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26 Hours in Tinian
2007-04-30 09:01:00 About a month ago I got a call from Lawrence asking me if I would participate in an environmental forum on Tinian. How could I say no?The forum was this past Friday. I went over on the 9:30 AM ferry with my co-presenter Greg Moretti from Division of Fish & Wildlife. As a matter of pure coincidence, Diana, Deanna, and Tony were also on the ferry.They were going over some swimming and some gambling. We made plans to meet up when I was finished with work.Lawrence picked up Greg and me at the Tinian dock. The people on Tinian are so friendly! We had to wait about three minutes for Law to pick us up and in that short time at least six different people offered to give us a ride.Law is on the RC&D Board and works at NMC Tinian. Friday was the NMC CREES open house, so in addition to the environmental forum, they had some of their projects on display.One of the projects was a dry litter management system for pigs. This system conserves water and can protect drinking water supplies. I'm ...
By: The Saipan Blog
Taga Beach, Tinian
2007-04-30 06:47:00 Taga Beach is on the South end of Tinian, within walking distance of the village of San Jose village and the Tinian Dynasty Casino. Right next to the beach are picnic facilities, parking, and even a place to rent a scooter.It is a small pocket beach with small limestone cliffs on either side. To get down to the beach one has to climb down some rocks, but most prefer to just jump into the clear green and blue water from the small cliffs.This is the most popular way to enjoy Taga Beach.1. Walk down the concrete path in the above photo to get to the edge of the cliff.2. Jump in3. Swim to shore4. Climb up the rocks to get back to the top5. Repeat.Here are steps 1-3 in full color, set to music, of course:The different hues of green and blue are simply amazing:You have to climb up the rocks in the following picture to get off of the beach. If you don't think you can climb these rocks, don't jump in the water.I'm not sure how I feel about the latte stone railing. While I can appreciate ...
By: The Saipan Blog
Israeli army kills four Palestinians
2007-04-28 11:45:00 Tel Aviv, April 28: Israeli soldiers shot dead four militant Palestinians near the Gaza Strip border Saturday, a military spokeswoman here said.
By: newkerala.com
Israeli army kills four Palestinians
2007-04-28 10:55:00 Tel Aviv, April 28 (DPA) Israeli soldiers shot dead four militant Palestinians near the Gaza Strip border Saturday, a military spokeswoman here said. The armed men had tried to lay explosives near the security barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip, she said. Soldiers noticed what the four were doing and fired at them, she reported. Since the ...
By: Latest News
Back from Tinian..
2007-04-28 07:00:00 ...and now off to the Flame Tree Festival to help Beautify CNMI! teach the islands about Recyling! I took some great photos on Tinian; I'll post them...well, it is a busy weekend. I'll get them up soon. In the meantime, here is a video of Saipan's #1 Korean Party bringing the party to Tinian:If that video isn't Youtube Gold, then I don't know what is.Edit:While I was on the ferry from Tinian to Saipan I edited a couple of videos. Here is the other one:This video recreates a jump off the small cliff into the water at Taga Beach.
By: The Saipan Blog
Palestinians, Israelis should avow Holocaust, Nakba
2007-04-27 19:08:00 While we are presently preoccupied with fighting extremism and terrorism, we should remember that history is a powerful resource for our images, beliefs, and actions. The more focused we are on learning its lessons, the more prepared we may be to meet its challenges. Past and current tensions have lasting negative effects that breed enmity and hatred. Reconciliation is a process that... [read more]
By: Munaeem's Blog
Palestinians, Israelis debate peace U.N. (AP)
2007-04-26 11:54:00 Palestinians called on Israel Wednesday to seize the opportunity to negotiate peace without preconditions, but Israel refused and accused the Palestinian government of waging a terror campaign.Source : AP [read more]
By: Munaeem's Blog
Rift unsettles Palestinian unity government
2007-04-24 01:16:00 The Palestinian national unity government suffered the most serious rift since its formation last month after the interior minister tried to resign on Monday over the lack of progress by security forces to install law and order.
By: Get rich
Double Jeopardy Entraps Palestinians
2007-04-23 16:55:00 Since 1967, One-Fifth of the Palestinian Population has Ended Up in Israel JailsAlready condemned to a life of imprisonment by the Israeli Government for just being a Palestinian in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, every Palestinian lives in fear of being arrested and imprisoned in Israel for wanting to be free. And, international law and conventions are no source of comfort to Palestinians... [read more]
By: Munaeem's Blog
Israel escalates military actions in Palestinian areas
2007-04-23 10:15:00 Gaza/Ramallah, April 22 (Xinhua) The Israeli army has escalated its military actions against the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since Saturday, killing at least nine Palestinians. Palestinian observers considered the Israeli actions “a sudden escalation that Israel wants to make future political achievements or escape from commitments to resume the stalled peace ...
