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February 28, 2009  

US Withdraws from 2nd World Conference Against Racism, Following Israeli Policy Blindly

February 27, 2009

Barack Obama's Speech on February 27, 2009: Total Withdrawal by End of 2011, Dennis Ross Envoy to Iran  

5 US Soldiers Killed in War Attacks in Afghanistan, February 26-27, 2009  

7 US Soldiers Kidnapped in Mosul on Friday, US Soldier, 8 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, February 27, 2009  

Obama's US Budget $3.6 Trillion for 2010, Including $200 Billion for War in Iraq and Afghanistan  

Death toll of mutiny by paramilitary soldiers rises to 55 in Bangladesh  

FBI Arrests Stanford Financial Group Officer, Laura Pendergest-Holt, More Arrests of the Greedy Welcom  

Pentagon lifts ban on news coverage of coffins carrying killed troops  

Palestine:


Palestinian Factions in Cairo Agree to New PA Unity Government, to Prepare for Elections  

Solana says EU observers ready to resume Rafah border mission (on behalf of Israel)  

Hillary Clinton Angry at Israeli Obstacles to Delivery of Aid to Gaza  

Galawi's life line aid convoy reaches Tunisia, en route to Gaza Strip  


Ben-Ami says Israel, US must talk to Hamas if they want peace,  signature campaign in Europe to recognize Hamas  

Fayyad says Gaza needs at least two billion USD for it's reconstruction  

International legal experts tour Rafah investigating Israeli war crimes  

Israeli Security Tightened in Jerusalem in Response of Protests Over Demolition of Palestinian Bustan Neighborhood  

February 26, 2009

Hamas-Fat'h Unity Talks Begin in Cairo, Haniyah Says Unity Critical to National Interests


February 24, 2009


President Barack Obama's Address to Joint Session of US Congress, February 24th, 2009
  

4 US Soldiers and a Translator Killed in an Attack by Iraqi Policemen in Mosul  


4 US Soldiers, 16 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, Including Many Civilians, February 24, 2009  

13 Somali Civilians Killed, 45 Injured in Fighting Between African Union Forces and Al-Shabab Somali Fighters  

Supporters of Israel Deny Obama Access to the Hamas Letter

Mitchell's plan to open a permanent office in Jerusalem upsets the Israeli occupation government officials


Palestine:

Israeli Terrorist Forces Raid School, TV Station, Houses, Install Checkpoints, Kidnap Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank  


Hamas government deplores Israeli intent to demolish 88 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, protests defamation of Jesus Christ in Israeli TV  

Mitchell's plan to open a permanent office in Jerusalem upsets the Israeli occupation government officials  

Supporters of Israel Deny Obama Access to the Hamas Letter

Palestinian legislator Ahmed Mubarak sentenced to 19 months imprisonment by Israeli occupation military court  

February 23, 2009

Palestinian NGO Takes 3 UK Government Secretaries to Court for Breaking International Law Due to their Relations to Israeli War Criminals  

The Size of Destruction in Gaza Raised the Ire of Visiting US Lawmakers Kerry, Ellison, and Baird  

Ali Mallah on Voice of Palestine, Canada, About Boycott of Israel, on Tuesday February 24, 2009  


February 22, 2009

EU countries agree on tougher financial supervision with help of int'l organization  

Obama plans to halve federal budget deficit by 2013 by ending Iraq war and raising taxes on wealthiest Americans  

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad urges U.S. to move away from dictating policy  

Afghanistan:                                        

19 Afghanis Killed in NATO Air Strikes and Army Fire  

Iraq:

US Female Soldier, 3 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, February 22, 2009             

Palestine:

PLO Will Not Negotiate with a Right-Wing Israeli Government, Which Rejects the Two-State Solution  


Israeli Racist Government Demolishes Entire Palestinian Bustan Neighborhood in Jerusalem, Tana in Nablus  

Obama administration okays Fatah-Hamas dialogue, a departure from Israeli-controlled Bush policy  

In a letter handed to Senator Kerry, Hamas asks Obama to deal fairly with the Palestinian cause  

Arab league mission heading to Gaza to probe Israeli war crimes  

February 21, 2009

Hillary Clinton in Beijing, Meets With Hu Jintao, Chinese Leaders on Bilateral, Global Affairs  

US bank stocks plunge on nationalization concerns  

Sri Lanka:

Sri Lankan capital under rebel's air attack, 27 injured, another air attack thwarted  

Afghanistan:

3 NATO Soldiers Killed by Roadside Bomb, 16 Afghani Civilians Killed in US Air Strike Including Women and Children, Pelosi Meets Karzai  

Iraqi:

US Soldier, 36 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, February 18-21, 2009  

Palestine:

Israeli Terrorist Forces Injure 10 Protesters at Ni'lin Anti-Wall Protest and Al-khalil, Kidnap 4, Two Fighters Killed in Juhr Al-Deek  

