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New Palestine comes up big in 4th quarter 
The Indianapolis Star - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
PENDLETON, Ind. -- Outgained nearly three-to-one in total yardage through three quarters on Friday night, the New Palestine High School football team came up big when it needed to in the fourth quarter.Palomar Muslim Student Association holds Palestine Awareness Day North County Times - Aug 31 6:25 PM
SAN MARCOS ---- As conflict between Israel and Lebanon wages thousands of miles away, students of Palomar College's Muslim Student Association organized their first Palestine Awareness Day to present what they say is a too-often absent perspective on the conflict.Tigercubs split games against Palestine Paris Beacon - Aug 31 10:24 AM
The Paris Tigercubs split football games Sunday afternoon against visiting Palestine. Palestine won the day s opener in a 20-0 victory over the fifth and sixth grade Tigercubs.Palestine Observer to UN Calls for Compelling Israel to Cease Military Attacks Palestine News Agency - Aug 31 11:47 AM
NEW YORK, August 31, 2006, (WAFA)- Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, called on the international community to take action to compel Israel to cease its military attacks and to scrupulously abide by international law, particularly the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.US supports all terrorists, accuses noble people of Palestine of terrorism, president Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 31 9:40 AM
Iran - US - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the US supports all the terrorist groups, but, accuses the noble people of Palestine who are struggling to liberate their territories from occupation of terrorism.Iran's President: US supports all terrorists, accuses noble people of Palestine of terrorism Payvand Iran News - Sep 01 8:01 AM
He said in his address to the people of Sardasht that the United States supplied Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with advanced weapons and helped the then Iraqi regime with propaganda machine against Iran. Ahmadinejad said that Washington also has a record of supporting terrorist attacks against residents of Iranian cities in the province including in Sardasht. -IRNAAid to Palestine The Herald - Sep 01 2:00 PM
STOCKHOLM. Donor countries on yesterday pledged US$500 million in aid to the Palestinian territories as the UN warned a conference that the region was facing a humanitarian crisis.Israeli police capture asylum-seeking Palestine man in UK Embassy compound EARTHtimes.org - Sep 01 3:43 AM
JERUSALEM - Israeli police commandos captures the Palestinian man who had reportedly entered the British Embassy and had threatened to shoot himself if he was not granted asylum in the UK. The commandos stormed the Embassy compound late on Thursday where the man had hid himself after jumping a fence. 390m pledged to Palestinians at conference RTÉ News - Sep 01 4:47 AM
The international community has pledged more than 390m in aid to Palestine at a donors' conference in Stockholm. The United Nations Humanitarian aid official, Jan Egeland, warned that lack of funding for the Palestinian territories has created a time-bomb.Fire Damages Hancock County Business WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Aug 31 3:54 AM
Firefighters in Hancock County battled a business fire late Wednesday night at the Leejen Mortgage Company in New Palestine.K.C. Peace Conference Focuses on Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Kansas City InfoZine - Sep 01 2:59 AM
The Kansas City Sabeel Conference is a two-day educational and advocacy conference on the conflict in Palestine-Israel.Israeli court sends captured Hamas leaders for trial Mail and Guardian - Sep 01 5:31 AM
An Israeli military court on Thursday ordered 15 Hamas leaders, including two Cabinet ministers and the speaker of Palestine's Parliament, to go on trial charged with membership of an outlawed organisation.AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT RENDERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON AND PALESTINE AzerTag - Aug 30 2:24 AM
The government of Azerbaijan has rendered humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Palestine nations, which suffered destructions and human loss caused by Israel-Lebanon military conflict, public relations department of Azerbaijan Ministry of Emergencies said.HOSPICE TO OFFER INPATIENT CARE AT PALESTINE HOSPITAL Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 29 11:27 PM
PALESTINE - Hospice of East Texas has announced that it will begin offering inpatient hospice care at Palestine Regional Medical Center in September.Baghdad security ops to expand into Shiite neighborhoods, Defense Ministry says USA Today - Sep 01 3:04 PM
Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad including Shiite militia strongholds the Defense Ministry said Friday.Georgetown Professor Mentors 'Martyrdom' Supporter RealClearPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 2:30 PM
