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  • FIFA's Palestine project receives 1m dollar boost Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 8:38 AM
    Goal, FIFA's project to promote football in Palestine, is to receive a one million dollar boost from the Arab Football Union (UAFA).

  • FIFA, UAFA to Support Development of Football in Palestine Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Sep 15 12:02 PM
    ZURICH, September 15, 2006 (WAFA)- The Union of Arab Football Association (UAFA) has agreed to donate one million US dollars to football development projects carried out by FIFA in Palestine.

  • Palestine football given $1m boost Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Sep 14 4:24 AM
    The Union of Arab Football Association (UAFA) is donating $1 million to help football development in Palestine, FIFA announced on Thursday.

  • US must recognise Palestine unity government Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Sep 14 4:53 PM
    HAVANA: The United States and Israel must recognise the Palestine national unity government that will be formed soon to bring stability to the region and ease the suffering of the people.

  • FIFA's Palestine project receives 1m dollar boost Open this result in new window
    ATL World Soccer - Sep 14 9:18 AM
    Goal, FIFA's project to promote football in Palestine, is to receive a one million dollar boost from the Arab Football Union (UAFA). The money, given to the UAFA by Saudi Arabia, will go to help FIFA build artificial pitches in Gaza, Ram and Ramallah, a FIFA source said Thursday.

  • EU welcomes idea of national unity government in Palestine Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Sep 15 5:10 PM
    European Union (EU) foreign ministers welcomed on Friday the announcement by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on an agreement with Hamas to form a government of national unity.

  • Homecoming court and candidates Open this result in new window
    Rushville Republican - 7 minutes ago
    The Rushville Lions will host the New Palestine Dragons Friday evening at Hinshaw Field in the Lions annual Homecoming football game. This years Homecoming King and Queen will be announced at half-time of Fridays game.

  • EU warming up to new Palestine government Open this result in new window
    Euro Observer - Sep 15 10:09 AM
    15.09.2006 - 18:56 CET | By Lucia Kubosova EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU foreign ministers have given "unanimous" support to Palestinian leaders' move to form a government of national unity, with the Finnish presidency suggesting the bloc could soon resume ties with the Palestinian authorities.

  • EU, US at odds over lifting  of aid embargo to Palestine Open this result in new window
    The Manila Times - Sep 15 7:34 AM
    BRUSSELS: European foreign ministers meet Friday to discuss the possible lifting of the aid embargo against the Palestinian Authority, though the United States has cautioned against rushing into lifting the restrictions.

  • Palestine Participates in Kazan Film Festival Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Sep 13 4:32 AM
    KAZAN, September 13, 2006 (WAFA) - Palestine participates in Golden Minbar International Muslim Film Festival which opened last night, in Kazan the capital of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation.

  • Tear gas, misery and Palestine Open this result in new window
    The Daily Texan - Sep 15 1:48 AM
    By Colin Kalmbacher | Daily Texan Guest Columnist I arrived late to a demonstration against the construction of the illegal separation wall in the small village of Bil'in to find that the demonstrators have splintered into roughly three groups: stone throwers, those caught on one side of tear gas and those caught on the other.

  • 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.

  • Palestine facing year of worst economic crisis Open this result in new window
    Gulf Daily News - Sep 14 7:09 PM
    GAZA CITY: The World Bank yesterday warned that 2006 looked set to be the worst year yet for the Palestinian economy, reeling from a Western aid freeze and an ongoing Israeli offensive.

  • WHO says cancer killed 7.5 million people in 2005 Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 2:30 PM
    Seven and a half million people worldwide died from cancer in 2005 and the number of cases in the Middle East is expected to soar over the next 15 years, Moroccan news agency MAP quoted the World Health Organization as saying.

  • EU may relax Palestine aid restrictions Open this result in new window
    Euro Observer - Sep 14 1:09 AM
    14.09.2006 - 09:59 CET | By Helena Spongenberg The European Union may ease its economic embargo on the Hamas-led Palestinian coalition government if steps are taken toward resuming peace talks with Israel, a Palestinian political advisor has said.

  • Palestine officials resign; new government to form Open this result in new window
    Long Beach Press-Telegram - Sep 13 9:32 PM
    U.S. and Israel call on the new leadership to renounce terrorism. RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a new unity government, and President Mahmoud Abbas said he plans to send a delegation to the U.N. to try to revive a Mideast peace plan.

