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Book Review: The Palestine Conspiracy , by Robert Spirko 
Blogcritics.org - Oct 13 4:06 PM
There s a big difference between a book that is self-published and one that is self-edited. Given the insanity of the publishing world, the former is often a writer s best hope of getting work in print, but the latter is a recipe for disaster. It reminds one of the old saw that a lawyer who represents himself has an ass for an attorney. The Palestine Conspiracy has compelling moments and Palestine as poetry Haaretz Daily - Oct 13 12:54 PM
Unlike William Butler Yeats' pronouncement of the death of the romantic Ireland, the romantic Palestine has not died; it is alive and throbbing between the lines of Mahmoud Darwish's poems.'Save the Train' benefit concert planned in Palestine The Longview News-Journal - Oct 12 9:13 PM
Lindale native Casey Rivers will open for Lee Roy Parnell during a "Save the Train" benefit concert in Palestine.China through, Palestine out The Electric New Paper - Oct 12 3:07 PM
CHINA are through to their AFC Asian Cup finals for a ninth consecutive time after recording a 2-0 victory against Palestine at the King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman, Jordan.Counsellor of Palestine Mission to UN Gives in-Depth Look into Suffer of Palestinian Woman under Israeli Occupation Palestine News Agency - Oct 12 3:33 PM
NEW YORK, October 12, 2006, (WAFA)- Counsellor Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Nadya Rasheed, gave Wednesday to the UN an in-depth look into what Palestinian women face living under Israeli occupation.Interior minister: Iran fully supports Palestine cause Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 12 6:07 AM
Iran - Palestine Minister of Interior Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said on Thursday that Iran fully supports the Palestinian cause. The minister made the remark, while speaking to reporters at a joint press conference along with his Palestinian counterpart, Saeed Seyam after their meeting.Details About Palestine Doctor's Criminal Problems KLTV Texas - Oct 11 5:15 PM
A follow up for you tonight on the Palestine doctor we told you about yesterday. Robert J. Byrnes of the Palestine Medical and Rehabilitation Center had his license temporarily suspended Friday by the Texas Medical Board. Tonight KLTV 7's Lindsay Wilcox digs deeper into the criminal cases pending against him, and how his actions may have affected one East Texas family.Palestine youth soccer league up and running Forrest City Times-Herald - Oct 11 1:27 PM
The Palestine Youth Soccer League opened play on Saturday, Oct. 7, with a couple of scheduled games and events for the entire family which included three-legged races, egg relays and a clothes relay.Palestine Council hears update on annual festival Forrest City Times-Herald - Oct 11 1:26 PM
The L Anguille River Festival was discussed during a short meeting of the Palestine City Council Tuesday night. Mayor Willetta Carroll began the discussion by asking for volunteers for the event.China beats Palestine 2-0 to qualify for Asian Cup China Daily - Oct 11 6:22 PM
The Chinese men's football team defeat Palestine 2-0 in the 5th round Asian Cup qualifying match at the Jordanian King Abdullah Stadium in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, getting a place in next year's Asian Cup finals.Minister: Iran fully supports Palestine cause IranMania.com - Oct 13 12:51 AM
LONDON, October 13 (IranMania) - Iranian Minister of Interior Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that Iran fully supports the Palestinian cause, IRNA reported.Abbas briefs Kadhafi on situation in Palestine africast.com - Oct 11 7:18 AM
TRIPOLI, October 11 -- President Mahmoud Abbas has briefed Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Kadhafi on the latest developments relating to the situation in Palestine, official Libyan sources revealed here Wednesday.PSC to Organise Public Meeting in London Peace in the Middle Eas Palestine News Agency - Oct 13 1:48 PM
London, October 13, 2006 (WAFA) - Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said it will organise a Public Meeting "Justice for Palestine - Peace in the Middle East" on Tuesday October 17, 2006 at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London.PALESTINE: Four killed in new Gaza strikes AngolaPress - Oct 13 3:50 AM
GAZA, 10/13 - Four people have been killed in fresh Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. Three Hamas militants were killed in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, reports said.Palestine on NAM The Voice of Millions - Oct 11 1:26 AM
Representing the cause of his suffering people fighting for the establishment of the sovereign state of Palestine. President Abbas received tremendous support to his demand to holds NAM countries meet exclusively on the situation in Palestine.At least 9 killed in Israel-Palestine violence Hindustan Times - Oct 12 11:08 PM
