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Iraqi mothers mourning the death of their sons in Baghdad yesterday, a daily scene in the "New Iraq" (Alquds Alarabi, 5/17/06).

An Iraqi mothers mourning the death of her son in Basra yesterday, where assassinations have become a daily occurrences in the "New Iraq." (Alquds Alarabi, 5/17/06).

Israeli occupation soldiers arresting Mahmoud Ayyash in Bethlehem yesterday, a daily practice to terrorize the Palestinian people and to keep them under control (Assafir, 5/17/06).


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivering a speech before the European Parliament in Strassbourg, yesterday (Alquds Alarabi, 5/17/06).


Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, greeted by Algerian President, Abdul Aziz Boutafliqa, in Algiers yesterday (Annahar, 5/17/06).


Cuban President, Fidel Castro, showing a copy of the US Forbes magazine, which claimed that he is the wealthiest among the world rulers. He brought it as an example of propaganda and lies in the US corporate media. (Annahar, 5/17/06).

The Saddam trial series has continued on Wednesday to entertain some people who still buy the farce aiming at distracting them away from the daily horrors in Iraq under the US-Led NATO occupation (Alquds Alarabi, 5/17/06).

Ahmed Abdullah Sambi, a Muslim cleric who won the presidential election in the Arab League state of Comoros, with 58% of the votes (Assafir, 5/17/06).


A Palestinian mother mourning the killing of her son by Israeli occupation forces in Nablus yesterday, in an unprovoked raid on the city that resulted in killing two of the Islamic Jihad activists, Uthman Sadaqa and Mustafa Abdul Ghani (Alquds Alarabi, 5/18/06).


Foreign security guards stand near the scene where a car bomb exploded in Herat, in Afghanistan's western province, on Thursday, May 18, 2006. . (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa, 5/18/06).

Palestinian special forces deployed in Gaza Strip after assassination of two Hamas leaders, triggering a response from President Abbas who also deployed his presidential security forces in a showdown in front of angry Palestinians(Alhayat Aljadeeda, 5/18/06).

A hungry-angry Palestinian employee who hasn't been paid because of the Israeli-US-EU financial embargo displaying her protest in Ramallah yesterday (Assafir, 5/18/06).

Noam Chomsky interviewed by Assafir newspaper in Beirut, criticizing the US invasion of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of Palestine (Assafir, 5/18/06).


A man carries grocieries up steps along the wall that lines the border with the United States in Nogales, Mexico, Wednesday, May 17, 2006. For those who live along what is known simply in Spanish as "la linea," - or "the line," some worry that the buildup of troops could spark violent confrontations. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, 5/17/06).


A Palestinian little girl donates her savings to the Hamas-led Palestinian government in the city of Nablus yesterday (Assafir, 5/19/06).

Pro-Fateh Palestinian women demonstrating in Gaza yesterday against the new security force deployed by the Hamas-led government (Alquds Alarabi, 5/19/06).


In this April 6, 2006 file photo, reviewed by U.S. Military officials, a detainee walks and others sit, as a guard looks on standing next to a hut, within the fenced in grounds of the maximum security prison at Camp Delta, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. United States should close its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and avoid using secret detention facilities in its war on terror, a U.N. panel report released Friday May 19, 2006 said. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)


Egyptian police beating and disbanding anti-government demonstrators in Cairo yesterday (Alquds Alarabi, 5/19/06).

Egyptian policemen, with civilian clothes, arresting two of the anti-government demonstrators in Cairo yesterday. (Assafir, 5/19/06).

Saud Al-Faisal and Condoleezza Rice during a press conference in Washington yesterday (Annahar, 5/19/06).

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