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Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel 
Nasdaq - Dec 08 12:52 PM
(RTTNews) - Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian Prime Minister, at Friday prayers in Tehran said he would never recognize Israel and would not give up the Jihad movement until the complete liberation of Jerusalem and Palestine land is achieved.*Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel Nasdaq - Dec 08 12:53 PM
(RTTNews) - Palestine Prime Minister Vows Never To Recognize Israel.Carter book on Palestine challenged by former colleague BPNews.net - Dec 07 2:24 PM
ATLANTA (BP)--A longtime adviser to President Jimmy Carter has made a highly publicized break with Carter over the former president s latest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Carter defends new Mideast book Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 41 minutes ago
From the comfort of the Carter Center, former President Jimmy Carter blasted his critics Friday and defended his latest book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."Olmert rejects call to talk with Syria about Palestine Los Angeles Daily News - Dec 08 4:46 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush administration stabilize Iraq.Palestine, aid boost not enough AME Info - Dec 06 9:05 PM
Arab nations and the EU have pledged to provide around $900m in financial aid to Palestine this year, almost tripling last year's total of $350m, reported Gulf News. The aid is partly as a result of Israel withholding revenues it owes Palestine.Alan Dershowitz: Jimmy Carter Trivializes Rwandan Genocide HuffingtonPost - Dec 08 11:45 AM
Last Tuesday, Jimmy Carter, while promoting his new book, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid ,* went further in his anti-Israel rhetoric than even most hard-left extremists would go. Asked whether he believed that Israel's "persecution" of Palestinians was "[e]ven worse ... than a place like Rwanda," Carter answered, "Yes. I think - yes." (You can find the transcript here .) The comparison is No Palestinians, No Palestine, No Problem Haaretz Daily - Dec 08 12:15 AM
This piece, a response to critics of Wishing the Palestinians out of existence , will be followed by a trial revision of talkback guidelines.Patriots play at McCrory tonight Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 08 1:32 PM
The Palestine-Wheatley basketball teams will ttravel to McCrory tonight for a 6AA match up while Calvary Christian will host Liberty Christian, beginning at 6 p.m.PW School Board approves bonuses for employees Forrest City Times-Herald - Dec 08 1:02 PM
Teachers in the Palestine-Wheatley School District will receive a $1,200 bonus just in time for the holidays after members of the district s board approved the measure Thursday night.NUT Backs Palestine Campaign Totally Jewish - Dec 06 5:41 AM
Jewish teachers have expressed their concern this week after the National Union of Teachers voted in favour of affiliating the union with the Palestine solidarity campaign .Palestine at Center of Problems in Middle East Zaman Online - Dec 07 2:11 PM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a strategic visit to Syria yesterday following his visits to Jordan and Iran last week. On an official visit to the capital Damascus, Erdogan met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Prime Minister Naji al-Otri.NOW THAT LOOP 49 IS A TOLL ROAD, WILL YOU USE IT? Tyler Morning Telegraph - Dec 08 12:15 PM
"I will if I'm in a hurry to get to Lake Palestine." Daniel Wilt, Tyler "No I won't, I don't use it." Cory, Weatherford, Tyler "I don't think I will, I come in on highway 155."Forward.com Forward - Dec 08 7:52 AM
A prominent Middle East scholar, Kenneth W. Stein, announced his resignation as a fellow of Emory University s Carter Center, in response to former President Jimmy Carter s new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Davoudi: Palestinians' victory is definite Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 08 5:18 AM
Iran - Davoudi - Palestine Iran's Vice-President Parviz Davoudi has said Palestinian nation's victory against the Zionist regime of Israel is definite according to divine promises.Ayat. Khatami: Islam is true savior of Palestinian nation Islamic Republic News Agency - Dec 08 3:48 AM
Iran - Palestine - Khatami Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami on Friday criticized false advocates of democracy for opposing the Palestinian popular government and said Islam is the only savior of the Palestinian people.Longtime Aide Tells FOX News Why He Cut Ties to Carter Fox News - Dec 07 2:56 PM
A longtime aide to former President Jimmy Carter told FOXNews.com Thursday that he cut ties with the Carter Center in protest to a new book on Palestine because it distorts history to shape the reader's opinion to one side of the issue.Court says Spain can investigate Spanish cameraman's death in Baghdad Electronic Iraq - Dec 08 4:53 AM
