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Larijani: Iran supports formation of unified gov't in Palestine 
Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 03 6:47 AM
Iran - Larijani - Palestine Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani here Saturday said that Iran supports formation of a nationally unified government in Palestine.Int l mediators call for end to fighting in Palestine. Itar-Tass - Feb 02 10:15 PM
WASHINGTON, February 2 (Itar-Tass) -- International mediators urged Palestinians to stop fighting and confirmed their commitment to creating an independent, democratic and viable state in Palestine that will live in peace and security with Israel.East Palestine dumps Crestview Lisbon Morning Journal - Feb 02 9:32 PM
EAST PALESTINE East Palestine has leaned on Dan Hanolt for a lot of scoring this season. Against Crestview Friday they leaned on him some more. The senior fired in a season-high 33 points as the Bulldogs continued their march to the Inter-Tri County League upper tier title with a 62-49 victory.PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID Book Reporter - Feb 02 3:02 PM
There are no photographs among the pages of PALESTINE: PEACE NOT APARTHEID. You can't skim through Jimmy Carter's clear, concisely crafted prose about the festering sore of a land some still call holy and see the former 39th American president poised at hopeful moments in history with a Who's Who of Middle Eastern politicians.*Eleven Killed In Renewed Factional Fighting In Palestine On Fourth Day Of Ceasefire Nasdaq - Feb 02 11:23 AM
(RTTNews) - Eleven Killed In Renewed Factional Fighting In Palestine On Fourth Day Of Ceasefire.Mubarak: Israeli-Palestinian peace dependent on release of captured Israeli solider, unity in Palestine USA Today - Feb 03 11:06 AM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday said the stalled Mideast peace process depended on the release of an Israeli solider captured by militants in Gaza and resolving the violent conflict between rival Palestinian factions.Arab leader calls for peace in Palestine UPI - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
CAIRO, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The secretary of the Arab League said Saturday the battles between Hamas and Fatah in the Palestinian authority are "a national catastrophe."Arab leader calls for peace in Palestine EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
Amr Moussa said both sides should heed the call of Saudi Arabian King Abdullah for a meeting in Mecca, the Kuwait News Agency KUNA reported.Resolve Palestine-Israel Conflict To Resolve Middle East Crisis Bernama - Feb 03 6:59 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Let the Palestinians go back to Gaza Strip and reclaim their old lives and properties, while the occupying Israelis return to their state.Palestine slams Quartet decision on keeping embargo IANS via Yahoo! India News - Feb 03 4:54 AM
Gaza, Feb 3 (Xinhua) Hamas-led Palestinian government Saturday condemned the decision of the Middle East Quartet of the US, European Union, United Nations and Russia to continue financial embargo against it.Hardcover Nonfiction New York Times - Feb 02 9:54 PM
1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama 2. PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID, by Jimmy Carter 3. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham 4. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan 5. WHAT A PARTY! by Terry McAuliffe with Steve KettmannBush, the divider February 03, 2007 Haaretz Daily - Feb 03 4:26 PM
Among the hundreds of anecdotes about U.S. deliberation on whether to support the partition plan for Palestine, on the eve of the 1947 United Nations vote, there are some that reveal more about the president than about the supporters of the emerging state.Eleven Killed In Renewed Factional Fighting In Palestine On Fourth Day Of Ceasefire Nasdaq - Feb 02 11:53 AM
(RTTNews) - Friday, eleven Palestinians have been killed in renewed fighting between Fatah and Hamas fighters with gunfire accompanied by mortar attacks in the Gaza Strip. The attack comes on the fourth day of ceasefire between the Fatah and Hamas.Larijani denies claim about arrest of 7 Iranians by Fatah forces Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 03 6:33 AM
Iran - Larijani - Palestine Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani here dismissed the claims of some media about the arrest of seven Iranians along with a number of Hamas members by the Palestinian Fatah forces.Hanolt nets game-high 33 in win over Crestview to keep EP atop ITCL The East Liverpool Review - Feb 02 11:26 PM
EAST PALESTINE The East Palestine boys basketball team came into its contest with Crestview Friday in sole ownership of first place in the Inter Tri-County League. The Bulldogs walked off the floor in the same position albeit after a shaky 62-49 win over visiting Crestview.Books: 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid' CBS News - Feb 01 8:30 AM