Israel continued air and ground military operations in the Gaza Strip Friday morning, leaving nine killed, including two children. The Israeli army said the operations against targets in the Gaza Strip were in retaliation to Palestinian militants' homemade rocket attacks on Israel.Iranian president: Palestine is front line of Islamic nation Al Bawaba - Oct 12 1:54 PM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the victories of Palestinian people and Islamic resistance in Lebanon have disrupted the 60-year equations of the world bullying arrogant powers in the Middle East. According to a report released by the Presidential Office Media Department, he made the remark in a meeting with the Palestinian Minister of Interior Saeed Seyam.President: World equations disrupted by victories of Palestinian, Lebanese nations Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 13 4:24 AM
Iran - Ahmadinejad - Palestine President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Thursday that the victories of Palestinian people and Islamic resistance in Lebanon have disrupted the 60-year equations of the world bullying arrogant powers in the Middle East.EDITORIAL: Faculty committee on art removal failed in not addressing transparency The Justice - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
When the faculty committee impaneled to investigate the controversy surrounding the "Voices of Palestine" exhibit issued a report last month effectively recommending a procedure to better handle future exhibits, it failed in its most important task: examining the events and decisions which led to the shameful removal of the exhibit.Hebron's Nasty Neighbors Columbia Daily Spectator - Oct 13 4:45 AM
Tel Rumeida is a neighborhood of about 200 Palestinian families located in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, in occupied Palestine. With a population of more than 140,000, Hebron is the largest city in the West Bank and is a regional center for trade and manufacturing.Observer of Palestine to UN Calls on Bringing Israeli Perpetrators to Justice Palestine News Agency - Oct 12 3:48 PM
NEW YORK, October 13, 2006, (WAFA)- Ambassador, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, called Thursday the UN Security Council to bring the Israeli perpetrators to justice for the war crimes they have been committing against the Palestinian people.Palestinian on women's suffering under Israeli occupationrule ArabicNews.com - Oct 12 7:23 PM
Counsellor Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations, Nadya Rasheed, gave yesterday to the UN an in-depth look into what Palestinian women face living under Israeli occupation.Parnell to headline benefit concert The Lufkin Daily News - Oct 12 9:03 PM
PALESTINE The deadline is approaching fast for the Texas State Railroad.Spotlight on the Middle East Lincoln Today - Oct 13 8:56 AM
Lincoln's Amnesty Group spotlights the current situation in Palestine and Israel at the Drill Hall (13/10/2006 16:49:00)A bogus demand for 'recognition' International Herald Tribune - Oct 13 9:41 AM
Given the current crisis in the Palestinian territories, to continue to insist on recognition of Israel is to sacrifice lives and hopes on the altar of an abstract idea.Palestine Gaza blockade lift allows Palestinian team to unite FIFA - Oct 11 10:45 AM
A trio of Palestinian internationals have joined their team for Wednesday's AFC Asian Cup qualifier against China after Israeli authorities lifted a blockade on Gaza, the Asian Football Confederation has reported.Women discuss challenges of living in war-torn Gaza Newport Daily News - Oct 12 8:12 AM
NEWPORT - To Ghada Ageel and Shireen Khamis, Palestine is a prison.AFC Asian Cup Shanghai pair fire China into Asian Cup finals FIFA - Oct 12 4:30 AM
Two blistering strikes from Shanghai Shenhua pair Mao Jianqing and Sun Xiang secured China a 2-0 victory over Palestine in Jordan on Wednesday and a ticket to a ninth Asian Cup finals campaign.IRAQ QUALIFY Gulf Daily News - Oct 12 3:55 PM
SINGAPORE: Iraq coach Akram Salman has paid tribute to the way his side battled adversity to reach the Asian Cup finals, but his South Korea counterpart Pim Verbeek is less gushing about his young team.Iraq defeated Singapore 4-2 in a thriller, ensuring their place in the finals from Group E alongside China, who beat Palestine 2-0.Palestine: 4 Hamas militants killed in Gaza clash AngolaPress - Oct 12 2:06 AM
JERUSALEM, 10/12 - An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a crowd of Palestinians in a pre-dawn in the Gaza Strip Thursday, killing four Hamas militants and a 14-year-old civilian, Palestinian security and hospital officials reported.Reporters in Iraq face host of dangers AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 13 1:13 AM
Western journalists covering the war in Iraq face sniper fire, roadside bombs, kidnappers and a host of other dangers. Their Iraqi colleagues must cope with even greater risks, including families attacked in retribution for sensitive reporting, and arrest on suspicion of links to the violence journalists cover.Canadian PM rapped for calling opposition Liberals 'anti-Israel' AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 11:45 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused opposition Liberal Party leadership contenders of an "anti-Israeli" bias, prompting an angry reaction from a bevy of Liberal challengers.Palestine's moving museum The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 11 12:50 PM
