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1941 deaths on ship near Palestine marked in Prague cemetery service 
JTA - Apr 05 2:01 AM
The 61st anniversary of a ship of Jewish refugees that sunk near Palestine was recently commemorated in Prague. Before you continue...East Palestine rolls over South Range Lisbon Morning Journal - Apr 04 3:44 PM
EAST PALESTINE For a day that seemed warm even for the record books, East Palestine s bats got hot in an 18-0 five inning victory over South Range Tuesday.Palestine: "Settlers have set my car on fire" Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
Palestinian resident in Tel Rumeida: "Settlers have set my car on fire" The Israeli police: "We don't speak Arabic". Soldiers prevent fire trucks from accessing the burning car.East Texas Man Jailed; Charged In 2006 Stabbing KLTV 7 Tyler - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
A Palestine man is jailed tonight, charged in a deadly 2006 stabbing.Carter says Palestine Book Yielded Productive Debate WMGT Macon - Apr 04 7:40 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter said today that the backlash from his recent book has yielded a productive debate on Israeli-Palestinian relations at a time when the Middle East peace process has been dormant under the Bush Administration. read more China's special envoy to visit three Middle East nations China Economic Net - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
China's special envoy on Middle East issues Sun Bigan will visit Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Israel from April 9to 18, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the announcement here Thursday.Carter: Palestine Book Yielded Productive Debate FOX 5 Atlanta - Apr 04 6:07 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter said today that the backlash from his recent book has yielded a productive debate on Israeli-Palestinian relations at a time when the Middle East peace process has been dormant under the Bush Administration.Carter: Palestine book yielded productive debate Gwinnett Daily Post - Apr 04 9:38 PM
WASHINGTON Former President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday the backlash from his recent book has yielded a productive debate on Israeli-Palestinian relations at a time when the Middle East peace process has been completely dormant under the Bush Administration.Easter holiday closings announced Forrest City Times-Herald - Apr 05 1:35 PM
t area schools will be closed in observance of the Good Friday holiday tomorrow. The Forrest City, Hughes and Palestine-Wheatley school districts, along with Calvary Christian Schools, Inc. will all be closed on Friday. Students in the FCSD, HSD and Calvary schools will return to class on Monday.ISRAEL - PALESTINE Custodian of the Holy Land: Easter in Jerusalem, signs of life stronger than the tomb and death - ... AsiaNews.it - Apr 03 6:30 AM
Asia News ISRAEL - PALESTINE Custodian of the Holy Land: Easter in Jerusalem, signs of life stronger than the tomb and death Easter Jerusalem Holy Sepuchre Palestine Lebanon Muslim Jew Catholic Orthodox celebrations Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa tells of an ex Israeli general who meets with a former Palestinian militant to talk about Christ, and inter-confessional schools and associations.Not an intellectual squabble Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:14 PM
In a spacious yet fortified UN compound in Rome members of the Palestine committee at the General Assembly repeated old mantras; they vowed support for the Palestinians, issued a press release and then went to lunch.Kollek a British Spy? The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr 05 2:23 PM
The late Teddy Kollek reportedly spied for Britain against the hard-line Jewish underground in British Mandate Palestine.PLO slams Israel The Herald - Apr 05 1:37 PM
RAMALLAH. The Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organisation yesterday called for holding an international peace conference to supervise real and serious Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.Back in Damascus Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:13 PM
For many years, a popular saying in Washington DC had it that Syria's only ability was the ability to de-stabilise. This gave sufficient impetus for the Clinton administration to negotiate with the Syrians in order to reach agreements regarding South Lebanon and Palestine during the 1990s.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Apr 05 10:58 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The Palestine News Network of the Palestinian Authority (PA) told its readers Thursday that Jews "stormed the Muslim holy site" at the Temple Mount as a "deliberate provocation."New Pal runner shows his generous side The Indianapolis Star - Apr 05 1:42 AM
A Fishers mother coping with cancer will take her family on a free trip to Walt Disney World this summer thanks to the generosity of a New Palestine man.China's special envoy to visit three Middle East nations People's Daily - Apr 05 3:34 AM
