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January 29, 2010

3 US Soldiers, 26 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, January 29, 2010  

Bush-Appointed Bernanke Confirmed By Democrats as US Federal Reserve Chairman for Second Term  

Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh Assassinated by Israeli Agents in Dubai, Misha'al Vows Revenge  

Israeli occupation forces attack peace activists in Nil'in, Bil'in with teargas bombs, an escalation of repression says Barghouthi  

5 Family Members Injured in Shu'afat, Fisherman Seriously Injured in Gaza, Live Bullets in Nabi Saleh by Israeli Occupation Forces  

Palestinian Woman Fatima Al-Dahoudy Fined $5,000 for Objecting to Court Ruling Allowing Illegal Israeli Settlers to Occupy her East Jerusalem Home !!!  

Haniyah Reveals Israeli Attempts to Sabotage Palestinian-Egyptian Relations


January 27, 2010

US:

President Barack Obama's First State of the Union Address, Full Text, January 27, 2010  

Putting Washington at the Service of the Middle Class: Highlights of President Obama's First State of the Union Address  

 

Wars:

14 Pakistanis Killed, 22 Injured in Army-Taliban Attacks, 3 NATO Supply Trailers Burned, January 28, 2010  

Holbrooke Says US to Back Taliban Fighters' Reintegration, Former ISI Official Sultan Amir Tarar Skeptical of US Plan to split Taliban  

 

Israeli Aggression:

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Beit Ilu in retaliation for outpost demolition  


Israeli War Criminal Ehud Barak to Meet with Mubarak in Sharm El-Shaikh  

Israeli Occupation Government, Palestinian Government in Gaza to Answer Charges of the Goldstone Report Before February 15, 2010  

2 Danish pension funds divest from Israeli companies  

Israel Behind Assassination of Iranian Physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Says Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar  

 

World:

Haitian Man and Girl Rescued from Rubble Two Weeks After Earthquake  

"Avatar" becomes highest ever grossing movie, with more than $1 billion worldwide so far  

Apple Unveils its New Tablet Computer "iPad"

 

January 26, 2010  

 

18 killed, 80 injured in Baghdad suicide bombing, January 26, 2010  

25 Afghanis Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack Near Camp Phoenix, in Kabul, Several Afghanis Killed by NATO Forces in Konar, January 26, 2010
 

Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 15 Palestinians, Order Halting Construction of Salman Al-Farisi Mosque in Bourin  

Illegal Israeli settlers uproot centuries-old Palestinian olive trees in Dair Nidham  

54 American congressmen ask Obama to pressure Israel into lifting siege on Gaza  

Germany Voids Deal to Build an Iranian Port, Due to Israeli Pressures  

Belgian Cabinet Member, Charles Michel, Denied a Visit to Besieged Gaza Strip by Israeli Occupation Government  

Israeli Occupation Government Deliberately Humiliates Western Figures Wishing to Visit Gaza, Says Ahmed Yousuf  

Haniyah Calls for a Conference on Palestinian Prisoners in Israel  

The Palestinian African Neighborhood Near Al-Aqsa Mosque About to Collapse Due to Continuous Israeli Excavations  

 

January 25 2009

5 US Soldiers, British, Norwegian Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, January 25, 2010  

36 Iraqis Killed, 71 Injured in Initial Count of 3 Baghdad Hotel Explosions, January 25, 2010  

Pakistani Taliban Fighters Kill 7 US Spies in North Waziristan, Soldier, 3 Taliban Fighters Killed in Khyber, January 25, 2010  


AVATAR, Second Highest Grossing Movie: Arrogant Invaders Defeated by Environmental Forces  

Haitian Reconstruction Needs New Way of Thinking, Man Rescued 11 Days After Earthquake  

 

Israeli Crimes Against Humanity:

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Bourin, Peace Activists in Hebron Injuring 3, Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure 2 Palestinians, Kidnap 11  

Belgium To Ask E.U For A Unified Stance Against the Israeli occupation government for Preventing Officials From Entering Gaza


European Fleet Arrives in Gaza from Greece by March to Break the Israeli Siege, Says Government Committee  

Gaza Power Station To Shut Down By Friday, Due to the Israeli Siege  

Reconciliation Is a Prerequisite for Palestinian Elections, a Position Paper by PCHR

