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MIDDAY UPDATE: MSU doctoral student stranded in Palestine after more than 2 months of waiting 
The State News - Jan 16 3:46 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 3:53 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 1:35 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)Jimmy Carter Makes No Peace With Critics: Ann Woolner (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Jan 17 9:23 AM
Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Jimmy Carter says he wanted to provoke debate with his book, ``Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.'' Provoke, he did.Forward.com Forward - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
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.Forward.com Forward - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
If It s Apartheid, Then Who s the Palestinian Mandela? Of all humanistic disciplines, history is the easiest to exploit for the advancement of one s political worldviews. Former president Jimmy Carter s recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, is an interesting case in point.Haniyeh urges unity in Iraq NDTV - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called on the Iraqis to unite, appealing for an end to sectarian bloodshed in the country. "Because the American's were defeated in Iraq, we salute, from here, from Palestine, the Iraqi resistance against the occupation," he said on Wednesday.McCoy, Donald L. The Herald Bulletin - Jan 17 3:51 PM
NEW PALESTINE Donald Leroy McCoy, 63, of New Palestine, died Jan. 17, 2007. He was a former Anderson resident. He had worked for Emge and retired from Ford Motor Company.The Zeppelin Flies Again! The Daily Targum - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
By?DANNY PALESTINE Inside Beat Staff Writer Inside Beat, January 18, 2025 Since MTV's first broadcast in 1981, pop culture has never been the same. Worldwide culture has turned into a series of trends, advertisements, and reality television, which nobody can escape.Jimmy Carter Fails to Make Peace With His Critics: Ann Woolner Bloomberg.com - Jan 17 3:08 AM
Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Jimmy Carter says he wanted to provoke debate with his book, ``Palestine: Apartheid or Peace.'' Provoke, he did.PWSD to request specs for rebuilding process Kendall Owens T-H Staff Writer Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 17 1:21 PM
The Palestine-Wheatley School Board gave district superintendent Donnie Collins the authority Tuesday to begin the process of having drawings and specifications completed on the Palestine-Wheatley Middle School campus in Wheatley.Patriots battle back for win over Carlisle Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 17 1:22 PM
Playing without their senior floor leader, the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots executed their inside game to perfection in stopping Carlisle 54-49 Tuesday night at Carlisle.Three-Way Talks Set Between U.S., Israel & Palestine WTEN Albany - Jan 15 7:39 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 4:35 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.Israel Doesn't Have Official Opinion on Karabakh Conflict? PanARMENIAN.Net - Jan 17 6:51 AM
Josef Shagal: Israel doesn t have official stance on the conflict, as Azerbaijan has not expressed its position on the Palestine-Israel conflict.Its Decor Is Humble, Its Hummus First-Class Washington Post - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
JERUSALEM Nader Sairi scooped the tan paste from a bowl into plastic containers, stacking them in columns five high along the wooden countertop. In a kitchen set off by a thin wall, his older brother, Fadi, tended to a pair of huge steaming pots simmering on a camp stove.Coming Home The State News - Jan 16 9:17 PM
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.Palestine Native Peterson Going Pro KTRE-TV East Texas - Jan 16 2:31 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.Coming Home The State News - Jan 16 9:16 PM
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 9:40 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.Arabs are cool to Bush's Iraq plan AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 1:28 PM
Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait's emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, officials said a move President Bush has rejected.Analysis: Rice sees Iraq, not too close AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 17 12:26 PM
Iraq looks placid from 37,000 feet. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spent a lot of time talking about Iraq's troubles during five days in the Middle East, but the closest she came to the country was on an airplane ride Wednesday as she left the region on a crystal blue day. The flight took Rice smack between the violent cities of Baghdad and Fallujah.Prosecution key points: Day Three BBC News - Jan 17 4:35 PM
