THE SERIES
Taking a detour to history
Two guys from North Carolina stumbled into Yasser Arafat's compound at the moment the Palestinian leader decided to step out his door.
May. 3, 2002
Arafat's return to freedom
Defiant Palestinian leader sees what is left of compound, city of Ramallah.
May. 4, 2002
Caught up in crisis
Engineer set out to build West Bank projects; now he's picking up pieces.
May. 5, 2002
Terror stalls street
Hadera has been the site of five terrorist attacks since the beginning of the second intifadah.
May. 9, 2002
War wounded
Triangle group's mission shifts from primary care to emergencies.
May. 10, 2003
'Duty' and danger
Family left Raleigh for an Israeli settlement -- where peace is precarious.
May. 12, 2002
'Paradise' lost
A Raleigh man recalls boyhood in Palestine, and the night everything changed.
May. 15, 2002
A world away
From long range, parents in Cary keep close watch on their children in Israel.
May. 20, 2002
War zone
What's the price of living in the mideast?
Jun. 2, 2002
Palestinians meet, show solidarity
Cause of Arafat's illness still unknown.
Oct. 31, 2004
Ill Arafat heads to Paris
The Palestinian leader, with Israel's agreement, leaves his compound to seek medical care.
Oct. 29, 2004
Arafat's health worsens
The Palestinian leader's wife, doctors and Fatah faction leaders gather at his Ramallah compound.
Oct. 28, 2004
Payment to Israeli settlers OK'd
Israel's Cabinet approved a compensation plan Sunday for settlers who will be uprooted by Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank. The vote was an important victory for the prime minister two days before a showd
Oct. 25, 2004
Palestinian is killed to warn collaborators
Hamas militants killed a Palestinian whose information they said helped Israel assassinate the group's founder and nine others, dumping the collaborator's bullet-ridden body near a trash can on a Gaza street where it was found Saturday.
Oct. 24, 2004
Israeli missiles kill top Hamas commander in Gaza
An Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a car traveling in the Gaza Strip late Thursday, killing a senior Hamas commander who was among the government's most-wanted fugitives for years. It was the latest in a series of Israeli assassinations that
Oct. 22, 2004
Muslims berate scarf law
A powerful Islamic organization alleged Thursday that officials were abusing a law banning religious symbols from schools by expelling Muslim girls who were wearing printed bandannas, not Islamic head scarves.
Oct. 22, 2004
Lessons learned as conference ends
Duke officials expected more confrontation at Palestine Solidarity Movement event.
Oct. 18, 2004
Palestine Solidarity Movement Palestine Solidarity Conference at Duke Freeman Center for Jewish Life
Palestinians decry 17-day incursion
Israel's military said Saturday that its 17-day incursion into the northern Gaza Strip struck a heavy blow to Palestinian militants routinely firing makeshift rockets into the country's southern region.
Oct. 17, 2004
Enmity tests Duke's resolve
Security costs for Palestinian event could reach $50,000 or $60,000.
Oct. 14, 2004
Should Duke University allow the Palestinian Solidarity Movement to hold a conference on its campus? Palestine Solidarity Movement Palestine Solidarity Conference at Duke Online petition against the conference Freeman Center for Jewish Life
Jew sits at table of Palestinian discontent
Duke student stakes out a position as a fierce critic of the Jewish state.
Oct. 12, 2004
Israel ends search for survivors in Egypt hotel bombing
Israel formally abandoned hope Sunday evening of finding any survivors of Thursday's massive bomb attack.
Oct. 11, 2004
Gaza offensive takes more lives
Retaliatory attack kills 5 Palestinians.
Oct. 10, 2004
Bombs kill at least 35 at Egyptian resort
Israelis crowd hotel targeted in blast.
Oct. 8, 2004
'Road map' dead: Sharon aide
U.S. approves strategy, he says.
Oct. 7, 2004
Israel kills militant leader
As violence persists, U.N. vetoes resolution for Israel to halt.
Oct. 6, 2004
Hamas may challenge Arafat
Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their uprising Tuesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat.
Sept. 29, 2004
Iran touts successful missile test
Iran added a "strategic missile" to its military arsenal after a successful test, and the defense minister said Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.
Sept. 26, 2004
N. Korea told to halt arms plans
The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency demanded Friday that North Korea end its nuclear weapons program and urged the country to allow agency inspectors to police the scrapping of its arms programs.
Sept. 25, 2004
