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Israelis Kill 16 Palestinians in an Unprovoked, Brutal, Open-Ended Military Campaign in Rafah

Twelve Russian Soldiers, Police, Killed in Chechnya

2 US Soldiers Killed in Al-Anbar, 8 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded in Karabala

Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice By Mark Glenn

Coalition in Iraq: Part of Problem, Not of Solution, Crispin Blunt

Conspiracy theories surround Berg By Linda S Heard

Palestine and Israel

Carnage in Rafah: 19 Citizens Killed, Scores Wounded and Hundreds of Homes to be Leveled

Iraq abuse brings attention on Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners

Rafah Turns Into Killing Field

US and Iraq

Victim awaits justice after Abu Ghraib horror

Berlusconi leaves for US to change Iraq policy

Better UN deal sought; US plans court-martial

Four Arrested Over Berg’s Beheading

Marines battle fighters, camera in hand

Sistani urges forces to leave holy cities

Iran

'IAEA unable to complete nuke probe by June'

Iranians Warn US Against Attacks on Iraq Holy Sites

US

‘US Troops Given Permission to Mistreat Afghan Prisoners’

US Still Rights Beacon, Says State Department

Arab League

Lebanon Foils Israeli Plot Against Hezbollah: Paper

Democracy Incomplete Without Women, Says Kuwait PM

Egypt fires warning shot at Muslim Brotherhood after muscle-flexing

Gov't says Darfur now stable

Suspected leader of hostage takers arrested

Tunis makes quiet preparations for second shot at hosting summit

World

Official Killed, 4 Injured in Attack on Philippine Island

Pakistan Hunting Woman Trainer of Suicide Bombers

Sonia Stuns Supporters

News, May 18, 2004

Palestine and Israel

Israelis Kill 13 Palestinians in an Unprovoked, Brutal, Open-Ended Military Campaign in Rafah

Israelis Kill 16 Palestinians in an Unprovoked, Brutal, Open-Ended Military Campaign in Rafah

Israeli Tanks Surround Rafah

Amnesty Tells Israel to Stop Destroying Palestinian Homes

Six Palestinians Killed by IOF, Warplanes Raid Gaza Apartments ... More Palestine News

US and Iraq

2 US Soldiers Killed in Al-Anbar, 8 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded in Karabala

Car Bomb Kills Iraqi Leader

EU to condemn abuse as scandal grows

Turnaround in US Support Will Be Catastrophic, Zibari Warns

Arab League

Most Arab Heads of State to Stay off Meet

Muslim Brotherhood vows to press on despite police roundup

World

Twelve Russian Soldiers, Police, Killed in Chechnya

India's Gandhi Walks Away from PM Job

Expelled Imam Allowed Back Into France

No order from Khamenei to reexamine Aghajari death sentence — judiciary

Pakistan, India to Hold Nuclear Talks

 

Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice By Mark Glenn

Rafah Roughed Up and Readied for Sacrifice By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Coalition in Iraq: Part of Problem, Not of Solution, Crispin Blunt

Conspiracy theories surround Berg By Linda S Heard

Opinion, May 18, 2004

Letters to the Editor, May 18, 2004

Rumsfeld says he no longer reads newspapers? So, what else is "news"? By Lorin Arnold Hemmila

Abu Ghraib and the Many Faces of America By Yamin Zakaria

Who dun it? The mysterious case of Nicholas Berg By Jane Stillwater

Arab American Voters Need Not Despair By James J. Zogby

Senator Kerry, Please Speak Up Against Israeli War Crimes and Murder of Palestinian Children By Selma Hermez

A Bestial Competition With No End in Sight, Linda S. Heard

Abu Ghraib Abuses: An Apology and a Promise, Maggie Mitchell Salem

America must join the ICC, Tom Goeller

Industry of hatred, Hassan A. Barari

They Know and Still They Lie, M. Salahuddin

Opinion, May 17, 2004

Busharon: The Countdown By Uri Avnery

Tami Silicio: Erupts with Fragrance By Mumtaz Hamid Rao

Sex, Lies, and Videotapes By John Chuckman

People and Government By Nelson Campbell

They Are Shelling Gaza By Genevieve Cora Fraser

India Votes: Pakistan-India Normalization To Stay on Track  By Nasim Zehra

A Call to the Conscience of the World, Essa bin Mohammed Al-Zedjali

Shoot journalists, drive the point home, Norman Solomon

Gaza Pullout, Arab News

Opinion, May 16, 2004

Dozers of Mass Destruction Massive Demolition of Palestinian Homes in Gaza By Jeff Halper

