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...would be in the [an error occurred while processing this directive] region. "You can be sure that the E.U. is with you," he had said the previous day in Beirut. But last week, Europe - particularly France - took a closer look at the situation and effectively gulped in horror. A defiant Hizballah said it had no intention of handing over its arms. The rules of engagement under which the international force would act remain "fuzzy," French Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie insisted, to worried nods of agreement from other European capitals. Until those rules get clarified, European countries...
...will he? Don't count on it. If Nasrallah surrenders, it would destroy his newfound aura as Islam's defiant redeemer. He may agree in principle to a cease-fire, but it's doubtful he will ever allow Hizballah to be totally defanged, since the group's arms enable Nasrallah to call the shots in Lebanon--and moving to disarm Hizballah by force could trigger a civil war. Some see a clue to Nasrallah's intentions in the Koranic verse inscribed on the Hizballah flag adorning his television broadcasts. PREPARE FOR THEM WHATEVER FORCES YOU CAN MUSTER, it reads. Nasrallah...
...house party had to end eventually, even if sellers refuse to believe it. Many remain defiant to the point of delusion, demanding one more drink at the housing bar. Real estate bulls point out that the nation's median home price is still up 0.9% this year, to $231,000. But that stat is misleading. There's a stalemate between buyers and sellers: property owners are reluctant to cut prices, and buyers are patrolling from the sidelines, hoping for fire sales. "We've had sellers' markets for the last five years, and they're transitioning to buyers' markets," says David...
...full-on panic of last fall - when local commentators seemed to calculate hourly updates on the odds of a U.S. invasion - is, so far, largely absent. The U.S. and Israel seem as anxious as officials here are to avoid open conflict; that relative security makes for a safely defiant atmosphere. Hizballah sympathizers take to the streets with bullhorns, engaging bystanders in an angry, fevered call-and-response drawn from party slogans or the latest news. Motorcycles and cars sport yellow-and-green Hizballah banners. Many store windows feature the most popular new poster in Damascus: a photoshopped grouping...
...Last year it helped shut down dozens of accounts at the Macao-based Banco Delta Asia, which was suspected of counterfeiting and laundering money for Pyongyang. Some diplomats in Beijing, in fact, suspect that the financial pressure the U.S. has been applying was the main reason for Pyongyang's defiant missile launch...