In 2004, the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind celebrated its 75th anniversary with a landmark exhibition of artifacts from just outside the outer reaches of recorded history. Selections from the museum's various wings - "paleontology," "geology," "entomology" and "anthropology" among them.Union Hill's Blair earns player of the week honor The Longview News-Journal - 36 minutes ago
Union Hill running back Brock Blair and Rusk quarterback Justin Sturns were selected as the Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Week in Class A and 3A, respectively, for Week 5 of the 2006 season.Pirate defense puts the hurt on Bluestreaks Journal Gazette & Times Courier - 21 minutes ago
TOLEDO -- Cumberland s defense forced seven Martinsville turnovers and the Pirates held the Bluestreaks to just 75 yards of total offense Friday in a Little Illini Conference game.Art Brut Bang Bang Rock & Roll Pitchfork - Oct 13 4:10 PM
WE'RE JUST TALKING... TO THE KIDS! When you start to measure the amount of music you listen to in gigabytes and jumbo-size Case Logics, it's easy to forget the awesome power of the simple declarative statement.Bioneers Conference kicks off with Michael Franti & Spearhead Bozeman Daily Chronicle - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
The 4th Annual Northern Rockies Bioneers Conference is Oct. 20 through the 22 at the Emerson Cultural Center.Student teacher missing in Palestine Daily Vidette - Oct 11 8:39 PM
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - An American student teaching in West Bank refugee camps was reported missing Wednesday, and his project manager said he had been kidnapped. A blurred photocopy of a passport and student card carrying the name Michael Leighton Phillips was sent to a foreign news agency by a group calling itself Ansar al-Sunna.KERIM BALCI Zaman Online - Oct 13 2:12 PM
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh managed to prove through his speech to thousands in Gaza last Friday that Hamas still rules the streets.Militiamen kill 11 at TV station in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 5:17 PM
Suspected Shiite militiamen, some dressed as police, broke into a television station and gunned down 11 Iraqi executives, producers and other staffers Thursday the deadliest attack against the media in this country, where at least 81 other journalists have been killed in the past three years.The 'HP Way' Not Quite What Founders Had Imagined Hollister Free Lance - 19 minutes ago
At a recent Morgan Hill Toastmasters meeting, Harry Albert got up to tell a story. It was an enlightening anecdote about how to treat people decently - "the HP Way," he called it.Football: NDTV - Oct 11 10:12 PM
China are through to the AFC Asian Cup finals for a ninth consecutive time after recording a 2-0 victory against Palestine on Wednesday. Mao Jianqing and Sun Xiang scored the goals in Amman for Zhu Guanghu's side.Iran Offers to Share Experience and Achievements With Hamas Crosswalk.com - Oct 13 8:47 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Violence flared in the Gaza Strip -- yet again -- on Friday as Israel stepped up its military operations against terrorists and their infrastructure. In another development, members of Hamas reportedly are discussing opportunities to get training in Iran.THE CABINET LICENSES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 13 STOCK COMPANIES FOR COOPERATIVE INSURANCE AND PARCEL DELIVERIES. THE Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Oct 13 3:25 PM
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz chaired the Cabinet's weekly session at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah. At the outset of the session, the Monarch briefed the Cabinet on contacts, meetings and consultations held over the previous days.US probes Israeli restrictions on travel of Palestinian-Americans AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 2:56 PM
The United States is looking into complaints that Israel has prevented Palestinian-Americans from travelling freely between the Jewish State and Palestinian areas, a senior official said.Reporters in Iraq Face Host of Dangers ABC News - Oct 13 1:31 AM
Reporters in Iraq Face Snipers, Roadside Bombs and KidnappingsReporters in Iraq Face Host of Dangers Los Angeles Times - Oct 13 1:19 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Western journalists covering the war in Iraq face sniper fire, roadside bombs, kidnappers and a host of other dangers.Ex-Mossad chief says Hamas cannot win Aljazeera - Oct 13 10:01 AM
Efraim Halevy was head of the Mossad, Israel 's intelligence and special operations agency, from 1998 to 2002. On leaving he assumed the role of national security adviser to Ariel Sharon, Israel's former prime minister, resigning a year later.Divide and rule policy revived in region - Supreme Leader Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 13 12:47 PM
