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MIDDAY UPDATE: MSU doctoral student stranded in Palestine after more than 2 months of waiting 
The State News - Jan 16 3:49 PM
When Hasan Abdel-Kareem traveled to Palestine in late October to conduct research for his dissertation, he didn't think he'd miss celebrating the holidays with his family.Church leaders offer to mediate Hamas and Fateh conflict in Palestine Ekklesia - Jan 16 3:57 PM
Church leaders in Jerusalem have offered to play a mediating role in the Hamas and Fateh dispute in Palestine. They are urging an end to violence in order for them to focus on the true priority of their people - independence, reports Ecumenical News International.Mission to Palestine in pictures Yorkshire Post Today - Jan 16 1:37 AM
Simon Bristow A PHOTOGRAPHER'S mission to tell the "true story of Palestine" is the subject of an exhibition opening next week. (16/01/2007 09:29:25)Three-Way Talks Set Between U.S., Israel & Palestine WTEN Albany - Jan 15 7:46 AM
We are following some developing news out of Israel this morning. U.S. officials are confirming that there are plans for three-way talks between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel's prime minister and the president of Palestine.From Palestine To The NFL, Peterson To Turn Pro KLTV 7 Tyler - Jan 15 4:46 PM
Palestine native Adrian Peterson has decided to skip his senior season at Oklahoma to make himself eligible for the 2007 NFL draft.Jordan urges re-launching of Palestine-Israel talks IANS via Yahoo! India News - Jan 14 8:06 PM
Amman, Jan 15 (DPA) Jordan's King Abdullah II urged visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to 'push vigorously towards re-launching negotiations' between Palestine and Israel, adding that lack of progress in the peace process 'will only fuel violence' in the region.Coming Home The State News - 24 minutes ago
When Hasan Abdel-Kareem traveled to Palestine in late October to conduct research for his dissertation, he didn't expect to miss the holidays with his family.Coming Home The State News - 25 minutes ago
When Hasan Abdel-Kareem traveled to Palestine in late October to conduct research for his dissertation, he didn't expect to miss the holidays with his family. Or miss ringing in the new year. Or miss his wife's birthday.Rice Reiterates US Commitment To Palestine -Israel Peace Process Nasdaq - Jan 14 9:36 AM
(RTTNews) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and assured him that the US is committed to finding a peaceful solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict.Palestine Native Peterson Going Pro KTRE-TV East Texas - Jan 16 12:21 PM
(AP) Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson will skip his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Peterson released a statement with his decision today, the last day that underclassmen could declare themselves eligible for the draft.Forward.com Forward - Jan 16 8:47 AM
Looking at the controversy that has erupted over former President Jimmy Carter s book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, I have to say I am a little envious envious of a national culture in which a book, or just a book title, can stir such a debate.US offers aid to crush Hamas Socialist Worker - Jan 16 10:36 AM
Condoleezza Rice is fuelling the threat of civil war in Palestine. In a recent visit to Israel the US secretary of state promised $85 million in military aid to the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to fight the popularly elected Hamas government.Peterson leaving OU for career in the NFL Tulsa World - Jan 16 1:35 AM
The Adrian Peterson era is over at the University of Oklahoma. The Sooners' star running back, a junior from Palestine, Texas, has declared himself eligible for the 2007 NFL draft.Saudi to host Arab summit to 'heal Arab rifts' Middle East Online - Jan 16 1:18 AM
King Abdullah hopes to unify ranks within Arab world gripped by many problems in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Somalia.Palestinian diplomat visits Princeton The Trenton Times - Jan 15 9:24 PM
PRINCETON BOROUGH -- Afif Safieh, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Mission to the United States, spoke about Palestinian-Israeli relations in a lecture at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs yesterday.Tobb Ankara Forum Convenes In Tel Aviv TurkishPress.com - Jan 15 8:51 PM
TEL AVIV - Turkish, Israeli and Palestinian businessmen gathered in Tel Aviv after months, within the framework of "Erez" or as recently named "Palestine Industrial Zone" project, which is an initiative aiming to serve as a basis for the peaceful atmosphere in the region.Palestinian ambassador calls for more balanced U.S. policy Daily Princetonian - Jan 15 9:55 PM
Afif Safieh, the Palestinian Liberation Organization's representative to the United States, called today for a more balanced U.S. foreign policy toward Palestine and argued for the creation of an independent Palestinian state.Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Leave Scores Dead Washington Post - Jan 16 9:37 AM
