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Paul Sheehan of the Sydney Morning Herald says that it's impossible for an independent Palestine to come into existence. In his article, he clearly states, "It's no longer viable. At...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.Iran, Lebanon discuss regional political developments ArabicNews.com - Jan 06 6:31 PM
Iran and Lebanon yesterday discussed the latest regional political developments particularly the issues of Iraq and Palestine and political efforts to settle the ongoing crisis in Lebanon.Iran, Lebanon discuss regional developments IranMania.com - 41 minutes ago
LONDON, January 7 (IranMania) - Iran and Lebanon discussed the latest regional political developments particularly the issues of Iraq and Palestine and political efforts to settle the ongoing crisis in Lebanon, IRNA reported.Letters Washington Post - Jan 06 4:15 AM
Jeffrey Goldberg's review of former president Jimmy Carter's book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid ("What Would Jimmy Do?," Dec. 10) was so biased that I believe you should print an alternative review by someone more neutral. The accompanying picture of Carter and the former Palestinian leader Yasser...Hardcover Nonfiction New York Times - Jan 05 9:18 PM
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 CarterPalestinian youth raises awareness through art Malta Star - Jan 06 10:57 AM
I love my country Palestine and I hope that I will continue to live in Gaza. Iran, Lebanon discuss regional political developments Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 06 12:37 AM
Iran - Lebanon - Meet Iran and Lebanon here Friday discussed the latest regional political developments particularly the issues of Iraq and Palestine and political efforts to settle the ongoing crisis in Lebanon.France's FM urges end to Palestinian fighting AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 06 2:56 PM
France's Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said rival Palestinian factions must bury their differences and form a working government, after bloody strife in the territories last week left 13 dead.Correction: Jan. 3 Kollek obituary story AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 06 1:07 PM
In a Jan. 3 story about the death of former Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, The Associated Press misidentified a singer who appeared in a concert in Jerusalem to mark Israel's 30th Independence Day. The singer was Leontyne Price, not Lena Horne.Clippers on a roll Lisbon Morning Journal - Jan 05 9:17 PM
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!"Bestseller List Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 38 minutes ago
1. "For One More Day." Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95. 2. "Next." Michael Crichton. HarperCollins, $27.95. 3. "Nature Girl." Carl Hiaasen. Knopf, $25.95.Egyptian official for stronger ties with Iran ArabicNews.com - Jan 06 6:25 PM
Deputy of Egypt's foreign ministry for Asian affairs expressed hope on Saturday that Iran and Egypt would normalize relations.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.If Gordon Brown has a world view, it's high time he shared it Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Two weeks tomorrow, Gordon Brown will make his first official visit to India. It will be a crucial test of his capacities as an international statesman, just as he begins the most important year of his political life. You can write the headlines already.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 .Arabians finish 3rd The Herald Bulletin - 41 minutes ago
The Pendleton Heights Arabians were out to avenge their overtime loss to Anderson Friday, and they took out their frustration on the Liberty Christian Lions 58-36 Saturday.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.German minister calls for tolerance towards Muslims ArabicNews.com - Jan 06 6:26 PM
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called on his fellow citizens to show tolerance towards the nation's 3.5 million Muslim community in the wake of ongoing protests against the construction of a mosque in Berlin, DPA reported today.Letters to the Editor NorthJersey.com - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
Jimmy Carter's latest diatribe against Israel has raised a chorus of protest. Long-time associates have rushed to disassociate themselves from what they have called Carter's mistaken claims and conclusions.Today's Headlines: ArabicNews.com - Jan 06 6:25 PM
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now! Iraq's president Saddam Hussein hanged this morning Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein was hanged in Baghdad today morning. An Iraqi appeals court upheld the verdict and death sentence on Tuesday.Correction: Jan. 3 Kollek Obituary Story AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 06 1:07 PM
In a Jan. 3 story about the death of former Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, The Associated Press misidentified a singer who appeared in a concert in Jerusalem to mark Israel's 30th Independence Day.Who's Who at ETBU: 21 students recognized The Marshall News Messenger - 15 minutes ago