Months after Karen Hughes assumed the role of diplomat-at-large to the Muslim world, she told Time Magazine that one of her two key influences on understanding Islam was Georgetown Prof. John Esposito. She's not alone. The FBI has repeatedly consulted him, and much of academia holds him in high regard.Iraqis expand Baghdad security operation AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 01 1:55 PM
Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad including Shiite militia strongholds the Defense Ministry said Friday, a day after a barrage of coordinated attacks across those areas killed 64 people and wounded 286.Marches In NZ Regarding Israel/Resolution 1701 Scoop.co.nz - Aug 31 7:35 PM
Marches across New Zealand tomorrow demand Israel withdraw from Lebanon and Palestine and warn against UN Resolution 1701.ANDERSON COUNTY OKs BUDGET WITHOUT EXTRA DEPUTY FUNDS Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 31 11:27 PM
PALESTINE - Despite pressure from residents who spoke up at a public hearing Thursday, Anderson County commissioners adopted their 2007 budget without adding funds to help pay for extra sheriff's deputies.Bobcats football starts roaring Friday The Marshall News Messenger - Aug 31 10:17 PM
The Hallsville Bobcats begin their 69th football season at Bobcat Stadium Friday night against a very good Palestine team. They have speed and nine returning defensive starters from a 8-3 playoff team last year.Violence uproots Shiites and Sunnis, threatening to divide capital for years USA Today - Sep 01 9:07 AM
Four years ago this was a city where people mixed freely where, in most parts of town, no one cared if a neighborhood was majority Sunni or Shiite. Loyalty to Saddam Hussein was more important than religious identity. But now a battle for Baghdad is well underway between the two major Muslim sects.Chch March against Israeli aggression, occupation Scoop.co.nz - Aug 31 3:06 PM
Members of the public concerned about the situation in Lebanon and Occupied Palestine are asked to meet at the Bridge of Remembrance on Saturday the 2nd of September at noon for a march to the Square followed by a rally with several speakers.Taxpayer funded murder results in Rakon Protest Scoop.co.nz - Aug 31 2:36 PM
Anti-war protestors from Auckland University Students for Justice in Palestine and Global Peace and Justice Auckland will be holding a demonstration outside the first ever Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Rakon shareholders tomorrow.Palestine Observer to UN: Humanitarian Aids to Gaza very Limited Palestine News Agency - Aug 29 10:32 AM
NEW YORK, August 29, 2006, (WAFA)- Riyad Mansour, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations asserted that the humanitarian aid that has reached the Gaza strip has been very limited due to the complete closure of the Karni (al-Montar) crossing point.Baghdad carved up by Sunnis, Shiites MSNBC - Sep 01 2:43 PM
A battle for Baghdad is well under way between the two major Muslim sects. Death squads are slaughtering people daily, and an estimated 160,000 Iraqis have fled their homes mostly in the capital. New Pal feasts on Arabians' mistakes The Herald Bulletin - 8 minutes ago
PENDLETON You can t get fat by leaving tasty morsels on your plate. You can t win football games by leaving delicious scoring opportunities on the field instead of posting them on the scoreboard.Israel's future from now Al-Ahram Weekly - Aug 31 11:23 AM
The six decades that have passed since Zionists declared a state of their own upon the land of Palestine have been replete with pain and mirth, although this has only been a moment in the span of extended time, a blink of the eye in relation to all that humankind has experienced in the way of events.Rebels topple goal-less Bulldogs The Youngstown Vindicator - Aug 31 9:04 AM
Katie Burns scored Fitch's only goal in a 1-0 win over Perry. EAST PALESTINE Brian Bechtel scored three goals and had two assists as the Crestview High boys soccer team posted an 8-0 victory over East Palestine Wednesday at the Bulldogs' stadium.Join me in the opt-out revolution Times Online - Sep 01 6:38 PM
A COUPLE of days after that poor postman was suspended from his job for revealing how easy it is to opt out of junk mail, the front page of the Daily Mail announced: Great junk mail revolt post bosses under siege as thousands swamp opt-out hotline. Newspapers blast Hamas over economy chaos BBC News - Sep 01 7:22 AM
Several Palestinian writers are furious at the turn of events developing in Gaza and the West Bank as Hamas authorities seek to head off a planned strike.United Nations to ask int'l community for Lebanon, Palestine aid New Kerala - Aug 31 4:18 AM
Dharam Shourie, United Nations, Aug 31: The United Nations will ask the international community to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars at the pledging conference in Stockholm for recovery and reconstruction of Lebanon and to stem the fast deteriorating humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.In Tehran, This Guys' Night Out Is About Getting Down to the Hard Line Washington Post - Aug 31 9:47 PM
TEHRAN The weekly gathering of those who still believe most in the Islamic Revolution was to start promptly at 5 p.m. The time was right there in the lower left-hand corner of Ya Lesarat al-Hussein, the hard-line weekly newspaper that sponsors the Sunday gathering.Fire Damages Hancock County Business WRTV Indianapolis - Aug 31 4:00 AM
