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Sources tell TIME that, since the attack, there have been discreet contacts between some UNIFIL contingents and Hizballah representatives. UNIFIL is supposed to confine liaison to the Lebanese army, and Graziano said that direct contacts between UNIFIL troops and Hizballah, or any other Lebanese political party, was "highly forbidden". But keeping some type of contact may be critical to UNIFIL's mission. The goal of the informal communications is partly to harness Hizballah's local intelligence gathering abilities, but also to ensure that the powerful Shi'ite group remains supportive of UNIFIL. The unspoken fear among some peacekeepers is that...
...developers in Texas, which is the third biggest game development center in the country, behind only California and Washington. "There is an intersection between the film industry and the game industry. Especially in animation there is a huge crossover in the workforce," said Katy Daiger, the film commission's liaison to the game design industry. In terms of economic development, Garriott said, the game design industry has a greater impact than film and it boasts a workforce that any city would want to attract - permanent, creative, well-educated and high earning...
...helped to be an important point of liaison to the faculty,” Nye says. And “she played an important role in overcoming the problems of the past few years...
...Kalb, who has already gone on a number of these trips, has had a variety of positions, ranging from lecturer to University liaison. “My role depends. On some trips I was a simple lecturer,” he says. “On one trip I kind of served as a Harvard representative. If someone had a problem we’d be there to help...
...focused on Christianity's view of Judaism, not the reverse, and steered serenely around fundamental controversies. Jesus of Nazareth takes the next huge step: "a Pope taking seriously what a Jew says--and says critically--about the New Testament," marvels Eugene Fisher, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' liaison for Catholic-Jewish relations. "Wow. This...