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...Talks on extending the "calmness" period are planned for the coming weeks, but Hamas isn't keen to give Abbas more rope unless he can secure the release of prisoners from Israeli jails - something Israel is unlikely to do unless Hamas disarms. "Under present conditions, we wouldn't be ready to continue with the calmness," says Abu Zuhry...
...Libby's lawyers "to set the record straight," Abrams argued that until recently, the waiver offered by Libby's lawyers always amounted to a reference to the previously signed waiver that Miller considered "coerced." That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Miller testify, no matter what Libby's lawyers implied--a hesitation that gave Miller pause. "He didn't call. He didn't write," said Abrams on MSNBC. After a while, "you draw certain conclusions...
Fans who criticize the Ivy League’s exclusion from the I-AA postseason turned with keen interest toward this weekend’s clash between Harvard—defending Ivy League champs and winners of 13 straight—and Lehigh, a playoff-caliber squad from the Patriot League...
...Homi Bhabha brings to the Humanities Center...a keen eye for cultural and political questions that spill across academic disciplines,” Sandel said. “His bold and generous vision of the humanities is sure to attract colleagues from across the University into lively and unexpected intellectual engagements...
...Bachchan's second decision was to start breaking a few Bollywood molds. With the industry leaning towards buff young tyros like Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan for its male leads, Bachchan was an unlikely choice to play conventional romantic roles. Yet for a new generation of filmmakers keen to break new ground but in need of a star to pull in funding, he was the perfect choice. Bachchan was only too happy to find work. And so he accepted a series of roles in some of the most experimental films Bollywood has ever produced. There was 2003's Boom...