Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/338628.htmlenhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010416144648747601.htmlhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010416144648747601.htmlA Palestinian fighter has been killed by Israeli gunfire during a firefight in the eastern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian medics have said. An Israeli army spokesman said that the man was killed after he threw a hand grenade at Israeli soldiers near the fence marking the border between Gaza and Israel on Friday.Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200aljazeera-en-da0d08d247f0888b120ff5367d4c25a1aljazeera-enenhttp://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/12/stories/2010021260781000.htmhttp://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/12/stories/2010021260781000.htmSandeep Dikshit — Photo: AFP Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday met the visiting Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to exchange views on the fresh efforts at initiating....Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Hindu-1e384deb36f27345dd3f0aa4df8bd06dHinduenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7207499/Israeli-soldier-stabbed-to-death-in-West-Bank.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7207499/Israeli-soldier-stabbed-to-death-in-West-Bank.htmlAn Israeli soldier was stabbed to death near the Palestinian city of Nablus yesterday in an attack that threatens to undermine a prolonged if fragile period of tranquillity in the West Bank.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100telegraph-48a8d51c3af472366376de1aaa7938bdtelegraphenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8368003.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8368003.stmPresident Barack Obama says the US and its partners are discussing steps they could take if Iran snubs a uranium enrichment deal.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100bbc-1c59979bd70592a1d8840e4928c89771bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/YzD1XawwgXg/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/YzD1XawwgXg/index.htmlIran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said.Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100cnn-98e0f2dac8cf472482efde2a4dddb39ccnnenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/21/six-nations-press-iran-to-accept-nuclear-plan/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/21/six-nations-press-iran-to-accept-nuclear-plan/BRUSSELS | Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100washtimes-fe215c66556cd7e61f7804eae14d9c6fwashtimesenhttp://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7kuc9km6fXL1XYSExMdL3VFD8wz2AYR%2bTfK0hkTKrJytcKhCFJC89%2bY1Gu38jnh%2buJfnhqwfWljq1UNygSGFosbjtQ6QD9e%2fo7B7AKhXMlQ0%3dhttp://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7kuc9km6fXL1XYSExMdL3VFD8wz2AYR%2bTfK0hkTKrJytcKhCFJC89%2bY1Gu38jnh%2buJfnhqwfWljq1UNygSGFosbjtQ6QD9e%2fo7B7AKhXMlQ0%3dThe PFLP-GC called for an independent commission to investigate allegations by Fatah secretary, Farouq Qaddumi, that Abbas and others close to Arafat were involved in his poisoning.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200palestine-info-en-f868a8783038cb8840785d45cc7cfd00palestine-info-enenhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3672375,00.htmlhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3672375,00.htmlAn Antonov training aircraft has crashed in central Iran killing all four people on board, Iran's ISNA news agency reported on Monday. It said the aircraft crashed on Sunday afternoon near Shahin-Shar, a town about 30 km (20 miles) north of the central Iranian city of Isfahan.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100ynetnews-b18a5c44cd099ae920ab7a2af2810d10ynetnewsenhttp://www.dawn.com/2009/02/14/rss.htm#15http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/14/rss.htm#15Saturday, 14 Feb, TEHRAN: Rebels have killed four Iranian policemen in an ambush in the town of Saravan near Iran’s border with Pakistan,...Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100dawn-019bc8c198c509bca89f9dbacc5799eddawnenhttp://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=2111&ad=21-09-2008http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=2111&ad=21-09-2008MOSCOW (Agencies): Russia is against the United Nations taking any extra measures on Iran over its nuclear program for now, and thinks efforts towards ...Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200TheFrontierPost-en-fcfabda796d84ff6399e1def1e575e25TheFrontierPost-enenhttp://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/09/19/irans_conundrum/1511/http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/09/19/irans_conundrum/1511/The pressures for both the U.S. and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities have received an additional impetus from two recent House and Senate resolutions. According to William O. Beeman, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, there is tremendous....Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200metimes-6e94926582a7b720d68dd85f4f1825b1metimesenhttp://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/17/stories/2008091756891700.htmhttp://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/17/stories/2008091756891700.htmDUBAI: The dialogue between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran has not made any headway over allegations that Tehran had conducted studies in the past to develop a nuclear warhead and undertaken related activities. In its latest report on Iran, which was made available on Monday....Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200Hindu-d6a6bfbe651c23ab8a66e23edce39f91Hinduenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1238bd08-8347-11dd-907e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1238bd08-8347-11dd-907e-000077b07658.htmlIran is blocking nuclear inquiry, says UN By James Blitz in London, Najmeh Borzogmehr in Tehran and Daniel Dombey in Washington Published: September 15 2008 18:10 | Last updated: September 15 2008 18:10 Iran is continuing to block a United Nations inquiry into allegations that it secretly....Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200ft-b45cdd128ec022a7269fd32612147bedftenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/367615083/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/367615083/index.htmlIran test-fired a rocket that it plans to launch later to carry a research satellite into space, state-run media reported Sunday.Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200cnn-3ed395897850e782077209899925d847cnnenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080817/wl_nm/iran_satellite_dchttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080817/wl_nm/iran_satellite_dcReuters - Iran said it had put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time on Sunday -- a move likely to increase Western concerns about its nuclear ambitions.Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200news-yahoo-61cc1e3eb088c7cb5e63128c2a67c383news-yahooenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0dae2cd4-52e4-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0dae2cd4-52e4-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658.htmlThe Bush administration confirmed on Wednesday that it would send a top diplomat to a meeting with a senior Iranian negotiator this weekend – a US policy shift that European diplomats hope will encourage more flexibility from Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme.Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200ft-72891bf197c5c45d71974d630c4af24bftenhttp://article.wn.com/view/2008/07/09/Palestinian_premier_warns_that_Israeli_raids_in_West_Bank_ar/?section=RegionMideast&template=worldnews%2Findex.txthttp://article.wn.com/view/2008/07/09/Palestinian_premier_warns_that_Israeli_raids_in_West_Bank_ar/?section=RegionMideast&template=worldnews%2Findex.txtoperations in the West Bank were hampering his administration's effort to improve security in the territory. Earlier in the day, Israeli troops raided Nablus' city hall, confiscating five computers in what appeared to be part of an ongoing crackdown on institutions Israel thinks are linked to Hamas .Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200austrianews-04eca616317bf28643c577ff60c74f99austrianewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7325147.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7325147.stmMohammed and his sister Maysa are Palestinians but they have no passports and no identity cards. They are not even given the status of refugees. Legally, they don't seem to exist at all. They are among about 3,000 so-called "non-ID" Palestinians in Lebanon.Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200bbc-c7bb9d8912616bc7cf6b3ee3d5cedf84bbcenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/whamas101.xmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/whamas101.xmlA puppet show in which a Palestinian child stabs George W Bush to death has been broadcast on a Hamas-owned television station in the Gaza Strip.Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-1d3a09563ab48e94f61456ac086d11dbtelegraphenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61e7eaf2-937b-11dc-a884-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61e7eaf2-937b-11dc-a884-0000779fd2ac.htmlPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday the Gaza Strip’s Hamas Islamist rulers must be brought down, issuing his strongest call yet for their removal. ”We have to bring down this gang that forcibly took over the Gaza Strip,” Abbas said in a television address, three days after seven....Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100ft-93df84056e7453f2de87aa54b305e518ftenhttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2871501.ecehttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2871501.ecePublished: 17 August 2007 Hamas has to renounce "any and all" claims to govern Gaza before there can be any reconciliation between the Palestinian factions, Salam Fayad, the Prime Minister of the two-month-old emergency Palestinian administration in Ramallah, said yesterday.Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200independent-e8ea3a8264feea350e0f1645cab63a2findependentenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6950125.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6950125.stmHamas forces briefly hold the Fatah-allied Palestinian attorney general in the Gaza Strip, officials say.Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200bbc-4cfd8b0a67bc3189883e513c5e1d5da6bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/82832282/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/82832282/index.htmlGAZA CITY (AP) -- A Hamas supporter was killed in a drive-by shooting in southern Gaza on Sunday, bringing the death toll in four days of Hamas-Fatah fighting to 26. Egypt and Saudi Arabia offered to mediate between the rivals, locked in a power struggle since Hamas defeated Fatah in parliamentary....Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100cnn-b90d72050a8b3039438ac3ff4066ce01cnnenhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78B3E867-C74D-4AC4-AD49-D6601C06EAE2.htmhttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78B3E867-C74D-4AC4-AD49-D6601C06EAE2.htmLeaders of Hamas, which swept Palestinian elections last month, have held talks in Cairo with Egyptian officials on the possible inclusion of the defeated Fatah party in a new Palestinian government. A Hamas leader had earlier said the group had asked Fatah to join a government, but it had yet to respond.Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100aljazeera-en-cc0d4ae34919c9a68f951f27082ee788aljazeera-enenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4682484.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4682484.stmIsrael says it will work with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as long as he does not co-operate with Hamas.Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100bbc-80a63fa41b126ca4866b111c93a402f7bbcenhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18053347%255E23109,00.htmlhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18053347%255E23109,00.htmlBy Nidal al-Mughrab February 06, 2006 AT least $US700 million ($930.23 million) of funds from the Palestinian Authority's coffers have been squandered or stolen by officials over the past few years, an internal investigation revealed today. Palestinian Attorney-General Ahmed al-Moghani cited 50....Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100TheAustralian-77a78b87755f26fd8facfe4e9997d99aTheAustralianen