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...such talks until now, and Hamas is not part of the PLO. But the movement is deeply committed to fulfilling its electoral promise to run a competent, clean, and transparent government, and it is unlikely to allow that goal to be sabotaged by provoking a new escalation in conflict with Israel. And being more disciplined than Fatah, Hamas may have a better chance at consolidating the security forces and reining in the violent chaos that has seized the West Bank and Gaza in recent months. Demanding that Hamas publicly and finally recognize Israel and renounce violence is wishful thinking; demanding...
...pointing to the authorization Congress gave Bush to pursue terrorists after the Sept. 11 attacks as part of the justification for the current program. "It is simply not the case that Congress in 1978 anticipated all the ways that the President might need to act in times of armed conflict to protect the United States," said Gonzales, who also said Bush was simply following in the footsteps of such presidents as Washington and FDR who had also used military surveillance without warrants. "FISA, by its own terms, was not intended to be the last word on these critical issues...
...China will never endorse serious economic measures against Iran because it needs oil and gas too badly. China has blocked Council action against Sudan because of its oil interests there, despite the genocide in Darfur. But I wonder. In this case, realists seek, above all, to prevent a military conflict in the wider Persian Gulf. That, given China's rapidly growing appetite for oil from the entire region - not just Iran - would be an economic nightmare for Beijing. China, a senior Western official believes, may well understand that anything short of stiff sanctions might make a military solution - perhaps...
...were meant to eat it. The project team may want to invest in a little more image research. Though to them, pizza is an oily olive branch, it doesn’t represent the same thing to everyone. Pizza is a symbol rooted in sorrow and conflict. East River-ites associate pizza with the smell of tomato sauce and broken scapulae, especially after trying to get their hands on a slice when the project team delivered them to House dining halls. In anticipation of the pizza’s arrival, undergraduates gathered to Lamont Burrito Riot density. When the pizza...
...have two competing interests and that you are sitting on both sides,” Minnow said. “It’s sad that Bob Clark, who has been the champion of having directors go beyond merely representing shareholders, would say that there was no real conflict...