August 2005 News Links

August 31, 2005

Palestine and Israel

US Mum on Expansion of Israeli Colonies, Pressures PNA, Qurei: Temporary Palestinian State Is Absolutely Not Accepted

Abbas Meets Solana, Stresses Need to Freeze Israeli Settlement Activities

Omar Sulaiman Vows to Continue Working to End the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories

Palestinian Security Commander Jamal Kayed: Israel Hands over the Evacuated Settlements Gradually

Qurei: We Refuse Government Limited Only to Gaza

Civilian Wounded in Tulakrem as Israeli Forces Tear House Down in Qalqilya

Gaza fishermen dream of freedom on high seas after Israel's withdrawal

US and Iraq

Up to 1,000 Iraqis Killed in Stampede, Most Women and Children, War Costs US $6.5 Billion a Month, One US Soldier Killed, Three Wounded

56 Iraqis Killed in US Air Strikes, 5 Policemen Killed, Sunni-Shi'i Alliance to Defeat the New Constitution

Straw Admits Approving Letter Warning of Iraq War’s Fueling Extremism

Hurricane Katrina kills over 80, causes billions in damage

Crude Oil Price Reaches $70 Per Barrel in the NY Stock Exchange

US Muslims Feel Sidelined in "Terrorism" Fight

Pennsylvania Arab Americans Maintain Political Profile in 2005 Local, State Races

Arab League

Sudan to Seek Final Darfur Deal at Abuja

Top Lebanese Generals Held in Relation to Al-Hariri's Assassination

India and Pakistan

India, Pakistan Agree Deal to Free Prisoners

Afghanistan

Afghan Drug Wars Biggest Threat, US General Says

World

Crude Oil Price Reaches $70 Per Barrel in the NY Stock Exchange

Bangladesh Court Declares Past Army Takeovers Illegal

Indonesia Amnesties Aceh Rebels

Straw Admits Approving Letter Warning of Iraq War’s Fueling Extremism

August 30, 2005

Palestine and Israel

US Mum on Expansion of Israeli Colonies, Pressures PNA, Qurei: Temporary Palestinian State Is Absolutely Not Accepted

Israel Approves Gaza-Egypt Border Deal with Egypt

Sonnoqrot: Israeli Security Ruses Over Border Crossings Unjustifiable

Two Civilians Die in Mysterious Explosion as Israeli Forces Disrupt West Bank Traffic

US and Iraq

56 Iraqis Killed in US Air Strikes, 5 Policemen Killed, Sunni-Shi'i Alliance to Defeat the New Constitution

36 Sunnis Executed by Police in Baghdad, 15 Security Officers Executed Near Fallujah

Hurricane Katrina kills over 80, causes billions in damage

Crude Oil Price Reaches $70 Per Barrel in the NY Stock Exchange

US Army Haliburton Whistle-Blower, Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, Demoted

FBI Urged to Probe Racist Attack in Missouri, Local authorities asked to reclassify assault as hate crime

World

Crude Oil Price Reaches $70 Per Barrel in the NY Stock Exchange

August 29, 2005

Palestine and Israel

PNA Slams Beersheba Bombing, Says Violence Breeds Violence, Palestinian Warnings Against Israeli Military Escalation Vindicated

Qurei: PNA Rejects Ceding Jerusalem and West Bank for a 'Gaza State', Israel Moves Swiftly to Capitalize on Pullout and Bush's Statements

Israeli Plans Wrecking Chances of a Palestinian State, Qorei Says

Abbas Links Blast to Israeli Raid

Sharon's Son Indicted in Graft Case

Israeli Occupation Forces Assaults Citizens, Arrests Others and Tears Apart IDs In The West Bank Cities

