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More Protests Against Israeli Offensive In Lebanon, Palestine 
Bernama - Aug 02 4:15 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- Malaysians staged more protests Wednesday against the Israeli offensive in Lebanon and Palestine. Demonstrations were staged by PAS members and supporters in Kuala Lumpur and university students in Sabah.Political parties call on int'l organs to support Lebanon, Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 02 7:05 AM
Iran - Parties - Lebanon Iranian political parties sent separate letters to heads of states and international organizations, offering support for the Islamic resistance movements in Palestine and Lebanon.Iranian embassy condemns Zionists attacks on Lebanon, Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 01 5:50 AM
Iran - Palestine - China Iranian embassy in China issued a statement on Tuesday in which it condemned the Zionist regime's attacks on the defenseless Palestinian people and its aggression on Lebanon.'Palestine cause unites Islam' The Times of India - Aug 02 1:25 PM
LONDON: In his first admission ever that the US and Britain were losing the battle for mainstream Muslim and Arab opinion, British PM Tony Blair has pointed out that "Islamist extremism's whole strategy is based on a presumed sense of grievance that can motivate people to divide against each other.JOIN THE RALLY FOR LEBANON AND PALESTINE AUG. 12 IN WASHINGTON DC News From Bangladesh - Aug 02 11:25 AM
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/28/06) - CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to join the thousands of people expected to take part in the August 12th National Emergency March on Washington to protest Israeli attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon and Gaza.Int'l Community Support Crucial To Stop Israeli Offensive - Kaddoumi Bernama - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 (Bernama) -- International community support is crucial to end Israeli aggression on Lebanon and Palestine, says Farrouk Kaddoumi, the Political Department Head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).Muslim Leaders Discuss Middle East Crisis In Putrajaya Bernama - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 3 (Bernama) -- A special meeting of several leaders of Islamic countries to discuss escalating violence in Lebanon and Palestine began here Thursday.ANDERSON COUNTY DECLARES DISASTER Tyler Morning Telegraph - 3 minutes ago
PALESTINE - Citing growing fire dangers because of excessive heat and lack of rainfall, Anderson County commissioners on Wednesday declared the county to be in a state of disaster.Senate condemns Israeli carnage Dawn - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The Senate on Wednesday strongly condemned what it called naked Israeli carnage in Lebanon and Palestine in a unanimous resolution, but opposition asked the government to do more to mobilise the Islamic world and the UN for a comprehensive solution to the Middle East conflict.Iran, Palestine Sign Mou On Agricultural Cooperation Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 31 4:00 AM
Iran and Palestine here on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on expansion of agricultural cooperation between the two countries.IRAN, PALESTINE SIGN MOU ON AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - Jul 31 4:00 AM
Food Iran and Palestine here on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on expansion of agricultural cooperation between the two countries.MUMTAZER TURKONE Zaman Online - Aug 02 2:15 PM
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it is time for a new Middle East. If we recall that the current Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine were planned a year ago by former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, one can see a the emergence of a new phase.Arab World Generously Donates to Lebanon Zaman Online - Aug 02 2:12 PM
Millions of dollars of financial support has been generously granted to aid the Lebanese people caught up in the Middle East conflict, by the same Arab countries hesitant to send aid to Palestine in the past.India sends medical aid to war-torn Palestine Yahoo! India News - Jul 31 4:05 AM
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): India on Monday released 2.2 billion dollars worth of medicines for war-torn Palestine with its junior foreign minister handing over a symbolic packet of anaesthetics and cancer drugs to the Palestinian representative in New Delhi.Posted: 02-08-2006 , 14:11 GMT Al Bawaba - Aug 02 7:16 AM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday said that Israeli war crimes in Lebanon and Palestine under the US supervision had not even been committed by Mongols, including Changiz Khan.Israel frees one of eight arrested Palestine ministers Itar-Tass - Aug 02 12:55 AM
NEW YORK, August 2 (Itar-Tass) - Israel has released one of eight Palestinian ministers arrested after an Israeli soldier was taken hostage in the Gaza Strip on June 25. According to available information, on Tuesday evening Palestinian Minister on the Affairs of Prisoners Wasfi Qabha was moved to the West Bank of the River Jordan from an Israeli prison, said the minister's lawyer Mustafa Azmuti The route to Iran - through Lebanon? Malta Star - Aug 02 10:32 AM
