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...Connor also felt that he did not have an ideal tournament, but a lack of offense did not stop the All-American from going undefeated in Bethlehem, Pa. O’Connor rolled through his first two bouts with a major decision and a technical fall before running into trouble in the semifinals. The Harvard co-captain took on Daryl Cocozzo of Rutgers and immediately found himself in unfamiliar territory, as Cocozzo notched an early takedown for a 2-0 lead. O’Connor kept his cool, though, and quickly turned the match around for a 4-2 advantage...
...beginning to see some economic growth. Cement consumption is up 30%." Part of the growth has been funded by aid from the U.S., Europe and the Islamic world, which helps pay the salaries of government workers and funds new infrastructure projects. In 2008, Fayyad held a conference in Bethlehem, looking to begin the next phase - private development - and got some takers, including a Palestinian developer named Bashar Masri who is building an entire new city for 50,000 just outside Ramallah. "We could not have done this without Fayyad's reforms," Masri told me. "I mean, you deal with...
...invasion of their land. Even the most optimistic Palestinians assume that the real Israeli plan is to wait them out, keep building settlements and force as many Palestinians into the diaspora as they can. Benjamin Netanyahu's recent decision to declare sites in the Arab cities of Hebron and Bethlehem Jewish historical landmarks seemed a provocation intended to cause the sort of mass violence that has destroyed the hopes of responsible Palestinians in the past. Fayyad's progress is as fragile as plate glass; the next rock thrown could shatter it. (See TIME's photo-essay "Life in the West...
...With reporting by Jamil Hamad / Bethlehem and Aaron J. Klein / Jerusalem...
...Advent Conspiracy video has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube, and the movement boasts nearly 45,000 fans on Facebook. Baseball superstar Albert Pujols is a supporter - he spoke at a church event in St. Louis, Mo., to endorse the effort. (See TIME's video "Bethlehem's Complicated Christmas...