Spain's supreme court yesterday ordered the reopening of the Spanish judicial investigation into the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, who was killed when a US tank shelled the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad on 8 April 2003.Hamas will never recognize Israel, says Haniyeh EARTHtimes.org - Dec 08 6:18 AM
The Hamas-led government in Palestine will never recognize Israel, asserted prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, and it will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem.Palestine Still Main Agenda For Malaysia Bernama - Dec 07 3:38 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 (Bernama) -- The Palestinian issue is still the main agenda for Malaysia as chairman of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and former chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).Israel-Palestine discussions lack civility The Heights - Dec 07 7:12 AM
Last month, students berated and walked out on an Israeli journalist who came to Boston College because of his perceived bias, while tearing up pro-Israeli literature outside of the event.. A week later, police were present when a pro-Palestinian speaker came to counter the presentation.President Defends New Book Against Charges of Bias, Falsehood Emory Wheel - Dec 07 11:40 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter denied allegations on Wednesday that his new book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid , contains inaccuracies and bias. In an hour-long interview with the Wheel , Carter rejected the assertion of his former Middle East aide, Emory professor Kenneth Stein, that the book is "replete with factual errors, copied materials not cited, superficialities, glaring omissions, and Giving For Peace In The Middle East Forbes - Dec 08 3:43 PM
You don't have to be a politician to help solve the problems in the Middle East. But it helps to be a billionaire.News Articles Emory Wheel - Dec 07 11:39 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter denied allegations on Wednesday that his new book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid, contains inaccuracies and bias.Largest Ever Appeal For Emergency Aid - Palestine Scoop.co.nz - Dec 07 1:31 PM
The United Nations and its partners today launched their largest ever appeal for emergency aid to the occupied Palestinian territory more than $453 million to help address a rapidly deteriorating situation after donors cut off funds to the Government when Hamas, which rejects Israel s right to exist, won elections earlier this year.PLO-appointed panel calls for early elections Borneo Bulletin - Dec 07 11:08 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza City (AP) - A panel appointed by the Palestine Liberation Organisation has recommended that the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, dissolve the militant Hamas-led government and call new elections as early as March, an official close to the president said.Hamas supremo blames US for unity talks breakdown AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 11:57 AM
The exiled political leader of governing Palestinian movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, accused the moderate presidency of torpedoing national unity talks at the behest of Washington.Middle East Expert Resigns Over Carter's 'Errors, Omissions' Emory Wheel - Dec 07 11:39 PM
Editor's Note: A copy of Kenneth Stein's letter appears at the end of this article. Emory's top expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict resigned from his post at The Carter Center Tuesday to protest what he called sloppy scholarship in former President Jimmy Carter's new book on the conflict, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid.Jimmy Carter plagiarized book, professor claims WorldNet Daily - Dec 07 5:54 PM
An Emory University professor who for 23 years has been the Middle East Fellow of the school's Carter Center has ended that association over the "factual errors," "glaring omissions," and "simply invented segments" of President Jimmy Carter's new book, "Palestine Peace not Apartheid."The shaping of the Bible International Herald Tribune - Dec 08 8:47 AM
The exhibit, "In the Beginning, Bibles before the year 1000," at Washington's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, shows the earliest material remnants of the books revered by Judaism and Christianity.Israel rejects United States advisory panel report on Iraq New Kerala - Dec 07 9:40 PM
Harinder Mishra, Jerusalem, Dec 7: Israel today rejected a US advisory panel's report which said that efforts to find a solution to its conflict with Palestine could have a conciliatory effect on the Iraqi situation and insisted that there was no linkage between the two issues.UN pleads for Palestine aid iafrica.com - Dec 07 6:14 AM
The United Nations led a record appeal for aid to the Palestinians Thursday, asking for more than $450-million to be dispatched to counter a deteriorating humanitarian situation.Congress rushes to wrap up session AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 6:25 AM
