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Even if Powell leaves the region empty-handed, the situation will demand that he return. Over the past decade, Israelis and Palestinians have witnessed the collapse of every interim agreement designed to pave the way for a Palestinian state and a final territorial settlement. The mistrust has pushed the two sides farther apart on every issue of dispute and made the idea of a Palestinian state seem like an empty promise. Sharon now talks of a "long-term interim agreement" that would put off a final peace for an additional 10 years--a position that is intolerable to the Palestinians...
Yang said movements like this one can pave the way for a “gradual” process towards reconciliation...
...couple, he billed it as an insurance policy against recession. Critics sniped that no government could possibly hope to time fiscal relief to offset economic stress. Call Bush lucky, but his rebates landed in the only quarter of negative GDP. They softened the downturn and helped pave the way for a buoyant Christmas quarter. Already, though, Bush's tax-cutting agenda is in deep trouble. Just hours after Greenspan hailed the recovery, the House passed a scaled-back economic package that amounts to a Republican retreat on broader tax cuts. The rebates were a one-time boost that...
...first of the Irish republicans to die in the seven-month protest over conditions inside their Northern Irish prison, Sands had refused food and medical attention for 66 days. Although the grisly deaths led to heightened political tensions back in 1981, historians say the hunger strikes also helped to pave the way for the emergence of Sinn Fein as a major political force in Northern Ireland - and for the current peace process...
...Complicated as it will certainly be, the future has already begun. British marines took control of Bagram airport north of Kabul Thursday, to pave the way for humanitarian flights - and also military deployments to expand efforts to snare Osama bin Laden and the rest of al Qaeda's leadership cadre. There was no word Friday on their whereabouts, but plenty of speculation - including Iranian reports that he may have already slipped into Pakistan. U.S. special forces are roaming the south, engaging in firefights with retreating Taliban fighters and gathering intelligence on the possible whereabouts of their leaders. And local Pashtun...