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...American Jews, some of whom have expressed reservations about his level of commitment to Israel. During his press conference, Obama highlighted the challenges for both sides in the conflict, citing the day's terror attack in Jerusalem as further reason for why the Israelis are hesitant to make a deal while noting the economic plight of the Palestinians that only exacerbates the situation. "It's difficult for either side to make the bold move that would bring about peace," said Obama. "There's a tendency for each side to focus on the faults of the other rather than look...
...international assessment released on July 21. Yet instead of promptly accepting offers of help from around the world, the regime spent weeks refusing visas to foreign aid workers and setting up roadblocks to stop international agencies from delivering relief supplies. Even today, after Burma promised in an ASEAN-brokered deal to stop impeding foreign aid groups, non-Burmese still have to apply for special permits from the country's Ministry of Defense to visit the delta...
Singh put his Congress Party's majority on the line to defend his government's decision to pursue a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. The two main leftist parties pulled out of Singh's coalition government in protest against the deal, which they said would make India beholden to the strategic interests of the U.S. Singh kept his majority by forging a series of alliances, first with the Samajwadi Party, a powerful player in the key northern state of Uttar Pradesh, and then with a series of smaller regional parties. "They ayes have it," said Somnath Chatterjee...
...tried to assuage al-Bashir and his men, telling the Khartoum government, "Don't worry about the prosecutor. Just accept the peacekeepers and nothing will happen." Moreno-Ocampo says the big powers feared that the ICC's obsession with Darfur would get in the way of a peace deal between the politically dominant north and the oil-rich south that ended two decades of civil war in Sudan. The Sudanese took their cue and decided to reject notification of the court's indictment, slamming the door on any messenger with an ICC envelope...
...mastered the game in school, as did many of his teammates. And, he claims, being on the school team was a big a deal - like making the varsity football team in an American high school. "When you are a bright student, you play Scrabble in order to prove and improve yourself," says Lo. "And we all aim for the international stage to play for Le Senegal." Pronouncing the name of his country makes him stand a bit taller...