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Gulf News - Dec 03 1:27 PM
American influential opinion makers, who generally managed to remain indifferent to the plight of the Palestinian people, are finding that ignoring Palestine is getting harder everyday.Blair to call for Palestine move during US visit Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
Tony Blair is to fly to the US tomorrow for talks with President Bush and US congressional leaders to urge America to recommit itself to the wider Middle East peace process, as one way of dampening the near civil war in Iraq.Palestine: Updates by Yousef Alhelou UN Observer - Dec 04 2:04 PM
A report issued by the Palestinian health information center, part of the Ministry of Health, has given the death toll reached 122 Palestinians, killed during the month of November, in addition to 559 injured in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.AlBUM REVIEW: Islam: What The West Needs To Know Daily Aztec - 33 minutes ago
Almost daily we hear about forms of violence in the Middle East. Whether it's a journalist being beheaded by Iraqi insurgents or the constant tension between Israel and Palestine, violence in the Middle East seems to be unavoidable. At times, the bloodshed in the Middle East is associated with the religion of Islam, which leads to the question, is Islam itself violent? Aspects of Islam's Bankston trial starts today djournal.com - Dec 04 10:10 AM
PONTOTOC - Jury selection begins today in the trial of Wylie D. Bankston, charged last spring in the shooting of a county employee. Bankston, 39, of 1454 Palestine Road, Pontotoc has maintained his innocence.Politics & Policies: Three Mideast fires UPI - Dec 04 6:45 AM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The Middle East is facing the unprecedented danger of three potential civil wars erupting -- Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine -- with each dragging some of its neighbors into a far larger conflict.Disaster Design Kurdish Media - Dec 04 9:08 AM
The destruction of Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and previously Kurdistan was planned and designed by the same lot even though these acts occurred at different periods in time.Bahrain vows support for Palestine Gulf Daily News - Dec 03 2:53 PM
MANAMA: His Majesty King Hamad yesterday stressed Bahrain's support for the Palestinian people and its keenness to ensure that they gain their full legitimate rights by establishing an independent state with its capital Al Quds.Civil wars or proxy wars? Asia Times - Dec 04 3:11 AM
Words often mean the opposite of what they appear to mean in the Middle East. When Jordan's King Abdullah demanded a speedy solution to the Israel-Palestine issue to quell the outbreak of multiple civil wars in the region, he meant the precise opposite: the Arab world has something more pressing on its mind than the plight of the Palestinians.Carter criticizes U.S. approach to Israel Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Dec 03 7:51 PM
Washington Former President Jimmy Carter on Sunday said the only hope for peace in the Middle East is for America to take a more "balanced view" of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something he believes may be politically impossible. Carter, promoting his new book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," in a marathon, nationally broadcast interview on C-Span, said that, given widespread support for Qatar Agrees To Pay Wages To Palestine Education Workers, Says PM Nasdaq - Dec 03 2:13 PM
(RTTNews) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said on Sunday that Qatar has agreed to pay the salaries of 40,000 Palestinian education workers for several months.Palestinian women on Gaza frontline Middle East Online - Dec 04 12:58 AM
Women in Palestine are competing with men in their fight to liberate country from Israeli occupation.Yale speakers serve up controversy, but no violence The Yale Herald - Dec 03 11:39 PM
etal detectors peppered Woolsey Rotunda as protestors from the Middle East Crisis Committee marched in front of Woolsey Hall with Free Palestine signs. An earnest woman passed out brochures reading, The United States is not an honest broker. IDF capitulates to ceasefire extension demands Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 04 1:36 AM
One day after the Palestine Islamic Jihad threatened to resume attacks against Israelis unless the IDF ceased its anti-terrorim operations in Judea and Samaria, Israel's army chiefs agreed to lower the level of its activity in those areas too.EHUD OLMERT, the Financial Mail - Dec 03 11:13 PM
Israeli prime minister, says he hopes to revive long-stalled peace efforts with Palestine, as a ceasefire takes hold in the Gaza Strip. Olmert was speaking at an annual memorial at the grave of Israel's founding premier, David Ben-Gurion, in the southern Negev desert.main Kavkaz Center - Dec 04 12:05 AM
"Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land," Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said in his new book, titled "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."IDF Arrests Terrorist in Bethlehem Israel National News - Dec 04 2:36 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Army soldiers have arrested a terrorist of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Bethlehem, located between Efrat and Jerusalem.Israel moves to bolster truce with Palestinians AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 04 12:52 PM
Israel moved to bolster a fragile ceasefire with Palestinian militants by ordering its troops in the occupied West Bank to avoid "unnecessary friction" as the truce entered its ninth day.Dragon buzzer-beater downs Lions Rushville Republican - Dec 03 7:53 PM
Hitting the road Saturday in search of their first win of the season, the Lions traveled to conference foe New Palestine, but Rushville came up just short, falling 61-59 to the host Dragons in overtime.ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome Zenit News Agency - Dec 03 4:03 PM
ROME, DEC. 3, 2006 ( Zenit.org ).- An article published in 1944 by a young German Jew in the Palestine Post, the future Jerusalem Post, points up Pope Pius XII's appreciation for the "Chosen People."Israel-Palestine conflict core source of Anti-Americanism - Al Jazeera - Dec 03 1:32 AM
With Iraq slowly sliding into a bloody civil war and calls rising for U.S. withdrawal, the U.S. government is under increasing pressure to change the course in Iraq, after its strategy brought unexpected mayhem to the country that threatens to spill over the entire Middle East region.Qatar to pay Palestine $22.5 million per month for several months Gulf News - Dec 03 3:53 AM
Doha: Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Sunday that Qatar will pay the salaries of 40,000 Palestinian education employees for several months, easing a financial crisis caused by sanctions imposed by western powers.Texas State Railroad set to be shut down as East Texans struggle to save it The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Dec 03 6:11 AM
PALESTINE - For most of the past century, trains have trundled down the tracks between Palestine and Rusk, their distinctive whistles echoing through the river bottoms, puffs of smoke billowing above the trees. Louise MacBain: Are We Googling While Rome Burns? HuffingtonPost - Dec 04 12:30 PM
On November 29th 1929, Byrd flew for the first time over the South Pole. The headlines then were full of wonder. The frontier of human achievement opened to an applauding world. But today, over 75 years after Byrd first surveyed it from the sky, the South Pole shrinks and thins as a result of human action. Perhaps this offers a lesson for the future. So often we are dazzled by the great Tenor steps up for S.F. Opera San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 04 4:20 PM
Here's a look at the Bay Area's past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago. 1981 Dec. 3: Officially the lobby of the newly opened Moscone Convention Center is not open to the public, but scores of... Simon Tisdall: Iran v Saudis in battle of Beirut Guardian Unlimited - Dec 04 6:23 PM
World briefing: Britain and Europe are now attempting to shore up Lebanon's shaky government, writes Simon Tisdall.Palestine 'root' of Mideast conflict: Abdullah, Howard Borneo Bulletin - Nov 30 11:13 PM
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The leaders of Malaysia and Australia disagreed Thursday over whether foreign troops should withdraw from Iraq, but agreed that Palestine was the root of conflict in the Middle East.DEBKA file DEBKAfile - Dec 03 3:37 AM
It is a joint Hamas-Jihad Islami- Popular Resistance Committees team plus members of the Islamic Army (aka al Qaeda-Palestine), the same makeup as the group which snatched and is still holding the Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit.TONIGHT S AREA BOYS BASKETBALL Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 24 minutes ago
One of two area battles between two area teams. Neoga is coming off victories over Cowden-Herrick (67-53) and St. Elmo (61-59). St. Elmo handed Arcola its only loss, 67-51. Arcola is facing its second undefeated team as they nipped Fisher 58-57 in overtime Friday.Dear Prof. Rabkin Haaretz Daily - Dec 04 5:53 PM
The first question is usually more general as to let people understand our topic of discussion. So - what is "Jewish opposition to Zionism" and how significant it is in today's world?Mideast peace a personal mission for Dataw man The Beaufort Gazette - Dec 02 11:50 PM
Most American Christians agree that the Holy Land, the place where Jesus Christ was born and lived, is in what is now Israel and Palestine.Turkey and Iran discuss Iraq IranMania.com - 4 minutes ago
