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...rooms. Taking in these elegant surroundings, it's hard to believe that the project was plagued by problems since construction began in 2000 (a long-running feud between city authorities and contractors saw costs double to around $64 million and completion was delayed by three years) - but thankfully, the dust has now settled...
...least two precision guided missiles, used by the Israeli Air Force to flatten houses throughout south Lebanon, pancaked a six-story apartment block down a narrow street in the heart of Tyre. A huge pall of yellow smoke and dust rose above the town, marking the spot where the bombs have fallen. All that was left of the building was a sprawling pile of rubble mixed with the pathetic detritus of people?s destroyed homes - broken tables, a lamp, half a sofa, torn books, clothing...
Lebanon's various factions have united against Israel's onslaught, and Hizballah can still count on broad support. But many citizens are angry at Hizballah for taking it upon itself to initiate a new conflict with Israel. Some politicians say privately that when the dust settles from the fighting, Hizballah should be held to account and disarmed. That's assuming Hizballah continues to survive Israel's blitz in some recognizable form. As Naboulsi, the spokesman, made his way through the rubble of Harat Hreik, a security man with a walkie-talkie suddenly shouted, "Evacuate! Evacuate!" Naboulsi started running down...
...James Baker, Madeleine Albright and others found themselves dragged into the business of trying to bring peace to the Middle East. Year after year, decade after decade, a region that is sacred to three religions and the home of sublime landscapes--yet drenched in blood and covered in the dust of bombed-out rubble--brings those who live in more comfortable neighborhoods back to its old quarrels. Canada, the saying goes, is a nation with too much geography and not enough history. The Levant is the world's un-Canada--a small sliver of land in which ancient grievances...
...Hamdan's lawyers opted not to join the other detainees' filings on the seizure of handwritten notes while they see how the dust settles in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. But, says Hamdan attorney Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, Hamdan's seized notes had nothing to do with the suicides and were not even written until weeks later but could be of use to government lawyers who would be arguing against Hamdan in a future legal action. Taking these notes, says Swift, is a clear "interference in the attorney-client relationship...