Israel’s Chief Diplomat Meets Arab Counterparts In Backroom Talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Nathan Guttman - October 3, 2007 - 6:02pm While the Iranian president was busy stealing the limelight at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, Israel’s foreign minister was quietly carrying out a new strategy of normalizing relations with Muslim countries in a series of backroom meetings. During her weeklong stay in the United States, Tzipi Livni made her case at the U.N. as well as in a series of meetings with representatives from a host of Middle Eastern and North African countries that currently do not maintain formal ties with Israel. » Read more

New Revelations In Attack On American Spy Ship ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Chicago Tribune by John Crewdson - (Special Report) October 3, 2007 - 6:01pm Bryce Lockwood, Marine staff sergeant, Russian-language expert, recipient of the Silver Star for heroism, ordained Baptist minister, is shouting into the phone. "I'm angry! I'm seething with anger! Forty years, and I'm seething with anger!" » Read more