UPI International Intelligence articles from June 2006

UPI International Intelligence archives from June 2006

Review of the Arab press.
June 1, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 1 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 1: London-based al-Quds al-Arabi commented Thursday that the U.S. retraction of its decision not to negotiate with Iran might mean the American administration has accepted the...

Chad's peace challenge in Darfur.
June 1, 2006... Byline: DONNA BORAK WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) -- The government of Chad is under political siege, juggling mounting hostilities with the Sudanese government as the lives of 200,000 Darfur refugees stashed away in its countryside hang in the...

Analysis: World slow to meet HIV goals.
June 1, 2006... Byline: EDITH HONAN UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (UPI) -- When the United Nations convened in 2001 for a special session of the General Assembly to formulate a global response to HIV/AIDS, the world body settled on the ambitious goal of...

Analysis: N. Korea seeks direct U.S. talks.
June 1, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 1 (UPI) -- North Korea's invitation to the chief U.S. nuclear envoy for a meeting in Pyongyang is aimed at reviving stalled nuclear talks following a sign the Bush administration may seek a broad new...

Arrests intimidate Syrian opposition.
June 1, 2006... Byline: THANAA IMAM DAMASCUS, Syria, June 1 (UPI) -- Opposition to the Syrian regime has expanded in recent years, taking in parties from the extreme right to the extreme left, but recent arrests targeting political and human rights...

Walker's World: Regime change where?
June 1, 2006... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- Sound bites get a lot of criticism these days because they over-simplify complex issues and reduce policy to slogans and bumper stickers. But as a way of grabbing attention and seizing the...

Analysis: How to deal with Iran, Hamas?
June 1, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 1 (UPI) -- What to do with Iran? How to deal with Hamas? Germany's security experts have some suggestions in their new Peace Report 2006, published Thursday, as international conflicts take on further...

Analysis: Mubarak, Olmert to meet Sunday.
June 1, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, June 1 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will fly to Sharm el-Sheikh Sunday, after the Jewish Shavuot (Pentecost) holiday, to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to explain his...

White elephant slumbers at Gaza's border.
June 2, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT KEREM SHALOM, Israel, May 31 (UPI) -- Gideon Menashe lifted a tent's flap and ushered his guests to the "Passengers' Hall" at the point where Israel's border meets those of Egypt and the Gaza Strip. It...

Outside View: Trapped in a failed strategy.
June 2, 2006... Byline: ALON BEN-MEIR NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) -- Although only two weeks have passed since the formation of the long-anticipated Iraqi government, all signs show that this "watershed event," using President Bush's own words, will be another...

World powers agree on Iran nuclear package.
June 2, 2006... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, June 2 (UPI) -- The United States and five other world powers have agreed on a package of incentives and penalties to offer Iran in an attempt to resolve the crisis over its nuclear program. Following...

Politics & Policies: The Iranian see-saw.
June 2, 2006... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- By mid-week the news concerning Iran's nuclear debacle was positive. Sounding somewhat optimistic, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy welcomed the United States' willingness in...

BMD Focus: Why didn't the Agni III fly?
June 2, 2006... Byline: MARTIN SIEFF WASHINGTON, June 1 (UPI) -- The Agni III ICBM, the pride of India's strategic deterrent force, has been shot down before it could even conduct its first test flight. Why did the Indian government pull the plug? ...

Analysis: What about Israel and Iran?
June 2, 2006... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (UPI) -- The U.N. chief weapons inspector leading up to the Iraq war, Hans Blix, returned to the world organization's headquarters and into the debate on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons...

Analysis: Terror goal is to cause riots.
June 2, 2006... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, June 2 (UPI) -- The attempted terror attack at the headquarters of the ultra-Hindu Rashtray Swayamsevak Sangh was aimed at fanning large-scale communal riots in India to create anarchy and disorder, Indian...

Policy Watch: Moscow's Chinese challenge.
June 2, 2006... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- The rise of China affects virtually every other country in the world, but most especially those that neighbor it. Moscow has important reasons to be concerned about China: Russian territory...

