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Palestinians to join talks by phone
BBC, January 10, 2003
Britain has confirmed that it will host a conference next week aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process, despite Israel's refusal to let Palestinian delegates attend. UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said senior members of the Palestinian Authority will be involved via telephone conference.

IOF Kill Boy in Bethlehem, Blow Up More Houses in the Occupied Territory
Palestine Media Center, January 11, 2003
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian teenager on Friday after soldiers opened fire at a group of boys who were throwing stones at IOF jeeps in the ‘Aydah refugee camp in Bethlehem City. The 15-year-old boy, Tarek Abu Jaber was killed by Israeli gunfire after he was hit by a bullet in the abdomen, Palestinian medical sources said, adding that two other teenagers had been wounded in the assault.

Palestinian Stone-Thrower Killed By Israeli Fire in Nablus
Islam Online, January 11, 2003
NABLUS, West Bank, January 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A Palestinian stone-thrower was shot dead and nine others were wounded by Israeli occupation soldiers in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus Saturday, January 11, witnesses and medical sources said.

Sharon's woes galvanise Labour poll campaigners
Times of London, January 11, 2003
AT A road junction outside Jerusalem, Labour and Likud supporters were vying for the attention of passing motorists. “To reach Likud headquarters, dial 100”, proclaimed a placard held aloft by Yaron Armoza, the local chairman of the Israeli Labour Party. The number is that of the police, the allusion to the corruption scandals that have eroded Likud’s seemingly rock-solid lead.

Israel rejects PA call to halt attacks ahead of elections
Ha'aretz, January 11, 2003
Israel rejected Saturday a statement by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat urging an end to militant attacks on Israeli civilians ahead of the general elections on January 28, on the grounds that the attacks are detrimental to the Palestinian cause.

Travel ban leaves Palestinians in limbo
Independent Online, January 10, 2003
Jericho, West Bank - Palestinian student Bassam Qassem sits stranded in a dusty West Bank bus station, holding a prized visa to study in the United States. It seems worthless now that Israel has closed the frontier.

Israel putting hurdles before Palestinian pilgrims
Arab News, January 11, 2003
JEDDAH, 11 January 2003— The Israeli authorities are making it more difficult than ever for Palestine pilgrims to perform Haj, according to the Palestinian Ambassador to the Kingdom.

Two Palestinians caught infiltrating Gaza settlement
Ha'aretz, January 11, 2003
Two Palestinians armed with knives were apprehended Saturday evening by security forces after they infiltrated the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim, the IDF said.

Sharon's fightback fades in TV lights
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
Israeli prime minister's failure to dispel whiff of scandal makes his support crumble before the general election -- It was meant to be the great fightback. Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, would confound his critics and regain the initiative in the elections. Instead, Mr Sharon ranted at his opponents and avoided pertinent questions during a press conference.

Attallah Calls On Christians to Carry Out “Martyr Operations”
Islam Online, January 11, 2003
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, January 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Spokesman for the Orthodox Church in occupied Jerusalem Archimandrite Attallah Hanna praised Saturday, January 11, the “martyrdom operations”, calling on Palestinian Christians and Arabs to do everything in their power to resist the Israeli occupation with every possible means.

Muslims brace for arrests over INS deadline
Arab News, January 11, 2003
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, 11 January 2003 — Foreign-born Muslims living in the United States were yesterday bracing for a possible new wave of arrests as a deadline loomed for Middle Eastern immigrants to register under new anti-terror rules.

USA: special registration process must be reviewed
Amnesty International, January 10, 2003
Today is the deadline for males from the second round of Arab and Muslim countries and North Korea to register with the United States immigration authorities under new security rules. Amnesty International is calling on the US authorities to ensure respect for the human rights of non citizens and to review the special registration process to ensure that it is administered fairly and complies with the principle of non-discrimination under international law.

USA: one year on - the legal limbo of the Guantánamo detainees continues
Amnesty International, January 10, 2003
The US government must end the legal black hole into which it has thrown hundreds of detainees in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Amnesty International said today, the first anniversary of the first prisoner transfers from Afghanistan to the US Naval Base. There are currently more than 600 detainees of around 40 nationalities held in Guantánamo.