By: Latest News
Corpus-delicti and the Palestinian Right of Return
2007-04-22 18:31:00 Corpus Delictiand the Palestinian Right of ReturnCorpus-delicti� is a Latin word referring to an object or a tool which helps to prove or to establish a crime and or to identify the criminal himself.You see or hear that word in many detective-films and also in books.The existence of the Palestinian refugees is a corpus-delictito a crime called the establishment of the State of Israel and to criminals called the Zionists....better known as "Israelis".To hide this corpus-delicti Israel must hide the refugeeswhich is not possible , therefore the right of return of those refugeesmust be oppressed, ignored ,hidden and suppressed by the Zionists and by their friends.......in order to hiding the crime , itself.Philosophically speaking,� I say :if there is no victim , there is no crime.Refugees are the first degree victims of Israel,followed very closely by the occupied Palestinian population and then the Arabs as a whole, will follow in that list.Symbolically , and as an obvious example ,...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Israel escalates military actions in Palestinian areas
2007-04-22 18:02:00 Gaza/Ramallah, April 22 : The Israeli army has escalated its military actions against the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since Saturday, killing at least nine Palestinians.
By: newkerala.com
Official: freeing Palestinians risky
2007-04-22 17:15:00 JERUSALEM, April 22: An Israeli defense official has voiced concern about security risks if Palestinian prisoners are exchanged for a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
By: newkerala.com
Eight Palestinians killed
2007-04-22 17:13:00 NABLUS, West Bank, April 22 : Eight Palestinians were killed in weekend fighting with Israeli Defense Forces and a Palestinian rocket struck a Sderot, Israel, home.
By: newkerala.com
Two Palestinians killed in fresh raids
2007-04-22 11:33:00 Tel Aviv, April 22: Israeli soldiers Sunday killed two Palestinians in the city of Nablus in the West Bank, Israeli media reported.
By: newkerala.com
Israeli-Palestinian clashes flare
2007-04-22 00:06:00 The strike on Gaza was in swift response to rockets fired into IsraelSix Palestinians have been killed in Israeli army raids in the West Bank and an air strike in the Gaza Strip, in the worst flare-up of violence in weeks.
By: Get rich
Israeli-Palestinian clashes flare
2007-04-22 00:06:00 The strike on Gaza was in swift response to rockets fired into IsraelSix Palestinians have been killed in Israeli army raids in the West Bank and an air strike in the Gaza Strip, in the worst flare-up of violence in weeks.
By: Get rich
Argentinian court seeks more evidence against Quattrocchi
2007-04-21 13:00:00 New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) An Argentinian court hearing the Indian plea for extradition of fugitive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, accused in the Bofors gun payoff scam, has sought more evidence, if any, by April 26 in order to begin argument. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources said the agency headquarters here had received a communication ...
By: Latest News
Palestinian refugees stage a sit in outside UN office
2007-04-17 11:50:00 New Delhi, Apr 17 : Palestinian refugees staged a sit in outside the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office here on Monday, demanding a solution to their problems.
By: newkerala.com
Rinko Kikuchi Shares Love Shack with Her Argentinian Boy Toy
2007-04-13 18:30:00 Japanese gossip magazine Friday reports that Rinko Kikuchi, this year’s Oscar nominee for her Supporting Actress role in Babel, is living with Argentine-born actor Aletta Federico (26) in an apartment in Central Tokyo. Federico’s “people” admitted that they have been together for more than a year and that he accompanied Kikuchi to last month’s Oscar ceremony. ...
By: Daily Dumpling
Rinko Kikuchi Shares Love Shack with Her Argentinian Boy Toy
2007-04-13 05:30:00 Japanese gossip magazine Friday reports that Rinko Kikuchi, this year’s Oscar nominee for her Supporting Actress role in Babel, is living with Argentine-born actor Aletta Federico (26) in an apartment in Central Tokyo. Federico’s “people” admitted that they have been together for more than a year and that he accompanied Kikuchi to last month’s Oscar ceremony. ...
By: Daily Dumpling
Where are the Palestinian priorities ??
