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PALESTINE ARTS PROGRAM ALLOWS FREE EXHIBIT VIEWING FIRST SATURDAYS 
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Jan 05 12:29 AM
PALESTINE - "Embrace the Arts," a new program in Palestine that will allow art enthusiasts to view various art exhibits around town on the first Saturday of every month for free, begins this weekend.Hardcover Nonfiction New York Times - 26 minutes ago
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama 2. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham 3. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan 4. CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O?Reilly 5. PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID, by Jimmy CarterClippers on a roll Lisbon Morning Journal - 28 minutes ago
LISBON Columbiana won their second game in a row, defeating Lisbon 61-50 Friday. The Clippers improved to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the Inter-Tri County League upper tier, one game ahead of East Palestine and Springfield Local.UK documentary follows peace pilgrimage in Israel-Palestine Ekklesia - Jan 03 2:39 PM
A television documentary following British church leaders on a recent pre-Christmas 'pilgrimage of peace' to the Israel Palestine and particularly Bethlehem, traditionally held to be the birthplace of Jesus is due to be screened this weekend.EU appoints new head of police mission in Palestine Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 03 6:37 AM
EU - Palestine - Police mission The European Union has appointed a British police official Colin Smith to head the EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, said Cristina Gallach, spokesperson of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Wednesday.Hurricane Carter The Nation via Yahoo! News - Jan 04 11:13 AM
The Nation -- Former President Jimmy Carter's new book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, provoked an uproar even before its publication.FCSD to resume classes Monday Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 05 2:08 PM
It s a new year, and Christmas break is either a memory or will soon be a memory for students in St. Francis County. Palestine-Wheatley Schools resumed classes on Wednesday. Crowley s Ridge Technical Institute also held its first classes of 2007 on Wednesday.Palestine leaders appeal for calm iafrica.com - Jan 05 2:15 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of Fatah and prime minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas agreed to "call for calm and the withdrawal of armed men from the streets" after a meeting early on Friday aimed at ending the deadly confrontations between the two groups, Haniya said.The New Year and Palestine Malta Today - Jan 03 4:26 AM
If it is a fact that tomorrow is the New Year, it cannot be the same for Palestine: there is no state called Palestine.Rwanda: Palestine-Israel Conflict Should Be Moon's Top Priority AllAfrica.com - Jan 04 8:44 AM
In 2000, the then governor of Texas, now President of United States of America, George W. Bush said, "The world seeks America's leadership, looks for leadership for a country whose values are freedom and justice and equality.Panthers top Palestine The Lufkin Daily News - Jan 02 9:22 PM
The Lufkin Panthers built an early 19-point lead and held off a late barrage of Palestine three-pointers to pick up a 74-67 win over the Wildcats on Tuesday night.Israel Mixed On Saddam Hanging Baltimore Jewish Times - Jan 05 9:27 AM
If there was any doubt as to Saddam Hussein's diehard hatred of Israel, it was dispelled by his declaration on the gallows: "Long live Iraq, Palestine is Arab!"The looming tower: Egyptian ideological origins of al-Qaida Salem Statesman Journal - Jan 05 3:36 AM
Al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahiri's pre-Christmas rants backfired in both Palestine and in Washington, D.C. Dr. Zawahiri Al-Qaida's terror emir No. 2 ordered the Palestinians to wage his globalist brand of jihad.Staples sworn in as ag commissioner Athens Review - Jan 05 6:15 AM
AUSTIN Todd Staples of Palestine was sworn in today as commissioner of agriculture at a ceremony in the Senate chamber at the Texas Capitol. Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson administered the oath of office.New Year Reflections Middle East Online - Jan 05 1:53 AM
The year 2006 ended on a sad note in Palestine, and left wide open the chance for many appalling possibilities that stretch from Baghdad, to Lebanon, to Mogadishu, and elsewhere, notes Ramzy Baroud .James Brooks: Pushing the Wedge in Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - Jan 04 11:55 AM
The problem, of course, is that a PA run by Hamas cannot be considered fit company in any peace process with Israel until Hamas meets both demands, as Fateh is supposed to have done in the past.Critic of Hamas gunned down near mosque AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 05 4:11 PM
