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21 years ago, Ariel Sharon
supervised the killing of about 3,000 Palestinians in
Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon (PMC,
9/16/03). |
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A view of the eye of
Hurricane Isabel is shown in this image taken from the
International Space Station on Monday. US East Coast
residents prepared on Monday for one of the most powerful
storms in recent memory as Hurricane Isabel whirled
through the Atlantic toward possible landfall on Thursday
in North Carolina. – (Reuters, Khaleej Times, 9/16/03). |
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A delegation of Italian
mayors came to Ramallah to express solidarity with
President Arafat. The visit is a damage-control effort
after the hostile position of Prime Minister Berlusconi,
who submitted to the Israeli will by refusing to meet with
Arafat earlier (Alhayat Aljadedah, 9/16/03). |
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Palestinians in tents
surrounding President Arafat's office to protect him from
the declared Israeli decision to assassinate him. One
wonders if there's anybody in the world willing to risk
his/her life for Sharon and his supporters? (Alquds,
9/16/03). |
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Ahmed Abu Latifa, a Ramallah
Palestinian teenager (11) killed by the Israeli
occupation forces which terrorize the Palestinian people
on daily basis.. (An
Nahar, 9/15/03) |
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The funeral of Ahmed Abu
Latifa (11) who was killed by the Israeli occupation
forces in Ramallah yesterday (Alquds Alarabi, 9/16/03). |
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Palestinians dancing in
solidarity with their President who is threatened by
Israeli assassination or exile (Alquds Alarabi, 9/16/03). |
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Iraqi girls fetching drinking
water from ponds and rivers with all the health hazards
involved (Alquds Alarabi, 9/16/03). |
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Chirac and Mubarak: The
solution to the Iraqi problem is political, not security.
(Al-Ahram, 9/16/03).
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Iranian Vice President, Ghulam
Reza Aghazadeh. (An Nahar, 9/16/03) |
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On the Riadh-Qassim road in
Saudi Arabia, a truck crashed into two other other trucks
one of them was a fuel tanker. The explosion and the fire
destroyed the three trucks and the area surrounding them.
One driver was killed (Al-Riyadh, 9/16/03). |
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Anxious relatives of the
inmates of Al-Hair Reformatory seek news of their loved
ones at a police checkpoint about a kilometer from the
prison. (AN photo by Fahd Shidayid, 9/16/03). |
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The Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff in Guinea- Pissau led a non-bloody coup and
became the new head of state in the country. (An Nahar,
9/16/03) |
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European Commerce Commissioner,
Pascal Lami, in a press conference in Cancun, where the Rich
and the Poor could not agree on conditions of world trade. (An
Nahar, 9/16/03) |
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Arabic television channel Al
Arabiya aired September 17, 2003 an audio tape it said was
from the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in which he
demanded the United States unconditionally withdraw its
forces from Iraq. (Photo by Al Arabiya TV/Reuters,
9/17/03). |
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President Arafat received the
leader of the Jewish group known as Natouri Karta, who
came to express his support to Arafat against the Sharon
assassination and exile threats. (PMC, 9/17/03). |
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Majed Abu Ghush, an Islamic
Jihad activist, who was assassinated by Israeli occupation
soldiers in Doura yesterday in an attempt to provoke a
Palestinian reaction to use it as a pretext for further
killing of Palestinians (An Nahar, 9/17/03). |
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Israeli occupation forces
blowing up a house in Doura, Hebron, as a collective
punishment to the whole family of a member of the
resistance. (Assafir, 9/17/03). |
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Sultan Hashem Ahmed, the
Iraqi Defense Minister (left), and Muhammed Al-Sahaf,
Information Minster (right). There are reports that Ahmed
is about to give himself up to the US forces if he is
treated respectfully. (Assafir, 9/17/03). |
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A US soldier arresting an
Iraqi in front of his wife and children in Tikrit
yesterday (An Nahar, 9/17/03). |
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A US soldier and an Iraqi
policeman arresting an Iraqi in Tikrit (Assafir, 9/17/03). |
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Former General Wesley Clark
announcing his intention to run for president as a
Democrat in the 2004 US elections. (Assafir, 9/17/03). |
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North Carolina Senator
John Edwards, one of the prominent Democrats running for
president. (An Nahar, 9/17/03).
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Japanese protesting the
arrival of a North Korean ship to Nigat, north of Japan. (Assafir,
9/17/03). |
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Muhammed Sa'id Al-Sahaf,
Iraqi Minister of Information during the war, talking to
Abu Dhabi TV about the war in his first interview, four
more interviews will be aired (An Nahar, 9/18/03). |
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President Arafat addressing a
Palestinian delegation: I'm ready to die as a Martyr.
(9/18/03). |
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Funeral of Fadi Abu Zunt (21)
who was murdered by Israeli occupation forces in Nablus
yesterday. (Assafir, 9/18/03). |
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Palestinian women
demonstrating against the Israeli decision to kill
President Arafat (Saudi Aljazirah, 9/18/03). |
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Syrian high school female
students wearin blue uniform, instead of the Kaki, which
the US and Israel objected to before!!! Still Washington
hawks say that Syria is not cooperating!!! . (An Nahar,
9/18/03). |
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Iraqis listening to the new
Saddam tape in Baghdad (An Nahar, 9/18/03). |
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Saddam's pictures still held
in the streets of Amman, Jordan (An Nahar, 9/18/03). |
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One of the US soldiers who
were wounded in Iraqi attacks in Taji yesterday (Assafir,
9/18/03). |
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Former General Wesley Clark,
in Kansas, announcing his intention to run for president as a
Democrat in the 2004 US elections. (Assafir, 9/18/03). |
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North Carolina Senator
John Edwards, one of the prominent Democrats running for
president. (An Nahar, 9/17/03).
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Spanish Prime Minister, Aznar,
was the first European official to visit Libya after
lifting the sanctions (Assafir, 9/18;03). |
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The new head of state of
Guinea-Bissau, Corea Sierra, who led the military coup few
days ago (Assafir, 9/18/03). |
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India's Vajpayee and Turkey's
Erdogan discussed sending troops to Iraq. (Assafir,
9/18/03). |
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