What Happened in Balata?
Palestine Chronicle, January 11, 2003 
"Before the telephone communication was cut we learned that Israeli soldiers, dressed as Palestinians, opened fire upon the largely defenseless civilians .." -- NABLUS, West Bank (PalestineChronicle.com) - What happened last night at Balata will probably never be fully known, as it witnessed the many decades of such attacks previously whose details are never discovered.

Refugee Child Shot Dead / Update from Jaggi Singh
International Solidarity Movement, January 10, 2003
[Bethlehem] A group of Palestinian children protested the Israeli invasion by throwing stones at the heavily armoured jeeps and tanks. Israeli soldiers shot the kids. One is dead. -- Just over an hour ago Israeli soldiers opened fire on a small group of children in Bethlehem's Aida Refugee Camp.

Blair says meeting must go ahead
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
The prime minister, Tony Blair, issued a defiant response to Israel yesterday by pushing ahead with his plan for a Middle East peace conference next Tuesday, even though it has been reduced to a skeleton of the original proposal. He promised a further conference once the Palestinians were free to travel.

Palestinian reform conference to be held on Tuesday; Palestinian killed in blast
Al-Bawaba, January 11, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided to hold a conference about Middle East peace talks next week despite Israel's refusal to let Palestinian delegates attend, officials said on Friday.

Arafat calls to stop attacks on Israeli civilians ahead of elections
Al-Bawaba, January 11, 2003
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat urged Palestinian groups to halt attacks on Israeli civilians ahead of an Israeli election.

Group confirms Abu Abbas visited Cairo, Egypt denies
Al-Bawaba, January 11, 2003
Egypt has told the United States that Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas is not in the country, contrary to some media reports, U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said on Thursday.

Weapons of mass distraction
Graham Usher, Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 9 - 15 January 2003
Ariel Sharon had hoped a new defamation campaign against Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian leadership would restore his electoral fortunes. It hasn't turned out that way -- One minute and 200 metres apart, on Sunday night two Palestinians detonated themselves in the heart of Tel Aviv, transient home for thousands of Israel's migrant workers and then teeming with rush hour traffic. Twenty-two Israelis and foreigners were killed in the blasts and 100 wounded.

UK to pursue talks with Palestinians
Arab News, January 11, 2003
LONDON, 11 January 2003 — Talks with Palestinian Authority delegates, banned by the hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from attending a London conference, will go ahead Tuesday, London said yesterday. British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s official spokesman said preparations for the conference, scheduled for Tuesday, were continuing but that no plans had been finalized.

US accused of violating rights of base inmates
Arab News, January 11, 2003
"Is this how the USA defends human rights and the rule of law?” asked Amnesty International. -- WASHINGTON, 11 January 2003 —The Bush administration was yesterday accused of violating basic human rights by persistently refusing to allow 600 prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay access to lawyers or rights afforded under the Geneva conventions.

Hundreds protest INS registration
San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2003  
Hundreds of protesters lined the streets outside the Immigration and Naturalization Service office in San Francisco on Friday, denouncing the agency's mandatory registration of mostly Arab and Muslim men from 13 countries.

Departing U.S. Mediator: Mideast Talks Possible
Macon Telegraph, January 11, 2003
WASHINGTON - Veteran Middle East mediator Aaron Miller, leaving diplomacy after 15 years as an adviser to six U.S. secretaries of state, says even two years into its term the Bush administration could pick up the pieces and resume active mediation between Israelis and Palestinians.

Duisenberg: Occupation 'inhuman,' Sharon provoking violence
Ha'aretz, January 11, 2003
Greta Duisenberg, the activist wife of the European Central Bank chief Wim Duisenberg, on Saturday slammed the occupation of the territories as "inhuman," and accused Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of provoking violence.

Fearing extradition to U.S., Abu Abbas leaves Egypt
Ha'aretz, January 11, 2003
Palestine Liberation Front leader Mohammed Abbas, also known as Abu Abbas, cut short his visit to Egypt on Thursday and returned to Iraq, due to U.S. attempts to extradite him. Abu Abbas arrived in Cairo last week following an invitation by Egyptian authorities, and took part in talks held between Egyptian intelligence leaders and Palestinian organizations, who were trying to formulate a united Palestinian stance on terror attacks against Israelis.