Assailants gunned down a Muslim preacher known for his anti-Hamas views on Friday, witnesses said, moments after he exited a mosque where he delivered a sermon criticizing the Islamic group's role in a wave of Palestinian violence.Listen and discuss Aspen Daily News - Jan 04 9:22 PM
Mr. Buster Feldman's letter to the editor, Dec. 30, disparages President Carter and his book "Palestine, Peace Not Apartheid."STAPLES SWORN IN AS 11th TEXAS AG COMMISSIONER Tyler Morning Telegraph - Jan 05 12:29 AM
SWORN IN: Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples of Palestine stands with his wife, Janet, and acknowledges applause after taking the oath of office on Thursday in the Senate chambers at the state Capitol in Austin.Students model UN summit The Peninsula - Jan 04 9:24 PM
Doha Over 450 secondary school students from 18 nations including Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Nigeria, Palestine, Syria and Thailand will be meeting in Doha between January 10 and January 13 at Intercontinental Hotel, Doha to participate in Georgetown University's 2nd Annual Model United Nations Summit.Dozens of firefighters battle Houston warehouse blaze Houston Chronicle - Jan 04 10:50 AM
The fire erupted about 10:30 a.m. at the complex on Wayside near Palestine. Stateless New York Times - 19 minutes ago
Rashid Khalidi?s description of the Palestinians as forever on the short end of history?s stick is neither new nor surprising. But he makes this more than an exercise in self-pity.10 killed in new Palestine attacks Gulf Daily News - Jan 04 5:10 PM
RAMALLAH: Ten Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack and internal fighting yesterday.Jews, Arabs and Jimmy Carter New York Times - 21 minutes ago
The former president?s new book is premised on the notion that Americans too often get only one side of the story.Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Meet Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert In Efforts Of Reviving Middle Peace Process Nasdaq - Jan 04 1:07 PM
(RTTNews) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was intended to focus on the re-initiation of the Middle East peace process, however, was overshadowed by Israel's military incursion into the West Bank. Israeli soldiers searching for Palestine fighters in the West Bank area killed four people in the process, prompting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ...Christmas season brings joy to SFC teams Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 04 1:07 PM
The Christmas holiday break brought nothing but joy for Forrest City, Palestine-Wheatley and Hughes. All three boys basketball teams played in holiday tournaments and each team was able to bask in the joy and magic each tournament brought.Lebanese stage symbolic funeral for Iraq's Saddam AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 05 6:49 AM
Several hundred people in Beirut have paid homage to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by staging a symbolic funeral for him, six days after his execution.The transformation of Saddam International Herald Tribune - Jan 05 12:45 PM
The manner of the former dictator's death has cleansed his image for many in the Arab world.Fatah members mourn 7 slain in attack AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 05 8:13 AM
Thousands of Palestinians carried bodies draped in yellow flags through pouring rain Friday in a funeral procession for seven Fatah members killed by Hamas gunmen. Fatah said it was suspending talks with its rival until the assailants were brought to justice.Fatah members mourn 7 killed in Hamas attack; Hamas urges restraint USA Today - Jan 05 6:46 AM
Thousands of Palestinians carried bodies draped in yellow flags through pouring rain Friday in a funeral procession for seven Fatah men killed in the bloodiest battle in weeks of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip.Fatah and Hamas agree to truce International Herald Tribune - Jan 05 8:51 AM
The Palestinian president and prime minister agreed in an emergency meeting Friday to pull back their forces, after six people were killed in one of the bloodiest battles in weeks of internal fighting.Palestinian leader, PM to recall forces AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 05 2:54 AM
The Palestinian president and prime minister, battling for control of the government, agreed Friday to pull back their forces after a senior security commander and six of his bodyguards were killed in one of the bloodiest battles in weeks of internal fighting.Gulf States Want Status Quo In Mideast Forbes - Jan 05 3:17 AM
The Sunni Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council benefit from keeping Iranian power in check.Firefighters Battle Blaze At 2 Warehouses Click 2 Houston - Jan 04 9:38 AM
HOUSTON -- Two warehouses in east Houston went up in flames Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported. Houston firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire on North Wayside Drive near Palestine Street shortly before 10:30 a.m.Hamas militants kill Palestinian security commander, 4 dead in Israeli raid in West Bank USA Today - Jan 04 11:25 PM
