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...Hizballah, the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim group that triggered the war with a cross-border raid on July 12, said it abducted two Israeli soldiers in order to bargain for the release of Lebanese jailed in Israel. Yet, neither the soldiers nor the Lebanese prisoners were released under the cease-fire. Israel's attack on Lebanon sought to disarm Hizballah, but the truce's language conveniently sidestepped that explosive issue, vaguely leaving the job of keeping the peace in southern Lebanon to the Lebanese Army, with perhaps the support of international peacekeepers. The Lebanese government seeks Israel's withdrawal...
...invading Israeli forces at his base in Marjayoun. The episode infuriated many Lebanese, but they're amused with another popular subject. That's the story of the Lebanese shopkeeper who was reportedly abducted by Israeli forces, held for several weeks and eventually handed over to the Red Cross - all apparently in a case of mistaken identity. His name is Hassan Nasrallah, the same as the leader of Hizballah...
...governor's worries. With less than a year to go before the 2007 primary, Fletcher's challenge is to keep from losing his job the old-fashioned way: in the voting booth. "There is a real chance he can lose the primary," said longtime political writer Al Cross, who now heads a rural journalism institute at the University of Kentucky. "He lacks the confidence, apparently, of most of the leaders of his party...
...Science degree program at Singapore Management University (SMU) geared to churning out a stream of bright, socially savvy private bankers. Besides offering instruction in financial black arts such as macroeconomics and quantitative analysis, the one-year course teaches students "soft skills" needed to forge relationships with demanding clients, including cross-cultural etiquette tips. "All the bankers want hard-charging types, but our successful students are more low-key and soft with people," says Wee, who today is CEO of the Wealth Management Institute, a government-backed educational organization that oversees the SMU program. That's why students are taught...
...Osvaldo Lemus, coordinator of one of the emergency response teams mounted by the Spanish Red Cross, says the immigrants "come dehydrated, hungry, thirsty and often suffering from deep cold; many have splinters in their extremities and bruises from the contact and rubbing on the boat." One bright spot is the cooperation and solidarity he finds from anonymous volunteers, who are increasingly flying down to the Canaries to help, and even the impromptu aid of local vacationers. Lemus recalled when one recent boat washed ashore near a popular beach, several locals rushed over to help the immigrants, "warming them up with...