The Republican era in Congress staggered toward a close with lawmakers trying to hold together a fragile agreement on a massive tax and trade legislation considered essential before they can adjourn.Gasworks Presents Open Studio Art Daily - Dec 07 3:13 PM
Cao Guimarães, Luminaria 05, photograph from the ongoing Gambiarra series. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Gasworks presents Open Studio: Shadi Habib (Palestine) and Cao Guimarães (Brazil), on view December 15 17, 2006, 12-6pm.Democrats thwart congressional raise Dallas Morning News - 34 minutes ago
WASHINGTON Democrats stalled a congressional pay raise Friday, demanding a minimum wage hike first a move derided even by Texas Republicans willing to freeze lawmakers' salaries.Canada's withholding funds from Palestinians 'criminal': Carter CBC - 20 minutes ago
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says it's "a crime" for Canada and other nations to withhold money from the Hamas-led Palestinian government.Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter defends book's criticism of Israel policy CP via Yahoo! Canada News - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
ATLANTA (AP) - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter defended his harsh criticism of Israeli policy in his latest book, saying he hopes to erode the "impenetrable wall" that blocks the U.S. public from seeing the plight of Palestinians.Carter Book Moves Up Bestseller Charts and Causes Former Adviser to Resign The Book Standard - Dec 07 2:05 PM
A former adviser to former president Jimmy Carter resigned from his position as fellow of the Carter Center on Tuesday, citing concerns with Carter s recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , the New York Times reported yesterday.Harsh Iraq Report Offers No Solution Forbes - Dec 08 3:11 AM
Bipartisan group recommends that U.S. threaten rapid withdrawal unless Iraq ramps up security, peacekeeping efforts.Japan gives UN funds for Palestinians in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 06 8:08 AM
Japan has decided to give 3.72 million dollars to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which will cover three programs to aid refugees in Lebanon.Sectarian issues Al-Ahram Weekly - Dec 07 10:25 AM
Over the past few days, things flared up in three countries all at once: Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. The power struggle among the ruling elites and the weakness of the current regimes were to blame in each case.Analysis: Palestinian economy in free fall UPI - Dec 07 8:07 AM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- During a recent press conference with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees on the economic conditions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, briefer Salem Ajluni was asked: "If I were a Palestinian, where should I live?"Japanese editorial excerpts -4- Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
_ Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:Google AdWords Served on Orkut Terror & Jihad Groups Search Engine Journal - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Over the course of the Search Engine Strategies Chicago conference last week Search Engine Journal covered the Google AdSense Clickfraud Botnet story broken by WebmasterRadio.fm s Jim Hedger which claims that click fraud is rampant, action is not being done to stop it, Google is not blocking IP addresses from the restricted blacklist of spammers, AdSense [...]Imam, a U.S. citizen, denies terrorism links Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
A Phoenix imam who was one of six Muslim men removed from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis on Nov. 20 once worked with two U.S. organizations accused of having links to terrorism. But Omar Shahin said Friday that he wasn't involved in anti-American activity and no longer is associated with either group. Also on Friday, US Airways said the men's ejection had nothing to do with their backgrounds Arab world welcomes Iraq Study Group report The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Dec 08 12:00 AM
The Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommendations are making far more waves outside Iraq than inside that troubled country.Israel rejects US advisory panel report on Iraq Outlook India - Dec 07 6:49 AM
Israel today rejected a US advisory panel's report which said that efforts to find a solution to its conflict with Palestine could have a conciliatory effect on the Iraqi situation and insisted that there was no linkage between the two issues.Furor simmers over Carter's latest book Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Dec 06 7:48 PM
Any controversy seemed to be lost on the 700 or so people who lined up Wednesday to get their copies of former President Jimmy Carter's latest book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," signed by the author. As he signed, Carter occasionally stopped and smiled for pictures, answered general questions from well wishers and asked most of the children their names. "I think it is the boldest thing an Palestine chess player disqualified 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.Jimmy Carter Fires Back at Longtime Aide Over Book Fox News - Dec 08 7:56 AM
