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...trying to raise cash. One salable piece of its portfolio: 84 homesites in Hidden Springs. Jim Hunter, of Boise Hunter Homes, was there to buy. Hunter figures GMAC had already plowed about $88,000 per lot into the neighborhood by laying down streets and sewer lines. In the fire sale, he spent $52,000 a pop. And so the land was recycled - from an overextended national company to a more nimble local player able to put it to good economic use. It was, in its own small way, a step back to normal...
...Palestinians' land has been occupied by Israel for far too long. They've had enough. So they fire rockets of protest into Israel, and Israelis rain bombs down on the Palestinians. What are the Palestinians supposed to do? The Israelis keep saying that Hamas wants to wipe out the Israelis. Does anyone ever ask the Israelis if their goal is the destruction of the Palestinians? I would guess the answer is yes. Bill Petrusky Jr., MONTVILLE...
...South Ossetian government claims the uptick in cross-border shooting is real and dangerous. "Practically every day, unfortunately, the Georgians are shooting into South Ossetia," says Alan Pliyev, the first deputy minister of the South Ossetian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "They have been breaking the cease-fire organized by President Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of the war last year." Georgia has repeatedly denied shooting into South Ossetia and blames the Russian buildup for the rising tensions. (See pictures of the Russians in Ossetia...
...Police had surrounded the house since Friday afternoon but were trying to assess if the house had been booby-trapped or if the suspect was holding any hostages. After sending in a small robotic camera on wheels, both possibilities were ruled out, allowing police to fire on the barn-like structure set between a rice field and a small hill, from where more than 150 police surveyed the hideout. When asked by police to identify himself and surrender, the suspect yelled that his name was Noordin M. Top but refused to come out. It is not yet clear whether...
...prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, soon after the 9/11 terror attacks. Baitullah Mehsud quickly leapfrogged his boss, and his ascension up the jihadi ladder was made apparent in 2005, when - swathed in a black cloth to shield his face - he negotiated the public signing of a cease-fire agreement with the Pakistani government. (Read "Why Pakistan Balks at the U.S. Afghanistan Offensive...