The first witnesses in the case against six men accused of a deadly plot to blow up a transport system appear at Woolwich Crown Court.Brandeis University to Allow Rebuttal After Carter Speech Fox News - Jan 17 3:57 PM
Jimmy Carter will visit Brandeis University next week to discuss his book on what he calls the Palestinian apartheid by Israel, but Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz plans to step on stage afterward to challenge the former president's assertions.Bombings Kill 60 at University In Baghdad Washington Post - Jan 17 3:30 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. Tools for better life in the Middle East: musical instruments The Christian Science Monitor - Jan 17 2:30 PM
Donated instruments from Europe are making their way to the Palestinian territories and Africa. US offers aid to crush Hamas Socialist Worker - Jan 16 10:31 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.Daniel Levy: Seven Lean Years in Middle East Diplomacy HuffingtonPost - Jan 17 8:56 AM
Secretary Rice continues her swing through (the non-boycotted states of) the Middle East, but the Israeli media has already drawn its own conclusions on the prospects of her producing any kind of breakthrough. The secretary's visit is forgotten and Israel is abuzz with the breaking story of secret peace talks that produced a draft text for a future Israeli-Syrian agreement. A respected ...Tobb Ankara Forum Convenes In Tel Aviv TurkishPress.com - Jan 16 5:31 AM
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.Analysis: Rice sees Iraq, not too close Boston Globe - Jan 17 12:40 PM
Iraq looks placid from 37,000 feet. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spent a lot of time talking about Iraq's troubles during five days in the Middle East, but the closest she came to the country was on an airplane ride Wednesday as she left the region on a crystal blue day. The flight took Rice smack between the violent cities ...Forward.com Forward - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Pro-Israel activists are gearing up for a showdown with Jimmy Carter next week at Brandeis University, where the former president will field questions on his controversial new book on Israel.Brown goes east Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
When you are a rising economic star it matters who comes knocking on your door. In the past year the presidents of China and America, and the king of Saudi Arabia, have paid official visits to India. Next week the Russian president will join the pilgrimage.Weather affects basketball, soccer games Greenville Herald-Banner - 1 hour, 1 minute ago
Icy travel conditions forced the postponement of Texas A&M University-Commerce s basketball doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday night in Commerce. The cold weather has also caused the cancellation or postponement of several Greenville High School soccer matches.Forward.com Forward - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
Pizzeria Kamikaze By Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka Translated from Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger Alternative Comics, 100 pages, $14.95.Peterson leaving OU for career in the NFL Tulsa World - Jan 16 1:37 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.Michael Smerconish: He Comes in Peace? HuffingtonPost - Jan 17 4:11 AM
Every day when my radio show ends, I gather with my producers, critique that day's show and plan the next. One such meeting was recently interrupted by a telephone call. "Amber" was on hold for me, but I had not a clue who she was nor what her call concerned. Amber? Sounds like someone you'd meet at a Gentleman's Club and Steak House. She was calling me with former President Jimmy Carter on ...Saudi to host Arab summit to 'heal Arab rifts' Middle East Online - Jan 16 1:19 AM
King Abdullah hopes to unify ranks within Arab world gripped by many problems in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Somalia.Defendant 'married four days before the attempted attacks' Times Online - Jan 17 2:53 PM
Yassin Omar, the alleged Warren Street bomber, married in an Islamic ceremony four days before the attempted attacks, the court was told....Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Film/Doco Preview: The Last Resort To Tour NZ Cinemas - Business: NZ Rockets Up Economic Freedom Ladder Glass Still Half-Empty For Roundtable - Retail: Woolworths Follows Foodstuffs In Examining Warehouse Bid - Scoop Link: The Times Interview - Elemeno ...Control of resources San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 6:18 PM
Among the usual tidings of war and occupation, the recent holiday season brought news that hundreds of people had been burned alive in a pipeline explosion in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria and its largest city.French Ambassador meeting with students at UTSA San Antonio Express News - Jan 17 1:34 PM
Other crises are developing that include conflict between Israel and LebanonArab Leaders Skeptical Of Bush Plan WCSH 6 Portland - Jan 17 6:11 PM
Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait's emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, a move President Bush has rejected.Arabs Are Cool to Bush's Iraq Plan AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 17 1:28 PM
Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them.Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Bob Hood Column: Bob Hood's Weekly Outdoors Report RedNova - Jan 17 5:13 PM
By Bob Hood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jan. 17--Water fowl update Too much water to the north and south and not enough water in the middle -- that's the way the late-season picture has shaped up for Texas duck and goose hunters.Not an easy road for Longview in tournament opener against Nacogdoches The Longview News-Journal - 32 minutes ago
Longview boys soccer coach James Wright is going against the grain when it comes to hosting a tournament. His team's first opponent should not be puff pastry.Palestinian diplomat visits Princeton The Trenton Times - Jan 15 9:20 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.Analysis: Rice Sees Iraq, Not Too Close AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 17 12:26 PM
Iraq looks placid from 37,000 feet.U.S. repeating Mideast mistakes? Foreign Relations - Jan 17 12:28 PM
Outside powers are fueling a civil conflict in the Middle East, except this one is not happening in Iraq. This proxy war is taking place in the Palestinian territories. US, Israeli Failures Caused ME Instability Arab News - Jan 17 4:24 PM
WASHINGTON, 18 January 2007 The failures of the US and Israeli wars in Iraq and Lebanon have undermined the deterrent strength of the Washington-led alliance while exposing the entire region to increased insecurity, reports an Israeli-based think tank.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Jan 17 4:17 PM
There was nothing new in President Bush s speech. There could not have been. He knew that US had lost the war and wanted to give a final desperate push on the outside chance that it might help him to get a victory.Advice for teens: Been there Shelbyville Daily Union - Jan 17 2:08 PM
The teenage years are so very important. We make many of the most important decisions of our lives during this time, and we have to do it with plenty of emotional and physical baggage in tow.Marvel Grabs Gwenyth For 'Iron Man' Entertainment Weekly - Jan 17 6:17 AM
Plus: The Globes trump ''24,'' The Rock gets smart, and more...Abbas to meet Lebanese, PLO officials in Beirut The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 17 1:28 PM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to arrive in Beirut on Monday to meet with Lebanon's top officials. However, the two-day visit may be extended to three days, the Central News Agency said on Wednesday.Our Weekly Picks San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 2:33 PM
Off-Broadway, let alone off-off-Broadway, wouldn't exist without the great Caffe Cino. Today's SF slasher theater (and past Sick and Twisted Players) would be mere figments of deranged imaginations. Kiki Durane would not exist. "Caffe Cino was insane," Mary Woronov told me in a recent interview.Muslims should avoid discord within Islamic World - Bahraini Majlis Speaker Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 17 2:52 PM
Bahrain - Speaker - Unity Visiting Bahraini Supreme Islamic Affairs Majlis Speaker said here Wednesday, "Under current conditions Islamic World is more than ever in need of solidarity and Muslims should avoid emergence of any type of discord."INTERVIEW - Iran's nuclear stance not 'cost-free', UK warns Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Jan 17 9:00 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett warned Iran on Wednesday that its persistent refusal to negotiate on nuclear issues was not a "cost-free option".WINTER WEATHER BLOG Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jan 17 9:01 AM
11:33 a.m.: Amtrak trains were running essentially on schedule, a spokesman said.QCourt addresses overspending by former judge Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 17 1:07 PM
Members of the St. Francis County Quorum Court may soon have to decide whether or not to try to seek restitution from former St. Francis County Judge Carl Cisco for bills that were allegedly left unpaid before his term ended last month.Rice notebook: You can't see the bombs from here CNews - Jan 17 1:48 PM
BERLIN (AP) Iraq looks placid from 37,000 feet. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spent a lot of time talking about Iraq s troubles during five days in the Middle East, but the closest she came to the country was on an airplane ride Wednesday as she left the region on a crystal blue day.Arabs are cool to Bush s Iraq plan CNews - Jan 17 1:47 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Arab leaders were deeply skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. plan for Iraq, a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried to sell it to them. Kuwait s emir told Rice that America should work with Iran and Syria, officials said a move President Bush has rejected.Palestinian ambassador calls for more balanced U.S. policy Daily Princetonian - Jan 15 9:51 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 9:35 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.Live free or die hard San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:35 AM