Analysis: Dismantling Iraq's militias.
June 3, 2006... Byline: SANA ABDALLAH AMMAN, Jordan, June 3 (UPI) -- Since being endorsed by Iraq's elected Parliament last month, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has used every opportunity to stress that his government's top priority is to restore...

Eye on Eurasia: Russia's moderate Muslims.
June 3, 2006... Byline: PAUL GOBLE TALLINN, Estonia, June 3 (UPI) -- The Union of Muftis of Russia or SMR has taken two steps to promote moderate, reformist Islam among Muslims. Late last month, the SMR moved to create a Moscow Center for the...

Politics & Policies: Right fighting force.
June 5, 2006... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- With the exception of the Salvation Army, recruits in all the world's armies are trained to fight -- and to kill. Consequently, when armies are dispatched overseas and tasked with jobs...

Walker's World: Pakistan's boom.
June 5, 2006... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- War is not often seen as a source of economic growth, but Pakistan seems likely to emerge as one of the main beneficiaries of the Bush administration's War on Terror. As a front-line state...

Review of the Arab press.
June 5, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 5 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 5: The Palestinian al-Hayat al-Jadeeda commented Monday on the 39th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli war in which Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai and the Golan Heights. It...

Analysis: U.N. grapples with AIDS worldwide.
June 5, 2006... Byline: EDITH HONAN UNITED NATIONS, June 2 (UPI) -- The United Nations says without renewed political will and a major increase in aid, the spread of the AIDS epidemic is likely to continue. A declaration agreed to Friday to redouble...

Analysis: S.Korea, U.S. face FTA showdown.
June 5, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 5 (UPI) -- With the opening of formal free trade talks with the United States on Monday, South Korean officials expressed hopes that a free trade deal with the world's biggest economy would help the...

Analysis: Czech vote ends in stalemate.
June 5, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 5 (UPI) -- The formerly communist Czech Republic has been plunged into political chaos after Sunday's general elections left no political grouping with a real majority. Another weak government is the last...

Analysis: Yemen at a crossroad.
June 5, 2006... Byline: DALAL SAOUD BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 5 (UPI) -- President Ali Abdallah Saleh, ruler of Yemen for 16 years, is credited for unifying the country and preserving its stability. However, widespread corruption and a longing for democracy...

Outside View: Saudi vital to U.S. goals.
June 5, 2006... Byline: NAWAF OBAID RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 5 (UPI) -- Defeating al-Qaida, stabilizing Iraq, brokering peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power -- these are the most important...

Atlantic Eye: Israel's security perimeter.
June 5, 2006... Byline: MARC S. ELLENBOGEN TEL AVIV, Israel, June 5 (UPI) -- On the day Vivien Hercky was giving birth, her husband David was preparing gas masks. David Hercky would travel to the hospital that very day -- gas masks in hand for he and his...

Analysis: Security and the energy end game.
June 5, 2006... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, June 5 (UPI) -- As the world's energy resources diminish ever more rapidly, the question of how to keep the lights on is rocketing up the political agenda to become one of the key international security...

Analysis: Abbas slated to order referendum.
June 5, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, June 5 (UPI) -- Friction between the major Palestinian parties is erupting into increased bloodshed and chaos that may only worsen should President Mahmoud Abbas see to a referendum that envisages...

Politics & Policies: Ban the falafel?
June 6, 2006... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Recent news reports from the Iraqi capital indicate that radical Islamists are launching a campaign to prohibit the sale of... falafel. Yes, you heard right, falafel. While this is the...

Commentary: Diplomacy 101, lies and spin.
June 6, 2006... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Rule 1 in diplomatic negotiations between belligerents is no preconditions. Unless, of course, unconditional surrender, a la Nazi Germany and imperialist Japan, is the objective. ...

Review of the Arab press.
June 6, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 6 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 6: Jordan's ad-Dustour commented Tuesday that the killing of eleven university students in Iraq, targeting professors, scholars and former army officers, cutting off heads and car...

Analysis: Koreas agree on business deals.
June 6, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 6 (UPI) -- North and South Korea reached an agreement Tuesday on greater economic cooperation focusing on light industry and natural resources development, despite lingering military tensions. The...

