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ObserverXtra, Jul 23, 2010 / If the way to tell a complicated story is to personalize it, then My Name is Rachel Corrie does just that in explaining the plight of Palestinians living in areas occupied by Israeli soldiers.
The Star of Malaysia, Jul 22, 2010 / The Johor Zoo welcomed three newborn female African lion cubs last month and named one Corrie, after the American activist who died in Gaza. Head zookeeper Mohd Sham Mahdon said Corrie and her siblings weighed about 5kg each and all of them were born on June 15.
St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO, Jul 14, 2010 / Fortunately, "My Name is Rachel Corrie," which makes its St. Louis debut with the new troupe Blue Rose Stage Collective, is neither boring nor preachy.
The Spectator - UK, Jul 14, 2010 / 'you may well think that hell on earth would not be an understatement of what the Gazans suffered in that time'.
Boise Weekly - Boise ID, Jul 14, 2010 / Rachel Corrie , a 23-year-old Olympia, Wash., student who was run over and killed by a bulldozer in Gaza, has been christened a martyr by many Palestinians.
Riverfront Times - St. Louis MO, Jul 13, 2010 / Something rare and eventful is occurring on the intimate black-box stage at Saint Louis University .
Perth News, Jul 13, 2010 / The Israeli navy has boarded the Rachel Corrie aid ship and no violence has been reported.
Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore MD, Jul 10, 2010 / The FBI has widened its investigation into fraudulent Holocaust-era claims against the German government, The New York Jewish Week reported.
The Malay Mail - Malaysia, Jul 09, 2010 / Not many can lay claim to having stared down the barrel of a gun.
Riverfront Times - St. Louis MO, Jul 06, 2010 / It's just possible that the most powerful people in the arts today are not producers or even directors.
The Star of Malaysia, Jul 04, 2010 / Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO), a principal partner in the Freedom Flotilla, will hold a one-day conference at PWTC on July 11 to recount what happened on the MV Mavi Marmara and MV Rachel Corrie , the Gaza aid flotilla seized by Israel in international waters.
St. Louis Jewish News - St. Louis MO, Jul 02, 2010 / Got an interesting phone call from a local radio theater reviewer about the play, "My Name is Rachel Corrie," which is being staged next weekend at St. Louis University by a new company in town called Blue Rose Theatre Collective.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), Jul 01, 2010 / The Obama administration is pressing Israel to conduct a "thorough, transparent and credible" investigation into the death of Rachel Corrie.
Middle East Online, Jun 23, 2010 / One week after nine Turkish activists died in an Israeli flotilla raid aboard the Mavi Marmara flagship, a much smaller Gaza-bound vessel named after deceased American activist Rachel Corrie was intercepted without casualties.
Aljazeera.com, Jun 18, 2010 / Tel Aviv has threatened to block a humanitarian mission which is heading for the Israeli blockaded Gaza Strip onboard the aid vessel, Rachel Corrie.
The Irish Times, Jun 14, 2010 / Five Irish citizens who were aboard the aid ship the MV Rachel Corrie are due back in Dublin later today after being deported from Israel.
Asia One, Jun 12, 2010 / PORTO Rafti, a port town some 40km from Athens, did not seem suited to host a group of activists planning to challenge the Tel Aviv regime.
The Irish Times, Jun 11, 2010 / The passengers and crew aboard the MV Rachel Corrie which was blocked from delivering relief supplies to Gaza are due to be deported from Israel today.
The Christian Science Monitor, Jun 11, 2010 / Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was one of five Irish activists who rode the MV Rachel Corrie toward Gaza last week in a follow-up attempt to break the blockade after Israel's fatal raid on the "Freedom Flotilla" May 31.
PR-inside.com - Austria, Jun 10, 2010 / 2010-06-10 23:58:52 - The "Rachel Corrie" has arrived at the port of Ashdod near Gaza. Israeli State military forces intercepted it.
Boston.com - Boston MA, Jul 21, 2010/ U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea.
New York Post - New York NY, Jul 21, 2010/ Embattled BP head honcho Tony Hayward will step down in the next 10 weeks over the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, sources said yesterday.
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL, Jul 21, 2010/ President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday both strongly condemned the release last year of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland.
The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada, Jul 21, 2010/ "The largest cadre of foreign ministers to descend on Afghanistan in three decades underwent an astonishing political conversion on Tuesday, turning from skeptics to advocates of the Afghan government's ambitious plan to take over all security responsibilities in the country by 2014.
St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO, Jul 21, 2010/ Just like a long line of predecessors, Lou Piniella thought he could lead the Chicago Cubs to that elusive championship and end a drought that dates to 1908.
Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
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