  • EU backs Palestinian unity government Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 10:35 AM
    European Union foreign ministers agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.

  • Israel faces post-war dilemma over Hizbollah 'hero' Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 7:25 AM
    To Smadar Haran Kaiser, Lebanese prisoner Samir Qantar is a murderer who shot dead her husband and bashed in their four-year-old daughter's skull on a spring night 27 years ago.

  • Venue Changed Open this result in new window
    Arab News - Sep 14 4:11 PM
    JEDDAH, 15 September 2006 The Saudi Society for Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, which is holding its first annual meeting with an interactive symposium and exhibition for three days from tomorrow, has changed its venue from King Fahd Medical Research Center to Moevenpick Hotel near the intersection of Sitteen and Palestine streets, society President Dr. Abdulrahman M. Al-Qurashi said

  • Unity may revive peace process Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Sep 14 2:08 PM
    Friends of Palestine all over the world have heaved a sigh of relief that Hamas and Fatah have decided to establish a government of national unity. There is renewed hope that a debilitating rivalry discernable between them since Hamas's electoral victory has now ended.

  • Pope flayed for anti-Prophet remarks Open this result in new window
    rediff.com - Sep 14 10:37 AM
    He observed, "Muslims have tolerated Christian terrorism on the people of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and now Lebanon, but no Muslim is going to tolerate such wild, baseless and unfounded allegations against the Prophet."

  • Clooney, Wiesel plead with Security Council to end Darfur 'genocide' Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 1:40 AM
    Oscar-winning US actor George Clooney and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel pleaded with the UN Security Council to act to end the "genocide" in Sudan's Darfur region amid fears African Union (AU) peacekeepers may pull out.

  • Captured Israeli soldier writes home Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 15 3:00 AM
    An Israeli soldier captured more than two months ago and being held in the Gaza Strip has sent a letter to his father through Egyptian mediators, a Palestinian newspaper has reported.

  • Faces of the week Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Sep 15 9:54 AM
    Graffiti artist and international man of mystery, Banksy, who is exhibiting in Los Angeles.

  • Corrupt? Misguided? West Bank militants face heat Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 13 5:19 AM
    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.

  • Offseason tennis tourneys add spark to senior's game Open this result in new window
    The Indianapolis Star - Sep 13 11:59 PM
    Tennis is much more than a fall sport for New Palestine senior Ricky Ritter. From March through July, Ritter played in 25 U.S. Tennis Association junior tournament matches.

  • Paul Kennedy: Circus tricks Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
    Comment is free: Paul Kennedy on why the UN security council needs reform - and why it won't happen.

  • Lions host Dragons for Homecoming Open this result in new window
    Rushville Republican - Sep 14 8:52 AM
    With all the red and black ribbons around the RCHS, it must be a special week on the schedule. The Lion football team plays host to Hoosier Heritage Conference foe New Palestine at 7:30 p.m. Friday for the annual Homecoming Game.

  • Qatar Charity to distribute Iftar meals Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - 42 minutes ago
    DOHA Qatar Charity (QC) is to spend some QR1.03 million on the distribution of Iftar meals at 13 different locations in Doha and other towns during the holy month of Ramadan.

  • When free speech costs a career Open this result in new window
    The Yale Herald - Sep 15 5:56 PM
    How profs' political advocacy outside academia can threaten their success within it.

  • Paul Kennedy: Circus tricks Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 5:46 PM
    Paul Kennedy: UN machinations over who will succeed Kofi Annan show exactly why security council needs reform.

  • Dragons spoil Lions Homecoming Open this result in new window
    Rushville Republican - 7 minutes ago
    The excitement had built all week long from activities at the schools to Thursdays annual Homecoming Parade in downtown Rushville to tailgating prior to the game.

  • Craig, Casey-Westfield run over Cumberland Open this result in new window
    Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 7 minutes ago
    CASEY -- Junior running back Sean Craig of Casey-Westfield made the most of his first varsity start. After gaining just two yards on his first two carries, the 5-foot-10, 150-pounder, scored touchdowns on his next three carries of 40, 79 and 90 yards.

  • Putera Umno stands by bikers Open this result in new window
    New Straits Times - Sep 15 6:26 PM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Putera Umno chief Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim is standing firm with his Mat Rempit despite their image as the motorcycle bad boys.

