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MONTALBA TODDLER DROWNS AT LAKE PALESTINE Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 13 10:57 PM
LAKE PALESTINE - A 14-month-old boy drowned Saturday evening at the Lake Palestine campgrounds on Ruby Lane, off Texas Highway 155, north of Frankston.JOIN THE RALLY FOR LEBANON AND PALESTINE AUG. 12 IN WASHINGTON DC News From Bangladesh - Aug 14 11:26 AM
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/28/06) - CAIR today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to join the thousands of people expected to take part in the August 12th National Emergency March on Washington to protest Israeli attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon and Gaza.DOGWOOD JAMBOREE SET SATURDAY IN PALESTINE Tyler Morning Telegraph - Aug 12 11:27 PM
PALESTINE - Another Dogwood Jamboree in Palestine is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Palestine Civic Center. This show's theme is country love songs.Fighters to leave for Lebanon The Jakarta Post - 36 minutes ago
BATAM, Riau Islands: "Jihadists" wanting to transit in Batam before leaving for Lebanon and Palestine were told Monday to depart from other cities for security reasons.RAILROAD LOOKS TO OUTSIDE TIES TO STAY ON TRACK Tyler Morning Telegraph - 3 minutes ago
PALESTINE - Those working to save the Texas State Railroad, which faces a possible shutdown by the state in January, are taking steps to make the train more attractive to potential private operators that could take over the railroad's operations.No aid for government with Maoists: US Nepalnews. com - 28 minutes ago
US Senator Arlen Specter has said that US laws would not allow the US government to provide financial assistance to Nepal if the Maoists are included in the government with their weapons like Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon.A. TURAN ALKAN Zaman Online - Aug 14 2:18 PM
In 1947 just when England was turning over to the UN the task of resolving the dispute between the Jews and Arabs in Palestine, if a UN diplomat had appeared and placed an order to a company to learn the financial and political side of the Israeli state project, what kind of report would that company have prepared?Track only small part of millage request in FC School District Forrest City Times-Herald - Aug 14 1:45 PM
NOTE: All three school districts in St. Francis County Forrest City, Palestine-Wheatley and Hughes, are asking for millage increases in the Sept. 19 school elections.Related News: Zaman Online - Aug 14 2:18 PM
The Middle East has suffered from constant bloodshed since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The current tragedy in Lebanon and Palestine is an example of the Middle East tragedy.Total war against Palestine and Lebanon Gulf News - Aug 13 2:39 PM
The celebrated 19th century Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz described attacks on the enemy's territory, property and citizens as total war. With the horrors of the Second World War, total war became associated with war crimes.Palestine needs food, drugs: Din The Jakarta Post - Aug 11 10:24 PM
JAKARTA: Muhammadiyah chief Din Syamsuddin has clarified his statements encouraging local Muslims to donate cash to Lebanon and Palestine rather going to help them fight Israel.President Accepts Credentials of Representative of India Palestine News Agency - Aug 14 6:02 AM
RAMALLAH, August 14, 2006, (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas accepted Monday the credentials of the new Representative of India to the Palestine National Authority Mr. Zikrur Rehman.President Accepts Credential of Representative of Brazil Palestine News Agency - Aug 14 6:02 AM
RAMALLAH, August 14, 2006 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas accepted Monday the credential of the new Representative of Brazil to the Palestine National Authority Mr. Arnaldo Carillho.Skeptical of Deal, Israelis Step Tentatively From Bunkers New York Times - Aug 14 5:48 PM
With a cease-fire bringing calm to rocket-riddled Kiryat Shmona, residents began emerging from bomb shelters.Text of Bush's statement on the Mideast USA Today - Aug 14 5:18 PM
Text of President Bush's statement on the U.N.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.Battered Survivors Emerge from Kiryat Shmona Bomb Shelters New York Times - Aug 14 5:33 PM
With a truce bringing calm today to this rocket-riddled town, residents began emerging from bomb shelters.Bush calls Lebanon a front in terror war CNN.com - Aug 14 2:37 PM
President Bush called the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel part of a broader struggle between freedom and terror. The president spoke to the media after receiving several briefings at the U.S. State Department on Monday afternoon.Holocaust cartoon fair opens in Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 12:59 PM
An international contest of cartoons on the Holocaust opened in Tehran in response to the publication in Western papers last September of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.Bush Delivers Remarks From the State Department Washington Post - Aug 14 1:45 PM
Read a transcript of President Bush's remarks on sustaining a cease-fire in the Middle East.Blair plans to visit Israel and Palestine Stuff - Aug 13 1:41 AM