To learn more about many of the books discussed on The Early Show in November, check here. Among them, "Not Enough Indians," by comedic actor Harry Shearer. Read an excerpt .Dark hearts and light relief Guardian Unlimited - Feb 02 3:51 PM
American reviewers have likened Jonathan Wilson's novel to works by EM Forster and Joseph Conrad. Some readers may be reminded of Graham Greene, too. The setting is Palestine in 1924, under the British mandate.Investors urged to support Palestine Gulf Daily News - Jan 31 3:02 PM
A CALL for Bahrainis to invest in Palestine went out yesterday from a visiting Palestinian activist to make up for spiralling economic problems.Robert Fisk: Please spare me the word 'terrorist' Independent - Feb 02 4:27 PM
So it was back to terror, terror, terror this week. The "terrorist" Hizbollah was trying to destroy the "democratically elected government" of Fouad Siniora in Lebanon. The "terrorist" Hamas government cannot rule Palestine. Iranian "terrorists" in Iraq are going to be gunned down by US troops.Iran calls for end to Palestinian fighting AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 03 7:22 AM
The secretary general of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, has called for an end to weeks of deadly fighting among Palestinian rival factions.Ruth Tenne: The Strangulation of Palestine The Palestine Chronicle - Jan 31 12:55 PM
In this spirit, a number of Israeli and Jewish activists in London have recently launched a group affiliated to the BIG campaign which "calls upon fellow Jews to rethink their unconditional support for the State of Israel and calls upon every ethical consumer to refuse to support the Israeli economy as long as the illegal occupation of Palestine persists".Middle East: An end to US primacy? BBC News - Feb 03 4:55 PM
The US quest to spread democracy in the Middle East has had a series of unintended consequences, says the BBC's Jonathan Marcus.Commentary: Justice, Peace, Righteousness Berkeley Daily Planet - Feb 02 8:50 AM
Mr. Spitzer s latest misunderstanding of the Israel-Palestine disputes, and of President Carter s recent book, deserves answers. Fourteen, to my mind misguided, members of the Carter Center advisory board resigned, protesting President Carter s book.Commentary: Israel Colonization is the Primary Obstacle to Peace Berkeley Daily Planet - Feb 02 8:50 AM
It is heartening to learn that many readers of the Daily Planet understand the reality of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Others say they plan to approach Jimmy Carter s new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, with an open and inquisitive mind.Six personal best set by Lady Sealions Rushville Republican - Feb 02 12:36 PM
The Lady Sealions traveled to New Palestine for the preliminary round of the swim sectional. The preliminary round sets the table for the consolations and finals to be held Saturday.Sympathy for Palestine Is Not Anti-Semitic Ohmynews - Feb 01 5:27 PM
It is the trend to label people with demeaning names and accuse them of acts they have not committed because they differ with the majority view. For instance, a professor from Indiana University...IRAQ PALESTINE Palestinians in Iraq say they are targeted by ethnic cleansing campaign AsiaNews.it - Feb 02 4:51 AM
A privileged class under Saddam Hussein, Palestinian refugees are now being targeted by Shiite militias. In 2006, more than 600 were killed in Baghdad. Thousands of families have fled and those who stayed back no longer dare to go out of the house with their identity documents.New fighting in Gaza threatens Hamas-Fatah deals - Russia -1 Russian Information Agency Novosti - Feb 02 9:50 AM
MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - The latest surge of violence in the Gaza Strip, which has left more than 20 Palestinians dead and over 200 wounded, may frustrate truce agreements between Palestine's rival factions, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesman said Friday.Dragons tie Palestine, 1-1; NHS girls record shutout The Daily Sentinel - Jan 30 8:55 PM
The Nacogdoches Dragon soccer team tied Palestine 1-1 in the District 18-4A opener for both teams at Dragon Stadium Tuesday night.Snow closes area school districts Forrest City Times-Herald - Feb 02 3:51 AM
Students in the Forrest City and Palestine-Wheatley School Districts will get an extended weekend after snow fell on the area overnight closing schools.PALESTINE Fatah and Hamas clash again in Gaza AsiaNews.it - Feb 02 2:06 AM
Two men were killed this morning after the death toll reached six yesterday. The Quartet is meeting today to hear about a proposal by Rice that aims to hasten implementation of the Road Map.The fibbing Mr Stanley, we presume Guardian Unlimited - Feb 03 6:25 PM
New book casts doubt on Livingstone greeting.Immigrant Family Finally Released From Williamson County Detention Center KXAN 36 Austin - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