LONDON, December 4 (IranMania) - The Turkish prime minister has held talks in Tehran with Iranian leaders on bolstering bilateral relations and stabilising the situation in their violence-ridden neighbour Iraq.Carter's frontal attack Calendarlive.com - Dec 04 4:23 PM
* The ex-president knows criticizing Israel and the U.S. will bring fallout. NEW YORK As an ex-president, Jimmy Carter has intervened in some of the world's most troubled hot spots, trying to reduce tensions in North Korea, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Haiti, Africa and Central America.Rice Calls On Israel And Palestine To Step Up Efforts On Peace Deal Nasdaq - Nov 30 12:59 PM
(RTTNews) - U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, addressing a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Israel and Palestine should step up their efforts for a sustainable peace deal, calling upon both countries not to take any action that might prejudge a final solution.In soaps and in news, it's sensation over sense Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Dec 04 2:47 PM
It's a question of delicacy. Something like puffed pastry - you must possess the light touch, and learn to handle with care. Not something we normally practise in our ham-handed way. Certainly, our media appear to possess hammers for hands. Haven't you noticed how we go about bashing up whomever we can find, literally and metaphorically? Watch what happens in the serials. People are forever at Morton Kondracke: Whittier Daily news - Dec 04 6:31 PM
ALL over the world, scoundrels are ascendant, rising on a tide of American weakness. It makes for a perilous future. President Bush bet his presidency - and America's world leadership - on the war in Iraq.Jerusalem slams latest anti-Israel UN resolutions Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 03 3:06 AM
Like every year, the UN General Assembly on Friday wrapped up its annual three-day conference on the "Palestine Question" by adopting a bevy of anti-Israel resolutions.Sally and Roger like each other. Yes, they do Guardian Unlimited - Dec 04 4:09 PM
So now we know. Nominations closed on Friday, and the first leader of the new University and College Union will almost certainly be either Sally Hunt or Roger Kline.Palestinian govt hails Qatar s support The Peninsula - Dec 04 5:29 PM
Gaza The Palestinian government highly valued Qatar s support to the Palestinian people and their just cause, under the leadership of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.Robson-on-Politics 5 December 2006 Scoop.co.nz - Dec 04 5:29 PM
Parliament resumes at 2 p.m. today and it is a very different place from the one that rose for a short recess 12 days ago.Asian Games: Japan enjoys field day in the pool, but judoka fall flat Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 04 12:27 PM
_ Japan dominated the swimming at the Asian Games on Monday, taking gold in four of the day's seven events, and also struck gold in cycling, but Japanese judoka again landed with a bump.Death penalty result of corrupt judicial system The Buchtelite - 27 minutes ago
Elmo Patrick Sonnier wasn't a great man. After violently murdering two teenagers in the late '70s, many say he was barely human. During his execution in 1981, the world didn't pause - few even turned to look."Tiger is probably being given some sense of freedom of design in Dubai" says GH BBC News - Dec 04 6:40 AM
"Tiger is probably being given some sense of freedom of design in Dubai" says GHErdogan Meets Khamenei Zaman Online - Dec 04 2:16 PM
For the first time ever, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Turkish prime minister is in Teheran for talks.Syrian president meets Haneya on Palestinian issues People's Daily - Dec 04 4:19 PM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Monday with visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya on the latest developments on the Palestinian arena, the official SANA news agency reported.Iran says US sinking deeper into 'Iraq quagmire' TurkishPress.com - Dec 04 4:33 PM
TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned US forces to make a quick exit from Iraq, saying the longer they stay in the violence-torn country the deeper they will sink in the "Iraqi quagmire".Haniyah rules out fresh polls The Peninsula - Dec 02 8:28 PM
Doha Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah has ruled out the possibility of fresh elections in Palestine following a standoff in the discussions between the Hamas and Fatah groups.Sally and Roger like each other. Yes, they do Guardian Unlimited - Dec 04 4:06 PM
The two main candidates to lead the lecturers' union are trying not to bicker about last summer's dispute, says Francis Beckett.Sand a first for beach spikers Khaleej Times - Dec 02 8:16 PM