Iran sees positives in nuclear proposal.
June 6, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 6 (UPI) -- The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, Tuesday in Tehran delivered what may be the ultimate compromise offer to break the Iranian nuclear impasse before United...

Analysis: Growing Sino-India military ties.
June 6, 2006... Byline: KUSHAL JEENA NEW DELHI, June 6 (UPI) -- Indian defense minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Japan, China and Singapore indicates the emergence of a creative regional security strategy that boosts New Delhi's global image,...

U.K.'s Brown warns against protectionism.
June 6, 2006... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE LONDON, June 6 (UPI) -- British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown struck a blow for free trade in a key speech Monday night, warning that the current wave of protectionism sweeping industrialized nations...

Review of the Arab press.
June 7, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 7 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 7: The London-based ash-Sharq al-Awsat said in a commentary Wednesday the Iranian government was like a good carpet seller trying to get the highest price for his rug as it waits...

EU 'colluded' in U.S. terror renditions.
June 7, 2006... Byline: HANNAH K. STRANGE PARIS, June 7 (UPI) -- Fourteen European countries colluded with the United States in the covert transfer of terror suspects, while two may have harbored secret CIA prisons, according to a key European Union...

Israel to participate in NATO exercise.
June 7, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT HAIFA, Israel, June 6 (UPI) -- An Israeli corvette is scheduled to take part in a NATO exercise off Romania's coast later this month. It will be the first time an Israeli warship joins such an exercise and...

Analysis: U.N. seeks migration forum.
June 7, 2006... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the 191-member U.N. General Assembly to consider establishing a permanent, global forum for improving international learning and...

Analysis: U.N. grapples with Sudan crisis.
June 7, 2006... Byline: STEPHANIE SONNTAG AND JESSICA TAYLOR WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Despite the Bush administration's reassurances they are taking firm steps to subdue violence in Sudan, reports of increased brutality have raised concern among...

Common Ground: Prisoners to the system.
June 7, 2006... Byline: NABIL KHATIB DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 7 (UPI) -- When the phone in my office rang a few months ago, it was the umpteenth telephone call that day. It was, much like every other day, a viewer from Saudi Arabia chiding me...

Common Ground: Hirsi Ali and multiculturism.
June 7, 2006... Byline: ABOEPRIJADI SANTOSO AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 7 (UPI) -- Is she Ayaan Hirsi Ali born in 1967 or Ayaan Hirsi Magan born in 1969? The question has been fatal for the political career of the high-profile Somalia-born Dutch woman...

Walker's World: France's new politics.
June 8, 2006... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PARIS, June 8 (UPI) -- One of the last great bastions of the left is crumbling. The French Socialist Party, whose origins go back to the days of Karl Marx himself, seems poised to follow the American Democrats and...

Review of the Arab press.
June 8, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 8 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 8: The Jordan Times Thursday welcomed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone his call for a referendum on the "prisoners' document" for a few days as...

Analysis: The terror of Iraq dies.
June 8, 2006... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 8 (UPI) -- The man who made Iraq tremble died Thursday, killed in a U.S. air strike, along with several of his followers. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was his nom-de-guerre; a Jordanian by...

Analysis: Solana defends EU Congo mission.
June 8, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA POTSDAM, Germany, June 8 (UPI) -- The operations headquarters of the European Union's mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has made a good impression on EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who praised...

Analysis: A West Bank alliance?
June 8, 2006... Byline: MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN AND JESSICA TAYLOR WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Former Jordanian and Palestinian officials are pushing for greater economic and security cooperation between the two Arab nations, even noting the distant possibility...

Analysis: The U.N.-U.S. brouhaha.
June 8, 2006... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, June 8 (UPI) -- An obviously outraged U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, denounced a speech delivered the previous day by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's deputy, Mark Malloch...

Analysis: Olmert ready to negotiate.
June 8, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, June 8 (UPI) -- Meetings with U.S., Egyptian and Jordanian leaders seem to have mellowed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's talk of setting Israel's boundaries almost unilaterally, should...

Analysis: Haditha and all its victims.
June 9, 2006... Byline: JASON MOTLAGH WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- Allegations that 24 Iraqi civilians were gunned down in cold blood by Marines on a rampage in the town of Haditha have unlocked the demons of Vietnam's My Lai massacre, and other nameless...

