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Hamas suicide bombers are setting the agenda in the Holy Land. The group has a branch that runs schools and medical clinics, but it is Hamas' military wing that goes furthest to achieve the goals set out in its well-articulated, unyielding and lengthy founding charter, written in 1988. Its main points...
...Hamas aims to thwart the Zionists' "aspir[ation] to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates." The charter cites the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a forgery originating in the early 1900s that purports to set out the secret plans of Jewish leaders to take over the world...
...charter warns three times against Freemasons, Rotarians and the Lions Club, which "work in the interest of Zionism." It blames Jews for the French Revolution, Western colonialism, the Bolsheviks, and World Wars I and II. --By Anthony Spaeth
Tanya had taken Shaliah out of a charter school and moved her to Shoemaker last fall, pleased that Chancellor Beacon Academies, a Florida-based for-profit company, was taking over the school. She had reason to be optimistic: Chancellor Beacon charter schools in Florida and New York had performed above the state and national norms. In Philadelphia, however, Chancellor Beacon became the only management company fired by the district. According to Philly schools chief Vallas, the company failed to "create a presence" and didn't provide teacher training, shrink class size or offer after-school programs--all goals...
...founder of Hooters restaurants, won't say if it's making money yet, but its employees and passengers seem to be enjoying themselves. Women passengers outnumber men on some flights, and even most of the women say they like the friendly service by Hooters Girls. Naked-Air, a charter carrier organized by a nudist travel service in Houston, won't reveal much at all about itself--except that passengers really are allowed to disrobe once the FASTEN SEATBELT sign goes off. It has made one flight so far, from Miami to the Mexican resort city of Cancun. For passengers venturing...