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A three- year-old Palestinian girl Rahma Ibraheem Abu Shmass was shot fatally with a live bullet in the head by Israeli occupation soldiers while she has been inside her home. Witnesses said that the Israeli soldiers positioned at the illegal settlement of "Kfar Daroum", east of Dair El Balah started shooting indiscriminately towards the citizens houses in the area, killing the child on Tuesday Jan 25, 2005. (IPC, 1/26/05).


An Israeli undercover unit traveling in a civilian car infiltrated the eastern parts of Qalqilya City and opened fire at another car, killing Maher Abu Sneineh, 28, a member of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, and wounding three others, one of them, Yehya Nazzal, 15, seriously in the head. The two other wounded persons were kidnapped by the assailant unit. (IPC, 1/26/05).


U.S. Army paratroopers stack up against the wall of the compound they are preparing to raid during an operation in central Baghdad, in this handout photo released January 24, 2005. (REUTERS/ HO, 1/26/05).


Iraqis walk past the remains of a car bomb after it exploded near an Iraqi Army post southwest of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, January 26, 2005. Thirty-one U.S. troops were reported killed in a helicopter crash and five more died in insurgent attacks in the deadliest day for American forces since they invaded Iraq 22 months ago. (Photo by Stringer/Iraq/Reuters, 1/26/05).


Suspected Iraqi insurgents with their hands bound with plastic cords are watched by US marines from 2nd RECON Bravo Co in Zaybac village near Falluja January 26, 2005. Iraqi insurgents detonated three car bombs near Kirkuk, inflicting casualties on security forces, and attacked political party offices near Baghdad, in the latest violence ahead of Jan. 30 polls. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters, 1/26/05)


Palestinian civilians and international peace activists protesting construction of the Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall near the village of Iskaka, Nablus, in the West Bank (Alquds, 1/26/05).


UN Envoy John Dugard (above) Says Gaza Will Remain Occupied Even After Israeli Withdrawal Because of Controlling Borders, Sea, and Airspace (PMC, 1/29/05).


Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh smiles as he arrives in a hotel in Vienna January 29, 2005. OPEC oil ministers gather in Vienna for a meeting on January 30. (Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters, 1/29/05).


An Iraqi boy running away from the site of a bomb that destroyed a vehicle near a school, which was the target as it was going to be used as a voting center. Five US soldiers were also killed in Baghdad resistance attacks together with 11 Iraqi national guards and policemen on Friday (Al-Khaleej, 1/29/05).


Hamas supporters celebrating their overwhelming winning of Gaza municipal elections, as they won 77 seats out of 118 total seats (Al-Khaleej, 1/29/05).


Iraqis watching a burning vehicle after it had been destroyed by a bomb in Baghdad yesterday. The explosion targeted a school, which was going to be used as an election center. Five US soldiers were also killed in other Baghdad attacks together with 11 Iraqi national guards and policemen on Friday (Alrai, 1/29/05).


Protesters burn a large puppet effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush during a demonstration at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, January 28, 2005. The southern Brazilian city is hosting more than 100,000 anti-globalization activists at the 2005 edition of the World Social Forum from January 26-31. (REUTERS/ Silvio Avila, 1/29/05).


Manuel Contreras, former head of the Chilean DINA secret police during the Augusto Pinochet regime (C partially hidden) is escorted by police out of a Santiago courthouse, where he was sentenced, January 28, 2005. Contreras was sent to prison on Friday to serve a 12-year sentence for the kidnapping and disappearance of a leftist rebel. Rights groups hope it will set a precedent for dozens of cases from Pinochet's 1973-1990 rule. (REUTERS/Rodrigo Llano, 1/27/05).


Palestinian boys wave the green Hamas flags during a Hamas celebration in Gaza city, January 28, 2005. Hamas swept seven out of 10 councils in first-ever Gaza Strip local elections. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah, 1/29/05).


15-92 British Soldiers Killed in a C-130 Plane Crash North of Baghdad. Iraqi resistance claimed responsibility and sent a video of the attack and the crash to aljazeera tv, which aired it today. (Islam Memo, 1/31/05).


Nourhan Eid, 10, A School Girl Shot Dead by an Israeli Tank in Rafah despite the agreed upon truce. (IPC, 1/31/05).


Flags of Palestine and Iraq flown during activities of the world socialist forum held in Porto Allegre in Brazil, in contrast to the world capitalist forum held in Davos (Alquds , 1/31/05).


15-92 British Soldiers Killed in a C-130 Plane Crash North of Baghdad. Iraqi resistance claimed responsibility and sent a video of the attack and the crash to aljazeera tv, which aired it today. (Islam Memo, 1/31/05).


15-92 British Soldiers Killed in a C-130 Plane Crash North of Baghdad (Islam Memo, 1/30/05).


Iraqis lining up to vote in the Shi'i southern Iraqi city of Al-Diwaniya yesterday. Iraqi Shi'is and kurds voted but Sunni Arab Iraqis did not and boycotted election under US occupation (Al-Ayyam, 1/31/05).


An Iraqi woman prepares to vote after dipping her finger in ink at al-Kadhmiya polling station in Baghdad, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraq's first elections under foreign occupation and first multiparty polls in half a century began at dawn on Sunday. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters, 1/30/05).


A car bursts into flames after it exploded in front of a school which was scheduled to be used as a voting center in Baghdad January 28, 2005. Hours earlier in the same area in southern Baghdad, a car bomb exploded next to a police station, killing four Iraqi civilians, police said. (REUTERS/Ali Jasim, 1/30/05).


Iraqi Shi'i men wait in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station in the holy city of Al-Najaf, January 30, 2005 (Photo by Faleh Kheiber/Reuters).


Iraqi Shi'i women wait in line to cast their votes at a polling station in the holy city of Al-Najaf, Jan. 30, 2005 (Photo by Faleh Kheiber/Reuters).

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