  • Terror accused admits joking about bombing Commons Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 5:14 PM
    Man accused of involvement in alleged al-Qaida plot to bomb Britain tells jury he talked of blowing up the Commons.

  • Circus tricks Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    With the dust now settling across southern Lebanon, yet another Middle East conflict has come to an uneasy close.

  • Terror accused admits joking about bombing Commons Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    A man accused of involvement in an alleged al-Qaida plot to bomb Britain told a jury yesterday he had talked of blowing up the House of Commons and killing all the MPs, including the prime minister.

  • Muslims demand pope apologise for comments on Islam Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 8:01 PM
    Pope Benedict XVI faced sharp reactions to a lecture in which he linked Islam with violence, with Muslim leaders in several countries demanding he apologise.

  • Wildfire Destroys 3 Structures In Henderson County Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Sep 15 4:39 PM
    Moore Station, Texas -- High winds helped spread a wildfire that destroyed a home and two barns as it consumed more than 100 acres in Henderson County.

  • 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens in Havana Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Sep 15 5:10 PM
    Raul Castro, Cuba's first vice- president and defense minister, officially announced the opening of the 14th Non-Aligned Movement Summit of heads of state or government in Havana on Friday.

  • Sir Stephen Egerton Open this result in new window
    Independent - Sep 15 4:47 PM
    Ambassador to Iraq, to Saudi Arabia and to Italy - Stephen Egerton was not only one of the heavyweights of the Foreign Office but a classical scholar and a connoisseur of art who did a great deal to enhance the prestige of his country wherever he was posted.

  • Paul Kennedy: Circus tricks Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 6:08 PM
    Paul Kennedy: The machinations at the UN over who will be Kofi Annan's successor show exactly why the security council needs reform - and why it won't happen.

  • Charities announce Ramadan plans Open this result in new window
    The Peninsula - Sep 15 5:46 PM
    Doha As preparations for Ramadan get under way, three charity organisations have announced their plans for the month of fasting. The Sheikh Jassim bin Jabr bin Mohammad Al Thani charity group has set aside QR3m for families in Qatar.

  • Terror accused admits joking about bombing Commons Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 6:09 PM
    Al-Qaida suspect tells jury he talked of blowing up the House of Commons and killing all MPs, including the PM.

  • Voiles: One womans trash is anothers treasure Open this result in new window
    Rushville Republican - 21 minutes ago
    Last Sunday I hauled the heavy trash from my garage to the curb for pick up. I had waited until Sunday in hopes the trash pickers wouldnt make a mess. When we cleaned out my dads attic several years ago, the TPs made a humongous mess of things we had bagged and stacked neatly.

  • R.I. eyed by biodiesel firms Open this result in new window
    Providence Business News - 34 minutes ago
    Biodiesel plants have been cropping up all over the country, turning such things as used cooking oil and animal fat into clean-burning fuel. Now Rhode Island, often considered a backwater of energy production, is being eyed for biodiesel refineries as well.

  • WHO says cancer killed 7.5 million people in 2005 Open this result in new window
    Channel NewsAsia - Sep 15 3:11 PM
    RABAT - Seven and a half million people worldwide died from cancer in 2005 and the number of cases in the Middle East is expected to soar over the next 15 years, Moroccan news agency MAP quoted the World Health Organisation as saying on Friday.

  • ABDULHAMIT BILICI Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 15 2:18 PM
    Just as in the Iraq memorandum, the debate regarding the Lebanon memorandum slid from its real diagonal and was pulled to a shallow base. Naturally, the public became very confused.

  • A Party Adrift On National Security Open this result in new window
    Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 4:00 PM
    Leadership: Wonder what national security will be like under a Democrat-controlled Congress? Wonder no more. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats are telling you right now, and it isn't comforting.

  • Jayroe, Jackson discuss need for better security at schools Open this result in new window
    Forrest City Times-Herald - Sep 15 1:00 PM
    Larry Jayroe and Thaddis E. Jackson Sr. are candidates for the Forrest City School Board Position 1. Jayroe, 48, is a national agriculture marketing manager with U.S. Borax Inc. he and his wife, Sue Jayroe, live in Forrest City. They have two children.

  • ALI UNAL Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 15 2:16 PM
    Which Country is Next? Different comments are being made as to where Iran stands in the Anglo-Saxon-Israeli alliances latest plans and offensives against the Islamic world.