China's special envoy on Middle East issues Sun Bigan will visit Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Israel from April 9to 18, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the announcement in Beijing Thursday.Meeting Up with Palestine in Iowa: Why I Love that State Middle East Online - Apr 04 2:27 AM
Despite the hard-line and one-sided positions taken by some, polling conducted by the AAI indicates that most Americans, including most Jewish and Arab Americans, support a US policy that recognizes the needs of both Israelis and Palestinians and works for a balanced resolution to their conflict, says James Zogby .Shorts: U.S. J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Apr 04 10:48 PM
Jimmy Carter won a truthteller award in part for his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Palestine Lobbies To Enter Eurovision ContactMusic - Apr 02 9:41 AM
Palestine has launched a campaign to enter next year's (08) Eurovision Song Contest - despite not being a Europe country. The competition, which showPaul Abrams: Convicted Felon, Elliott Abrams, Works for Bush to Prevent MidEast Peace Talks HuffingtonPost - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
I spent a week in Washington DC. I wish my findings were encouraging. They are not. Elliott Abrams (NO relation, our DNA-match is not even as close as the chimp to homo sapiens) is a convicted felon from the first Bush Administration, who knuckle-walks the State Deparment instead of a prison cell because W's Daddy pardoned him along with Caspar Weinberger and other Administration officials in ...Hamas popularity dips in West Bank campus vote AFP via Yahoo! News - Apr 05 7:12 AM
The Hamas movement squeaked past the rival Fatah faction in a student vote this week, but saw its on-campus popularity decline, Birzeit University officials said Thursday.International sanctions on Palestine to remain: Merkel IANS via Yahoo! India News - Apr 01 9:36 PM
Ramallah, April 2 (Xinhua) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has hinted on the continuation of sanctions against Palestine in wake of unity government s refusal to accept conditions raised by the Middle East Quartet for the peace process.Iran in the way of US success in Iraq Kitco.com - Apr 04 11:43 AM
First, the US is bogged down in Iraq. True. But Iran is a major reason why. Iran and Syria have fostered sectarian strife between the Sunni and Shiite in much of the Mid East Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, and even inside moderate Arab nations there.Merkel says international sanctions on Palestine to remain People's Daily - Apr 01 8:35 PM
Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that international sanctions on Palestine would remain in place because the Palestinian coalition government has refused to accept conditions raised by the Middle East Quartet to relaunch the region's peace process.Storms Sweep Across East Texas KTRE-TV East Texas - Apr 04 5:41 AM
Storms swept across East Texas overnight. Currently, no word from TXU on number of power outages. Overnight, there were nickel to pea size hail reports from the Lake Palestine area, and East Tyler.U.N.: U.S. offers refuge to Palestinians UPI - Apr 05 7:57 AM
The head of a U.N. agency charged with caring for Palestinian refugees says the United States has offered to receive 7,000 Palestinians who fled Iraq.3rd DISTRICT AT LARGE Kansas City Star - Apr 05 2:28 PM
Melba Curls Gaza slides into new Somalia Al Jazeera - Apr 04 12:59 AM
What similarities could be drawn between the occupied lands of Palestine and the troubled state on the Horn of Africa?Jimmy Carter coming to Iowa City Quad-City Times - Apr 03 10:57 PM
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will speak April 18 about his new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid and issues in the Middle East at the University of Iowa.More assassinations of NGO workers in Sri Lanka Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
On 24th March 2007 humanitarian worker Muthuraja Aruleswaran was killed by a Sri Lanka Army Deep Penetration Unit Claymore mine.UN: Registering Satellites Important Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
Registering satellites and other objects launched into outer space, along with the status of the five United Nations treaties covering outer space, were among the main issues discussed during a 11-day meeting in Vienna under the auspices of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) that ended today.UN Readies for Corp Citizen Gathering Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
More than 700 business leaders and hundreds of top representatives from government, labour and civil society are expected to attend the Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva in July, which will be the largest ever gathering convened by the United Nations on the issue of corporate citizenship.UN Police Adviser Supports Local Forces Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
With the demand for United Nations police officers and all peacekeepers at record highs, the quality of personnel recruited must be maintained as their role in building national police capacity is more important than ever, the world body s top police officer said today as he ended his two-year appointment.UN: DR Congo Opposition Forces Disarm Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