Aren t we missing the wood for the trees?? If you've been watching the television images from Lebanon, Israel and Palestine and have been feeling a little depressed, cheer up!First batch of medicines for Palestine ready for shipment New Kerala - Jul 31 3:59 AM
New Delhi: The first batch of medicines, comprising life-saving cancer drugs and anaesthetics, are ready for shipment to trouble-hit Palestine.India sends medical aid to war-torn Palestine New Kerala - Jul 31 3:59 AM
New Delhi: India on Monday released 2.2 million dollars worth of medicines for war-torn Palestine with its junior foreign minister handing over a symbolic packet of anaesthetics and cancer drugs to the Palestinian representative in New Delhi.President: Zionists crimes not even comparable to those of Mongols Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 02 5:50 AM
Iran - Ahmadinejad - Israel President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Wednesday said that Israeli war crimes in Lebanon and Palestine under the US supervision had not even been committed by Mongols including Changiz Khan.Israel responsible for 'massacre' of civilians: Pakistan AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Pakistan has described the killing of civilians in Israel's offensive in Lebanon as a 'massacre' that could provoke a clash of civilisations.Palestine inks MoU on agricultural cooperation IranMania.com - Jul 30 8:15 PM
LONDON, July 31 (IranMania) - Iran and Palestine signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on expansion of agricultural cooperation between the two countries, IRNA reported.Why two states is not the solution for Palestine Socialist Worker - Aug 01 10:36 AM
The massacre at Qana is typical of the malicious brutality with which Israel has conducted all its wars, not just the present one. It poses the perennial question of how Israel can ever coexist peacefully with the rest of the Middle East.OIC nations to discuss Middle East crisis at emergency meeting New Kerala - Aug 02 2:29 AM
Kuala lumpur: The world's largest Islamic grouping, OIC, will demand an unconditional ceasefire to fighting in West Asia and ask the UN to include muslim nations in its peacekeeping missions in Lebanon or Palestine, at an emergency summit in Malaysia tomorrow.Tikkun.Org: NYT Advertisement To End The Slaughter Scoop.co.nz - Aug 01 10:50 PM
READ the ad we ran in the New York Times on 7/31. With your help, we can reprint it in the Washington Post and newspapers in Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon. It can only happen if you donate now.Israel And Palestine: Mapping The History Blogcritics.org - Aug 01 6:56 AM
A month or so ago somebody asked me a question that took me aback, not just because of the question, but because of the questioner. She is someone I've always thought was informed and knew about issues and their background, so I was quite shocked when out of the blue she asked me if I knew who the Palestinians were. I must have look puzzled, and some of my shock must have shown on my face, Egyptian Embassy postpones folklore festival IPP Media - Aug 01 11:17 PM
The Egyptian government has called off the Ismailia International Folklore Festival following Israel attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. A press statement issued by the country s embassy in Dar es Salaam says the festival, scheduled for August 15, this year has been suspended.Iran ready to offer training to Lebanese medics IranMania.com - Aug 01 10:30 PM
LONDON, August 2 (IranMania) - Iranian Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education expressed its readiness to offer educational services to medical personnel in Palestine and Lebanon, IRNA reported.News Roundup: Lebanon and Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - Aug 01 6:01 AM
"When they found them, they were all huddled together at the back of the room," Naim Raga, the head of the civil defense team, told the Guardian. An Israeli tank shell has killed a 16-year-old Palestinian civilian in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, Palestinian emergency services said.Sharon Now Lives In Hell, So Bush and Blair Will As Well News From Bangladesh - Aug 01 10:49 PM
Arierl Sharon now lives in hell. One of the most murderous sub-standard animals, with unprecedented death and destruction in Lebanon and Palestine, Sharon now is confined in the corridors of hell. George Wolf Bush and Tony Blair, the blatant liar of Europe, will surely meet the same fate.Christian Arabs Announce Press Conference Regarding Recent Crisis in the Middle East [Press Release] PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 02 3:00 AM
A group of Christian Arabs from the greater Detroit Arab American community is calling a press conference to express its outrage and address the horrific events and injustices in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq.Iran leader calls for Muslim resistance against US, Israel AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 02 10:30 AM
