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  • Update On Palestine Girl Hit By School Bus Open this result in new window
    KLTV Texas - Sep 12 4:41 PM
    The Palestine girl hit by a school bus last week continues to improve. The Palestine School District says Jurnee Foreman, 6 was moved out of intensive care at the Children's Hospital in Dallas. It's uncertain when she'll be released.

  • WHO regional committee strongly condemns Israel for invasion of Lebanon, Palestine Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Sep 11 7:40 AM
    WHO Regional Committee-Draft Resolution The 53rd session of WHO Regional Committee for East Mediterranean on Monday strongly condemned Israel for its invasion of Lebanon and Palestine and for continued and willful violation of international and humanitarian law, including the provisions of the Geneva Convention.

  • PALESTINE IN FURY AT PM 'SNUB' Open this result in new window
    Daily Mirror - Sep 10 11:38 PM
    TONY Blair was yesterday criticised by the Palestinian president for meeting the families of three kidnapped Israeli soldiers but snubbing victims in Palestine.

  • Palestinian Talks With Israel OK'd Open this result in new window
    CBS News - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
    Hamas says Mahmoud Abbas, as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, can negotiate with Israel, but not on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. Israel says that could be a positive development, but is skeptical.

  • Situation Deteriorates in Palestine; Urgent Conference Needed Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 10 2:13 PM
    The E.U.s foreign policy chief Javier Solana demanded that a well-organized international conference be held in order to support the peace process between Israel and Palestine.

  • Israel puts conditions for talks with Palestine Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Sep 12 4:30 AM
    Tel Aviv, Sep 12: Israel said that it would only be willing to negotiate with a new Palestinian unity government if it recognised the Jewish state's right to exist, renounced violence and accepted past interim peace deals calling for a two-state solution.

  • Khalifa receives calls from Sudan, Palestine leaders Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Sep 11 9:25 PM
    ABU DHABI The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, yesterday received a telephone call from Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, who updated him on developments in Darfur region.

  • Sponsorship Of Palestine Genocide Beneath Contempt Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Sep 11 3:51 PM
    When I signed up to become a Democrat, I did not sign up to sponsor genocide. Yet, that is exactly what my elected federal officials Senators Kerry and Kennedy have done as well as Congressman John Olver.

  • British MPs Call on Israel to Release All Abducted Palestinian Parliamentarians Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Sep 12 12:18 PM
    LONDON, September 12, 2006 (WAFA)- Twenty Seven British MPs called for the immediate release of the elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) kidnapped by Israel, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said.

  • Palestine's leaders agree to new deal Open this result in new window
    Pretoria News - Sep 12 2:16 AM
    Palestinian leaders have agreed on the formation of a national unity government in a move that could end months of political and economic crisis and pave the way for a resumption of Western aid.

  • Corrupt? Misguided? West Bank militants face heat Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Sep 11 11:15 PM
    A stolen car, its number plates torn off and replaced by a black plaque bearing the word 'Palestine' and the symbol of a militant group, pushes through a crowded alley in the Balata refugee camp.

  • More Palestinians Urging an End To Paralyzed Governing Authority Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
    RAMALLAH, West Bank -- As the young editor of Hamas's weekly newspaper, Sari Orabi is a careful monitor of what he describes as the "surprisingly frank" debate underway within the party that took control of the Palestinian Authority just over five months ago.

  • Blair urges lifting of Palestinian sanctions Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 2:24 PM
    Britain's Tony Blair urged the lifting of economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, so long as a deal on a cabinet of national unity there meets international conditions.

  • Palestines Debt $2.4 million Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 09 2:11 PM
    Haniyah refused allegations that the economic situation of Palestinians had deteriorated during the ruling of the Hamas government. The foreign aid shipped to Palestine before the Hamas government came to power had served political purposes.

  • Select an Edition: Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Sep 11 6:25 PM
    FEATURE-Corrupt? Misguided? West Bank militants face heat NABLUS, West Bank, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A stolen car, its number plates torn off and replaced by a black plaque bearing the word 'Palestine' and the symbol of a militant group, pushes through a crowded alley in the Balata refugee camp.

  • Palestinian leaders urge world to accept unity govt Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 2:01 PM
    Palestinian leaders urged the world on Tuesday to accept a planned unity government they hope will lead to the lifting of an aid embargo on the Hamas administration.