After clashing violently with Government troops in the capital Kinshasa last month, opposition forces and their dependents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) currently under United Nations protection have disarmed, the world body s Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) said today.Georgia: Rocket Attacks A Set Back - Ban Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Last month s rocket attacks in Georgia s upper Kodori valley were a major setback to efforts to bring peace to the northwest of the country, but there have been other welcome signs of progress recently between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report on the work of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there.Wentworth Energy Announces Results of Independent Oil and Gas Reserve Report [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 04 7:07 AM
PALESTINE, Texas----Wentworth Energy, Inc. announced today the results of an independent study of the Company's oil and gas reserves performed by W. D. Von Gonten & Co. , an independent licensed petroleum engineering firm based in Houston.Pelosi?s Delegation Presses Syrian Leader on Militants New York Times - Apr 04 7:08 PM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she pressed President Bashar al-Assad on supporting militants.Afghanistan: UN Food Agency Rushes Suppl Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
The United Nations World Food Programme today stepped up assistance to victims of devastating spring floods in Afghanistan, sending 1,000 tonnes of emergency rations to feed 60,000 people for 30 days, but the agency is concerned about those affected who are beyond the reach of immediate help.Talks hope for kidnapped Scot The Scotsman - Apr 05 5:29 PM
A BRITISH diplomat conferred with Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, yesterday about efforts to free Alan Johnston, a Scottish BBC journalist.Arabians ready for final trek in 3A The Herald Bulletin - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
PENDLETON Like it or not, changes are on the horizon for Pendleton Heights baseball.UN Welcomes Donation from EU to Bhutan Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today hailed a 1.5 million donation from the European Commission s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) to feed over 108,000 Bhutanese refugees in eastern Nepal who are unable to work outside the camps in which they reside.On UNICEF-Backed Palestinian Child s Day Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
To mark United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF)-backed Palestinian Child s Day, hundreds of children gathered today in Gaza and Ramallah to speak out against violence, the culmination of months of youth-led campaigns calling for an end to the daily violence that many of them endure.Solomons at Risk of Malaria Outbreak Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
The Solomon Islands faces potentially serious health problems in the wake of Monday s deadly tsunami, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned today, with diarrhoea outbreaks already being reported in camps for the displaced and a surge expected in the number of malaria cases.Israel Denies Lebanese Detainees Outside Contact Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
Three Lebanese prisoners captured during the Second Lebanon War or July War are incarcerated at Ashmoret Prison: Maher Kurani, Hussein Sliman and Muhammad Sarur. Three more Lebanese prisoners are detained in other prisons.Embargo Sees Girl Die As Dialysis Runs Out Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
Summary: 19-year-old girl dies when hospital runs out of dialysis solution due to ongoing economic embargo.MG articles nominated for European award Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
The three articles are: 'Muslims are trying to integrate, despite New Labour's best efforts' by Nasser Amin, 'Peoples' Democratic Front holds first open meeting' by Masood Hasan (MG, 06 June 2006), and 'Pope's attack on Islam was no casual slip' by Abdus Sattar Ghazali (MG, 16 September 2006).Iraq: Antiunion violence claims another life Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
Brussels, 4 April 2007 (ITUC Online): The ITUC fully supports the International Chemical, Energy and Mine Workers' Federation (ICEM) in its resounding condemnation of the murder of a leader of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW).Storms Sweep Across East Texas KLTV 7 Tyler - Apr 04 2:31 AM
Storms sweep across East Texas overnight. Currently, no word from TXU on number of power outages. Overnight, there were nickel to pea size hail reports from the Lake Palestine area, and East Tyler. When the storm passed by Tyler Pounds Regional Airport a wind gust reached 67 MPH. In Downtown Tyler, the hail missed the area but there was plenty rain.Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 5 April 2007 Scoop.co.nz - Apr 05 6:07 PM
