Palestine Articles - 26 Feb

  • Oscars mull change to 'Palestine' movie tag amid outcry Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Feb 26 12:50 AM
    LOS ANGELES, CA, USA -- Oscar chiefs are mulling whether to recategorize a disputed best foreign film nomination about suicide bombers as they come under intense fire for labeling the film as coming from "Palestine".

  • Iran joins Palestine fray Open this result in new window
    Manila Bulletin - Feb 25 8:50 AM
    Its regional influence fortuitously boosted by the US invasion of Iraq and the advent of a Shia-dominated government in Baghdad, Irans leadership is contemplating another unintended gift from Washington: The chance to become a power in Palestine.

  • Palestine Observer to UN: Israel Must be Held Responsible for War Crimes, State Terrorism Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Feb 24 1:00 PM
    NEW YORK, February 24, 2006 (WAFA) - Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Mansour sent a letter to President of the UN Security Council, asking him to hold Israel responsible for "the war crimes, State terrorism and systematic human rights violations committed against the Palestinian people."

  • Press Release: International Solidarity Movement Palestine Open this result in new window
    Al Jazeera - Feb 25 11:52 PM
    "We were standing in the alley way, everything was quite when suddenly without warning we heard a big explosion and heard gun shots. I then saw Jarar and Ihab liying on the floor. Ihab wasn't moving."

  • Palestine Freedom Summer 2006 - Building Bridges Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Feb 23 7:31 PM
    Why Palestine? Palestine is a place where you can not only learn valuable lessons in community organizing around non-violent resistance, but can experience first-hand a place where people are resisting occupation every day.

  • Palestine Securities Exchange Open this result in new window
    Zawya - Feb 26 1:50 AM
    Facilitating investor's trading, providing public information, ensuring correct disclosure of vital information and enforcing securities as well as clearing, depository and settlement.

  • Hotel InterContinental Jordan welcomes new Regional Director of Sales and Marketing Open this result in new window
    AME Info - Feb 26 12:16 AM
    InterContinental Jordan held a special cocktail reception to introduce corporate guests and clients to the new Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Jordan & Palestine, Janet Abrahams.

  • Maybe a boycott after all Open this result in new window
    Haaretz Daily - Feb 25 11:16 PM
    A manifesto issued recently by the British organization, Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine, calls for a boycott on construction companies in Israel that are involved in building the separation fence and settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

  • The eXperimental files Open this result in new window
    Sunday Herald - Feb 25 4:20 PM
    Charlemagne Palestine is an inspiration to an entire generation of avant-garde musicians. Legend has it that the American once played the piano with such intensity that his fingers bled from the exertion.

  • Hamas denies suggesting it may recognize Israel Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 6:18 AM
    Hamas's prime minister-designate Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday denied he had suggested the Palestinian Islamist group might one day recognize Israel, saying there was only a possibility of achieving a long-term truce.

  • UNRWA Says Israeli Forces Left behind Damage in Balata Schools Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Feb 25 12:00 PM
    NEW York, February 25, 2006 (WAFA)- The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported that Israeli forces left significant damage behind after occupying two schools in the Balata Refugee Camp in the West Bank town of Nablus earlier this week.

  • Palestine Permanent Observer: Israel's Decision to Freeze Funds Endangers Entire Region Open this result in new window
    Palestine News Agency - Feb 23 3:47 AM
    NEW YORK, February 23, 2006 (WAFA) - Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations asserted that the Israeli decision to freeze the transferring of funds to Palestinian National Authority (PNA) would endanger the entire region.

  • National Press Club's Newsmakers Series Press Breakfast on Israel and Palestine to Be Held Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Feb 23 8:17 AM
    > ISRAEL and PALESTINE DIALOGUE: How Workers, Jobs, and Poverty are Impacted by Government Policies, Recent Political Changes and Political Unrest

  • Creating terror Open this result in new window
    BendBulletin.com - Feb 25 6:08 AM
    The news is that the United States and Israel will attempt to destabilize the recently elected Hamas government in Palestine by denying any foreign aid to the Palestinians. So much for our supposed respect for democratic elections!

