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New Kerala - Dec 05 12:32 AM
Doha, Dec 5: Palestine chess player Talal Shbaita was disqualified from the 15th Asian Games after he failed to play either of his first two games in the competition.How Edward Said took intellectuals for a ride Salon.com - 5 minutes ago
The famous professor and Palestine advocate claimed that bigoted Western stereotypes about the Orient support imperialism. But Middle East scholar Robert Irwin proves it was Said who didn't have the full picture.It's difficult to ignore Palestine Gulf News - Dec 03 1:34 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 - Dec 04 7:03 PM
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.$100 Million for Palestinian Agency; More Needed Scoop.co.nz - Dec 05 5:16 PM
Nearly two dozen international donors have pledged around $100 million for the United Nations agency that provides humanitarian relief to millions of Palestine refugees, although funding for 2007 is still inadequate and the Gaza Strip is an economy on life support, the agency s deputy has warned.Relief for Iraq If US Announces Withdrawal Plan Zaman Online - Dec 05 2:11 PM
While Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Tehran discussing trade and security with his Iranian counterpart, the conflicts in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon also topped the agenda.Jordan, Israel, PA to launch study into Dead Sea canal The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 05 1:04 PM
Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority meet Sunday to launch a feasibility study to build a canal linking the Red Sea to the slowly vanishing Dead Sea, a Jordanian official said Tuesday. "Representatives of Jordan, Israel, Palestine will meet on the shores of the Dead Sea with representatives of the World Bank and countries willing to finance the project.Qatar Should Cease Aid To Palestine University of Connecticut Daily Campus - Dec 05 5:18 AM
When the Palestinian people elected the terrorist organization, Hamas, to head their government in March, they knew they were voting for change; what they didn't know was the trouble such a change would cause. Hamas was elected on a platform of streamlining social services, securing a Palestinian state and destroying Israel.Dragon buzzer-beater downs Lions Rushville Republican - Dec 05 8:39 AM
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.Palestine: Updates by Yousef Alhelou UN Observer - Dec 04 1:57 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.Meet the Green Line Haaretz Daily - Dec 05 7:45 AM
In an article published in Haaretz yesterday, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz pointed to Egyptian textbooks as evidence that the country is not looking for reconciliation. "Most textbook maps label the area east of Egypt not as 'Israel' but as 'Palestine,'" Dr. Steinitz wrote.Mending war's horrific toll Princeton Packet - Dec 05 8:52 AM
Adham Ghalia, 10, who was wounded in the Gaza Strip, meets with U.S. Rep. Rush Holt after receiving treatment at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, thanks to the efforts of the Princeton-area chapter of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.Bend It Like Club Palestino [Press Release] United Nations - Dec 05 11:56 AM
On 3 December, the Top division team, Club Palestino, competed against Fernández Vial of Concepción in the final football game of the season. The match was dedicated to the Palestine refugees and Club Palestino generously offered 40 percent of ticket sales to UNRWA.Too late for two states? Middle East Online - Dec 05 1:22 AM
The idea of a bi-national state is not a new one. Several prominent Jewish intellectuals in mandatory Palestine between the two world wars advocated such an arrangement, though they had little political influence, says Raafat Dajani .Textbooks In Israel to Designate West Bank Washington Post - Dec 05 6:09 PM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 5 -- Maps in future Israeli public school textbooks will show the boundary that existed between Israel and the West Bank before the 1967 Middle East war, Israel's education minister announced Tuesday. The move drew sharp protest from lawmakers, settler groups and religious leaders... TEXAS RAILROAD MEMBERS MEET TO ELECT OFFICERS Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 05 1:00 AM
PALESTINE - Members of the Texas State Railroad Operating Agency met Monday morning in Palestine to elect officers and discuss an upcoming trip to Austin.Iraq's athletes happy to be competing AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 1:40 PM
Iraqi athletes are hardly bothered by old equipment or few places to train. There are more pressing worries the fear of being killed or kidnapped.What President Bush Must Say To Islam Accuracy In Media - Dec 04 11:11 PM