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...Tsunami-hit Solomon Is: Support From PIAF Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
From Bangkok where she is attending the Asia Pacific Leaders Forum annual meeting, PIAF CEO and HIV Advocate Ms. Maire Bopp-Dupont sends her support and encouragement to the families affected by the deadly tsunami that has just hit the country.Ramsi Fully Deployed In Emergency Assistance Scoop.co.nz - Apr 05 6:37 PM
Solomon Islands Government and RAMSI are continuing to work together to ensure a coordinated and effective disaster response in Western and Choisuel provinces.RAMSI expresses heartfelt sympathy to Solomon Is. Scoop.co.nz - Apr 05 6:23 PM
RAMSI Special Coordinator Tim George met today with Prime Minister Sogavare to personally express his heartfelt sympathy to Solomon Islanders affected by Monday s earthquakes and tsunami and pledge RAMSI s continued support to the government s relief efforts.Bulldog baseball remains perfect The East Liverpool Review - Apr 03 9:09 PM
EAST PALESTINE The East Palestine Bulldogs improved to 6-0 on the season, dropping visiting South Range 11-1 at East Palestine City Park Tuesday in five innings.Doha Debates Highlights Right to Return Issue Arab News - Apr 05 4:13 PM
DOHA, 6 April 2007 Should hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled or were displaced from their homes during the Israeli-Arab wars in 1948 and 1967 give up their right to return to their homeland after decades of misery and sufferings in refugee camps?'Once Upon a Country' by Sari Nusseibeh, with Anthony David Calendarlive.com - Apr 05 2:06 PM
During the first Palestinian intifada, which began in 1987 and ended with the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, the Israeli occupation authorities committed any number of deeply stupid acts.Pelosi Visits Saudi Arabia's Advisory Council Nasdaq - Apr 05 10:35 AM
(RTTNews) - Thursday, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives who is currently in Saudi Arabia as part of her Middle-East tour, visited the country's all-male Shura Council, an unelected advisory assembly appointed by the king.President: RI to host Hamas meeting late April Antara News - Apr 03 12:43 PM
The Indonesian government was scheduled to host a meeting between the Hamas group in Palestine and the Europeasn Union late this month, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at the international conference of Moslem leaders for Iraq reconciliation at the Bogor Palace, West Java, on Tuesday.Helping a young girl see again WABC-TV New York - Apr 05 3:06 PM
A young girl from the Middle East is in the Tri-State area tonight, here for the chance to see again.Angola: President Accredits Ambassadors AllAfrica.com - Apr 05 11:39 AM
Angolan head of State, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Thursday in Luanda accredited new ambassadors and received their credentials.An Interview With Prof. Norman Finkelstein Blogcritics.org - Apr 03 8:26 PM
Prof. Norman Finkelstein is a prominent and well-respected scholar of the Israel/Palestine conflict. He has written several books on the topic, most notably The Rise and Fall of Palestine and Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict . His most recent work, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History , is a devastating rebuttal of both Alan ...Students from Qatar find time for public service during visit Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Apr 05 3:04 AM
Read this article ]Palestinian leaders tackle crucial reform of bloated security services Gulf News - Apr 05 2:47 PM
Gaza City : The Palestinian president and prime minister began tackling the Palestinian unity government's most explosive issue yesterday - reform of the bloated and disjointed security services.Jasbi elected FUIW president for second term Islamic Republic News Agency - Apr 05 9:24 AM
Iran - FUIW - IAU Members of the Federation of Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) elected chancellor of the Islamic Azad University (IAU) of Iran as the president of the federation at the end of its forth seminar in Kuwait on Thursday.Fatah edges Hamas in student polls The Daily Star Lebannon - Apr 05 12:56 PM
The Hamas movement squeaked past the rival Fatah in a student vote this week, but saw its on-campus popularity decline, Birzeit University officials said Thursday. For the second year in a row Hamas remains in control of the 51-member student council at the West Bank's prestigious university, but its mandate has narrowed since last year.Missing the Point: Colonialism, Not an Intellectual Squabble Arab News - Apr 03 4:12 PM
Ramzy Baroud, Aljazeera.net English. In a spacious yet fortified United Nations compound in Rome, members of a Palestine committee at the General Assembly repeated old mantras: They vowed support for Palestinians, issued a press release and went for lunch.New Munich Jewish Museum features local cartoonist s work Cleveland Jewish News - Apr 05 5:17 PM
