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...each other, like circling prizefighters. Obama wants to rally Arab nations to create a bloc against Iran's nuclear ambitions, and he thinks that the only way to bring the Arabs on board is to achieve headway on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu wants Iran defanged, but the hawkish Premier doesn't see the linkup or why he needs to make concessions to the Palestinians, especially ones that might jeopardize Israel's security. (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...Washington's irritation, Netanyahu continues to play coy on voicing approval for a two-state solution, an agreement that Israel signed on to before Netanyahu was elected Premier that is the cornerstone of U.S. policy in the region. Netanyahu objects, partly because of his own convictions and partly because his right-wing coalition partners oppose a Palestinian state. At the White House, Netanyahu did his usual tiptoe around the words "two-state solution," repeating his earlier mantra: "We don't want to govern the Palestinians. We want them to govern themselves...
...third swine flu case, and the 63 passengers who sat closest to him on his flight are being tracked by government officials to be quarantined for a week in a remote holiday camp in the region. In Beijing, a student recently returned from the U.S. video-chatted with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao from her hospital bed after being confirmed as the mainland's third swine flu patient. (See pictures of the swine flu in Mexico...
...stay out of the fight. However, for a small but vocal group of conservative Catholics, the episode has become an opportunity to draw lines between those who are genuinely Catholic and those whom they accuse of being Catholic in name only - even the head of the country's premier Catholic university...
With his political career more or less finished, Zhao went to Tiananmen Square to talk to some of the tens of thousands of protesters massed there. Premier Li Peng, Zhao's primary rival, tagged along - though Zhao says Li was "terrified" and quickly left the scene. A teary Zhao spoke to student leaders through a bullhorn. "We have come too late," he said, urging students to leave the square to help calm things down. Few heeded his words. About two weeks later, the tanks and troops were sent...