Iran - Prayers - SLeader Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said here Friday that the old policy of divide and rule among followers of faiths and ethnic groups is revived in our region today.Friday Night Football Friday, October 13, 2006 Forrest City Times-Herald - Oct 13 12:57 PM
Sam Smith Stadium at Forrest City 7:30 p.m.Posted: 13-10-2006 , 16:04 GMT Al Bawaba - Oct 13 8:59 AM
Iran's Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that resistance (to Israel) is the key to victory. "Those who resist should not be scared of anything," said the Leader addressing worshipers at Tehran's Friday prayers.Do your children get enough free time? Orange Leader - Oct 13 8:03 AM
Do your children ever have any unstructured, free time? We had a lot of that when I was a kid and it turns out our parents where right it was good for us.US troops shot British journalist to death in Iraq Granma Internacional - Oct 13 2:36 PM
LONDON, October 13 (PL). US troops fired on British journalist Terry Lloyd in southern Iraq, and then continued to open fire after finding him wounded, according to Judge Andrew Walter in a statement today.'No greater legacy for America' than a Palestinian state: Rice AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 8:31 AM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that there could be "no greater legacy for America" than to help create a Palestinian state.Ain-Al-Yaqeen - October 13, 2006 - Article 5 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Oct 13 3:24 PM
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: IT IS RIDICULOUS TO THINK THAT A SAUDI MET WITH AN ISRAELI, AND EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS TO SPEAK OF A MEETING WITH SAUDI LEADERS. THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES' INITIATIVE FOR PEACE IS THE SOLUTION.Seven killed by Israeli fire in Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 12:25 PM
Seven people, including an eight-year-old girl and a teenage boy, were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip as troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of a four-month offensive.THE NATIONAL DAY: Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Oct 13 3:24 PM
ROUTING OUT TERRORISM IS A CONTINUOUS TASK IN THE KINDGOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES LAUNCHES THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR COMBATING TERRORISM.Hasan and Ali Abu Nimah: Lebanon War in Palestine? The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 11 5:04 AM
There is good reason to fear that the moment is coming when this conspiracy will turn to the naked use of armed force.THE NATIONAL DAY: Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Oct 13 3:24 PM
KING ABDUL AZIZ ESTABLISHES THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA ON THE BASES OF THE QURAN AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET PEACE BE UPON HIM.South Korea prepares for visit by Rice Boston Globe - Oct 12 10:39 PM
South Korea is preparing for a possible visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice next week in the wake of North Korea's claimed nuclear test, a South Korean official told The Associated Press.Rushdie speaks against radicalisation of Muslims rediff.com - Oct 13 12:26 PM
They do not represent the quest for human justice. That, I think, is one of the great mistakes of the left," Rushdie said.By: Ramzy Baroud Al Jazeera - Oct 13 12:11 PM
In its struggle for the regional order it wants, the U.S. is reaching new lows in its deceitful and disingenuous stance towards the Palestinians.U.K. Exports `Utopia,' `Corrie,' `Poppins' Arrive: NYC Weekend Bloomberg.com - Oct 12 9:50 PM
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Previews begin next week at the Vivian Beaumont for the first installment of Tom Stoppard's ``The Coast of Utopia,'' a prestige Broadway production with this season's most daunting running time.Lunch In Damascus Outlook India - Oct 13 11:46 AM
Once while traveling in a taxi, I had an argument with the driver - a profession associated in Israel with extreme right-wing views. I tried in vain to convince him of the desirability of peace with the Arabs...Chinese official sinks boot into local football Reuters via Yahoo!7 News - Oct 13 3:27 AM
BEIJING, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A Chinese sport official has dismissed China's Asian Cup place, saying the team were second-rate, the national game was a big disappointment and he would not be at the airport to welcome them back, local media reported.Letters The Rockingham News - Oct 13 3:02 PM
Republicans should control Congress after the elections For the safety of this nation and her people .As Ronald Reagan said, "I did not leave the Democratic party; it left me." Today's Dems have no guts, no values and are a blight on this nation. I am not saying the Republicans are a lot better now.His dad will finally be in the stands Cushing Daily Citizen - Oct 13 1:36 PM
