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Israeli occupation soldiers watching Palestinians at Salem checkpoint, near Nablus. People are arrested just for coming to the checkpoint between Palestinian cities. In this case, people were prevented from passing from their village to Nablus or the opposite, as a collective punishment. (Assafir, 1/13/04).


View of a concrete security wall separating the West Bank village of Abu Dis from East Jerusalem January 13, 2004. Tearful Palestinians watched cranes lower huge concrete slabs into place at the edge of Arab East Jerusalem as the latest sections of a disputed Israeli barrier cut them off from the city. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters, 1/13/04)


The Sharon Land-Grab Wall is being built inside Palestinian lands and cities. This is separating Abu Dies from East Jerusalem (Al-Ayyam, 1/13/04).


Relative of the Iraqi policeman, Jassem Salem around his body in the Hospital. Salem was killed and several Iraqis were injured by US soldiers after a US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Ramadi yesterday. (Assafir, 1/13/04).


Former US Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neill, confirmed the argument of Democrats and the anti-war movement. The war on Iraq was planned before September 11 and had nothing to do with terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. (Assafir, 1/13/04).


Ruler of Qatar, Khalifah Al-Thani, receiving former US President, Bill Clinton in Doha yesterday. Clinton spoke to the US-Islamic Conference urging Muslims not to judge the US on basis of its relationship with Israel alone. (Assafir, 1/13/04).


Leaders of Algerian political parties and organizations met in Algiers yesterday in preparation for next elections. They called on President Boutafliqa to fire his Prime Minister, O'Yahya, as a guarantee for free elections. (Assafir, 1/13/04),.


A Palestinian woman showing her ID to an Israeli occupation soldier at a checkpoint in Hebron in order to allow her to pass. (Saudi Aljazirah, 1/13/04).


US soldiers arresting two Iraqi men in Ramadi yesterday. (Akhbar Al-Khaleej, 1/13/04).


Former Conservative Iranian member of parliament, Muhammed Farr, clashing with Reform members of Parliament, who were denied the opportunity to run for another term because of their opinions. (Assafir , 1/13/04).


A Palestinian man arrested by Israeli occupation soldiers at Salem checkpoint, near Nablus. People are arrested just for coming to the checkpoint between Palestinian cities. In this case, they are traveling between Nablus and their village. (Alquds, 1/13/04).


The Chinese Muslim Poet, Ahmed Jan Othman, has been living in Tartous, Syria, for the last 20 years. He's married to a Syrian woman, Norma, and they have two daughter. Yesterday, the Syrian government ordered him to leave Syria within four days, without giving him any reasons!!!. (Dar Alhayat, 1/13/04).


The Japanese robot, Atrio, weighs 5 tons and designed for civil defense tasks. Atrio can stretch itself to 345 meters high. It also can use its two arms to lift one-ton rubble (Alittihad, 1/13/04).


A snow storm his southern Jordan in the last two days, particularly in Karak, Tafeeleh, and Ma'an. (Al-Ra'i, 1/13/04).


Video grab image shows Palestinian suicide bomber 22 year old Reem al-Reyashi talking on an undated prerecorded amateur video, released on Janaury 14, 2004. On the background, the words read: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammed is His messenger." Remm, a Palestinian mother of two who killed four Israelis in a suicide bombing on Wednesday professed love for her children before launching an attack that she said was meant to turn her body into "deadly shrapnel". Smiling at times in a videotape that showed her cradling a rifle, 22-year-old Reem Al-Reyashi said she had dreamed since she was 13 of "becoming a martyr" and dying for her people. (REUTERS/HO, 1/14/04).


A man looks over the damage done to a vehicle after a suicide bomber blew up a car outside a police station in the Iraqi town of Baquba, January 14, 2004. A suicide bomber blew up a car outside a police station in central Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding more than 20, mostly police, in the latest assault on those backing the American occupiers. (Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters, 1/14/04)


President Mohammad Khatami addresses a session of parliament in Tehran, January 14, 2004. He criticized a decision by hardliners to bar thousands of reformist candidates from next month's parliamentary election and said a fair election had to be observed. (REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl , 1/14/04).


A Palestinian mother carrying her child and crying after Israeli occupation soldiers fired tear gas bombs at Palestinians in a Tulkarem street yesterday. (PMC, 1/14/04).


A NEW PALESTINIAN MARTY: British peace activist, Tom Hurndall, 22, was shot and critically injured when an Israeli occupation sniper shot him in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, last April, as he attempted to rescue two Palestinian girls out of danger, has died in a London hospital yesterday. (PMC, 1/14/04).