  • HAMAS DEAL WITH RIVALS Open this result in new window
    Daily Record - Sep 11 10:18 PM
    MILITANT Islamic group Hamas yesterday agreed to share power in Palestine with their rivals Fatah. After months of talks, Fatah leader president Mahmoud Abbas and prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, of Hamas, announced the accord.

  • Blair urges lifting of Palestinian sanctions Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 8:04 AM
    Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the lifting of economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, if a deal on a cabinet of national unity there meets international conditions.

  • A new approach to foreign affairs: liberal conservatism Open this result in new window
    FT.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 11:30 AM
    The annual JP Morgan lecture at the British American Project, September 11 2006, given by David Cameron

  • Attacks kill 9 in Baghdad Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Sep 12 8:39 AM
    A car bomb exploded at a busy shopping district in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour just after midday Tuesday, killing six people and wounding at least 15 others.

  • Palestinians in talks over makeup of unity cabinet Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 10:55 AM
    Rival Palestinian factions held talks on forming a unity government after striking a deal that could end months of crisis and pave the way for a resumption of badly-needed Western aid.

  • Les manifestations non-violentes en Palestine sont devenues terrain d'essais pou Open this result in new window
    Independent Media Center - Sep 11 11:15 AM
    The dye is the brain child of Maj. Gen. Yitzak ben Yisrael. It's a dye copatible with far infrared imaging devices, his contribution was the addition of Adipose Tissue (pork lipids). Basically soluable bacon fat. The blue color chosen because of it's simbolic relationship with the israeli flag.

  • Indians roll over Patriots Open this result in new window
    Forrest City Times-Herald - Sep 11 1:14 PM
    MARKED TREE Marked Tree rolled up more than 300 rushing yards and William Ruthven passed for three touchdowns as the Indians mauled Palestine-Wheatley 47-0 in high school football on Friday.

  • Hamas spokesman says new Palestinian government ready for peace talks Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Sep 12 8:26 AM
    The Islamic militant group Hamas is prepared to back peace efforts with Israel as part of the new coalition government being formed by the Palestinians, a spokesman for the outgoing Hamas-led administration said Tuesday.

  • Palestinian leaders urge world to accept unity govt Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 7:46 AM
    Palestinian leaders urged the international community on Tuesday to accept a planned unity government they hope will lead to the lifting of an aid embargo on the Hamas administration.

  • Palestinian PM says no talks with Israel Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 6:14 AM
    Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Tuesday poured cold water on any hopes a new Palestinian unity government might seek peace talks with Israel.

  • CAIR's Congressional Candidate Open this result in new window
    RealClearPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 7:30 AM
    Today's Democratic primary in Minnesota's very blue fifth Congressional district could prove historic. If he wins, Keith Ellison would be all-but-assured to be the first Muslim ever elected to the U.S. Congress. It would also mark the first time that someone ascended to Capitol Hill courtesy of key support from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

  • Minister calls on Annan to pay attention to regional war-torn people Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Sep 11 10:18 AM
    Iran - UN - Health Minister of Health and Medical Education Kamran Baqeri Lankarani in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called for special attention to the health and treatment of the war-torn people of Palestine and Lebanon.

  • Bears, Cougars picked to win week 2 contests Open this result in new window
    Helena Daily World - Sep 11 4:17 PM
    All three teams return to action tonight with three big contests on tap. Last week Barton and Central got off to 1-0 starts as the Bears pummeled the Palestine Patriots 42-0 while the Cougars manhandled Marianna, 40-18.

  • Strike sends Palestinian youths to Islamic schools Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 5:20 AM
    With the al-Hussein public high school shut down because of a teachers' strike, Palestinian student Razi al-Juneidi, 17, idles away his free time with other frustrated teens on the pavement outside.

  • The Rising Tide of Political Islam Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 12 1:43 PM
    A younger generation of Middle Easterners is embracing political Islam. Proponents believe that the way to good governance is through religion -- and that the Bush administration is waging an undeclared war on Islam. The question is, what would political Islamist leaders do differently than today's Arab rulers?

  • Palestinians, Israelis more open to talk Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 1:00 AM
    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert say that, in principle, they're ready to meet with each other. In practice, political observers say, such a summit meeting is not around the corner.