A Palestinian woman and four of her children are home Saturday night after three months in a Central Texas immigration detention center. This is a story you'll only see on KXAN.Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Feb 03 2:31 PM
The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondent Sahar Al Shawi in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported.World revolutions' art to go on display in Tehran IranMania.com - 14 minutes ago
LONDON, February 4 (IranMania) - The International Exhibition of World Revolutions Art will open on Monday at the Saba Art and Culture Complex, MNA reported.Letters to the Editor Columbia Daily Spectator - Feb 02 2:13 AM
Saifedean Ammous' piece "Recognizing Palestine's Struggle" (Jan. 26) criticized Columbia activists and the antiwar movement as a whole for failing to make the Israel-Palestine conflict central to Saturday's protest in Washington D.C. Effective movements separate issues for clarity, and lumping the Israel-Palestine conflict with the Iraq War obfuscates the antiwar movement's message.The fibbing Mr Stanley, we presume The Observer - Feb 03 4:00 PM
'Doctor Livingsone, I presume.' Four words that made the explorer Henry Stanley enduringly famous. They have been repeated in history books and entered into common speech. Unfortunately it looks as if he never said them.Students demand justice News 14 Carolina - Feb 03 2:08 PM
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A group of UNC-Chapel Hill students held a solidarity vigil to support three Palestinian students involved in a campus brawl that happened January 20th at Guilford College. Six of the school's football players were charged with assault.International Solidarity Movement Update Scoop.co.nz - Feb 03 4:36 PM
1. Photo exhibition at Huwwara checkpoint 2. Candlelight Vigils Outside the Israel Philharmonic Concerts in Los Angeles 3.Blaming Religions for the Crimes of the Religious! Arab News - Feb 03 4:23 PM
I was leaving the US Congress after a discussion about President Bush s State of the Union address, which I had the privilege of attending the previous night, when I saw her.Hero fighter pilot Syd Shulemson, recruiter for Israeli air force, dead at 91 CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 03 10:26 AM
VANCOUVER (CP) - Syd Shulemson never lost the fighter pilot's dash he displayed as Canada's most highly decorated Jewish soldier of the Second World War.Tehran urges Palestinian unity Gulf Daily News - Feb 03 4:23 PM
TEHRAN: The secretary-general of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, yesterday called for an end to weeks of deadly fighting among Palestinian rival factions, local media said.Book Review: Palestine - Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter Blogcritics.org - Feb 01 4:24 AM
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is committed to the idea of peace. He helped broker the peace treatment between Egypt and Israel after they were unable to come to agreement amongst themselves. He has long engaged in second-track diplomacy efforts in places such as Haiti and North Korea. The Carter Center has monitored elections around the world and provided forums to discuss ways to ...Hamas ambushes kill 5 in Gaza The Washington Times - Feb 01 3:11 PM
Hamas militants unleashed a wave of Gaza attacks against Palestinian security forces Thursday, killing at least five people. At least 50 others were reported injured, the Palestine news agency WAFA said.Wheel's Take on Jimmy Carter is Flawed Emory Wheel - Feb 01 11:35 PM
As a former editor in chief of the Wheel , I have been following the debate on Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , which has been roundly criticized by the Wheel Editorial Board in a number of its staff editorials.Riots 'will hurt the economy' Gulf Daily News - Feb 03 4:15 PM
Youngsters who riot on Bahrain's streets are harming the country's economy and blighting their own futures, businessmen warned yesterday. Investors will be frightened off by clashes such as those which brought havoc to Bahrain on Friday, said the business leaders.PLO official calls for ending of settlement activities in W. Bank People's Daily - Feb 01 4:59 PM
A member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Thursday called on Israel to end its settlement activities in the West Bank ahead of any meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.Members of Hamas-led Auxiliary Forces join PNA security forces People's Daily - Feb 01 4:59 PM
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said on Thursday that 250 of its militants have left the Hamas' Auxiliary Forces to join security services leb by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).Rice, allies at odds on how to revive talks Boston Globe - Feb 03 12:58 AM
