Positive news from Palestine
Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Feuding Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites meet at peace seminar in FinlandHelsinki, Finland - Representatives of feuding Sunni and Shiite groups in Iraq were meeting at a seminar behind closed doors Friday to discuss ways of ending the bloodshed, conference organizers said. |
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Palestinian teenagers, hit by closures and poverty, benefit from UN-backed youth centresJabalia, Palestine - With border closures and increased poverty continuously undermining the ability of Palestinian teenagers to get a good education and enjoy their time off, tens of thousands of youngsters are benefiting from United Nations-supported learning centres in the West Bank and Gaza to help them overcome stress and hopelessness. |
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British Reporter: “Fantastic” To Be FreeErez Crossing, Gaza Strip, Israel side - British reporter Alan Johnston, looking gaunt and walking stiffly, was released Wednesday after nearly four months in captivity in the Gaza Strip, saying it was "fantastic" to be free after an "appalling" ordeal in which his life was threatened. |
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Palestinian, Israeli doctors discuss pediatric diseasesJerusalem, Israel - Well aware that children on both sides of the divide have long suffered from the Arab-Israeli conflict, 300 Israeli and 100 Palestinian doctors and other professionals sat, listened, conversed and ate together during the First International Congress on Chronic Disorders in Children on Thursday. |
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‘Follow the Women - Women for peace’ cycle ride gets underwayAleppo, Syria - 'Follow the Women - Women for Peace' cycle ride started from Aleppo University in northern Syria on Saturday, with 249 female riders from 30 countries crossing the start line and heading straight into the first 30km road section from Aleppo to the site of the historic Saint Simeon Citadel. |
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Palestinian breakthrough on unity governmentMecca, Saudi Arabia - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed at crunch talks in Mecca on who would hold ministries in an eventual government of national unity, but remained at odds over policy towards Israel. |
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Olmert ready for talks with Abbas
Jerusalem -
Israel's prime minister says he is ready for talks with the Palestinian leader, after talks with UK PM Tony Blair.
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Palestinian aid pledges hit $500mPalestine - Donors promise $500m in aid for the Palestinian territories but the UN warns there must be a new peace process too. |
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Hamas and Fatah agree to end clashesPalestine - Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to end a spate of armed clashes at an emergency meeting in Gaza City. |
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News from the Middle East
- A sporting victory for equal rights
- Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’
- Saudi women to get right to vote
- Internet activism stop F1 race in Bahrain
- Former Israeli pres. Katsav gets 7yrs in jail for rape
- Israeli extends helping hand to sick Palestinians
- Pneumonia vaccine ‘to save thousands of lives’
- Ambitious project to green the desert to begin in Jordan
- Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad Making Their Own Light
- Israel overpowers deadly blaze after four-day battle