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Lisbon Morning Journal - Apr 06 9:51 PM
NEW MIDDLETOWN The East Palestine Girls Invitational track meet scheduled for Saturday, April 7, at Springfield High School has been canceled due to the weather.NY court unblocks Palestinian bank authority funds Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
A New York court has ordered $30 million in Palestine Monetary Authority funds unfrozen and allowed it to resume operations in the United States after a court fight stemming from a 1996 Hamas attack.RF SC head to leave for Israel, Palestine on Apr 9 Itar-Tass - Apr 06 1:23 AM
MOSCOW, April 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov will leave on April 9 for Israel and Palestine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said on Friday, adding that other meetings and talks on Middle East settlement were also planned, including on the level of the four mediators.Palestine benefit Halifax Today - Apr 06 12:43 AM
FOLK singer Roy Bailey featured in a benefit concert for Palestine.James Zogby: Americans Should Defend Speaker Pelosi's Mission HuffingtonPost - Apr 07 8:44 AM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has now returned to the U.S. after completing a five nation tour of the Middle East. With visits to Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, she and her bipartisan delegation broke new ground, ruffled a few feathers here in the U.S., but won praise across the region. Her critics have been unfair, missing the significance and timeliness of her mission. In ...NY court unblocks Palestinian bank authority funds AlertNet - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
Source: Reuters (Adds Ungar lawyer reaction, paragraphs 4, 11, 17) By Wafa Amr RAMALLAH, West Bank, April 7 (Reuters) - A New York court has ordered $30 million in Palestine Monetary Authority funds unfrozen and ... A Palestine pilgrimage The Manila Times - Apr 07 12:00 PM
Say pilgrim and the stereotype of the elderly devout Catholic marveling with unquestioning adoration at every stone ruble purported to have been touched by the hands of Jesus Christ comes to fore.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...NY court unblocks Palestinian bank authority funds AlertNet - Apr 07 8:04 AM
Source: Reuters By Wafa Amr RAMALLAH, West Bank, April 7 (Reuters) - A New York court has ordered $30 million in Palestine Monetary Authority funds unfrozen and allowed it to resume operations in the United States ... Palestine: Israel fires missiles into Gaza AngolaPress - Apr 07 2:35 AM
Gaza Strip, 04/07 - Israeli helicopters have fired at least two missiles into the northern Gaza Strip, killing a Palestinian militant. Reuters news agency quoted residents as saying the missiles targeted militants near the Jabaliya refugee camp.S.Korea issues travel warning on Israel, Palestine People's Daily - Apr 06 11:51 PM
South Korea on Saturday issued a travel warning for Israel and Palestinian areas in case of potential kidnappings of foreign nationals.Hamas chief vows no compromise AFP via Yahoo! News - Apr 06 6:22 AM
Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal vowed Friday that his organisation would continue to resist Israel and would not compromise its claims to all of historical Palestine.Israel Fires on Militants Planting Bomb, Killing One New York Times - Apr 07 5:48 PM
Israeli Army helicopters fired at Palestinian militants in the third Israeli military strike in Gaza in 10 days.East Palestine rolls over South Range Lisbon Morning Journal - Apr 04 3:36 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.Israel in deadly air raid against Gaza militants AFP via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 3:08 PM
Israel launched an air strike against suspected Gaza militants on Saturday, killing one and wounding two, as it made good on threats to get tough over persistent rocket fire from the territory.Toppled Saddam statue now symbol of 'broken dreams' AFP via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 12:51 PM
On April 9, 2003, the world was stunned when iconic images of US marines and Iraqis pulling down a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's central Firdos Square flashed across television screens.Israel fires into Gaza, Abbas urges rocket halt Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 12:52 PM
Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing a Palestinian militant, in what residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.Captors of Israeli soldier make demands AP via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 12:05 PM
After months of deadlock, the captors of an Israeli soldier handed over the names of Palestinian prisoners they want freed in exchange for the hostage, a senior Palestinian official said Saturday.Palestine: "Settlers have set my car on fire" Scoop.co.nz - Apr 05 7:34 PM
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.Israel strikes into Gaza, Abbas urges rocket halt Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 11:22 AM
Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing one Palestinian militant in what local residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.Hot rods of the apocalypse Guardian Unlimited - Apr 06 4:06 PM
