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...that Belarus give up control of gas transit from Russia to Europe - about 20% of Russian gas exports to Europe go through Belarus, and so Russia wants to take over Beltransgaz, the state-run operator of Belarus' gas-pipeline network. (Read "Russia's Gazprom Diplomacy: Turning Off Europe's Heat...
...Israel little wiggle room on settlements - a huge problem for a right wing-led government whose coalition agreement is premised on continued construction in the occupied territories. And as he shapes up to deliver a major policy address Sunday billed as a response to Obama, Netanyahu is feeling the heat. Israeli media have reported aides to the prime minister complaining that the White House is seeking a confrontation with Israel in order to ease anti-American hostility in the Muslim world, and even that Obama is seeking "regime-change" in Israel. (Read 'Why We Should Start Talking to Hamas...
...Harvard were gaining ground on second-place Brown, and a frantic sprint to the finish allowed the Crimson to pass the Bears and come out ahead by less than four tenths of a second. The comeback came two days after the boat took first place over Cal in its heat, which gave it an automatic berth in the final.But in the regatta’s marquee event, the Harvard varsity eight came up a little short. The Crimson was never truly in contention for first, which for most of the race was occupied by either the top-seeded Golden Bears...
...catastrophe," says Hassan Noor, Oxfam's Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. "Living conditions in Afgooye are some of the worst I have ever seen. I couldn't see a single shelter fit for human beings, and thousands of people have nothing to sleep under or protect them from the searing heat and heavy rains. I saw sick children lying on the floor with diarrhea and disease. I saw a young girl who had been shot in the head, fleeing with her family. People told me they expect the situation to get even worse in the next few weeks." (See pictures...
...before a judge that publication of the photographs would constitute an invasion of privacy. That's where El País stepped in. The Spanish daily is one of several European newspapers - citing the control the PM has over large swaths of the Italian media - trying to keep the heat on Berlusconi. Giovanni De Mauro, editor of the Rome-based Internazionale weekly, says El País' decision to publish the photos is similar to British papers' printing of the details of parliamentary expenditures on porn films and home furnishings, revelations that have recently led to several high-profile resignations...