Israel Confiscated 13,350 Dunams of Palestinian Lands in the West Bank in 2005

Abbas Calls on Israel to Halt Construction of Settlement and Wall

Qure: A Sovereign and Independent Palestinian State is Inevitable

US and Iraq

Iraq Charter Fails to Win Sunni Nod

Tareq Aziz Has Grown Old, Lost Weight, Says Daughter

Blair Was Warned Iraq War Would Fuel Extremism

Afghanistan

Taleban Gun Down Election Candidate

Iran

Iran's Judges to Carry Guns After Spate of Attacks

Arab League

Egypt Frees No. 2 in Muslim Brotherhood

Foreign Workers Stage Strike in Qatar

World

India-Afghanistan Ties Enter New Era

August 28, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Instead of Pressuring Israelis to Stop Illegal Settlement Activities, Bush Calls on Palestinians to Rein In Armed Activists

President Abbas: Israel Must Continue Withdrawing from West Bank Settlements

40 Wounded, 6 Arrested in a Peaceful Anti -Wall Protest in Bil'een

One-Third of Palestinians are Jobless as the Wall Exacerbates the Economic Crisis, UNCTAD Report

Abu Zaydeh: IPS Isolating Jerusalem Prisoner from the Rest of Palestinian Prisoners

Al-Tamimi Calls for Saving the Holy Jerusalem from Judiazing

Lord Levy: UK Opposes Israeli Settlement Activities, 12,000 Newcomers Increase Population of Illegal Israeli Settlers in Occupied West Bank to 246,000

US and Iraq

Sunni Iraqis and Shi'i Al-Sadr Reject Federalism, 13 Killed in Attacks, 20 Killed in Sunni in-Fighting, US military Frees 1,000 Iraqis Detainees, Resistance Expected to Rise

Trail of Death, Destruction Grips Iraqi Town

Abu Ghraib general's new memoir portrays dysfunctional US troop

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Condemns ‘Lenient’ US Verdicts in Prison Abuse Trials

Iran

Drone crashes in Iran

Report Raps CIA for Failures Before September 11

Arab League

Egypt Sets Terms for Signing CTBT, Demanding Israeli Compliance First

NGOs in Egypt Slam Pro-Mubarak Bias in Media Coverage

Sky watchers in Kuwait Wait to See Space Station Pass

World

UK's New Coalition Against Anti-Terror Measures

August 27, 2005

Palestine and Israel

President Abbas: Israel Must Continue Withdrawing from West Bank Settlements

40 Wounded, 6 Arrested in a Peaceful Anti -Wall Protest in Bil'een

One-Third of Palestinians are Jobless as the Wall Exacerbates the Economic Crisis, UNCTAD Report

Abu Zaydeh: IPS Isolating Jerusalem Prisoner from the Rest of Palestinian Prisoners

Al-Tamimi Calls for Saving the Holy Jerusalem from Judiazing

Lord Levy: UK Opposes Israeli Settlement Activities, 12,000 Newcomers Increase Population of Illegal Israeli Settlers in Occupied West Bank to 246,000

US and Iraq

Sunni Iraqis and Shi'i Al-Sadr Reject Federalism, 13 Killed in Attacks, 20 Killed in Sunni in-Fighting, US military Frees 1,000 Iraqis Detainees, Resistance Expected to Rise

Bush Presses Negotiators

Cindy Sheehan Planning Anti-War Bus Tour

Arab American News Focus, August 27, 2005

Arab League

Nour Blazes Anti-Mubarak Poll Campaign Trail

World

8 Killed as Malik Seeks Kashmir Conference

Turkey Sees No Imminent Deal on EU Talks Issue

August 26, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Undercover Death Squad Assassinates Five Palestinians in Tulkarem Refugee Camp

President Abbas Meets With Egyptian President In Cairo

Abed Rabbo Urges EU, Quartet, to Stop Ma'ale Adumim Expansion

Abu Safiyya: Israelis, Palestinians to Finalize Agreement on Crossings After Withdrawal

Several Palestinian Residents Arrested In Tobass and Qulqelia, Three Others Violently Beaten by Israeli Soldiers

USAID Transfers $50 Million to Palestinian National Authority

Israeli Undercover Death Squad Assassinates Five Palestinians in Tulkarem Refugee Camp

Palestinians Fear Gaza Health Crisis After Pullout

US and Iraq

Iraqi Leaders Fail to Meet on Charter

9 Killed in Fighting between followers of Shi'i leaders Al-Sadr and Al-Hakim across south of Iraq

15 Policemen Killed in Baghdad in Boldest Attack in Weeks

35 Iraqis Killed in Attacks, Sunnis Oppose Constitution, Kurds Approves it

Afghanistan

16 Taleban Killed in 2 Days of Fighting

Iran

Iran Questions EU-3 Role in Nuclear Negotiations

Can Hughes Repair US Image?