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and some US allies agreed yesterday to try to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but clashed over how to handle the Palestinian militant group Hamas and one of its key backers, Syria.Keith Ellison's Offended Foot-Soldiers and What Didn't Offend the Muslims? Blogcritics.org - Feb 01 10:54 PM
Three former Islamic militants from the Middle East, Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem, and Zachariah Anani, now reformed and warning the West of the danger of radical Islam, were to speak at the University of Michigan yesterday (30th January) in a public forum, billed as "The 3 Ex-Terrorists." They have fought for the militant wing of PLO in Palestine and had participated in acts of violence and ...Palestinian Christian leader calls for comprehensive peace settlement Ekklesia - Feb 03 4:08 PM
Describing the past six months as "a disaster for Palestinians and indeed the whole Middle East," the leading Lutheran bishop in Jerusalem has urged US Christians to join their Middle East brothers and sisters and say they are "fed up" with stigmatization, bloodshed, hatred and occupation affecting both Israelis and Palestinians.Gunmen ignore new truce plea Gulf Daily News - Feb 03 4:22 PM
GAZA CITY: Warring Palestinian factions battled on in the Gaza Strip yesterday, shattering an embryonic ceasefire and ignoring pleas for calm.Moscow supports lifting blockade from Palestine Interfax - Jan 30 5:18 AM
MOSCOW. Jan 30 (Interfax) - Moscow supports fully lifting the economic blockade from Palestine and is counting on the quartet of international mediators on the Middle East settlement to make that decision.Iraq lifts curfew in Shiite holy city AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 8:18 AM
Iraqi authorities have lifted a curfew imposed on Shiite Islam's holiest city of Najaf in a bid to thwart attacks a day after 73 people died in twin suicide bombings in nearby Hilla.Pakistani president to visit Iran, Turkey next week IANS via Yahoo! India News - Feb 03 12:12 AM
Islamabad, Feb 3 (Xinhua) Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will visit Iran and Turkey next week for talks on Middle East and regional security.Factional violence resumes in Gaza International Herald Tribune - Feb 02 7:38 AM
Fatah troops storm Hamas-affiliated university on Friday, and Hamas fighters blew up a pro-Fatah radio station.Malaysia backs idea of forum for Mideast Dawn - Feb 01 7:45 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has welcomed the idea of a Muslim grouping that would find ways to resolve the issues of Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon, noting that international efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict have so far been unsuccessful.Iran actively participating in Spain's tourism exhibition Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 03 5:38 AM
Iran - Spain - Tourism The evolution of Persian civilization over the past 25 centuries was put on display in the shape of a symbolic complex named "From Takhte Jamshid (Jamshid' Throne) to Pol-e Khajoo (Khajoo Bridge)" displayed in the Iranian pavilion in Spain's International Tourism Exhibition dubbed `Fitur'.John Edwards On Iran, Iraq, and Israel Middle East Online - Feb 03 7:54 AM
I would not resolve that conflict that way. This president should not have been given the authority to go into Iraq, says John Edwards in an interview with Ezra Klein .Moscow hopes Palestine truce a step to peace -1 Russian Information Agency Novosti - Jan 30 7:20 AM
MOSCOW, January 30 (RIA Novosti) - The ceasefire announced Tuesday between Palestine's rival political factions may lead to peace among the Palestinian people, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.CAB signs for ProgressSoft's document management solution AME Info - Feb 03 3:23 AM
ProgressSoft, the leading provider of image-based solutions, embarks on yet another successful business endeavor with a prominent member of the local financial community with the signing of an agreement for electronic document management with Cairo-Amman Bank (CAB), one of the leading banks in Jordan.Artesians third-quarter rally downs Pioneers Mooresville/Decatur Times - Feb 03 6:16 AM
The Martinsville boys basketball team hosted Morgan County and Mid-State Conference rival Mooresville on Friday night, and the Artesians used a 9-0 run to close out the third period to take control of an otherwise close contest and earn a 69-59 win over the Pioneers.Perils of growing Shia-Sunni divide Central Chronicle - Feb 03 9:46 AM
Virulent Shia-Sunni violence has never been unknown in Pakistan. Or, for that matter, in this country where, mercifully, it has been less frequent.Beirut tense as Shias mark Ashura BBC News - Feb 02 2:23 PM
Shia Muslims in the Lebanese capital celebrate the festival of Ashura amid increasing tensions with Sunnis.Bush 'spoiling for a fight' Mail and Guardian - Feb 03 9:31 AM