  • George L Singleton USA GSingle556@aol.com Open this result in new window
    The Frontier Post - 31 minutes ago
    Young university student Mr. Afridi Wazir in the Frontier Post Sept. 13, 2006 Letters column on the point of number of Israeli-Arabs killed by Hezbullah Katusha-Iranian made and supplied via Syria missiles notes the number of Israeli Arabs killed may be in error. I did make a mistake on that number.

  • Abu al-Aynayn denies plans to relocate north of Litani Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 15 1:03 PM
    As the Lebanese Army and United Nations peacekeeping forces continue to pour into the South it has become apparent that the five Palestinian refugee camps located south of the Litani River will also be included in the areas patrolled.

  • KERIM BALCI Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 15 2:16 PM
    The Shiite axis has now extended westward over Iraq and Lebanon. Its no longer a situation whereby Iran used to extend revolution to the Islamic world; Iran is now extending itself.

  • ROAD MAP REVIVAL BID Open this result in new window
    Daily Record - Sep 13 9:42 PM
    PALESTINE will send a delegation to the UN next week in a bid to revive the stalled "road map" Middle East peace plan. President Mahmoud Abbas announced the move yesterday, hoping to win legitimacy for the unity government his Fatah party will form with Hamas militants.

  • New Palestinian government seeks space to function Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 1:02 PM
    Hamas hopes a new Palestinian unity government will create enough "wiggle room" to draw EU countries on side and get international sanctions lifted, an aide to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday.

  • Lebanese Poet's Words Echo Decades Later in Wounded Country Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Sep 15 12:47 AM
    Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Descriptions of Lebanon by the poet Nadia Tueni chime perfectly with current events -- the combat and bombings of the latest war with Israel, the wrecked houses and ruined lives, the refugees on the run.

  • New Palestinian government hangs on detainees: Abbas Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 1:34 PM
    Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said the formation of a new government of national unity was linked to the fate of Hamas officials held by Israel and the Israeli soldier captured by militants in the Gaza Strip.

  • EU agrees to back unity government Open this result in new window
    Gulf Daily News - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
    BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers agreed yesterday to back a Palestinian national unity government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the Hamas movement, despite US misgivings.

  • Musharraf to push for peace at UN Open this result in new window
    Business Recorder - Sep 15 4:32 PM
    NEW YORK (September 16 2006): President General Pervez Musharraf will be the 5th head of state speaking at the inaugural session of the UN general assembly beginning on September 19. He will meet US President George W Bush on September 22.

  • Friday Night Football Open this result in new window
    Forrest City Times-Herald - Sep 15 1:14 PM
    Sam Smith Stadium at Forrest City 7:30 p.m.

  • EU speaker touts role of Europe in peace process Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 15 1:03 PM
    Europe is playing a key role in achieving a "sustainable peace" in the Middle East, the president of the European Parliament said Friday. Josep Borrell arrived in Beirut on Thursday for two days of talks with officials here on the humanitarian crisis caused by the recent war with Israel.

  • SAHIN ALPAY Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 15 2:18 PM
    The Israeli governments militaristic and aggressive policies are the main incitement to anti-Semitism or hatred of the Jews throughout the world.

  • Israelis and Arabs unite over Pope Open this result in new window
    Tiscali - Sep 15 4:58 PM
    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis and Arabs have united in mourning for Pope John Paul, hailing him as a man of peace who sought to heal ancient wounds and forge a brighter future for the Middle East.

  • Collective punishment: Israel's use of American-made cluster bombs poses greater threat than expected to South Lebanese Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 15 1:03 PM
    As the initial assessment and clean-up of American cluster bombs - estimated to number more than 130,000 unexploded bomblets across the South of Lebanon - gets under way, unanticipated findings are emerging. The breadth and depth of the problem with cluster bombs found in 498 locations in scores of villages as of September 9 was not expected.

  • Will Be Ombudsman for Falafel: My Mideast Peace Plan Open this result in new window
    Berkeley Daily Planet - Sep 15 12:56 PM
    As a sometime contributor to the Daily Planet who knows its executive editor and publisher pretty well, Im perplexed by the recent fireworks on these pages over the papers own past Middle East commentary.

  • Letters to the Editor Open this result in new window
    Berkeley Daily Planet - Sep 15 12:56 PM
    I am writing in response to your editorial Unlearning anti-Semitism.