BAGHDAD Jan.16-- A series of explosions today amid crowds of college students outside a university in Baghdad killed dozens of people and wounded tens of others, prompting a hospital to put out a city-wide appeal for blood donations to deal with the scores of injuries, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses.... Spain seeks arrest of three US soldiers in Baghdad hotel shelling AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 8:53 AM
Spain is seeking the arrest of three US soldiers for causing the death of a Spanish cameraman killed when US forces fired on his Baghdad hotel in 2003, a judicial source said.Kenya: How About Palestine's Right to Exist AllAfrica.com - Jan 15 9:25 AM
In a state established on a founding myth that the native Palestinian population left of their own accord, rather than that they were ethnically cleansed- and in one that seeks its legitimacy through a host of other lies, deception becomes a political way of life.Spain orders U.S. soldier arrests for Couso death Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 7:14 AM
Spain has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers after reopening a murder investigation into the killing of Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso in Iraq, court officials said on Tuesday.Abbas Rejects 'Temporary Borders' for Palestine Washington Post - Jan 14 6:40 AM
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 14 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday adamantly rejected "any temporary or transitional solutions, including a state with temporary borders," throwing cold water on an idea advanced by Israel's foreign minister. Petra seeks to become 'world wonder' BBC News - Jan 16 6:12 PM
Jordan's ancient pink city of Petra competes to become one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.Hazen hands P-W home loss Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 15 1:00 PM
A home loss to Hazen Friday night left the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots in the middle of a conference traffic jam. Hazen took control in the third period to outscore the Patriots 19-to-8, which led to a 55-48 win in the 6AA Conference matchup.Bombings Kill 60 at University In Baghdad Washington Post - Jan 16 8:09 AM
BAGHDAD, Jan. 16 -- The coordinated detonation of two bombs during the after-school rush at a Baghdad university killed at least 60 people Tuesday and wounded more than 140 in what university officials described as one of the deadliest attacks on academia since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Spain seeks US soldiers' arrest BBC News - Jan 16 11:12 AM
Spain issues an international warrant for three US soldiers over the killing of a cameraman in the Iraq war.OIC mediating between Hamas, Fatah, to form national unity gov't Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 15 10:55 AM
Palestine - OIC - Mediation The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is advancing an initiative to bring closer views of Palestinian leaders from Hamas and Fatah, OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said on Monday.Palestine 3rd Educational Exhibition 'PEDEX 2007' to be held in April AME Info - Jan 13 1:38 AM
Eastern Mediterranean Educational Services announced it it to organize Palestine 3rd Educational Exhibition 'PEDEX 2007' at the Sport Gymnasium of Friends Boys School in Ramallah on 2-5 April 2007.Saudi to host Arab summit to 'heal Arab rifts' AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 1:46 AM
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the Arab League has announced that Riyadh will host the organisation's next summit on March 28 and 29 in a bid to heal divisions in the region.A General For Iraq by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2007 Space War - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates chose an able and experienced officer in Lt. Gen. David Petraeus to command U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. The only trouble is, they appointed him three-and-a-half years too late.Spain files warrants for U.S. soldiers UPI - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
MADRID, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Spanish authorities have issued warrants for three U.S. soldiers accused of killing a Spanish journalist during the Iraq war, El Pais reported Tuesday.Spanish Court Issues Arrest Warrants For Three US Soldiers Nasdaq - Jan 16 2:51 PM
(RTTNews) - Spain's National Court on Tuesday issued an international arrest warrant for the arrest of three US soldiers on charges of causing the death of Spanish cameraman during the Iraq conflict in April 2003.Late area roundup Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 22 minutes ago
WARRENSBURG n- Shelbyville not only nipped Warrensburg-Latham 58-57 in an Okaw Valley Conference game Monday, but set the state record for consecutive free throws made at 30. The previous mark, according to IHSA.org, was 27 set by Hampshire during the 2002-03 season.Reform Rabbis Cancel Carter Center Visit Israel National News - Jan 15 9:21 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Following the resignation of 14 board members of the Carter Center who are upset by the publication of former President Jimmy Carter's controversial new book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheiod", a group of American Reform Rabbis has cancelled their planned visit to the Georgia institution.UPI NewsTrack TopNews UPI - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- More than 100 people died Tuesday in sectarian violence in Iraq, including at least 70 killed by explosions at a Baghdad university.Lake levels up KETK 56 Tyler - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
