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...Monday morning, hundreds of Israelis milled around the Shalits' protest tent, hoping to meet the captive soldier's father, Noam, a shy, earnest man who swallows his revulsion at the media circus in hopes that it will prod outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert into agreeing to a prisoner swap with Hamas' Islamic militants so that his son will be freed. (See how Hamas is becoming harder to ignore...
...Yuval Diskin, to Cairo for indirect talks with Hamas, which may be hung up on details of an exchange. Those talks were extended until Monday night, raising the expectation that Hamas might agree to free the captive soldier, who is hidden somewhere in Gaza. "It's been very tough," Noam Shalit told TIME. "But we can't give up. I have no alternative but to be here, in this tent." But as of Tuesday morning, the envoys had returned from the Cairo talks without a deal on Shalit's release. Diskin and the other negotiator, Ofer Dekel...
...cabinet. If there is an eventual deal, the cabinet may then vote on whether Israel should agree to Hamas terms' for a prisoner exchange. It will be Olmert's last chance to redeem his scandal-ridden tenure as Prime Minister. And like a shadow - or a guilty conscience - Noam Shalit will leave his tent and follow Olmert to his office. There, Shalit will take up a position on a wooded hill across from the Premier's window to remind Olmert that, above politics and all else, it is the life of his son that hangs in the balance. On Tuesday...
...past, celebrations of the irrational number have included pie-eating and pi-counting contests. Last year, a Boston College senior won the contest by rattling off 3,141 figures of pi.This year’s celebrations were put on hold because organizers would not be available. Math professor Noam D. Elkies, who has been one of the main organizers of the event, will not be in Cambridge this weekend and said that he was not able to find someone to take his place. Former Math Preceptor Bret J. Benesh had also been active in preparing the event, but he left...
...looking for a positive outcome in the selection process, which will be announced on Tuesday.”The No. 4 women’s team continued its dominant season, taking the top spot in two of the three weapons.In the épeé, freshman Noam Mills and senior Maria Larsson finished 1-2 in the final standings, with senior Lisa Vastola also making the final pool of 12. Mills went a perfect 11-0 in the finals to take the top spot. “That was great,” Crimson co-captain Emily Cross said...