Arab League

Egypt Poll Fever Hits Candidates, Media, Not Voters

World

Ingush Premier Hurt in Attack

August 25, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Israel Demarcating Ma'ale Adumim 35 km Deep into West Bank, Bush Rules out Jumpstarting ‘Roadmap’ after Gaza Evacuation

Bush Calls Israelis and Palestinians to Trust Each Other and Return to Road Map

Abbas Meets the Egyptian President in Cairo, Solieman to Gaza Next Week

2,539 Palestinians Killed, 37,552 Houses Destroyed in Gaza Strip and Jenin, During the Intifada, PNIC Report

US and Iraq

15 Policemen Killed in Baghdad in Boldest Attack in Weeks

35 Iraqis Killed in Attacks, Sunnis Oppose Constitution, Kurds Approves it

Iran

Iran Vows 'Innovations' to Solve N-Row

US combat troops returning from Iraq face major health peril

Arab League

Egypt Poll Fever Hits Candidates, Media, Not Voters

World

Arroyo to Visit Saudi Arabia to Seek Special Oil Deal

Britain Unveils Grounds for Banning Some Muslim Preachers

Fascism Reaches Australia: Muslims Who Want Shariah Law Told to Leave Australia

Qadeer Gave Centrifuges to North Korea, Says Musharraf

August 24, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Occupation Government Confiscates Palestinian Area Larger than Gaza Strip (62,000 Dunums) to Expand Illegal Settlement of Ma'ale Adumim

President Abbas: Withdrawal of Israeli Occupation Credited to Martyrs, Prisoners and Wounded

Israeli Forces Prepare to Evacuate Northern West Bank Settlements

Vanunu: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal a Threat to Middle East

US and Iraq

3 US Soldiers, 24 Iraqis Killed on Monday, Kurdish Minister Survives Assassination

British Fascism Deepens: Britain's biggest Muslim group faces 'extremism' charges

Afghanistan

Afghan Cleric Survives Attack

Iran

NuclearTalks With Iran Canceled, France Says Agencies

US Evangelist Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Venezuela’s Chavez

US Radio Host Michael Graham Canned After Anti-Islam Rant

Arab League

Powerful Blast Rocks Beirut Suburb

Khartoum Urges UN to Assist Repatriations

World

Human Rights Objective Unfulfilled in Kashmir

August 22, 2005

Palestine and Israel

A Decree to Protect the Evacuated Lands from Misuse

Al-Kidwa: Israel Portrays Unilateral Plan as Painful Concession

Sha'th Discusses with Russian Envoy the Israeli Pullout from Gaza Strip

Evacuated Gaza Illegal Settlers Resettling in Jerusalem, Hebron NIS $20,000 Grant to Every Illegal Settler Who Settles in Jerusalem

Israeli Government to Vote on Withdrawing Remaining "Disengagement" Settlements

Israeli Illegal Settlers Attack a French Delegation in Hebron

Settler Homes Torn Down

US and Iraq

US Army Planning for 4 More Years in Iraq

Iran

Ahmadinejad Lashes Out at West, Liberalism

Arab League

Qadhafi invites Bush to Libya

Kuwait Says No Border Dispute With Iraq

World

British Muslims Blast BBC Program

Poverty Will be Eradicated from India in 10 Years, Assures Manmohan Singh

August 21, 2005

Palestine and Israel

A Decree to Protect the Evacuated Lands from Misuse

Al-Kidwa: Israel Portrays Unilateral Plan as Painful Concession

Sha'th Discusses with Russian Envoy the Israeli Pullout from Gaza Strip

Evacuated Gaza Illegal Settlers Resettling in Jerusalem, Hebron NIS $20,000 Grant to Every Illegal Settler Who Settles in Jerusalem