  • Viewpoint: At a crossroads Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Feb 25 2:20 AM
    -- The recent parliamentary elections in Palestine were the equivalent of a political earthquake. It is an earthquake that brings with it the possibility of dramatic change in the Middle East and beyond.

  • EU prepared to give cash lifeline to Palestine Authority Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Feb 24 6:32 PM
    The European Union is ready to throw a lifeline to the Palestinian Authority by authorising a cash injection to the territory - despite the Palestinians' failure to meet all the conditions for a resumption in aid.

  • A Snowball In Summer? Open this result in new window
    Outlook India - Feb 25 1:26 AM
    A year ago, America faced one crisis in the Middle Eastin Iraq. Three months ago, it was confronted by a second crisisthat was in Iran. A week back, it came face to face with a thirdthis time in Palestine.

  • Candidate Berg denounces Iraq war, Bush Open this result in new window
    The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 26 9:24 AM
    WILKES-BARRE - Antiwar activist and congressional candidate Michael Berg last night denounced the Iraq war as "the greatest immediate threat to human life on this planet" and President Bush as a "man possessed with vengeance."

  • China beat Palestine 2-0 in soccer Asian Cup qualifying Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Feb 22 5:46 PM
    Du Wei and Li Weifeng each scored as injury-plagued China beat group E opponents Palestine 2-0 at home in their first Asian Cup qualifier here on Wednesday.

  • Hamas denies it may recognise Israel Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
    Hamas's prime minister-designate Ismail Haniyeh denied he had suggested the Palestinian Islamist group might one day recognise Israel, saying there was only a possibility of achieving a long-term truce.

  • What Does Islam Look Like? Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Feb 25 6:27 PM
    A number of new shows tell us very different things about the reception in the West of a cultural category called "Islam."

  • NEIGHBOR SAYS BLACKWELDER TOLD HER SHE'D 'GET IT ALL' Open this result in new window
    Tyler Morning Telegraph - Feb 24 11:14 PM
    PALESTINE - A woman on trial for killing her 83-year-old husband told a neighbor prior to her husband's death that she married him for his money; the money had run out, and now, "I'm stuck," the neighbor testified Friday.

  • An Open Letter To Bush On Eve Of South Asia Visit Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 20 minutes ago
    I write this even as you are, so to speak, packing your bags for your 'historic' visit to India and Pakistan in the near future. As you most certainly are aware, your diplomatic mission to South Asia will take place in an environment that is not the most salubrious.

  • Pierre Tristam: Iraqs Cambodian Jungle Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 4 minutes ago
    The standard line about Iraq right now is that the country is on the verge of civil war . That simmering hatreds are boiling to the surface. That sectarianism is to blame. All those regurgitated clich駸 of the Orientalist canon may well be true.

  • Another Testing time for Australian Muslims Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 4 minutes ago
    Recently Australian Prime Minister John Howard stated that he stood by to his views that sections of Australias Muslim population are antagonistic to Australian culture.

  • Huge March Planned for Eve of Katrina Evictions Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 4 minutes ago
    A march had been planned for February 28, the eve of the scheduled March 1 evictions of Hurricane Katrina victims.

  • Bolivia's Moment, Part I: Leonilda Zurita's Visa Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 5 minutes ago
    This past Monday, February 20, in the Viru Viru International Airport, Leonilida Zurita was informed of the cancellation of her visa. "In the airport they told us that we couldn't fly by order of the ambassador," said Zurita.

  • Mexico: "Other Campaign" Organizer Imprisoned Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 19 minutes ago
    A campaign of repression against the Zapatistas' Other Campaign in Mexico is now underway. Less than 24 hours ago, well-known San Cristal, Chiapas organizer D疥asco Villanueva was arrested as he set up the Zapatista Information Booth in the city's main square. His current whereabouts are unknown.