The Palestinian president and prime minister, locked in a violent power struggle, agreed in an emergency meeting Friday to pull back their forces, after a senior security commander and four of his bodyguards were killed in one of the bloodiest battles in weeks of internal fighting.10 Palestinians killed in raid, clashes AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 04 10:17 PM
Israeli undercover troops burst into a West Bank vegetable market Thursday, seizing four fugitives and exchanging heavy fire with Palestinians in the first major raid since the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to try to ease tensions.In Gaza, a critic of Hamas is gunned down outside mosque San Diego Union-Tribune - Jan 05 6:04 PM
Missing Indonesian jetliner Associated Press A jetliner with 102 people aboard that disappeared after encountering 80 mph winds over northern Indonesian waters twice changed course, an official said, as authorities widened the search for the Boeing 737.Simon Jenkins: Fukuyama HuffingtonPost - Jan 05 8:56 AM
A celebrated New Yorker cartoon of the 1950s showed a plane crashing on a runway. As everyone rushed to rescue the crew a solitary scientist walked in the opposite direction. He sighed, "Oh well, back to the drawing board." As the George Bush's Iraq adventure smoulders on the tarmac, a small group of neo-cons are starting to escape the scene with varying degrees of dignity. Some such ...Gunmen kill cleric who called for end to rivalries The Scotsman - Jan 05 5:59 PM
MASKED gunmen yesterday assassinated a prominent Gaza Strip cleric after he gave a sermon calling for an end to bloodletting between the rival Hamas and Fatah movements, writes Ben Lynfield in Jerusalem.Palestinian factions in fresh deal to end strife Financial Times - Jan 05 6:36 PM
Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian Authority's Hamas prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, its Fatah president, reached the latest of a series of so far abortive agreements yesterday to end violence between their warring factions after a day of clashes in which eight people died.Excerpts: al-Qaeda call to Somalis BBC News - Jan 05 3:54 AM
Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman Al-Zawahiri urges Muslims to support their "brothers" fighting jihad, or holy war in Somalia.Ramzy Baroud: New Year Reflections UN Observer - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
2007-01-05 | 2006 was yet another year of tribulations in the ever tumultuous Middle East. It defied all early expectations that 2005 would be the worst for many years to follow.Thank you for the music BBC News - Jan 05 3:48 AM
Mud's drummer was one of the significant characters who died in December.Palestinian security officer killed AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 04 2:42 PM
A senior Palestinian security officer was killed in an attack Thursday just moments after pleading for help on the phone with a television station: "They are targeting the house, children are dying, they are bleeding."From all corners, support grows for Iraq peace plan Independent - Jan 05 4:11 PM
A blueprint for peace in Iraq has won praise from across the political establishment as senior figures from all parties urged a new strategy to bring states across the Middle East into the struggle to end the conflict.Wentworth Energy Announces That It Has Successfully Drilled Its Fourth Well in East Texas [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 04 7:30 AM
PALESTINE, Texas----Wentworth Energy, Inc. announced today that it has successfully drilled its fourth well on its 27,557-acre mineral block in Freestone County, Texas. The Red Lake Gas Unit #2-W well is one of four wells drilled by Wentworth Energy during the Company's initial East Texas drilling program between September and December 2006.Palestinians try to end violence Financial Times - Jan 05 12:01 PM
Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian Authority s Hamas prime minister, and Abu Mazen, its Fatah president, on Friday reached the latest of a series of so far abortive agreements to end violence between their warring factions after a day of clashes in which eight people died.Worldwide music events to remember conductor Toscanini 50 years on CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jan 05 12:43 PM
ROME (AP) - Concerts, exhibitions, movie showings and other events are being planned worldwide to remember Arturo Toscanini, 50 years after the death of the celebrated Italian conductor.Bears off to great start Lisbon Morning Journal - 28 minutes ago
LEETONIA Leetonia coach Jay Airhart is big on letting his players know about the school s basketball history. Sometimes the lessons turn out to be a great motivational tool.Observer: Road map to peace stirs controversy Financial Times - Jan 05 12:03 PM
