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...Beyond Ms. Hilton, I extend the roster of potential exceptions to Jessica Alba, Pamela Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Fiona Apple, Ashanti - in fact, to save some time, just continue alphabetically with celebrity females until Catherine Zeta-Jones...
...Israeli media is reporting a disagreement on this question between Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Guided by his generals, Peretz wants to press on to the Litani River, up to 12 miles north of the Israeli border, and even beyond. That would also extend the duration of the campaign for at least another week, say Israeli military experts. The prime minister, mindful of the gently increasing pressure from the White House, and of the risk that expanding the ground offensive could bring large numbers of Israeli casualties, has insisted the assault be more limited...
...plan that calls for a near-simultaneous ceasefire and deployment to south Lebanon of the Lebanese Army and some leading-edge units of an international stabilization force. A third element is a political agreement aimed at cementing lasting peace: Israel would respect Lebanon?s territorial integrity and Lebanon would extend central government control over all its territory and disarm local militias, including the powerful Hizbollah force that has acted as a state within a state in south Lebanon. If anything, said an American diplomat, Israel's escalation would raise more alarms among the Europeans and create more momentum...
...with European and moderate Arab countries, is trying to assemble a package of proposals acceptable to the Lebanese and Israeli governments. It includes a cease-fire, the deployment of foreign troops to Hizballah's traditional stomping grounds on the Israeli border with a mandate to let the Lebanese Army extend its jurisdiction there, an end to Israeli violations of Lebanese territory and possibly Israel's agreement to turn over maps of the land mines it left during the occupation. Rice is also encouraging Lebanon and Israel to work out a deal on the so-called Shebaa Farms problem. This tiny...
...biotech industry, which operates without government funds. Geron claims it is close to filing for permission to conduct the first human trials relying on ESC-based therapy. It is using stem cells to create oligodendroglial progenitor cells, which produce neurons and provide myelin insulation for the long fingers that extend out from the body of a nerve cell. Lanza's group is also close to filing for FDA permission to begin clinical trials on three cell-based therapies: one for macular degeneration, one for repairing heart muscle and another for regenerating damaged skin. Not to to be outdone, the academic...