  • Dispatches from The Edge: Israel: Bright Moments Amid the Guns Open this result in new window
    Berkeley Daily Planet - Sep 15 12:55 PM
    The images most Americans have of the recent war in Lebanon are of shattered cities, dead civilians, and terrified people bunkered down in basements or picking their way through blasted streets. The carnage of modern war draws the media as ancient battles called forth the Valkyries.

  • More Letters to the Editor: Mideast Open this result in new window
    Berkeley Daily Planet - Sep 15 12:57 PM
    The following are letters to the editor commenting on the Middle East and the Arianpour commentary that we havent yet had space to publish. Some of them may yet appear in our print edition.

  • Palestinians Ready New Unity Government Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 14 10:53 PM
    Palestinian Cabinet Resigns to Clear Way for New Unity Government

  • More funds for social sector: Brinda Karat Open this result in new window
    The Hindu - Sep 15 1:19 PM
    "You can't have growth measured by Sensex"

  • Annan Backs Bid to Revive Mideast Talks Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Sep 14 10:53 PM
    Annan Backs U.N. Ministerial Meeting Next Week to Help Revive the Mideast Peace Process

  • Muslim leaders flay pope's remarks Open this result in new window
    The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 15 1:02 PM
    Muslim leaders around the world on Friday unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI's statements linking Islam to violence, triggering protests and demands for a personal apology from the pontiff. "We do not accept the apology from Vatican sources, and ask him [Benedict] personally to offer an apology to Muslims for this false.

  • War influences musicians' disc Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 11:34 AM
    Musician Michael Franti knew something was missing from the war coverage he saw on the nightly news.

  • Aces golfers win three more matches Open this result in new window
    Tri-State Media - Sep 13 9:56 PM
    LAWRENCEVILLE - The Mt. Carmel Golden Aces golf team claimed three more wins Tuesday. The team improved to 21-0. MCHS carded a 161 to better Red Hill by 10 strokes. Lawrenceville finished with 179 and Palestine with a 210.

  • US threatens further action against Iranian banks Open this result in new window
    FT.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 10:55 AM
    The US on Thursday indicated it could take action against more Iranian banks after last week's unprecedented exclusion of Bank Saderat from dollar denominated business.

  • 9/11 speech is another hallmark of deception Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Sep 15 1:41 PM
    You would think that a solemn day would have required solemn language. Instead, in the speech to the nation that he delivered from the Oval Office last Monday, commemorating the fifth anniversary of September 11, US President George W. Bush was both ominous and hyperbolic.

  • Palestinian and Iranian Issues Discussed Open this result in new window
    ERT.gr - Sep 15 11:07 AM
    On Friday, the Palestinian conflict and Irans nuclear programme were the main issues of the European Union General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC), attended by Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Dora Bakoyannis, in Brussels.

  • More wars unfold since September 11 Open this result in new window
    Lake County News-Chronicle - Sep 15 12:04 PM
    A host of wars are underway since the tragedy of September 11, 2001. All corners of the globe, all religions and philosophies, in democracies and dictatorships.

  • Palestinians await new gov't after months of crisis Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 14 9:01 AM
    Palestinians are awaiting the official dissolution of the Hamas-controlled government and the formation of a national unity cabinet after six months of unprecedented political and financial crisis.

  • 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.

  • Homecoming pep session a big draw Open this result in new window
    Rushville Republican - Sep 15 8:22 AM
    A large crowd descended on the north side of the Rush County Courthouse Thursday evening for a community pep session.

  • In Iraq, Irans Arab Credentials Are Made Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - Sep 15 11:24 AM
    Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikis latest visit to Tehran was just another occasion to highlight that Iran is compromising its Arab credentials in Iraq, and to raise more questions about whether Tehran and Washington are in collusion or in collision in Baghdad than giving answers to Arabs who do care to have Islam as a unifying force between the Arab and Persian neighbouring nationalities

  • Islam spreads leaving Arabs to pick up pieces Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Sep 15 4:25 AM
    -- In "Commentary: Arabs caught amid Iran, Israel" (August 30, 2006) the writer Sana Abdallah points out an obvious but interesting problem. It is not surprising that Arabs are concerned about their loss of ascendancy in the Islamic world.

