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BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: For the last three years, Alvin Cruz and his family have been visiting Katara to watch the fireworks display organised by the Cultural Village for tourists, citizens and residents during Eid Al Fitr.

Several events, protests and closures in the Loop are bound to cause major traffic headaches for downtown commuters during Friday evening's rush.

WASHINGTON a The civilian death toll in Gaza from Israel's latest incursion is appalling.

U.N. SCHOOL CAUGHT IN CROSSFIRE, via The Associated Press: "A U.N. school in Gaza crowded with hundreds of Palestinians seeking refuge from fierce fighting came under fire Thursday, killing at least 15 civilians and leaving a sad tableau of blood-spattered pillows, blankets and children's clothing scattered in the courtyard.

Even scenes that work, such as a climax on a rain-soaked bridge, feel like they could have been trimmed by a few hand-drawn frames.

Local Palestinian sympathizers plan to hold a "Rally for Gaza" on Friday afternoon in front of the Urbana City Building.

What's happening in the Middle East might not seem more than 6,000 miles away to area Jews who are feeling the heat of pro-Palestinian sentiment.

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Venice Film Festival's 29th Critics' Week has unveiled its lineup of nine first works, including eight world preems, featuring fresh pics from Europe, China, Vietnam, Iran, and Palestine.

Israelis and Palestinians may someday make peace. But the assumption should be that it won't happen soon -- perhaps not in our lifetimes.

"Since the offensive began, almost 400 Palestinian people have been killed and many more wounded," said Hatem Abudayyeh with the U.S. Palestine Community Network.

Secretary of State John Kerry points to what he calls 'extraordinary circumstantial evidence' - including video of a rocket launcher with one missile gone - which he says implicates Russia-supported rebels in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. More than three days after the Malaysia Airlines jetliner crashed, international investigators ... (more)

The first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting on Sunday has killed 65 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers and forced thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their neighborhood WEST FRANKFORT, Ill.

The highlight of the upcoming seventh edition of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala , beginning here Friday, would be films from the Middle East.

In this Ethanol Report, Advanced Ethanol Council executive director Brooke Coleman discusses a new CBO report on the Renewable Fuel Standard and EPA's delay issuing a final rule for 2014 RFS volume obligations.

As part of my original posting , I mirrored a map of modern Palestinian history that has the virtue of showing graphically what has happened to the Palestinians politically and territorially in the past century.

THOUSANDS of people surrounded the Mirror Pool in Bradford last night to hear George Galloway MP and other speakers at an emergency pro-Palestine demonstration.

Spiraling violence in the Middle East and the government's response to the flood of migrant children crossing the border are primed to dominate the Sunday talk shows.

Since June 12th, Israel has engaged in a brutal campaign of collective punishment against the Palestinian people, bombing Gaza and raiding West Bank towns and villages, arresting hundreds of civilians, including children across the West Bank and 1948 Palestine.

How can Israel have peace if it's unwilling to delineate a border, end the occupation?' asks White House Mideast chief, Phillip Gordon, in a blistering Tel Aviv speech.

Palestinian political and student organizations led rallies in several cities across the United States recently calling for justice and protesting the brutality of the Israeli government and police.