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...turning over Jerusalem's archaeology to extremist Jewish settlers. That has alarmed many Israeli and international scholars, Palestinian officials, and human-rights advocates. On a political level, it complicates efforts by the White House to enable both Palestinians and Israelis to share Jerusalem as their respective capitals, a key demand of the Palestinians. For scholars, it sparks concerns about whether Elad can be independent and objective in its work. And for Jerusalemites it raises a fundamental question: What matters more, the stones and bones of antiquity, or the lives of the people who live on top of all that history...
Another voice of reason: "How about we all join Harvard's already established, maybe not in use now, Idea Bank, to have our concerns voiced and fleshed out and demand that the UC take...
...would lead to "corresponding action" - a phrase made more ominous by its utter vagueness. Then, in response to the proposed Taiwan arms sales, the Chinese threatened sanctions against U.S. defense companies, which include conglomerates doing substantial nonmilitary business in China such as United Technologies, which has seen booming demand for its Otis elevators in Chinese skyscrapers, and Boeing, which has staked its future growth in part on demand from China's air carriers. Most recently, on Feb. 5, China's Commerce Ministry accused the U.S. of dumping chicken on the China market. (See the worst business deals...
...name is a nod to a Comcast technology initiative called Project Infinity, which CEO Brian Roberts unveiled at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Under Project Infinity, the company's video-on-demand views have more than doubled, to 14 billion cumulative views, over the past two years. Internet speeds have tripled. Comcast's online movie and television-show choices jumped from 3,700 in the first quarter of 2008 to 19,100 by the end of 2009. The company is changing, so Comcast feels the name should change with it. "At its core, Xfinity is infinite potential," says David Watson...
...kind of money, or hand over a detainee of Abu Qatada's importance as a surrender to blackmail - quite clearly non-starters," says the French intelligence official, who requested anonymity while discussing matters related to terrorism. "Their intent was to assassinate Dyer from the start, and the entire bogus demand and deadline process was designed to prolong public anguish over Dyer, and maximize its horror when he was killed...