Israeli Government to Vote on Withdrawing Remaining "Disengagement" Settlements

Israeli Illegal Settlers Attack a French Delegation in Hebron

US and Iraq

Kurds May Drop Secession Demand

Afghanistan

NATO Forces Patrol Afghan Villages

Iran

UN Agency Findings Support Iranian Claims on Uranium

Arab American News Focus, August 21, 2005

Arab League

Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Back Mubarak in Elections

World

Menezes Family Rejects $1m Blood Money

August 20, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Withdrawal Monumental Event in Mid-East Peace Process: President Abbas

Date for Upcoming Palestinian Parliamentary Vote Set: Abbas

British NGOs Endeavor to Compel Europe to Punish Israel

20 Palestinians Wounded and 10 Arrested in West Bank Peaceful Demonstrations

SIS Report Highlights 20th Week of Ceasefire Violations

‘Sacrifices Led to Pullout’

US and Iraq

Al-Qaeda Denies Responsibility of Al-Nahda Bombings, Sunni and Shi'i Arab Iraqis Agree on Unity of Iraq, 7 Iraqis Killed in Attacks

Afghanistan

NATO Forces Patrol Afghan Villages

Iran

UN Agency Findings Support Iranian Claims on Uranium

Arab American News Focus, August 21, 2005

Arab League

Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Back Mubarak in Elections

World

Menezes Family Rejects $1m Blood Money

August 19, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Four Palestinian Workers Killed, Three Injured By an Israeli Illegal Settler

Abbas, Sharon, US, and EU Condemn Israeli Terror Act’, Rice Sympathizes with Israeli Settlers, But Says: ‘It Cannot Be Gaza Only'

U.S.A., E.U. Condemn Terrorist Attack by the Illegal Israeli Settler

The National Committee to Follow Up Disengagement is Not a Substitute of the PNA: Lawmaker, Abu Amro

5 Citizens Arrested in Tulkarem, a House Destroyed in Gaza

Israeli Settlers in Gaza Throw Acid at Israeli Police

US and Iraq

Tariq Aziz Lawyer Says He Expects His Release Soon

Vigils Calling for End to Iraq War Begin in front of Bush's Ranch in Texas

Arab League

Blasts Near US Ship in Jordan, Rocket Hits Israel Resort

Al-Qaeda Chief in Saudi Arabia, Saleh Al-Oufi, Killed

Algerian President, Boutafliqa, unveils new reconciliation plan

2 Canadian Women Peacekeepers Injured in Sinai Attack

August 18, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Four Palestinian Workers Killed, Three Injured By an Israeli Illegal Settler

Abbas, Sharon, US, and EU Condemn Israeli Terror Act’, Rice Sympathizes with Israeli Settlers, But Says: ‘It Cannot Be Gaza Only'

U.S.A., E.U. Condemn Terrorist Attack by the Illegal Israeli Settler

The National Committee to Follow Up Disengagement is Not a Substitute of the PNA: Lawmaker, Abu Amro

5 Citizens Arrested in Tulkarem, a House Destroyed in Gaza

US and Iraq

5 US Soldiers, 63 Iraqis Killed on Wednesday

Iraqi Judge and Driver Killed, US Convoy Hit by Roadside Bomb

Iran

Iran warns EU over pressure; Russia opposes use of force

U.S.-Arab Economic Forum to explore challenges, opportunities in information communications technology

Arab American News Focus, August 18, 2005

Arab League

Annan accuses rebels of 'descent into lawlessness' in conflict-wracked Darfur

Presidential campaign opens quietly

August 16, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Go in Peace, Come Back as Tourists: Abbas to Israeli Settlers, January 21 Set for Palestinian Legislative Elections

Withdrawal is the Beginning of Liberating the Rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Abbas

A Horde of Israeli Illegal Settlers Attacked Al-Mawassi Area

US and Iraq

Japan Opposition Vows to Pull Troops from Iraq by December if Voted into Govt.