After leaving the White House in 1981, Jimmy Carter, former US president, could have chosen a languid retirement in the peanut-farming town of Plains, Georgia, where he has lived all his life.Letters to the Editor NorthJersey.com - Jan 05 4:05 PM
Two incredible slips of the tongues occurred recently regarding Israel's nuclear arsenal. In what was a rather natural gaffe, incoming Secretary of Defense Robert Gates off-handedly included Israel in a list of known nuclear powers.Ramzy Baroud: New Year Reflections The Palestine Chronicle - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
This is yet another reckless American-Israeli experiment that if fully actualized, shall harvest untold political instability, debase America s reputation even further and expand the list of innocent victims who have fallen as profusely as ever in this passing year.Power of the Pen awards best of the best from students at 24 area middle schools The Alliance Review - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
Power of the Pen, throughout each tournament season, is the direct stimulus for more than 25,000 pieces of student writing that would not otherwise have been produced.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Jan 05 4:15 PM
I was disappointed to read the report MWL Wants Lawsuits for Abuse of Islam and the Prophet (Dec. 28). A supranational body, which claims to represent world Muslims, meeting at a time of crisis as this for the community should have been able to get out of the rut and say, at least once, something new.2007 is set to be a watershed year for Egypt's massive communications markets Zawya - 28 minutes ago
04 January 2007 2007 will usher in the Etisalat-led third cellular operator while international service liberalization is slated to start in 2007 as well.Firefighters Battle Blaze At 2 Warehouses KPRC Click2Houston.com via Yahoo! News - Jan 04 9:25 AM
Two warehouses in east Houston went up in flames Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported.Sectarian violence holds Iraq back Zaman Online - Jan 05 2:08 PM
2006 witnessed stunning attacks in Iraq. The insurgency against the United States has almost been overshadowed by relentless sectarian conflicts between Sunni and Shiite militias.Haniye cuts regional tour short due to growing tension Zaman Online - Jan 05 2:14 PM
In consideration of the growing tension in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah returned to his country without completing his tour.Qaradawi laments plight of Muslims The Peninsula - Jan 05 3:23 PM
doha Noted Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi rued the condition of Muslims in 2006 and described their plight as disastrous . In his regular Friday sermon, Qaradawi stated the world is under the control of the US and Israel.STAPLES TO TAKE AG COMMISSIONER OATH Tyler Morning Telegraph - Jan 03 10:59 PM
Todd Staples of Palestine will be sworn in as the state's 11th agriculture commissioner at a ceremony set for 2 p.m. Thursday in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol.Several meetings set for next week Forrest City Times-Herald - Jan 05 2:08 PM
Numerous meetings are scheduled for next week throughout St. Francis County. At 5 p.m. Monday, the Forrest City School Board will meet in the administration building. Board members will continue discussing the sale of the old Forrest Hills property and the school facility immediate needs projects.Israeli raid leaves 4 dead in West Bank Los Angeles Times - Jan 05 12:29 AM
An incursion in Ramallah sours the prime minister's meeting with Egypt's president. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK Israeli troops staged a rare incursion into this city Thursday, bulldozing cars and vegetable stands near the central square as they engaged gunmen and stone-throwing residents in a chaotic two-hour battle that left four Palestinians dead. Lists of best-selling books AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 04 11:59 AM
1. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)Caritas remains concerned about health crisis in Palestine Ekklesia - Jan 03 4:10 PM
As tension and violence continues to escalate in Gaza, Caritas Jerusalem, the Catholic aid agency, continues to be alarmed at the ongoing deterioration of the health situation in the Palestinian Territories - and involved in practical work to redress the situation.Critic of Hamas gunned down near mosque CTV.ca - Jan 05 1:12 PM
Assailants gunned down a Muslim preacher known for his anti-Hamas views on Friday, moments after he delivered a sermon criticizing the group's role in a wave of violence.Worldwide music events to remember conductor Toscanini 50 years on Canada.com - Jan 05 1:08 PM
An undated file photo showing Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini. (AP) ROME (AP) - Concerts, exhibitions, movie showings and other events are being planned worldwide to remember Arturo Toscanini, 50 years after the death of the celebrated Italian conductor.Another trail of death and injury Gulf News - Jan 05 12:54 PM
