Word: crosses
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...committed "crimes against humanity" in the course of its campaign against Hamas militants hiding among Gaza's civilian population. Palestinian medical sources claim that over 300 children and 100 women were among Gaza's 1,200 fatalities. And the United Nations, Amnesty International, the International Committee for the Red Cross (I.C.R.C.), Human Right Watch, as well as Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have all been investigating allegations of conduct that violates the laws of war. (See pictures of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza...
...Store on Sale! Inside, the discount stickers (30% off for furniture, mobile phone accessories, and cables, 20% off CDs and DVDs, 10% off everything else) and sale rules (no returns, no checks) are ubiquitous. "If we look obnoxious, we're doing our jobs," says Fried, who looks like a cross between Elvis and Elvis - Presley and Costello. "You want the customers to walk in and say, my God, what's going on here?" Shove the numbers in a customer's face, Fried insists, and he'll find a good reason to stick around...
...rent was too high for the store in Harvard Square to be maintained, Siren said. In order to pursue a less costly alternative, Cross is opening a kiosk in the Prudential Center to make up for this loss...
...Texas Border Coalition, a group of cities, landowners, nonprofit conservation groups and Native American tribal communities that has sued the Federal Government to block construction in some areas. Plans in Eagle Pass, some 500 miles east of El Paso, call for the wall - now about 30% complete - to cross a municipal golf course. Initially, the city welcomed the idea of stadium lights on the bluff overlooking the city and the construction of a decorative fence, but when the plans were revealed, the wall-like barrier prompted community opposition. "One size doesn't fit all," insists Foster, whose community of some...
Meanwhile, south of the river, Moreira is planning a "green wall" of 400,000 tress along a 217-mile stretch of the border as a symbol of Mexico's protest. The green wall will provide sanctuary for the deer and other animals that normally cross to and fro between the two countries, Foster says. A confirmed supporter of President Bush, Foster believes that Bush, as governor, shared a widely held view in the region that Texas has a symbiotic relationship with Mexico. "I feel let down. I see the President as a fixer," Foster says. He believes "weighty issues" like...