Italy Begins Iraq Withdrawal Early: Report

Iraqi Resistance Fighters Kill 3 Iraqi Soldiers

Afghanistan

28 Suspected Taliban Fighters Killed in Clashes With Afghan Forces

17 Spanish Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash

Taleban Kidnap Lebanese Engineer

Iran

Iran Vows Not to Give Up Legitimate N-Rights

Arab League

Sinai Blast Injures Two Canadian Peacekeepers

Yemeni Rebels Disrupt Start of Trial

Khartoum Lifts Curfew After Violence Subsides

World

Four Injured in Turkey Bomb Blast

August 15, 2005

Palestine and Israel

PNA Says It’s ‘Evacuation’, Not Liberation in Gaza, Israeli Illegal Settlers Move Major Anti-evacuation Battle from Gaza to Jerusalem

Interior Minister Instructs the Security Services to Act Swiftly to Release a Kidnapped Journalist

National Security Forces Deployed in the Vicinity of the Israeli Illegal Settlements

Israel Locks down Gaza Strip, North West Bank and Starts Implementing Disengagement Plan

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Bully a Student at Checkpoint to Death, Wound Four Children in Hebron

Israel Seeks to Cement Israeli Illegal Settlements in West Bank: Mofaz

US and Iraq

Italy Begins Iraq Withdrawal Early: Report

Iraqi Resistance Fighters Kill 3 Iraqi Soldiers

August 14, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Palestinian Security Forces to Be Deployed Nearby Settlements

Abbas Ratifies the Amended Election Basic Law

We Have Several Plans to Improve the Evacuated Places: Qurei'

Israeli Occupation Beefed Up Troops, Limited Entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Israeli Occupation Troops Invade Tulkarem, Jenin, Arrest Two Residents

West Bank Village Ponders Life Free of the Israeli Occupation and Illegal Israeli Settlements

US and Iraq

Italy Begins Iraq Withdrawal Early: Report

Senior Iraqi Police Official and 1 Iraqi Translator for US Forces Killed, 1,841; Number of of US Soldiers Killed Since Beginning of War in Iraq

Afghanistan

Taleban Commander Captured and 4 Taleban Fighters Killed

Iran

Tehran Wants Open Talks With Europe

Ohio Mourns 3 More Victims of Iraq Attack

Arab League

Garang Copter Crash Probe Begins

August 13, 2005

Palestine and Israel

On Eve of Gaza Pullout, Sharon Launches West Bank Battle, Jerusalem Threatening Two-state Solution, Bracing for Confrontation Sunday

Sharon: "No Regret over Disengagement as it's the only Way not to Pull Back to 1967 Borders"

35 Peace Activists Arrested, Eight Wounded, in a Protest against Land Plunder by the Wall at Bil'een

First Celebration of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip starts at the Fishermen Seaport

Abbas to Palestinians: Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem

US and Iraq

Bush Says US Will Not Withdraw from Iraq Prematurely

15 Iraqis Killed Coming Out of a Ramadi Mosque, Italy hastens troop reduction in Iraq

Top Republican Lobbyist, Abramoff, Indicted on Fraud Charges

World

Bush Refuses to Rule Out Force Against Iran

Taleban Fighters Behead Four Alleged Spies in Southern Afghanistan

August 12, 2005

Palestine and Israel

On Eve of Gaza Pullout, Sharon Launches West Bank Battle, Jerusalem Threatening Two-state Solution, Bracing for Confrontation Sunday

Sharon: "No Regret over Disengagement as it's the only Way not to Pull Back to 1967 Borders"

35 Peace Activists Arrested, Eight Wounded, in a Protest against Land Plunder by the Wall at Bil'een

First Celebration of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip starts at the Fishermen Seaport

US and Iraq

Raghad Saddam Hussain Exchange Letters With the President of the Iraqi Special Tribunal

