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...heads when he meets with Secretary Powell on Friday. The extent of Israeli withdrawals thus far have not yet satisfied U.S. expectations. Moreover, Sharon has indicated that Israeli forces will withdraw only as far as self-declared "buffer zones" around Palestinian towns - a position rejected by the Palestinians who insist on full withdrawal as a precondition for any cease-fire. Then there's the matter of Arafat: Sharon warned this week that he believes Powell's planned meeting with the Palestinian leader is a "tragic mistake," and that he has no intention of seeking any agreements with Arafat himself. Bush...
...major religions started out as cults,” says the BCC website. But critics insist that just because the BCC has become an international movement does not mean it cannot be deemed a cult. Mind control need not be absolute, uniform or intentional...
...would exacerbate rather than resolve Israel's security crisis, which has seen 41 people killed in the past week. But on Tuesday the Prime Minister urged that European diplomats fly Arafat out of Ramallah on a one-way ticket - a statement that prompted Secretary of State Colin Powell to insist that Arafat had an important role to play in any peace effort, and he should not be forced into exile. Powell once again urged Arafat to do more against terrorism, and said he expected the Israeli operation to be over in a matter of weeks...
...owners of the new Brattle Street location described their Harvard Square shop as a “second cousin” of the other stores. And they insist that, together, the stores are a family—not a chain...
Every time I return to India, the land of my forefathers, from the island where I choose to make my home, Japan, I find myself sounding like a salaryman from Osaka. Why is the 10 a.m. bus still invisible at 10:23? Why do all the people around me insist on going from A to B via P, T and X? Why do those infernal traffic lights, when not failing to impede traffic, flash the word relax? India sometimes seems to exist only to confound the expectations and to explode the tenses of a visitor from abroad. Flying into...