Charity faces chasm of need on West Bank
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Stooped and bald, with a ready smile and sharp eye, Abdul Rahim Hanbali presides over the poor in this city like a character out of Dickens.
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Some kibbutzes are on the verge of collapse as they cope with debt and attrition.
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In what Israeli officials are calling a first, Israel is sending some $20,000 in aid to Sudan to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis there.
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PARIS, Dec. 17 -- Countries and international organizations pledged $7.4 billion in assistance to the impoverished Palestinian Authority at a conference in Paris on Monday, saying that an infusion of cash would help the peace process begun by the United States last month in Annapolis, Md.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- The anonymous call on Hafez Shaheen's mobile phone came as an impolite reminder.
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Well-wishers have created a makeshift shrine of flowers, candles and messages of support outside the hospital where Yasser Arafat is being treated.
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As the world mobilizes to provide aid for nations devastated by an earthquake, Mississippi charities and religious organizations are working to help the disaster victims.
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Gaza's children used to light colorful lanterns to mark Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. But this year, many parents can't afford those small $1 toys as the coastal strip sinks deeper into poverty amid an aid cutoff to punish the Hamas-led government.
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MAS-HA, West Bank -- From the Zeituna Restaurant to the Basel Furniture store, business once thrived along the road that runs through this Palestinian village, conducted in a language no longer spoken here.
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Following a successful appeal for aid to rebuild Lebanon, donors turn their attention to the Palestinian crisis.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has used a visit to the West Bank to declare that Britain is boosting its contribution to an international fund for needy Palestinians.
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The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday made its largest aid appeal ever, saying $246 million was needed next year to help Palestinians in a "deep, unprecedented crisis" because of escalating violence and economic sanctions.
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Last summer, Motaz Herzallah needed &#36;65,000 for an operation on a cancerous brain tumor. He said he sent an appeal to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat through contacts in the West Bank and received a check within three days.
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As relief pledges near $4 billion, officials hope to leverage altruism for crises elsewhere.
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DALLAS, Sept. 18 -- The leaders of what was once the nation's largest Islamic charity did sometimes sympathize with the anger, and even the actions, of extremists.
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Many houses of worship are under threat, crumbling from years of neglect, or becoming targets for acquisition by developers in neighborhoods where choice real estate is scarce.
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Medics, aides and family rush to the West Bank as fears grow for Yasser Arafat's health.