Ruins of lonely Mesopotamian city still stand after 2 millennia By Antonio Castaneda

White House Ignores File Request by 9/11 Panel

Arab League

Egypt Unveils the Final List of Presidential Candidates

Omar Bakri Detained in Lebanon

World

Turkey Arrests Syrian Plotting Attacks on Israelis

August 11, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Abbas Demands Rice to Press on Israel to get out from Rafah Border Crossing

Palestinian-Israeli Security Meetings to Co-ordinate Pending Pullout

Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Nablus, Tulkarem, and Qalqilia, Arresting Several Palestinians

US and Iraq

A Statement Issued by President Saddam Hussain's Family Regarding his Legal Defense Team and Raghad's Visit to Libya

Arab American News Focus, August 11, 2005

Arab League

Kiir Vows to Uphold Garang Legacy

Mauritania's junta announces news gov't

World

Iran removes seals at key nuclear plant

Britain Signs Deportation Deal With Jordan

August 10, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Israel to Retain Full Security Control of Northern West Bank, Gaza Would Be Similar to Area A, West Bank to Area B, Says Israeli Diplomat

Palestinian Elderly Dies at a Closed Israeli Occupation Roadblock, Crossing and Checkpoints Closure Timetable during Pullout Set

Abbas Meeting with Hamas Leaders 'Positive'

Israeli Occupation Forces Use Bil'een's Anti-Wall Protest a 'Test field' for New Weapons

US and Iraq

6 US Soldiers, 13 Iraqis Killed Wednesday, Aziz Not to Testify Against Saddam

30 Killed in Iraq

Gitmo Detainee Appeals to Supreme Court

Arab League

‘Sudan Needs Foreign Help to Save Deal’

Diplomats give cautious support to junta

World

Iran Offers New N-Proposal as IAEA Meets

Britain Mulls Cleric’s Return

UK Ban Widens Appeal: Hizb-ut Tahrir

August 9, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Abbas: Israeli Pullout in 15 August , Lasts 5 Weeks , Elections in Next January

Israel Decides to Keep Gaza Sealed off after Pullout, PNA: Israel Will Remain 'the Occupying Power' after Withdrawal

Palestinian Resistance Organizations See the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza as an Outcome of the Intifada

Abbas Pledges Palestinian Legislative Elections in January, President to Ratify Amendments to Basic and Elections Laws Soon

A Palestinian Youth Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces, several wounded in Tulkarem

US and Iraq

19 Iraqis Killed Tuesday, Including 10 Policemen and 4 Soldiers, Resistance Gunmen Re-Install Former Baghdad Governor

US, Iraqi officials preventing trucks from returning to Syria

Saddam's Family Sacks Foreign Defense Team

Arab League

Abdullah Pardons Saudi Reformists Al-Hamid, Al-Faleh, Al-Damini, Saeed ibn Zaeer and Libyan Assassination Plotters

10 to Contest Egypt's Election

I'll Be Back, Vows Ousted Mauritanian Leader

World

Iran Resumes Nuclear Work

August 8, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Four Killed and 33 Wounded During 25th Week of Ceasefire, PNIC

Dahlan: Israeli Pullout from the Strip is not an End to the Occupation

Sharon Appoints Olmert Acting Finance Minister, in Place of Resigned Netanyhu

Abdul Rahman Awadallah: Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza Test and Opportunity, Palestinian People's Party Defends Alliance with Fatah, Criticizes Corruption

August 7, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Thousands of Palestinians Renew Pledge to Defend Al Aqsa Mosque

President Abbas Meets Maj. Gen. Buheiri and US Security Coordinator Ward

Palestinian Killed and Three Wounded by Israeli occupation forces

Palestinian Paper on the PNA's Position towards the Israeli Uncoordinated Pullout