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that the United States will receive "a destructive punch" for its support for "Zionists," and called on Muslims to resist US "bullying and aggression."Ahmadinejad: Israeli aggressions on Lebanon aim to revive dead plan of greater Middle East ArabicNews.com - Aug 01 5:26 PM
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad said today that Israeli aggressions on Lebanon and Palestine aim to revive the dead plan of a greater Middle East.Iran, Palestine sign MoU on agricultural cooperation Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 30 8:39 AM
Iran - Palestine - Cooperation Iran and Palestine here on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on expansion of agricultural cooperation between the two countries.HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Aug 01 2:13 PM
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Lebanon and Palestine topped the agenda of the Turkish cabinet meeting held on Monday.HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Aug 01 2:12 PM
Humanitarian relief organizations in member countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) have met in Istanbul to discuss aid for Lebanon and Palestine.'A Terrorist Government has Seized Israel' Zaman Online - Aug 01 2:13 PM
Belgian rabbi Shmiel Mordche Borreman, who attended a demonstration in Brussels to condemn Israel and support Lebanon and Palestine, called Israel a terrorist state. Wellington Palesting Grp. Resolution On Lebanon Scoop.co.nz - Aug 01 2:35 PM
A public meeting in protest at Israel s ongoing atrocities in Lebanon and Gaza was held in Wellington last night. The meeting, organised by the Wellington Palestine Group, unanimously passed the following resolutions.Islamic World Gathers in Istanbul to Help Zaman Online - Aug 01 2:14 PM
Humanitarian aid organizations from the Muslim world are meeting in Istanbul in an effort to develop a strategy on how to deliver much needed humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Palestine.FM regrets UN silence over Zionist carnage in Lebanon, Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 30 8:50 AM
Iran - UN - Denmark Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday expressed regret over the silence of the United Nations on the carnage unleashed by the Zionist regime on innocent civilians in Lebanon and Palestine.'Land of Olives' contest for children Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 01 9:14 AM
Iran - Palestine - Contest 'Children of the Land of Olives' is an Internet competition currently underway to highlight Lebanese and Palestinian issues.In Gaza, cheers for Hezbollah International Herald Tribune - Aug 02 9:23 AM
As Palestinian deaths mount in the fight with Israel in the Gaza Strip, many here say they take a measure of satisfaction in the pain Hezbollah has inflicted on Israel in Lebanon.Israel Sup. Court Hearing On Brian Avery Killing Scoop.co.nz - Aug 01 3:20 PM
On August the 9th, 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel will hold a final hearing into the request for a criminal investigation into the shooting of International Solidarity Movement member Brian Avery on April the 5th, 2003. Avery, who was shot in the face by Israeli soldiers while working as a human rights observer in the city of Jenin, Palestine.Protesters around world condemn violence, demand cease-fire The Daily Star Lebannon - Aug 01 12:53 PM
Nearly 50 Lebanese youth gathered in Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut on Tuesday for what has become a daily demonstration against Israel's attacks on Lebanon. But they were not alone, as thousands of people outside Lebanon, from Palestine to Washington, came together in support of the Lebanese people.OIC Meeting To Demand Unconditional Ceasefire Bernama - Aug 01 8:00 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), which is to convene a meeting in Putrajaya on Thursday to discuss the escalating violence in Lebanon and Palestine, is expected to demand an unconditional ceasefire.Ahmadinejad: Israeli aggressions on Lebanon aim to revive dead plan of greater Middle East Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 01 9:50 AM
Iran - Lebanon - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Israeli aggressions on Lebanon and Palestine aim to revive the dead plan of a greater Middle East.Blair faces grilling over Mid East PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 38 minutes ago
Tony Blair is due to face more difficult questions over his handling of the Lebanon crisis after returning from his tour of the United States.Iran ready to offer training to Lebanese and Palestinian medics Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 01 7:29 AM
Iran - Medical Education - Lebanon Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education here Tuesday expressed its readiness to offer educational services to medical personnel in Palestine and Lebanon.Iranian cinema preparing anti-Israel petition Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 01 9:15 AM
Iran - Cinema - Petition An official said cineastes from across the world will sign a petition to condemn the Israeli crimes. Atebbaei, director of Iranian Cinema Guild Assembly's International Affairs Department, added that the Iranian cinema industry has also sent a letter denouncing the Zionist Israeli regime's atrocities in Lebanon and Palestine to more than 500 festivals and 1,500 legal and Susilo To Attend OIC Meeting In Malaysia Bernama - Aug 01 7:58 AM
