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Mohammed Malik Hasan, a cousin of the Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Mohammed Malik Hasan, a cousin of the Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, walks into his living room of his house in the West Bank city of Ramallah, late Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Mohammed Malik Hasan, says his cousin, the man suspected of shooting fellow soldiers at a Texas military base had little contact with his Palestinian relatives in the West Bank but had told family there that he suffered discrimination in the U.S. Army because he is a Muslim. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

A handout picture released by the Hezbollah media office shows ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A handout picture released by the Hezbollah media office shows Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (R) meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (3rd R), MP Michel Aoun (C), leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Suleiman Franjieh (2nd R), Leader of Marada movement, Minister of Communications Jubran Basil (2nd L), MP Ali Hassan Khalil (3rd L) and Hezbollah official Hussein al-Khalil (L) in Beirut November 6, 2009. Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said. Picture taken November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Handout

Hezbollah's political bureau chief Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed in ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Hezbollah's political bureau chief Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed in Damascus. Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts. Photo:Louai Beshara/AFP

A handout picture released by the Hezbollah media office shows ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:00 GMT

A soldier from the British Armed Forces stands at attention ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier from the British Armed Forces stands at attention after playing the bugle during a service of remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM ANNIVERSARY POLITICS MILITARY)

An officer from the British Armed Forces assists in the wreath-laying ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An officer from the British Armed Forces assists in the wreath-laying at a service of remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM ANNIVERSARY MILITARY POLITICS)

A piper (L) and a bugler from the British Armed Forces prepare ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A piper (L) and a bugler from the British Armed Forces prepare for the start of a service of remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM ANNIVERSARY POLITICS MILITARY)

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal speaks during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal speaks during a news conference after a meeting with the other Palestinian factions in Damascus October 24, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (L)and Ramadan Shallah, head of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (L)and Ramadan Shallah, head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, attend a rally to mark the 22nd anniversary of the foundation of the group at a Palestine refugee camp near Damascus November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled al Hariri (SYRIA ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

Ramadan Shallah, head of the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ramadan Shallah, head of the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, makes a speech during a rally to mark the 22nd anniversary of the foundation at a Palestine refugee camp near Damascus November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled al Hariri (SYRIA POLITICS)

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal attend a rally to mark the anniversary ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal attend a rally to mark the anniversary of the of the founding of militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, held at the Palestine refugee camp near Damascus, November 6,2009. REUTERS/Khaled al Hariri (SYRIA ANNIVERSARY POLITICS)

A Palestinian casts his vote at a polling station in the West ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian casts his vote at a polling station in the West Bank village of Hizmah during legislative elections in 2006. Israel kept mum on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office. Photo:Awad Awad/AFP

A Palestinian holds his national flag during a protest against ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian holds his national flag during a protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin on October 23. Israel kept mum on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office. Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' announcement that he would not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office. Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

A Palestinian woman, who has registered to perform the annual ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian woman, who has registered to perform the annual pilgrimage, waits in line to get a flu shot at a medical centre in al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Hamas said it is allowing Muslims to leave the Gaza Strip on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca after blocking them last year because of a Palestinian political dispute. Photo:Mahmud Hams/AFP

Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes in December, 2008. The UN General Assembly enjoined Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago, a move which the Jewish state said would hurt the quest for Middle East peace. Photo:Said Khatib/AFP

A Palestinian stands on the rubble of the bombed headquarters ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian stands on the rubble of the bombed headquarters of the National Guard in Gaza City. The UN General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved an Arab-sponsored resolution calling on Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is pictured in this 2007 ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is pictured in this 2007 file photo. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas heads a meeting ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas heads a meeting of the Fatah party's executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas has been a 'true partner' of the United States, the White House said Thursday, after the Palestinian president announced he would not seek re-election in January. Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answers a question during ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answers a question during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. Clinton appeared to accept Thursday Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas's decision to step down in January at face value, saying she hoped to work with him in 'any new capacity.' Photo:Win Mcnamee/AFP

An Israeli settler raises an Israeli flag over a makeshift structure ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli settler raises an Israeli flag over a makeshift structure on the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria, north of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, in July 2009. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts. Photo:David Furst/AFP

Palestinian authority security forces rest during a training ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian authority security forces rest during a training session in the West Bank town of Jenin in February 2009. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts. Photo:Saif Dahlah/AFP

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas chairs a meeting in the West ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas chairs a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas told the Palestine Liberation Organisation that he will not seek re-election in January, according to senior PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo. Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 10 relatives killed ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 10 relatives killed during the 22-day conflict in the Gaza Strip. The UN is set to throw its weight behind Arab calls for Israel and the Palestinians to probe alleged war crimes in Gaza, despite fierce opposition from the Jewish state. Photo:Mahmud Hams/AFP

Israeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying 'hundreds ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying 'hundreds of tonnes' of arms which officials said were being sent from Iran to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The haul from the Francop ship is among the largest ever seized by Israel, containing hundreds of ammunition crates packed into shipping containers, many hidden behind sacks of cement. Duration: 00:36 Photo:/AFP

Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said president Mahmud ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said president Mahmud Abbas, seen here in October 2009, will not seek re-election in January. Photo:Cris Bouroncle/AFP