As Mike Davis's brilliantly terse book opens, anarchist Mario Buda blows up his horse-drawn wagon in Wall Street in 1920, killing 40 people and injuring more than 200. But, Davis notes, "the car bomb was not fully conceptualized as a weapon of urban warfare until January 12, 1947 when [...] the Stern Gang drove a truckload of explosives into a British police station in Haifa, Palestine".We get by with a little help from our friends The Facts - Apr 06 8:27 PM
Way back when disco was king and Jimmy Carter was the brand new president and Elvis was still in the building, I was a first-year teacher at Palestine High School in the East Texas Piney Woods along with a fellow from Oklahoma named Harold Baade.Haniya says banks are refusing "to deal with us ... because of America's gang-like actions" [EPA] Aljazeera - Apr 06 11:27 AM
Ismail Haniya, the Hamas Palestinian prime minister, has accused the US of fuelling tensions in Palestine by refusing to lift economic sanctions that prevent banks from transferring funds directly to the government.Israeli gunships kill one in Gaza Strip International Herald Tribune - Apr 07 10:04 AM
It was the third Israeli military strike in Gaza in 10 days, indicating a further erosion of the tenuous ceasefire that was declared in November.Gaza: Israel Kills Militant in Battle New York Times - Apr 07 5:02 AM
Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian militant in what residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.Israeli army kills Palestinian militant AP via Yahoo! News - Apr 07 2:44 AM
An Israeli helicopter launched an airstrike along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel early Saturday, officials said, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding two others and further straining a fragile cease-fire.New York court orders release of frozen Palestinian funds Calcutta News - 23 minutes ago
The order follows a legal fight stemming from a 1996 Hamas attack.In light of text, a new focus on Judas Richmond Times-Dispatch - 41 minutes ago
Judas Iscariot, long depicted as the rotten apple in the Easter story, is now being hailed by some as a hero. As Christians gather today to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, there is renewed interest in his betrayer because of the Gospel of Judas, a second-century text made public last year.Carter book chosen for discussion Newport News-Times - Apr 06 8:52 AM
The Moving Train Book Club has selected Jimmy Carter's "Palestine: Peace or Apartheid" for April's book for discussion. The book has generated a lot of controversy and interesting discussion. Different points of view and friendly debate are welcome.Israeli missile fire kills one militant Los Angeles Times - Apr 07 8:34 AM
Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip today, killing a Palestinian militant in what residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce. Top Pakistan bishop supports 'struggle' in Kashmir IANS via Yahoo! India News - Apr 06 12:07 AM
Lahore, April 6 (IANS) Reverend Alexander John Malik, the bishop of Lahore and moderator of Church of Pakistan, has supported people struggling in Kashmir, Palestine and Iraq .Beauty, warmth of Arab world on display in Q-C Quad-City Times - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
With food, dance, art, and most important, a good dose of personal interaction, the Quad-City s Arab community provided people at the Bettendorf Family Museum a good look into the Middle Eastern world and its culture.Alinghi dominates Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 13 Scoop.co.nz - 37 minutes ago
Find this interesting? If so then YOUR EASTER READ: Animal Rights: Open Rescue Collective Frees Some Battery Hens - As a gesture of goodwill this Easter, the Easter Bunny, helped by animal rights activists from the Open Rescue Collective, broke into a South Auckland battery hen farm and rescued 10 battery hens from their cages.In Jordanian Camps, A Sense of Nihilism Washington Post - Apr 06 7:15 PM
AMMAN, Jordan -- Ahmed Abu Amira stared down a road of the Hussein Refugee Camp, strewn with moist garbage and bordered with concrete and cinder block in a generic scene of poverty. It headed west, as it has for six decades, toward the home of his parents.Across the Great Divide WOI Radio Group - 40 minutes ago
Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim along with noted Palestinian scholar (and Barenboim's best friend) Edward Said founded the international student orchestra Divan in 1999. The project has brought together student musicians from all over the Middle East, crossing conflict lines for the love of music.Israel gone, yet still in Gaza's life Boston Globe - Apr 07 9:27 AM
Raouf Ziara's love life is in Israel's hands. When Ziara, a 36-year-old officer in the Palestinian security forces, crossed from Gaza to Egypt in late March to visit his Egyptian wife, he had spent more than a month repeatedly trying to get through a border station that Israel only rarely allows to open.Drama At Eventing World Cup Scoop.co.nz - 22 minutes ago
There was drama a plenty at the New Zealand qualifier for the FEI Eventing World Cup at Kihikihi near Te Awamutu on Saturday.Nice feeling to get top result Scoop.co.nz - 37 minutes ago