THE quest for gold will be a little tricky for the Asian Games beach volleyball teams representing Mongolia and Palestine neither has played on sand before.Erdogan talks with Iran on Iraq, trade AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 03 11:24 AM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Tehran with Iranian leaders on bolstering bilateral relations and stabilising the situation their violence-ridden neighbour Iraq.El Reedy: Arabs Need to Talk to Iran on Settling Lebanon Crisis Foreign Relations - Dec 04 2:08 PM
Abdel Raouf El Reedy, Egyptian ambassador to the United States from 1984 to 1992, is alarmed by the possibility of a civil war in Lebanon, and says Arab states need to begin a dialogue with Iran to resolve the crisis.El Pais: Iran hub for Middle East diplomacy Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 04 1:13 PM
Iran - Middle East - Iraq The Madrid-based newspaper of El Pais reported that Iran has turned into a hub for bringing diplomacy in the region particularly for resolving the crisis in Iraq.Reaction against Israeli crimes sought at UN ArabicNews.com - Dec 02 6:49 PM
The Ambassador and deputy permanent representative of Iran in the UN Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi on Thursday asked more influential international reaction against "Israel's crimes in Palestine and other Arab occupied lands."Arabian nights Guardian Unlimited - Dec 02 4:44 PM
Elias Khoury's monumental novel, first published in Arabic in 1998 and adapted into a critically lauded film in 2004, is a '1001 Nights' for Palestine.Paddlers Sharath Kamal, Roy in pre-quarters New Kerala - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
Doha, Dec 4: India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Soumyadeep Roy breezed into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the table tennis event at the 15th Asian Games here Monday.ALI H. ASLAN Zaman Online - Dec 04 2:20 PM
Lately one the most debated topics in Washington is whether or not the U.S. policy of democratization, particularly of the Islamic world, is a luxury or not.Kofi Annan interview: Text BBC News - Dec 03 9:17 PM
Excerpt from outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan's last BBC interview, with Lyse Doucet.Bahrain snooker pair bow out Gulf Daily News - Dec 04 6:10 PM
BAHRAIN'S top snooker pair of Habib Subah and Munther Jawad went down fighting in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles competition at the Asian Games. The duo lost to Hong Kong's Wai Chan and Ka Fu 3-2.Analysis: Israel, PA discuss prisoner swap UPI - Dec 04 12:31 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Israeli officials provide different figures when asked how many Palestinian security prisoners are in their jails. The Prison's Service says "about 10,000," while a well-placed government official says "more than 12,000."Iran, Oman discuss expansion of cooperation Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 04 1:15 PM
UAE - Meeting - Iran Iranian Ambassador to Muscat Morteza Rahimi and Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs Fahd ibn Mahmud al-Said conferred on Monday on expansion of cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields as well as the latest developments in the region.Iraq worse than under Saddam, says UN chief Daily Mail - Dec 04 10:07 AM
Kofi Annan today bitterly criticised the Iraq war, saying Iraqis suffered greater fear than under Saddam Hussein Nazarbayev visits Jordan to strengthen political, economic ties ANI via Yahoo! India News - Dec 04 4:57 AM
Astana, Dec.4 (ANI): Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Jordan last week at the invitation of King Abdullah II. During the two day visit, both leaders formalised agreements to strengthen bilateral economic and cultural ties, besides discussing recent international developments. The two leaders reiterated their support for the Iraqi's government's efforts to build a 'Israel Needs a Wake Up Call' Ohmynews - Dec 04 3:30 PM
Since the summer rains began, many in the Israeli peace camp have remained silent about the ongoing crisis happening in Gaza and the West Bank. However, one voice remains constant in Israeli circles...Speakers Describe Hardship West Bank Wall Is Creating New London Day - Dec 04 5:17 AM
Old Lyme - The 60-mile, $465-million ring of walls and fences being built between Israel and the Palestinian areas in the Occupied West Bank is ...LEAD: Asian Games: 'Ai-chan' gets off to winning start Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 04 5:29 AM
_ (EDS: UPDATES)Neo-Con Salafis (Saudi-Salafis) News From Bangladesh - Dec 04 10:31 AM
In the 13th century, Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, led the brutal Mongol invasion of Baghdad, turning the river Euphrates and Tigris red with blood of men, women and children. To instil fear and humiliation, the invaders made pyramids with the human skulls of the victims.Asian Games: 'Ai-chan' gets off to winning start in table tennis singles Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 04 5:13 AM