The office of academic affairs at East Texas Baptist University announces that 21 students will be included in the 2007 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.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." France Didn t Call for Pullout Arab News - Jan 06 4:20 PM
RIYADH, 7 January 2007 French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said here yesterday that France was not calling for a withdrawal of US-led troops in Iraq.Could have been a contender The Star Online - Jan 06 4:49 PM
AS a sometime observer of and writer on faith in Malaysia, I look forward to reading journalistic forays that explore religion, identity and politics, be the writer an objective outsider or someone within the community itself.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.Martin Bright: If Gordon Brown has a world view, it's high time he shared it Guardian Unlimited - Jan 06 4:11 PM
Martin Bright: Two weeks tomorrow, Gordon Brown will make his first official visit to India. It will be a crucial test of his capacities as an international statesman.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.Saddam s Undignified Execution Arab News - Jan 06 4:20 PM
Saddam Hussein is more powerful in his grave than he ever was in his palace. Alive, he was a dictator. Dead, he is a martyr. The evil inherent in arbitrary power is in the process of being interred with his bones.FRANCE'S FM URGES END TO PALESTINIAN FIGHTING The Tocqueville Connection - Jan 06 3:00 PM
CAIRO, Jan 6, 2007 (AFP) - France's Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Saturday said rival Palestinian factions must bury their differences and form a working government, after bloody strife in the territories last week left 13 dead.Sectarian violence holds Iraq back Zaman Online - Jan 06 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.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 - Jan 05 9:25 PM
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 - Jan 05 9:23 PM
The former president?s new book is premised on the notion that Americans too often get only one side of the story.Local bestsellers Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jan 06 4:41 PM
local bestsellers FICTION 1. For One More Day, by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95). After a divorce, a child must choose between his mother and father. 2. Cross, by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99). A retired FBI agent tracks a rapist who may have murdered his wife. 3. Hannibal Rising, bSACRAMENTO / Boxer cancels award for Muslim activist / Senator says honoree belongs to a group with ties to terrorism San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 06 3:57 AM
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer declared that the nation's most prominent Muslim civil rights group has ties to terrorism and rescinded an award she had given to the head of the group's Sacramento Valley chapter. The California Democratic senator said the... 'Saddam' terror group says it's targeting U.S. WorldNet Daily - Jan 06 10:10 AM
JERUSALEM Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today announced the formation of what they say is a new "resistance" group to carry out attacks against the United States, Israel and Iran in the name of executed former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.Program gives Iraq girl, a 2nd chance with surgery NorthJersey.com - Jan 06 5:54 AM
NEW BRUNSWICK -- Sara Hadi sometimes starts to cry when a stranger walks into her hospital room. But the pediatric cardiologist who is overseeing her care says the 3-year-old Iraqi girl certainly would have died had she not had open-heart surgery made possible by lots of people she doesn't know.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 ...Sports Calendar Athens Review - Jan 06 9:48 AM
The following is a list of athletic events scheduled at Henderson County area high schools and Trinity Valley Community College: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.Images of hanging make Hussein a martyr to many International Herald Tribune - Jan 05 12:45 PM
Saddam Hussein's public image in the Arab world has undergone a resurgence of admiration and awe. Left, demonstrators in Amman, Jordan, carried pictures of Hussein and shouted slogans condemning the United States and Iran.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.Did hanging Saddam make a hero out of the man the U.S. once labeled tyrant ? Al Jazeera - Jan 06 6:34 AM
Since the former Iraqi leader was hanged on the first day of one of the holiest Islamic feasts where violence is forbidden, in an execution steeped in sectarian overtones, his public image in the Arab world, formerly that of a tyrant and dictator , has undergone a resurgence of admiration and respect.Opening their hearts to girl, 3 Asbury Park Press - Jan 06 1:48 AM
Sara Hadi sometimes starts to cry when a stranger walks into her hospital room.Working for peace is my 2007 resolution The Manila Times - Jan 06 5:58 AM
THE New Year came in with little hope that salvation would come and the peace would reign on earth. We have to work harder for that. There have been positive developments in the past year in the Congo and elsewhere but much more has to be done.AREA BASKETBALL, FRIDAY ROUNDUP Tyler Morning Telegraph - Jan 06 10:26 AM