Former President Jimmy Carter faced new criticism Friday over his controversial book on Palestinian lands when a former Middle East diplomat accused him of improperly publishing maps that did not belong to him.Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel Guardian Unlimited - Dec 08 5:41 PM
Tony Blair plans final peace push but few believe he will succeed.Some in Congress underwhelmed by Baker report World Tribune - Dec 08 4:13 PM
WASHINGTON A bipartisan proposal for a U.S. reconciliation with Iran and Syria has been met with skepticism in Congress.Dead fish day Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
The president looked like a hooked fish with its head hammered by a humane angler. But he always does. Yesterday he looked even worse. He has moved from the riverbank to the fishmonger's slab. After the midterms and the Baker report on Iraq (executive summary: "We screwed up.Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel Guardian Unlimited - Dec 08 4:12 PM
Blair plans final peace push but few believe he will succeed.Blow to Blair mission as Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Tony Blair's hopes of securing a Middle East peace settlement in his final days as prime minister were dealt a blow yesterday when the senior Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, vowed in Iran that he would never recognise Israel and would fight on until Jerusalem was liberated.Carter's new book draws sharp criticisms Macon Telegraph - Dec 07 12:20 AM
A Carter Center fellow and longtime adviser to former President Jimmy Carter has resigned after sharply criticizing Carter's new book on Palestine, and a Jewish human rights group said it obtained thousands of signatures from supporters also protesting the book.Nelson Musicians Raise Money For Shell Victims Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:01 PM
No Fences: Festival for Peace and Justice in Palestineto be held at FairfieldHouse in January with Speakers, Musicians and Exhibitions UN Security Council welcomes Israel-Palestine ceasefire deal People's Daily - Dec 06 5:23 PM
The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the cease-fire agreement reached last month by Israeli and Palestinian leaders.Rice to press harder for revival of Mideast talks USA Today - Dec 07 6:39 PM
A day after a bipartisan panel urged the Bush administration to try harder to broker Middle East peace, the State Department said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would devote more energy to reviving Israeli talks with the Palestinians.Maps in Carter's book are questioned Los Angeles Times - Dec 08 2:52 AM
NEW YORK Harsh allegations over President Carter's new book on Israel and the Palestinians came into sharper focus Thursday when a former top aide to Carter said the book appeared to contain maps that were "unusually similar" to those in an earlier book.KERIM BALCI Zaman Online - Dec 08 2:15 PM
Speaking to thousands in Gaza last Friday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniye succeeded in showing that Hamas still ruled the streets.Iran's FM meets Dutch PM IranMania.com - 40 minutes ago
LONDON, December 9 (IranMania) - Visiting Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki met and conferred with the new Dutch Prime Minister, IRNA reported.Cop Killers at Large Arab News - Dec 08 4:11 PM
JEDDAH, 9 December 2006 Security forces are still on the lookout for the armed suspects responsible for the killing of two police guards at the maximum-security Al-Ruwais Prison on Thursday, according to Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman for the Interior Ministry. UN Appeals for Urgent Palestinian Aid Turks.US - 7 minutes ago
In their biggest appeal for emergency funding, UN aid agencies pleaded for emergency aid for the Palestinian people to assuage the economic woes in the occupied lands, reported the Guardian on Friday, December 8.Top Searches Football365.com - Dec 07 6:01 AM
The afternooners always know better than the morningers... Vidic Should Know Better Perhaps Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand would like to explain their "hilarious" rocket-launcher celebration to people living in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Palestine etc etc who live in constant fear of attack from rocket-propelled grenades or missiles or those who have lost love ones from such weapons in conflict Tech institute to help rebuild two Iraq universities Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Dec 08 1:27 PM
The Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) has dispatched a letter to the Iraq Embassy in New Delhi on Friday inviting officials to the institute for talks to help rebuild two technical universities in Baghdad. The letter was in response to a request by the Embassy to the MNNIT Director for helping rebuild the two universities, Baghdad Technical University and Basra Technical Carter's Book Leads to a Resignation WXIA-TV Atlanta - Dec 06 8:57 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter's latest book, 'Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid,' is generating buzz, but also controversy. Video: Keith Whitney Reports After delay, Congress tries to finish up Boston Globe - Dec 08 8:15 AM
