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...thriving. The U.S. import has taken root in the Palestinian territories and Israel, evolving into a gritty hybrid expression of the Arab-Israeli conflict that steers clear of the original's current preoccupations with flashy wealth, gangster attitudes and fast women. "It's preposterous to pose as a gangster out here," says Sagol, 59, hailed as the Israeli godfather of hip-hop. Instead, Israeli and Palestinian artists have borrowed from earlier, more socially conscious rappers such as Shakur, and sharpened their songs to a razorlike political edge...
Those cheers are just one sign of how much venom has seeped into Sunni-Shi'ite relations in the year since their simmering conflict was brought to a boil by the bombing of Samarra's golden-domed shrine. The bloodlust is no longer limited to extremists on both sides. Hatred has gone mainstream, spreading first to victims of the violence and their families--the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have lost loved ones, jobs, homes, occasionally entire neighborhoods--and then into the wider society. Now it permeates not only the rancorous political discourse of Baghdad's Green Zone...
...regain power." Without an understanding of the roots of the rage that drives people like Muslawi and Hussein, any plan--American or Iraqi, military or political--to stabilize Iraq is doomed to failure. And that power struggle in Iraq, whether it draws neighboring countries into a wider sectarian conflict or forces a realignment of alliances, has the potential to radically alter the Middle East...
...Dodos” with a good-natured sense of absurdity that makes sure that the scientists get mocked just as much as the intelligent designers.Olson described his challenge as finding “a charismatic voice for the world of science.” His film casts the conflict between evolution and intelligent design as one of politics rather than science, in which the key weapon, as in any political contest, is likeability. According to Olson, the intelligent designers are gaining ground not because their arguments are more compelling, but because they have catch phrases to back them...
...sentiments are reminiscent of those expressed a quarter of a century ago when his uncle, Prince Andrew, then also 22, prevailed against opponents who feared that his participation in the Falklands conflict could prove at best a distraction and, at worst, a liability to his colleagues. Instead, as a helicopter pilot on the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, he acquitted himself with honor during an episode that he described in an interview with TIME as "an adventure...