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...when his conservative party was trounced in regional elections. The loss was a stunning reversal of the 2007 polls that propelled Sarkozy to the Elysée and gave conservatives large majorities in both houses of parliament. Sarkozy now has two years before the next presidential election to halt a resurgent left and win back disgruntled supporters...
...furor that followed the announcement, during Biden's visit two weeks ago, that Israel was planning to build 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, the Administration demanded Israel halt new construction in those parts of the city it occupied in the war of 1967, but which are claimed by the Palestinians as their future capital. Not only did the Israelis demur, but hours before Netanyahu arrived at the White House on Tuesday it emerged that Israeli authorities had approved further construction at yet another site in East Jerusalem. No surprise there, since Netanyahu had on Monday told the American...
Last December, University President Drew G. Faust had announced that Harvard would be aggressively pursuing tenants for its unoccupied holdings in Allston in the wake of the indefinite halt of the science complex—a major component of Harvard’s plans to build a new campus across the Charles River...
Paul Berkeley, an Allston resident, said he was pleased to see Harvard leasing to a “cutting edge” environmental group, given the halt on the construction of the Science complex...
...that "the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons." Israel and its advocates in Washington see Iran's nuclear program, rather than the conflict with the Palestinians, as the prime issue in the U.S.-Israel conversation. So Clinton talked up the Administration's efforts to halt Iran's uranium-enrichment program, citing "a growing international consensus on taking steps to pressure Iran's leaders to change course." Europe was on board, she said, and Russia wasn't far behind. "And although there is still work to be done, China has said it supports the dual-track...