When the new, four-story Munich Jewish Museum opened its doors March 22, Cleveland cartoonist Jordan Gorfinkel was on hand n as were his four-panel comic strips, chosen to be part of the museum s permanent exhibition.The spin on Pelosi's talk with Assad / Delegation upbeat -- U.S. and Syrian reactions are mixed San Francisco Chronicle - Apr 05 3:49 AM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation said they had frank words with President Bashar Assad and other senior Syrian officials here on Wednesday, pressing the president over Syria's support for militant groups and insisting that his government block... Bus stops in Charenton The Daily Iberian - Apr 05 10:53 AM
Dahlia Wasfi wants all U.S. forces out of Iraq. She came to this conclusion after spending three months with family in the war-torn country last year.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Apr 05 1:58 PM
The employer noticed that the Arab worker was preparing cement much stronger than usual. He explained, "I did so to strengthen the foundations of the building since one day these buildings may belong to us and our children."President Praises Woodruff, Calls Snow 'A Fighter' Digital Video Editing - Apr 05 2:52 PM
(Broadcasting & Cable) _ Former ABC World News anchor Bob Woodruff got a standing ovation Wednesday night, and the ailing Tony Snow a presidential show of support. Woodruff was helping hand out the David Bloom award at the Radio & Television Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, where Snow had also been scheduled to be in attendance.Pelosi's visit stirs up a hornet's nest in US Gulf News - Apr 05 2:47 PM
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid a rare visit to Damascus last week. She was the most senior US official to visit Syria in recent years. The visit, which was intended to improve relations between the two countries, was instead transformed into yet another point of contention between them.Decide, don't discuss Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:16 PM
According to the rules of being secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa is in no position to talk to the Israelis -- not as such anyway.Inflation blues Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:18 PM
Mostafa Hamdi, 63, former civil servant, had a heart attack after his eldest son, 25, asked him for an extra LE2 a day from the household fund; the son had needed it for transportation to and from work. Hamdi's health was in bad shape and he was under financial pressure.Tricky little Rice Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:18 PM
One's puzzlement over the Arab scene intensifies each time an Arab summit is held. Last week, everyone started talking about the Arab peace initiative. The five-year-old initiative was dusted off and presented as a miracle solution.Palestinian campus vote still favours Hamas Middle East Online - Apr 05 8:57 AM
For second year in row Hamas remains in control of student council at prestigious Birzeit University.Let s Play a Little Game Called I-485 Perjury Trap The Memphis Flyer - Apr 05 2:29 PM
All you have to do is answer yes or no to one simple question. OK, the question is a teeny bit complicated, with 81 words, more subordinate clauses than IRS instructions, and a kicker that could get your terrorist-sympathizing ass kicked out of the country.Russia to jumpstart 'quartet' work on Israeli-Arab talks Russian Information Agency Novosti - Apr 05 11:14 AM
MOSCOW, April 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia intends to jumpstart the stalled work of the Middle East 'Quartet' negotiators on the initiation of talks between Israel and the new government in the Palestinian Authority, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Thursday.Haddad Adel outlines benefits of Islamic Revolution to region Islamic Republic News Agency - Apr 05 9:32 AM
Pakistan - Majlis - Iran Majlis speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Thursday that the victory of Islamic Revolution is one of the rare events in the region and world over the past three decades.Shifting alliances Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:18 PM
We live in an age of massive political and economic entities: the United States, NATO, the EU and G8. And yet the Arab world today stands divided, threatened by division into sectarian mini-states, be they Shia, Sunni, Coptic, Kurdish, Berber or back.A summit to end all summits Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:18 PM
Arab leaders closed their summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by opening up a Pandora's box of explosive issues which trouble the restive Arab region and the wider Middle East. For all their spirited articulations on various issues, particularly the Palestinian problem and its trappings, Arab leaders did not spell out a plan of action that could back up their demands beyond designating a ...Olmert's theatrics Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:12 PM
Instead of giving the Arab peace initiative serious consideration, the Israeli prime minister has been indulging in a public relations exercise in an attempt to downplay the Arab world's attempt to reach out its hand to the Jewish state.Playing U.S. politics with Iraqi Blood for Oil Al Jazeera - Apr 05 10:15 AM