While the rain and ice caused havoc for drivers, it was a welcome relief for area lake levels. Below normal temperatures combined with above normal precipitation caused lake levels to rise.MORE LIT >> San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:42 PM
Alerts : [Email] THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 Environmental film fest With a focus on conservation and eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels, the four-day Film Festival for the Environment, presented by Sustainable Peralta and the Northern Alameda Sierra Club, features films such as a documentary about Cuba's farming practices, The Power of Community.Blasts from the past San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:41 PM
One of the truly great things about books is that they don t get moldy if you leave them sitting on the shelf too long. You can read a book years after the date stamped on its copyright page, and it will not make you sick.Presents of mind San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:41 PM
The bound book as objet d'art a beautiful physical fact is a fairly recent phenomenon and one we are most aware of at this time of year, when gift-giving anxiety, teased by the thousand tongues of advertising, is at its most engorged.Turn the page San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:41 PM
One of the many seasonal traditions that make the world a worse place is the inoffensive holiday gift book. You know the kind. You've gotten a few of them. You've seen thumb-ravaged copies in people's bathrooms or piled up in yard sales next to scratched flatware.The other superpower San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:41 PM
Over the past decade United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has taken on some of the trappings of a secular pope, as journalist James Traub puts it in his new book, The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the U.N. in the Era of American World Power.Picturing the Void San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:41 PM
Gravity s Rainbow begins where a lot of war-zone stories in particular, Gravity s Rainbow end. A screaming comes across the sky. Burning brand San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:41 PM
Larry Harvey started Burning Man on Baker Beach in 1986, but it was John Law, Michael Mikel, and their Cacophony Society cohorts who in 1990 brought the countercultural gathering and its iconic central symbol out to Nevada's Black Rock Desert, where it grew into a beloved and unique event that last year was attended by 40,000 people.The governor's wimpy health plan San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:40 PM
Good news: the governor's taking universal health care seriously. Bad news: his plan wimps outPalestinian activist faces deportation after losing appeal against Jewish judge The Scotsman - Jan 16 4:23 PM
A PALESTINIAN activist lost an attempt to claim asylum yesterday, after a complaint that a Jewish judge had handled her case was dismissed on appeal.The Stop Online Expression Act San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:27 PM
TECHSPLOITATION Now that Congress is back in session, I'm bracing myself for the resurrection of the Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children Act. This is yet another bill, in a long line dating back to the Communications Decency Act and the Child Online Protection Act, that attempts to curtail free expression online by raising the specter of child abuse.Air play San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:30 PM
REVIEW There is something about "The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air," the de Young Museum's current retrospective of Ruth Asawa's work, that initially feels a bit like a natural history museum display.CineKink 2007 San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:31 PM
Education to titillate -- or titillation to educate? The simple act of witnessing can transform sex into politics, so it's not hard to see why privacy (like permission) is sacred.The ballad of Carmelo San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:30 PM
By the time you read this, a whole lot of filmmakers, publicists, journalists, and miscellaneous affiliates from Los Angeles will have once again descended on Utah for the annual feeding frenzy known as Sundance.Dine Listings San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:29 PM
Welcome to our dining listings, a detailed guide by neighborhood of some great places to grab a bite, hang out with friends, or impress the ones you love with thorough knowledge of this delectable city. Restaurants are reviewed by Paul Reidinger (PR) or staff.China Blue San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:30 PM
