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Hamas militants standing on top of an armored personnel carrier inside Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in Gaza City, after it was captured by Hamas, Friday. (Reuters)
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Abbas aide: Fayad completed formation of emergency gov't
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and Agencies

Newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad has completed the formation of an emergency goverment and was to present it to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for approval Saturday, an Abbas aide said.

If Abbas gives his blessing, the new Cabinet will be sworn in Saturday
evening, the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue with reporters.
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Writer Hani al-Masri, who was offered the post of information minister, denied the report, saying the lineup hasn't been completed yet.

By swearing in the new prime minister and emergency cabinet, Abbas will be replacing the Hamas-led government he dissolved after the group's bloody takeover of the Gaza Strip.

Abbas has tapped Fayad, a internatioanlly respected independent lawmaker and former World Bank official, to serve as prime minister of the new government in what Hamas Islamists said amounted to a coup.

"Salam Fayad will finalize the formation of his government and the new government will be sworn in today," the Abbas aide said.

"...Abbas has officially appointed Salam Fayad to be the next prime minister, and Fayad has already begun consultations to form the emergency government," Nabil Amr, Abbas's media adviser, said Friday.

Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri on Friday urged Fayad to turn down the new post and "not to pose himself a party to this problem."

"The appointment of Salam Fayad as a head of the emergency government is a coup against [Hamas'] legitimacy ... We ask President Abbas to withdraw the decision in order to preserve the integrity of our people," Abu Zuhri said.

The emergency government will be comprised of 11 lawmakers, Abbas' aide said Saturday.

Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi said Fayad's cabinet faced daunting challenges, chief among them "to ensure the rule of law and to prevent the spread of lawlessness from Gaza to the West Bank."

Abbas sacked the three-month-old unity government he formed with Hamas on Thursday after the group routed his forces in the Gaza Strip and began imposing a new order in the enclave after days of bloody civil war.

Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, who sits in Gaza, has refused to accept his dismissal as prime minister.

Under Palestinian law, Abbas can declare a state of emergency for up to 30 days. The state of emergency could be extended for another 30 days, but only after winning the approval of two thirds of the parliament.

Hamas has a majority in the parliament - although Israel's arrests of nearly half of Hamas' deputies put that majority in doubt and also make it hard to reach a quorum. That could enable Abbas to keep the state of emergency in place longer.

Some Fatah and U.S. diplomats have argued that Abbas could rule by decree for six months to a year ahead of new elections.

But sacked prime minister Ismail Haniyeh has ruled out setting up a separate Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip after his Islamists routed forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Asked if he intended to declare Gaza a state after taking control of the territory, Haniyeh said in an interview with France's Le Figaro daily published Saturday: "No. Gaza belongs to all the Palestinian people and not just Hamas."

He added: "Separation is not on the agenda and never will be."

Meshal: We don't want to seize control of PA
Hamas' Damascus-based political leader Khaled Meshal said Friday his group does not want to seize power in the Palestinian Authority, and that the group recognizes Abbas as the head of the PA.

"Hamas does not want to seize power ... We are faithful to the Palestinian people," Meshal said, promising to help rebuild Palestinian homes damaged in the months of bloody infighting.

"What happened in Gaza was a necessary step. The people were suffering from chaos and lack of security and this treatment was needed," Meshal continued. "The lack of security drove the crisis toward explosion."

"Abbas has legitimacy," Meshal said, "There's no one who would question or doubt that, he is an elected president, and we will cooperate with him for the sake of national interest."

But he also warned Fatah followers not to move this conflict to the West Bank.

Ahmed Abdel Rahman, an Abbas adviser, rejected Meshaal's gesture. "There will be no dialogue with coup seekers, masked men and murderers," he said.

Meshal called on Arab League foreign ministers, who held an emergency meeting in Cairo later Friday to discuss the situation in Gaza, to help mediate talks between Hamas and Abbas.

"I hope [that] ... the Arab ministerial meeting in Cairo presents a strong responsible Arab stance, as an umbrella to hold the national Palestinian dialogue to approach a Palestinian accord," Meshal said.

Meshal said Abbas' dissolution of the unity government "will not remedy the situation ... and will not solve the problem. There will be no two governments and no division of the homeland."

He said that a national unity government was the only solution, and urged Hamas in Gaza not to raise Hamas' banners and take over any more security compounds.

