Hamas Cracks Down On Fatah After Gaza Rally Bloodshed ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Nidal Al-mughrabi - November 13, 2007 - 3:41pm Hamas rounded up dozens of Fatah activists in the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip after its secular rival drew more than 200,000 supporters to a rally that ended in gunfire that killed seven people, officials said on Tuesday. The assembly on Monday, marking the third anniversary of the death of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was the biggest held by President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group in Gaza since Hamas Islamists seized the territory by force in June. » Read more

In The Mideast, America Casts An Imperial Shadow ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Rashid Khalidi - (Opinion) November 13, 2007 - 3:39pm Most Americans think that our role as a world power began with World War II, the "good war," and then continued with the similarly noble Cold War. We like to think that the United States acts in the world exclusively in the name of ideals such as freedom and democracy. » Read more

6 Killed In Gaza As Hamas Forces Disperse Huge Fatah Rally Held In Memory Of Arafat ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Islam Abdel Kareem, Samuel Sockol - November 13, 2007 - 3:37pm  Hamas militiamen on Monday violently dispersed a massive rally organized in the Gaza Strip by the rival Fatah movement. Six people were killed and 75 wounded, Palestinian officials said. Fatah officials accused security forces controlled by Hamas, a radical Islamic movement, of committing a massacre against an unarmed crowd that was marking the third anniversary of the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. » Read more