One more incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) helps cast even more doubt on the seriousness of Israel's intentions to find peace.Steve Clemons: "Surging" is No Plan: Concerned Americans Plan Picket Action at McCain/Lieberman Appearance HuffingtonPost - Jan 04 8:41 PM
It has become a sad cliche that Americans deserve better from their leadership than they are getting. The President and some Members of Congress are calling for an increase in troop levels in Iraq to attempt to keep implementing the same domestic security and training plan for Iraqi police and militia units that America has had in place all along. The plan has not changed -- just the call, ...More help for needy on way Gulf Daily News - Jan 05 2:52 PM
THE Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS) is to step up its aid for needy people here and abroad this year. The society's one-year programme will be finalised within a week, said secretary-general Sadiq Al Shehabi.By: Ramzy Baroud Al Jazeera - Jan 05 6:49 AM
2006 was yet another year of tribulations in the ever tumultuous Middle East. It defied all early expectations that 2005 would be the worst for many years to follow.Gaza factions told to stop fighting Guardian Unlimited - Jan 05 3:52 AM
Palestinian president and prime minister agree to urge fighters from rival factions to leave the streets.Sosebee To Perform At World Championship Southwest Times Record - Jan 05 1:15 PM
Cody Sosebee hardly makes it through the door of the Charleston Diner before he s greeted by one of the lunch patrons.BD59,500 raised from UN cards Gulf Daily News - Jan 05 2:53 PM
THE United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has raised BD59,500 from the sale of greetings cards in Bahrain over the past two months. The plan was to raise BD75,600 ($200,000) to support children in war-torn Lebanon and Iraq, said a Unicef Bahrain spokesman.Working together is the only option Gulf News - Jan 05 12:54 PM
Arab Nationalists and Islamists, who met in Doha last month, must answer a simple but important question before they dream of having a significant impact on shaping the future of the Arab nation. Their behaviour risks diminishing their credibility and their influence in future.KINGDOM CALLS FOR A STRONG STANCE FROM THE UN TO ALLOW PALESTINIAN TO RETAIN THEIR RIGHTS AND FOR THE ISRAELIS TO ABIDE ... Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Jan 05 12:04 PM
Saudi Arabia made its position very clear at the United Nations' Asian Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The representative of the Kingdom underscored the position of his country in support of the struggle of the Palestinian people for peace and statehood.Palestinian leaders call for end to Gaza clashes Guardian Unlimited - Jan 05 2:49 AM
President and PM to seek calming of inter-factional violence.Saddam trial was fair: Bush NDTV - Jan 05 9:52 AM
US President George W Bush has said that he wished the execution of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein "had gone in a more dignified way."Israeli raid into W. Bank leaves 4 Palestinians dead The Philadelphia Inquirer - Jan 05 12:06 AM
Israeli troops staged a rare incursion into Ramallah yesterday, bulldozing cars and vegetable stands near the central square as they engaged gunmen and stone-throwing residents in a chaotic two-hour battle that left four Palestinians dead.Execution 'made Saddam martyr' Gulf Daily News - Jan 05 2:56 PM
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday said the execution had turned deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein into a martyr and pictures of the hanging were "revolting and barbaric". And more than 40 people were injured yesterday as protests over the execution spread across the continents.Judeo-Muslim Relations News From Bangladesh - Jan 05 10:27 AM
Moslems' attitude towards Jews should be as ordained by the Quran. God reveals in the Qur'an that Jews, like Christians, are part of the people of the book. Moslems as well as Jews believe in the same God and follow the examples set by the prophets sent by Him with due love and respect.IN BRIEF ***** Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Jan 05 12:04 PM
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, conducted here this afternoon an inspection tour of the development projects of King Abdul Aziz International Airport; the expansion and the renovation of the pilgrims' complex terminals Project.Critic of Hamas gunned down outside mosque CNews - Jan 05 11:57 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) Assailants gunned down a Muslim preacher known for his anti-Hamas views on Friday, witnesses said, moments after he exited a mosque where he delivered a sermon criticizing the Islamic group s role in a wave of Palestinian violence.Ain-Al-Yaqeen - January 5, 2006 - Article 2 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Jan 05 12:03 PM