  • Kamala Sarup: Women Give Birth To Create Peace Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 19 minutes ago
    To have a child can be looked at a number of ways. In women, accidents and missteps are more the rule than the exception as children discover their experiment with it. In adulthood, children are the expected result to marriage, the societally-condoned and approved building block of any civilization.

  • Attacks On Iraqi Religious Sites "An Outrage" Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 18 minutes ago
    The head of the United Nations organization entrusted with preserving the worlds historical, spiritual and cultural heritage has condemned the destruction of a Shiite shrine and other mosques and churches in Iraq as an outrage for all of humanity.

  • UN: Time to Act Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 18 minutes ago
    Amnesty International calls on all governments to adopt without delay the draft resolution on the Human Rights Council presented today by the President of the General Assembly as the first concrete step in meeting the 2005 World Summits commitment to strengthen the United Nations' Human Rights machinery.

  • Ambassador John R. Bolton - Statement on Iraq Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 19 minutes ago
    Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Statement at a Security Council Stakeout New York City February 22, 2006

  • Hamas denies Israel recognition Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Feb 26 9:57 AM
    HAMAS' prime minister-designate Ismail Haniyeh today denied he had suggested the Palestinian Islamist group might one day recognise Israel, saying there was only a possibility of achieving a long-term truce.

  • UN's Top Iraq Envoy Decries Destruction Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 35 minutes ago
    In a strongly worded statement aimed at quelling violence in Iraq, the senior United Nations envoy to that country today decried recent sectarian attacks and urged a united front against those who are instigating them.

  • CL Reaction: Mourinho Sees Only Injustice Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
    Jose Mourinho attributed Chelseas 2-1 home defeat by Barcelona wholly to what he claimed was the unjust dismissal of Asier Del Horno after 36 minutes.

  • Hamas denies suggesting it may recognise Israel Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 26 6:17 AM
    GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas's prime minister-designate Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday denied he had suggested the Palestinian Islamist group might one day recognise Israel, saying there was only a possibility of achieving a long-term truce.

  • CL Reaction: Rijkaard Pleased With 'Important Result' Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
    Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard refused to get drawn into a war of words over Lionel Messi, who was in superb form in his side's 2-1 victory over Chelsea.

  • CL Report: Milan Do Enough To Quell Bayern Fires Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
    A second-half penalty converted by Andriy Shevchenko was enough to earn Milan a 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich in Tuesday nights Champions League second round first leg in Bavaria.

  • (Selec鈬o): Scolari Turns To Figo For Friendly Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
    Portugals Brazilian Coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, has included Inter Milan man Luis Figo for the Lusitanian nations 1st of March friendly against Saudi Arabia in D・seldorf (Germany). The number 7 is therefore back to national duties after being left out against Croatia and Northern Ireland.

  • Chelsea Condemn Hauge Death Threats Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
    Chelsea have criticised the fans who issued death threats against referee Terje Hauge following the controversial 2-1 Champions League defeat to Barcelona on Wednesday.

  • La Primera Liga Weekend Preview Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
    Barcelona need to get over their Stanford Bridge hangover, and fast, as they travel to face the in-form Zaragoza. Elsewhere Mallorca must brace for a Galactic backlash, while Quique Flores takes Valencia to his erstwhile home Getafe.

  • Messi Responds To Chelsea's Accusations Open this result in new window
    Goal.com - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
    Barcelona Argentine forward Lionel Messi is unmoved by Jose Mourinho's accusation that he overreacted in order to get Chelsea's Asier del Horno sent off.

  • Middle East tensions hang over Palestinian nominee for an Oscar / 'Paradise Now' traces lives of two men who are Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Feb 26 3:39 AM
    "Paradise Now," the Palestinian nominee for the Oscar for the best foreign language film, is a neorealist thriller that pulls no punches when it comes to immersing us in the misery of the Middle East. Its topic is suicide bombers. What's more, it makes...

