<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Palestine: News &amp; Videos about Palestine - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Palestine</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Palestine from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:34:20 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Palestine: News &amp; Videos about Palestine - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Palestine</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Palestine from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Huge numbers of stunted children, says UN report</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/19/stunting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/19/stunting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Almost 200 million children under the age of five in the developing world suffer from stunted growth, according to a new U.N. report. But surprisingly, in the Middle East, wealthier countries have more of a problem than some poorer nations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A post-Holocaust tale of freedom deferred</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/09/30/anita.diamant/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/09/30/anita.diamant/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>By the end of World War II in April 1945, with about two-thirds of European Jewry wiped out, Jewish survivors stepped out of the darkness in search of a place to call home.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Bin Laden' tape: Obama can't stop war</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/14/binladen.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/14/binladen.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An audio message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused President Barack Obama of being unable to fulfil his election pledge to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young Palestinians play to their strengths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/ireport.youth.orchestra.palestinians/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/ireport.youth.orchestra.palestinians/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Palestinian Youth Orchestra (PYO) is just one example of the Middle East's many arts and music initiatives that are helping spread a message of peace and harmony.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestine Youth Orchestra on iReport</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/01/pyo.ireport/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/01/pyo.ireport/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Palestinian Youth Orchestra (PYO) is just one example of the Middle East's many arts and music initiatives that are helping spread a message of peace and harmony.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>American al Qaeda member acknowledges Jewish ancestry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/american.qaeda.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/american.qaeda.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In a new anti-Israel, anti-U.S. video, an American al Qaeda member makes reference to his Jewish ancestry for the first time in an official al Qaeda message.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian filmmakers beat the odds to hit silver screen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/22/palestinian.territories.cinema.challenges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/22/palestinian.territories.cinema.challenges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When the 10th London Palestine Film Festival opens this week, Londoners will have greater access to films made in the Palestinian territories than many people living in the region.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freida Pinto's Screen Career Takes Off</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267790,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267790,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The Slumdog Millionaire beauty is about to costar with Nicole Kidman and Josh Brolin</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported bin Laden tape calls Gaza offensive a 'holocaust'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/14/bin.laden.holocaust/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/14/bin.laden.holocaust/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called Israel's recent offensive in Gaza a "holocaust," according to a purported message from him posted on an Islamist Web site.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: The message the Muslim world was waiting for</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/syed.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/29/syed.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama has given the Muslim community around the world the message we have been waiting for.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>String of bomb blasts leaves 4 dead, 14 wounded in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/19/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three bombings killed an Iraqi official and three police officers and wounded 14 other Iraqis on Sunday evening and Monday morning, according to an official with the Iraqi Interior Ministry.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iranian media report Baha'i missionary arrests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/16/iran.bahai.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/16/iran.bahai.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested several women for doing missionary work for the Baha'is, the religious group whose persecution by the Islamic republic has been condemned by human rights activists and governments around the globe.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Protesters across Europe call for end to Gaza conflict</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza.uk.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza.uk.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of demonstrators marched through cities across Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to Israel's attacks on Gaza.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wanted Saddam ally urges Palestinians to fight 'invaders'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.gaza.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/iraq.gaza.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An audio message attributed to Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking former member of Saddam Hussein's regime still at large, salutes the "People of Palestine" and calls on them to fight back against Israel in Gaza.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>World Soccer: Slowly but surely, South Africa readies for 2010 Cup</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/01/06/south.africa/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/01/06/south.africa/index.html</guid><description>South Africa will be ready for the World Cup in 2010 and, as much as is necessary, will be ready for the Confederations Cup this June. How South Africa will cope is, of course, another matter entirely.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hundreds pack Bethlehem midnight Mass</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/24/bethlehem.midnight.mass/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/24/bethlehem.midnight.mass/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of Christians packed the Church of the Nativity on Thursday for a midnight Mass in what is thought to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Islamic charity leaders convicted in terror financing case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/25/texas.charity.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/25/texas.charity.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A jury's conviction Monday of former leaders of an Islamic charity for helping finance Hamas was cheered as a success for the Bush administration. But it was assailed by First Amendment attorneys and international law experts who said the case was weak and overzealously prosecuted.