_ Japan's Ai Fukuhara got off to a flying start at the Asian Games on Monday as the popular teenager eased into the third round of the women's singles and also partnered Ai Fujinuma to victory in the doubles of the table tennis competition.Israel allowing rocket attacks on Jews? WorldNetDaily - Dec 04 9:17 AM
JERUSALEM The Israeli Defense Forces has been instructed by the government here not to open fire or take any action against militants who are discovered launching rockets into the Jewish state, senior military officials told WND today.Animal Control committee holds first meeting Athens Review Online - Dec 04 6:40 AM
The Henderson County Animal Control Advisory Committee on Friday set the direction for future meetings when it came together for the first time at the Henderson County Courthouse.Kenya: Israeli Prime Minister Remains Optimistic AllAfrica.com - Dec 04 9:18 AM
For a fleeing moment two Saturdays ago, Israeli and Palestinian leaders talked sense. Hopes boiled, but as in the past, lots of them are likely to simmer. Nonetheless, the leaders achieved a modest accomplishment.Bush loses another loyal ally as chief envoy to UN quits Daily Mail - Dec 04 9:08 AM
George Bush has lost yet another senior 'neocon' ally. John Bolton, Washington's man at the United Nations has been one of the president's most loyal hardliners Can it get any lower than cancer researchers on take? Chicago Tribune - Dec 04 3:48 AM
Newspaper editors, rest assured, are often confused by the unceasing stream of scientific studies and challenged by what importance to give sometimes conflicting findings. Erdogan holds Mideast, trade talks in Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 03 5:19 AM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have held talks in Tehran with Iranian leaders on bolstering relations between the two neighbours and easing tensions in the crisis-torn Middle East.Iraq worse than civil war: Annan CBC - Dec 04 3:17 AM
The situation in Iraq is much worse than a civil war, said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a candid interview in his final few weeks on the job.Turkish PM wraps up Iran visit Payvand Iran News - Dec 04 7:52 AM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived here late Sunday from a visit to Iran. Erdogan visited Iran upon an invitation of Iranian First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi and was accompanied by a senior economic-political delegation. -IRNALessons of Suez and Iraq Payvand Iran News - Dec 04 7:53 AM
November marked the 50th anniversary of the Suez crisis, when Britain, France and Israel decided to attack Egypt and unseat Gamal Abdel-Nasser, the nationalist Egyptian leader. This was one of those seminal moments in the mid-twentieth century that had momentous geopolitical consequences for the world, and especially for the Middle East. -Farhang JahanpourIn the midst of Lebanon's turmoil, a tiny figure sings on International Herald Tribune - Dec 03 6:48 AM
In the Arab world, the emotional resonance the 70ish diva Fayrouz commands is difficult to overstate.Online news and information for the Rhinelander region Rhinelander Daily News - Dec 04 11:47 AM
All over the world, scoundrels are ascendant, rising on a tide of American weakness. It makes for a perilous future. President Bush bet his presidency - and America's world leadership - on the war in Iraq. Tragically, it looks as though he bit off more than the American people were willing to chew.Muslim Brotherhood welcomes Chávez' re-election El Universal - Dec 04 9:28 AM
The Muslim Brotherhood, the largest single opposition group in Egypt, Monday trumpeted Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez' re-election in Sunday vote and praised his anti-US and anti-Israeli policy.Senior Chinese diplomat to visit Israel, Palestine People's Daily - Nov 30 3:48 AM
China will send a senior diplomat to Israel and Palestine as part of efforts to help resume peace talks at an early date, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Thursday.Sharath Kamal, Roy in pre-quarters New Kerala - Dec 04 7:53 AM
Doha, Dec 4: India's Achanta Sharath Kamal and Soumyadeep Roy sailed into the men's singles table tennis pre-quarterfinals of the 15th Asian Games here Monday.Nazarbayev visits Jordan to strengthen political, economic ties New Kerala - Dec 04 9:12 AM
Astana, Dec.4 : Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Jordan last week at the invitation of King Abdullah II. During the two day visit, both leaders formalised agreements to strengthen bilateral economic and cultural ties, besides discussing recent international developments.Top PLO Body Calls on Palestinian PM to Resign Washington Post - Dec 01 9:03 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The executive committee of the Fatah-dominated Palestine Liberation Organisation has called on Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of the rival party Hamas to resign. Not the peace we expected Haaretz Daily - Dec 04 4:38 AM