Firefighters battled a blaze at a mortgage company in New Palestine late Wednesday night.RP unanimously chosen NAM meet vice chair INQ7.net - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
THE Philippines was unanimously endorsed on Friday (New York time) to be one of the vice chairs of the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cuba to be held from September 11 to 16, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations said in a statement sent to media organizations.Israel Cause Of Corruption In Palestine, Says MP Bernama - Aug 28 8:30 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- The destruction and occupation of Palestinian land by Israel is the root of corruption in Palestine, according to Palestinian Member of the Legislative Council (Fatah), Prof Dr Najat Omar Abou Bakr.William Dalrymple: The final place of refuge for Christians in the Middle East is under threat Guardian Unlimited - Sep 01 4:30 PM
Comment is free: Only Syria's religious tolerance offers refugees shelter, writes William Dalrymple.Lunch with the FT: Paul Kennedy Financial Times - Sep 01 4:05 PM
Just off London s Jermyn Street, in the shaded comfort of an 18th-century restaurant, several men of a certain age are happily grazing. Some are perched at the bar, peering into their starters; others are relaxing in wood-panelled booths. My interviewee just about blends in.Mea Alofa can be declined Scoop.co.nz - 40 minutes ago
The Samoan custom of mea alofa or "lafo" may support the giving of money to chiefs but this can still be turned down without causing offence, according to a Pacific community spokesman.Spring Wedding Show to Raise Funds for Charities Scoop.co.nz - 40 minutes ago
Your Day Trust is to present another Spring Wedding Show at Rydges Hotel Christchurch on Sunday 17 September 2006. Whilst helping the couples plan their 'big day', the Trust also helps two charitable organisations - the Royal Foundation of the Blind and Child Helpline.Iraqi security operation to expand into Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 01 3:54 PM
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad, including Shiite militia strongholds, the Defence Ministry said Friday, a day after a barrage of co-ordinated attacks across those areas killed 64 people and wounded 286.Hanover Takes Out Top Contact Centre Award Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
Hanover Group s contact centre has been recognised as the best of its size in the country.Is the Middle East Heading for Peace or War? Middle East Online - Aug 31 2:07 AM
Although there are calls for a 'global and durable' peace settlement between Israel and Palestine -- the core cause of violence in the Middle East -- until Israel and the United States commit to negotiation and compromise, the region is headed for more conflict, says Patrick Seale .UN calls for Israel, Palestine to end war But Palestinian president warns there will be no peace in Middle East in near Daily Dispatch - Aug 31 12:17 AM
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Kofi Annan yesterday called for Israel to stop its Gaza offensive and for Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets into the Jewish state, after talks with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.NZ-owned Trading Site Launched Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
Many will remember the 1990s as the decade when the internet became available to householders in general. But the current time will surely be remembered as the decade in which the internet grew up into a practical tool for modern living. Tech-wreck rather than sock-shock for fathers Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
Auckland, 1 September 2006 If you don t want to spoil your Father s Day surprise read no further.Point Blank: Middle East s new willing executioners New Straits Times - Sep 01 4:33 PM
THE attack on Lebanon was Israel s costliest mistake in recent memory. Despite its military firepower, Israel failed in its Lebanon mission to destroy Hizbollah.Comment: Undermined by counter-productive policies New Straits Times - Sep 01 4:33 PM
ISRAEL S failure to subdue Hizbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept. One weakness is that even if the targets are terrorists, the victims are often innocent civilians, and their suffering reinforces the terrorist cause.Middle East peace needs religious commitment, says WCC leader Ekklesia - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
World Council of Churches' (WCC) general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has called for a comprehensive ecumenical Christian and interfaith response in seeking lasting peace in the Middle East.MUSTAFA UNAL Zaman Online - Sep 01 2:19 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdullah Gul, completed his final discussions with regional countries that will shape the final decision on sending troops to Lebanon.WCC NEWS: Kobia calls for comprehensive response to Middle East crisis [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Aug 31 11:14 AM