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice confident in Mideast peace process</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/07/middle.east.peace.deal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/07/middle.east.peace.deal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Despite acknowledgment from the White House a day earlier that a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is unlikely before a new U.S. president takes office, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she is confident that ongoing efforts would produce success.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>E-Palestine: Palestinian Youth Bring Their Politics Online</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854671,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1854671,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As more and more young Palestinians grow disenchanted with the two parties dominating their political landscape, they are going online to mobilize for change -- in politics and their lives</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombing in Iraq kills driver, wounds general</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bomb attached to a car carrying an Iraqi army general exploded Saturday afternoon, killing the driver and wounding the general and a bystander, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paul McCartney Rocks Israel</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229127,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229127,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Girlfriend Nancy Shevell joins the former Beatle at the historic gig</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kuwaiti prime minister to visit Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kuwait's prime minister will be making a trip to Iraq soon, to discuss bilateral ties and debt issues among other things.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel OKs Palestine Gun Shipment</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839002,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839002,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israel allowed Palestinian security forces in the West Bank to receive a shipment of weapons in a step aimed at bolstering the moderate Palestinian government there</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>David Epstein: Track carves niche in Beijing legacy</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/david_epstein/08/24/national.records/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/david_epstein/08/24/national.records/index.html</guid><description>Running is a sport where relative success matters. A single group of striving runners can contain an individual for whom running at the pace of the pack is an act of utter laziness, and next to him or her, an individual for whom keeping up with that same pack is a heroic effort.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youssef Chahine: From Egypt With Love and Anger</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1827723,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1827723,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The world's most renowned Arabic filmmaker is dead at 82. 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Britain's former Prime Minister thinks so</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported new bin Laden message: Liberate Palestine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/18/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/18/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An audio message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- the second in three days -- says Arab leaders "sacrificed" Palestinians and calls on bin Laden's followers once again to liberate Palestine.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alleged bin Laden tape urges Muslims to liberate Palestine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/16/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/16/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A blunt new statement attributed to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urges his followers to liberate Palestine. The statement's release coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary. </description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Site: New bin Laden message coming soon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/15/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/15/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the West in a new message, according to a banner ad from the group's production wing posted on Islamist Web sites known to carry messages from al Qaeda and bin Laden.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Purported bin Laden message: Iraq is 'perfect base'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/20/binladen.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/20/binladen.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Al-Jazeera broadcast on Thursday an audiotape on which a voice identified as Osama bin Laden declares "Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine."</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spain bomb suspects freed before verdict</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/04/spain.terror/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/04/spain.terror/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Spanish court has ordered the provisional release from jail of 10 of the 30 suspected Islamic extremists charged with plotting to bomb Madrid's anti-terrorism court pending a verdict.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tape: American al Qaeda member renounces citizenship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/06/gadahn.tape/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/06/gadahn.tape/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On a videotape released Sunday, American al Qaeda member Adam Yahiye Gadahn renounces his U.S. citizenship, destroys his passport and cites U.S. President Bush's upcoming trip to the Middle East.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Zawahiri condemns Mideast talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/14/zawahiri.tape/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/14/zawahiri.tape/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An audio message purportedly from Osama bin Laden's deputy has criticized Middle East leaders who attended last month's Annapolis peace summit, reminding them they are fighting a "single jihad" against the "Zionist enemy."</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How Phat Conquered Palestine</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1691246,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1691246,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Young Arabs are turning to hip-hop to express their feelings about  conflicts in the Middle East </description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Places to see before they disappear</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.see.b4.die/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.see.b4.die/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When it comes to the following tourist destinations, the trick will be getting there before the wrecking ball does.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestine Demands Timeline for State</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677770,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677770,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The chief Palestinian peace negotiator threatened on Tuesday that there would be no talks with Israel unless a deadline is set for establishing a Palestinian state</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Talk With a Suicide Bomber</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1645461,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1645461,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>He was 17 and terrified. The Taliban had indoctrinated him well. Nothing we do in Afghanistan will stop people like Farhad</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Iranians want democracy, nuclear inspections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/16/iran.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/16/iran.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most Iranians support nuclear inspections, a democratic government and normal relations with the United States, a poll by a U.S.