By John Shinn THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT (NORMAN, Okla.) NORMAN, Okla. Adrian Peterson remembers the last time his father, Nelson, saw him play in person.A Rich musical The Davis Enterprise - Oct 13 2:55 PM
Published Oct 04, 2006 - 19:50:54 CDT. The world is changing for the milkman Tevye (Jeff Nauer).Soccer-China coach confident ahead of Palestine qualifier Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 09 2:48 AM
BEIJING, Oct 9 (Reuters) - China coach Zhu Guanghu believes his side can overcome Palestine in this week's Asian Cup qualifier, despite the absence of two key players, a Chinese newspaper reported on Monday.Abusing the Arab Peace Initiative News From Bangladesh - Oct 13 11:26 AM
The failed Qatari mediation in the still unresolved inter-Palestinian divide was in practice an American success in turning the Arab Peace Initiative (API) into a pressure tool that further exacerbates fractures both in Arab and Palestinian ranks, less than two weeks after the U.S. aborted a move by the Arab League to revive an overdue comprehensive approach to the Arab and Palestinian Israeli Ex-forces chief: Sir Richard's right Daily Telegraph - Oct 13 7:00 AM
Field Marshal Lord Bramall, who was the Army's chief during the Falklands War, has backed Gen Sir Richard Dannatt's remarks.Six killed by Israeli fire in Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 8:53 AM
Six Palestinians, including a teenage boy and three Hamas militants, were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip as troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of a four-month offensive.Exploring roots - American-Palestinian style Middle East Times - Oct 13 6:17 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Sara, 21, grew up in northern New Jersey, and is starting her senior year at a prestigious college in Massachusetts, majoring in philosophy and planning a career in law.Things change Herald Democrat - Oct 13 9:01 AM
During my two years as a stay-at-home Mom, I cooked everything from scratch. Frozen dinners and canned varieties were 4-letter words in my house. Breakfasts, lunches and dinners were quite the production for my nearly 2-year-old daughter and me. I would plan meals up to a week in advance.Muslim leader fears backlash over Liberal views Mississauga News - Oct 13 9:41 AM
Mississauga - The new president of the Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC) says she is feeling the wrath of Islamic fundamentalists because of her stance on such issues as terrorism, homosexuality and religious law.Salman Rushdie: His life, his work and his religion Belfast Telegraph - Oct 13 8:59 AM
In the 17 years since Ayatollah Khomeini passed a death sentence on Salman Rushdie, the writer's unflinching criticism of the religion into which he was born has never been stifled.The race is on Athens Review Online - Oct 13 7:37 AM
With less than a month before Nov. 7, the time to know your political candidates is now. Here s your chance. For Henderson County, the remainder of October is practically booked solid with political forums.Summit (Ave.) vigilence The Mac Weekly - Oct 13 11:22 AM
In 2003, the Media Education Foundation made a documentary called Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Anyone concerned with truth and the role that our media plays in keeping us from grasping the truth about this conflict needs to see this film.Weekly Recap Of Global Events Nasdaq - Oct 13 3:21 AM
The week started with a "big bang" as the news of the North Korean nuclear test spread across the globe. Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency announced the underground test was performed successfully in Hwaderi near Kilju city.Police respond to fight on Metro school bus Tennessean - Oct 11 9:26 AM
Metro police are responding to a school bus fight this morning in which at least three kids were reportedly involved, Metro officials said. The fight was East Palestine Avenue in the Madison area, communications officials said. There were no injuries.Gaza sliding into civil war Guardian Unlimited - Oct 11 6:34 PM
Palestine: Economic crisis worsens clashes between Hamas and Fatah.PRCS: Israel Continues to Violate International Humanitarian Law Palestine News Agency - Oct 11 2:34 PM
RAMALLAH, October 11, 2006 (WAFA) - Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights. An Arc to Save Palestinians BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - Oct 11 5:28 AM
An urban planner came up with a concrete design to make postwar Palestine work. Politics got in the way. But the blueprint has a life of its ownNigeria: Challenges For New UN Scribe AllAfrica.com - Oct 13 6:21 AM
THE election of Ban Ki-Moon, a South Korean, as next Secretary-General of United Nations, UN, moved the leadership of the world's foremost body from Africa to Asia. By a vote of 14-1, member countries of the UN Security Council elected Ki-Moon as UN Secretary-General designate.Grassroots coalition holds its pro-Israel kickoff event The Jewish Advocate - Oct 13 6:58 AM