Haniyeh said Friday that Hamas was still committed to unity government agreement it signed with Fatah. He also called for calm in the Strip.

"I still affirm that the road is open and wide to reformulating these relations on a firm nationalistic basis," Haniyeh said, speaking after Friday prayers in Gaza City.

Haniyeh promised to restore security to the coastal territory and asked Gazans to display self-restraint and urged an end to the widespread looting of the houses and property of Fatah officials.

On Friday, Hamas gunmen seized control of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. The crossing has been closed since the outbreak of fighting earlier this week.

Under an Israeli-Palestinian agreement, the crossing was monitored by European observers, and it is not clear whether the monitors or Israel would accept the arrangement announced by Hamas.

Both Egyptian security forces and the Israel Defense Forces are preparing for the possibility that masses of Palestinians will attempt to flee Gaza, Israel Radio reported Friday.

Egypt is bolstering its border with Gaza and sending armored vehicles and water hoses to keep potential refugees out of the country, the Arabic language newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported Friday, according to the radio.

Close to 100 Palestinian Fatah officials crossed into Egypt from Gaza Strip in the early hours Friday, fleeing the Hamas takeover, Egyptian police said.

Hours later, an Egyptian security delegation in Gaza also crossed, returning home after failing its mediation efforts between the warring factions, said an official at the Rafah border crossing.

The new Hamas-dominated reality was fraught with uncertainty and fear that Gazans will become even poorer and more isolated. In a scene which one bystander likened to looting in Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein, hundreds of people swarmed through the unoccupied house of Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan after his neighborhood fell to Hamas, stripping everything, including windows, doors and flowerpots.