Palestinian Leadership Urges Restraint ahead of Israeli Elections
Palestine Media Center, January 11, 2003
The Palestinian leadership on Friday urged national groups to exercise “restraint” in the face of Israeli “provocations” ahead of upcoming elections in the Jewish state, which are up for grabs.

Occupation Chronicle Events in Palestine, January 11, 2003
Palestine Media Center
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot dead a Palestinian youth in the West Bank refugee camp of ‘Aydah, and injured seven teenagers in separate incidents in the occupied Palestinian territories / IOF Invade Khan Younis, Rafah / IOF Demolish House in Beit Wazan / Israel Closes DCO Offices in Northern West Bank

Holding the PCC meeting is a Palestinian challenge
Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre - JMCC
President Yasser Arafat said the holding of the Palestinian Central Council meeting in the city of Ramallah on Thursday - January 9, is a Palestinian challenge to the occupation measures through holding this session with this group and this meeting in this besieged place.

Veteran Egyptian author ill
BBC, January 11, 2003
Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, the first writer in Arabic to win the Nobel prize for literature, is in intensive care in a Cairo hospital suffering from a chest infection.

Iranian teen faces death for drinking
BBC, January 11, 2003
Iran's strict Islamic law forbids consumption of alcohol -- A 19-year-old Iranian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for repeatedly drinking alcohol, local newspapers have reported.

EU tells America to toe the UN line
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
'Slippage' in US plans as Solana spells out Europe's misgivings -- Transatlantic differences over Iraq threatened to set back America's timeline for an invasion yesterday when the European Union warned the US that there could be no war against Saddam Hussein without clear proof that he holds banned weapons.

U.S. sends 35,000 troops to the Gulf; Report: Blair to ask Bush to delay Iraq war
Al-Bawaba, January 11, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to hold talks with US President George W. Bush and chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix "to prevent early military action in Iraq becoming inevitable", the Times reported Saturday.

Blair to meet UN weapons chief to try to avoid war
Times of London, January 11, 2003
TONY BLAIR is to hold urgent talks with President Bush and Hans Blix, the chief United Nations weapons inspector, to prevent early military action in Iraq becoming inevitable. The Prime Minister is expected to fly to Washington towards the end of this month to underscore his message that the UN should be given “time and space” to deal with President Saddam Hussein.

Britain says Iraq war avoidable; Australia plans to send forces to Gulf region
Al-Bawaba, January 10, 2003
Britain on Friday assured said it would revert to the U.N. Security Council if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was found in breach of a resolution to give up weapons of mass destruction.

Opposition to War Growing in France
Washington Post, January 11, 2003  
PARIS, Jan. 10 -- As President Jacques Chirac attempts to prepare the French public for possible war with Iraq, opinion polls show strong opposition to a conflict and growing disquiet among members of Chirac's political grouping in parliament. War opponents have become more vocal in recent days, after Chirac this week told the military to be prepared for a possible conflict.

Allies Slow U.S. War Plans
Washington Post, January 11, 2003  
British and French Urge Time for Inspectors; Turkey Delays on Troops -- Over the past week, key U.S. allies have sent an unambiguous message to the Bush administration to give United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq time to complete their work, even if it means delaying the onset of hostilities.The allied opposition to an early war with Iraq has strengthened the hand of moderates in the administration who have been arguing against setting a firm deadline for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to comply with demands for giving up his weapons of mass destruction, according to U.S. officials and allied diplomats.

NSC Weighs Giving U.N. Inspectors More Sensitive Data on Iraq Arms
Washington Post, January 11, 2003  
President Bush's National Security Council is debating whether to turn its most sensitive intelligence on Iraq's chemical and biological weapons programs over to United Nations inspectors or hold some to offer later to the U.N. Security Council as a reason for war, according to senior administration officials.