Palestinian civilians flee during an Israeli strike on the Gaza ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian civilians flee during an Israeli strike on the Gaza strip town of Beit Lahia in January 2009. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support Wednesday for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

Palestinian women walk past a destroyed house in the Israeli-bombed ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian women walk past a destroyed house in the Israeli-bombed Jabalia neighbourhood in January 2009, during the three-week Gaza war. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support Wednesday for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

Israeli soldiers fire a mortar round towards the Gaza Strip ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers fire a mortar round towards the Gaza Strip from the Israeli side of the border, in January 2009. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support Wednesday for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

Palestinian labourers work on a new housing project at the Jewish ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian labourers work on a new housing project at the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank, September 2009. Middle East peace talks must include the disputed city of Jerusalem, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

An Israeli military ship cruises around the border with south ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli military ship cruises around the border with south Lebanon. The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying weapons 100 nautical miles off its coastline overnight, a military spokeswoman said Photo:Hrvoje Polan/AFP

The smoke trail of a rocket after it was launched by Palestinian ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - The smoke trail of a rocket after it was launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying weapons 100 nautical miles (185 kilometres) off its coastline overnight, a military spokeswoman said Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

An Israeli military vehicle patrols the border with Lebanon, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli military vehicle patrols the border with Lebanon, as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh in September 2009. Israeli naval commandos and warships have intercepted a ship 'apparently' carrying weapons from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in a raid dozens of miles off its coast, officials said. Photo:Ali Dia/AFP

Members of the Lebanese security forces inspect a rocket found ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Members of the Lebanese security forces inspect a rocket found set up and pointing towards Israel in a field near the southern Lebanese village of Naqura in 2008. Israeli naval commandos and warships have intercepted a ship 'apparently' carrying weapons from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in a raid dozens of miles off its coast, officials said Photo:/AFP

An Israeli artillery battery fires a smoke bomb into the Gaza ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli artillery battery fires a smoke bomb into the Gaza Strip in January. Israel has pressed its campaign against a UN report on the Gaza war that accused it of war crimes as the General Assembly prepared to vote on a non-binding resolution on the inquiry. Photo:Jack Guez/AFP

Israeli artillery flares illuminate the Palestinian town of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli artillery flares illuminate the Palestinian town of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, December 2008. Israel has pressed its campaign against a UN report on the Gaza war that accused it of war crimes as the General Assembly prepared to vote on a non-binding resolution on the inquiry. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

Posters of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with a phrase ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Posters of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with a phrase reading: 'Into the dustbin of history, traitor' along a street in Gaza City earlier this month. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said Palestinian elections should not be held without the participation of residents of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Photo:/AFP

Lebanese troops patrol the Lebanon-Israel border. Despite strong ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Lebanese troops patrol the Lebanon-Israel border. Despite strong Israeli opposition, the UN General Assembly was set Wednesday to ask Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible, independent probes of alleged war crimes committed during a conflict in Gaza. Photo:Mahmoud Zayat/AFP

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) poses at the 6th edition ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) poses at the 6th edition of the Forum for the Future in Marrakesh November 3, 2009. Clinton offered aid on Tuesday to boost ties with the Muslim world and urged Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries to move beyond recrimination in the search for peace. REUTERS/Jean Blondin

Israeli soldiers walk in the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, near ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers walk in the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on September 2009. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday the US demand for a halt in Israeli settlement expansion is clear and that she could have been clearer when speaking about it, days after stirring an Arab backlash over praising Israel's plan to ease settlement growth. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

Israeli settlers carry the belongings of a Palestinian family ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli settlers carry the belongings of a Palestinian family back into their house following an Israeli police order in the mostly Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Dozens of Israeli settlers took over the house on Tuesday armed with a court order secured after a protracted legal battle with a Palestinian family, witnesses and police said. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

Israeli security forces stand guard in front of a Palestinian ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli security forces stand guard in front of a Palestinian house in the mostly Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after Israeli settlers took control over the house accompanied with a private security company following an Israeli court order. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

A Palestinian boy plays with his brother inside a tent near ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian boy plays with his brother inside a tent near their house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Palestinians wash trays inside a tent near their house, which ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinians wash trays inside a tent near their house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A Palestinian boy sits outside a tent near his house, which ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian boy sits outside a tent near his house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY)

Palestinian children climb on a tent near their house, which ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian children climb on a tent near their house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA SOCIETY POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Palestinian boy swings on a jungle gym in a playground in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian boy swings on a jungle gym in a playground in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA SOCIETY)

Israeli sappers carry the remains of a rocket launched from ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli sappers carry the remains of a rocket launched from Gaza Strip which hit the costal Israeli city of Ashkelon in January. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has successfully test-fired a rocket capable of reaching Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli general warned on Tuesday. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

A Palestinian man walks past graffiti depicting rockets in the ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian man walks past graffiti depicting rockets in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on August 6. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has successfully test-fired a rocket capable of reaching Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli general warned on Tuesday. Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon poses for a picture ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon poses for a picture in Jerusalem, July 2. Ayalon urged Arab states on Tuesday to create a 10 billion dollar 'Marshall Plan' to boost the Palestinian economy and support Middle East peace talks. Photo:Daniel Bar-On/AFP