JAKARTA, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to attend a special meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to discuss Israel's military offensive against Lebanon and Palestine, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said Tuesday.Abdullah: Islamic nations must do more than talk The Star Online - 37 minutes ago
PUTRAJAYA : Islamic nations must resolve to come up with a practical plan of action to stop the war in West Asia and bring back peace in the region.Muslim group 'to urge cease-fire' CNN.com - Aug 01 10:47 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The world's largest Islamic coalition will demand an unconditional cease-fire in the Middle East and urge the U.N. to deploy peacekeepers to Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, Malaysia's foreign ministry said.E-mail Protests Can Be Sent To Israeli Embassy In Singapore Bernama - Aug 01 5:15 AM
JOHOR BAHARU, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- Malaysians, concerned about Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine, can send their protests through e-mail to the Israeli Embassy in Singapore at press@singapore.mfa.gov.il, Johor Umno Youth International Bureau Chairman Khalid Mohamad said.M'sian And Indon Youths To Submit Anti-Israel Memorandum To OIC Bernama - Aug 01 6:45 AM
JAKARTA, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- UMNO Youth and the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) will submit a memorandum to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) urging it to take drastic action to stop Israel's atrocities in Lebanon and Palestine.Islamic nations demand immediate ceasefire in Middle East Yahoo! India News - 25 minutes ago
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 3 (DPA) Leaders from the world's largest Islamic political group held an emergency meeting Thursday to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon crisis and call for a UN-deployed peacekeeping force to restore peace in the Middle East.OIC Wants Role In Peace-building In War-hit Lebanon, Says Abdullah Bernama - 30 minutes ago
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 3 (Bernama) -- The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) wants a role in peace-building initiatives in war-torn Lebanon after a ceasefire has been enforced, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Thursday.Blair: firm of convictions, short of friends Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
The PM's approach to the crisis has proved highly divisive. Guardian writers report on the fall-out.Malaysia hits out at UN, calls for Muslim troops in Lebanon Channel NewsAsia - 3 minutes ago
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia : Malaysia said Thursday the Muslim world had to commit troops for a proposed UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon and criticised the United Nations for not taking a harder line on Israel.Officials dig yard in search for teen Dallas Morning News - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
ARLINGTON Authorities spent eight hours Wednesday digging in the back yard of the home of an Arlington teenager who has been missing for almost five years, but they reported finding no evidence.Islamic world 'outraged' over 'double standards' in Lebanon: OIC Channel NewsAsia - 2 minutes ago
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia : The Islamic world is "outraged" over international "double standards" towards the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, the head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said here Thursday.Paul Loeb: War at Home: The Seattle Shootings HuffingtonPost - Aug 02 9:58 AM
WAR AT HOME: THE SEATTLE SHOOTING By Paul Rogat Loeb Through the actions of a lone man with an unstable mental history, the Middle East wars have hit my community. Naveed Haq, from a middle class Pakistani-American family in eastern Washington State, shot six women at the Seattle Jewish Federation, in the city where I live. He killed one and left three critically wounded, saying "I am a Former Malaysia PM Urges Ban on US Dollar AP via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 02 9:22 AM
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has urged the international community to halt all transactions in U.S. dollars and British pound sterling to pressure Washington and London to end Israel's attacks on Lebanon.Front Page - Tent provides support for resistance Yemen Observer - Aug 01 7:00 AM
The horrendous massacres being committed in Lebanon and Palestine have sparked off angry backlashes among Yemenis of different backgrounds.Timothy Garton Ash: A little democracy is a dangerous thing - so let's have more of it Guardian Unlimited - Aug 02 6:31 PM
Comment is free: The next US president may give up on Middle East democratisation, but we shouldn't. It's still our best hope, writes Timothy Garton Ash.Front Page - Saleh calls for immediate ceasefire Yemen Observer - Aug 01 7:45 AM
