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...conference marks the first opportunity Fatah's membership will have to comment on the moderate negotiating strategy adopted by Abbas, and the result is likely to weaken his mandate to pursue the sort of talks the Obama Administration is hoping to see in the near future. For many, the priority is to rebuild Fatah, which requires that the movement return to the kind of politics that can challenge Hamas for the mantle of resistance. Since the failure of the Camp David talks in 2000, successive Israeli elections have shown the voters moving steadily away from support for the peace process...
Seaside Condo in Brazil This multisuite condo near São Paulo has an infinity pool and a dry sauna Will swap for: A house in Jackson Hole, Wyo., or Hawaii Where it's listed: HomeExchange.com, a 17-year-old site whose membership (at $99.95 annually) is up 34% this year...
...sound dicey to the uninitiated. What about theft? Damage? Reasonable causes for concern, but equally unlikely. "Nobody is going to fly across the ocean or drive 600 miles to come steal your flat-screen TV," says Tony DiCaprio, president of 1stHomeExchange.com a four-year-old site that has seen membership increase 30% this year. Remember, he notes, "at the same time they're staying in your home, you are staying in their home...
Despite the group's fame and long history, there is much about the Angels that remains shrouded in mystery. The history of the gang and its current membership are murky topics, and what goes on inside its secretive clubhouses tends to stays there - just as the bikers want it. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Cub began in Fontana, Calif., in 1948, at a time when military surplus made motorcycles affordable and the placid postwar years left many veterans bored and itching for adventure. A vet named Otto Friedli is credited with starting the club after breaking from one of the earliest...
...known to one another only by their road names; a memorial page on the gang's website includes tributes to deceased bikers listed only as Triumph Viking and Fat Ray. As far as becoming a Hells Angel without putting in a whole lot of effort, good luck. The membership information on the web site essentially boils down to this: "If you have to ask the question, you probably won't understand the answer...