(7 April 2007, Valencia) Victory Challenge received top result at the end of the Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 13, the final pre-regatta before the challenger series Louis Vuitton Cup. Comix Remix Scoop.co.nz - 37 minutes ago
Comix Remix A group show of works by Wellington artists exploring the comic as a theme, medium and inspiration for art pieces. Featuring handfelted Disney characters, pen and ink drawn stories, paintings, puppets, photographs and much, much more!World + Nation Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Apr 07 5:11 PM
GREECE Captain of ship that sank is charged The captain of a cruise ship that sank in the Aegean Sea and left two missing was charged with negligence, a Greek government official said. A Merchant Marine Ministry spokeswoman confirmed that a prosecutor charged the captain. She also said the chief mate, second mate, third mate, chief cabin steward and housekeeper of the Greek-flagged vessel were ...Wood Sculpture Live 2007 Scoop.co.nz - 37 minutes ago
This is the challenge facing 30 sculptors at Lake House Arts Centre. Between Saturday 14 and Saturday 21 April, the artist will use chain saws, axes, chisels and sanders to produce wonderful art works from tree trunks and branches.Brennan Takes First Blood At Super Sedan Finale Scoop.co.nz - 52 minutes ago
Tauranga driver Grant Brennan made a great start to the weekend when he won the opening race of the final round of the Schaeffer Oil N.Z. Super Sedan Series at the Taupo Motorsport Centre today.Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian militant in eastern Gaza People's Daily - Apr 07 6:51 PM
A Palestinian militant was killed at predawn Saturday after an Israeli army helicopter targeted a group of Palestinian militants in the east of Gaza City, security sources and witnesses reported.Oil and Turmoil Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Apr 07 3:24 PM
A spectre is haunting the Middle East. No, wait - three spectres are haunting the Middle East: Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and George W. Bush. Osama is fomenting jihad somewhere in the Afghan wilderness, Saddam is taunting the superpower with audio despatches, and Bush is trying to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Unimaginable two years ago. Just how did we get to this ...Russia calls for Mideast Quartet meeting with Arab Four-dpty FM Itar-Tass - Apr 06 1:24 AM
MOSCOW, April 6 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov has said that Russia calls for holding a meeting of the Quartet with the Arab Four regional sponsors of the Middle East settlement (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Egypt) with the attraction of Israel and Palestine. One-man united nations Guardian Unlimited - Apr 07 4:19 PM
There is a moment in this biography when we learn that in 1964, Dorothy Hodgkin has been named as sole winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry. She is in Ghana on an educational mission inspired by her husband Thomas, whose dedication to Africa paved the way for many other scholars.Calls for halt to militant attacks Perth Now - Apr 07 1:12 PM
ISRAELI helicopter gunships fired into the Gaza Strip overnight, killing a Palestinian militant, in what residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.Press in Qatar not so free, says report The Peninsula - Apr 07 5:29 PM
Doha Despite the fact that newspaper censorship was lifted in Qatar more than 10 years ago, the country ranks second in the Arab world after Egypt when it comes to restricting the print media from doing its job freely and fairly.Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Militant ABC News - Apr 07 1:58 AM
Israeli Airstrike Along Gaza Strip's Border Kills Palestinian Militant and Wounds 2 OthersIsrael fires into Gaza; Abbas urges restraint The Peninsula - Apr 07 5:44 PM
Gaza Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing a Palestinian militant, in what residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.Militant killed in Israeli airstrike NDTV - Apr 07 11:59 AM
Gaza plan: Is Israel at the start of a new road? An Israeli helicopter launched an airstrike along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel early on Saturday, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding two others.Kuwait, Qatar top in press freedom: Report The Peninsula - Apr 07 5:29 PM
DOHA Kuwait is top on the list of Arab countries which have press freedom, while Qatar ranks next, says a report released by a major regional human rights studies institution.Israel fires into Gaza, Abbas urges rocket halt Tiscali - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on members of his presidential guard and national security forces to step up efforts to prevent the rocket fire so "that our people can lead a safe life".Peace With Israel: Arab Position Is Straightforward Arab News - Apr 07 4:10 PM
Those of us who have worked for a Palestinian state, and will continue to do so as long as there is breath in our bodies, can surely be forgiven for being cautious over an apparent new peace plan for the Middle East. So many such plans have come and gone over the last twenty or thirty years leaving few footprints in the sand.Israeli Missile Kills Palestinian Arab News - Apr 07 4:10 PM
GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, 8 April 2007 A Palestinian was killed and two were wounded in an Israeli helicopter attack on the Gaza Strip at dawn yesterday, while a fighter of Fatah s armed wing was injured in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces in the West Bank. The escalation in Israeli military activity came after Defense Minister Amir Peretz authorized limited strikes inside the Gaza Strip to ...Weekly schedule The Steubenville Herald-Star - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Catholic Central at Oak Glen, 4:30 p.m. John Marshall at Indian Creek, 5 p.m.Friendswood advances state 4A tournament; Brenham falls Houston Chronicle - Apr 06 10:47 PM
The Friendswood girls waited 73 minutes to use their least likely weapon to defeat Seven Lakes 1-0 in the Class 4A Region III final at Strake Jesuit. Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian militant in Gaza Boston Herald - Apr 07 7:56 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An Israeli helicopter launched an airstrike along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel early Saturday, officials said, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding two others...Large parts of Gaza already lie in ruins following repeated Israeli raids [AFP] Aljazeera - Apr 07 10:27 AM
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian fighter and wounded two in what is believed to be the fiercest exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters since a ceasefire agreed in November.East Texas Man Jailed; Charged In 2006 Stabbing KLTV 7 Tyler - Apr 05 8:15 PM
A Palestine man is jailed tonight, charged in a deadly 2006 stabbing.Palestinian Militant Killed in Israeli Air Strike Voice of America - Apr 07 5:52 AM
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli helicopters have carried out an air strike along the border with the Gaza Strip, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding two others.Complicity when the dam breaks International Herald Tribune - Apr 06 7:27 AM
On July 31, 2006, the Palestinian Water Authority made a desperate plea. That plea was ignored.Carter says Palestine Book Yielded Productive Debate WMGT Macon - Apr 04 7:53 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 URGENT ALERT: IMMINENT THREAT TO IRAQI LAWYER BADEE IZZAT AREF UN Observer - Apr 07 5:29 PM
We have received information that the liberty and life of Badee Izzat Aref, prominent Iraqi lawyer to Tariq Aziz and several members of the government of President Saddam Hussein, is in danger.Pranab to begin visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday The Hindu - Apr 07 1:21 PM
A precursor to a possible visit by Prime MinisterChina's special envoy to visit three Middle East nations China Economic Net - Apr 05 7:11 PM
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.The Pelosi effect on US policy Gulf News - Apr 07 3:44 PM
In the past week Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the US House of Representatives, put a kinder, gentler and more sublime face to US foreign policy.Israeli helicopters strike in Gaza and kill militant Gulf News - Apr 07 3:43 PM
Gaza: Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing one Palestinian fighter, in what local residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.In Tomorrow's Paper EdmontonSun.com - Apr 07 1:10 PM
RAMALLAH, West Bank After months of deadlock, the captors of an Israeli soldier handed over the names of Palestinian prisoners they want freed in exchange for the hostage, a senior Palestinian official said Saturday.Carter: Palestine Book Yielded Productive Debate FOX 5 Atlanta - Apr 04 6:13 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.Seeking simplicity in Mexico's mountains Austin American-Statesman - Apr 07 11:08 AM
From Jennifer Clayton of Austin.Holy week brings dream of peace Gloucester Daily Times - Apr 07 9:06 AM
These last few days are among the most holy for three of the world's major religions. Days after Muslims observed the Prophet's birthday, March 31, Jews began their observance of Passover, which ran through the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday.Israeli army kills Palestinian militant Boston Globe - Apr 06 10:57 PM
An Israeli helicopter launched an airstrike along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel early Saturday, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding two others, officials said.Sifting truths from the history of terrorism Boston Globe - Apr 07 2:12 AM
In an era when government leaders in the United States and Great Britain brand as unpatriotic those who examine terrorism logically, Matthew Carr has written a brave and wise book.Carter: Palestine book yielded productive debate Gwinnett Daily Post - Apr 04 9:43 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.A risk-taker for peace / Palestinian intellectual braves death threats to end conflict with Israel as PLO representative San Francisco Chronicle - Apr 07 3:07 PM
Once Upon a Country A Palestinian Life By Sari Nusseibeh with Anthony David FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX; 542 Pages; $27.50 No one is in more danger than a sane man in an insane world, especially... Easter holiday closings announced Forrest City Times-Herald - Apr 05 1:33 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.Broken statue of Saddam, symbolic of broken Iraqi dreams Al Jazeera - Apr 07 11:18 AM