WHITEHOUSE - Cade Clark pumped in 17 points and Whitehouse opened a double-digit lead in the first quarter in improving to 19-2 on the season. Kyle Ford added 10 points for the Wildcats, who will carry a 2-0 district mark into Tuesday's game at Pine Tree.Saddam's execution will not help US Central Chronicle - Jan 06 9:34 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 06 9:33 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.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.My Heart Bleeds Greater Kashmir - Jan 06 10:46 AM
SALT N PEPPER DR. AJAZ A. BABA My heart bleeds a man of considerable body proportions, standing next to me in the crowd said. The fellow standing to his right sighed loudly.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.Movie Review: Children of Men Blogcritics.org - Jan 06 7:51 AM
Children of Men is directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also directed the Gwyneth Paltrow film Great Expectations and the third Harry Potter film, The Prisoner of Azkaban , both of which I enjoyed. He also produced Pan's Labyrinth . It's the year 2027 and women haven't been able to bear children for about 18 years, anywhere in the world. The world has suffered from widespread war, terrorism, ...World news Belfast Telegraph - Jan 06 3:50 AM
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.Al-Qaeda refines its new fighting spirit Financial Express - Jan 06 8:10 AM
As Washington prepares to reposition itself in Iraq with more forces and resources, al-Qaeda too is shaping its transformation from an ideological movement into a physical entity.IRAQI GIRL FINALLY IN THE PINK Home News Tribune - Jan 06 1:40 AM
NEW BRUNSWICK Sara Hadi was born blue. She had a hole in her heart, and the two main arteries were reversed, causing oxygen-rich blood to travel back to her lungs instead of going to her other organs.Slow start leads to Delta's 62-53 defeat The Star Press - Jan 06 12:22 AM
MUNCIE -- Coaches constantly preach to their players that they cannot take plays off, and a lack of focus, for however short a time that, could cost them a victory.An outsider's take on 'terror' Hindustan Times - Jan 06 1:33 AM
I can't deny a smug feeling of schadenfreude. Britain, a nation with a colonial past, responsible in large part for genesis of Islamic fundamentalism during her imperial rule, is facing divisiveness due to the attitude of some of her Muslim immigrants.Toasting Toscanini Calendarlive.com - Jan 06 12:12 AM
ROME Concerts, exhibitions and movie showings are among the events planned worldwide to remember Arturo Toscanini, 50 years after the death of the celebrated Italian conductor.Power of the written word The Times of Northwest Indiana - Jan 05 10:28 PM
Now in his 80s, former President Jimmy Carter eschews leisure time activities and instead opts to cure the world's ills. He pounds nails for Habitat for Humanity.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.Victims of Gaza Internal Clashes Rise to Nine Follow-up Committee Demands the Dismantle of the Executive Force Palestine Media Center - Jan 06 12:18 AM
Unknown gunmen shot dead a local Muslim cleric and wounded another in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, raising the number of people killed in the renewed internal clashes into nine, according to medical and security sources.Students from 18 countries to attend model UN summit Gulf Times - Jan 05 11:56 PM
GEORGETOWN University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q), in association with Qatar Foundation (QF), is hosting the 2nd Annual Model United Nations Summit from January 10 to 13 at the InterContinental Hotel.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.New book take close look at who's who in biblical times Billings Gazette - Jan 06 2:45 AM
Attackers and defenders alike think they know the New Testament, but most treat it as a self-contained, free-floating volume. Oxford scholar Geza Vermes fills in historical and cultural setting with this lean but literate rundown of those who knew Jes ...Week of 12/31/06 The Times of Northwest Indiana - Jan 05 10:28 PM
1. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom: A touching novel by the author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" that asks the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a loved one?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.Arabs stage protests denouncing hanging Gulf Times - Jan 06 12:00 AM
AMMAN: Around 3,000 people demonstrated yesterday in central Amman over the hanging on Saturday of Iraqi ex-president Saddam Hussain, who was convicted of crimes against humanity.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.Qaradawi hails Saddam for resisting US, Israel Gulf Times - Jan 05 11:57 PM
PROMINENT Islamic scholar Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi has condemned the hanging of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain while Muslims were offering the Eid al-Adha prayer and said that taunting him on the gallows was "an abominable and un-Islamic act".Ramzy Baroud: New Year Reflections UN Observer - Jan 05 8:10 PM
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."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.Bears off to great start Lisbon Morning Journal - Jan 05 9:16 PM
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 - Jan 05 7:25 PM
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 - Jan 05 8:19 PM
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.