Word: convertibles
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...that this should come as much of a surprise. Sharing Jerusalem may be one of the basic requirements of the two-state solution as developed over the past two decades, but Netanyahu has been a late and reluctant convert to the two-state formula - and even then, on terms many of his supporters acknowledge are unlikely to be acceptable to any Palestinian leader. And he has pushed back against Washington's demand for a freeze in settlement construction. The two sides remain locked in negotiations on the issue, with an already previously postponed meeting between Netanyahu and President Obama...
...refers to "the most dangerous of intra-Abrahamic fault lines, the one between Muslims and Jews," he is wrong. The attacks in New York, London, Bali, Madrid and Mumbai were planned and perpetrated by Muslim fanatics, but they were not directed against Jews. True, Islamic fundamentalism would like to convert the Middle East conflict from a territorial dispute into a religious war. But ultimately its problem is not with Judaism; it is with the rest of the world. Noru Tsalic, COVENTRY, ENGLAND...
...champ felt indebted to the Sandinista Front for helping him out of drugs and giving him a shot a redemption. Plus, Arguello actually believed in the Sandinistas' message of defending the poor, and he embraced his new role with the fervor of a convert. He referred to the President as his "leader," and said Nicaragua would be "a heaven" if everyone agreed with Ortega...
...left Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks in Western Europe. The commando is reported to be made up of 15 men - including Americans, Arabs, Chechens and four Germans - allegedly under the leadership of al-Qaeda operatives Abu Abdul Rahman al-Najdi, who was born in Saudi Arabia, and a Californian convert to Islam, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, who is on the FBI's most-wanted-terrorists list. But intelligence officials don't appear to know the current whereabouts of the al-Qaeda-led commando. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey in Pakistan...
...Under the new arrangement, Disney will foot the bill, pumping $451 million (HKD 3.5 billion) into the project and converting another $348 million (HKD 2.7 billion) of existing loans into equity. The government, meanwhile, says it won't inject any new capital into the expansion but will convert a substantial portion of its loans into equity. The Hong Kong government has already been the major financial driver, spending some $418 million on the park and another $1.8 billion on roads, sewers and a rail line to access it. Now, the government's majority stake will remain, but it will drop...