As I watch President Bush, of the United States, and Prime Minister Olmert, of Israel, an odium of other assorted politicians, a trample of diplomats, a diligence of messengers and a disagreement of statesmen flap and flutter their way around the world trying to flatter and cajole the foxes of Iran and Palestine, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mahmoud Abbas, into guarding the henhouses of Iraq and UK's Blair heads for U.S. to urge Middle East action Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 10:48 AM
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will urge President Bush to embrace a wider Middle East peace policy to help tackle the insurgency in Iraq when the two leaders meet in Washington on Thursday.AlBUM REVIEW: Islam: What The West Needs To Know Daily Aztec - Dec 04 9:13 PM
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 Saudi fears Iraq returnees will boost Qaeda AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 6:23 AM
Saudi Arabia, which has rounded up more than 130 Al-Qaeda suspects, fears Iraq could become a training ground for militants who return to carry out attacks at home, officials and experts have said.Bankston trial starts today djournal.com - Dec 04 10:07 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.To halt Mideast tremors, heal the fault line The Christian Science Monitor - Dec 05 2:34 PM
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict must be resolved before we can expect peace in Lebanon and elsewhere. Jimmy Carter talking "Peace" in new documentary Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 12:07 AM
President Jimmy Carter is the subject of a documentary that will follow him across the United States as he promotes his latest tome.SOLVING THE 'STABILITY' PROBLEM Pat Buchanan via Yahoo! News - Dec 05 2:47 AM
During last summer's Israeli-Hezbollah war, Condi Rice assured us that we were witnessing the "birth pangs of a new Middle East."Spain reopens Iraq media killing BBC News - Dec 05 10:09 AM
The brothers of a Spanish cameraman killed in Baghdad back a lawsuit against Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.Politics & Policies: Three Mideast fires UPI - Dec 04 6:53 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.Israelis Wary of Baker's Report Crosswalk.com - 15 minutes ago
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - An influential bipartisan panel is due to present recommendations Wednesday on U.S. options in Iraq, but some Israelis worry that the report could have significant and harmful repercussions for their country.Disaster Design Kurdish Media - Dec 04 9:03 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.Area boys roundup Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 0 minute ago
KANSAS -- Shelbyville s Jay Nottingham posted 23 points to lead all players and lead the Rams to a 65-41 non-conference victory over Tri-County on Tuesday.PM flying to US for talks PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to fly to Washington for talks with US President George Bush, as a high-level panel delivers its verdict on the situation in Iraq.Bahrain vows support for Palestine Gulf Daily News - Dec 03 3:03 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.Blair in US to push for progress on peace The Scotsman - Dec 05 4:51 PM
TONY Blair will press for re-engagement on the Middle East peace process, as he makes what could be one of his last high-level trips to Washington tonight.Civil wars or proxy wars? Asia Times - Dec 04 3:06 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 7:52 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 2:22 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.Bob Burnett: Making the Connection Between Iraq and Israel HuffingtonPost - Dec 05 7:15 AM
As the Bush Administration searches for a way out of Iraq, they've been forced to use diplomacy. In the past few weeks, President Bush and Secretary of State Rice asked Iraq's neighbors to help end the Iraqi civil war. In the process, Dubya had to swallow a bitter pill: acknowledge that his Israeli-Palestinian "policy" isn't working. Our Arab allies told Bush they won't help with Iraq until he Palestinian women on Gaza frontline Middle East Online - Dec 04 12:52 AM
Women in Palestine are competing with men in their fight to liberate country from Israeli occupation.Iraq's athletes happy to be competing OregonLive.com - Dec 05 2:08 PM
DOHA, Qatar (AP) Iraqi athletes are hardly bothered by old equipment or few places to train. There are more pressing worries the fear of being killed or kidnapped.Demme to head Jimmy Carter documentary UPI - Dec 05 3:52 PM
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Director Jonathan Demme has been tabbed to head a film documentary about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter entitled "He Comes in Peace."Foreign driven reforms are not welcome Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