  • Reaping unintended consequences in Mideast Open this result in new window
    The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 26 12:11 AM
    As an all-purpose maxim to decipher Israeli-Palestinian relations, nothing beats Israeli statesman Abba Eban's famous phrase about "never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity" to defuse the conflict.

  • Kirk plea for trade boycott to help Palestine Open this result in new window
    The Herald - Feb 23 6:43 PM
    The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will be asked to back moves to boycott all goods produced by Israelis in the occupied territories in an effort to show solidarity with the Palestinian people.

  • Iran determined to acquire nuclear know-how: diplomat Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 26 7:45 AM
    Iran - Switzerland - Cooperation Iran is determined to acquire peaceful nuclear know-how based on diplomatic norms and the nation's will, an Iranian diplomat said on Saturday.

  • Williams: Annual spawning ritual beginning on East Texas rivers Open this result in new window
    The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Feb 26 5:35 AM
    Shannon Hale sized up the the still-water eddie and landed a 1/4-ounce Roadrunner against the brushy shoreline.

  • Michael Barone: Bush's grand strategy Open this result in new window
    US News & World Report - Feb 25 4:07 PM
    Three and a half years ago, in September 2002, the Bush administration issued its National Security Strategy. It was, as Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis has written, "the most fundamental reassessment of American grand strategy in over half a century," since Harry Truman set America on its course in the Cold War. Today a consensus seems to be rising that the Bush administration is veering off

  • Peace is an option Open this result in new window
    The Naperville Sun - Feb 26 5:33 AM
    DOWNERS GROVE Yigal Bronner wants Israel to leave the West Bank and cease building its security wall.

  • Viewpoint: A war of religions? God forbid! Open this result in new window
    Middle East Times - Feb 26 1:19 AM
    -- One of our former chiefs-of-staff, the late Rafael ("Raful") Eytan, who was not the brightest, once asked a foreign guest: "Are you Jewish or Christian?"

  • Hamas delegation to have consultations in Russia FM early in March Open this result in new window
    Itar-Tass - Feb 26 3:39 AM
    MOSCOW, February 26 (Itar-Tass) -- The delegation of the Hamas movement that is due in Moscow early in March will have consultations in the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian special envoy for the Middle East settlement and ambassador at large Alexander Kalugin told Itar-Tass on Sunday.

  • Israel News from Jerusalem Newswire Open this result in new window
    Jerusalem Newswire - Feb 26 6:56 AM
    The Hamas terrorist organization is not impatient, and will accept a long-term elimination of the Jewish state, rather than seek its immediate demise, the new masters of the Palestinian Authority have graciously offered.

  • Protesters rally at Georgetown against PSM Open this result in new window
    The Jewish Advocate - Feb 24 7:01 AM
    Nearly 75 Jewish protesters gathered at Georgetown University over the weekend outside the Palestine Solidarity Movements annual conference, according to Rabbi Etan Mintz, vice president for Amcha the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, one of the organizers of the protest.

  • Whats behind all the turmoil among Muslims? Open this result in new window
    The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Feb 26 7:02 AM
    Richard Hallock is a retired Army officer, educator and business consultant living in Pueblo West. Four small cartoons - not burning mosques, not flushing Qurans, just four small cartoons - were printed in an obscure Danish newspaper five months ago. Suddenly the entire world of Islam is in turmoil. Half a hundred human beings - mothers, fathers - have been killed, some of them

  • China face Palestine test Open this result in new window
    Football Asia - Feb 22 12:08 AM
    GUANGZHOU Having gone so close to glory on home soil in 2004, China will be looking to finally get things right in the AFC Asian Cup when they open their Group E qualification campaign with a home match against Palestine on Wednesday.

  • Why not for the sake of humanity, the Anti-Semitic laws be applied for the entire humanity, comments Open this result in new window
    Greater Kashmir - Feb 26 10:04 AM
    Anti-Semitism is a spiritual problem, and therefore a universal application. Time has come for the West to educate itself about Islam, and apply laws promulgated for Anti-Semitism, for anyone who incites hatred and disrespect against any faith. Freedom of Speech should not be abused.

