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DIED. EZER WEIZMAN, 80, pragmatic, influential former Israeli President; in Caesarea, Israel. Wry, caustic and often chauvinistic--he once responded to a young woman who wanted to be a combat pilot by asking, "Have you ever seen a man knitting socks?"-- he built and commanded the Israeli air force from 1958 to 1966 and the following year helped lead the military's rapid, pre-emptive victory in the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War. Later, as an ardent peace advocate, he met with Palestinians, vocally criticized hard-liners and through his rapport with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat helped cement that country...
...address this problem, the group’s final report recommends the creation of independent redistricting boards to combat gerrymandering and malapportionment...
Hagel concluded by saying that the war in Iraq has provided an opportunity to see the all-volunteer army in extended combat for the first time, and to recognize the problems with it that need to be addressed...
...kids?5% of the national student body?belong to loosely affiliated gangs. The gang members call themselves iljin ("top rankers") and are involved in organized bullying, extortion and sometimes sex crimes. The Education Ministry says Jong's findings are exaggerated, but officials established a task force this month to combat violence in schools. One indication of how entrenched the gangs have become is that the ministry said it could take up to five years to eradicate them. The problem "is rampant and it's getting more extreme and outlandish," says Yim Jae Yon, a counselor at a youth violence-prevention...
...coming into force of Kyoto is, however, not entirely without significance. The public failure of the treaty would have stymied future global policy initiatives and deeply disheartened those who seek more profound global action to combat climatic change. Importantly, the Protocol does make an important political statement by insisting that no one country, no matter how powerful, should be allowed to veto the global public interest...