Commentary: Reconnecting al-Qaida dots.
June 9, 2006... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- When Adolf Hitler asked Heinrich Himmler to take over the Schutzstaffel ("Protection Squadron") in 1929, otherwise known as the SS, he commanded 280 goons. By the time the Nazi party...

Iran strike 'easier', says ret. general.
June 9, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, June 9 (UPI) -- A retired Israeli general who planned the demolition of Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981 said this week that it would now be technically "easier" to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities...

Analysis: Uncertain fate of Korean project.
June 9, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 9 (UPI) -- The future of an ambitious plan by the two Koreas to transform their border area into a joint industrial park hinges on the results of ongoing free trade talks between South Korea and the United...

Analysis: World Cup shuts down Germany.
June 9, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 9 (UPI) -- Starting Friday, official life in Germany will succumb to what the world -- except, of course, the United States -- deems the most important sporting event of all: the FIFA Soccer World Cup....

Policy Watch: Moscow's western challenge.
June 10, 2006... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- Many in the West do not see it as posing any sort of challenge to Russia. America, Europe, and Japan, either individually or in combination, have absolutely no intention of militarily...

Analysis: Terrorism and Zarqawi's death.
June 10, 2006... Byline: SANA ABDALLAH AMMAN, Jordan, June 10 (UPI) -- A cartoon: Like a mythological creature, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi holds up his own bleeding decapitated head as five new Zarqawi heads are popping out of his neck. The cartoon in...

Eye on Eurasia: Russia's friends and foes.
June 10, 2006... Byline: PAUL GOBLE TALLINN, Estonia, June 10 (UPI) -- Russians identify Belarus as their closest friend and ally but say that the Baltic states, Ukraine, Georgia and the United States are the countries most hostile to their own, according...

Analysis: Somalia back in the spotlight.
June 11, 2006... Byline: SANA ABDALLAH AMMAN, Jordan, June 11 (UPI) -- Thanks to the victory of Islamic fighters, Somalia is back in the international spotlight and perhaps on its way to peace. The success of the Islamic Courts Union in seizing control...

Outside View: Protecting Berezovsky.
June 11, 2006... Byline: VLADIMIR SIMONOV MOSCOW, June 11 (UPI) -- Ex-Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov chose a good time to resign to avoid yet another major failure. Last week, a British court again dismissed the request of Russian General...

Walker's World: Join NATO and freeze.
June 12, 2006... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PARIS, June 12 (UPI) -- When the American Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked at last week's NATO summit to comment on the situation of the American troops waiting to take part in the Sea Breeze exercises...

Analysis: Jordan helped nab Zarqawi.
June 12, 2006... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- According to U.S. intelligence sources the Pentagon's "Task Force 145" tracked the most wanted man in Iraq for a long time, but it was thanks to human intelligence, or HUMINT -- more...

Analysis: Koreas show joint project to U.S.
June 12, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 12 (UPI) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon on Monday took the top U.S. envoy to Seoul and dozens of diplomats to a controversial inter-Korean joint industrial complex in the North in a bid to...

Review of the Arab press.
June 12, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 12 (UPI) -- Jordan's ad-Dustour said in its editorial Monday that four Jordanian parliament members who paid their respects to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's family should apologize to the Jordanian people and resign from...

Analysis: Taiwan ready for island alliance.
June 12, 2006... Byline: KATHLEEN HWANG TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 12 (UPI) -- Taiwan is ready to work with an alliance of Asia-Pacific islands to promote mutual development and peace in the region, the island's vice president told a group of delegates from 23...

Analysis: Germany aims for World Cup boost.
June 12, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 12 (UPI) -- Will the FIFA Soccer World Cup, the biggest sports tournament in Germany's history, revive the country's ailing economy? Small vendors, mid-sized businesses and big multinational...

Analysis: India's aid package to Nepal.
June 12, 2006... NEW DELHI, June 12 (UPI) -- India's $217.7 million financial aid package to Nepal reflects a legitimate effort to help the Himalayan kingdom tide over a burgeoning financial crunch as it returns to democratic government, Indian political...