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      1.   hamas already breaking the islamic law 04:05  |  Victor_The_Egyptian 15/06/07
      2.   HAMAS 06:00  |  Brad 15/06/07
      3.   gunmen kill 06:53  |  Shmuelshachor 15/06/07
      4.   fatah 07:21  |  colin 15/06/07
      5.   Avi Issacharoff reports false, concoted news 09:54  |  KA 15/06/07
      6.   golden chance to establish a Palestinian state on the West Bank 11:42  |  Tom Smitsloo 15/06/07
      7.   KA - you`re innaccurate too 12:22  |  Phil 15/06/07
      8.   KA pathetic apologist 12:29  |  ChanahS 15/06/07
      9.   Life won`t change? 12:41  |  Nik Miller 15/06/07
      10.   Cavemen 12:45  |  Joseph 15/06/07
      11.   Democracy at Work 12:46  |  Stan 15/06/07
      12.   Bravo Olmert. 12:56  |  Mark 15/06/07
      13.   The swift and smooth take over meant there were relatively small 12:59  |  lakshmi 15/06/07
      14.   HAMAS ia a branch of Hezbollah 13:48  |  Charles Wade 15/06/07
      15.   TO #13, LAKSHMI. WHAT IS A BIG NUMBER OF KILLED FOR YOU? 13:48  |  MOSHEH 15/06/07
      16.   Hamas has brought about the death of any possibility of 14:15  |  Asaf Noyman 15/06/07
      17.   "HAMAS ia a branch of Hezbollah" 14:20  |  David 15/06/07
      18.   To #6 - Tom - Golden Chance 14:21  |  Old Solly 15/06/07
      19.   "A small number of people killed" 14:23  |  Murray 15/06/07
      20.   YES, HAMAS SHOULD DO THAT SOON 14:26  |  indrajaya 15/06/07
      21.   # 14 - Charles Wade 14:32  |  Stupor 15/06/07
      22.   Israel should never allow that ! 14:34  |  Anderson 15/06/07
      23.   HANIYEH GOVERNMENT IS LEGAL 14:46  |  Patriot 15/06/07
      24.   TO #19 MURRAY "A small number of people killed" 14:55  |  MOSHEH 15/06/07
      25.   Be prepared for the upcmong war...read the signs 14:56  |  Joseph 15/06/07
      26.   Israel loses its grip on Gaza 14:58  |  Kent 15/06/07
      27.   Gaza under Hamas 15:00  |  chaim 15/06/07
      28.   Asaf Noyman are you puzzled? 15:00  |  David 15/06/07
      29.   Better Hamas than Fatah 15:05  |  Reality check 15/06/07
      30.   Hamas is telling the truth 15:08  |  Reality Check 15/06/07
      31.   SO THE U.S. DOESN`T DEAL WITH TERRORISTS?? 15:19  |  Just Curious 15/06/07
      32.   lesson in hudna 15:22  |  bobby 15/06/07
      33.   23Patriot,so glad that it is over and with the minimum possible 15:24  |  lakshmi 15/06/07
      34.   "70 LIVES IS NOT MUCH .....Lakshimi quote 15:35  |  Alberto Cohen 15/06/07
      35.   Fatah defeated 15:43  |  TomB 15/06/07
      36.   Farce 15:59  |  Clickfool 15/06/07
      37.   What the Hams has achived is nothing less than 16:01  |  Roger Bannister 15/06/07
      38.   shame on us 16:04  |  .... 15/06/07
      39.   The important thing is: 16:06  |  S 15/06/07
      40.   Barbarians at the Gate 16:39  |  Jane 15/06/07
      41.   Beyond the madness 16:42  |  Baz Mann 15/06/07
      42.   Egypt is managing the Pals for whom some in ... 16:48  |  Karl 15/06/07
      43.   IF USA CAN TOPPLE IRAQ REGIME AND CALL FOR ELECTIONS... 16:49  |  Forra 15/06/07
      44.   39S,the most premature decision of all is for Abbas to have 16:54  |  lakshmi 15/06/07
      45.   Chairman Abbas is behaving like a would-be dictator. 16:55  |  Timothy 15/06/07
      46.   Let`s hope that Israel doesn`t assassinate him 16:59  |  David 15/06/07
      47.   Gaza to Hamas, West Bank to Fatah 17:03  |  Tom Smitsloo 15/06/07
      48.   Palestinian Family Affairs 17:05  |  laoko 15/06/07
      49.   Palestinian 17:06  |  Darwish 15/06/07
      50.   "NO contact with the occupiers" 17:06  |  Dwizel 15/06/07
      51.   #20 - dear Indrajaya 17:11  |  Ofer 15/06/07
      52.   lakshmi 17:12  |  moll 15/06/07
      53.   Reality Check (Patriot #23) 17:21  |  Tosefta 15/06/07
      54.   There Is Nothing Like Show Business 17:28  |  Tony Anthony 15/06/07
      55.   RE: #31 "GOGGLE?" 17:43  |  Just Curious 15/06/07
      56.   Thanks to Hamas, a Pals state is over for ever 17:56  |  maurice 15/06/07