DUBAI There is consensus in the Arab world that foreign-driven reforms are not wanted, Lakhdar Brahimi, former special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general, told delegates at the Arab Strategy Forum.KERIM BALCI Zaman Online - Dec 05 2:14 PM
Speaking to thousands in Gaza last Friday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniye succeeded in showing that Hamas still ruled the streets.IDF capitulates to ceasefire extension demands Jerusalem Newswire - Dec 04 1:47 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.Yale speakers serve up controversy, but no violence The Yale Herald - Dec 03 11:33 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. EHUD OLMERT, the Financial Mail - Dec 03 11:14 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.Israeli-Palestinian talks on prisoners swap mires for category of involved: official People's Daily - Dec 05 4:38 PM
A Palestinian senior official revealed on Tuesday that talks to swap an Israeli soldier for Palestinian prisoners have stuck in mire over the category of prisoners to be involved in the swap deal.Hotlinks Tiscali - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
The prime minister will touch down in the U.S. capital on Wednesday, the day a top study group is expected to publish its conclusions on how Western troops can organise an exit from the brutal and chaotic conflict in Iraq. What Is Taking Place in Iraq Is Very Heartbreaking Arab News - Dec 05 4:11 PM
JEDDAH, 6 December 2006 Sixty-three-year-old Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is the secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Founded in 1969, the OIC is the world s largest organization of Muslim countries and now represents 57 nations.main Kavkaz Center - Dec 04 12:10 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."Preventing Killings Top Priority, Says OIC Chief Arab News - Dec 05 4:11 PM
JEDDAH, 6 December 2006 As turmoil continues to bubble throughout the Middle East, Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is calling for sanity throughout the region.Blair heads for U.S. to urge Middle East action Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Dec 05 10:47 AM
Prime Minister Tony Blair will urge U.S. President George W. Bush to embrace a wider Middle East peace policy to help tackle the insurgency in Iraq when the two leaders meet in Washington on Thursday.IDF Arrests Terrorist in Bethlehem Israel National News - Dec 04 2:30 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.Demme to head Jimmy Carter documentary EARTHtimes.org - Dec 05 4:03 PM
Carter's book tour began on Nov. 11, three days prior to his book's release, and has focused around the politician's efforts towards peace in the Mideast.Breaking down the Rattlers playoff dash San Marcos Daily Record - Dec 05 2:09 PM
San Marcos As the San Marcos Rattlers continue their march towards a Class 5A, Division II state title, there are a number of topics and questions I would like to address.Mauritius: Media Blamed for Unfair Image of Islam AllAfrica.com - Dec 05 2:05 PM
Rashid Ahmine was the guest speaker at the November monthly talk at the British Council on the media and the image of Islam. It was an opportunity to share views on this quite sensitive issue.Canada shifts on Middle East Middle East Times - Dec 05 10:48 AM
VAL-DES-MONTS, QC, Canada -- When Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Israel's massive onslaught against Lebanon in the wake of Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers as "a measured response," it was clear that Canada was now more firmly on Israel's side.US must work harder to drive peace process China Daily - Dec 05 4:39 PM
Three weeks have passed since the mid-term elections in the United States. The impasse in Iraq still poses a hard nut for the Bush government to crack: Disengaging the US troops from Iraq and at the same time steering the country clear of an overall civil war.Human Rights Day: Petition presentation, Thursday Scoop.co.nz - Dec 05 2:17 PM
In the run up to Human Rights Day, the first signatures on the national No WARP! (Network Opposed to Weapons and Related Production) petition 'End government support for military exports' will be presented to parliament.Spain reopens Iraq cameraman killing probe AlertNet - Dec 05 8:26 AM
Source: Reuters MADRID, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Spain could seek the extradition of three U.S. soldiers after its Supreme Court said on Tuesday it had reopened a murder investigation into the killing of Spanish cameraman ... ALI H. ASLAN Zaman Online - Dec 05 2:16 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.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.Rory McCarthy talks to the women of Hamas Guardian Unlimited - Dec 05 7:56 AM
Rory McCarthy talks to the women from Hamas.UK's Blair heads for US to urge Middle East action AlertNet - Dec 05 10:55 AM
