Thursday, May 17, 2007

05/17/07

* Jordan's king: More violence unless progress made in peace process Jordan's King Abdullah II said Thursday he was very concerned by the wave of inter-Palestinian fighting in Gaza and warned that more violence will come unless progress is in the peace process.

* Hamas threatens suicide attacks following IAF strikes The IAF fired a missile at a vehicle traveling in the Shiekh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza.

* Russia accused of unleashing cyberwar to disable Estonia A three-week wave of massive cyber-attacks on the small Baltic country of Estonia, the first known incidence of such an assault on a state, is causing alarm across the western alliance.

* War-torn Iraq 'facing collapse' Iraq faces the distinct possibility of collapse and fragmentation, UK foreign policy think tank Chatham House says.

* Ruling due on Christian conference In a highly unusual move, the Chief Rabbinate will consider on Thursday whether a long-planned Christian women's conference in Jerusalem organized by the Knesset's Christian Allies Caucus violates Jewish law.

* Action urgent on EU, says Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy has called for urgent action to get the European Union out of its constitutional "paralysis".

* 'Iran could be year from nuke' One year from now, Iran could possess the means of producing a nuclear bomb - that was the chilling message delivered by Ambassador Dore Gold during an interview with Ynetnews Tuesday.

* Greenpeace Builds Replica of Noah's Ark Environmental activists are building a replica of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat—where the biblical vessel is said to have landed after the great flood—in an appeal for action on global warming.

* Russian Church ends 80-year split The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad has reunited with the Russian Orthodox Church after 80 years of schism sparked by the Bolshevik revolution.

* EU barters with Serbia as Kosovo tensions mount The EU has rewarded the new moderate government in Serbia with prospects of restarting EU integration talks.