 

January 22 2009

 

20 Pakistanis Killed in Attacks in South Waziristan, Swat, Khar, January 22, 2010  

464 die in 4 days of Nigerian ethnic clashes  


Gates, Clinton, Karzai Announce New US Policy in Afghanistan: Legitimate Role and Payment for Taliban, Assistance to Farmers  

Haitian Homeless to be Relocated Out of Capital, Part of Reconstruction  

Obama Admits Inability to Confront Israeli Continued Occupation and Subjugation of the Palestinian People

Ban Ki-Moon Says Mid East Situation Worsening  

Ban Ki-Moon Urges Israeli Occupation Government to End its Illegal Settlements on Palestinian Lands  

UN Expresses Concern Over Heath System In Gaza

Ban Ki-Moon Appoints Italian Filippo Grandi Commissioner-General of UNRWA

 

January 21, 2009

 

80,000 Buried in Haiti, Death Toll Estimated at 200,000, Aid Efforts Continue, January 21, 2010  

11 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank  

European Institutions promise to keep their efforts to expose Israeli war crimes in Gaza

 
UN organizations worried about human situation, Max Gillard calls for lifting the siege  

US Threatened Fat'h of Boycott Should It Reconcile With Hamas, Says Jibril Al-Rajoub  

Arab geologists warn of Al-Aqsa collapse due to IOA practices  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Desecrate Muslim Cemetery Near Nablus  

Ahmed Al-Kurd appeals for taking practical steps to lift Israeli blockade on Gaza

 

January 20, 2009

 

15 Afghanis Killed by a NATO Air Strike on NW Afghanistan  

5 Pakistanis Killed in US Missile Strike on North Waziristan, Provincial Lawmaker Injured in Bomb Attack in Peshawar  

Yemeni air raid hits Qaida leader house, no casualties  

Al-Aqsa Mosque Walls Sustain Serious Fissures as a Result of Israeli Digging Underneath

Israeli occupation government demolishes a Palestinian home in Jerusalemite without prior notice

New videotape on Israeli occupation soldiers torturing and stealing human organs disclosed

China's Baidu sues U.S. company over cyber-attack  

 

January 18, 2009

 

9 Afghanis Killed, 40 Injured in Taliban Fighters' Attack on Central Kabul, January 18, 2010  

20 Pakistanis Killed in US Air Strike on South Waziristan, January 17, 2010  

Help Not Reaching Haitians Yet, Who Still Looking for Water, Food in Quake Rubbles, January 18, 2010  

France, Venezuela, Nicaragua Accuse the US of Occupying Haiti  

Strong Earthquake Strikes off Argentine Coast, No Victims  

PACE to Open Hearings on Falsified Swine Flu Pandemic  

Israeli Crimes Against Humanity:

Erdogan Slams Muslim Leaders' Passive Response to Suffering of Palestinians in Gaza

 
Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 17 Palestinian Civilians from the West Bank, 6 Fishermen in Gaza, January 18, 2010  

Israel Occupation Forces Continue to Target Anti-Wall Protest Organizers  

Israeli Blockade of Gaza Continues to Suffocate Daily Life of 1.5 Million People, an Amnesty International Report

 

January 16, 2009

 

50,000 of Haiti Earthquake Victims Buried, Hospitals Paralyzed, UN to Raise $562 Million in Aid  

US Aid and Troops Flow Toward Haiti, Hillary Clinton to Arrive on January 16, 2010  

Pat Robertson Says Haitians Are Punished in January 2010 for an Alleged Pact with the Devil by their Ancestors Two Centuries Ago !!!  