Sinnokrot Explains the Economy Ministry Plans During and After Israeli Pullout

US and Iraq

2 US Soldiers, 10 Iraqi Soldiers, 3 Oil Officials Killed, Only 20,000 US Soldiers in Iraq in 2006

World

Britain's Ex-Foreign Secretary Robin Cook Dies

August 6, 2005

Palestine and Israel

PNA is Capable of Governing Gaza after the Israeli Pullout: Abbas

Palesitinian-Israeli Coexistence Targeted by Israeli Terror, Palestinian President Calls on Israel to Disarm ‘Settlers' Gangs’

Four Victims of Fanatic Israeli Settlers' Shooting laid to a final Rest in Shafa-Amr

Israeli Occupation Forces Go Berserk on Occupied Palestinian Territories

US and Iraq

8 Iraqis Killed in Baghdad, 3 Killed in Haditha, British soldier wounded in Basra

Arab League

Mauritanian New Regime Bloodless, Supported By Opposition, Condemned by Israel, Britain, AU

World

Blair Announces Sweeping New Measures to Combat 'Terrorism'

August 5, 2005

Opinion

The Sean Hewitt Testimony of How Powerful People Have Been Making Fortunes in Crude Oil Trading By Hassan El-Najjar

Arab states and leaders are both losing legitimacy By Rami G. Khouri

Palestine and Israel

PNA is Capable of Governing Gaza after the Israeli Pullout: Abbas

Palesitinian-Israeli Coexistence Targeted by Israeli Terror, Palestinian President Calls on Israel to Disarm ‘Settlers' Gangs’

Four Victims of Fanatic Israeli Settlers' Shooting laid to a final Rest in Shafa-Amr

Israeli Occupation Forces Go Berserk on Occupied Palestinian Territories

US and Iraq

US Soldier, 11 Iraqis Killed, Including Chalabi's Aid

Arab League

Mauritanian New Regime Bloodless, Supported By Opposition, Condemned by Israel, Britain, AU

World

Al Qaida's Zawahiri issues new warning to the US and UK to withdraw from Muslim lands

Britain Sold Israel Key Nuclear Ingredients, While Trying Now to Pressure Iran to Give Up its Nuclear Program

August 4, 2005

Palestine and Israel

Palestinian Statement of Position Demands International Pressure on Israel to Respect Sovereignty Over Gaza Strip

Continuous Palestinian-Israeli Meetings to Finalize Gaza Pullout Details

Palestinian Authority Stepping up and Screening Security, Urging Israeli Reciprocity, James Wolfensohn: Israelis, Palestinians Have Reached a 'Moment of Destiny'

US and Iraq

US Soldier, 11 Iraqis Killed, Including Chalabi's Aid

Arab League

Names of Mauritanian Military and Security Leaders Who Overthrew Pro-Israel President, Ma'aouya Taya

World

Al Qaida's Zawahiri issues new warning to the US and UK to withdraw from Muslim lands

August 3, 2005

Palestine and Israel

32 Children Killed By the Explosives Left By the Israeli Occupation: Official Report

A Makeshift Mortar Falls down in a Palestinian House, Killing a Child, Wounding Five

US Former Envoy Seas Gaza Pullout Glitches

US and Iraq

14 US Marines and 1 Iraqi Translator Killed in Haditha, 12 Iraqis and US Journalist Steven Vincent Killed in Other Attacks

Arab League

Mauritanian Military and Security Forces Overthrow Pro-Israel President, Ma'aouya Taya

August 2, 2005

Opinion

The Conflict Did Not Start on August 2, 1990 By Hassan El-Najjar

Palestine and Israel

An Israeli-Egyptian Principle Agreement over Philadelphia Route

Israeli Occupation Authorities Agree Entry of Security Forces Into Evacuated Areas before Pullout

Palestinian Killed and Five Others Wounded in Suspicious Explosion in Gaza Strip

PM Qurei Deliberates on Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza and West Bank

President Abbas Heads Executive Committee Meeting to Discuss Israeli Withdrawal

US and Iraq

Six US Marines Killed in Haditha, 5 Iraqis Killed in Baghdad and Baquba Car bombs, Saddam's lawyers boycott tribunal over courtroom scuffle

Arab League

King Fahd laid to rest

August 1, 2005

Opinion