UNITED NATIONS: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he plans to visit the Middle East soon to search for ways to address the continuing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.In Israel, refugees hesitate to rush home International Herald Tribune - Aug 14 2:27 PM
Unlike Lebanon, where large numbers headed back to their homes in the south, the displaced residents of northern Israel appeared more circumspect about the sturdiness of the truce.HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Aug 13 2:13 PM
The 'Palestine and Lebanon Brotherhood Platform', established by a group of 150 NGOs, opened a photographic exhibition in Uskudar Square in Istanbul on Saturday, hoping to increase awareness about the continuing aggression of Israeli forces in Lebanon and Palestine.First batch of medical aid handed over to Palestine Yahoo! India News - Aug 11 8:09 AM
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): The first batch of life-saving medicines, under the humanitarian assistance programme for the people of Palestine, has been handed over by India to the Palestinian Presidency.Societies cancel festival Gulf Daily News - Aug 13 5:23 PM
A COALITION of Bahraini youth societies has cancelled a major event out of respect for the seriousness of the current situation in Lebanon and Palestine.Israel-Lebanon cease-fire goes into effect AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 2:57 AM
Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect Monday after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people, devastated much of south Lebanon and forced hundreds of thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters.August 12: Global Day of Action against Israeli Aggression on Palestine and Lebanon Palestine News Agency - Aug 11 8:02 AM
RAMALLAH, August 11, 2006 (WAFA)- An international campaign for the August12 - the global Day of Action against the Israeli Aggression on Palestine and Lebanon is gathering momentum, said Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign in a press release.Woman who died in apartment fire identified; San Marcos woman is attacked outside her apartment. Austin American-Statesman - 11 minutes ago
1600 block of Rosewood Avenue; MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) from Town Lake to Far West Boulevard; 1700 block of West Cesar Chavez Street; Convict Hill Road; 2100 to 2500 blocks of Elmont Drive.Mideast cease-fire begins International Herald Tribune - Aug 14 1:34 AM
Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people. Left, Israeli soldiers embracing after returning from Lebanon.Larry Beinhart: Americans with Disabilities: The Reality Challenged Reality Challenged HuffingtonPost - Aug 14 12:18 PM
It is impossible not to listen to Joe Lieberman, both during his campaign and since, and not be convinced that he is sincere. He refers to his pro-war position as having a "robust" foreign policy. Here are some of his more vivid quotes: "I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil of the enemy First batch of medical aid handed over to Palestine New Kerala - Aug 11 8:38 AM
New Delhi, Aug 11 : The first batch of life-saving medicines, under the humanitarian assistance programme for the people of Palestine, has been handed over by India to the Palestinian Presidency.Isolating the extremists Times Online - Aug 14 6:39 PM
Immediately after the London bombings last July, the Government promised Muslim leaders urgent help in fighting extremism.Why Muslims must rise up now and join the battle against extremism Times Online - Aug 14 6:37 PM
ON FRIDAY last week I agreed to add my name to a letter to the Government from Oxfam, other non-governmental organisations and individuals to express, in the wake of the Middle East crisis, our commitment to the fundamental humanitarian principle that all innocent lives should be valued equally.Gaza hopes fade after withdrawal Aljazeera - Aug 13 2:27 AM
One year after Israel's pull out from the Gaza strip, the mood in Palestine is less than celebratory and one of crushed hopes as restrictions continue to hamper development of the area and limit Palestinian ambition.Israelis in North Are Pessimistic About a Truce New York Times - Aug 13 9:18 PM
Residents of Kiryat Shmona believe it will be a week or more before the shooting stops, and that any calm will only be temporary.Bobcats open football practice today The Longview News-Journal - 40 minutes ago
Today is the first day of practice for the Hallsville Bobcats as they seek to return to the playoffs for the second straight season.Hope Rises As Cease-Fire Begins CBS News - Aug 14 7:21 AM
A U.N.-imposed cease-fire designed to end more than a month of violence that killed more than 900 people has taken effect. The skies above southern Lebanon are reportedly empty of Israeli warplanes, though the cease-fire is fragile.Don t abandon Palestinian cause, CUF tells govt IPP Media - 13 minutes ago
The Civic United Front (CUF) has said President Jakaya Kikwete ought to give a clear statement that the people of Lebanon must be supported in their relentless struggle against Israelis aggression.Iran's Holocaust cartoon exhibition Aljazeera - Aug 14 5:12 PM
An international contest of cartoons on the Holocaust has opened in Tehran in response to the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper last September.What is behind the Fox TV kidnaps? Scoop.co.nz - 55 minutes ago