Source: Reuters By Sophie Walker LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will urge U.S. President George W. Bush to embrace a wider Middle East peace policy to help tackle the insurgency in Iraq ... Paris, Berlin accuse Damascus of orchestrating crisis in Beirut The Daily Star Lebannon - Dec 05 1:07 PM
Germany and France backed embattled Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's Cabinet Tuesday, telling Syria to stop destabilizing Lebanon. As opposition protests in Downtown Beirut to force the government to resign entered their fifth day, the German chancellor and French president issued a joint statement asking Damascus.BAHRAIN BOW TO SOUTH KOREA Gulf Daily News - Dec 05 6:20 PM
DOHA: Bahrain missed a chance of an automatic berth in the quarter-finals of the Asian Games soccer competition, following a 1-0 defeat to South Korea in Group 'B' last night at Al Rayyan Club Stadium.Israel proposes releasing terror group founder WorldNetDaily - Dec 05 12:01 PM
JERUSALEM A senior member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet today proposed the release of convicted murderer, terror group founder and alleged planner of the second Palestinian intifada Marwan Barghouti in exchange for the freedom of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.Israel: Gaza-Based Al-Quds Radio Boosts Transmission to West Bank RedNova - Dec 05 11:12 AM
Text of report by Ashraf Sahwil in Gaza: "Al-Quds Radio boosts its transmission", published by Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat al- Jadidah website on 2 December The Al-Quds Radio broadcasting from the Gaza Strip has recently boosted its transmission to cover the West Bank.Filipinos still without a medal at the Games ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Dec 05 9:23 AM
DOHA, Qatar - Filipino-American Cecil Mamiit lost a hard-fought match against Chinese-Taipei s Lu Yen Hsun Tuesday as the Philippines bowed out of the team event in tennis in the 15th Asian Games.Iraq's Athletes Happy to Be Competing The Houma Courier - Dec 05 1:47 PM
Iraqi athletes are hardly bothered by old equipment or few places to train. There are more pressing worries - the fear of being killed or kidnapped. In the face of such danger, Iraq ended a two-decade absence from the Asian Games.Athletes from Iraq face unique challenges, like staying alive Slam! Sports - Dec 05 7:03 AM
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - A lack of training venues or basic equipment is trivial on the scale of difficulties facing athletes in Iraq: The fear of being kidnapped for ransom or killed is far more foreboding.In brief: Bond still 001 at the box-office Guardian Unlimited - Dec 05 5:42 AM
Plus: Jimmy Carter to be the subject of a Jonathan Demme documentary, and Happy Feet and more nominated for the Annies.Neo-Con Salafis (Saudi-Salafis) News From Bangladesh - Dec 05 10:23 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.Ahmadinejad: Nations survival rooted in love, blessing Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 05 7:48 AM
Iran - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that survival of any nation is rooted in love, kindness and blessing.Animal Control committee holds first meeting Athens Review Online - Dec 05 6:04 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.Student Respect national conference Socialist Worker - Dec 05 11:09 AM
Over 100 delegates gathered on Sunday of last week at the first full Student Respect national conference.Saudi fears Iraq returnees will boost Qaeda Khaleej Times - Dec 05 8:05 AM
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia, which has rounded up more than 130 Al Qaeda suspects, fears Iraq could become a training ground for militants who return to carry out attacks at home, officials and experts said on Tuesday.Taylor leads Chronicle picks in Big 12; McCoy honored Houston Chronicle - Dec 04 11:21 PM
Zac Taylor of Nebraska takes the honor as the top offensive player of the year in the Big 12. UT quarterback Colt McCoy comes in as top freshman, and linebacker Misi Tupe of Texas A&M is named top newcomer on defense. Dear p2pnet: Suha Arafat p2pnet.net - Dec 05 10:56 AM
suha200suha@yahoo.frEstelle Muirhead Lively - 12/05/06 Corsicana Daily Sun - Dec 05 10:04 AM
Born on Feb. 24, 1910 in Dallas to T.N. and Nora Muirhead, Estelle Lively, 96, passed away on Dec. 2, 2006 in Corsicana. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Oakwood Cemetery with Gene Bullard officiating.Sacred scroll reaches stars The Cincinnati Enquirer - Dec 05 2:35 AM
Henry Fenichel and his miniature Torah scroll survived a Nazi death camp and now it has survived a trip into space. In a special ceremony today, a shuttle astronaut will return the scroll after taking it into space to honor a fallen member of the Columbia crew.Reports round-up Socialist Worker - Dec 05 11:09 AM