2007-04-04 14:40:00 every now and then I hear very strange news from Palestine , the kind of news that you make wonder how some Palestinians think The kind of news like Some Radical religious group that bombs Internet cafes and CD Shops for what they present !!, the "Swords of El-Hak or rightness" bombed 18 Internet cafes and destroyed the computers some where in Gaza , they destroyed their own free way to the world ,where we can know the news of Palestine and the siege from !! or the kind of news like There is some Palestinian organization for defending the rights of the Palestinian Lesbian !! yup the Palestinian Lesbians ,as if the straight Palestinian woman has her full rights !! The news didn't stop her but continues saying that a group like the Muslim sisters is going to organize a protest against those Lesbians !! Or even worst kind of News like Kidnapping a journalist who is covering what is going in Palestine honestly as far as he could , jeopardizing his life and also career to le...
Israeli leader proposes Arab summit on Palestinians
2007-04-02 18:31:00 The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has issued a public call for King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and other Arab leaders to meet him in the wake of last week's revival of their "land for peace" offer for the Middle East."I think it is time to make a momentous effort in order to give a push to the diplomatic process," Olmert said at a news conference in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.His comments� came less than a week after a plan was drawn up by 22 Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia to revive a 2002 peace deal offering Israel recognition and security in exchange for a return to pre-1967 borders and efforts to resettle Palestinian refugees. Israeli leaders have called for peace talks with their neighbors in the past, and it was not immediately clear whether Olmert's sweeping invitation meant he had dropped his objection to peace talks with Syria or with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah party has formed a coalition government with the militan...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Judge recommends release of Palestinian
2007-04-01 09:38:00 NORFOLK, Va., March 31: A federal judge in Virginia says a Palestinian man held as an illegal immigrant should be released because he has spent too long behind bars.
By: newkerala.com
EU ready for selective cooperation with Palestinians
2007-03-31 18:23:00 Bremen, March 31 : European Union foreign ministers Saturday agreed to work with non-Hamas members of the Palestinian national unity government as part of a renewed drive for peace in the Middle East.
By: newkerala.com
Israelis counterpunch Palestinians
2007-03-31 16:28:00 JERUSALEM, March 31: The Israeli air force has attacked Palestinian militants in response to Qassam rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials said.
By: newkerala.com
Palo Alto Sidewalk Graffiti and Argentinian Nationalism
2007-03-30 23:01:00 Seen on Webster street, a relic from the early 1980’s… Consumer, Real estate
How greed, hatred and corruption engulfed a Palestinian village in sewage
2007-03-30 15:20:00 � Umm Nasser sewage spill � The Passover story tells of Pharaoh's pursuing chariots engulfed in the sea, but the Palestinian village of Umm Nasser, the site of regular rocket launchings against Israel, earlier this week had an even more ignominious fate: drowning in its own accumulated excrement. "Cesspool of corruption" took on a whole new meaning for the northern Gaza village. The whole incident took on the attributes of a metaphor for what Gaza has become under the Palestinian Authority, and a sign of how the situation may continue to deteriorate if the PA is allowed to continue in power. The Palestinians were quick to accuse the Israelis, as usual, for the flood of putrid excrement that engulfed a Gaza village, killing five, including two babies. As noted in our original story Palestinian Environment Minister, Dr. Yousef Safia, blamed Israel for the flooding, claiming that Israel had threatened to bomb construc...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Palestinian Schoolbooks say ‘fighting Israel is Islamic duty’
2007-03-30 04:57:00 RAMALLAH, 29 March 2007 (IRIN) - Palestinian schoolchildren are being taught to hate Israel and to see fighting Israelis as a holy Islamic duty, according to a report by an Israeli media monitoring group.New Palestinian 12th grade textbooks published last December deny Israel’s existence and teach 11-year-olds that the Palestinian struggle is part of an overall war between Muslims and their enemies, according to a Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) report entitled “From nationalist battle to religious conflict”.The Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) said it was reviewing the issue.“The books don’t allow for a Palestinian child to accept Israel as a neighbour. When you define the conflict as a religious war you are no longer fighting for your own national identity or territory but for Islamic destiny. You have to accept either Islam or Israel,” said Itamar Marcus, PMW’s director.“I would be happy if the books talked about a national struggle to get as many rig...