  • Film fest doc explores racism through eyes of disenfranchised Toronto youth Open this result in new window
    Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Sep 12 10:39 AM
    TORONTO (CP) - Allan King's first sense of racism came at the age of five when a Jewish family from Quebec moved three or four houses down the street from his family's Vancouver home.

  • Al-Qaeda Calls on Muslims To Fight in Lebanon, Israel Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Sep 11 9:59 PM
    Al-Qaeda marked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with a call for Muslims throughout the world to violently oppose the international peacekeeping force gathering in southern Lebanon and position themselves for direct assaults against Israel and Persian Gulf governments.

  • Israel, Palestine leaders to meet, discuss conflict Open this result in new window
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Sep 11 1:40 AM
    RAMALLAH, West Bank - Prodded by Britain's visiting leader, the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president said yesterday they are ready to resume contacts without conditions - a small step that many people hope could lead to resuming peace talks.

  • Al Qaeda threatens attacks in Gulf and Israel Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 11 11:11 PM
    Al Qaeda used the fifth anniversary of September 11 to urge Muslims to hit Western interests and said U.S. allies Gulf Arab states and Israel would be the next targets in a campaign to seal the West's economic doom.

  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he reached a deal with the ruling party Hamas to form a national unity  Open this result in new window
    Al Jazeera - Sep 11 8:05 AM
    "We have finalized the elements of the political agenda of the national unity government ... Hopefully, in the coming few days we will begin forming the government of national unity," Abbas said on Palestine TV with Prime Minister Ismael Haniya of Hamas sitting next to him.

  • Blair defiant as he faces unions for final time Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 12 5:45 PM
    Politics: Prime minister demands critics listen 'for once' · He defends fighting abroad and progress at home

  • Palestinian Reports Unity Deal With Hamas to End Aid Cutoff Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Sep 11 7:48 PM
    The Palestinian Authority president said that he had reached a tentative agreement with Hamas meant to end the Palestinians? international isolation.

  • Heckles, a walk-out and a flash of temper. Blair defiant as he faces unions for final time Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
    Tony Blair makes his speech to the TUC annual conference in Brighton. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Tony Blair bade a rueful farewell to the trade union movement yesterday, facing down hecklers and walkouts to deliver a defiant message that unless the unions recognised the brutal truths of government, the Labour party would end up back in the wasteland of opposition.

  • Full text of Tony Blair's speech to the TUC Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
    The prime minister spoke today to the TUC conference in Brighton. Five years ago at this time, I had to cancel my address to you because of the terrorist attack in the USA which killed thousands, and the anniversary of which was yesterday, September 11.

  • Abdullah Arrives To Attend G15, NAM Meetings Open this result in new window
    Bernama - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
    HAVANA, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arrived here Tuesday afternoon to attend the G15 meeting as well as the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit where Malaysia will officially hand over the chairmanship of the movement to Cuba.

  • Jessica Lynch: Injured POW wants to run again Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sep 10 9:08 PM
    Jessica Lynch of Palestine, W.Va., joined the Army after graduating from high school in 2001, hoping to travel and earn money to attend college and become a teacher.

  • Anti-Semitic "Protocols of Zion" Endure, Despite Debunking Open this result in new window
    National Geographic - Sep 12 1:58 PM
    Five years after 9/11, lingering conspiracy theories say Jews planned the attacks. The charges' staying power, though, is nothing compared to that of the century-old forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

  • The Tragedy of Tony Blair Open this result in new window
    Middle East Online - Sep 11 4:07 AM
    The tragedy of Tony Blair is his uncritical alignment with the neocon agenda of the Bush administration, particularly the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Partial redemption could come if Blair initiates strong leadership towards negotiation between Israel and Palestine, says Patrick Seale .

  • News you lose (Metro Times Detroit) Open this result in new window
    Metro Times Detroit - 38 minutes ago
    JonBenet. Baby Cruise. Martha Stewart and Brangelina. The mainstream media's fascination with these kinds of unimportant stories isn't anything new.

  • Testimony of Daniel Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes) U.S. Department of  Open this result in new window
    United States Department of the Treasury - Sep 12 7:42 AM
    Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Sarbanes and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the Treasury Department's efforts and achievements in the financial war on terrorism, and to discuss the challenges that lay ahead.