  • Pols part over port security Open this result in new window
    Stamford Advocate - Feb 26 1:36 AM
    Oh, this is getting fun. All my usual opponents are slashing each other now.

  • Astrophysicist Joseph Klarmann dies at 78 Open this result in new window
    WUSTL in the News - Feb 26 4:33 AM
    Feb. 23, 2006 Cosmic-ray astrophysicist Joseph Klarmann, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., of complications from a bicycle accident in Forest Park last September.

  • Presidential Acceptance Speech Open this result in new window
    ZWNEWS.com - Feb 26 4:33 AM
    "My position was that the MDC should have boycotted those Senate elections. Not only that, I was for the total withdrawal from Parliament and all the other election based institutions"

  • Expert Links KindHearts to Terrorism Open this result in new window
    WTOL News 11 - Feb 26 4:45 AM
    TOLEDO -- A world renowned terrorism expert shed some light on the Toledo-based charity now accused of funneling money to terrorists. Federal agents raided KindHearts, based in an office building near Secor and Central, last weekend, closing the office and freezing its assets.

  • Literature and comparison Open this result in new window
    Times of Malta - Feb 26 1:17 AM
    In the next session in the Literature and Comparison Seminar Series, Professor Anthony Frendo will present a paper on 'Philology, Poetic Structure and the Interpretation of Texts: The Case of the Nora Stone Inscription'. The seminar will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. in Gateway Building Hall C.

  • Israel Welcomes Hamas Change of Language Abbas: We Could Reach a Point Where I Cannot Perform My Duty Open this result in new window
    Palestine Media Center - Feb 26 2:40 AM
    Israel on Sunday cautiously welcomed a statement by the Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ismael Haniyeh that Hamas was ready to recognize it if Palestinians were given full rights and a state in the lands the Jewish state occupied in 1967, as President Mahmoud Abbas warned he may resign if the electoral win of the Islamic Resistance Movement would prevent him from advancing his peace program.

  • Personal grief doesnt deter anti-war activists campaign Open this result in new window
    Times Leader - Feb 26 12:10 AM
    WILKES-BARRE The transition from anti-war activist to political candidate has not changed Michael Bergs views.

  • Panicking over Palestine Open this result in new window
    Cleveland Jewish News - Feb 23 2:17 PM
    Thankfully, signs of lucidity seem to be creeping into Israels reaction to the Hamas election victory.

  • Freedom of Expression: the perspective of an Evolutionary Political Theory Open this result in new window
    Kurdish Media - Feb 26 3:15 AM
    The aim of this article is to identify the role that freedom of expression plays in politics.

  • Marwa fires Bahrain to the semis Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Feb 25 9:10 PM
    ABU DHABI Marwa Abdul Kareem fired four goals for Bahrain to come out convincing 5-0 winners over the Arab Communities in the inaugural Arab Womens sevens football championship here at the Armed Forces Officers Club on Friday night.

  • Dems stance hypocritical, but right Open this result in new window
    Quad-City Times - Feb 26 12:45 AM
    WASHINGTON If only Churchill were alive today, none of this would be happening.

  • Suicide bomb film to shake Oscars Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 25 6:03 PM
    Pressure rising for Hollywood to disqualify controversial film.

  • A moral pork barrel Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Feb 25 9:24 PM
    In some recess of David Irving's reptile brain, he knows that his indefensible imprisonment is helping his side. His side consists of all the enemies of open societies.

  • Roses Muskeyvalley, Forsyth earn first-team all-SCAC honors Open this result in new window
    Terre Haute Tribune Star - Feb 25 9:56 PM
    Rose-Hulman basketball players Munchie Muskeyvalley (men) and Rebekah Forsyth (women) earned first-team all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference honors for their respective divisions in balloting by league coaches released on Saturday.