      57.   Shalit will be released imminently 17:58  |  Paul Freedman 15/06/07
      58.   Con Game To Get More Aid Money 18:01  |  Terry 15/06/07
      59.   #6, # 13 - Golden Opportunity 18:18  |  Russ 15/06/07
      60.   Heaven or Hell 18:24  |  Daniel 15/06/07
      61.   Reality Check (Patriot #23) 18:24  |  Tosefta 15/06/07
      62.   #33, it is over 18:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 15/06/07
      63.   HAMAS `s Idea of a Unity Government 18:47  |  Brad 15/06/07
      64.   HI CLICKY #36. HAPPY TO KNOW YOU AGAIN WITH US… 19:01  |  MOSHEH 15/06/07
      65.   Separating Deformed Siamese Twins - The road to hope 19:53  |  meir elazar 15/06/07
      66.   What will the Saudis say about this? 20:12  |  Daniel 15/06/07
      67.   Abbas more popular in US/Israel than Palestine. 20:13  |  david 15/06/07
      68.   Attrition 20:38  |  Gordon 15/06/07
      69.   Gaza beoble will always back the winner, regardless of ideology 20:50  |  Jalal 15/06/07
      70.   Palestinians have a state now 21:01  |  Daniel 15/06/07
      71.   Why are Hamas men almost always masked?? 21:13  |  De 15/06/07
      72.   re#47 Incorrect Answer (Tosefta) 21:14  |  Alberto Cohen 15/06/07
      73.   Mosheh 21:22  |  Jim Lindsey 15/06/07
      74.   Uping the ante 21:23  |  Not in my name-USA 15/06/07
      75.   blessing is disguise 21:34  |  steve dill 15/06/07
      76.   Unshackled 21:42  |  Observer 15/06/07
      77.   Convenient reality distortion (Alberto Cohen #68) 21:54  |  Tosefta 15/06/07
      78.   # 71 22:32  |  Clickfan 15/06/07
      79.   Thousands wait to enter Gaza 22:35  |  Hussein 15/06/07
      80.   De 22:37  |  Claus 15/06/07
      81.   Hamas Lost Its Beard-Careful What You Wish for 22:43  |  Dyinglikeflies 15/06/07
      82.   Uh, Whoops, What Do We Do Now? Govern? Welcome Back, Abbas! 22:46  |  Francois 15/06/07
      83.   So what was all the killing about Meshal? 22:48  |  Brad 15/06/07
      84.   It is clear Meshal speaks for no one 22:50  |  Evan 15/06/07
      85.   KA, and his explanations for murder and mayhem 22:52  |  Lynn 15/06/07
      86.   # 13 lakshmi on conspiacies 22:58  |  Lynn 15/06/07
      87.   Clickfool, Lakshmi Why Are You So Supportive Of Hamas 22:58  |  Dick Hertz 15/06/07
      88.   I`m Starting To Think that Saudi Arabia Does Have Its 23:02  |  Brad 15/06/07
      89.   Heavy (weapons) Negotiations - Tosefta 23:06  |  Mark Lincoln 15/06/07
      90.   # 66 Daniel and voting 23:07  |  Lynn 15/06/07
      91.   Now We Have A Return Address 23:09  |  Dyinglikeflies 15/06/07
      92.   # 61 another reality Check 23:11  |  Lynn 15/06/07
      93.   Israel is the culprit as usual 23:16  |  wibism 15/06/07
      94.   power in pa 23:24  |  Shmuelshachor 15/06/07
      95.   #69 BEOBLE jalal, how false can you get 23:27  |  Ha 15/06/07
      96.   The death of Fatah in Gaza-the death of the left in Israel 23:28  |  VinoGrad Veritas 15/06/07
      97.   lakshmi #44 23:29  |  S 15/06/07
      98.   Re #32 bobby, EXACTLY right 23:33  |  Michael 15/06/07
      99.   #14 - Hamas & Hezbollah unrelated 23:33  |  Rick 15/06/07
      100.   Hope Springs Eternal, Brad #73, but ... 23:38  |  Solon 15/06/07
      101.   My sincere condolences to the innocent Palestinians killed 23:38  |  I`m Palestinian 15/06/07
      102.   Time for reflection, Gaza should be left the way 23:40  |  Adam 11 15/06/07
      103.   De the mask is to protect them from future war crimes 23:41  |  VinoGrad Veritas 15/06/07
      104.   Convenient reality distortion (Alberto Cohen #68) 23:52  |  Tosefta 15/06/07
      105.   #84 - Give Jalal a break 23:52  |  Rick 15/06/07
      106.   Syria 00:06  |  Sol 16/06/07
      107.   blessing in disguise 00:08  |  steve dill 16/06/07
      108.   Bart Simpson didn`t do it 00:09  |  Ayman 16/06/07
      109.   Democracy 00:09  |  Travis 16/06/07
      110.   Rat Agents 00:24  |  Mikey 16/06/07
