Muslim clerics demand release of captive Westerners Last Updated Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:21:58 EST CBC News A group of influential Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq and Palestinian activists issued separate pleas Wednesday for the release of two Canadians and three other Westerners being held hostage in Iraq. Palestinian activists called for the release of Harmeet Singh Sooden, above, and other captives, saying they helped Palestinians in the West Bank. (CP Photo/Chris...
Israel orders Palestinian land seized by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Wednesday 24 August 2005 4:27 PM GMT The Israeli barrier in Maale Adumim has Palestinians worried Israel has issued orders to seize Palestinian-owned land to link a main Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank to Jerusalem, officials say, a step that could isolate Palestinians from Jerusalem. An Israeli government spokesman on Wednesday said orders were issued t...
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