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...other side are most House Republicans, who want border security only and don't want to hear about anything that they regard as "amnesty" until later, if ever. Today House Republicans stunned their Senate colleagues by announcing that they intend to hold public hearings around the country this August to highlight what they see as the bad parts of the Senate version of immigration reform. It's a highly unusual road show designed to get the Senate, which passed a plan to Bush's liking earlier this spring, closer to their more hard-line position. But a more subtle game...
...industry." Figures compiled by the Association of German Concert Agencies (IDKV) show that since 1999, Germans have been spending more on attending live music events than on CDs (j2.7 billion in 2003, compared to j1.78 billion). There are 167 festivals listed on German events website meinestadt.de between May and August alone. In Spain the Summercase Festival, which rotates lineups between Madrid and Barcelona, joins a crowded schedule just one week before the well-established Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (FIB), where the likes of Scissor Sisters, Madness and Franz Ferdinand will keep the four-day (and night) party going...
...What might give Sudoku brain cred to a veteran puzzle-solver like me? Two things. About a dozen of the book versions of the game carry the august authorship of Will Shortz, editor of the New York Times crossword, and star of the spiffy new documentary Wordplay, which opens this weekend in select cities. And among Sudoku's greatest fans is my sister-in-law, Pat Thompson Corliss...
...Coachella, which was launched in 1999, has carved a niche as a haven for alternative and progressive artists with acts such as The Cure, The Crystal Method, Zero 7 and The Flaming Lips. Along with Lollapolooza, which will present the Red Hot Chili Peppers and other groups on August 4-6, other festivals making waves this year are Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, featuring Spoon, Os Mutantes, Mission of Burma and The Futureheads; and Austin City Limits, which boasts Ben Harper, Willie Nelson, Van Morrison and Massive Attack...
...When Israeli settlers and soldiers pulled out of the Gaza Strip last August, many people on both sides dared to think that tranquility would follow. But since Hamas was voted into power last January, international aid to the Palestinian Authority has been suspended and hope for negotiations between the two sides has faded. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pledged to withdraw from parts of the West Bank, and to complete construction of a security wall to separate Israel from the Palestinians. Meanwhile, the near-daily exchanges of rockets and artillery between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza...