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Given the chaos that a war might unleash, what options does the world have to avoid it? One approach would be for the U.S. to accept Iran as a nuclear power and learn to live with an Iranian bomb, focusing its efforts on deterrence rather than pre-emption. The risk is that a nuclear-armed Iran would use its regional primacy to become the dominant foreign power in Iraq, threaten Israel and make it harder for Washington to exert its will in the region. And it could provoke Sunni countries in the region, like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to start...
...that sponsors terrorism and calls for Israel's destruction--but the time may come when that's the only bargaining chip short of war the U.S. has left. And still that may not be enough. "[The Iranians] would give up nuclear power if they truly believed the U.S. would accept Iran as it is," says a university professor in Tehran who asked not to be identified. "But the mistrust runs too deep for them to believe that is possible...
...Epstein agreed to consider raising his total contribution to $30 million after a review of the program’s progress. That review has not yet taken place, according to the University. After Epstein was charged with soliciting prostitution at his Palm Beach, Fla., mansion, several politicians who had accepted campaign money from the billionaire returned the donations. They include Eliot L. Spitzer, the New York attorney general who is running for governor; Mark A. Green, a Democratic candidate for attorney general of New York; and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, according to the New York Times and New York...
...still unclear how peer advisers will be able to receive reimbursements for items purchased at stores that do not accept Crimson Cash, and several peer advisers expressed confusion about how a Crimson Cash-based system of reimbursement would work...
...Abbas may be a way of signaling to Israelis that he is trying to forge ahead toward resolving the conflict, even though Corporal Gilad Shalit remains a captive of Hamas. But if pre-Lebanon Olmert held a view of Israel's final borders substantially short of what Abbas could accept, post-Lebanon Olmert may have even less to offer Abbas in exchange for a deal...