The kidnap of two Fox TV news staff by Palestinian gunmen is indicative of growing anarchy and poverty arising from Israel s destruction of the Palestinian Authority and its economy, says Middle East politics expert Dr Nigel Parsons.Consider the paradox that is a conflict for many Jews The Herald - Aug 14 6:18 PM
When she was a younger woman, scornful of what she saw as her Jewish parents' simplistic views of both Israel and Zionism, the writer Linda Grant would join protest marches against the persecution of Arab citizens.How to create a terrorist The Age - Aug 14 2:38 PM
Young Muslims across the world see a West acquiescent in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, writes Rami Khouri. -Israeli commando missions come out of shadows USA Today - Aug 13 6:48 PM
The latest conflict in the Middle East has brought the traditionally secretive Israeli special forces into the open an intentional effort, Israeli official say, to psych out the enemy.The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Aug 14 4:08 PM
American politicians and journalists have refused for 60 years to differentiate between persons of Jewish faith and Zionists.Today's Headlines: ArabicNews.com - Aug 14 5:04 PM
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now! Israel is supported by inhumanity Israel has shown its face to the world as a brutal entity, devoid of humanity.Young Muslims explain why words fail the West The Herald - Aug 14 6:19 PM
Umar Ansari baulks at being called a moderate Muslim, and is entirely happy to be labelled a fundamentalist. Nevertheless, the 27-year-old Glaswegian is no friend of the radicalisers and terrorists: in fact, he is their nemesis.[1] Zaman Online - Aug 14 2:13 PM
The unspeakable tragedy unfolding in this sixth Israel-Arab war should force us to focus on what peace might look like. The building blocs are clear, but they are threatened particularly by those who stop thinking when it is needed most.Bush: Cease-fire in Lebanon important step forward ArabicNews.com - Aug 14 5:10 PM
US President George W. Bush, speaking at the State Department today welcomed the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon and the implementation of a cease-fire in the region as "an important step forward."The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily Arab News - Aug 14 4:10 PM
Now we Israelis are entering a most crucial period, a forking of destinies, when our actions or inactions are liable to determine our future and that of our children for many years to come.Lebanon- Israel ceasefire violated by Israel ArabicNews.com - Aug 14 5:05 PM
Israeli forces killed a combatant of Islamic Resistance, military wing of Hizbullah, in southern Lebanon today, violating the first clause of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which calls for stopping war and hostile actions.UK pressures Muslims to counter foreign policy allegations ArabicNews.com - Aug 14 5:14 PM
The British government is meeting Muslim leaders this week to counter accusations that the UK's foreign policy is fueling terrorism following the latest alleged plot to blow up trans-atlantic flights.Lebanon s absence clouds Asian Cup qualifiers The Star Online - Aug 14 4:40 PM
TOKYO: Crisis-hit Lebanon s enforced withdrawal from the Asian Cup qualifying competition has cast a dark cloud over tomorrow s matches across the region.MUMTAZER TURKONE Zaman Online - Aug 14 2:17 PM
Last year our Minister of Foreign Affairs made a serious speech at a meeting of Islamic countries foreign affairs ministers gathering in Tehran. In short, he said that they needed to come to their senses.- DAWN - Latest Stories; August 14, 2006 Dawn - 1 hour, 1 minute ago
Guns fall silent in south Lebanon BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) Guns fell silent across south Lebanon on Monday as a U.N.-brokered truce to end five weeks of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah went into effect, Lebanese security sources said.SAHIN ALPAY Zaman Online - Aug 14 2:16 PM
My column accusing US and Israel as the real axis of evil led some of my readers to raise the following questions: It is correct that the Israeli aggression and the support given to it by the US and others are indefensible from a moral point of view.CULTURE & SOCIETY Zaman Online - Aug 14 2:14 PM
The concert to be given by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on August 16 in Istanbul was canceled after sponsors withdrew support in response to conductor Daniel Barenboim s anti-Israeli comments.From 'fat little kid' to Israel's worst nightmare Knoxville News Sentinal - Aug 14 12:48 PM
To Israel and many in the West, he's public enemy No. 1, head of an organization that President Bush says is on "the A-team of terrorists," the man running what Israelis call a "state within a state" in Lebanon, and posing a constant threat to Israel.Quad-Citians rally for peace in the Mideast Quad-City Times - Aug 12 11:20 PM
Carrying signs with messages such as Honk for Peace, Justice and Peace for Palestine and End Israeli Occupation Now, about 40 demonstrators gathered Saturday afternoon to share their feelings about the war in the Middle East.Sharon's condition worsens, according to hospital Newsday - Aug 14 7:50 AM