  • Al-Qaida lieutenant warns of new attacks Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 11 8:37 PM
    Al-Qaida's No. 2 condemned U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon as enemies of Islam and warned the terror group will strike the Persian Gulf and Israel, suggesting new fronts in its war against the West in a video Monday marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

  • Zawahiri: After Iraq defeat, 'your economic doom will be achieved' Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Sep 12 4:29 PM
    ABU DHABI Israel and Gulf allies of the United States are next, Al Qaida's No. 2 leader said on the fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001. Ayman Zawahiri released a video that warned the West of such attacks, Middle East Newsline reported.

  • Israeli military judge releases 18 Hamas prisoners Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 12 4:17 PM
    · Ruling follows coalition pact by Palestinian rivals · Detainees include cabinet members and MPs

  • Farewell, brother Tony Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
    Former TUC boss John Monks once explained to the prime minister: "The trade unions ... are like Ernie Wise and you're like Eric Morecambe.

  • Testimony of Adam J. Szubin, Director (Office of Foreign Assets Control) U.S. Department of the Treasury Before the  Open this result in new window
    United States Department of the Treasury - Sep 12 7:27 AM
    Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Sarbanes and Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the role that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has been playing to combat terrorism in the five years since September 11.

  • Hamas forced to give ground in fight to keep territory afloat Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Sep 12 4:08 PM
    RIVAL Palestinian factions yesterday began the task of forming a national unity government, hoping to persuade foreign donors to renew hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen aid.

  • Zainul Arifin on Wednesday: The 9/11 trigger continues to be taut Open this result in new window
    New Straits Times - Sep 12 5:03 PM
    "9/11" has become epochal labelling that transcends the spectacular, chilling and horrifying event that happened five years ago.

  • Handing over a revitalised NAM to Havana Open this result in new window
    New Straits Times - Sep 12 6:25 PM
    MALAYSIA will hand over the chair of the Non-Aligned Movement to Cuba tomorrow, satisfied that the organisation has been revitalised and has become a relevant player in international issues.

  • Palestinians report deal for unity government Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Sep 12 9:44 AM
    One major story that might be leading the news on another day is the reported tentative deal for a Palestinian "national unity" government. No details, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya agreed to settle some...

  • Constituents meet with Burgess Open this result in new window
    The Little Elm Journal - 16 minutes ago
    U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (District 26) opened his town hall meeting Saturday morning with thoughts of home, but foreign issues abroad and national weighed on his and his constituents' minds.

  • Hood: Shaky Parliament Ceasefire Enters Sixth Day Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 55 minutes ago
    New Zealand's legislative assembly is about to enter the sixth full day of a Speaker-imposed ceasefire, but initial indications are that the hard-won peace will not last.

  • UPI NewsTrack TopNews Open this result in new window
    UPI - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
    PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island held a tight lead Tuesday over a conservative Republican primary challenger, fueling GOP hopes to keep Senate control.

  • US thanks Syria after battle Open this result in new window
    The Scotsman - Sep 12 5:54 PM
    A POTENTIALLY devastating car bomb attack on the American embassy in Damascus was yesterday foiled by Syrian guards who shot dead three of the four armed Islamic militants who tried to storm the building.

  • FEATURED WEB SITES Open this result in new window
    AccessNorthGA - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
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  • Lift Palestinian sanctions: Blair Open this result in new window
    Sunday Times - 12 minutes ago
    BRIGHTON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for the lifting of economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, following agreement on a government of national unity there.

  • Call to end strikes Open this result in new window
    B92 - Sep 11 7:23 AM
    Haniyeh, who has held talks with Abbas in the Gaza Strip since Sunday, had earlier said an agreement was near. "This agreement was expected because the intentions were honest and sincere," Haniyeh said on Palestine TV.

  • EU, Arab nations promise to support new Palestinian coalition government: spokesman Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Sep 12 5:23 PM
    A spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) and Arab nations had promised to support the new national unity government when it is formed.

  • PM: Revive the true spirit of Islam Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Sep 12 4:55 PM
    HELSINKI: Malaysia has called on the Muslim ummah to renounce extremism, eradicate radicalism and stop all sectarian violence, and return to the true spirit and teachings of Islam.