US, Saudi Arabia, Israel formulate compensation plan for Palestinian refuge
2007-03-29 09:27:00 Diplomatic representatives of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel have been holding secret talks with the purpose of reaching a just solution to the Palestinian refugee situation; namely, one that does not involve the right of return, Ynetnews reported. The initiative would offer financial compensation to those willing to remain in their current countries of residence. The discussions were run by senior American officials, and included Saudi Secretary-General of the National Security Council, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, and high-level Israeli officials. According to the new proposal, those Palestinians who refuse to remain in their current residences and insist on the right of return will be allowed to return to Palestinian territories only. Their return would be arranged with the Palestinian Authority, to prevent a sudden influx of Palestinians and to avoid economic problems. Concurrent to the financial compensation, Saudi Arabi...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Palestinian Refugees
2007-03-27 17:19:00 The war of 1948 created Israel and destroyed Palestinian Arab society. Argument over that destruction has never ceased. The 1948 war had two main phases. First, it was mainly a civil war between irregular Arab and Jewish forces within Mandatory Palestine. Then it became an international conflict in which troops from five Arab states intervened. Israel was decisively victorious in both phases. During and after the conflict, most Arab inhabitants of the new Israeli state left their homes.All those persons who were prevented from returning their homes after November 29, 1947 are called 'Palestinian Refugees'. There are about 4.3 million Palestinian refugees. They live in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Almost half of them are registered with UNRWA. They have long been suffering from severe and inhuman restrictions involving residency rights, freedom of movement and employment, as well as property ownership rights.With the exception of Jordan and Syria, Palestinian refugees in the Arab wor...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Palestinian cesspool bursts, destroys town
2007-03-27 13:35:00 UMM NASER VILLAGE, Gaza Strip —AP- The convoy of the new Palestinian interior minister came under fire Tuesday as it arrived at the scene of a large sewage spill that killed three people and submered 25 homes in the northern Gaza Strip, a Hamas Web site reported. Interior Minister Hani Kawasmeh wasn’t hurt, the Web site said. Kawasmeh had just arrived to inspect the scene of the disaster, which forced thousands of residents to evacuate the village. His car was quickly surrounded by an angry mob, and gunfire broke out, the Web site said. At least three people died and many more were missing after sewage and mud flooded a northern Gaza Strip village, officials said. I guess when you’re spending all your time and money trying to think up ways to kill the jews, you don’t have a whole bunch left to spend on things like, well, sewers, and basic services. Extend This Post Reach
By: BitsBlog
Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians in West Bank
2007-03-27 09:38:00 Ramallah, March 27: Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian militants in the northern West Bank city of Nablus early Tuesday, according to Palestinian security sources.
By: newkerala.com
Give new Palestinian cabinet 'some space': Ban Ki-moon
2007-03-26 11:55:00 Jerusalem, March 26: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called upon Israel and the international community Monday to give the new Palestinian unity government "some political space" to meet international demands of non-violence and recognition of Israel.
By: newkerala.com
Give new Palestinian cabinet 'some space': Ban Ki-moon
2007-03-26 11:55:00 Jerusalem, March 26: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called upon Israel and the international community Monday to give the new Palestinian unity government "some political space" to meet international demands of non-violence and recognition of Israel.
By: newkerala.com
Palestinian government must meet international demands: Ban
2007-03-25 18:36:00 Tel Aviv/Ramallah, March 25: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Sunday called on the new Palestinian government to meet international demands regarding Israel, and said he shared hopes for a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
By: newkerala.com
Aid to Palestinians Rose Despite an Embargo
2007-03-21 19:46:00 JERUSALEM, March 20 - Despite the international embargo on aid to the Palestinian Authority since Hamas came to power a year ago, significantly more aid was delivered to the Palestinians in 2006 than in 2005, according to official figures from the
By: Get rich
Palestinian aid up despite embargo
2007-03-21 17:08:00 JERUSALEM, March 21 :International aid to Palestinians increased last year over 2005 levels despite a widespread embargo due to the election of Hamas to parliament.
By: newkerala.com
IDF kills Palestinian in West Bank
2007-03-21 17:02:00 NABLUS, West Bank, March 21: Israeli troops on Wednesday killed a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out several shooting incidents in the West Bank.
By: newkerala.com
Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank
2007-03-21 10:58:00 Ramallah, March 21: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian in a military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday, medical and security sources said.
By: newkerala.com
Embargo didn't stop flow of Palestinian aid
2007-03-21 09:11:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article JERUSALEM: Despite the international embargo on aid to the Palestinian Authority since Hamas came to power a year ago, significantly more aid was delivered
By: Get rich
No military solution to Palestinian issue: Sinha
2007-03-21 09:08:00 Dubai, Mar 21: Observing that there can be no military solution to the middle-east crisis, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said both Israel and Palestine need to eschew violence and focus instead on creation of an independent Palestinian state within a "time-frame".