Venezuela Crisis Complicates Iraq Situation, Experts Say
New York Times, January 11, 2003
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — The crisis in Venezuela is creating major new complications for the Bush administration's campaign to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, causing oil shortages that would probably make a Persian Gulf war more costly to the economy than once anticipated, American officials and industry experts said.

Aid agencies ill-prepared for aftermath of chemical attack
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
International relief agencies are completely unprepared to deal with the consequences of a chemical or biological attack on a civilian population in Iraq, experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine warned yesterday.

Task force ready for war - and ready to rock
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
At 12.30pm today, HMS Ark Royal will sail out of the Royal Naval Dockyard towards the prospect of war in the Gulf as part of Britain's largest maritime deployment since the Falklands.

Troops to Gulf As Iraq Searches Continue
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.N. arms experts inspected two military complexes in Iraq on Saturday as the United States prepared to send another 35,000 troops to the Persian Gulf for a possible invasion of the country.

Allies Urge U.S. to Give Inspectors Time
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - With U.N. inspectors having found no evidence of banned weapons, U.S. allies are urging Washington to give the experts time to find proof that Saddam Hussein is hiding banned weapons before deciding to go to war.

Nearly 35,000 More Troops Get Gulf Orders
The Guardian, January 11, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 35,000 American troops, including two large Marine units, are getting orders to ship out for a possible war with Iraq.

With Stitches and Concerns, Base Town Prepares for War
New York Times, January 11, 2003
HINESVILLE, Ga., Jan. 10 — The needles are flying, the sewing machines are chugging and the uniforms are piling up. In heaps. Abraham. Baca. Chambers. Courtland. "I try to say a prayer every stitch," says Curley Bradley, pumping her pedal and attaching a name tag to the breast of a jacket. Davis. Delvin. Finocchiaro. "You do it with love," says Janice Mann, another seamstress, clipping a thread. "Even if you think war is stupid."

Stop stalling and provide evidence, urge inspectors
Times of London, January 11, 2003
THE United Nations arms inspectors, dismayed by Iraqi stalling, are pressing Baghdad to show “pro-active co-operation” before their next report to the Security Council at the end of the month.

Lining up the ducks
Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 9 - 15 January 2003
The stage is nearly set for the Bush administration to launch a war against Iraq. The challenge now is to find the trigger.

Gore Slams U.S. Aim to Seek “Military Dominance” of Rivals
Islam Online, January 11, 2003
DUBAI, January 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore warned against the grave repercussions if U.S. war threats to Iraq were to materialize, saying that any potential war in Iraq would be between the world community and the Arab country.

Saudis finally joins 43 U.S. allies, sends liasion to war effort
World Tribune,  January 9, 2003
Saudi Arabia has decided to send a military liaison to U.S. Central Command headquarters in Florida. U.S. defense officials said the Saudi Defense Ministry notified Washington over its agreement to assign a representative to Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla. Until now, Saudi Arabia was the only Gulf Cooperation Council country to have refused to send a representative to Central Command.

Iraq convinces UN aluminum tubes not for uranium enrichment
World Tribune,  January 10, 2003
Iraq appears to have convinced the United Nations that Baghdad's attempt to procure high-strength aluminum tubes was to build rockets rather than for centrifuges to enrich uranium.

Baghdad seeks help to stop US war plans
Inter-Press Service, January 11, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (IPS) - Iraq has sought Malaysia's help to top the plan initiated by the United States and Britain to launch war against it. Iraq's Industry and Minerals Minister Muyassar Rija Shlah said Malaysia can play an effective role in thwarting the plan when it assumes the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) in February and October, respectively.

U.K. poet laureate's verse questions reasons for war
San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2003  
Paper prints political poem some call historic -- Aside from the day they are named and the day they die, poet laureates are not standard front-page fodder. But this week, British Poet Laureate Andrew Motion led the news in the United Kingdom with a 30-word poem that calls into question the motives of American and British leaders, particularly President Bush, for the anticipated war against Iraq.

Moroccan NGO stages sit-in against war in Iraq
Arabic News, January 11, 2003
A Moroccan Non-Governmental Organization, "Initiative of Backing to Iraq," staged Thursday a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Rabat to protest a possible war against Iraq.

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