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...Both sides are predictably proclaiming victory over the truce, with the Palestinians claiming to have driven the Israelis out by force of arms, while the Israelis insist their incursion had achieved its aim by ending shooting on Gilo. In truth, however, the Israelis didn't leave until firing stopped. By the same token, their incursion hadn't ended the firing on Gilo, it had actually intensified the attacks as Palestinian fighters streamed into the village to join the battle, adding mortars and heavy machine guns to the fray. The cease-fire was achieved less by the force of arms deployed...
...that an event designed to tackle racism and intolerance on a global scale is in danger of being dominated by the Mideast conflict, and they plan to resist efforts to give disproportionate attention to Israel and Zionism. Not that they will exempt Israel from legitimate criticism, but instead will insist that the focus remains global, and that there's an acknowledgement that culpability for racism is widely shared among the nations of both the industrialized and the developing world. Few governments attending the conference are really in a position to cast the first stone. But the Europeans are actually going...
...when it comes to research on the basic stem cells themselves, WARF and WiCell insist that they are planning to get as many independent researchers involved as possible to maximize the chance that something useful will come of stem cells. Those researchers will have to pay WiCell a nominal fee--$5,000--and may have to share royalties with the foundation on any commercially successful therapies...
...highly promoted type of surgery for emphysema that removes up to 30% of the lung so that healthier parts can expand shows little benefit and a high risk of death for the sickest patients. Results were released early to keep similar patients out of the O.R. Still, proponents insist, the operation works. --By Amanda Bower...
...announcement, which will be broadcast from a Raleigh television station Wednesday evening, signals the effective end of the political life of the Senator which began when balanced budgets were considered a radical idea. The irascible 79-year-old Helms has held his seat since 1972. GOP strategists insist Helms? impending departure will not hurt their chances to regain the Senate in 2002, but Democrats? undisguised glee over the announcement tells another story...