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Iraqi firefighters tackle a large blaze on an oil pipeline 10 km north of the Baiji refining center October 19, 2004. An explosion blew up a section of Iraq's northern oil export pipeline on Tuesday and set it on fire, but exports to Turkey kept flowing, oil officials and police said. Firefighters were trying to put out the blaze in the twin pipeline, 10 km (six miles) north of the Baiji refining center. Huge plumes of smoke rose from the scene. (19 Oct 2004 REUTERS/Str).


An Israeli tank, positioned in the illegal settlement of Navih Dikalim, fired a shell on Palestinian homes in the Khan Younis refugee camp, wounding Hasna' Shahwan ,5, and her brother Hassan,3, leaving them in moderate injuries (IPC, 10/19/04).


Shaikh Khalid Al-Jumaili, the chief negotiator on behalf of the people of Falluja, after he was released yesterday. Al-Jumaili said that US forces use Al-Zarkawi as an excuse to continue its attacks on the people of Falluja (Assafir, 10/19/04).


Two Israeli occupation soldiers arresting a Palestinian in his hometown of Bethlehem, part of an arrest spree in various Palestinian cities (Alquds, 10/19/04).


Peter Hansen, Commissioner of the UNRWA, examining the destruction inflicted on Jabalia by Israeli occupation forces yesterday. Here, he's listening to Anwar Abu El-Jedyan, whose house was destroyed in Jabalia. Hansen called for an immediate international assistance to help Palestinians in the beleaguered Jabalia and Rafah refugee camps, and northern Gaza Strip area. (PMC, 10/19/04).


John Kerry campaigning in Florida. Arab American leaders announced their endorsement for his candidacy yesterday (Assafir, 10/19/04).


Voters cast their ballots during early elections at the Miami Government Center in Florida, October 18, 2004. Florida and some other states in the US have allowed its citizens to cast their votes before the scheduled election (18 Oct 2004 REUTERS/Gary I Rothstein).


An Iraqi government report showed that the Bremer administration embezzled $8.8 billion in the form of salaries for fictitious people who do not exist, according to .karbalanews.net and Akhbar Al-Khaleej. More The Bremer Administration Embezzled $8.8 billion (karbalanews, 10/18/04).


Two Palestinian schoolgirls in their way to Jabalia elementary school, passing through a kindergarten, which was destroyed by Israeli occupation forces during their savage assault on the northern Gaza refugee camp during the first half of October. (Assafir, 10/19/04).


An injured US soldier being rescued after an attack in Al-Eskandaria, south of Baghdad yesterday. (Assafir, 10/19/04).


Iraqis standing beside wreckage of a car which was destroyed by a roadside bomb yesterday (Alrai, 10/19/04).


Christer Nordahl, Deputy Chief of UNRWA Operations in Gaza Strip. Israeli Shooting on UNRWA Schools Not Excused At All, Says Nordahl (IPC, 10/19/04).


Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir, and his Foreign Minister, Mustafa Uthman Ismael, in the Tripoli mini conference on Darfur. The African Conference supported the Sudanese government in maintaining the unity of the country. It also urged the rebels to allow humanitarian aid to reach the Darfur refugees (Alrai, 10/19/04).


Medical sources in the city of Rafah, south of Gaza Strip, said that an Israeli tank fired a round at civilian homes in the area of Tal Zo'rob, killing Ahmad Breika, 29, who was inside his home (IPC, 10/20/04).


An Iraqi rescuer carries the covered body of a child, dug from the rubble of a house which was bombed by U.S. warplanes during an overnight raid, in the western city of Falluja, October 20, 2004. Six members of one family, a couple and their four children were killed when U.S. warplanes struck overnight at what the military said were Zarqawi-linked targets in the beleagured city of Falluja. (Photo by Mohanned Faisal/Reuters, 10/20/04).


Iraqi Sunni Muslim religious leaders welcoming a delegation of Iraqi Christian leaders to a Baghdad Mosque. The meeting emphasized the unity of the Iraqi people (Assafir, 10/20/04).

A British military convoy leaving Basra north, probably to Baghdad yesterday. (Assafir, 10/20/04).

Iraqi National Gards guarding their headquarters after being attacked yesterday (Assafir, 10/20/04).

Margaret Hassan, the President of CARE International, who was kidnapped in Iraq yesterday. Margaret has British, Irish, and Iraqi citizenships. (Assafir, 10/20/04).

Israeli occupation soldiers arresting a Palestinian in Jenin yesterday (Al-Rai, 10/20/04).

Ten Iraqis were killed in US air strikes on Falluja yesterday (Alrai, 10/20/04).

رئيس

Myanmar Prime Minister, Khin Newnt, lost the power struggle and was placed under house arrest yesterday (Alrai, 10/20/04).

British soldiers in Basra streets after one and a half years of winning the war and losing the peace in Iraq (Alrai, 10/20/04).


Iraqis getting 6 members of one family from under the rubble of their Falluja home, which was destroyed by a US air raid yesterday. Read more ... US Raids on Falluja Kill Family of 6, Including Man, Wife, Two Boys, Two Girls (Assafir, 10/21/04).


Shaikh Al-Dhari during a press conference in Um Al-Qoura Mosque in Baghdad yesterday. A Sunni Muslim conference statement said that the Iraqi Sunni would boycott the January elections if Al-Falluja and other Iraqi cities were attacked by US forces (Assafir, 10/21/04).


In the hospital (above) the three Palestinian schoolgirls, Mayssa Al-Dumaidi and her sisters Nouha, and Laila, who were run over by an Israeli illegal settler of the West Bank while they were in their way to school yesterday. Palestinians in Huwara, Nablus, said the settler came to the village several times trying to run over schoolgirls before... More Settler Runs Over Three Schoolgirls in West Bank (Alhayat Aljadeeda and Assafir, 10/21/04).


The mother and relatives of Ahmed Braikeh crying during his funeral yesterday. Ahmed was killed inside his home by a bullet from an Israeli sniper from a tower near Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. Ahmed was about to leave to the Mosque to attend the Ramadan Dawn prayer (Assafir, 10/21/04).


A Palestinian girl help her family harvest olives in Dair El-Hatab while Israeli occupation soldiers are watching behind. Israeli illegal settlers have prevented Palestinian farmers from harvesting their olives in several villages in the West Bank (Al-Ayyam, 10/21/04).


A Zogby-ICNA poll showed that 76% of American Muslims will vote for Kerry and only 7% for Bush. This is in striking contrast with the 2000 election, in which 42% of American Muslims voted for Bush and 31 voted for Gore. Above, John Kerry campaigning in Waterloo (Assafir, 10/21/04).


Iranian President, Muhammed Khatami, speaking in Tehran yesterday about the importance of maintaining Iranian peaceful nuclear energy (Assafir, 10/22/04).


Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayeb Erdogan, baffled by the French unexpected hostility towards Turkish membership in the EU (Assafir, 1021/04).

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