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...that no townspeople should take the carcasses home for dinner (boiled octopus - perhaps sprinkled with a touch of paprika - is a Portuguese delicacy), Vila Nova de Gaia's municipal government had firefighters gather up the dead animals; many will be sent to Lisbon's veterinary lab for testing, a process that is expected to take up to two weeks...
...Middle East peace process is a lot like a daytime TV soap opera - it has repeated the same dramatic formula for two decades and looks set to continue in the same vein, never reaching a denouement. Word from the region ahead of next week's visit by the Obama Administration's special envoy, the retired Senator George Mitchell, is that the U.S. plans to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks on a two-year deadline for the creation of a Palestinian state. That time frame was immediately dismissed as unrealistic by Israel's Foreign Minister. Skeptics might remember that President George...
...black humor was intended in Monday's statement by the Egyptians that, after two decades of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the peace process ought not be rushed. Cairo was simply cooling expectations. "This is a protracted process and needs patience, clarity and prudence so that the Palestinians do not find themselves in a difficult position," Egypt's Foreign Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said on Monday. Translation: The gulf between what the Palestinian leadership needs and what Israel's government is prepared to offer remains too large to bridge; therefore, trying to force both sides to tip their hands...
...fanciful. It's not that Abbas is an obstinate man; he simply knows what it will take to sell any peace agreement to his skeptical public. Still, Abbas has staked his political career on negotiations, and that fact will probably prompt him to compromise in order to keep the process going, although not necessarily in order to conclude...
...Netanyahu's agreement to a complete settlement freeze, its leverage over Abbas may be sufficient to cajole him back to the table. But it's far from clear how the proposed two years of negotiations can bridge the gaps that remain after two decades of a peace process...