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...discontent with the Hamas-led government and strengthening Abbas, whom Israel sees as its only viable negotiating partner. But neither has happened yet. Sources close to Abbas say Rice has promised that sanctions will be lifted and funds will flow back to the Palestinians once the Israeli corporal is freed and the President dissolves the Hamas government. But Abbas, despite being the Bush Administration's favorite, could end up the loser. Many Palestinians see him as weak and fickle. Hamas' gunmen are more numerous and better disciplined than Abbas' Fatah fighters, who have splintered into rival militias whose main activity...
...Robeson? Does every black filmmaker have to be a Spike Lee?Perhaps the most telling sign of Hollywood’s evolving relationship with race is that black actors, even rappers like Ice Cube, are breaking out of the “black film” category more frequently. Freed from the responsibility to single-handedly represent their race, black entertainers are free to fill roles of their choosing, no matter how innovative or trite they may be.Hating the movies may have been cool in the ’90s, but it’s significant that...
...generals were incarcerated following the return to democracy in 1983, but judicial proceedings were blocked by amnesty laws that had been passed by Congress under the threat of a military uprising by disgruntled officers in 1986. By 1990, the few officers imprisoned before those amnesties took effect were freed by then President Carlos Menem, desp?te massive protest marches across Argentina. The amnesty laws that had protected human-rights abusers were finally overturned by the Supreme Court last year, paving the way for the current trials and the prospect of hundreds of former military and police officers being convicted for doing...
...techno rave. "It was an experiment, the first time we've done this," says Andrus Villem, the Patarei's project manager, who wants to exorcise the ghosts of the past by turning the fortress into an impromptu arts center. The party is a tailor-made metaphor for Estonia itself: freed from the confines of a half-century of totalitarian rule, it's having a blast experimenting with unorthodox ideas as it races to make up for lost time. Estonia has been a frontier state throughout its history, bumping up against Russia to the east and facing Finland across a narrow...
...tactics, giving Congress and citizens a chance to object. The Senators will let the CIA keep some "off the books" detainees. They could be subject to abuse verging on torture. The bill would effectively void habeas corpus petitions of detainees who have demanded to be either charged or freed...