  • Wolves fight tooth and nail, but faulter in overtime Open this result in new window
    Daily Clay County Advocate-Press - Sep 15 11:43 AM
    Bragging Rights and a perfect start were on the line Friday night as the Flora Wolves played Casey-Westfield (CW) in a week 3 Little Illini Conference match-up.

  • Clooney Appeals For Action On Darfur Open this result in new window
    Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Sep 15 1:14 AM
    Hollywood actor George Clooney has made an impassioned plea to the United Nations to take immediate action to stop the killing in Darfur. He called the situation in Sudan potentially "the first genocide" of the 21st century.

  • Commentary: What mission Palestinian donors? Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Sep 15 4:40 AM
    RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinians have been too grateful and too helpless for too long to be critical of the political agenda of their donors who have practically nailed them down as political hostages to the donors' money, which was promised initially to help build an independent Palestinian state, but ended up as a political instrument effectively used by the Israeli occupying power.

  • In brief: Seeking sexually explicit shorts Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Sep 15 4:52 AM
    Plus: BBC's Little Britain heads for development deal, Birds Eye View doc festival opens today with Martyr Street and Danny Glover takes on Haitian slave uprising epic.

  • Palestinian Officials Held in Israel Freed After 2 Months Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Sep 13 2:12 PM
    An Israeli military court this week ordered the release of detained Palestinian ministers and politicians held since June in return for a financial guarantee from Fatah and Hamas after they agreed on plans to form a national unity government in Palestine.

  • Lebanon: No 'Civil War' This Time Open this result in new window
    Middle East Online - Sep 15 3:07 AM
    Georges Corm former Lebanese minister of finance, writes that Israel has always feared Lebanon's multi-confessional culture and wanted to break it up. But the latest attack, unlike earlier interventions and invasions, has so far failed to provoke internal conflict.

  • The Decline of the American Empire Open this result in new window
    Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Sep 15 10:39 AM
    September 15, 2006 The rise now of China, Japan, Europe, and othersIndia, Korea, and to some extent Russia and Brazilmeans the United States must be relatively diminished on the world stage, much as an only child whose mother just gave birth to quintuplets.

  • 2 HR Organisations Call for Justice in East Jerusalem Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Sep 15 9:32 AM
    DUBLIN, September 15, 2006 (WAFA)- Trócaire and an Israeli partner organisation, Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) are campaigning to stop the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in East Jerusalem.

  • The Pope must apologise, demand Indian Muslims Open this result in new window
    Yahoo! India News - Sep 15 4:03 AM
    Pope Benedict XVIâs remarks on jihad are derogatory and are based on a poor understanding of Islam. Thatâs the belief of Muslim scholars in India. Officials of the Khwaja Moinuddin Chistiâs dargah in Ajmer want the pope to apologise and a prominent Muslim leader in Lucknow said the statement was more derogatory than the Danish cartoonist's sketches.

  • Issue of Iran on agenda of EU FMs meeting in Brussels Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Sep 15 3:10 AM
    Iran - EU - Meeting Diplomatic sources said here Friday that foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) would debate on Iran's (nuclear) issue at their meeting in brussels Friday.

  • Clooney, Wiesel press UN for Darfur aid Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Sep 15 1:08 AM
    UNITED NATIONS, NY, USA -- Actor George Clooney and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel called on the UN Security Council to take swift and strong action to end violence in Sudan's Darfur region.

  • A Party Adrift On National Security Open this result in new window
    Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 14 4:00 PM
    Commentary from Investor's Business Daily

  • Sudan: Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel And Actor George Clooney Urge UN Action On Darfur Open this result in new window
    AllAfrica.com - Sep 15 6:05 AM
    Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and screen artist George Clooney today joined their voices at a meeting of the Security Council in New York to urge action to help the people of Darfur, Sudan, where African troops are slated to leave and a planned deployment of United Nations peacekeepers faces government opposition.

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  • Captured Israeli soldier writes home, paper says Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Sep 15 1:40 AM
    RAMALLAH, West Bank -- An Israeli soldier captured more than two months ago and being held in the Gaza Strip has sent a letter to his father through Egyptian mediators, a Palestinian newspaper reported Friday.

  • Letter To The Editor - Bush's narrow vision Open this result in new window
    The Beaver County Times - Sep 15 5:06 AM
    The Aug. 22 editorial "Bad Call" on George Bush's mentality concerning the Middle East finally arrived. Now, I only lament that we average Americans let a person of his questionable loyalty to our values take office.