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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...start of Israel's offensive, one of Abbas' top aides said Hamas was "110 per cent" to blame for the Gaza attack - an unpopular, if not suicidal, stance among Palestinians, whose ire was directed at Israel. Even as the civilian death toll climbed, Abbas delayed several days before criticizing the Israeli offensive. In the West Bank, which Abbas controls by dint of the presence of the Israeli army, his security forces cracked down brutally on fellow Palestinians protesting the Israeli offensive. Palestinians ask why Abbas did not go to Gaza during the fighting to show solidarity with its residents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rift Between Hamas and Fatah Grows After Gaza | 2/7/2009 | See Source »

...rumor that alt-rock outfit Eve 6—known for singles “Inside Out” and “Here’s to the Night”—would be headlining at this year’s Yardfest sparked the ire of students as it circulated through House lists yesterday...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eve 6, Sarah Bareilles rumored choice for Yardfest | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

There's the rub. As Odyssey has discovered before, where there is gold and silver, there is likely to be controversy as well. The publicly traded firm has repeatedly provoked the ire of archaeologists who complain that Odyssey is more interested in profit than in protecting historically valuable artifacts. Currently, the company is locked in a court battle with the country of Spain over ownership of the remains of a ship that experts believe to be the 17th-century Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The HMS Victory, Famed Shipwreck, Is Found | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

...carefully tailored outfits and paraphernalia, garnered more than $1 billion last year, helping keep Mattel the world's No. 1 toymaker. The curvaceous doll, who would measure 39-21-33 if she were an adult woman, is both an icon and a kitsch object that has provoked feminist ire. In recent years, Barbie's sales have vacillated because of competing dolls and other childhood diversions like video games. (The maker of a popular rival, the Bratz doll, was just ordered to turn over its franchise to Mattel for infringing Barbie's copyright. Bad girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...latest skirmish in the checkerspot conflict began in October 2007, when an attempt to fight an infestation of tree-destroying looper caterpillars aroused the ire of environmentalists, who argued the insecticide also threatened checkerspot larvae. The government denied demands for an emergency protected-species listing but agreed to reopen debate on permanently adding the checkerspot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Cloudcroft | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

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