Egypt's behavior in Sinai and along the Philadelphi route, which enables the large-scale arming of terror organizations, requires a reexamination of Israeli policy. Many people have become convinced in recent months that Egypt intends to allow the Israelis and the Palestinians to bleed together.Abbas told the Palestinian Liberation Organisation committee that talks with Hamas were dead Aljazeera - Dec 02 6:53 AM
The executive committee of the Fatah-dominated Palestine Liberation Organisation has called on the Hamas-led government to resign so a new government can be formed.Iran, Gambia discuss mutual ties, regional issues Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 04 3:51 AM
Iran - Gambia - Meet Iran and Gambia here Monday discussed possible avenues for bolstering bilateral relations as well as latest regional and international developments.HH Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates 4th Annual Arab Strategy Forum AME Info - Dec 04 3:52 AM
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today, inaugurated the 4th Annual Arab Strategy Forum, being held at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.Letter Submissions Ashland Daily Tidings - Dec 04 7:12 AM
Letters should be e-mailed in text-only format to tidingsopinion@dailytidings.com . Please include your address and a daytime phone number where you can be reached for confirmation. Letters are limited to 250 words. At Length submissions are limited to 400 words.Arab NGOs: Solve Mideast conflicts before US-inspired reforms Monday Morning - Dec 04 8:20 AM
Speaking ahead of an international gathering of ministers on a Washington-inspired idea to push its vision of democracy, key speaker Hani Horani told the opening of a two day conference: Reform is not an alternative to crises .Russia for enhancement of ties with Iran, Islamic states Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 04 1:21 AM
Russia - Iran - Ties A Russian official here Monday stressed the importance of bolstering ties with Iran and other Islamic states in the hope of finding solutions to the problems of the region.Man of constitutional reform and administrative modernization King Abdallah bin Abdelaziz: An Arab De Gaulle Monday Morning - Dec 04 8:18 AM
Five sovereigns succeeded one another in office in Saudi Arabia before the Servant of the Two Sanctuaries , HM Abdallah bin Abdelaziz, the sixth monarch.Sen. Mike Gravel Press Schedule from Saturday, Dec. 2 to Friday, Dec. 8 [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Dec 04 8:29 AM
Sen. Mike Gravel Press Schedule from Saturday, Dec. 2 to Friday, Dec. 8Hamas dismisses call for Palestinian PM to quit AlertNet - Dec 02 5:48 AM
Source: Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Saturday dismissed a call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh made by the Palestine Liberation ... Hamas dismisses call for Palestinian PM to quit Khaleej Times - Dec 02 7:29 AM
GAZA - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Saturday dismissed a call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh made by the Palestine Liberation Organisation, a body dominated by the rival Fatah party.Hebrew or Israeli? Linguist stirs Zionist debate Middle East Online - Dec 04 1:13 AM
Hebrew had to be revived after 1,700 years in which it was no one's native tongue.Wishing the Palestinians out of existence Haaretz Daily - Dec 03 11:08 PM
A number of readers have written to suggest that the guidelines for talkback responses listed below - in particular the prohibition on use of the phrase "There are no Palestinians" - are fascistic, capricious, anti-democratic, a blatant curb on free speech.21st American century is about to end Middle East Online - Dec 04 12:43 AM
Russia and China subdued by twenty or so years of American power have reawakened to counter American inspired revolutions sweeping Central Asia, says Abid Mustafa .Balkan Briefs Kathimerini - Dec 04 1:03 AM
TEHRAN (AFP) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday held talks in Tehran with Iranian leaders on bolstering relations between the two neighbors and easing tensions in the crisis-torn Middle East. Erdogan vowed to ratchet up bilateral trade in talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vice President Parviz Davoudi.Turkish PM back home from Iran visit Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 04 12:06 AM
Turkey - Iran - PM Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived here late Sunday from a visit to Iran. Erdogan visited Iran upon an invitation of Iranian First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi and was accompanied by a senior economic-political delegation.Persistent violence and daily killings in Iraq are "much worse" than civil wars, outgoing UN Secretary General Kofi Al Jazeera - Dec 04 12:17 AM
In his last BBC interview to Lyse Doucet, Annan, due to step down by the end of this month, said that Iraq was in the grip of a civil war, something the U.S. President George Bush has repeatedly rejected.