Israelis Shell South Lebanon After Rocket Lands in Galilee, Palestinian Factions Deny Responsibility  

US to Cooperate with Netenyahu, George Mitchell to Stay in Jerusalem, Carter representatives Meet Hamas lawmaker  

Israeli and Hamas Governments Hold Indirect Talks in Paris About Prisoner Exchange  

February 20, 2009

Hamas Sends Letter to Obama Via Visiting US Senator John Kerry

February 19, 2009

US lawmakers John Kerry, Keith Ellison, Brian Baird Visit Gaza With Aid Convoy  

UK Viva Palestina Aid Convoy Reaches Morocco in its Way to Gaza  

February 18, 2009

UN Moves to Charge Israel with War Crimes  

Avi Dichter castigates Jordan for intending to sue Israel for war crimes in Gaza  

British lawmakers call for holding Israel accountable for its crimes in Gaza

At Least 50 Palestinian Youth Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in Jayous by Sunset    


Israeli Warplanes attack Gaza-Egypt Border, Elderly Woman Dies, Farmer Injured   

Iranian Bioweapon Researcher Nasser Talebzadeh Ordoubadi Dies Suspiciously in the US 

Minnesota Somalis Being Stopped, Questioned 

February 17, 2009

UN Moves to Charge Israel with War Crimes  

Avi Dichter castigates Jordan for intending to sue Israel for war crimes in Gaza  

British lawmakers call for holding Israel accountable for its crimes in Gaza

At Least 50 Palestinian Youth Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in Jayous by Sunset    


Israeli Warplanes attack Gaza-Egypt Border, Elderly Woman Dies, Farmer Injured   

Iranian Bioweapon Researcher Nasser Talebzadeh Ordoubadi Dies Suspiciously in the US 

Minnesota Somalis Being Stopped, Questioned 

February 17, 2009

7 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, US-Recruited Sahwa Fighters to Join Iraqi Army, February 17, 2009  

Israeli Terrorist Forces kidnap 60 Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank, Close Al-Ram, Raid Rafah with F-16 Warplanes  

Obama OKs significant troop increase in Afghanistan  

Obama signs stimulus bill, readies homeowner plan  

Remarks by President Obama and Vice President Biden at Signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Chinese president's Africa tour gives fresh impetus to traditional friendship  

Sudanese government, key Darfur rebel group sign peace deal  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:

Israeli Terrorist Forces kidnap 60 Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank, Close Al-Ram, Raid Rafah with F-16 Warplanes  

Urgent appeal to save Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque from coming Israeli attacks

PLO official Tayseer Khaled urges leaders to cut ties with Israel over settlement expansion

Gaza census shows major shifts in demographics of age, marriage, divorce, fertility, literacy, and work  

Palestinian travelers face new restrictions at Arab borders

Amr Moussa, Sergey Lavrov in Damascus to Talk with Khaled Mesha'al  

February 16, 2009

Israeli Terrorist Forces Kill a Palestinian, Injure Five in Gaza, Ransack West Bank Cities, Kidnapping Scores of Civilians  

20 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, US Prisons Hold 14,550 Iraqis,  February 16, 2009  

NATO Soldier, 26 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, February 16, 2009  

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Arrives in Japan on Inaugural Visit  

British, French nuclear submarines collide in Atlantic  

Evo Morales in Moscow: Russia, Bolivia sign military, anti-drug co-op deals  

February 15, 2009


Obama says US will help plan anti-racism Conference despite Israeli and Zionist pressures  

9 British Activists Arrested By Police in London to Stop them from Leaving in Humanitarian Aid Caravan to Gaza! Shame!  

How Wealthy Capitalists Control Politics and Military: Two Indian Tycoons  

US Occupation of Iraq:

2 US Soldiers, British Soldier, 52 Iraqis Killed, Scored Injured, in War Attacks, February 13-15, 2009  

Israeli Terrorism:


Israeli Government Retreats from Truce Agreement with Hamas  

Israeli Occupation Terrorist Forces Continue Firing at Gaza Fishermen, Escalate Terrorist Attacks  

300 Israeli terrorist settlers under military guard invade Artas village in Bethlehem  

Amnesty International urges Ki-moon to broaden a probe into Israeli attacks on UN buildings  

Hundreds of researchers attend Amman symposium on post-war Gaza  

February 12, 2009

US-Russian Orbiting Satellites Collide Over Siberia, Two Clouds of Debris Cover Earth  

US Soldier, 26 Iraqis Killed in 10 War Attacks, Scores Injured in Other Attacks, on February 12, 2009  

Pentagon Image Improvement Costs $4.7 Billion, Employing 27,000 Personnel in 2009

Israeli Helicopter Attacks Palestinian Police Center in Khan Younis, Israeli Terrorist Forces Kidnap 20 Palestinians in West Bank Raids  

