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45 Pakistanis were killed and
150 were injured in an
explosion lie in a hospital bed in Gilgit on Sunday. The
explosion occured in a dynamite store of a construction
company. (Reuters, An Nahar, 8/4/03) |
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An Israeli settler guarding
Israeli bulldozers working on the Land-Grab Fence in the
West Bank (Al-Khaleej, 8/4/03). |
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Palestinian demonstrations
continued demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners
from Israeli prisons and detention camps. (Al-Quds Al-Arabi,
8/4/03). |
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Palestinian boys flash the
victory sign during a rally in support of President Yasser Arafat in
Khan Yunis on Sunday. (AFP, Arab News, 8/4/03) |
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to Britain, Turki Al-Faisal, expressed doubts about any
links between Iraq and Alqaeda or Iraq's possession of
weapons of mass destruction (Alquds Alarabi, 8/4/03). |
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US soldiers examining a car
which was destroyed in an explosion on the Baghdad airport
road. (An Nahar, 8/4/03).
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An Iraqi child looking at an
abandoned Iraqi land-air missile in Al-Habaniya area in
Baghdad. (An Nahar, 8/4/03). |
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President Bashar Al-Assad
talked with the Arab League Secretary-General about
reforming the League, in Damascus yesterday. (An Nahar,
8/4/03). |
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President Arafat in his
besieged headquarters in Ramallah yesterday. He announced
that Israelis have to release all prisoners and withdraw
from all Palestinian areas, according to the Road Map. By
not doing so, they have made a mockery out of the US peace
initiative. (An Nahar, 8/5/03) |
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Palestinian women holding
pictures of their relatives taken as prisoners by Israel.
Palestinians hold daily protests against Israeli reluctance
to release prisoners. (An Nahar, 8/5/03). |
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A Palestinian boy holds a
portrait of his father who is being held in an Israeli jail
during a protest on Monday demanding the release of
Palestinian prisoners in Gaza City (photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters,
Jordan Times, 8/5/03). |
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Two Palestinian boys watching
Israeli bulldozers building the wall on their lands. (Alquds
Alarabi, 8/5/03). |
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Iraqis attacked an Iraqi police
car after two Iraqi civilians were killed in Khalidiya
following an attack on US soldiers. Eyewitnesses said that
Iraqi policemen were the ones who killed Iraqi civilians. (Alquds
Alarabi, 8/5/03). |
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Iraqis also attacked the police
station in Al-Khalidiya, following the killing of two
Iraqis. Five US soldiers and an Iraqi translator were
injured in an earlier attack on their tank in the area. (Alquds
Alarabi, 8/5/03). |
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A US soldier stopping a car in
Baghdad. (Assafir, 8/5/03). |
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US soldiers in Al-Khalidya,
Iraq, yesterday (Teshreen, 8/4/03). |
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Siko Kouna, the leader of the
Liberian main rebel group, LORD, announcing that his forces
will leave the capital, Monrovia, when President Taylor
leaves it. (Al-Quds Al-Arabi,
8/4/03). |
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Nigerian forces landing on
Monrovia airport as a first step towards ending the civil war
in Liberia. (An Nahar, 8/5/03) |
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Iranian President, Muhammed
Khatami, assuring the UN representative in Afghanistan, Al-Akhdar
Al-Ibrahimi, that Iran won't interfere in the Afghani
affairs. (An Nahar, 8/5/03).
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Palestinian women and children
demonstrating in Hebron for the release of Palestinian
prisoners and detainees from Israeli prisons (An Nahar,
8/6/03). |
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Israeli occupation
soldiers beating and arresting peace activists from the
International Solidarity Movement (Al-Ayyam Aljadedah,
8/6/03). |
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A group of detained
international and Israeli peace activists behind bars for
protesting the building of the Land-Grab Fence in the
occupied Palestinian territories (An Nahar, 8/6/03). |
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Japan's Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi (R) talks with Harav Yisrael Meir Lau (L),
former Israeli chief rabbi, and Sheik Tatal Sider (2L),
religious adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in
front of the Peace Memorial Museum for the A-bomb victims in
Hiroshima following the anniversary ceremony of the world's
first atomic bomb attack. Lau and Sider are in Japan for a
religious symposium on peace for Middle East. (Reuters,
Khaleej Times, 8/6/03).
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Dr. Jawad Al Ali (R) and Dr.
Janan Gha Hasan who both came from Iraq on invitation from a
Japanese NGO group attend the 58th anniversary of the
world's first atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Park in Hiroshima, western Japan on Wednesday.( AP, Khaleej
Times, 8/6/03).
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Russian Presiden, Vladimir
Putin and Malaysian King, Putra Jamal, followed by Prime
Minister, Mahatir Muhammed, in the Malaysian Parliament (An
Nahar, 8/6/03). |
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Salamat Hashem (68), leader of
the Moro Liberation Movement, died on July 13 but his death
was announced only yesterday after electing a new leader (An
Nahar, 8/6/03). |
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A car bomb exploded at the
entrance of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta killing 14 and
injuring over 100 peoaple. (An Nahar, 8/6/03) |
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A view of the entrance of the
Marriott Hotel after the explosion, on Tuesday. (An Nahar,
8/6/03). |
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Arab League Secretary- General,
Amr Moussa:(right): No Arab forces to Iraq (Assafir,
8/6/03). |
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One of the US soldiers who were
wounded in an Iraqi attack on the Fallouja police station
yesterday (An Nahar, 8/6/03). |
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A car destroyed during an Iraqi
attack on the Fallouja police station (Alquds Alarabi,
8/6/03). |
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A number of Iraqi youngmen
sitting near a wall with a slogan written on it that says:
"Saddam, the hero of the heroes." (Alquds Alarabi,
8/6/03). |
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A bulldozer making a sand
barrier to prevent the spreading of fire in a Portuguese
forest (An Nahar, 8/6/03). |
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Parisians in a public fountain,
resisting the unusual heat wave of this year. (An Nahar,
8/6/03). |
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