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...option is to adhere to the previous Administration's philosophy, which held that the U.S. cannot want peace more than the parties themselves. But America's security interests in the greater Middle East won't be met without a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A second option for Obama is to continue to insist on the limited goal of an Israeli settlement freeze. But Washington has little power to compel such a freeze, and demanding one provides the Palestinians with an excuse not to engage in direct talks with Israel. A third option, outlined by the Israeli political...
...moment you met Dawn, you knew that your life had been touched by a unique, very precious person. She brought inspiration and light into the lives of all she met. Dawn was the kind of person whose very presence made those around her better. Her loss doesn't change that...
...Relations between the two powers came under strain again in January after Obama approved a $6.4 billion arms package to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China considers part of its territory. A month later, Obama met the Dalai Lama at the White House, further angering the Chinese, who consider the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to be a "splittist" who advocates independence for Tibet. Wen blamed the U.S. for the recent difficulties, specifically citing the Taiwan arms sale and the Dalai Lama meeting. "The responsibility for the serious disruption in U.S.-China ties does not lie with the Chinese side...
...instance, Domoslawski writes that Kapuscinski never actually met Guevara or Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese freedom fighter who became the Democratic Republic of Congo's first Prime Minister in 1960. He also says Kapuscinski never received an 11th-hour reprieve from a firing squad in Congo in the 1960s and that his father had never been a Soviet prisoner of war, as Kapuscinski had claimed. In addition, Domoslawski, a journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest paper, claims that Kapuscinski served as a spy for the communists in his travels around the world, noting that it was nearly impossible to leave...
...when Harvard and Cornell met again in January, the Crimson was still unable to come away with the victory, ending the game in a 4-4 stalemate after overtime...