      111.   Gazans will become even poorer and more isolated 00:31  |  akiva P 16/06/07
      112.   DIVISIONS 00:31  |  Alberto Cohen 16/06/07
      113.   What Meshal says about the true... 00:35  |  Karl 16/06/07
      114.   Blease Mr. Ha Ha, we are boor beoble do not make fun of us! 00:35  |  Jalal 16/06/07
      115.   I`m Palestinian, we all are. 00:53  |  akiva P 16/06/07
      116.   To Clickfool #36 - "Farce" 01:12  |  Bob 16/06/07
      117.   Meshal says 01:17  |  Harry 16/06/07
      118.   What kind of people are not responsible for their actions?! Hamas 01:23  |  Bob 16/06/07
      119.   113Karl &97 S. Karl you are working yourself into a frenzy which 01:27  |  lakshmi 16/06/07
      120.   Haniyah Urges Self Restraint: Stop Looting He Says 02:04  |  Brad 16/06/07
      121.   Let them sweat 02:10  |  Mike 16/06/07
      122.   #5 KA - You`ve overlooked a prominent fact 02:12  |  * BEN JABO 16/06/07
      123.   Recognizing ContributionTo Humanity (lakshmi) 02:13  |  Brad 16/06/07
      124.   I`m going to change my name 02:18  |  * BEN JABO 16/06/07
      125.   #19 Murray - Milan 02:34  |  * BEN JABO 16/06/07
      126.   52Moll,good question and I`ve been thinking about that 03:00  |  lakshmi 16/06/07
      127.   Apathy 03:01  |  Dave 16/06/07
      128.   like the kid cuaght with candy in his mouth..didn;t mean to do it 03:01  |  r 16/06/07
      129.   Meshal the Brave 03:44  |  steve dill 16/06/07
      130.   Hamas Wants More Blood No Matter Whos It Is 03:56  |  Jane 16/06/07
      131.   abbas 04:00  |  steve dill 16/06/07
      132.   #20 indrajaya 05:37  |  Lynn 16/06/07
      133.   #52 collaborators 06:11  |  Lynn 16/06/07
      134.   # 74 Upping the ante 06:14  |  Lynn 16/06/07
      135.   Meshal and rhetoric 06:18  |  Lynn 16/06/07
      136.   Allah!! Allah!! 06:28  |  Rick L 16/06/07
      137.   Hamas won... 06:54  |  simon 16/06/07
      138.   Turkish Dilema 07:09  |  Rick L 16/06/07
      139.   HAMAS is a gang of SAVAGES 07:12  |  Vittorio 16/06/07
      140.   #119 Lakshmi 08:17  |  S 16/06/07
      141.   #130, Jane 08:25  |  Hannah 16/06/07
      142.   Gaza is part of the Promised Land of G_d`s Chosen People 08:59  |  keith 16/06/07
      143.   #7KA (Khaled Amariyeh of Hebron) the partisan 09:50  |  Sarah 16/06/07
      144.   A dog chasing a car 09:53  |  Yonatan 16/06/07
      145.   #15 Moshe on #13 Lakshmi 09:59  |  Yonatan 16/06/07
      146.   #31 Just Curious - odd ideas on democracy 10:08  |  Yonatan 16/06/07
      147.   Israel must recognize 10:09  |  Yonatan 16/06/07
      148.   there are suckers born every second bu Meshaal come on 10:32  |  peaceseeker 16/06/07
      149.   KA is Khalid Amayreh 10:35  |  Ken Jurist 16/06/07
      150.   The vanguard of resistance to Imperialism 10:37  |  Aaron Aarons 16/06/07
      151.   Meshal:" "treatment" Gaza needed"! - Insane killing and havoc? 10:49  |  Alicia 16/06/07
      152.   Hamas, the Good Guy! 10:54  |  Dagma 16/06/07
      153.   funny way to show it 11:00  |  bbl 16/06/07
      154.   Yack! Yack! 11:24  |  Yosemite 16/06/07
      155.   LAKSHMI: the figure is over 100! Over 100 TOO MANY deaths! 11:41  |  Alicia 16/06/07
      156.   # 51, OFER 11:46  |  indrajaya 16/06/07
      157.   With whose money will Hamas build the houses? 11:48  |  Alicia 16/06/07
      158.   hamas 12:11  |  colin 16/06/07
      159.   #140, S 12:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/06/07
      160.   Hamas failure 12:31  |  David 16/06/07
      161.   Hamas W/B lawmakers 12:32  |  Serge 16/06/07
      162.   To Alicia # 157 12:58  |  Natalie 16/06/07
      163.   Hannah - And What Are You? 13:16  |  Jane 16/06/07
      164.   Meshal, lap dog in Damascus 13:52  |  HonestAbe 16/06/07
      165.   #71 13:54  |  Seikku 16/06/07
      166.   Aaron Aarons, Liberal Bagel Eaters! 14:08  |  HonestAbe 16/06/07
      167.   To indrajaya #156 14:15  |  Bob 16/06/07
      168.   # 163, BOB 14:38  |  indrajaya 16/06/07