KIDS' TV GONE WILD There's a scene in Half Nelson a top contender for most depressing scene in a movie loaded with 'em in which Dan, Ryan Gosling's drugged-out high school teacher, trudges home for a meal with his post-hippie parents.Holy land Creative Loafing Atlanta - Jan 17 12:03 PM
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival explores Israel and beyond... By Curt Holman.Dionne Warwick San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:34 AM
PREVIEW Dionne Warwick where do I start?The secret spies San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:34 AM
The Pentagon has released to the Guardian and the American Civil Liberties Union 534 pages of documents relating to domestic surveillance and we don't know much of anything new about the notorious Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) program.Rep Clock San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:35 AM
Schedules are for Wed/17 through Tues/23 except where noted. Double features are marked with a . Director and year are given when available. All times are pm unless otherwise specified.The devil wears Nolan Miller San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:35 AM
TRASH TALKING BIO, TAKE ONE There are so many exquisite moments in steward Desmond Atholl's tell-all that tells all . This ain't no roman à clef, in other words; it's a cutting, richly detailed, tension-filled diary of overseeing the Marlo Thomas Phil Donahue household.Silex Appeal San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:34 AM
As the recycling truck hauls away the last of the year's emptied wine bottles, we pause briefly to reflect.Idol musings San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:34 AM
SONIC REDUCER Is there any escape from the tractor beam pull influence of American Idol ? Can someone do me a favor and put a plug in Paula Abdul's histrionics, leash the dawg s of Randy Jackson, douse the frat-boy smirk on Ryan Seacrest's mug, or, reluctantly, hold back the refreshing wave of honest harshitude rolling off Simon Cowell?Shinichi Iova-Koga San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 11:34 AM
PREVIEW Butoh is one of the contemporary dance scene's odder children, and Shinichi Iova-Koga, who recently changed his name from Moma Koga, is one of the Bay Area's most adept practitioners.Kenya: How About Palestine's Right to Exist AllAfrica.com - Jan 15 9:24 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.Need for concrete ideas Gulf News - Jan 17 12:34 PM
Americans of all walks of life, and especially elected officials and Congressmen, need a remedial course in world affairs. This has become more obvious by the day ever since the United States, after the demise of the Cold War, has become the world's only superpower.Double Team Psychic Dream San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jan 17 9:48 AM
Hooray, Aries! By our calculations, you have reached the end of one wicked stressful cycle. Time for you to integrate all you've experienced, upping your emotional intelligence. Luckily, the key to such integration is embracing play, fun, and joyfulness with your whole heart.Petra seeks to become 'world wonder' BBC News - Jan 16 6:20 PM
Jordan's ancient pink city of Petra competes to become one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.Agony, panic as bombs kill 60 outside Baghdad university Boston Globe - Jan 17 12:47 AM
BAGHDAD -- The coordinated detonation of two bombs during the after-school rush at a Baghdad university killed at least 60 people yesterday and wounded more than 140 others in what university officials described as one of the deadliest attacks on academia since the 2003 US-led invasion.Abbas Rejects 'Temporary Borders' for Palestine Washington Post - Jan 14 6:29 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. Palestinians worse off than blacks in South Africa, says Carter Calcutta News - Jan 17 10:14 AM
Former US President Jimmy Carter told al-Jazeera television he "was not equating Palestinian missiles with terrorism," during an appearance on the Arab satellite station on Sunday.INTERVIEW-Iran's nuclear stance not 'cost-free', UK warns AlertNet - Jan 17 7:21 AM
Source: Reuters By Sophie Walker LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett warned Iran on Wednesday that its persistent refusal to negotiate on nuclear issues was not a " ... Hazen hands P-W home loss Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 15 12:53 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.Spain issued an international arrest warrant for three American soldiers accused of being responsible for the killing ... Al Jazeera - Jan 17 5:25 AM