President Ali Abdullah Saleh said what is happening in Lebanon and Palestine is because of the absence of Arab solidarity.Bell Blasts Perry for Underfunded Parks Austin Chronicle - 43 minutes ago
On most days, the Smith Visitor Center at McKinney Falls State Park is as dark and silent as a shuttered storefront beset by hard times. A similar hardscrabble tale could be told of the visitor center, which can only afford to keep weekend hours because of staffing shortages and maintenance costs.Blair to tackle dissent over Lebanon stance Financial Times - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
Tony Blair will mount a vigorous defence today of his approach to the crisis in the Middle East and his close alliance with George W. Bush, the US president, by refusing to bend to the public backlash over Britain's foreign policy.(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-01 14:48 GMT: Bombers blitz Iraqi forces; at least 50 dead UPDATE Interactive Investor - Aug 01 7:16 AM
(Updates toll; adds Palestine Street bombing and other details)Blair: firm of convictions, short of friends Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Tony Blair is ignoring the advice on the Lebanon war from not only the Foreign Office but from foreign affairs specialists within Downing Street, according to Whitehall officials.Fishing Report The Longview News-Journal - 30 minutes ago
AUSTIN Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department:Blair disputes Bush's global tactics BBC News - Aug 02 5:08 AM
Tony Blair's speech about the "global fight" against "reactionary Islam" appears to represent a break with the tactics adopted by President Bush, says Paul ReynoldsBlair returns to growing backlash on Lebanon Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Tony Blair flew back to Britain from the United States tonight to face a growing backlash in the Labour Party about his backing of George Bush's stance in the in the Israel-Lebanon conflict.Defiance and isolation Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Like a man who sets fire to his house and then discusses the flames, Tony Blair has a habit of drawing attention to his policy failures by analysing them.Iran envoy hails Qatar stand at UN council The Peninsula - Aug 02 5:49 PM
DOHA Qatar's stand as a member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been praised as "honorable and subjective" by the Iranian ambassador here, Mohammad Taher Rabbani.Blair calls for changes in Western fight against extremism AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 01 7:41 PM
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for a "complete renaissance" of the global approach to tackling extremism, with as much emphasis on "soft" power as military might.Leaders arriving in Malaysia for emergency meeting on Middle East People's Daily - Aug 02 5:06 PM
The leaders of Islamic countries are arriving in Malaysia Wednesday to attend an urgent meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to seek a solution to the worsening situation in the Middle East.Blair says Syria, Iran risk confrontation Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 01 3:43 PM
British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Syria and Iran on Tuesday that they risked a confrontation if they continued to support terrorism and export instability to Iraq and elsewhere.Washington's new ME plan accounts for Zionist regime's attacks on Lebanon Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 01 5:20 AM
Iran - Thailand - ME Iran's Ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak-Ayeen said on Tuesday that the US new plan for the Middle East, which aimed to isolate Arab states, was the main reason behind the Zionist regime's aggressions on Lebanon and Palestine.Mr Blair should recognise his errors and go Financial Times - Aug 02 2:35 PM
Aspectre is stalking British television, a frayed and waxy zombie straight from Madame Tussaud s. This one, unusually, seems to live and breathe.ISESCO Condemns Israeli Continuing Aggression against Palestine, Lebanon Palestine News Agency - Jul 31 10:47 AM
RABAT, July 31, 2006 (WAFA)- The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) has strongly condemned the Israeli continuing aggression against Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, and the appalling massacre of Qana, where innocent civilians, especially children and women, perished, facilities and infrastructure destroyed, and relief and refugee convoys shelled.Full text of Khamenei message to World of Islam IranMania.com - 14 minutes ago
LONDON, August 3 (IranMania) - According to an IRNA report, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei condemned the tragic disaster at the Lebanese village of Qana and the silence of UN and the so-called supporters of human rights on the 'Zionist' regime's crimes in Lebanon.Wednesday, Aug 02, 2006 Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Aug 02 1:51 PM
When Israel's chief of military intelligence flew to Washington and outlined an ambitious plan to send Israeli forces all the way to the outskirts of Beirut to destroy a terrorist organization, the secretary of state was intrigued.Jordanians protest against Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Palestine People's Daily - Jul 31 6:21 PM
Hundreds of Jordanians took to the street in Amman on Monday to protest against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.Iraq coach forced out of Baghdad Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - Aug 02 12:57 PM
ARBIL, Iraq, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Iraq's national soccer coach Akram Salman has fled to Kurdistan after receiving death threats and having his resignation refused by the country's football association.Palestinians in Gaza find heroes in Hezbollah International Herald Tribune - Aug 01 9:53 PM
Palestinians say their obsession with the Lebanese conflict is simple: Hezbollah has delivered deadly blows to Israel that Palestinians have not been able to inflict here on Israel's southern front.Palestine native shares concern for Mideast people Sampson Independent - Jul 31 9:28 AM
Politics came up with someone he calls Uncle Tony and Saed Nassar raps a pack of cigarettes on the counter. We were thinking how bad it could get in North Korea, he says. Then that crap pops up in Lebanon. ONLY 0.14% Sharewatch - 55 minutes ago
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is the current chair of the 57-nation OIC, told an emergency meeting of the group that it is not enough to sympathize with victims of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.Yemeni minister all praise for Qatar-Yemen relations The Peninsula - Aug 02 5:49 PM
DOHA Yemeni Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Dr Abu Bakr Al Qurbi has described the Yemeni-Qatari relations as distinguished and exemplary.Iran's envoy expressed sympathy with Palestinian and Lebanese Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 02 3:05 PM
Iran - Sudan - Ambassador Iran's Ambassador to Sudan Reza A'meri and a number of Iranian personnel of the embassy attended in Lebanese and Palestinian embassies in Khartoum on Wednesday to express sympathy with oppressed people of those countries.The face of war The Phoenix - 40 minutes ago
Hezbollah s agenda is single-minded: destroy any hope for peace Meet Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Hezbollah and as such the culprit most responsible for triggering the latest war in the Middle East. Risky business Zawya - Aug 01 1:33 AM
Spare a thought for Palestine's banks. Whilst GCC banks are reporting ever fatter profits, Palestine's banks face yet another crisis.Palestinian militants claim responsibility for hitting Israel i targets People's Daily - Aug 02 4:52 PM
Five Palestinian militant groups claimed responsibility on Wednesday for carrying out a series of armed attacks against Israeli targets from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.Hezbollah Puts Convicted Killer Atop Wish List Los Angeles Times - Aug 02 12:09 AM
Group wants to trade two Israeli soldiers for prisoners, one of whom took part in deadly raid.Blair to defend Mideast policy Financial Times - Aug 02 11:21 AM
Tony Blair, UK prime minister, will on Thursday mount a vigorous defence of his approach to the crisis in the Middle East and his close alliance with George W. Bush, refusing to bend to the public backlash over Britain s foreign policy.First Friday Focus Philadelphia City Paper - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Jeffro Kilpatrick's no carpetbagger. He's Fishtown born and raised, and through his art and volunteer work, his roots are always showing. Kilpatrick, a cartoonist who in 2002 published a book called Petey , about a turtle looking for a home, has organized "Cartoon Camps" for Fishtown kids, and his "Sketches of Fishtown" community art project runs in neighborhood newspapers.11 more inducted into JUI-F cabinet The Frontier Post - 4 minutes ago
F.P. Report Buner: The newly elected district Amir and general secretary of the Jamiat Ulemai-Islam Fazlur Rehman (JUIF) Maulana Haleem ur Rehman and Mufti Subhanullah here on Wednesday after mutual consultation announced induction of eleven members more in the district cabinet besides formation of five members ?Majlassi Fiqhee? and 45 members Shoora.President Ahmadinejad departs for Malaysia Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 02 2:36 PM
Iran - President - Malaysia President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad departed Mashhad for Malaysia on Wednesday evening to attend emergency meeting of heads of OIC member countries.`Ramallah Concert' With Barenboim, Said Offers Unusual Harmony Bloomberg.com - Aug 02 12:18 AM
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Smaczny's film of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's 2005 concert in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, ``The Ramallah Concert'' (Warner Classics), is balm to those who despair of a peaceful end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Leader: Tony Blair Guardian Unlimited - Aug 02 3:59 PM
Guardian leader: Like a man who sets fire to his house and then discusses the flames, Tony Blair has a habit of drawing attention to his policy failures by analysing them.Blair says Syria and Iran risk confrontation Reuters.co.uk - Aug 02 9:47 AM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Syria and Iran on Tuesday that they risked a confrontation if they continued to support terrorism and export instability to Iraq and elsewhere.