  • The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper Open this result in new window
    Oxford Student - Feb 24 4:34 AM
    The university Jewish Society have reported the Palestine Society to the Proctors after they held an Israeli Apartheid week last week.

  • Letters to the Editor - 2/26/2006 Open this result in new window
    North County Times - Feb 25 8:23 PM
    Imagine the U.S. government contracting with a state-owned United Emirates company to provide security for U.S. seaports! l can't imagine a more blatant case of the foxes guarding the henhouse. Was there no American company capable of doing the job? Was there even a formal bidding process?

  • Palestinian demographics challenged Open this result in new window
    MENAFN - Feb 25 11:20 PM
    Palestinian demographics challenged

  • Al-Qaeda claims attempt to blow up Saudi oil processing plant Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 24 6:49 PM
    The Saudi branch of the Al-Qaeda terror network has claimed responsibility for Friday's foiled attempt to blow up a major Saudi Arabian oil processing plant.

  • Muslim groups call shutdown against Bush's visit Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Feb 26 1:30 AM
    Hyderabad: A grouping of Muslim political and religious organisations Sunday called for shutdown March 3 to protest the visit of US President George W. Bush to this southern city.

  • Security & Terrorism Open this result in new window
    UPI - Feb 25 6:03 PM
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A new study, 'Population Forecast for Israel and the West Bank 2025' challenges the notion that Israeli Jews are facing an Arab demographic time bomb. But some experts dispute its validity.

  • Obituaries for Jan. 26, 2006 Open this result in new window
    Selma Times-Journal - Feb 25 10:33 PM
    He departed his life at Jackson Hospital to be given a new life with our Lord. The beginning of his eternal life will be celebrated at St. Paul AME Church, 706 East Patton Avenue, Montgomery, Al at 10:00 am on January 27, 2006 with Rev. Joseph Rimbert, Sr. officiating.

  • Congress at Odds With Israel, Bush Over Palestine Aid Open this result in new window
    MENAFN - Feb 21 9:29 PM
    Congress at Odds With Israel, Bush Over Palestine Aid

  • Arts Festival Review: Antonio Forcione Quartet Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Feb 25 5:46 PM
    Antonio Focione and his Quartet bring an astonishing array of sounds to the National Bank Festival Club this week, and they opened their five-night run with an electrifying performance on Saturday which had the audience alternating between gasps of astonishment and giggles of delight.

  • Arts Festival Review: Les Arts Sauts Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Feb 25 5:49 PM
    The 28 metre high inflatable dome where Les Arts Sauts are staging Ola Karla is an instant landmark on the Wellington waterfront.

  • Arts Festival Review: The Earth from Above Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Feb 25 5:44 PM
    The photographs in the Earth from Above exhibition may seem faintly familiar from various coffee-table collections, but on this scale they are much more impressive. There is also something enormously appealing about walking through an outdoor gallery.

  • BALLOON FACILITY RENAMED COLUMBIA Open this result in new window
    Tyler Morning Telegraph - Feb 23 11:14 PM
    PALESTINE - In honor of the astronauts who died when the space shuttle Columbia broke up over East Texas and for the role the National Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine played in the shuttle debris recovery effort, the facility has been renamed.

  • Riyadh to continue Palestine aid Open this result in new window
    Dawn - Feb 23 7:30 PM
    RIYADH, Feb 23: Saudi Arabia has rejected a US demand to stop financial assistance to a Hamas-led Palestinian government.

  • Graham Fuller Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Feb 25 2:01 PM
    , a prominent Islamic World expert in the United States, is quite happy with the development: "This is a foresighted, brave and pioneering move at a time when Washington and some parts of Europe are paralyzed about what to do.

  • Dubya: down-home American, avid Texan, with a cat named 'India' (BUSH PROFILE) Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Feb 25 9:51 PM
    By Ela Dutt, Washington: It's hard to separate President George W. Bush - who arrives in India March 1 - from his Texasism even though he was born in Yankee country, in the northeast, into a prominent family.

