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About 180,000 Palestinian Muslims were able to
perform the prayers of the last Friday of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque in
occupied Jerusalem. If Israeli occupation soldiers did not prevent more
people, the number of worshippers could be double of that (Alayyam,
11/22/03). |
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A Hizbullah parade
in Beirut, commemorating Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
International Day, which is observed in the last
Friday of Ramadhan (Dar Alhayat, 11/22/03). |
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About 200,000
Britons demonstrated against President Bush
during the last day of his visit to Briain (Al
Anwar, 11/22/03). |
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U.S. soldiers inspect unexploded rockets while standing beside a
rocket launcher they found in Waziriyah district near the
Turkish and Italian embassies in Baghdad November 21, 2003.
Rockets slammed into the Iraqi oil ministry and two central
Baghdad hotels used by Western contractors and journalists,
wounding several people. Photo by Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters,
11/22/03). |
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Relatives and friends of the HSBC Bank blast victim Ahmet Dama
mourn over the Turkish flag-draped coffin during the funeral
ceremony in Istanbul November 21, 2003. Turkey was rocked on
Thursday by twin suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul which killed
27 people, injured more than 450. Photo by Reuters, 11/22/03). |
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| Iraqi
women sitting in front of their home while US soldiers searching (Alquds Alarabi, 11/22/03). |
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An Iraqi police center in Baqouba was attacked with a suicide
bomb yesterday. (Bab,
11/22/03). |
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Hizbullah leader, Hassan Nassrullah, during a parade
commemorating Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day. He threatened to hit deep
in Israel if the Israelis attacked Lebanon. (Alquds Alarabi, 11/22/03). |
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An Indian man sifts through the charred remains of his
shop in Parbhani town, 598 km (374 miles) east of Bombay,
November 22, 2003. Men riding a motorcycle threw two bombs
into a mosque in western India on Friday, wounding 35
people and triggering sporadic violence as angry crowds
set fire to shops and vehicles, police said.
REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto, 11/21/03). |
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Georgian riot police clash with protesters at the
presidential office in central Tbilisi, November 22, 2003.
Opposition supporters broke down the door of Georgia's
parliament building on Saturday and entered the chamber
where President Eduard Shevardnadze was giving a speech,
according to a live television broadcast. REUTERS/Gleb
Garanich, 11/22/03). |
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| A view
of the Holy Sanctuary of Makkah, last night. About three million
Muslims will participate here today, on Sunday, in the night
Isha prayers, in which the recitation of the Holy Qur'an will be
ended. Prayers included one chapter being recited everyday
during the Month of Ramadhan. (Al-Riyadh, 11/23/03). |
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| The
11-year-old Palestinian boy, Ibrahim Jalamna, who was killed by
Israeli occuaption forces in Jenin, yesterday, (PMC, Al-Qanat,
11/23/03). |
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| Members
of the International Solidarity Movement holding Palestinian
flags during a joint demonstration with Palestinians, protesting
the Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall, near the village of
Barta'a Ash Sharqiya, in the West Bank, on Saturday (Alquds,
11/23/03). |
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| A
member of the International Solidarity Movement holding a
Palestinian flag during a demonstration protesting the Israeli
Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall, near the village of Barta'a Ash
Sharqiya, in the West Bank, on Saturday (PMC, 11/23/03). |
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U.S. soldiers secure the area during an
investigation after two U.S. soldiers were killed in the Iraqi town of Mosul,
November 23, 2003. Attackers killed two U.S. soldiers as their car stood in
traffic in the city of Mosul, and a roadside bomb killed another soldier
north of Baghdad. (Photo by Reuters,
11/23/03). |
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| Iraqis
look at damaged cars outside a police station after a car bomb
attack in Baquba, some 37 miles northeast of Baghdad November
22, 2003. Suicide bombers blew up cars packed with explosives
outside two police stations north of Baghdad, killing at least
17 people in the latest deadly strikes on Iraq's U.S.-backed
