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Because of its size and clout in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia is capable of playing a role in the Middle East peace process. President Bush consults regularly with Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto Saudi ruler, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the Saudis' influence is limited. Though Abdullah has dangled normalized relations with Israel in exchange for a Palestinian state, only Washington has the credibility to drag the two sides to the negotiating table...
...HARE-BRAINED This amateur site dedicated to hashing in North America has become the de facto authority on all things hash?if only for the fact that Webmaster "Flying Booger" has either an unhealthy obsession with hashing or too much free time. The most useful feature?aside from an online Hash House Harriers hymnal, complete with sing-along tunes?is the archived list of "cool hash sites of the month," which links browsers to an international array of hash aficionados...
...Because of its size and clout in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia is capable of playing a role in the Middle East peace process. President Bush consults regularly with Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto Saudi ruler, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the Saudis' influence is limited. Though Abdullah has dangled normalized relations with Israel in exchange for a Palestinian state, only Washington has the credibility to drag the two sides to the negotiating table...
...usual, in matters that pit Americans against Europeans, there's plenty of mutual ignorance. Americans don't understand that for Europeans, whose memory of war crimes is deep, anything that codifies the rightful conduct of war is ipso facto desirable. Europeans seem unable to appreciate the import of congressional sentiment against the court. Congress (unlike most European parliaments) is not a rubber stamp; it has a constitutional role in international affairs, and it takes it seriously...
...TIME: Many members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) assert that you are its de facto chairman. Taufik: They're wrong. Who-ever thinks that does not really understand the party. After July 27, 1996, our house in (south Jakarta) became the headquarters of PDIP for two years. A lot of what the party is about was born then. Saying I'm de facto chairman is going too far. I'm a senior member...