  • The Rising Tide of Political Islam Open this result in new window
    NPR - Sep 12 8:26 AM
    Morning Edition , September 12, 2006 · Five years after Sept. 11, Americans have come to believe that political Islam is a danger to the West. President Bush uses the word "terrorist" to define not just al-Qaida, but also Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas, the winners of this year's Palestinian elections.

  • Blair defiant facing unions for final time Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 12 6:25 PM
    Prime minister defends fighting abroad and progress at home.

  • Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar: US vs. Iran (II) - Hybrid War Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
    War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means. All beyond this which is strictly peculiar to War relates merely to the peculiar nature of the means which it uses.

  • Cindy Sheehan: It's Personal Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    "You didn't care about your son, and you're a phony," the irate and probably inebriated man screamed at me as he followed me and my 20-year-old daughter and two of her friends out of the store where we had been shopping in our old home town of Vacaville, California.

  • Ann Wright: A Camp for Democracy in US Capital Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    How about having a camp in the middle of our nations capital in beautiful autumn weather? Having been a part of the four Camp Caseys during the past year and coming directly from hot, hot central Texas and ole Crawford, Texas, opening a camp here in cool Washington sounded right to me.

  • Gunmen attack US Embassy in Syria Open this result in new window
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
    TONY EASTLEY: The United States is being urged to review its policies in the Middle East after gunmen tried to storm its embassy in Syria using a car rigged with explosives.

  • IDF Commander: 1Mn + Cluster Bombs Used In Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    "What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs," the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous shells during the war.

  • Ruin and defeat await you, al-Qaida tells west Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 12 4:12 PM
    Western forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are "fighting their last battles", al-Qaida's deputy leader says in a new video apparently timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington.

  • US: Palestinian unity deal falls short Open this result in new window
    Aljazeera - Sep 12 4:12 PM
    The United States has greeted the idea of a Palestinian unity government with scepticism, but the European Union has welcomed it.

  • John Gideon: Train Wreck In Maryland Primary Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago
    This morning voters in much of Maryland awoke with plans to go to the polls early and then head off to a normal day. Unfortunately when they got to their polling places they only found locked doors.

  • DC Demolition Of New Orleans' Public Housing Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago
    One year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, fewer than half the city's former residents have returned. Among its former public housing tenants, a much smaller percentage have come back.

  • Palestine and Iraq settle for 2-2 draw Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Sep 08 4:09 PM
    Al Ain Palestine managed to withstand strong opposition from Iraq yesterday in their third match of the Asian Football Confederation Cup qualifying rounds at Al Ains Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium on Wednesday night.

  • Away and back Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 5:43 PM
    ESSAY In A Woman of Uncertain Character, author, screenwriter, and political activist Clancy Sigal returns to the Chicago he first described more than 40 years ago in his thinly veiled autobiographical novel Going Away. The difference is that now, three more thinly veiled autobiographical novels later, Sigal is sticking to the facts (or rather, identifying them as such), with a memoir centered on

  • A conjurer's last stand Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 5:43 PM
    REVIEW Almost every child puts on magic shows. Most people never outgrow them. The unknown, unexpected, or simply unparalleled keeps us going. We still scan for creatures in the redwoods, on the big screen, or under a microscope.

  • State Dept. Daily Press Briefing Sept. 12, 2006 Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Sep 12 6:35 PM
    PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY Formation of National Unity Government / US Commends President Abbas / Quartet Call for a Palestinian Authority Government that Meets Specific Criteria / US Mindful of Humanitarian Needs of Palestinian People / Issue of US Assistance ...

  • Stumbling on happiness Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 5:44 PM
    "What would you do right now if you learned that you were going to die in ten minutes?" asks Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert.

  • Uncommon carriers Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 5:44 PM
    Driving across the Bay Bridge, Ive been known to stall traffic, transfixed by the view of our shipping industry in action. An 18-wheeler hurtles past. A tugboat nuzzles into the stern of a barge headed for the Golden Gate. A FedEx 757 arcs over the Berkeley hills.

  • MORE LIT >> Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 5:44 PM
    ALERTS : [Email] WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Free minds Attend a UC Berkeley panel discussion on national security, intellectual freedom, and constitutional rights in the postSept. 11 era moderated by Tom Leonard of the Graduate School of Journalism.

  • HOUSE HUNTER Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 5:44 PM
    I have this fantasy, a personal agenda of sorts, in which San Francisco constructs with some bond money, perhaps a free, public Menstrual Hut. As I hauled my menstruating self to the offices of Seal Press recently, I was calmed by the thought that my visit to this feminist publisher was sort of like a trip to the literary equivalent.

