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...rest of its secular inhabitants. The outcome of this race will have repercussions for the Obama Administration's Israel-Palestinian peace plans, since the dilemma of Jerusalem - whether it will be shared with the Palestinians or remain the undivided Jewish capital - lies at the heart of any future accord. Gaydamak's rivals for the mayoralty are an ultra-Orthodox Jew and a right-wing software mogul. His only hope may be to win the large Arab vote in this diverse and divided city, an odd position for the owner of a team whose fans are among the most racist...
...Efforts to counter the crisis focused on Eastern Europe as well. The International Monetary Fund announced that it has struck a tentative accord to lend $16.5 billion to cash-strapped Ukraine, and said a major impediment to providing emergency funding to Hungary had also been removed. In Asia, meanwhile, the central banks of Australia and Hong Kong safeguarded the liquidity of markets with new injections of funds, while South Korea cut its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point in the hopes of countering slowing economic growth...
...White House's hope of reaching a peace accord between the Israelis and the Palestinians suffered a fatal blow on Sunday when Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister and leader of the governing Kadima party, informed President Shimon Peres that she was unable to stitch together a new ruling coalition...
Ultimately, both of those conditions will need satisfying before the electronics industry can go deep green. Companies like Dell - which sources one-fifth of its power from renewable resources and offsets the rest - will go green of their own accord, and customers may reward them for it. Other companies will need encouragement - like the system in place in Japan, where the ambitious levels of efficiency achieved by industry leaders are used to force the bottom of the table to catch up. For his part, Shapiro prefers "the carrot to the stick," pointing out that energy efficiency has been increasing, even...
...House Ethics Committee to investigate the "false allegations." "I want to be clear that I have not misused campaign funds, and I am confident that when all the facts come to light, I will be completely vindicated." Mahoney's campaign has stated separately that Allen "resigned of her own accord, in good standing...