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Congress asks government to aid Palestine (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
read story   Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:16:01 GMT
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India's ruling Congress party Saturday asked the government to expand its aid and emergency relief programme to the Palestinian authorities.
PLO, Fatah hold ceremony to mark anniversary of Palestine's independence (The Daily Star Lebannon)
read story   Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:51:32 GMT
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Fatah Movement in Lebanon held a ceremony Thursday at the UNESCO Palace to mark the 19th anniversary of Palestine's independence and the third anniversary of the death of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

Palestine-Wheatley Schools Reopen After Cleaning (KTHV Little Rock)
read story   Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:32:19 GMT
Classes have resumed in the Palestine-Wheatley School District after a day of disinfecting the district's three schools, following a student's hospitalization with a staph infection resistant to a certain antibiotic.

Palestine bolsters railroad (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
read story   Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:25:03 GMT
PALESTINE -- The City Council has agreed to loan $500,000 to the Texas State Railroad Authority to help keep the historic East Texas tourist train run ...

Palestine loaning $500,000 to keep Texas State Railroad rolling (Dallas Morning News)
read story   Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:09:11 GMT
PALESTINE, Texas – The City Council has agreed to loan $500,000 to the Texas State Railroad Authority to help keep the historic East Texas tourist train running.

Former PTA President, Husband Arrested For Diverting Funds (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
read story   Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:00:20 GMT
PALESTINE - A former PTA president at Westwood Primary School and her husband have been released on bonds from the Anderson County Jail after they were arrested for allegedly diverting funds from the PTA for their own personal use, including to take a Caribbean cruise, police said.

Railroad moves by Craddick criticized (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
read story   Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:05:27 GMT
By R.A. DYER AUSTIN -- Micromanaging by House Speaker Tom Craddick and his staff has put an important part of the state's historical heritage at risk -- the Texas State Railroad -- the mayor of Palestine said Friday. As a result of funding delays from Austin, her small town's City Council and that of neighboring Rusk took the extraordinary steps this week of authorizing $1 million in loans for ...

Palestine Loans State Railroad $500,000 (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
read story   Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:16:51 GMT
PALESTINE - The Palestine City Council is stepping in to loan $500,000 to the Texas State Railroad Authority as part of the continuing effort to save the threatened tourist train.

Palestine-Wheatley Schools Reopen (KATV Little Rock)
read story   Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:07:35 GMT
Palestine - The Palestine-Wheatley School District reopened Wednesday, one day after a drug-resistant strain of staph shut down schools there. A fifth-grader at the elementary school was listed in fair condition Wednesday night at Memphis Children's Hospital after being diagnosed with MRSA.

Junior Hornets to face Palestine in Super Bowl at 1 p.m. Saturday (Athens Review)
read story   Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:38:32 GMT
The Super Bowl is at hand for the Athens Junior Hornets.