Judge Santiago Pedraz of the Spanish National Court issued an international search-and-capture order for U.S. Sergeant Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford and Lieutenant Colonel Philip de Camp.Spain issued an international arrest warrant for three American soldiers accused of being responsible for the killing ... Al Jazeera - Jan 17 5:40 AM
in April 2003, court officials said on Tuesday. Judge Santiago Pedraz of the Spanish National Court issued an international search-and-capture order for U.S. Sergeant Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford and Lieutenant Colonel Philip de Camp.Federalism: A Solution More for Israel than for Iraq- "OP-ED" News From Bangladesh - Jan 17 10:38 AM
Revealing both the double standards of U.S. policies and the propaganda-oriented Israeli advocacy of minority rights in the Arab world, the U.S.-allied Iraqi Kurdish and sectarian leaders reacted angrily to James Baker-Lee Hamilton report because it recommended what they perceived as a possible American retract from federalism in Iraq and the Israeli Jews condemned as a catastrophic declaration ...An interview with Dal LaMagna Al Jazeera - Jan 17 8:40 AM
One set of voices rarely heard in the United States are the voices of Iraqis, what do they think about the U.S. military presence in their country? What do they think should be done about the U.S. staying in Iraq? How do they see this conflict being resolved?Prepared Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Foreign Relations - Jan 17 7:43 AM
Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the situation in Iraq and in particular on regional and global aspects of current U.S. policy in Iraq. I will not rehearse here today how we got to where we are other than to say that the United States and the American people are paying a substantial price for the decision to attack Iraq and for subsequent decisions made in the aftermath of Iraq s ...Superpower status burdens United States The Saginaw News - Jan 17 6:38 AM
Several years ago, former President Gerald Ford had two remarkable interviews with Washington Post writer Bob Woodward that were published after his death.An interview with Dal LaMagna Al Jazeera - Jan 17 8:25 AM
One set of voices rarely heard in the United States are the voices of Iraqi s, what do they think about the U.S. military presence in their country? What do they think should be done about the U.S. staying in Iraq? How do they see this conflict being resolved?Abundant Life leader leaving Wise County Messenger - Jan 17 7:23 AM
One of Wise County s most dedicated foster moms is retiring, but a couple of familiar faces are stepping in to continue her work. Beth Bookout, director of the Abundant Life Children s Home near Decatur, is retiring this month after 10 years as a foster parent.BIN LADEN 'NOT BEHIND 9/11 ATTACKS' Daily Mirror - Jan 17 8:02 AM
CONTROVERSIAL Islamic preacher Abu Hamza told one of the alleged 21/7 bomb plotters that terror leader Osama bin Laden was not behind the 9/11 attacks, a court has been told. Spain seeks US soldiers' arrest BBC News - Jan 16 11:14 AM
Spain issues an international warrant for three US soldiers over the killing of a cameraman in the Iraq war.Letters to the editor 1/17 North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Jan 17 6:15 AM
Rebuttal In Jim Clark's Jan. 12 column, "A columnist's rebuttal to a rebuttal", Clark criticized Mr. Bekowich for citing excerpts of Bob Woodward's latest book "State of Denial" as fact. Hornet powerlifters debut third Athens Review - Jan 17 5:18 AM
BROWNSBORO The Athens Hornet powerlifting team scored 25 points for a third-place finish Saturday in the Brownsboro Invitational.Movie Details East Bay Express - Jan 17 9:30 AM
Environmental Film Festival Documentaries on caribou and organic farming, global warning and energy waste, the San Joaquin River and Native American rights, in this three-day festival (total running time unknown).EurActiv.com - 'Main conflict is in the East, not between East and West' | EU - European Information on Enlargement EUActiv - Jan 17 3:17 AM
The East-West clash is a myth: rather, political problems should be tackled within the East itself, argues Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül in an article published by the Financial Times on 16 January 2007.University blasts kill at least 65 Sun-Sentinel - Jan 17 12:16 AM
BAGHDAD · The coordinated detonation of two bombs during the after-school rush at a Baghdad university killed at least 65 people on Tuesday and wounded more than 140 others in what university officials described as one of the deadliest attacks on academia since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.Nobel laureate Wiesel: Jews `capable and duty-bound' to help others Sun-Sentinel - Jan 17 12:03 AM
Elie Wiesel, a World War II concentration camp survivor who went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize, told a crowd of more than 1,000 Tuesday night that Jews must take responsibility for other people as well as their own.A General For Iraq by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2007 Space War - Jan 16 7:44 PM
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.