3 NATO Soldiers Killed in Taliban Fighters' Attacks, January 16, 2010


Israeli Continued Aggression:

After IOF Night Time Incursion, Al-Ma'sara Protest Continues  

Israeli Occupation Forces Attack Anti-Wall Protesters in Ni'lin and Bil'in with Live Bullets, Tear Gas  

Illegal Israeli settlers close main road, confiscate Palestinian land and uproot trees  

Israeli Tanks Shell Civilians in Beit Hanoun, Palestinian fighters Attack Transmission Tower  

Palestinian Detainee, Hudhaifa Ziyada, Tortured by Israeli Interrogators, Kept Without Trial for Two Years

Mesha'al calls on Sulaiman and Hariri to grant civil rights to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon  

55 EU Lawmakers Visit Gaza in a Fact-Finding Mission  

7th Conference of Al-Quds International Warns of Zionist Schemes in Jerusalem 

Salah Exposes an Israeli Plan to Build Synagogue Near Al-Aqsa Mosque  

Egyptian Harbor, Added to Steel Wall, to Tighten Gaza Siege, American Delegation Postpones Visit  

Egyptian Security Forces Disperse Gaza Aid Convoy in Cairo, Organized by Kifaya and Labor Party


January 14, 2009

 

Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti earthquake, January 14, 2010

Major quake rocks Haiti, many nations ready with assistance

Suicide bomber kills 20 people in Afghanistan, January 14, 2010

22 Pakistanis Killed in Two US Air Strikes on Waziristan Areas, Taliban Chief Targeted, January 12, 2010

7 Afghanis Killed During Protest Against NATO Forces for Desecration of the Holy Qur'an

Ahmadinejad Blames Israeli Zionists for Assassination of Iranian Nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali-Mohammadi

Iran's parliament mulling severing ties with Britain over intervention in Iranian affairs 

Israeli-Zionist Arrogance Deputy FM Humiliates the Turkish Ambassador, then Apologizes Under Turkish Threat

Turkish Human Rights Group Calls for Arrest Warrant of the Israeli War Criminal, Ehud Barack

Illegal Israeli settlers burn Palestinian property, IOF damage land and detain citizens

 

January 12, 2009

 

16 Afghanis Killed in US Air Strike on a House in Naw Zad, Helmand, January 12, 2010  

Iranian University professor, Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Assassinated in Tehran by Israeli Agents  


Israeli Daily Aggression Against the Palestinian People, January 12, 2010

Erdogan slams Israel for violating Lebanese airspace, bombing Gaza 

In Defiance to the World, Netanyahu Declares that Israel Would Never Cede Control of Occupied East Jerusalem 

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Leader, Syed Munawar Hassan, Reiterates Support for Palestinians, Al-Quds

Egyptian Delegation Representing Opposition Parties to Enter Gaza Strip

 

January 11, 2009

 

4 US Soldiers, 2 French Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, January 11, 2010  


Togo sport delegation attackers captured in Angola  

 

Togo sport delegation attackers captured in Angola

 

January 10, 2009

 

Mitchell Threatens Withholding US Loan Guarantees to Pressure the Israeli Occupation Government  

5 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Air Strikes and Tank Fire, January 10, 2010  


US Marine, British Soldier, Afghani 3 Aid Workers, Policeman Killed in Attacks, January 10, 2010  

Egyptian MP Tala'at Al-Sadat Resigns in Protest to the Steel Wall Besieging Gaza from the South  

5 Policemen, 4 Insurgent Fighters Killed in Dagestan, January 10, 2010  

 

January 9, 2009

 

25 Pakistanis Killed in US Air Attacks, Suicide Bombing, Fire Exchange, January 9, 2010  

US Soldier, 4 Iraqi Fighters Killed in Attacks, January 7-8, 2009  

Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets intercept US warplane, US denies  

5th Air Scare in 10 Days: Drunken Britons spark 'bomb threat' scare in Heathrow airport  

Ahmadinejad demands global nuclear disarmament, particularly the Zionist regime  


Palestinian Commission Blames Abbas for Delaying Goldstone Report, Abbas Blames Pressures from US, UAE, Suadi Arabia, and Egypt  

Hamas Says Egyptian Soldier Was Killed by Egyptian Friendly Fire  

Togo withdraws from African Cup, 3 members 'dead'

 

January 8, 2009

 

Empire Wars:

3 NATO Soldiers, 22 Afghanis Killed, Scores Injured in Bombing Attacks, 13 Pakistanis Killed in US Air Strike  

20 Pakistanis Killed in Karachi Suicide Bombing & Other Attacks, January 8, 2010  

3 Palestinians Killed, 6 Injured, 3 Missing by Israeli Occupation Forces Air Strikes on Gaza Strip

January 7, 2009

Israeli Aggression:

