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...provide more than a spiritual guide: they are a political agenda. When they read in the papers about the growing threats to Israel, they are not only concerned for a fellow democratic ally in the war against terror; they are also worried about God's chosen people and the fate of the land where events must unfold in a specific way for Jesus to return. That combination helps explain why some Christian leaders have not only bonded with Jews this winter as rarely before but have also pressed their case in the Bush White House as if their salvation depended...
There are two kinds of humorists: those to whom unusual things happen and those whose lives are completely ordinary. In the former category are writers like David Sedaris, to whom fate hands interesting twists--he is gay, he has a wacky family, he lives in Paris--all of which then become comic material. Dan Zevin, author of The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up, is firmly in the latter category. His bread and butter is the Seinfeld-ian nothingness of everyday life...
...spokesperson Judy Garrett will say only that Hanssen's fate hasn't been decided. "We'll make a designation based on where we think we can best manage him," Garrett says...
...Israel's media is filled with speculation over what Prime Minister Sharon will do next - particularly concerning the fate of Yasser Arafat. The U.S. and Sharon's Labor Party coalition partners have warned against any move to oust Arafat. But Sharon may instead heed the advice of the Israeli right, outlined in this Jerusalem Post editorial. "Israel stood up to American dictates and the sky did not fall," writes the Post in an editorial on the lessons of the Powell visit. The lesson drawn is that Sharon should get on with booting out Arafat, and Bush will fall into line...
...prison.'" She adds, "The police said, 'You don't worship God, you only worship the American government.'" After the police raids, which took place less than a week after the mass demonstrations, the frightened girl fled her hometown and settled in the U.S. Hundreds of others face a similar fate. "We are fighting for religious freedom," says Y Mphiap, 29, who, with his pregnant wife and three children, left Vietnam and recently arrived in Greensboro. "The government closed down our churches and keeps calling in our pastors for questioning...