Bracing for 2008 presidential election, U.S. Democrats in opposition and the ruling Republicans have embroiled the American public in a political crisis between the executive and legislative powers over deadlines for combat operations in Iraq that could develop into a constitutional showdown, but for Arabs and Iraqis in particular it is merely playing electoral politics with Iraqi blood for oil ...Israel Cautious Over Arab Offer by Joshua Brilliant UPI Israel Correspondent Herzliya (UPI) Israel, March 29, 2007 Space War - Apr 04 11:38 PM
A cartoon the Palestinian Ma'an news agency published Thursday encapsulated its view of the renewed Arab peace initiative -- and Israel's reaction to it.'Follow the Women' prepares for bike tour IANS via Yahoo! India News - Apr 05 1:50 AM
Beirut, April 5 (Xinhua) In less than one week hundreds of women will take to the streets of Lebanon - not in protest, but on bicycles for the third regional Follow the Women bike tour, The Daily Star reported Thursday.Analysis: Pelosi on the road to Damascus Space War - Apr 04 11:38 PM
Washington (UPI) April 4 - Ignoring a Bush administration ban on opening diplomatic channels with Syria, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew to the Syrian capital, Damascus, for a meeting with President Bashar Assad.Edge sworn in Waxahachie Daily Light - Apr 05 9:44 AM
Waxahachie City Manager Paul Stevens administered the oath of office to incoming Police Chief Charles Chuck Edge this morning at City Hall. Edge was recently selected from a field of 80 applicants for the position.Forward.com Forward - Apr 05 7:30 AM
1897, the year the Forward was born, was a year of wrenching, epochal change in America and around the world. For Jews especially, this was the year that the 20th century truly dawned. It was a moment of millennial beginnings that were destined to transform history.Team success is 1st for top players The Indianapolis Star - Apr 04 11:56 PM
Both Howe's Larry Stone and Warren Central's Walter Offutt can put the basketball in the basket. But neither player's game starts and stops with scoring.A Planned Conspiracy around the World News From Bangladesh - Apr 05 11:31 AM
It is said that there was a time when the British rulers had established colonies around the world and is said that the Sun was always there in the British ruled territory. Obviously, even the smallest and weakest kingdom does not accept the supremacy of other ruler willingly.Shifts in Middle East power balance Financial Express - Apr 05 9:24 AM
The Middle East has remained the world's most dangerous flashpoint for over half a century and it is still so.ASSAD'S KEY EXPORT: TERROR New York Post - Apr 05 2:39 AM
The United States accuses Syria of sponsoring terrorism and estimates that up to 90 percent of the foreign suicide bombers in Iraq enter via the Mideast country. Syria, which has one of the world's worst human-rights records, has been on the State...Braille Quran Donated to Michigan Islamic Center [Press Release] U.S. Department of State - Apr 05 4:29 PM
The Kukaldosh Madrassa in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has for centuries prepared young Muslims for leadership roles. Recently, it became one of the few institutions that publish Braille editions of the Quran, which enable the blind to read Muslim scripture. When the madrassa wanted to donate an eight-volume Braille Quran to an American mosque, the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, was a ...All's well that ends well Malta Star - Apr 05 10:40 AM
In the final analysis this is the most important thing. The 15 British navy personnel seized and detained by Iraq just under two weeks ago have been returned home safe and sound.Pelosi describes frank talks in Syria San Jose Mercury News - Apr 05 1:39 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation said they had frank words with President Bashar al-Assad and other senior Syrian officials Wednesday, pressing the president over Syria's support forLocal News Santa Cruz Sentinel - Apr 05 5:09 AM
So you're an idiot.War Anniversary: Israel, Palestine Links Absent Middle East Online - Apr 03 12:42 AM
Based on a neocon vision, the US administration has hoped that its occupation of Iraq would reconfigure the region and inspire a New Middle East. Four years later, the US-Israeli plan is faltering, says Ramzy Baroud .Was it really Pelosi in Damascus? Asia Times - Apr 05 3:26 AM
DAMASCUS - "Our meeting with the president [Bashar al-Assad] enabled us to communicate a message from Prime Minister [Ehud] Olmert that Israel was ready to engage in peace talks" with Syria.Suicidal Statecraft Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Apr 05 7:51 AM
The people of America, Britain, Iran and Israel yearn for peace, while their weak and unpopular leaders yearn for war that might miraculously resuscitate their terminal regimes.Trying to recognize, solve troubles in the Middle East Clarion Online - Apr 03 12:47 PM
Ken Pollack, an expert on Middle East politics and military analysis, gave a lecture last Tuesday about the interconnected problems in the Middle East and potential solutions to diffuse tensions. The lecture, titled "The Middle East - Can It Get Worse?" focused on Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Iran.