World Council of Churches=27 (WCC) general secretary the Rev. DrSamuel Kobia has called for a comprehensive ecumenical responsein seeking lasting peace in the Middle East.In his report to the meeting of the WCC Central Committeemeeting, Geneva 30 August to 6 September, Kobia proposed theestablishment of a Palestine/Israel Ecumenical Forum that willprovide a space for coordination of ALI BULAC Zaman Online - Sep 01 2:18 PM
In this new age we are entering, civilians are deliberately and systematically being chosen as targets in war. Prior to September 11, the killing of civilians was considered collateral damage. Nowadays, the assailants even announce they are intentionally targeting civilians guilt-free.WP: Iranians have a hard-line night out MSNBC - Sep 01 2:13 AM
The weekly gathering of those who still believe most in the Islamic Revolution was to start promptly at 5 p.m.BATTLE FOR 'MORMON' DEFINITION INTENSIFIES Tyler Morning Telegraph - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
East Texas Mormons disavow any connection with polygamist Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was arrested in Nevada Monday.Closings slated for Labor Day Forrest City Times-Herald - Sep 01 1:15 PM
Along with barbecue and the last of summer fun, Monday s Labor Day holiday will mean closings for many agencies and schools. The St. Francis County Courthouse and Forrest City City Hall will both be closed in observance of Monday s holiday, as will all state and federal agencies.Unspeakable destitution in the occupied territories Gulf News - Sep 01 4:38 PM
Imagine, if you will, the disruptions caused in a man's life when his monthly income suddenly drops from $1,500 to $200. Among them will be his inability to meet his mortgage payments, pay his utility bills, afford his childrens' college tuition and perhaps even put food on the table.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Sep 01 4:07 PM
I hope the problem of the Mataf is solved and women are not deprived of a place to pray near the Kaaba. It is important that the solution comes from the Qur an and Sunnah reflecting the equality of both male and female before Allah.New Labour or bust: a voice of defiance from country mansion Times Online - Sep 01 10:36 AM
TONY BLAIR remains completely unmoved by the frenetic speculation about his future in the political and media worlds.Hatshepsut: Remember the name you won t forget the ruler Fort Worth Business Press - Sep 01 2:51 PM
/> Art and archeology have long made a formidable combination for the Kimbell Art Museum. An interest in Egyptology, in particular, has been in place since the 1980s bolstered no doubt, by the international sensation provoked by a traveling exhibition called The Treasures of Tutankhamen.Friday Night Football Forrest City Times-Herald - Sep 01 1:29 PM
Sam Smith Stadium 7:30 p.m.Bush backs off 'Islamic fascists' WorldNetDaily - Sep 01 2:15 PM
President Bush has toned down his war rhetoric after Muslim-rights groups complained his description of the enemy as "Islamic fascists" unfairly equates Islam with terrorism.Saturday September 2, 2006 By Martha McKenzie-Minifie The New Zealand Herald - Sep 01 10:15 AM
The excitement at Rakon's annual meeting yesterday came from the Auckland-based technology company's earnings forecast announcement inside the meeting room, not the protesters waving placards outside.Arofish's Warzone Stencils Gridskipper - Sep 01 7:38 AM
In Travel + Leisure's #9 ranked city (at least until that war thing)--Beirut--graffiti stencil artist Arofish does yeoman's work trying to reintroduce a little joy into one of the most bombed out...Freed Gaza journalist speaks out BBC News - Aug 31 10:42 PM
Olaf Wiig, one of the two foreign journalists kidnapped fro two weeks in Gaza, speaks to the BBC about his ordeal.Ain-Al-Yaqeen - September 1, 2006 - Article 3 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Sep 01 1:22 PM
MESSAGES TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES FROM PRESIDENTS BUSH AND NJAD DEAL WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION. CROWN PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ REVIEWS ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST WITH THE CHINESE ENVOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST.The Betrayal of Zion Santa Barbara Independent - Sep 01 11:36 AM
by Sam Kornell , a regular contributor to The Independent. I recently spoke with Shelly Katz, who directs the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, about the conflict then still raging in Lebanon.EU pushes for Middle East peace talks Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 01 5:31 AM
LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (Reuters) - The European Union discussed ways to revive the Middle East peace process on Friday and the bloc's foreign policy chief said it would be willing to talk to a united Palestinian government -- even including Hamas.Foreign Daily Dispatch - Aug 31 12:12 AM
UN calls for Israel, Palestine to end war But Palestinian president warns there will be no peace in Middle East in near future UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Kofi Annan yesterday called for Israel to stop its Gaza offensive and for Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets into the Jewish st...Iranian president decries Israel as a 'fake regime' Fox21 - Sep 01 8:56 AM
