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Breaking News Tue, 6 Jan 2009
 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, shakes hand with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak    (js1)
Egypt   France   Gaza   Israel   Photos  
Egypt announces Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire plan
| Sharm Al Shaikh, Egypt: Egypt said on Tuesday it was proposing an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. | The move is  to be followed by talks on long-term arrangemen... (photo: AP / Amos Ben Gershom, HO)
Gulf News
 Arab legislator Azmi Bishara talks to journalists after the Israeli Supreme Court restored his candidacy for the upcoming Israeli elections Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003. The court overturned a decision two weeks ago by the Central Election Commission to disqua
Gaza   Hamas   Israel   Palestinian   Photos  
Israel's 'colonial tactics' decried
| Azmi Bishara, an Arab-Israeli analyst and former member of the Israeli parliament, has lashed out at the Israeli media campaign being run alongside its war on Gaza that criminalises the victims and ... (photo: (AP Photo/Oded Balilty))
Al Jazeera
Gaza death Gaza turns strip of death
| 7 Jan 2009, 0007 hrs IST, AGENCIES               Text: GAZA: Spurning appeals to halt the 10-day-old assault, Israeli troops battled Hamas fighters in ma... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Times Of India
Death   Gaza   Israel   Palestine   Photos  
**FILE** In this file photo dated May 18, 1989, then Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin talks during an exclusive interview with the Associated Press at the Ministry of Defense office, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli backers condemn priest's 'tasteless vandalism'
| An Israel support group has condemned a Catholic priest who splattered red paint over a memorial toformer Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. | Father Gerard Burns, the parish priest of Te Ngakau ... (photo: AP / Anat Givon, File) NZ Herald
Gaza   Israel   New Zealand   Photos   War  
Top Stories
In this Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, tens of thousands of North Koreans pump their fists in unison during a rally Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung plaza in a display of might and loyalty that underscored the regime's guiding "military first" principal amid tensions with rival South Korea. The banner means "Let's thoroughly achieve the tasks set out in this year's joint editorials," referring North Korea's three main state-run publications had issued a joint editorial on New Year' North Korea sees an opening
By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - As the United States focuses on the new Israeli war, and president-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office, North Korea is revving up its... (photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) Asia Times
Defence   N Korea   Photos   S Korea   US  
Palestinians inspect the destroyed Workers Union headquarters in Gaza Al-Qaeda sniffs opportunity in Gaza
| By Syed Saleem Shahzad | KARACHI - The ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza against Hamas, which has aroused the Arab street, although Egypt and Saudi Arabia support the a... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Asia Times
Al Qaida   Gaza   Israel   Photos   War  
 Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house belonging to a member of Hamas´ military wing which was destroyed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia,, October 27, 2006. WN ( NOUR AHMED ) NA1 Arab silence on Gaza is shameful
| The terrible carnage inflicted upon a starving people caged in the dark is too much to bear for anyone with eyes to see and a heart that beats. This unfolding crime aga... (photo: WN NOUR AHMED ) Gulf News
Arab   Fire   Gaza   Israel   Photos  
Palestinians sift though the rubble Israeli blogs back Gaza operation
| Israeli bloggers are in general agreement in backing the Israeli armed forces' offensive in the Gaza Strip, with most giving prominence to the continuing threat to Isra... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) BBC News
Gaza   Hamas   Israel   Photos   Politics  
A Palestinian mourner carries the body of a toddler during the funeral procession of 18 members of the Athamna family along the streets of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. Palestinians are burying dead women and children Thursday as Israel absorbs harsh condemnation after its artillery shells killed 18 members of the family Wednesday, the highest civilian death toll among Palestinians in six years of co Forty-two killed after Israeli shell hits UN school in Gaza
| Forty-two women and children were killed when an Israeli tank opened fire outside a UN-run school in the Gaza today, the third such attack in 24 hours. | Two tank shell... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) The Times
Death   Gaza   Israel   Photos   War  
Palestinian children hold placards during a protest against the sanctions imposed by Israel, in Beit Hanoun near Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. '40 killed at UN school' in Gaza
| Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians today at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost internati... (photo: AP / Adel Hana) The Independent
Gaza   Israel   Kill   Palestinan   Photos  
French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks at the India France Economic conference, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.Sarkozy said Friday that the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency and India appear to be within weeks of reaching an agreement on oversight of New Delhi's civilian nuclear program Sarkozy urges Syria to act on Gaza
| Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, has called on Syria to help convince Hamas to co-operate in international efforts to end the Israeli assault in the Gaza Strip duri... (photo: AP Photo / Manish swarup) Al Jazeera
Gaza   Photos   President   Sarkozy   Syria  
barack obama greets supporters at saint peter's college in jersey city A chance to draw a line with Bush
| Within weeks after taking the oath of office on Jan. 20, Barack Obama will have a chance to draw a line between the Bush administration's fast-and-loose treatment ... (photo: Creative Commons / graciepoo) International Herald Tribune
Administration   North America   Photos   Politics   President   Washington  
Next to an orange anti-disengagement flag, a Jewish settler prays at sunrise on the roof of an abandoned Palestinian house located on the edge of the Gush Katif bloc of Jewish settlements, in the southern Gaza Strip, near the Palestinian town of Khan Younis early Monday June 27, 2005. Under the disengagement plan, set to begin in mid-August, Israel plans to uproot all 8,500 Jewish settlers in Gaza, as well as about 500 residents of four small settlements in the West Bank. Settlers strongly oppose the plan, and Israeli officials fear that extremists among the pullout opponents could turn v Israel, Gaza and the quest for a broader regional peace
| With its ground incursion into Gaza, Israel has gambled that it can finally silence the Hamas rockets that have terrorized its people for years. We sympathize with that... (photo: AP / Shoham Hadad) International Herald Tribune
Conflict   Gaza   Israel   Mideast   Peace   Photos  
Civil Rights Iraq
$25 million claim by family of man killed by BART police
What's In A Name?
Danding asks court to junk gov't appeal on P840M CIDF ca
Vigil group 'loses patience'
Beleaguered Lower House Speaker Jose De Venecia gestures with both hands as he delivers a sharp criticism on Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government at the session of the Congress Monday Feb.4, 2008 at suburban Quezon city, north of Manila. The Congress resumed its session to vote on the fate of De Venecia as House Speaker. (js1)
Credibility problem
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Women banned at Iraqi shrine
New look could still be shackled to past practices
Shoes as tools of war and diplomacy
Tight security for Iraqi Shi'ite rite
An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of the holy Shiite shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Iraqi security forces have deployed thousands of troops in Baghdad and in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, just south of the capital, to safeguard against attacks during the Ashura ceremonie
Tight security for Iraqi Shi'ite rite
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Afghanistan Middle East
Obama More Aggressive On Terror, Official Says
Defence names eighth Australian to die in Afghanistan as Gre
Afghan family rip out five-month foetus: governor
Give support not troops says Zardari
Palestinians inspect the destroyed Workers Union headquarters in Gaza
Al-Qaeda sniffs opportunity in Gaza
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Israel offers Gaza aid corridor
Nadal, Federer easily advance at Qatar Open
Donald Macintyre: So what will it take for Israel to stop fi
Qaida deputy urges Muslims to attack Israeli, Western target
 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, shakes hand with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak    (js1)
Egypt announces Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire plan
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