Ariel Sharon's condition has greatly deteriorated, according to the hospital where the ailing former Israeli prime minister is being treated.Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect ABC News - Aug 13 11:18 PM
U.N.-Imposed Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect Designed to End Fighting Between Israel and HezbollahPlot shows rise of extremism in Europe AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 13 11:55 AM
Britain's struggle to contain Muslim extremism points up a chilling trend across Europe: the rise of radical Islam, and with it, a willingness among a small but dangerous minority of young people to answer the call to jihad.Commentary: Israel-firsters vs democracy builders Middle East Times - Aug 14 10:25 AM
-- With a ceasefire in Lebanon currently being debated at the UN Security Council, the time finally comes for the "Israel-firsters" within America's neoconservative movement to part ways with its so-called "Middle East democracy project."Feinstein: Necessary to Engage Syria, Iran to Ensure Cease-fire Works Foreign Relations - Aug 14 12:00 PM
Lee Feinstein, an expert on U.S. foreign policy and the United Nations, says the current cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel, while a "positive" development, is unlikely to last unless regional powers like Syria and Iran are brought into a dialogue on ways to maintain it.Mideast cease-fire fragile Dallas Morning News - Aug 14 2:46 AM
JERUSALEM The army says Israeli troops in south Lebanon opened fire in self defense early today on a group of armed Hezbollah fighters approaching in a threatening way, and hit one. The incident occurred about three hours after a U-N-brokered cease-fire took effect..In North, Israelis Doubt the Rockets Will End New York Times - Aug 13 10:58 AM
The people of Kiryat Shmona, Israel, were deeply pessimistic that the United Nations truce would bring them quiet.Teaching peace in the midst of yet another war The Times Record - Aug 14 11:14 AM
TEL AVIV When I agreed to return to Israel to teach this summer, as I have each summer since 2001, I never suspected I would have to pass through protective walls of sandbags on my way to class or to revise my class assignments because my students were spending their nights in air raid shelters ("miklot") without computer access.Muslim crowd rallies at the White House Coos Bay World Link - Aug 14 3:00 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of people gathered across from the White House on Saturday, even though the president was out of town, to condemn U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East.TVCC football season tickets to go on sale Athens Review Online - Aug 14 8:13 AM
Trinity Valley Community College football season tickets go on sale Wednesday. Season ticket holders from last year will have the first choice on seats.In shelters, Israelis 'not optimistic' International Herald Tribune - Aug 13 2:28 PM
KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel: Rockets whistling in from Lebanon have been a constant in Eli Ben-Abo's life for nearly four decades.Cease-fire takes effect in Israel, Lebanon The Buffalo News - Aug 14 6:01 AM
JERUSALEM - A U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect today designed to end a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas that killed more than 900 people, devastated much of southern Lebanon and forced hundreds of thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters.Blair plans to visit Israel and Palestine Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 11 5:35 PM
Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he plans to visit the Middle East soon to search for ways to address the continuing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.Can this be the last Arab-Israeli War? Payvand Iran News - Aug 14 8:56 AM
Of all the gruesome and tragic photos of the recent Israeli invasion of Lebanon, one clip remains in my mind; that of an injured boy lying on the ruin of what was his house, raising his hand showing a V sign to the camera. -Saeed Rahnema, CanadaHezbollah more revolutionary than terrorist The Daily Iberian - Aug 14 9:29 AM
I would like to review a lot of what Samir Irani said in his (or her) response to my evaluation of Hezbollah. In one paragraph, he or she says that Hezbollah has "financial backing from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria are responsible for the elimination of thousands of Lebanese Christians citizens."Southern Africa: Call for Integrated Approach to Address SADC Youth Challenges AllAfrica.com - Aug 14 10:07 AM
AN integrated and multi-sectoral approach is needed to address the social and economic challenges facing youths in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), the Deputy Minister of Youth Development and Employment Creation, Cde Savior Kasukuwere, has said.Fighting terror--We are still behind the curve Foreign Relations - Aug 14 9:16 AM
The detention in London of 24 terrorists who appear to have planned to blow up a number of airplanes over the Atlantic reminds us, if any reminder is needed, of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of Sept. 11, 2001. 9/11 remains the date that has come to signify modern terrorism in all of its terrible capacity to cause death and destruction. Five years may be too short a period for Dhaka hails UN truce resolution News From Bangladesh - Aug 14 11:23 AM