REVIEW No, this isn't softcore for Asiaphiles.Event Listings San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:30 PM
Events listings are compiled by Duncan Scott Davidson. See Picks, page 20, for information on how to submit items to the listings. "Recovering Iraq's Stolen Treasures" World Affairs Center, 312 Sutter, second floor auditorium, SF; (415) 293-4600. Noon, $5-15.Open mind music San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:28 PM
Do you ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Not to misinterpret the question asked by a sneering Johnny Lydon of a San Francisco crowd as his band was self-destructing onstage at the now-defunct Winterland Ballroom almost 30 years ago, but seriously, folks, life seems unfair sometimes.Local Grooves San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:28 PM
Who would have thunk it'd take a clutch of local noiseniks to rewrite stale indie rock rules and simultaneously snatch that thorny crown of popularity from the cool kids by being unafraid to be themselves and some other fantasy self, to embrace the child's mind and the experimentalist's wiles?Make a wish San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:29 PM
CHEAP EATS Sockywonk came back from Florida completely bald and we sat in the waiting room at the Kaiser lab, looking at pictures.Eat Global San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:28 PM
As a fellow traveler of the Luddites, I am obliged to treat the phrase "digital arts" as in the Letterman Digital Arts Center, in the Presidio with some skepticism.The governor's wimpy health plan San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:27 PM
EDITORIAL The good news and it's very good news indeed is that the governor of California has followed the lead of the city of San Francisco and is talking seriously about a universal health care plan.The new Vietnam San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:26 PM
EDITORIAL And now, President George W. Bush wants to commit another 20,000 troops.Why insurers love the new health plan San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:26 PM
OPINION If you're one of the 6.5 million Californians without health coverage, get ready to find a lot of hands in your pocket.The $2 million parking pass San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:26 PM
Officers working out of the San Francisco Police Department's Central Station were granted free parking at two North Beach garages for their personal automobiles, costing taxpayers nearly $2 million between 2002 and 2004, despite the fact that the fringe benefit was never authorized by the Municipal Transportation Agency's board or the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.2nd Time Around San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:27 PM
When a psychedelic groove mingles with rock that's got toes tapping, colors will start bursting and hips will be shaking. Recent years have welcomed an excavation of obscure soul sounds from decades past.Andrew Schoultz San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:29 PM
REVIEW You may not know his name, but you know Andrew Schoultz's work and may even be familiar with his particular iconography: square elephants, limbless tree trunks, gallant wooden horses, telephone poles busy with hundreds of wires, pyramids capped with an all-seeing eye, birdhouses, brick factories, cyclones, and erupting volcanoes.Skin Flick San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:27 PM
Your question form says to "try to be interesting." Hmm, performance anxiety ... and I'm only talking about sex! My wife is very sensitive to tastes, and she gags on my pre-come. On the other hand, I really don't like the reduced sensation of using a condom during oral sex.Divided government San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:26 PM
Things continue to heat up between the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom.Answering escalation San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:26 PM
A crowd of two dozen gathered Jan. 11 in ANSWER Coalition's Mission Street office to watch President George W. Bush unveil his intention to escalate the war in Iraq. Organizers were surprisingly quiet and respectful during the televised speech, then unleashed their responses to the journalists in attendance.Editor's Notes San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:26 PM
The guy looks like a goddamn ghost. Carter had aged at least 20 years since his upbeat 1977 inauguration. His face was creased and haggard. His eyes were empty hollows. He appeared to be having trouble focusing on what he was saying. It was pretty clear that Carter was burned toast.Where are the chicks? San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:25 PM
A half dozen California quail -- all males -- are all that remain in the once-teeming Presidio. What does the plight of the official state bird say about wildlife management in San Francisco?The Nightly News, Curated by Kathleen Goncharov and Stephan Stoyanov (2007-01-14 - 2007-02-10) Absolutearts.com - Jan 15 1:14 AM