Lawmakers hoped to bring the painfully divisive 109th Congress to a close Friday, but first they had to act on massive tax and trade legislation with provisions that left some angry and unhappy.Human right advocates fear DIMA's "Duck Shooting" Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:47 PM
"Human rights advocates in touch with detained asylum seekers speak from experience when they express their fears, knowing that when the Christmas break nears each year, that "The Department's Duck Shooting Season" is on once again," WA Rights group said this morning.Prospects Of All-Out Civil War In Iraq "More Real" Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:48 PM
The prospects of all-out civil war in Iraq and even a regional conflict have become much more real over the past three months as sectarian violence, insurgent and terrorist attacks, and criminal activities have risen significantly, according to the latest United Nations report on the war-torn country released today.Growing Concern Over Deportation Of Ethiopians Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:31 PM
Despite repeated appeals Yemen has still not granted the United Nations refugee agency access to 126 Ethiopian boat people who have been detained for almost two weeks and are now threatened with imminent deportation.Operation Basketball December 8 & 9 WTHR Indianapolis - 53 minutes ago
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) All content Š Copyright 2002 - 2006 WorldNow and WTHR. All Rights Reserved. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service .It is the policy of The Dispatch Broadcast Group to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to their race, color, religion, Calls For Health Access For Hunger Striker Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:32 PM
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Belarus to assure access to proper health care for a jailed opposition political leader who has been on hunger strike for the past 49 days.$475 Million To Fight Bird Flu Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:33 PM
The International donor community today pledged $475 million to fight bird flu after a senior United Nations official warned them that the virus, with its possible mutation into a deadly human pandemic, remains a potent threat around the world.President Bush and Prime Minister Blair Hold a News Conference Washington Post - Dec 07 1:45 PM
President Bush and the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Tony Blair discuss the Iraq Study Group report and their views on creating peace and stability in the Middle East. Text From the News Conference New York Times - Dec 07 4:03 PM
Following is the text of remarks at a news conference on Thursday by President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, as recorded by the White House:.Typhoon Durian leaves 240,000 homeless Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 5:16 PM
The swathe of destruction caused by Typhoon Durian has left more than 570 people dead, 746 people missing presumed dead and hundreds of thousands of people homeless in the Philippines on the verge of Christmas.LATEST GEORGIA HEADLINES AccessNorthGA - Dec 08 12:42 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter defended his harsh criticism of Israeli policy in his latest book, saying Friday he hopes to erode the "impenetrable wall" that blocks the American public from seeing the plight of Palestinians.US blamed for unity talks breakdown News Interactive - Dec 08 11:55 AM
THE exiled political leader of governing Palestinian movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, accused the moderate presidency overnight of torpedoing national unity talks at the behest of Washington.Calming Regional Tensions: What Saudi Arabia Can Do Arab News - Dec 08 4:14 PM
Whether it is Iraq, Lebanon or the occupied Palestinian territories, the theater of hostilities presents the same depressing picture. The differences among the conflicting parties are huge; the loss in human lives is high.Sierra Leone: Colleges Discuss Middle East Issues AllAfrica.com - Dec 08 2:23 PM
The Middle East crises have become topical issues around the world and even in the West African state of Sierra Leone.Fiji Forms Tourism Action Group Again Scoop.co.nz - Dec 08 4:31 PM
Fijišs tourism industry today reformed the Tourism Action Group to develop a marketing and public relations strategy to restore traveller confidence after this weekšs military takeover of Government.Blow to Blair from Palestinian PM Guardian Unlimited - Dec 08 4:11 PM
The British prime minister plans final peace push but few believe he will succeed as Palestinian PM vows never to recognise Israel.Olmert Rejects Linking Iraq to Israeli-Arab Disputes Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 12:46 PM
