANS TO UNITE AND SERVE THEIR CAUSE. ABBAS DECIDES TO RETURN PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS. KING OF JORDAN CALLS ON PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO TALK AND UNITE.Medea Benjamin: Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2006 HuffingtonPost - Dec 28 1:55 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 ...Pilgrims pray for peace at Mount Arafat Independent Online - Dec 29 5:13 AM
More than two million Muslim pilgrims have crowded onto holy Mount Arafat near Mecca at dawn, praying for Muslims around the world and hoping for a safe haj.The Sentinel The Sentinel - Dec 29 5:36 AM
Search this forum only? > Question... , Who am I supposed to "hate" again? So I was listening to the radio the other day, and the program was discussing the "year in review." Now, this particular program was not Rush or Savage as many of you would assume I was listening to.Readerspeak: What punishment should Bush get? The Times of India - Dec 29 3:40 AM
The Iraqi people should now decide what to do with Bush. It is his turn now. Syed Hameed Dubai U.A.E. ==Era of humiliation of Islamic world has ended - Supreme Leader Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 29 3:25 AM
Iran - Supreme Leader - Hajj The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday said the Muslims all over the world must know that the era of humiliation and backwardness of the Islamic world has come to an end.Israel confirms Egyptian arms shipment to Abbas Oroville Mercury-Register - Dec 29 7:00 AM
JERUSALEM After coordination with Israel and the United States, Egypt has sent a shipment of weapons and ammunition into the Gaza Strip to forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, Israeli officials said Thursday.Supreme Leader urges Muslims to remain vigilant Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 29 3:24 AM
Iran - Supreme Leader - Hajj The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday urged the entire Muslim ummah to remain vigilant more than ever before, and try to identify and foil the conniving schemes of the enemy.Muslim pilgrims pray for peace at Mount Arafat Gulf News - Dec 29 4:06 AM
Mount Arafat: More than two million Muslim pilgrims crowded onto Mount Arafat near Mecca on Friday to pray for peace and a safe Haj. Muslims believe prayers will be easily heard on the mountain plain the site of Prophet Mohammad's last sermon 1,400 years ago.Hotlinks Tiscali - Dec 29 3:39 AM
Wearing simple white robes to symbolise equality and selflessness, many trekked at dawn to the rocky outcrop, known as Jebel al-Rahma (Mount Mercy). "Whenever I stand on Jebel al-Rahma I feel reborn," said Ruquia Manouzi, a Moroccan woman.Windsor falls in final minutes Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Dec 28 10:13 PM
DIETERICH -- Windsor led for most of the fourth quarter in the first game of the second day of the boys basketball Dieterich Holiday Tournament. The Blue Devils never led by more than four. After a pair of free throws by Ace Camfield with two minutes, 22 seconds left Windsor led 46-42.Political Correctness Gone Mad: Muslim Sensitivity Training Program Sierra Times - Dec 29 1:39 AM
Chalk up another victory for the terrorists' Fifth Column -- the Council on American-Islamic Relations. After much prodding and capitalizing on phony incidents of racial profiling, CAIR has achieved something few Americans have achieved -- they got airport security officials to back off.Risks, Perils and Potential Disasters of 2007 Middle East Online - Dec 29 2:04 AM
From the worsening of the Middle East to the worsening in the horn of Africa; from the potential of an Israeli-American attack on Iran to the overarching anarchy from a lack of global leaders with vision and influence, Patrick Seale offers a dire look at the problems in the New Year.TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Trading Histories The Times of India - Dec 28 11:40 PM
History thrives on revisionism. A new, optional curriculum for British schoolchildren is going to tell them that the Jallianwala Bagh massacre ordered by General Dyer was part of the history of the British empire.Push on for Palestine New York Daily News - Dec 26 1:29 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.Islam not at conflict with modernisation: Musharraf Hindustan Times - Dec 28 11:45 PM
Asserting that Islam was not at conflict with modernisation, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said extremist elements were trying to impose their rigid views on the vast majority and Muslim nations needed to work for reconciliation with the world.Still not there yet Kurdish Media - Dec 29 1:57 AM
New York Times syndicated columnist, Thomas L. Friedman, has gained some wisdom over the years. For a journalist, he has achieved a level of knowledge on matters pertaining to the volatile Middle East that most others in his profession seldom achieve.Week of 12/24/06 The Times of Northwest Indiana - Dec 28 10:23 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?U.S. abandoning Israel? WorldNetDaily - Dec 28 10:11 PM
The recommendations issued by the Iraq Study Group and the way they are being received suggest a U.S. shift in a new direction in favor of the Muslims. I believe the factor that most influenced this change is the presence of co-chairmen James Baker and Lee Hamilton on the panel.Carter Receives Cold Shoulder Totally Jewish - Dec 27 6:45 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.$1-a-pack hike in cigarette tax three days away The Daily Sentinel - Dec 28 8:07 PM
In the early 1900s, tobacco was one of the lifeblood crops of Nacogdoches.Clay teams compete in local WorldQuest The Florida Times-Union - Dec 27 3:17 AM
How many adults would know the 1917 Balfour Declaration was a British government letter supporting plans for a Jewish "national home" in Palestine?The PA summit in Jordan / Saudi Arabia will offer Arab 'road map' Haaretz Daily - Dec 29 1:21 AM
A minor dispute over semantics took place earlier this week between Jordanian and Palestinian analysts, regarding the tripartite summit among Ismail Haniyeh, Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah that is expected to take place in Jordan next week: Will Abbas and Haniyeh arrive in Amman separately, or will Haniyeh "accompany" Abbas?EAST TEXAS FISHING REPORT The Daily Sentinel - Dec 28 9:09 PM
NACOGDOCHES: Lake Nacogdoches is about 2 1/2 feet low and clear. Water temp is in the upper 40s.