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's president is again urging Israel's demise, this time calling it a "fake regime."Faith + Values Forum: Three religions' major tenets share common ground Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sep 01 3:44 PM
I teach a course called World of Islam at Metropolitan State University, but I am not a Muslim. As a Christian pluralist, I have gleaned revealing insights into Islam and its relationship to the other major monotheistic religions, Christianity and Judaism. What I've learned is all too often ignored amid the daily barrage of news stories. My discovery supports bridging the perceived chasm between Open Letter Re US Policy in the Middle East -From People in the United States Who Believe that Only Justice Will Bring News From Bangladesh - Sep 01 11:41 AM
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter-Martin Luther King, Jr. We write to you in anguish, to express what cannot possibly be contained in words.Baghdad bombings take heavy toll CNN.com - Aug 31 7:09 AM
A car bomb in a southeastern Baghdad neighborhood on Thursday killed two people and wounded 13 others, police said.IN BRIEF ***** Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Sep 01 1:23 PM
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has sent a cable of congratulations to Uruguayan President Tabare Vaquez on the occasion of his country's national day.Terrorist Commander Killed in Gaza Israel National News - Aug 30 10:57 PM
(IsraelNN.com) PA (Palestine Authority) sources reported on Thursday morning that the commander of the Salah a-Din faction of the Popular Resistance Front organization, Rahad Nahel, was shot dead by anonymous gunmen in Gaza.Author Naguib Mahfouz - The Jane Austen of Arabia - Is No More Blogcritics.org - Sep 01 3:06 PM
I was in my library standing in front of one of the shelves feeling uncertain and in double mind -- to re-read Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse or read Claire Messud's new novel The Emperor's Children -- when I heard the BBC Radio newscaster saying that the Arabic writer Naguib Mahfouz had died. The First Reaction The immediate thought was a surprise that he was still alive. I By: Nicola Nasser Al Jazeera - Sep 01 11:05 AM
In a pattern that reminds of the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement (1), France seems converging to a role that belongs to its previous colonial era in Lebanon and Syria, in harmony with, but under the regional hegemony of the United States involvement in other countries of the Arab Levant, in a stark departure from Charles de Gaulle s post-Algeria legacy.Ain-Al-Yaqeen - September 1, 2006 - Article 6 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Sep 01 1:23 PM
ANNAN WARNS AND CALLS ON ALL PARTIES TO GUARANTEE THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. THE KING OF BAHRAIN AND PRESIDENT MUBARAK STRESS THE MIDDLE EAST NEED FOR STABILITY BASED ON A JUST AND COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AT ALL LEVELS.Carving Up Baghdad Violence uproots Shiites and Sunnis KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Sep 01 10:25 AM
Four years ago this was a city where people mixed freely -- where, in most parts of town, no one cared if a49ers QB Hamdan Hopes To Stick With Practice Squad CBS 5 Bay Area - Sep 01 10:10 AM
Gibran Hamdan stepped back confidently and fired a hard pass into the end zone that skimmed a defender's fingertips and fell perfectly into a surprised receiver's hands. 49ers Team Page Kassam Rocket Attacks in Southern Israel Israel National News - Aug 30 10:42 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Four Kassam rockets launched from northern PA (Palestine Authority) controlled Gaza landed in the Sderot and Ashkelon areas a short time ago.PA: IDF Pulling Out of Sajayieh Israel National News - Aug 30 10:12 PM
(IsraelNN.com) PA (Palestine Authority) sources in northern Gaza report IDF troops are pulling out of the Sajayieh area after operating there this week.THE SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ADOPTS THE KING 'S STATEMENT: "WHO ARE WE WITHOUT THE SAUDI CITIZEN?" AS THE METHOD FOR Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Sep 01 1:22 PM
THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES STRESSES THAT THE KINGDOM IS BASED ON ISLAM AND IS PROUD OF SERVING THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES, DEPENDING ALWAYS ON THE HELP OF ALLAH, IT SERVES WELL ITS CITIZENS, BROTHERS, FRIENDS AND THE ENTIRE HUMANITY, WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION AMONG REGIONS OR CITIZENS.EU urges meeting between Olmert, Abbas Itar-Tass - Sep 01 9:27 AM
BRUSSELS, September 1 (Itar-Tass) -- The European Union has called on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to meet for reloading the peace process, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said ahead of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta.Donor countries vow to help Lebanon rebuild AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 31 8:50 AM
Donor countries for Lebanon meeting in Stockholm have vowed to provide immediate funds to help the war-ravaged country repair the damage wreaked by Israeli bombs during a one-month offensive.2 bombings in Baghdad kill 18 people AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 31 8:37 AM