The Nightly News is an exhibition of works by artists from around the world, some showing in New York for the first time. These artists were born in Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Poland, Mexico and Finland, as well as the United States. Current events and issues such terrorism, war, surveillance, xenophobia, racism, religious fanaticism, immigration, nationalism, and the ...ASEAN calls for reconciliation in Iraq, Palestine INQ7.net - Jan 14 2:25 AM
CEBU -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has called for a dialogue toward national reconciliation between all contending sides in Iraq even as US President George W. Bush appeared bent on sending 20,000 more American troops into the war-torn Middle East country.Stage Listings San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 16 6:30 PM
Stage listings are compiled by Deborah Giattina. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, Karen McKevitt, and Nicole Gluckstern. See Picks for information on how to submit items to the listings.Lakes On The Rise, Business Looking Up KLTV 7 Tyler - Jan 16 4:59 PM
Runoff continues to pour into lakes around East Texas following weekend rains. The gains from the downpours has erased months of rainfall deficits.79 killed, 190 wounded in Baghdad blasts IANS via Yahoo! India News - Jan 16 9:21 AM
Baghdad, Jan 16 (DPA) At least 79 Iraqis were killed and 190 wounded in four separate blasts in Baghdad Tuesday, Iraqi police said.U.S. arranges three-way Mideast summit AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 3:50 PM
Hoping to breathe life into moribund peace efforts, the United States will gather Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss an eventual independent Palestinian state, President Bush's top diplomat said Monday.In Defense of Mel Gibson, Especially His Movies Blogcritics.org - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
Let me start by mentioning three famous anti-Semites: T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Joseph Campbell (star of the The Power Of Myth series on PBS with Bill Moyers, and author of Hero With A Thousand Faces ). Yet no one dismisses their work because of their anti-Semitism, hideous as this is. In fact, many believe they weren t anti-Semites, despite evidence to the contrary. Now I don t know ...Big week for Sandusky Perkins senior Hallock The Plain Dealer - Jan 16 1:18 PM
(AP) It's been quite a week for Sandusky Perkins senior Kyle Hallock.Judge cleared of Jewish bias allegations The Herald - Jan 16 4:51 PM
Scotland's first female judge has been cleared of allegations of bias stemming from her membership of a Jewish law association.Several meetings planned tonight Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 16 12:59 PM
The Forrest City City Council will discuss the city s new humane shelter during its regular meeting at 6 tonight at city hall. The St. Francis County Quorum Court meets in regular session at 5 p.m. at the courthouse.Archbishop of Liverpool Greeted by 800 Children in Bethlehem Christian Today - Jan 15 4:02 AM
The Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool the Rt Rev Patrick Kelly along with world church leaders and heads of the Christian churches of Jerusalem were greeted by more than 800 Christian children from thirty parishes across Palestine in Bethlehem on FridayPalestinian PM: Hamas will never recognize Israel Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 15 2:16 PM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Monday the Islamist militant group Hamas would never recognize Israel.Cook: Israeli-Palestinian Talks Linked to Iraqi Problem Foreign Relations - Jan 16 2:11 PM
Steven A. Cook, a leading Middle East expert, says current U.S. efforts to make progress in the Israeli-Palestinian talks are directly linked to Washington s desire to get Arab support for the shaky government in Iraq. Because of the close association of the United States with Israel, it makes it more difficult for us to work with our Arab allies, says Cook, because Arab leaders feel domestic ...Columbia Radical Walks Campus With Not-So-Radical Son The Village Voice - Jan 16 1:54 PM
A Columbia radical from the '60s walks the campus with his not-so-radical son (By Mara Altman)Fareed Haj, 71: Advocate for disabled students Miami Herald - Jan 16 9:11 AM
Fareed Haj, who spent his entire career in the Miami-Dade school system working as a teacher, counselor and advocate for disabled students, died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 71.Spain orders U.S. soldier arrests for Couso death AlertNet - Jan 16 7:15 AM
Source: Reuters MADRID, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Spain has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers after reopening a murder investigation into the killing of Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso ... 60 killed in Iraq university blast Hindustan Times - Jan 16 9:57 AM
At least 79 Iraqis were killed and 190 wounded in four separate blasts in Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police said. In the latest attack, at least 60 Iraqi university students were killed in a car bomb in eastern Baghdad, al-Arabiya TV channel reported, citing hospital sources.Tugging at a mass of tangled threads Boston Globe - Jan 16 1:04 AM
