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...original iPhone was a high-tech indulgence. From its gorgeous touchscreen to its classy Web browser, it set a new bar for the look and feel of mobile phones. Naysayers nitpicked about its technical shortcomings - and its top-shelf price - but its breakthrough design won it millions of fans nonetheless...
...concept of a Messiah who suffered, died and rose, but this inscription changes that." He adds: "Gabriel is speaking to someone and says: 'By three days, you'll come back to life.'" Still, some scholars at the conference privately said that Knohl, in his zeal to make a biblical breakthrough, was reading too much into the vague and practically illegible lines of the tablet...
...report of forcing himself sexually on a 23-year-old male aide. Sodomy, even under consensual circumstances, can garner a 20-year prison sentence in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Anwar, a married father of six, denies the allegation, and characterizes the legal action as political retribution for the opposition's breakthrough victories in the general elections in March...
...possibility therefore looms of progress on the nuclear issue, but it's not yet the kind of breakthrough that might quiet Washington's hawkish critics of Iran. Still, if the Iranians do opt for some initial compromises, the debate is sure to become more complicated...
...crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia punishable by up to 20 years in jail. Anwar, a married father of six, denies the charges, and sought sanctuary for more than 36 hours at the Turkish embassy. He released a statement calling the legal action political retribution for the opposition's breakthrough victories in March elections. "I have been told that my assassination has not been ruled out," claimed Anwar, "as a means to subvert the people's will and bring an end to the transformational changes taking place in Malaysia...