Mission Destined To Fail Regarding "Judge Targets Terrorism With Mideast Trip" (Metro, Nov. 29): ...more

December 3, 2007

Circuit Judge Monica Sierra hopes a three-month trip to Israel will help alleviate the threat of terrorism by helping Palestinians understand Americans and the Bible. ...more

November 29, 2007

Egypt and Saudi Arabia backed an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference Saturday as a way to set the stage for a final agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, an Egyptian official said. ...more

November 11, 2007

Israel began cutting vital fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following through on a promise to step up pressure on the territory's Hamas rulers after months of Palestinian rocket attacks. ...more

October 29, 2007

Two more Palestinians died Saturday, including a 13-year-old boy, and more than 20 were hurt in continued fighting between Hamas police and a Gaza clan aligned with the Fatah movement. ...more

October 21, 2007

The Yacoub family is intact - well, mostly. Six of seven children were home in Lakeland on Friday after being prohibited from boarding an airplane in Tel Aviv, Israel, more than two weeks ago because of their Palestinian heritage. ...more

September 8, 2007

TAMPA - The Yacoub family is intact - well, mostly. Six of the seven children who were prohibited from boarding an airplane in Tel Aviv more than two weeks ago because of their Palestinian heritage are home in Lakeland. ...more

September 7, 2007