To leave or not to leave, Musa Keilani

Hate at the core of prisoner abuse, John Janney

Fighting abuse, Walid M. Sadi

Iraq, Palestine — main subjects tackled in Arabic press, Thamer Abu Baker

The oil price, Gwynne Dyer

Successful reform is homegrown, Jordan Times

Overheating Economy, Arab News

Opinion, May 15, 2004

Letters to the Editor, May 15, 2004

56 Years of Injustice: The Road to Palestine By Musa Al-Hindi

Killer Israel Suffocates Palestine By Genevieve Cora Fraser

After the Catastrophe (Nakba) By Muhammad Jaradat

Abuse, Beheading, and the Horrid logic of War - a plea for pacifism By Pär Sundling

Betraying humanity with lies upon lies By Abid Ullah Jan

Iraq: Open Detention Centers For Inspection By S M Mohamed Idris

Let's not get side-tracked in Iraq: The Focus Should Stay on Reversing the Occupation By Haroon Buksh

US and Iraq: Power, Justice and the Human Rights discussion By Steve Moyer

The End of Time Arguments Spread Fear  By Maria Hussain

Living Up to the Billing Arab News

New Study Highlights Bush War Rationale By Michael Saba

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back By Nasim Zehra

When Mouths Fail to Quiver By Tariq A. Al-Maeena

Opinion, May 14, 2004

Letters to the Editor, May 14, 2004

The Abu Ghraib photos are not a scandal, It's a Psychological Warfare Operation, Israeli Style By David Little

Palestinian Peacemaker Dr. Hanan Ashrawi Comes to Boston to Build Peace in the Middle East on Humanitarian Grounds By Genevieve Cora Fraser

 
 
   
A wounded Palestinian civilian is carried to a hospital after an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip May 18,2004. At least,  16 Palestinians were killed in the first day of an Unprovoked, Brutal, Open-Ended Military Campaign in Rafah (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters , 5/18/04).
   
 A Palestinian woman holds a baby in the rubble of her house after it was hit by a missile from an Israeli helicopter, at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, May 18, 2004. Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinians Tuesday in the biggest raid on the Gaza Strip for years as tanks and infantry thrust into the refugee camp town despite an international outcry. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters , 5/18/04).
Israeli occupation soldiers preparing for their brutal open-ended war campaign on the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah yesterday  (An-Nahar, 5/18/04).
   
US soldiers standing near the entrance where a suicide car bomb exploded, killing the President of the Iraq Governing Council and several other people (Assafir, 5/18/04)
   
US soldiers carrying the body of one of the people who were killed in yesterday's suicide car bomb that also killed the President of the Governing Council (Annahar, 5/18/04).
   
Iran Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, and Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Iran and Russia are permanent partners, Putin said (Annahar, 5/18/04).
   
One of the Chechen rebel leaders, Shamil Basayiv, announced his responsibility for the assassination of the Russian-backed Chechen Presiden, Kadirov (Annahar, 5/18/04).
   
Two Russian hostages were released in Baghdad yesterday after they had been kidnapped on May 10. (Annahar, 5/18/04).
 

 

Indian prime minister-elect Sonia Gandhi speaks to the media after meeting with Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi May 18, 2004. Italian-born Gandhi is trying to back out of becoming India's next prime minister in a bid to end debate over her foreign birth and bring more allies into the new government, a senior party source said on Tuesday. (Photo by Kamal Kishore/Reuters  5/18/04).
     
     

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- George Bush addressing AIPAC: Israel has the right to defend itself

(I can't understand the uproar about this peaceful Israeli bulldozer defending itself against Rafah refugee camp homes).

(Khalil Abu Arafeh, 5/19/04).

Oil prices news dominate news about war, terrorism, WMD ...etc

(Hassan Bleibel, 5/19/04).

 

 

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