Analysis: Hariri slay probe progress.
June 12, 2006... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (UPI) -- The latest on the International Independent Investigation Commission inquiry into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others in Beirut says...

Analysis: Hamas resumes fighting.
June 13, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, June 12 (UPI) -- Fighting in and around the Gaza Strip on Monday saw some Palestinians firing Qassam rockets into Israel, with others involved in a gun and rocket skirmish that touched off between...

Review of the Arab press.
June 13, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 13 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 13: Saudi Arabia's al-Watan said in its editorial Tuesday the Bush administration is trying to show the world it has achieved a great victory by killing Jordanian-born terrorist...

Analysis: N. Korea keen on South politics.
June 13, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 13 (UPI) -- Following the mounting popularity of opposition candidates, North Korea is increasingly fretting about the possibility that anti-communist conservatives may take power in South Korea in next...

Common Ground: Where are all the protesters?
June 13, 2006... Byline: SAM GRAHAM-FELSEN NEW YORK, June 13 (UPI) -- The greatest disappointment of my generation has been its failure to truly stand up to the Bush administration -- and particularly, its refusal to actively oppose the war in Iraq. ...

Analysis: World Cup an illegal sex fest?
June 13, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 13 (UPI) -- The price for sex in Germany these days is less than a ticket to a FIFA Soccer World Cup match, and Washington fears Berlin's legal toleration of sex services for soccer fans will force...

Analysis: Mission accomplished-redux.
June 13, 2006... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- Riding the wave of his victory over the capture and elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, President George W. Bush paid a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday...

Israel denies blame for family's death.
June 13, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, June 13 (UPI) -- Strikes and counter-strikes have shattered the Tahdiya, or cease-fire, that Hamas has maintained towards Israel for the past 16 months. The Israeli army Tuesday flatly denied...

Review of the Arab press.
June 14, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 14 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 14: London-based al-Quds al-Arabi commented Wednesday that President George W. Bush seemed to have a new plan to "liberate Baghdad for a second time and Ramadi for a third time" as...

Analysis: Crime has backseat in Mexico vote.
June 14, 2006... Byline: MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Despite high crime rates across Mexico and a near dead-heat between the leading presidential candidates, crime has not been a major campaign issue. Opinion polls regularly reveal...

Commentary: Al-Qaida-ism and communism.
June 15, 2006... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Communism had Karl Marx. Al-Qaidaism has Sayyid Qutb. "Who is he?" most people would ask. The ideology that nurtured modern Islamic extremism, and spawned every violent movement...

Walker's World: How Brussels rules.
June 15, 2006... Byline: MARTIN WALKER FRANKFURT, Germany, June 15 (UPI) -- Whatever one's views of their motives, there is something admirable about the stubborn refusal of the bureaucrats of the European Union in Brussels ever to admit defeat. All the...

Review of the Arab press.
June 15, 2006... AMMAN, Jordan, June 15 (UPI) -- Arab press roundup for June 15: Iraq's al-Sabah commented Thursday that Iraqi voters in democratic elections did not expect their parliament to create a new dictatorship. The daily, which describes...

Analysis: Rate hike hurt S.Korean economy.
June 15, 2006... Byline: JONG-HEON LEE SEOUL, June 15 (UPI) -- South Korean officials have expressed optimism about sustaining the momentum of the country's economic growth despite interest rate hikes and high oil prices. But many economists warn of a...

America's decreasing popularity.
June 15, 2006... Byline: ALECIA DARM WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- Research conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Survey confirmed that global support of America is in decline. This is not just a popularity contest; the negative opinion of the United States...

Analysis: Security prevails at World Cup.
June 15, 2006... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, June 15 (UPI) -- Hooliganism reared its ugly head in Germany earlier this week, but a comprehensive security concept has led to mostly peaceful festivities after the first week of the 2006 FIFA Soccer World...

Analysis: Israeli-Palestinian clashes wane.
June 15, 2006... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, June 15 (UPI) -- Israeli-Palestinian fighting along the Gaza Strip's border subsided somewhat as the Palestinian president and government sought a cease-fire and Israel stopped its strikes. ...