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In the summer of 2001, less than four years ago, the Israeli government issued an order to shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization offices in Orient House in East Jerusalem. The offices had been operating with Israel's consent since the beginning of the peace process and in keeping with the Oslo agreement. They were run by Faisal al-Husseini, who held the PLO's Jerusalem portfolio and died a few weeks before they were closed down. Perhaps the most important department in the Orient House was the one in charge of preserving and developing the Palestinian presence in East Jerusalem. The Palestinian...

TWO years ago today, the most spectacular and awe-inspiring act of terrorism ever perpetrated brought down the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in Manhattan. While two hijacked aircraft flew into the towers, a third destroyed part of the Pentagon in Washington. A fourth came down in the countryside after passengers attacked the hijackers. It may have been destined for the White House or Capitol Hill. Thus the young Saudis and Egyptians of al-Qa'ida struck against the greatest symbols of American power and the greatest citadels of politics, military might and commerce in the world. The selection of targets...

Man Entraps Neighbor's Dog with Taped Barks Tue Jul 1, 7:57 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! BERLIN (Reuters) - A German used recorded barking to provoke a neighbor's dog to respond so he could report the animal for disturbing the peace, police said on Monday. "The man evidently didn't like the dog and wanted to make it bark more so he could report it," a police spokesman in the northern town of Harrislee said. After the man complained to police about the German shepherd, the neighbor discovered a speaker hidden in his garden hedge attached...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Lott and the DachshundsRalph R. ReilandSunday, Dec. 29, 2002 What's dumb about Trent Lott is that he should have known how tricky it is to talk about race in America. Excuse the pun, but the top dog in the Senate should have known that we're at the point where you can't even say that dachshunds aren't so good with kids without being called a racist. Remember when the fur hit the fan a few years back when the American Kennel Club said in its best-selling "The Complete Dog Book" that some breeds were better with young children...