-based organization has found.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The poverty/terror myth</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/13/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_murphy_terror.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/13/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_murphy_terror.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>The idea that poverty breeds terror appears obvious; how could it be otherwise? 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elections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/20/al.zawahiri.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/20/al.zawahiri.tape/index.html</guid><description>Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new videotaped statement Wednesday in which he sided with Hamas' opposition to early Palestinian elections.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/29/ahmadinejad.letter/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/29/ahmadinejad.letter/index.html</guid><description>In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunni leader dismayed by easing of security in Sadr City</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/01/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>The easing of a security crackdown in Baghdad's volatile Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City may be emboldening members of Shiite death squads, a Sunni leader said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunni, Shiite politicians rally around Iraq peace plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/03/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/03/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday gained the backing of leading Sunni and Shiite politicians for his four-point plan "to stop the bloodshed" in the midst of widespread sectarian violence.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ahmadinejad: Why is U.S. so pro-Israel?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/21/cnna.ahmedinejad/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/21/cnna.ahmedinejad/index.html</guid><description>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is surprised American politicians are so pro-Israel, and he again expressed doubt that the Holocaust is a historically established fact.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda calls on Muslims to fight Israel</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/27/zawahiri.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/27/zawahiri.tape/index.html</guid><description>With a poster of the burning World Trade Center behind him, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant appeared on tape Thursday calling on Muslims to join the fight against Israel and "rise up seeking martyrdom and attack the crusaders and Zionists."</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hezbollah leader apologizes for attack's child victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/20/nasrallah.interview/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/20/nasrallah.interview/index.html</guid><description>Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah apologized for an attack that killed two Israeli Arab children in northern Israel, saying the youngsters were "martyrs for Palestine."</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turning words into art</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/06/10/british.museum/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/06/10/british.museum/index.html</guid><description>The world's most densely populated capitals are familiar with traveling exhibitions that bring large numbers of fantastically rare objects from around the world and put them on display for the general public to enjoy.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iranian president inflames tensions with Israel</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/14/iran.israel/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/14/iran.israel/index.html</guid><description>Iran's president, who last October said Israel "must be wiped off the map," stoked tensions with the Jewish state Friday saying, "the Zionist regime is a dying tree, and soon its branches will be broken down."</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bin Laden's No. 2 condemns Mohammed cartoons</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/zawahiri.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/zawahiri.tape/index.html</guid><description>In a videotape broadcast Saturday, Osama bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, condemns published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked violent protests throughout the Muslim world.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>IAEA 'winds down Iran monitoring'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/12/iran.nuclear/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/12/iran.nuclear/index.html</guid><description>Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency have stripped most surveillance cameras and agency seals from Iranian nuclear sites and equipment as demanded by Tehran in response to its referral to the U.N. Security Council, according to diplomats in Europe quoted by The Associated Press.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran threat to revise nuke policy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/11/iran.nuclear/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/11/iran.nuclear/index.html</guid><description>The president of Iran has said it is his country's right to develop nuclear energy, and threatened to "revise" its acceptance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) if Western countries attempt to interfere with that right.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Baloney and newsprint, no ... Big oil, yes</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/31/commentary/streetlife/streetlife/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/31/commentary/streetlife/streetlife/index.htm</guid><description>Thinking about Big Oil and food this morning ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Quick facts about the PLC elections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/25/palestinian.election.facts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/25/palestinian.election.facts/index.html</guid><description>What are Palestinians voting for?</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cleric made 'anti-Israel tirade'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/16/britain.hamza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/16/britain.hamza/index.html</guid><description>Alleged race hate cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri made a speech condemning western leaders for behaving like sugar daddies to Israel because, he claimed, the country kept files on politicians for blackmail, a jury has heard.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Families plead for hostages' release</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.hostages/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.hostages/index.html</guid><description>The families of the Christian humanitarian workers taken hostage in Iraq last month have issued a statement urging the captors to free the men.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosions rock central Baghdad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/24/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Three explosions near two hotels housing international journalists and contractors rocked Iraq's capital at sunset Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 22, Baghdad emergency police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saddam says his soul to be 'sacrificed'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/21/saddam.letter/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/21/saddam.letter/index.html</guid><description>Imprisoned former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein wrote in a letter published Sunday that he is prepared to sacrifice himself for the Arab cause, and called on other Arabs to follow his example.