  • Attack on U.S. Embassy in Syria fails Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Sep 12 11:02 AM
    Syrian security forces repelled gunmen attacking the U.S. Embassy in Damascus today with automatic rifles, grenades and explosives, wire services report. At least three of the gunmen are dead, and a Chinese diplomat is slightly injured after he was grazed...

  • Hamas OKs Abbas Talks With Israel Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Sep 12 4:14 PM
    GAZA CITY, 13 September 2006 Hamas yesterday said that it does not have any problem with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas starting peace talks with Israel, but the movement itself will not initiate talks.

  • Camp Hip Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:48 PM
    Everybody seems to love Thai food, but the oohing and aahing is generally confined to the cooking. You don't hear much about the stunning designs of Thai restaurants. In one sense, this is just fine; good food is its own reward, and overclever interior decoration can lead to sensory overload.

  • Turf's up Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:48 PM
    First nicknamed the Rolling 20s in the 70s, then the Twomps in the 80s, the group of East Oakland avenues below MacArthur and between 19th and Fruitvale avenues received its present designation, the Murder Dubs, in the early 90s, when a neighborhood hustler named P-Dub began a lethal reign of terror in an effort to control the local drug trade.

  • MONDAY'S RESULTS BOYS GOLF BOARDMAN 152, FITCH 162 Open this result in new window
    The Youngstown Vindicator - Sep 12 6:31 PM
    Boardman (10-3, 3-1 FL) John Watkins 35, Mike Nigro 38, Joe Strawinski 38, Mike Lower 41.

  • "September Gurls: A Tribute to Big Star" Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:47 PM
    PREVIEW Time and mythology can be such cruel coconspirators, cant they? Just like the Velvet Underground before them, Big Star was doomed for obscurity during its brief existence, only to receive recognition long after quitting time.

  • Double Team Psychic Dream Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:46 PM
    Aries, this week you realize that everything youve been chasing has been under your nose or your ass or your bed all along. Our point is, not only was it closer than you thought, you were sort of holding yourself above it. Get off your high horse and mingle with the little people.

  • Six-string samurai Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:47 PM
    Discovering new metal bands worth their salt these days isn't just hit-and-miss it's mostly miss.

  • Local Grooves Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:47 PM
    During his almost 15 years of deconstructing and patching back together one musical galaxy after another, drum sharkno wave disciplecomposer Weasel Walter has thoroughly demonstrated his stunning musical command, not to mention quick-witted imagination, with every Flying Luttenbachers release, and Cataclysm is no different.

  • California's secret police Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:45 PM
    EDITORIAL If a doctor does something really terrible and is suspended from the practice of medicine, the record is public: anyone a potential future patient, for example can check with the medical licensing board and find out what happened.

  • The Future of St. Luke's Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:45 PM
    Is Sutter Health planning to close or make acute care cuts at St. Luke's Hospital, which it took over five years ago and wants to merge with the California Pacific Medical Center?

  • Eat your politics Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:45 PM
    A lot has happened since Californians first rebelled against the canned food and Jell-O molds of the postwar industrialization era. The American food politics revolution is very much alive and well and thriving in the Bay Area, where the movement started.

  • Death by satire Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:46 PM
    TECHSPLOITATION In honor of George W. Bush's efforts to stop torture by setting up secret CIA prisons and promote freedom by expanding government surveillance powers, I think we should spend a few days contemplating another great thing this administration has done for the world: it has reinvigorated political satire.

  • Welcome to the nightmare Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:46 PM
    Can the man who stole the election actually govern Mexico?

  • Our divided city Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:45 PM
    Politics junkies in San Francisco got a powerful new fix this week when David Latterman of Fall Line Analytic and Professor Richard DeLeon from San Francisco State University released their updated Progressive Voter Index, demonstrating that San Francisco is still deeply and predictably divided along ideological lines.

  • American lie Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Bay Guardian - Sep 12 4:52 PM
    One of the many refreshing aspects of Kirby Dick's This Film Is Not Yet Rated is that it doesn't focus on an obvious topic. Documentaries have begun reaching more viewers in recent years, but few take on the many-fangled foibles of the Bush era in an imaginative manner.