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Regarding Jerusalem, borders and refugees, the accord spells out the kind of bitter compromises that an eventual peace will require. Palestinians would control a demilitarized state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with sovereignty over Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, while abandoning the so-called right of return—the option for Palestinian refugees to resettle inside Israel. In the West Bank, Israel would retain settlements containing 75 percent of Jewish settlers in exchange for an equal amount of Israeli land for Palestine. Had the controversies over Jerusalem, borders and settlements been addressed...
...betrayal by the chief Mouseketeer. Claiming that Eisner made his life "intolerable" at the company, Disney last week resigned from his posts as chairman of the animation division and vice chairman of the board. With his longtime ally, Stanley Gold, who also quit the board, Disney plans to mount a public fight to boot Eisner from the kingdom. The advantage is still with Eisner, a bare-knuckles survivor, but the duo promise to dog him, says Gold, "for as long as it takes...
...boldly choreographed battles are really a diversion from the story's great drama: three little people--Frodo, his companion Sam (Sean Astin) and the ex-hobbit Gollum (Andy Serkis and a lot of CGI geniuses) on their way to Mount Doom with a mission to destroy the Ring. Cringing and crafty, Gollum is the rebellious servant, subverting Sam's selfless impulses, trying to twist allegiance of the pallid, ailing Frodo away from his friend. (So poignant are Gollum's turbid emotions, and so persuasively is this computer critter integrated with the live performers, that he deserves a special acting Oscar...
...Soldier Hollow in midway (435-654-2002), visitors are steadying their .22-cal. rifles and taking aim at targets after cross-country skiing the Olympic biathlon course. Try not to be distracted by Soldier Hollow's backdrop--11,750-ft. Mount Timpanogos. down in the salt lake valley, you'll find the fastest ice on earth at the Olympic Oval (801-963-7109), where 10 records were set, eight of which still stand. You can try setting your own with the help of a coach and rental skates on the 400-m oval...
...MILF guerrillas are actually training inside the JI camps, one of which is said to be guarded by 150 MILF regulars. That information jibes with details provided by Taufik Rifki, also spelled Taufek Refke, an alleged JI trainer at a camp the Dec. 8 report confirms is located on Mount Cararao in Mindanao's southwest. Rifki, a 29-year-old Indonesian who was captured on Oct. 2, gave Philippine police a detailed description of the JI camp where he was stationed. He said the camp was guarded by MILF fighters from the Iranon tribe and named several MILF contacts...