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>London mayor: West created terror</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/20/london.attacks.0712/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/20/london.attacks.0712/index.html</guid><description>London Mayor Ken Livingstone has said that Western "double standards" in the Middle East have contributed to the growth of Islamic extremism and terrorist groups such as al Qaeda.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kenya bombing suspects acquitted</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/27/kenya.trial/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/27/kenya.trial/index.html</guid><description>A Kenyan judge acquitted three men on conspiracy charges Monday in the 2002 bombing of a Mombasa hotel that killed 15 people, a court official said. The magistrate cited lack of evidence.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Alliance 'main pillar of our security'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/21/bush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/21/bush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>President Bush -- making a five-day trip to Belgium, Germany and Slovakia -- spoke to European leaders Monday in a wide-ranging speech that called for Syria to withdraw troops from Lebanon, for Russia to embrace democracy and for greater cooperation between the United States and Europe. Here is a transcript of his speech:</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript of Ariel Sharon's speech at Egypt summit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/08/transcript.sharon/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/08/transcript.sharon/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced a cease-fire at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday. Following is a transcript of Sharon's address:</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>State of the Union excerpts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/speech.excerpt/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/speech.excerpt/index.html</guid><description>Excerpts from President Bush's State of the Union address, as released by the White House before the speech Wednesday night:</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian reaction to Arafat death</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/11/palestinian.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/11/palestinian.reaction/index.html</guid><description>The following is Palestinian reaction to the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat:</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Voice seems to be al Qaeda leader calling for uprising</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/01/zawahiri.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/01/zawahiri.transcript/index.html</guid><description>The Arabic language TV news network Al-Jazeera on Friday aired what it claims is a new audiotape from al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri. CNN has not authenticated the tape. CNN's Senior Editor for Arab Affairs Octavia Nasr translated the its message.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Jazeera airs purported al Qaeda tape</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/01/zawahiri.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/01/zawahiri.tape/index.html</guid><description>The Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera Friday aired what it claims is a new audiotape from al Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, issuing a call to action in the Muslim world.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rival groups claim Turkey blasts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.twoclaims/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.twoclaims/index.html</guid><description>Two separate terror groups have  claimed to have mounted the explosions in Istanbul which killed two people Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey blasts: Militants 'warning'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.claim/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.claim/index.html</guid><description>An Islamic group with links to al Qaeda has claimed to have mounted explosions in Istanbul which killed two people Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arafat unbowed in face of Sharon's remarks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/24/mideast.arafat/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/24/mideast.arafat/index.html</guid><description>Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat told cheering supporters Saturday that he has a message that the Israeli prime minister should hear:</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Techs fizzle</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/23/technology/techwrap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/23/technology/techwrap/index.htm</guid><description>Technology stocks ended modestly lower Tuesday after struggling much of the afternoon as lingering security fears cramped investor optimism.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hamas names interim leader in Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/23/yassin/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/23/yassin/index.html</guid><description>Abdel Aziz Rantisi was named acting Gaza leader of Hamas until a new leader is chosen, Hamas officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bonds get safe-haven bid</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/22/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/22/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm</guid><description>Treasury prices rose Monday as investors looked to fixed-income securities amid concerns of further violence in the Middle East  and political turmoil in Asia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doubt over al Qaeda claim</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/12/spain.blasts.alqaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/12/spain.blasts.alqaeda/index.html</guid><description>A group saying it speaks for al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the Madrid train bombings in an e-mail to an Arabic-language newspaper in London.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cost Of Instability Terror is playing havoc with the Middle East's economies.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349142/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349142/index.htm</guid><description>War, we all know, is hell. It's not too good for economies either. The continuing instability in Iraq and the renewed fighting between Israelis and Palestinians are having corrosive effects on busi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Divestment Done Wrong A movement against companies             that do business in Israel misses the point.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/14/330039/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/14/330039/index.htm</guid><description>Divestment. If you're of a certain age--let's say on the wrong end of 35--that word conjures up a movement on American college campuses in the early to mid-1980s that tried to force university endo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Living in America What's it like being an             Arab-American businessman today? Just ask the No. 1 retailer             o</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/01/07/316027/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/01/07/316027/index.htm</guid><description>Fawaz Ismail heard the whooping sound of a police siren as he cruised his topaz Mercedes out of the parking lot of his favorite Afghan restaurant on a mid-September afternoon. It was just a routine...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BIG MONEYMEN OF PALESTINE INC. If refugee camps come to mind when you think of Palestinians, meet these entrepreneurs. A new</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/07/31/72291/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/07/31/72291/index.htm</guid><description>SCATTERED from Amman to Atlanta, they form a global community of wealth and power united by a single cause. They are the Palestinian entrepreneurs, and no group has done more to press Yasser Arafat...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 1989 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>