In 1773, John Ledyard dropped out of Dartmouth College and paddled down the Connecticut River and into a life of adventure that would take him to the Pacific Northwest; across Siberia; and, in 1788, to the Middle East, reporting back from Egypt that "nothing merits more the whole force of burlesque, than both the poetic and prosaic legends of this country."Hamas firm on anti-Israel stand Gulf Daily News - Jan 16 5:21 PM
GAZA: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said yesterday the Islamist militant group Hamas would never recognise Israel.Iraq War Fuels Global Jihad YaleGlobal Online - Jan 16 9:20 AM
CAIRO: Five years after the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda's notion of a clash of religions is no longer farfetched. In both camps, tiny minorities beat the drums, rallying the faithful to fight in a war they believe was caused by the other.Rock legend Gulf News - Jan 16 1:43 PM
Rock groups might be made up of several people, but as often as not there is one person who stands out from the rest. In the case of psychedelic legends Pink Floyd, there have been three people who have at one time or another held the mantle of band leader.U.S. sets up Mideast peace summit phillyburbs.com - Jan 16 5:23 AM
\LUXOR, Egypt (AP) Hoping to breathe life into moribund peace efforts, the United States will gather Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss an eventual independent Palestinian state, President Bush's top diplomat said Monday.U.S. arranges three-way summit for Israeli-Palestinian peace phillyburbs.com - Jan 16 5:23 AM
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) Hoping to breathe life into moribund peace efforts, the United States will gather Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss an eventual independent Palestinian state, President Bush's top diplomat said Monday.Does impassioned Carter speak for people -- or self? Boston Globe - Jan 16 1:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- Jimmy Carter's former speechwriter, Hendrik Herzberg, once wrote that Carter was the closest the American people ever came to choosing their president by opening up the phone book and pointing to a name.Rice, Mideast Leaders to Hold Summit KABC-TV Los Angeles - Jan 16 9:33 AM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will bring together the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the coming weeks for a summit.New York Times Bestsellers Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jan 16 2:07 PM
FICTION 1. For One More Day, by Mitch Albom. (Hyperion, $21.95.) A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his late mother. 2. Cross, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $27.99) A retired FBI agent tracks a rapist who may have murdered his wife. 3. Next, by Michael Crichton. (HarperCollins, $27.95.) The author of "Jurassic Park" describes a not-too-distant ...Posted: 16-01-2007 , 13:24 GMT Al Bawaba - Jan 16 5:35 AM
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the Arab League has announced that the kingdom will host the next Arab summit on March 28 and 29 in an attempt to heal regional divisions.Bush s new policy is not based in reality Kurdish Media - Jan 16 12:20 PM
President George W. Bush has been beset by criticism from the Democratic Party as well as members of his own Republican Party. His popularity with Americans is dwindling.Rafsanjani urges eradication of poverty as first step towards development Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 16 6:58 AM
Iran - Rafsanjani - Conference Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Tuesday that eradication of poverty was main axis of development.EC chief: Controversial topics will prevent promotion of Iran-Egypt ties Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 16 6:57 AM
Iran - Egypt - Ties Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here Monday night said that raising controversial topics would prevent expansion of ties between Iran and Egypt.DVD Review: Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I Blogcritics.org - Jan 16 10:42 AM
Why, some may ask, would a documentary film on the military campaigns in the Middle East during World War I open with scenes from the American invasion of Iraq in 2003? As the documentary, Blood and Oil The Middle East in Word War I demonstrates, it is something called historical perspective. A similar invasion "has happened before" and is part of what contributed to the Middle East we ...The Sunni-Shia Rivalry Middle East Online - Jan 16 5:48 AM
Political and, of course, religious discord between Sunnis and Shias complicate the Middle East picture. In the past year, support for Hizbullah during its war with Israel last summer was one of few unifying causes - and it unified only partially. Bernard Rougier summarizes the situation.EDITORIAL: Faculty-student initiative averted unnecessary Carter crisis The Justice - Jan 16 7:38 AM
For the first time since President Harry Truman addressed graduating seniors in 1957, a former president of the United States will speak at Brandeis. But where other institutions might have treated the opportunity with immense enthusiasm, this University flinched.