As pro-Palestinian demonstrators stood outside holding signs praising victory to Hezbollah, more than 150 religious leaders from across the Bay State joined inside a Chestnut Hill temple Tuesday to declare their support for Israel.Land of the morning calm The Manila Times - Oct 13 7:27 AM
The nuclear testing made by the DPRK (Democratic People s Republic of Korea) or North Korea has alarmed the rest of the world and set back efforts towards nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.October 13, 2006 [Press Release] White House News - Oct 13 11:32 AM
Pursuant to the authority and conditions contained in section 534(d) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006, Public Law 109-102, I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, Public Law 100-204.Supreme Leader: Resistance the only path to victory Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 13 2:37 AM
Iran - Leader - Lebanon The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said here Friday that resistance is the key to victory.No. 1 Millers have No. 4 Greyhounds' number The Indianapolis Star - Oct 12 11:58 PM
FISHERS, Ind. -- Noblesville's Margo McAuley got a vote of confidence during Thursday's soccer sectional semifinal. After a Carmel foul set up a free kick, teammate Mary Kreger went to place the ball just outside the box for the kick. Then she handed it to McAuley, who scored 52:21 into the game as the No. 1 Millers beat the No.Analysis: Qatari efforts in Palestine fail UPI - Oct 10 2:56 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A Qatari attempt to help Palestinians form a national unity government and remove an international embargo preventing aid to reach the Palestinian Authority, failed.What can be said about a place where they gag religious freedom, arrests those who practice it, comments Greater Kashmir - Oct 13 10:31 AM
Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw again courted controversy by suggesting that Muslim women should remove the veil.RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO CONDEMN AGGRESSION AGAINST FELLOW MUSLIMS IN IRAQ Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Oct 13 5:07 AM
An upcoming conference organized by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Saudi Arabia will focus on a document condemning violence against co-religionists, London-based "Al-Sharq al-Awsat" reported on October 12. Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Salih al-Haydari told the daily that a panel of Iraqi Sunni and Shi'ite clerics drafted the document during preparatory meetings for the conference.Thursday 10/12 Sag Harbor Express - Oct 13 8:58 AM
Sag Harbor's Board of Historic Preservation and Architecture Review meets. 5 p.m. Municipal Building, 55 Main Street in Sag Harbor. 725-0222. Friends of the John Jermain Memorial Library meet. 2 p.m. at the library on Main Street, Sag Harbor. 725-0049.OU's Peterson presents ISU with 'violent' challenge Mid-Iowa News - Oct 13 9:10 AM
Iowa State defensive coordinator John Skladany has had to game plan against some awfully good running backs through the years. The best may be coming at him this weekend - literally.Abusing the Arab Peace Initiative Middle East Online - Oct 13 3:37 AM
The API was for four years archived into oblivion on the shelves of the Arab League, rejected by Israel, ignored by the US and viewed even by its authors as an unrealistic non-starter, until it was dusted off to contain the negative unexpected outcome of the Israeli 33-day destructive war on Lebanon, notes Nicola Nasser .Forecast Today North Adams Transcript - Oct 13 8:36 AM
WILLIAMSTOWN An Iraq War Teach-in, sponsored by College Democrats and Historians against the War will be held Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. in Griffin Hall, room 3.Salman Rushdie: His life, his work and his religion Independent - Oct 13 1:56 AM
And so it begins again: the low rumble of Islamist death-threats against a novelist, simply because he dares to revel in free speech and free thought in a free society. "We're all living under a fatwa now," Salman Rushdie sighs, listing his persecutors' long slew of victims, from Algerian novelists to Bali clubbers to Circle Line commuters. "You can see the fatwa as the overture to 9/11. It's not The Logic behind Rice's Grin Middle East Online - Oct 13 4:52 AM
Rice's visit to the region was neither intended to 'reinvigorate' the peace process nor to support the voice of 'moderation' in the region.Palestine: Hamas rejects demands in Qatar proposal AngolaPress - Oct 11 2:34 AM
GAZA CITY, 11/10 - Qatar`s attempt to end a growing crisis in the Palestinian territories appeared to end in failure Tuesday after Hamas rejected the plan`s key demands that it recognize Israel and renounce violence.Five killed in Israeli strike on Gaza AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 12 1:46 AM
Five Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip as ground troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of an ongoing four-month offensive.