United States officials in Baghdad and Washington are expected to unveil a secret intelligence dossier this week detailing evidence of Iran s alleged complicity in attacks on American troops in Iraq. The move, uncomfortably echoing Downing Street s dossier debacle in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, is one more sign that the Bush administration is building a case for war.Iraq's Shiite holy city under curfew AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 5:05 AM
Iraqi authorities have clamped a total curfew on Shiite Islam's holiest city of Najaf to thwart attacks a day after 73 people died in twin suicide bombings in nearby Hilla.Being and Time Middle East Online - Feb 03 6:09 AM
Unlike the Jewish political discourse that is obsessively engaged in a presentation of a virtual historical narrative of belonging and possession, Palestinians are the pre-Socratics of our time, they have never tried to set a narrative, their narrative is their present, says Gilad Atzmon .Church of convicted pastor owes thousands in tax bills Dallas Morning News - Feb 03 12:38 AM
ARLINGTON The church founded by convicted rapist Terry Hornbuckle owes tens of thousands of dollars in property taxes and could lose half its land if the debts aren't paid.Iran blames US policy for Iraq conflict AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 4:08 AM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that US "militaristic" policies in the region were to blame for the raging violence in neighbouring Iraq.German Chancellor Arrives for Talks in Egypt Deutsche Welle - Feb 03 2:50 AM
German Chancellor Merkel left on Saturday for a four-day trip to Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Topping the agenda are the situation in Iraq, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The muppet man comes calling in India Hindustan Times - Feb 03 5:07 AM
One passion led to another. He began as an actor but evolved into a master muppeteer! Well by default, corrects Martin Robinson who has been with Sesame Street for 27 years.Jewish panel sets sights on liberal Jews Deseret Morning News - Feb 02 11:29 PM
The American Jewish Committee, an ardent defender of Israel, is known for speaking out against anti-Semitism, but this conservative advocacy group has recently stirred up a bitter and emotional debate with a new target: liberal Jews.ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome Zenit News Agency - Feb 03 9:54 AM
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 3, 2007 ( Zenit.org ).- Here is a translation of an article published last week in the semi-official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, entitled "18 Centuries of History: The Bodmer Papyrus 14-15 (P75) Arrives in the Vatican Apostolic Library."OP-ED: Jimmy Carter's 'Voices of Palestine' The Justice - Jan 30 5:23 AM
Last spring, an Israeli student, Lior Halperin, put up an exhibit called "Voices of Palestine"-drawings by Palestinian teenagers depicting the misery of their lives in the Occupied Territories. Originally planned for two weeks, the exhibit was abruptly taken down by the University administration after four days.Arabs must listen Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:45 AM
Former US president Jimmy Carter is locked in fierce battle with the Jewish lobby. Since his recent book, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid , Carter has become the whipping boy of the Israel lobby and the neo-cons.Idom: Spirituality is today's big story The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Feb 03 6:38 AM
In 1990, I attended a once-a-decade convention of professional communicators in Nashville, Tenn. Standing up to hate The Herald-Sun - Feb 02 8:50 PM
UNC senior Mike Hachey, 21, holds a sign during a solidarity vigil at UNC on Friday.Do Palestinian children deserve death simply for throwing stones at Israeli occupiers? Al Jazeera - Feb 03 1:52 AM
Abir Aramin was with two of her friends in the Anata village when an Israeli border police vehicle drove past.Accused Accomplice Is Juvenile, Attorney Says The Morning News - Feb 03 1:43 AM
BENTONVILLE -- Prosecutors discovered one of the men arrested in the Dec. 30 shooting death of a young man from Centerton is also a juvenile.US Strategies Plague the Middle East Middle East Online - Feb 03 2:39 AM
As if America's Neo-con romantics were trouble enough for the Middle East, especially with the disastrous consequences of Iraq, now the desperate, back-to-the-wall gambler-type Neo-cons are wagering the future by provoking a crisis with Iran, which will be infinitely worse, says Rami Khouri .Ahmadinejad feels economic heat Financial Express - Feb 03 8:00 AM
The arrests by a U.S. military unit of six Iranians in Erbil, Iraq and several others in Baghdad earlier this month indicate the deployment of a new strategy against Iran's hardliner government.Today's Calendar The Burlington Free Press - Feb 03 1:32 AM