Israeli Occupation Army Carries A Series Of Airstrikes on Gaza,  Attacks Raba'ey Palestinian family in Hebron  

Israeli occupation forces shoot Hebron teen, Majid Jaradat, raid Bil'in home in search of documents, phone  

George Galloway Says More Convoys from Venezuela, South Africa & Malaysia, Haniya Hails Turkish, Libyan Support  

Viva Palestina Starts Entry To Gaza  

Haniyah: Gaza doesn't threaten Egypt

 

January 6, 2010

 

Empire Wars:

13 Pakistanis Killed in US Air Raid on North Waziristan, 3 Killed in Military School in Tarar Khal  

2 Palestinians Killed, 3 Injured in Israeli Air Raid on Khan Younis, January 6, 2010  

4 US Soldiers, British Soldier, 10 Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks  


5 Iraqis Killed, 8 Injured, Hit by US Forces Hummer, 34,313 Victims of Attacks in 2009  


Iraq pursuing compensation for 1981 Israel nuke attack  

7 Policemen Killed, 15 Injured in Suicide Bombing in Dagestan, South Russia

 

Israeli Crimes Against Humanity:

Egyptian Soldier Killed, 55 Gaza Aid Activists Injured in Clashes in Al-Arish, 12 Palestinians Injured in Rafah, January 6, 2010  

Hamas, European Organizations, Turkish Masses Protest Egyptian Assault on Viva Palestina Activists in Al-Arish

Bethlehem Celebrates Orthodox Christmas, Palestinian Christians Protest at the Manager Square Against Patriarch Theophilos III  

Israeli War Crimes in Gaza, on January 6, 2009, According to the UN Goldstone Report

 

January 5, 2010

Kucinich to Investigate Fannie-Freddie Bailout  

Southern Calififornia Muslims Targeted in Anti-Islam Incidents: Burned Quran left at Costa Mesa mosque, Muslim holiday display vandalized in Mission Viejo  

Israeli Aggression:  

 

Israeli Daily Aggression Against the Palestinian People, January 5, 2010  

Israeli occupation forces officers cancel UK trip over arrest fears for their war crimes in Gaza  

Israeli Occupation Forces Train Dogs to Attack Muslims When they Say the Prayer Phrase of Allahu Akbar  

American Christian Peacemaker Denied Entry to Israel in her Way to the West Bank

 

Viva Palestina Aid Convoy Docks in Egypt's Al-Arish Sea Port, Galloway Plans Gaza Entry  

 

Ellen Rosser describes odyssey of the Gaza Freedom March, January 5, 2010  

Gaza Freedom March Still Blocked in Egypt By Dennis DuVall  

Gaza Freedom Marchers issue the 'Cairo Declaration' to end Israeli Apartheid  

Israel To Build More Jews-only Apartments In Occupied East Jerusalem  

Second Anniversary of Israeli War on Gaza: Part 10 of the Findings of South African Jurist Richard Goldstone's Report

 

January 3, 2010

 

Empire Wars:

 

Afghanis Killed by NATO-Led Forces, January 3, 2010  

More US-UK Involvement in Yemen War, After Afghanistan and Pakistan  


Saudi Jets Continue Attacks on Yemeni Border Areas, Petraeus Visits Yemen Promising More Security Assistance  

Fresh US Drone Attacks Kill 5 in Pakistan, 6 Killed in Roadside Bombs  

Dozens Killed in Somali Town of Dhusamareb, Captured by Al-Shabaab, January 2, 2010  

US Retired General, Thomas McInerney, Urges Strip Search and Profiling of Muslim Men  

 

 Israeli Crimes Against Humanity:


Qalqiliya Residents Report Israeli Settler Attack, Army Harassment, Theft  

Viva Palestina Aid Convoy Leaves Syria to Al-Arish, in its Way to Gaza  

Mesha'al Says Hamas in Final Stages of Reconciliation with Fat'h  

Simultaneous Solidarity Marches Held On Northern And Southern Borders Of Gaza Strip  

Anti-Zionist Neturei Karta Jews Protest Against Israeli Siege of Gaza  

Arab and Muslim Activists Launch a Signature Campaign Against Egypt's Steel Wall  

Hamas Urges Egyptian Clerics to Reverse Gaza Wall Edict  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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