      169.   Of course not -Jordan will be next to fall 14:46  |  Sal 16/06/07
      170.   Old Solly, Tom on Golden Chance 15:28  |  Laura 16/06/07
      171.   re # 77 WRONG AGAIN ! (Tosefta) P1 15:45  |  Alberto Cohen 16/06/07
      172.   re # 77 WRONG AGAIN ! (Tosefta) P2 15:47  |  Alberto Cohen 16/06/07
      173.   TO #146 - YONATAN 15:48  |  Just Curious 16/06/07
      174.   Democracy vs. Hegemony ??? 16:11  |  Double Click 16/06/07
      175.   indrajaya are you jocking ? 16:20  |  infidel 16/06/07
      176.   Meshal 16:28  |  Zznhl 16/06/07
      177.   Who represents best the mood in Pal population? 17:25  |  Sensible 16/06/07
      178.   LET THE GAZANS GO!!!!!!!!!! HELP THEM!!!!!! 17:35  |  Virginia 16/06/07
      179.   Is-Fail... I mean Israel 17:37  |  James 16/06/07
      180.   Tony Soprano - Fade to Black 17:58  |  Ernie 16/06/07
      181.   Thanks Cipora #159 18:26  |  S 16/06/07
      182.   Hey James: Israel Is Real 18:41  |  Tex 16/06/07
      183.   Legal powers (Alberto Cohen#170) 18:48  |  Tosefta 16/06/07
      184.   149. Ken Jurist 19:02  |  KUTW 16/06/07
      185.   140S. Stalinims found its perfect expression in China under Mao 19:23  |  lakshmi 16/06/07
      186.   Abbas is a traitor 19:39  |  Moe 16/06/07
      187.   # 23 that`s easy, patriot 20:26  |  eric 16/06/07
      188.   #13 Lakshmi, Thank you for your BBC account 20:40  |  dutch 16/06/07
      189.   Israel should be aware , that all the agreements 20:44  |  Sal 16/06/07
      190.   What about Barghouti? 20:53  |  Omran 16/06/07
      191.   # 45 no timothy; not all have been disastrous 21:31  |  eric 16/06/07
      192.   so Abbas is in effect a dictator now? 21:35  |  vik 16/06/07
      193.   # 69 to jalal in gaza 21:53  |  eric 16/06/07
      194.   # 104 tosefta, there IS good reason to believe they will 22:04  |  eric 16/06/07
      195.   What a side show! 22:35  |  Dutch 16/06/07
      196.   #185, lakshmi 22:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/06/07
      197.   This is what they always do 23:09  |  KUTW 16/06/07
      198.   196Cipora,as ever rushing to judgment,my post to S was precisely 23:25  |  lakshmi 16/06/07
      199.   hamas / fateh 23:26  |  HAMSAWI 16/06/07
      200.   Question #196..Cipora Julianna Kohn 00:03  |  Nemesis 17/06/07
      201.   re# 183 Wrong again and again ! 00:19  |  Alberto Cohen 17/06/07
      202.   #200, Nemesis 00:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/06/07
      203.   #198, lakshmi 01:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/06/07
      204.   #202..CJK.....Thanks 01:10  |  Nemesis 17/06/07
      205.   203Cipora,your equating hitler with communists shows your lack of 01:20  |  lakshmi 17/06/07
      206.   204Nemesis,as far as I am aware,Abbas does not have the right to 02:32  |  lakshmi 17/06/07
      207.   #205, lakshmi 02:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/06/07
      208.   Cipora, You Make me Laugh about your Saintly Israel 02:52  |  Dutch 17/06/07
      209.   Lakshmi # 205 Hitler`s rise to power 02:58  |  ChanahS 17/06/07
      210.   #5-Time will tell 03:44  |  Ben 17/06/07
      211.   #3-Lets hope not 04:48  |  Ben 17/06/07
      212.   #188 DORIS WHAT KIND OF NURSE WERE YOU ??? 04:50  |  paul harris 17/06/07
      213.   #206 LACKEY UNBELIEVABLE HUMBUG FROM YOU 04:53  |  paul harris 17/06/07
      214.   #190 2nd TRY - Omran 05:07  |  * BEN JABO 17/06/07
      215.   Plain & Simple to start 05:32  |  Ben 17/06/07
      216.   Plain & Simple-the middle 06:18  |  Ben 17/06/07
      217.   Plain & Simple-the conclusion 06:44  |  Ben 17/06/07
      218.   Hi Mosheh.... 08:52  |  Silvienne 17/06/07
      219.   Lawlessness? 09:55  |  Clickfool 17/06/07
      220.   #189 Sal makes a bold statement 10:26  |  Johnboy 17/06/07
      221.   #217 Ben - Maine 17:16  |  * BEN JABO 17/06/07
      222.   For Dutch to answer 16:32  |  Bailey 29/11/08
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