An Israeli soldier stands in front of Palestinian workers as they wait to leave the industrial area where they work at the Erez crossing January 14, 2004. A Palestinian mother of two carried out a suicide bombing at the main border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip Wednesday, killing four Israelis and wounding seven people. (REUTERS/Tsafrir Abayov, 1/14/04).


Palestinian youngmen in Tulkarem, armed only with little rocks, resisting the evil represented by Israeli occupation tanks in their city (Al-Ayam, 1/14/04).


Israeli soldiers inspect the Erez border crossing damaged on January 14, 2004 by a Palestinian female suicide bomber. . (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun, 1/14/04).


Israeli soldiers inspect the Erez border crossing damaged on January 14, 2004 by a Palestinian female suicide bomber. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters, 1/14/04).


Democratic presidential candidate former Vermont Governor Howard Dean smiles as he listens to a question from the audience at a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire January 14, 2004. Dean took a break from campaigning in Iowa for their January 19 caucus election to spend the morning in New Hampshire, which holds its primary January 27. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder, 1/14/04).


Ukrainian soldiers hiding behind their personnel carriers in the Iraqi city of Kut, after Iraqis had started throwing rocks and bombs at them yesterday. (Annahar, 1/14/04).


A US Apache helicopter flying over another, which was downed by Iraqi fire, near Fallouja yesterday. (Assafir, 1/14/04).

Sudanese women running away from the embattled Darfor area, in Western Sudan, where government forces are fighting rebels. (Assafir, 1/14/04).


British peace activist, Tom Hurndall, 22, was shot and critically injured when an Israeli occupation sniper shot him in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, last April, as he attempted to rescue two Palestinian girls out of danger, he died in a London hospital yesterday. Tom Hurndall is a Palestinian Martyr. (Annahar, 1/15/04).


The mother of peace activist Tom Hurndall, and his brother hug Palestinian children (Yahoo via Agence France-Presse, 1/16/04).


U.S. Army troops watch a demonstration by the Coalition of Iraqi National Unity in Baghdad, January 15, 2004. Tens of thousands of demonstrators shouting 'No to America' marched through Basra on supporting a call by Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric for direct elections to form a sovereign Iraqi government. Photo by Akram Saleh/Reuters, 1/15/04)


An Israeli occupation soldier watching Palestinians walking in a Gaza street lifting their clothes up so that he can be sure that they have no explosives (PMC, 1/15/04).


Palestinian men forced to show their bellies and backs by lifting up their clothes in order to be allowed to pass the streets by Israeli occupation soldiers. Where are the international fashion houses to design short shirts in solidarity with Palestinian men? (Alquds Alarabi, 1/15/04).


President Mohammad Khatami addresses a session of parliament in Tehran, January 14, 2004. He criticized a decision by hardliners to bar thousands of reformist candidates from next month's parliamentary election and said a fair election had to be observed. The Iranian supreme leader, Khamenei order a review of the decision, diffusing the crisis. (Annahar , 1/15/04).


Palestinian Martyr/suicide bomber, Reem Al-Riyashi, explaining why she choose to sacrifice herself for the Palestinian cause in a pre-recorded video. (Annahar, 1/15/04).


A new photo showing the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussain, handcuffed after his arrest on December 13, 2003. (Annahar, 1/15/04).


An old photo of Khamis Sirhan Al-Muhammed, who was No. 54 on the list of the Iraqi leaders wanted by the US occupation authority. He was arrested yesterday. (Annahar, 1/15/04).


US Middle East Envoy, Willian Burns: The (Sharon Land-Grab) Wall blocking revival of peace negotiations. (PMC, 1/15/04).


Democratic presidential contender Carol Moseley Braun(L) dropped out of the race and endorsed front-runner Howard Dean in Iowa on Jan. 15, 2004. Braun, a former senator from Illinois and the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, endorsed Dean at an afternoon event in Carroll, Iowa. (Howard Dean Website, Photo by John Pettitt. 1/15/04).


A US soldier arresting an Iraqi man inside his home and keeping him under his flash light (Assafir, 1/15/04).


US soldiers arresting Iraqi men in their home yesterday (Al-Ra'i, 1/15/04).


Leaders of the Americas in their summit in Mexico yesterday (Assafir, 1/15/04).


Chinese rescuers surround an Iran Air passenger plane after it made an emergency landing in Beijing shortly after takeoff because of engine problems on Thursday. No one was injured, China's aviation officials said. - (Reuters, 1/15/04)