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz directly supervised the services and facilities being provided to pilgrims to perform their Hajj rituals easily, safely and comfortably and to be reassured about all stages of the general plan for pilgrims' movement in the holy places as it is customary every year.Former Jerusalem mayor buried on Mount Herzl AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 04 6:32 AM
Teddy Kollek, who was major of Jerusalem for nearly 30 years, has been buried at the holy city's Mount Herzl, the final resting place of Israeli dignitaries.Hamas militants kill Palestinian security commander CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jan 05 2:37 AM
GAZA CITY (AP) - The Palestinian president and prime minister, locked in a violent power struggle, agreed in an emergency meeting Friday to pull back their forces, after a senior security commander and six of his bodyguards were killed in one of the bloodiest battles in weeks of internal fighting.Israeli rescue raid leaves four Palestinians dead Contra Costa Times - Jan 05 3:22 AM
Israeli troops staged a rare incursion into this city Thursday, bulldozing cars and vegetable stands near the central square as they engaged gunmen and stone-throwing residents in a chaotic two-hour battle that left four Palestinians dead.Saddam's execution will not help US Central Chronicle - Jan 05 10:19 AM
There was never any doubt that elimination of Saddam Hussein was part of the agenda when the US plotted invasion of Iraq to destroy the latter's 'weapons of mass destruction' that were never found.How to check people from going indecent against women in a function or party? Central Chronicle - Jan 05 10:18 AM
Does Saddam deserve hanging or he should be given clemency? Lijo Joseph: Saddam Hussein's execution is not at all justified. Instead it was a cruel and selfish act on the part of the Americans. Saddam was tried and executed in an inhuman way for crimes against humanity.300 stage a symbolic Beirut funeral for Saddam Moldova.org - Jan 05 8:13 AM
Beirut (dpa) - Around 300 people staged a symbolic funeral in a Sunni neighbourhood of Beirut Friday for former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The crowd included members of the Baath party and Palestinian activists who carried out their Friday prayers and recited Koran verses for the dead Saddam at the Imam Ali mosque in the Lebanese capital's Tarik Jadideh neigbourhood. A funeral cortege ...Hamas militants kill Palestinian security commander Canada.com - Jan 05 6:45 AM
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Colonel Mohammed Ghayeb, the assistant to the chief of the pro-Fatah preventative security forceduring his funeral in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip January 5, 2007.Gaza factions told to end clashes BBC News - Jan 04 1:58 PM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and PM Ismail Haniya agree to urge rival factions to leave Gaza's streets.Arab stock markets fail to shine in 2006 Middle East Online - Jan 05 6:23 AM
Despite higher income from risen oil prices in 2006, Arab states endure bad year in stock markets.Musharraf hopes Palestinian to get independent state Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 03 6:37 AM
Pakistan - Palestinian state President General Pervez Musharraf has expressed the hope that the people of Palestine will achieve the goal of an independent state.They're Muslims, And Yankees, Too BusinessWeek - Jan 04 4:02 PM
Fatah members mourn 7 killed in Hamas attack CNews - Jan 05 8:43 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) Thousands of Palestinians carried bodies draped in yellow flags through pouring rain Friday in a funeral procession for seven Fatah members killed by Hamas gunmen. Fatah said it was suspending talks with its rival until the assailants were brought to justice.Four die in Israeli incursion into West Bank Miami Herald - Jan 05 12:28 AM
Israeli troops staged a rare incursion into Ramallah, West Bank, Thursday, bulldozing cars and vegetable stands near the central square as they engaged gunmen and stone-throwing residents in a chaotic two-hour battle that left four Palestinians dead.Sports Calendar Athens Review - Jan 05 6:04 AM
The following is a list of athletic events scheduled at Henderson County area high schools and Trinity Valley Community College:Wentworth Energy Announces That It Has Successfully Drilled Its Fourth Well In East Texas OilandGasOnline - Jan 04 11:02 PM
Wentworth Energy, Inc. announced recently that it has successfully drilled its fourth well on its 27,557-acre mineral block in Freestone County, TexasNWS: Poynor storm was a tornado Athens Review - Jan 05 6:31 AM
The National Weather Service made official Thursday what most Poynor residents already suspected last Friday s storm that caused significant damage throughout the community was a tornado.Lions finish 12th at Connersville Rushville Republican - Jan 05 8:14 AM
In one of the top mid-season tournaments in the state, the Rushville Lion wrestling team competed well and finished 12th in the 32-team field at the Spartan Classic in Connersville.
