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...Hamas have stripped off their masks, because they are the victors. For months Hamas and its rival, Fatah, loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, brawled for power in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza--until June 10, when the shooting erupted into a climactic, vicious battle. Hamas didn't so much destroy the Fatah forces as cow them into surrender: only 5,000 of the 45,000 men on Abbas' payroll actually put up the pretense of a fight. And for the most part, top Fatah commanders deserted their men, either fleeing on foot to Egypt or aboard a small armada...
...Still, even Bloomberg's most ardent boosters recognize the daunting realities of the past (independents don't win the Presidency) and the future (if Bloomberg enters the race and looks like he might win, Republicans and Democrats would team up to try to destroy...
...Nazimi, a 20 year-old police officer at the site of the explosion, says two of his uncles were on the bus. One was wounded. He hasn't heard about the other. "You know the police provide security for Afghans," he says. "And the enemies of Afghanistan want to destroy our peace and our country. That's why they are targeting our police. They don't attack Americans or Coalition forces, only Afghans...
...Israel now faces the sobering fact that Palestinians have split into two dangerous entities: the West Bank under Abbas' chaotic organization and weak leadership, and Gaza under Hamas - an organization pledged to destroy the Jewish state. So far, the Israelis have ruled out any offensive against Gaza's new rulers, but the military has sealed off the 30-mile-long strip's access by air, sea and land. Defense Minister Amir Peretz declared that Israel would not allow the violence in Gaza to spill over into attacks on southern Israel, and the Israelis have plenty of ways to strike back...
...Number of climbers who have scaled Mount Everest so far in 2007, the most in any year since it was first conquered in 1953. Many conservationists argue that such a large human presence could destroy Everest's ecological balance...