By: newkerala.com
Suicide building, yeah right!
Palestinians need a...
2007-03-21 05:52:00 Suicide building, yeah right!Palestinians need an impossible to obtain permit in order to escape the demolition of their homes built on land they own, while settlers get military protection but i gave up on fairness and empathy on the Israeli side long ago.And nothing we didn't already know and argue here but i gave up on logic and honesty on that side long ago.While you might be predisposed to some ideas growing up, the strongest opinions of others and the character-changing lessons in life are really the ones you form based on what you live and what you experience. We don't propagate hate, we just propagate ourselves. We are who society makes of us. We are the result of a global collective human interaction that will be affected by international politics, economics and culture. In today's wars, racism, commercialism and globalization of cheap ideas, cheap lives double lanes and fast gains, what a sad generation we must be raising!
Embargo didn't stop Palestinian aid flow
2007-03-20 21:25:00 '); JERUSALEM: Despite the international embargo on aid to the Palestinian Authority since the election victory of Hamas a year ago, significantly more aid was delivered to the Palestinians in 2006 than in 2005, according to official figures from the
By: Get rich
EU, US set to end boycott of Palestinians
2007-03-20 20:24:00 The year-long boycott of the Palestinian Authority by the west is coming to an end, with the US and the European Union moving towards establishing contacts with the new government of national unity.
By: Get rich
Analysis of the Palestinian national unity government: its composition, pla
2007-03-20 17:57:00 OverviewIn the late morning hours of March 17, 2007, the Palestinian Legislative Council held a vote of confidence for the new national unity government and ratified its establishment, with 83 representatives voting in favor and three against (two from the PFLP, which is not part of the government, and one independent). In the evening the government ministers were sworn in by Abu Mazen , the chairman on the Palestinian Authority, in at a festive ceremony held simultaneously in Gaza and Ramallah by conference call. A live broadcast of the swearing-in ceremony (Palestinian TV, March 17) In his speech before the Palestinian Legislative Council Abu Mazen appealed to Israel to return to the negotiating table to achieve a ?just peace.? He said that the Palestinians extended their hand to peace and coexistence, and promised to act to bring about the release of Gilad Shalit, the abducted Israeli soldier. Ismail Haniya , prime minister of the national unity governmen...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Behind Bars: Marwan al Barghouti, ?The Next Palestinian President?
2007-03-20 13:46:00 Marwan al Barghouti, the leader of the Fatah movement who many Palestinians regard as their next leader has been fighting from his prison cell to see his eldest son, Qassim. For 12 months he has been battling for this cause and it has finally succeeded, however still remains incomplete. The Israeli authorities have refused to transfer Qassim, who is also in an Israeli prison, to the one in which his father is held. Marwan al Barghouti is one of the prominent amongst these figures. He is a distinguished political figure whose name is mentioned as the possible up-and-coming Palestinian leader in Israel and even worldwide. All the opinion polls that have been published recently have hailed him a leader. He was behind the Palestinian National Reconciliation document and while he is imprisoned, he still remains an active contributor to the cause of stopping the Palestinian infighting. Members of the Palestinian leadership visit him seeking counsel on a number of issues, and his opinion...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Save Iraq's Palestinians
2007-03-20 08:44:00 London-based Al Quds Al Arabi commented Thursday that while Palestinians living in Arab countries had faced difficult conditions from time-to-time, such as in Kuwait from 1990 to 1991, and being deported from Libya in 1996, what they were enduring today in Iraq, at the hands of sectarian militias, was the ugliest and most criminal of such difficult experiences. The independent Palestinian-owned daily noted that militias Wednesday had killed eight Palestinians and injured 20 others, without the Iraqi government intervening to protect them. "It did not interfere to protect them because it is incapable of [even] protecting Iraqis; in fact, it contributed to the loss of thousands of Iraqi lives when it formed the death squads," it argued. The daily accused the Iraqi government and sectarian militias of being fickle, having seemingly forgotten there were more than 3 million Iraqis of all sects and religions living in dignity in neighboring Arab countries. The paper urged Iraq's neighbor...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Ban confers with international partners on Palestinian govt
2007-03-20 07:15:00 United Nations, Mar 20: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held telephonic discussions with key international partners on the Middle East on a joint approach to the new Palestinian unity government.
By: newkerala.com
Palestinian sanctions to remain
2007-03-20 03:14:00 The US and EU said there was not enough evidence of changeThe European Union and the United States have agreed to withhold recognition for the new Palestinian unity government, sworn in on Saturday.
By: Get rich
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