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...accuse Hizballah of orchestrating a Syrian and Iranian-inspired coup attempt, opposition protests devolved into a series of street clashes, culminating earlier this month when Hizballah fighters decimated loyalist militias in Beirut. The speed and ease with which Hizballah overran the government's supporters, surrounded the homes of cabinet ministers and occupied offices belonging to the ruling parties gave the government little choice but to submit to Hizballah's demands...
Nasrallah unleashed his fighters on the streets of Beirut after the government tried to shut down Hizballah's private telecommunications network. But he has been spoiling for this fight since November 2006, when Shi'ite parties walked out of Siniora's coalition Cabinet. Although Lebanon is a democracy, the legitimacy of its government depends on a system of sectarian quotas; without the Shi'ites--the country's largest, fastest-growing group--the Prime Minister, a Sunni, has lacked both validity and street cred. The Shi'ites' price for returning: a greater share of power, including the right to veto major...
...seven years of hard labor to build the place. "In other countries, they pump oil," says the Kovals' neighbor, Sarkis Inechkyan, 60. "We make our living by letting rooms to vacationers." Their worst fears were realized in early April, when Russia's then Prime Minister Victor Zubkov told a Cabinet meeting that the state would need some 1,700 acres (700 hectares) to build more than 200 Olympic projects, some of them in Nizhneimeretinskaya Bukhta. The state has budgeted about $3.5 million to buy up the land. That works out to an average...
...Even before Wednesday's rocket attack, Bush, in meetings with Olmert and his top cabinet officials, had pledged U.S. solidarity in fighting Palestinian terrorists, as well as in confronting Iran. "We stand with democratic nations against terrorism," he said. "We stand with Israel against the Iranian nuclear threat...
...judge from the extracts already in the public domain, she'll certainly win props for her fearlessness. Here she is, introducing the late Princess Margaret to a gay cabinet minister and his partner. "'Have you met Chris Smith, our Culture Secretary, Ma'am?' I asked. She peered at him. 'And this is his partner,' I continued. 'Partner for what?' I took a breath...