Two bombs, including one at a popular market, exploded in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 18 people and wounding another 75, police said. One bomb exploded at a market in eastern Baghdad about 10 minutes after a car bomb detonated about a mile and a half away, police Lt. Bilal Ali Majeed said.ICRC: Situation in Gaza Continues to Deteriorate, with Crossing Points Closed most of the Time Palestine News Agency - Sep 01 11:47 AM
GENEVA, September 1, 2006 (WAFA)- Two months after the start of Israeli military operations, life for the 1.4 million people living in the Gaza Strip remains very difficult, said Friday : International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Press Review TurkishPress.com - Sep 01 8:37 AM
Backing away from our responsibilities would be a betrayal of our history, our future and the higher interests of our nation, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a televised address to the nation yesterday. "We shouldn't forget that we cannot escape the fire by shutting our doors."Al-Aqsa Commander Killed in Confrontation With IDF Soldiers Israel National News - Aug 30 9:42 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Senior Fatah al-Aqsa Brigade command Fadi Afisha was killed in a confrontation with IDF soldiers in PA (Palestine Authority) controlled Shechem. There were no reports of injuries to IDF troops.When taking the pitch is its own small victory The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 01 12:25 PM
Given where the summer of 2006 has ended up, one may be forgiven for forgetting where it began - not with war and heartache but with soccer and euphoria. The World Cup has been relegated to the realm of distant memories at this point, but that's just one obstacle among many to filmmaker Maya Sanbar.Pro-divestment party announces candidates The Jewish Advocate - Sep 01 7:04 AM
Members of the grassroots Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts announced their candidacy for statewide offices Tuesday, drawing concerned Jewish protesters to the State House steps seeking to expose the faction s anti-Semitic beliefs and main defamation of Israel, according to Jewish protesters in attendance.Federal system - best solution Daily News - Sep 01 1:27 PM
As a child of this country, living in the Jaffna peninsula, I am earnestly looking forward to the Government of Sri Lanka to take productive measures to safegurd the precious lives of the people of the country.Week 2 at a glance The Times-Reporter - Sep 01 6:59 AM
Season records: New Philadelphia is 1-0; Carrollton is 0-1. Last meeting: New Philadelphia 36, Carrollton 12 in 2005. Last week: New Philadelphia 38, Indian Creek 7; Buckeye Local 8, Carrollton 2.Ingebrigt Haker Flaten | Jazzland Recordings (2006) All About Jazz - Aug 31 11:19 PM
Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten gained international recognition through his frequents visits to the Windy City and collaborations with Chicago heroes such as Ken Vandermark and Fred Anderson.Dumb kid news - Porter's People Akron Beacon Journal - Sep 01 7:12 AM
Backpack for school: $15. Cool baggy pants: $60. Handgun for school: $300. Waving said gun in the air after you get off the bus: Jail.Violence uproots Shiites and Sunnis CNews - Sep 01 9:55 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Four years ago this was a city where people mixed freely where, in most parts of town, no one cared if a neighborhood was majority Sunni or Shiite. Loyalty to Saddam Hussein was more important than religious identity.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Sep 01 4:10 AM
Two months after the start of Israeli military operations, life for the 1.4 million people living in the Gaza Strip remains very difficult.U.S. soldier dies as Iraq bombings continue International Herald Tribune - Aug 31 8:19 AM
A suicide car bomb targeting a line of cars waiting at a Baghdad gas station killed two people and wounded 13 on Thursday, while a bomb near a restaurant wounded eight people, the police said.Cougars, Bears predicted to win in season openers Helena Daily World - Aug 30 4:17 PM
The Central Cougars, Barton Bears and Marvell Mustangs open their 2006 gridiron campaigns Friday night. Central and Barton hit the road to take on Marianna and Palestine-Wheatley respectfully.'Asian identity crisis amidst war on terror and a falling dollar' Financial Express - Sep 01 10:27 AM
North America has one voice since late 18th century.Football section inside today's T-H Forrest City Times-Herald - Aug 30 1:30 PM
Today s Times-Herald features the annual football section, covering many facets of the season which begins this weekend. For high school football fans, there will be information, including schedules, on the Forrest City Mustangs, the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots and the Hughes Blue Devils.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Sep 01 2:25 AM
KFAR SHUBA, Lebanon, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The Israeli encampments, heavily defended and topped with aerials, loom over the villages bordering the disputed Shebaa Farms area, reminding the Lebanese they are under constant surveillance.