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected the linkage made by the Iraq Study Group between resolving or reducing U.S. involvement in Iraq and finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.Prime minister seizes chance for progress on Palestinian crisis Guardian Unlimited - Dec 06 7:08 PM
Tony Blair is to take advantage of the Iraq Study Group's advice on the Middle East to press George Bush, in a meeting today, to be more positive towards the formation of a national unity government in Palestine involving Hamas.Carter Center fellow resigns over book Los Angeles Times - Dec 07 10:44 PM
ATLANTA A longtime aide to former President Carter has resigned from the Carter Center think tank, calling the former president's new book on Israel and the Arabs one-sided and filled with errors.DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND SAUDI AMBASSADORS: CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ: OUR MISSION IS Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Dec 08 4:05 PM
Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, received at his palace in Riyadh Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Saudi ambassadors on the occasion of their periodical meeting in Riyadh.Several events going on for the holiday season The Daily Sentinel - Dec 08 3:05 PM
As a woman who proudly displays a Texas State Parks bumper sticker on her car, I present the following information about park events this holiday season.Two ghosts of Christmas past hit hard times The Facts - 55 minutes ago
We come now to the matter of fruitcakes and mincemeat pies. Delicacies that are, in my family, totally unappreciated by everyone but yours truly.Controversy surrounds Carter book on Mideast The Buffalo News - Dec 08 6:17 AM
WASHINGTON - A veteran Middle East scholar resigned his position with the Carter Center in Atlanta this week in an escalating controversy over former President Jimmy Carter's best-selling book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.India in sole lead The Hindu - Dec 08 2:43 PM
Doha: India shot into sole lead with a 2-1 victory over host Qatar at the end of the third round of the Asian Team chess championship. India leads with 7.5 points while Vietnam is on 7. Vietnam beat Uzbekistan 2-1 and China beat Iran ...Lame duck Congress hopes to finish work today Seattle Times - Dec 08 9:16 AM
Lawmakers hoped to bring the painfully divisive 109th Congress to a close today, but first they had to act on massive tax and trade legislation with provisions that left some angry and unhappy.Text from Bush and Blair news conference AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 10:56 AM
Text from President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair's joint news conference Thursday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.'Forward' - Bush's new favorite word? AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 1:11 PM
When he received his own copy of the Iraq Study Group report, President Bush praised the subtitle, "The way forward a new approach." On Thursday, it was clear he had added the phrase to his lexicon. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair used "forward" or "way forward" about two dozen times during their news conference about the war and problems in the Middle East.Gambia: ISG Agrees - Solution To Iraq Is Comprehensive Peace Plan AllAfrica.com - Dec 08 1:24 PM
To many, the Iraq project was foredoomed from the start, so few would be surprised, now that we've journeyed from Rumdsfeld's blustering "bring them on" to Bush's more chastened, "It's bad in Iraq".ALI H. ASLAN Zaman Online - Dec 08 2:15 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.Ideas to solve clash with the Muslim community Hernando Today - Dec 08 5:46 PM
First, let the world know, we the American-Muslims strongly condemn terrorism, and all terrorists, whoever they are and wherever they may be, and we love our country and are very proud to be American and Muslim.Scholar quits over statements on Israel in Carter book The Philadelphia Inquirer - Dec 08 12:36 AM
A veteran Middle East scholar affiliated with the Carter Center in Atlanta resigned his position there Monday in an escalating controversy over former President Jimmy Carter's new book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Your e-mails: Will Iraq recommendations work? CNN.com - Dec 07 12:30 PM
A high-level panel has made its recommendations on Iraq, calling the situation there "grave and dangerous," while adding "prospects can be improved." The Iraq Study Group calls for direct talks between the United States, Iran and Syria and urges moving most U.S. troops from combat to support roles by early 2008.Ain-Al-Yaqeen - December 8, 2006 - Article 8 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Dec 08 4:05 PM
THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP REVIEWS WITH THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDUL AZIZ DENIES THE PRESENCE OF SAUDI INFILTRATORS IN IRAQ.