  • Today's Headlines: Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - Feb 25 3:33 PM
    We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now! Curfew, state of alert, after Iraqi shrine explosion A senior American official accused al-Qaida organization in Iraq led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of responsibility for blowing up the dome of Imam Ali al-Hadi shiite shrine in Samara on Wednesday.

  • Sweden Increases Aid for Palestine Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Feb 21 2:06 PM
    After Israels declaration to impose economic sanctions on the Palestinian Administration, Sweden has announced plans to increase aid for Palestine.

  • Springfield, Ursuline victorious Open this result in new window
    The Youngstown Vindicator - Feb 23 10:08 PM
    HANOVERTON Highly motivated by a triple-overtime loss to East Palestine two weekends ago, the Springfield High girls basketball team used their size and depth to capture the rematch.

  • DEPUTIES TESTIFY ABOUT DISTURBANCE CALL Open this result in new window
    Tyler Morning Telegraph - Feb 23 11:14 PM
    PALESTINE - Deputies responding to a disturbance at a Frankston home in May 2004 arrived to find a hysterical woman at the door, loud music blaring from inside the house and, once inside, a large pool of what appeared to be blood on the carpet.

  • JPF nets record JD11.7m in 2005 Open this result in new window
    MENAFN - Feb 25 9:09 PM
    JPF nets record JD11.7m in 2005

  • ALI H. ASLAN Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Feb 25 2:08 PM
    About a century ago, Westerners used to call the Ottoman Empire, the last bastion of Islamic civilization, "the sick man." They were right. Its been a long time; yet one cannot say we have quite recovered. And the West continues to view us as a sick civilization.

  • ABDULHAMIT BILICI Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Feb 25 2:09 PM
    The crisis that a Danish newspaper triggered after it published some insulting cartoons against one of the Islams most holy figures, Prophet Mohammed, really displayed the range of difficulties the Islamic world has been suffering in finding solutions to certain problems.

  • KERIM BALCI Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Feb 25 2:08 PM
    The three painful realities of the visit by Hamas: The visit was an audacious move but lacked good judgment. Mediation can only be sought when there is really a gap to bridge.

  • Palestine Wants To Enjoy Better Relations With Turkey, Halil Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Feb 21 1:48 PM
    ADANA - ''We want to enjoy better relations with Turkey,'' Palestinian Counselor to Turkey Fayez Halil said on Monday. In an exclusive interview with A.A correspondent, Halil indicated that Palestine considered Turkey as its ''big brother'', and trusted Turkey.

  • Film noir on the empire Open this result in new window
    Deccan Herald - Feb 25 2:34 PM
    Theyre on a warpath to secure world peace. Cinematic oeuvre is all that they have as arms in their war against terror unleashed by the Empire.

  • Hip or hype? Open this result in new window
    The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 25 7:03 AM
    It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for the Arctic Monkeys. Not that it's such a bad life for the four lads from the north of England. Their album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, enjoyed the biggest first week of sales for a debut in British history when it was released last month in England.

  • China hopes new Palestinian gov't goes on promoting Mideast peace process Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Feb 23 4:12 PM
    China does not have plans to contact the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the new governing party of Palestine, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao.

  • HOT NEWS Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Feb 23 2:03 PM
    The latest reports say China will not cut economic aid to Palestine. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Cienchao during a weekly news briefing told earlier today suggested the international community should not to act to create more aggravation for the Palestinians.

  • Front Page - Palestinian President Arrives in Yemen Tonight Open this result in new window
    Yemen Observer - Feb 25 12:54 PM
    SANA'A- The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abas- or Abu Mazin - arrived tonight in Sana'a on an official visit for talks with President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

  • DING DONG Open this result in new window
    Redissue - Feb 25 8:52 AM
    Fangzhuo stars for China in Asian Cup and hopes it will be enough to get a work permit.