Bid for State of Palestine Gets Support From I.M.F. ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am The Palestinian Authority, which is working toward global recognition of its statehood in September, got an endorsement on Wednesday from the International Monetary Fund, which said that the authority was fully capable of running the economy of an independent state. » Read more

Building a Stage for Mideast Peace Before the Final Curtain ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am Juliano Mer Khamis lived a paradox. The internationally renowned actor, director and political activist, who was killed here this week, was both an Israeli and a Palestinian, born to a Jewish mother and an Arab Christian father in the Israeli Arab town of Nazareth. Mr. Mer Khamis embodied the Israeli-Arab conflict and embraced its complexities in a way that few could. He was regarded as an Arab by many Israelis, and by some in this West Bank city, his adopted home, first and foremost as a Jew. » Read more

Sudan Says Israel Launched a Missile Strike on a Car, Killing 2 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Josh Kron - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am The government of Sudan accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out a fatal airstrike on a car traveling from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. Sudan is considered a transit point in the weapons route to Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs Gaza. Israel has not yet responded to the accusation. Sudanese officials said a missile struck the car around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, obliterating the vehicle and killing two people who were inside. » Read more

Sudan Says Israel Launched a Missile Strike on a Car, Killing 2 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Josh Kron - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am The government of Sudan accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out a fatal airstrike on a car traveling from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. Sudan is considered a transit point in the weapons route to Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs Gaza. Israel has not yet responded to the accusation. Sudanese officials said a missile struck the car around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, obliterating the vehicle and killing two people who were inside. » Read more