Hamas takes military control of Gaza

Hello, I'm Rebecca Field in for Kristin Volk with A UPI headline update on this Friday, June 15, 2007.

Hamas fighters have claimed military control over Gaza. They waved their green flags over the last remaining Fatah stronghold in Gaza yesterday....the headquarters of the Prevention Security Force. This comes after four days of intense fighting in the region, leaving more than 70 Palestinians dead. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Hamas unity government yesterday and said Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh is no longer in office. But Haniyeh rejected his statement and says his government will remain in office.

Friends and family are mourning the death of Ruth Bell Graham today. The wife of evangelist Billy Graham died yesterday at her North Carolina home at the age of 87. Her health has apparently been failing for several years now. A North Carolina newspaper says she died of pneumonia related complications. She was reportedly surrounded by her husband and their children. Ruth was known for writing several books and helping the Billy Graham ministries.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard is urging Fiji to reinstate democracy. He reportedly called on Pacific nations to put pressure on the country's military regime....which took power in a coup last year. Howard says countries that have a formal relationship with Fiji do not approve of their government and want a return to democracy as soon as possible.

Quarantined TB Patient Andrew Speaker is set to have surgery. CNN reports physicians have decided that the 31 year old must have an operation in July to remove infected lung tissue. Doctors say the surgery and antibiotics give Speaker a better chance for recovery. The patient's case created quite a stir after he traveled overseas while infected with TB.

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[failurbanik]

@mickyxital ya i mean jews never lived there before the arabs

wait they did

israel belongs to israel

[mickyxital]

I'll never recognize the zionist entity. All the land belongs to Palestine.

[jiraffeee]

Americas evil crime in the first instance in ignorantly sponseering zionists and the eradication of human Palestine into Refugee camps. America and the anglo world were the nail in the middle easts "sleepy hollow" coffin. America should offer israelis free airlift to america and assist freinds of the Earth in jadiiding ol Philistia

[vksharma20]

Thanks Palestinians for the reality TV comedy show. World is enjoying every minute of it. So keep it up.

Ariel Sharon I salute your very shrewd tactical move by disengaging from Gaza. The seed was planted and now the destruction flower within blooms. Give Palestinians enough rope and they will always hang themselves through their greed and savage culture.

[kingnek]

Elliot Abrams, the dual-loyalty motherfucker, who else, Jew who financed the traitor "muslim" Fatah security head Mohammad Dahlan which helps provoke this battle. I say this, the Jews are so black in their heart, I say kill them all including anti-war activists. We need to get rid of these ppl who easily pawned themselves to the Illuminati without knowing that th impostor state of Israel will be sacrificed in the process.