The program will begin at some 15 prisons across Poland. The first project is the construction of a monument at Radom and the renovation of a cemetary in Zwierzyniec, in the southeast of the country.

"Ariel Sharon said there was a solution for all the people who were evacuated," said Sami Gabai, a former resident of Nisanit, "but there has been no solution for 70% of them."

Sheik Kassem told the press, "the parliamentary elections resulted in a delicate balance between the majority and the opposition, to the point where neither of the two parties does better than the other in the fields of partnerships and cooperation."

Hamas rejected the accusations and called on Amnesty to bring "the Israeli assassins" to court. Amnesty had also accused Israel of war crimes in the same report for the massive destruction and use of Palestinian civilians as human shields during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza this past December.

The upswing in layoffs, after a two month drop in job cuts, is higher than analysts had anticipated. They had foreseen cuts of 365,000 jobs for June.

The source said that President Obama could not convince King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia to encourage other Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel.

A giant photo was hung on the square of the mayor's office, reading, "Rome wants its citizen Gilad Shalit free".

Noam Shalit wants to explain that the seizing of his son is a violation of the Geneva Convention, and that Khaled Meshaal, the political boss of the Hamas, based in Damascus, is responsible.

Helmand Province is also the largest producer of opium in the world, from which 80% of the world's heroin is made. This is the backbone of the Taliban economy, along with funding from Gulf countries.