Members of media workers unions at news provider ITN are balloting for strike action to protect their pension rights.Filipinos still without a medal at the Games The Manila Times - Dec 05 7:11 AM
DOHA, Qatar: Filipino-American Cecil Ma miit lost a hard-fought match against Chinese-Taipei s Lu Yen Hsun Tuesday as the Philippines bowed out of the team event in tennis in the 15th Asian Games.2006 AP All-Big 12 Team WOI-TV Des Moines - Dec 05 10:45 AM
DALLAS The 2006 Associated Press All-Big 12 team, as selected by a panel of 20 sports writers who regularly cover the league for newspapers throughout the league's seven states. Players at all positions are listed alphabetically; "u-" denotes unanimous selections.ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome Zenit News Agency - Dec 03 4:11 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."MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 102 for 24 November - 30 November 2006 AlertNet - Dec 05 4:10 AM
Source: IRIN IRAQ: Um Khalid, Iraq "Men here believe they are immune to the disease" IRAQ: New dam threatens agriculture and marshland IRAQ: Travellers use codes to stay safe Wiesel: 'I have Achieved Nothing' Totally Jewish - Dec 05 9:11 AM
He's survived Auschwitz, been feted around the world and won the Nobel Peace Prize. But, despite all his accolades, Elie Wiesel this week told TJ that he has achieved nothing.New Airbus Middle East subsidiary gathers momentum AME Info - Dec 05 2:50 AM
Airbus Middle East, the new subsidiary that became effective on September 1, 2006, has appointed Fouad Attar as Vice President, head of commercial.Living History | Kneehigh plays | Stray Dogs | Voices For Bethlehem | Marx Socialist Worker - Dec 05 11:08 AM
Living History explores the response of artists to major political events of the past 100 years. Highlights include Chris Ofili s No Woman No Cry, a moving painting about the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence.Israeli military efforts in Gaza, Lebanon cause more threats People's Daily - Dec 05 3:07 AM
Fighting in Gaza Strip and Lebanon features Israeli military efforts in the Year 2006, but the results have proven not to help Israel out of security troubles as it has been continuously confronting retaliative shelling of rockets from Palestinian militants while licking the wounds caused by the Israel-Lebanon conflict.Israel-Palestine conflict core source of Anti-Americanism - Al Jazeera - Dec 03 1:27 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.Kyle Bruckmann: Purposeful Discontent All About Jazz - Dec 04 11:18 PM
When I spoke with oboist Kyle Bruckmann earlier this month, he was in the midst of a recording session with experimental metal act Oxbow (Hydrahead Records). Yeah haven t heard of them, huh?Qatar to pay Palestine $22.5 million per month for several months Gulf News - Dec 03 4:00 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.Envoy outlines Iran's stance on regional, int'l issues Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 05 3:48 AM
Croatia - Iran - Envoy Iranian Ambassador to Zagreb Mohammad-Hassan Fadaei-Fard outlined Tehran's stance on various regional and international developments.Texas State Railroad set to be shut down as East Texans struggle to save it The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Dec 03 6:09 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. A deeper insight into the Kurdish-Jewish romantic comedy David and Layla Kurdish Media - Dec 05 4:48 AM
Cinema is magic! The French call it the Seventh Art. It is the most powerful and accessible media. It is the Seventh Wonder! Without losing one drop of blood, Guney and Ghobadi s films probably have done, as much for World s awareness of Kurdistan, as have all Kurdish revolutions for a century!Carter Explains Failure Of Mideast Peace Process Hartford Courant - Dec 04 11:21 PM
"When I was president, I was working day and night to bring peace to Israel," says Jimmy Carter, 82, sitting in a hotel suite in New York. Philippines still without a medal The Daily Tribune - Dec 05 5:50 AM
DOHA, Qatar Fil-American Cecil Mamiit lost a hard-fought match against Chinese Taipei s Lu Yen Hsun Tuesday as the Philippines bowed out of the team event in tennis in the 15th Asian Games.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 The Almanac UPI - Dec 05 12:52 AM
, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Today is Monday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2006 with 20 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius.PLO Condemns Adwan Statement, Calls for His Removal from Cabinet Palestine Media Center - Dec 05 12:59 AM
The PLO Executive Committee condemned the undignified statement made by Minister Atef Odwan, from Hamas, against the head of the Palestinian National Authority (PLO), as well as the minister s call for the partition of the Gaza Strip from the West Bank.