Igloo Design and Building, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren. All day, hands-on workshop to discuss, design and build several snow structures, including trench shelters, drift caves, slab shelters, quinzee shelters and the igloo. Course instructor is Bert Yankielun. $50/family. Reservations.What 'Israel's right to exist' means to Palestinians The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 12:00 AM
Since the Palestinian elections in 2006, Israel and much of the West have asserted that the principal obstacle to any progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace is the refusal of Hamas to "recognize Israel," or to "recognize Israel's existence," or to "recognize Israel's right to exist."Let us fondly remember Aspen Daily News - Feb 02 10:16 PM
Let us all fondly remember the Explore Booksellers and the really wonderful food as it reached its zenith with Katharine. The original bookstore conversion from a home was by Aspen architect Bill Lipsey.Middle East Business Information Zawya - Feb 03 5:59 AM
President Jacques Chirac of France has conjured up the spectre of a new arms race in the Middle East in comments later retracted because of their sensitivity.[NCC News] Mideast Lutheran bishop sees hope for peace, with help [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Feb 01 2:14 PM
New York City, February 1, 2007--The bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan, says there is still hope to avert a civil war in Palestine but it will take work.Terror trial ends in split verdict Daily Chronicle - Feb 02 10:34 PM
CHICAGO - Two men accused of furnishing money and recruits to the militant Palestinian group Hamas were acquitted Thursday of racketeering conspiracy but convicted of lesser counts.Khalifa briefed on Palestine developments Khaleej Times - Jan 31 8:15 PM
ABU DHABI The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, received yesterday evening a telephone call from the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, who briefed him on the latest developments on the Palestinian front.More Other News The Charleston Gazette - Feb 02 10:06 PM
Every time I pick up a Charleston Daily Mail, I find recipes, stories on restaurants and stories on women doing this and women doing that. Has the Daily Mail become a woman s magazine?Pakistani president to visit Iran, Turkey next week People's Daily - Feb 02 6:45 PM
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf will visit Iran next week for talks on Middle East and regional security, it was official announced here on Friday.Little mosque, big trouble Toronto Sun - Feb 03 1:25 AM
Littl Newmarket meeting on Monday will determine if it can stayLittle mosque, big trouble Toronto Sun - Feb 03 1:25 AM
IN TOMORROW'S PAPER:Excerpt: 'Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands' NPR - Feb 02 4:48 PM
The central question of this book is "Did any Arabs save any Jews during the Holocaust?"Blair weathers cash-for-honours storm - for now Guardian Unlimited - Feb 02 5:26 PM
Supporters say early departure would be admission of guilt over alleged cash for honours.PALESTINE COUNCILWOMAN DYER STEPS DOWN Tyler Morning Telegraph - Jan 29 10:07 PM
PALESTINE - Palestine City Councilwoman Billie Dyer is stepping down from her seat on the council after almost three years of service. Mrs. Dyer, who is in her second term as a city council member for district one, cited new family responsibilities as her reason for resigning.Blair weathers cash-for-honours storm - for now Guardian Unlimited - Feb 02 7:06 PM
Tony Blair is telling colleagues it would be more damaging to the Labour party for him to resign now - which would be taken as an unfair admission of guilt - than to stay on as leader until June or July.BOYS AND GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL SCORES Telegraph-Forum - Feb 02 8:34 PM
Friday s Results Ada 75, Paulding 56 Akr. Coventry 67, Ravenna SE 57 Apple Creek Waynedale 47, Jeromesville Hillsdale 32 Archbold 60, Wauseon 50 Arlington 57, Leipsic 37 Ashland Crestview 70, Ashland Mapleton 59 Barberton 80, Lodi Cloverleaf 51 Bellevue 67, Willard 51 Bellville Clear Fork 57, Wooster 52 Berlin Hiland 84, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 33 Bloomdale Elmwood 65, Elmore Woodmore 51 Bluffton ...Blair weathers cash-for-honours storm - for now Guardian Unlimited - Feb 02 4:06 PM
Supporters say early departure would be admission of guilt.Scholar urges Fatah, Hamas to stop fighting Gulf Times - Feb 02 11:31 PM
By Anwar Elshamy PROMINENT Islamic scholar Dr Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi yesterday called upon all Palestinian factions and clerics to join hands to stop the fighting between the Hamas and Fatah movements, saying that such internecine strife only helped Israeli and US schemes.German FM says Quartet to meet again in Berlin People's Daily - Feb 02 9:14 PM
German Foreign Minister Frank- Walter Steinmeier said on Friday that the Quartet, or the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia, will meet again soon in Berlin to promote the Middle East peace process.