April 9th 2003 witnessed extraordinary scenes in Baghdad, where the U.S.-led occupation forces pulled down the statue of the former leader of the Iraqi nation, Saddam Hussein, with height of about four men -- and one of the symbols of Saddam's rule over Iraq, in a staged demonstration orchestrated by the military.Israel in deadly air raid against Gaza militants TODAYonline - Apr 07 9:15 AM
Relatives of Fuad Maaruf mourn during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip on 07 April 2007. Israel has launched an air strike against suspected Gaza militants, killing one and wounding two, as it made good on threats to get tough over persistent rocket fire from the territory.Israeli copters fire in Gaza clash, one killed The Age - Apr 07 7:09 AM
Israeli helicopters fire into he Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian militant.Pune rave: 250 samples contain drugs IBN via Yahoo! India News - Apr 07 1:55 AM
At least 250 of the 271 young people arrested in a rave party in Pune last month had consumed banned drugs.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Apr 07 12:13 PM
(IsraelNN.com) A Hamas terrorist spokesman in Gaza, Ismail Redwan, on Saturday warned Israel against any attempts to attack Gaza in response to the ongoing Kassam rocket attacks by Gaza terrorists.Arab Perspective: Playing US Politics with Iraqi Blood for Oil News From Bangladesh - Apr 07 11:24 AM
Bracing for 2008 presidential election, US 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 - PALESTINE Custodian of the Holy Land: Easter in Jerusalem, signs of life stronger than the tomb and death - ... AsiaNews.it - Apr 03 6:24 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 1:12 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.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Apr 07 1:13 PM
(IsraelNN.com) A statement by Hamas on Saturday said that the only way an peace deal could be achieved with Israel would be to allow the wholesale, actual return of the descendants of Arabs who fled Israel in 1948 to their original homes - even if the refugees themselves chose to resolve the situation in some other manner.A Planned Conspiracy around the World News From Bangladesh - Apr 07 11:27 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.Kollek a British Spy? The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Apr 05 2:28 PM
The late Teddy Kollek reportedly spied for Britain against the hard-line Jewish underground in British Mandate Palestine.Posted: 07-04-2007 , 08:11 GMT Al Bawaba - Apr 07 1:20 AM
An Israeli helicopter launched an airstrike along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel early Saturday, killing a Palestinian fighter and injuring two others, secutity officials said.Officials meet about BBC journo News 24 South Africa - Apr 06 12:47 AM
BBC officials are meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas to push for the release of a kidnapped BBC journalist from Palestine.World news The West Australian - Apr 07 4:35 AM
Israeli helicopters fired into the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian militant, in what local residents said was the fiercest exchange between Israeli forces and militants since a November truce.PLO slams Israel The Herald - Apr 05 1:34 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.Israel in deadly air raid against Gaza militants Middle East Times - Apr 07 1:57 AM
AIR STRIKES: Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad take part in an armed exercise in Gaza April 6, 2007. Israel launched an air strike against suspected Gaza militants April 7, as it made good on threats to get tough over persistent rocket fire from the territory.Back in Damascus Al-Ahram Weekly - Apr 05 1:12 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.Chomsky: Preventing War with Iran Kavkaz Center - Apr 07 7:08 AM
Unsurprisingly, George W. Bush's announcement of a "surge" in Iraq came despite the firm opposition to any such move of Americans and the even stronger opposition of the (thoroughly irrelevant) Iraqis.Israel: Eyes set for summer war Al Jazeera - Apr 07 1:18 AM
What s about to be mentioned might sound scary. Another war this summer after the devastation inflicted upon Gaza and Lebanon last summer?!Toppled Saddam statue now symbol of 'broken dreams' Middle East Online - Apr 07 1:44 AM
Iraqis say fall of regime brought no freedom, only broken promises, destruction amid deadly violence.Israel in deadly air raid against Gaza Middle East Online - Apr 07 12:59 AM
Helicopters open fire near Jabaliya refugee camp as Israeli tanks advance few meters into Gaza.Yousef Alhelou: UK Consul-General meets with Palestinian PM Haniyeh to discuss release of BBC correspondent UN Observer - Apr 07 5:44 AM
2007-04-07 | In an unprecedented contact between the British government and Hamas-affiliated ministers from the Palestinian unity government, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh hosted in his Gaza office the British consul general in Jerusalem, Richard Makepeace, in order to discuss the issue of the abducted BBC reporter, Alan Johnston.Israeli helicopters fire in Gaza clash, one killed Tiscali - Apr 07 5:05 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sought to play down the chances of large-scale military action in Gaza for the time being, but he said the army could if other options failed.