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...that the army is desperately trying to figure out how to close. The residents of Sa-Nur are working to set up secret routes for supporters to circumvent the army roadblocks. "It's going to be much harder there than in Gaza," says an official with Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service. "It's very hard to seal the place off." The Shin Bet fears that people will visit Sa-Nur during the Passover holiday next week, only to remain there until the evacuation begins. The ultimate fear is that some settlers will turn violent. Police arrested three Israeli...
...Donald Rumsfeld headed for the exit by the end of this year? While speculation has been hot that the Secretary of Defense will depart early in President George W. Bush's second term, don't bet on it, his senior aides tell TIME. Rumsfeld has been sending strong signals that he's in no hurry to leave: asking applicants for senior posts whether they're willing to stay until the end of the term and talking to aides about planning foreign trips years down the road...
...bet she learned to take direction at home: Ron Howard's girl, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, 24, broke out in last year's The Village and stars in the upcoming Manderlay...
...were the hot international news out of Hong Kong, another actor was the colony's No. 1 box-office draw. Stephen Chow's raucous comedies tickled the locals no end, but since his humor was largely verbal (a nonsense patter known as "mo-lei-tau"), few were betting that he could become a star in the West. Chow took the bet and made two action comedies--Shaolin Soccer (2001) and Kung Fu Hustle (2004)--that were huge pan-Asian hits and proved him an expert director as well as an engaging joker. With Hustle's release...
...that puppy as if it were her child, but soon Britney Spears, 23, will be exquisitely aware of the difference between the two. The news that Spears and her hubby Kevin Federline, 27, are expecting a baby moved the celebrity press into warp drive, and it's a safe bet this gestation period will be more closely watched than an endangered panda's. Among the first into action: Parents magazine, which released a poll it took before the pregnancy became public, in which more than half of parents said the couple should wait to start a family. What, and miss...