police force. (Photo by Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters, 11/23/03). |
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Georgian opposition supporters dance outside the parliament
building in Tbilisi, early November 23, 2003. Georgian Defence
Minister David Tevzadze said on Sunday he had no orders from
President Eduard Shevardnadze to use force to suppress the
opposition's 'velvet revolution', but the army was ready to stop
a political crisis from escalating. Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters,
11/23/03). |
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Embattled Georgian President, Shivernadzeh, welcoming the
mediation of the Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov (Bab,
11/23/03). |
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| One of the four
donkeys used by Iraqis in their missile attacks against US
forces in Baghdad yesterday (Al-Anwar, 11/23/03). |
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| Two
Iraqis with anti-aircraft missiles, probably the same as used
against the German DHL plane over the Baghdad airport today (Al-Watan,
11/23/03). |
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Saudi cleric, Nasser Al-Fahad, appeared on Saudi TV, in an
interview in which he regretted his previous religious edicts,
fatawa. He said that attacking and killing civilians, whether
Muslims or non-Muslims, is prohibited by Islam. He also said
that clerics should not say anything that may be used by
extremists to justify their attacks that may result in killing
or injuring civilians. (Al-Watan, 11/23/03). |
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| A night
view of the Grand Mosque in Makkah where more than a million
faithful took part in Khatm Al-Qur’an prayers on Sunday night.
(Reuters, Arab News, 11/24/03). |
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| Funeral
of Ahmed Sarsour, who was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers
in Dair El-Balah, Gaza Strip, yesterday. (Assafir, 11/24/03). |
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| The
three Palestinian activists who were forcibly dislocated by
Israeli occupation government from the West Bank to Gaza Strip.
These were from left to right: Akram Mish kah, Ala Hassouna, and
Samer Badr. (Assafir,
11/24/03). |
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Iranians burning an Israeli flag during Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day,
on Friday (Assafir,
11/24/03). |
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| Iraqis
in Basrah demonstrating in support of Palestine, during Al-Quds
(Jerusalem) Day, on Friday (Assafir, 11/24/03). |
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Palestinians and Syrians demonstrating in
Damascus, during Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, on Friday (Assafir, 11/24/03). |
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| US
soldiers during operations against Taliban and Al-Qaeda, East
Afghanistan (Assafir, 11/24/03). |
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| US
soldiers surrounding the two US soldiers who were killed in
Mosul yesterday (Assafir, 11/24/03). |
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The new Georgian leaders, Mikhail Saakashvili, a 35-year-old
U.S.-trained lawyer (middle), Burdzhanadze, Speaker of
Parliament (left), and Zavania (right), Annahar,
11/24/03). |
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Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov meets with Georgian
President Eduard Shevardnadze in Tbilisi, November 23, 2003,
just before Shevardnadze's resignation (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters ,
11/24/03). |
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Georgians wave flags as they celebrate President Eduard
Shevardnadze's resignation in Tbilisi, November 23, 2003.
Shevardnadze announced on Sunday that he had quit, bowing to
opposition protesters who stormed parliament declaring a "velvet
revolution" and demanding his resignation. REUTERS/David
Mdzinarishvili, 11/23/03). |
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| Democratic
presidential candidate Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) delivers a
speech on the U.S. Economy at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
November 23, 2003. Gephardt is one of several candidates seeking
the Democratic nomination for the high office. REUTERS/John
Gress, 11/24/03). |
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Antarctica field training officer Paul Rogers of New Zealand
views a partial solar eclipse through a cloud layer from
pressure ridges in the sea ice near New Zealand's Scott Base in
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica on Monday. The partial solar eclipse
was visible from New Zealand and southern Australia. The total
eclipse, in which the moon completely blocks out the sun, was
visible only from the northern parts of Antarctica. – (Reuters,
Khaleej Times, 11/24/03). |
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