US Senate, House reach agreement on stimulus package of $789 billion  

Wall Street Bankers Associated With the US Financial Disaster  

Final Results of Israeli Parliamentary Elections  

February 11, 2009

20 Afghanis Killed in Taliban Bombs and Clashes with Government Forces in Kabul, On Eve of Holbrooke Visit  


37 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Scores Injured, February 11, 2009  

Israeli Parliamentary Elections Produce 3 Heads of Terrorism: Livni, Netanyahu, Lieberman  

Israeli Elections: Dictatorship of the Zionist Terroristic Political Parties to Subjugate the Palestinian Majority  

Ahmadinejad Welcomes Obama Administration Willingness to Talk to Iran  
Chinese President Hu Jintao Meets Saudi Arabian King Abdullah in Riyadh  

US Senate Approves Massive Stimulus Package, New Financial Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion


5 US Soldiers, 8 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in War Attacks, 24 US Soldiers Committed Suicide in January, According to February 10, 2009 News Reports  

February 7, 2009

Biden and Larijani Exchange Views About US-Iranian Talks Through Speeches in Munich  

Moderate Democrats, GOP Forge Deal to Trim $100 Billion from Obama's Stimulus Bill  


Israeli Terrorism:

Israeli terrorist forces escalate attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank  

Hamas delegation led by Al-Zahar leaves for Cairo  

Israeli aggression destroyed water networks, put lives of Gazans at risk  

Arab medicine and food supplies donated to Gaza rot in Al-Arish, Egypt  

Zionist Enabling of Israeli Terrorism:

Spain Zigzags Between Probing Israeli War Crimes and Amending Law to Avoid Such Trials  

US National Union of Lawyers Found Evidence to Charge the Israeli State  of Committing Massacres and Violations of International Law  

Zionists in US Congress introduces bill to punish UNRWA for daring to speak out against the Israeli war crimes in Gaza  

Israel Able to Convince Obama to Attack Iran, Says Aaron David Miller

February 5, 2009

Pakistan:

32 Pakistanis Killed, 50 Injured, in a Suicide Attack on a Shi'i Mosque, to Spark a Sunni-Shi'i Sectarian Violence  

Iraq:

22 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 15 in Khanaqin Suicide Bombing, More Attacks on US Forces, February 5, 2009  

Palestine:

Israeli terrorist forces assassinate Jenin Islamic Jihad leader, Ala Abul Rub, kill a Palestinian man on Gaza border  

Israeli Terrorist Pirate Navy Attacks Lebanese Humanitarian Aid Ship Bound for Gaza  

Hamas says Cairo calm talks failed because of Israeli intransigence  

Israeli terrorist army admits to killing family members of a Palestinian physician in Gaza  

Afghanistan:

Suicide Blast Targets Foreign Troop Convoy In Afghanistan  

Afghanistan says foreign fighters coming from Iraq  

Afghanistan says more Muslim fighters coming from Iraq, more suicide bombers from Pakistan  

Kyrgyzstan:

Kyrgyzstan to shut down US air base, under Russian influence  

US:

Obama administration seeks treaty to cut US, Russia nukes  

Obama warns of catastrophe if Congress not to act by passing the economic stimulus bill  

February 2, 2009

21 Afghani Policemen Killed in Taliban Suicide Bombing, Warning Against Wasteful Aid  

2 US Soldiers, 13 Iraqis Killed, Attacks on US Forces and Bases, February 2, 2009  

Israeli Terrorists Kill 2 Palestinians, Injures Two, Abbas Says He Has No Peace Partner in the Israeli Side  

Qaddafi Elected As the New African Union Chairman

US Gitmo Prison to be Relocated from Cuba to the Baltic European State of Latvia

Venezuelans Celebrate Hugo Chavez Day, World-Wide Celebrity 

Israeli Terrorism in Palestine:


Academic boycott of the Israeli terrorist state spreads to US, Canada, & Al-Quds University

Highlights of the Egyptian Initiative for Truce Between Hamas and Israel, and Reconciliation Between Hamas and Fat'h

Israelis refuse entry for 50% of Gaza daily needs, regularly refuse macaroni and dates

Israelis use prohibited interrogation means against Palestinian political prisoners

Israeli Terrorists Kill 2 Palestinians, Injures Two, Abbas Says He Has No Peace Partner in the Israeli Side

February 1, 2009

Afghanis Protest NATO Forces Killing of 2 Children, One Elder, Taliban Fighters Attack Canadian and French Occupation Soldiers  


2 US Soldiers, 7 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 2 Policemen Killed by US Soldiers, February 1, 2009

Olmert vows "disproportional" response to 5 projectiles landing in open areas, causing no harm  

Egypt installs cameras, censors on borders with Gaza, with NATO help  

Spain amends law to avoid trying Israeli war criminals, another evidence of Zionist control over NATO governments  

New Somali President, Sharif Shaikh Ahmed Starts New Era, Facing Daunting Task  

AU starts 12th Summit with theme on infrastructure development  

Kenyan police free Obama's half brother, George  




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