Palestine

November 10, 2002

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The United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) is planning to establish a Palestinian Fund for Employment and Social Protection. A donors meeting will be held next month to bring together b

November 9, 2002

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Palestinian groups are to meet over this weekend in Cairo to discuss ending attacks inside Israel, officials from Fatah said.

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Israeli troops killed Eyad Sawalhe, the commander of Islamic Jihad military wing in Jenin area, early Saturday morning. Three Israeli soldiers were li

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The UN Security Council Friday gave Iraq a seven-day ultimatum to agree to a powerfully enhanced weapons inspection regime, warning it of "serious con

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After being absent from the big screen for three years, film star Nabila Obeid returns to the big screen with a new inspirational story for her future film about the life of the late Princess Diana

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Israel’s Mercantile-Discount Bank has been accused of charging higher rates to Arabs than it does to Jews. An internal bank statement was recently leaked specifying a 2.5 percent interest rate on loan

November 8, 2002

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The Jordanian foreign minister has called on Palestinians to halt suicide bombing attacks during the upcoming Israeli election period.

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Isreali troops arrested early Friday 13 Palestinians throughout the West Bank. In Tulkarm, one Tanzim activist, was killed by Israeli fire. Soldiers s

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Several Hizbullah operatives met with representatives of Al Qaeda and other extremist Islamic groups in September in the area bordering Argentina, Bra

November 7, 2002

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Two Palestinians were killed and a third was seriously wounded during an attempted suicide bombing at the Jit junction near the West Bank city of Nabl

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The UN Security Council is preparing to vote on a US proposal to drastically toughen measures to disarm Iraq, with US President George W. Bush express

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will vanish from the world scene within a year, the former chief of Israel's secre

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Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein has received a congratulatory cable from Jordan’s King Abdullah II on the advent of Ramadan, the Iraqi news agency rep

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Several Palestinians were wounded Thursday during clashes with Israeli troops in the eastern neighborhoods of Nablus, including the Balata refugee cam

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A prominent reformist scholar in Iran has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting Islam's prophet and questioning the interpretation of Islam,