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...amid the Rubble Israel lifted its siege of Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, but tensions remained high outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. Playing down the damage to his compound, Arafat angrily denounced the Israelis for a "big crime" against a "sacred place" after fighting and fire broke out at the church, where Israel was demanding the surrender of dozens of Palestinian fighters. He also condemned Israel's assault on the Jenin refugee camp, the deaths of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and infrastructure damage. The Palestinian leader later toured Ramallah, smiling and waving. Israel lifted...
...century, which was concerned with culture broadly stated, not just with art. The art museums of the French Revolution made available aristocratic collections to the people. During the 19th century, nations felt compelled to do so and developed the resources to do so. As museums developed, institutions of patronage broke down. In their place develop private galleries and individual bourgeois patrons become dominant in the second half of the 19th century. But artists want their works, if collected by private individuals, to end up in public institutions for them to be seen next to history. Painters are in some dynamic...
Yasser Arafat is free. But whether his personal liberty translates into freedom for his people - and peace for Israel - depends on a complex and perilous diplomatic dance between the U.S., the Saudis, the Israelis and the Palestinian leadership, a dance made all the more delicate after a fire broke out near the Church of the Nativity during a firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinians inside. Six men wanted by Israel left Arafat's Ramallah compound Wednesday in the custody of U.S. and British officials who will oversee their confinement at a Palestinian Authority prison in Jericho. On Thursday, in keeping...
...biggest wake-up call of the meet was felt by the 4x100 relay team of juniors Sean Meeker and Chris Lambert, senior Shawn Parker and co-captain Kobie Fuller. The quartet, who broke a school record with a run of 41.07 seconds two weeks ago at Columbia, were in position to win their IC4A heat at the Penn Relays, but a dropped baton on the anchor leg spoiled...
...Hoyas caught a crab at the 1100-meter mark, but was unable to regain composure as the oar broke under the water’s pressure. Georgetown was left struggling to remove an oar without a handle from the water as the Black and White continued to the finish line...