Word: progressives
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...Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says that all these talks with Israel have yielded nothing. I think it's very simple. If the moderates on the Palestinian side show they can make progress by engagement [with Israel] they'll be strong. If they engage and can't make progress they'll be weak. It's an absolutely simple equation...
...built. The road the villagers so desperately want has foundered, with construction forbidden by a Taliban edict that no one dares disobey. It's a good day in the Korengal when an elder slips an oblique warning that one of the observation posts might be attacked that evening. Sometimes progress is so slow it feels like a stalemate, admits company commander Captain James Howell. But, he says, "if we can reach a point where the villagers want to work with us and the Taliban are the only thing stopping them, that's success." Howell knows his company...
...semester and will continue to collaborate with the APO, Honig said. One of the ideas Honig mentioned was an academic advising center similar to the Office of Career Services or the Bureau of Study Counsel. Honig added that yesterday’s presentation gave her an appreciation for the progress the APO seemed to have made since making its start three years ago. “I was surprised to learn about how much has changed since 2006, and how awful the program was,” Honig said. —Staff writer Danielle J. Kolin can be reached...
...think about," says Turkish newspaper columnist Cuneyt Ulsever of Obama's first day in the capital, Ankara, where he addressed the parliament and met with leaders. "He met with the nationalist opposition but said 'Deal with your past.' He honored the government and hugged the President but asked for progress on normalizing relations with Armenia and improving Kurdish rights. For the secularists, he emphasized Turkey's secular identity but also spoke of respect for Islam's rich history." (See pictures of the Obamas abroad...
...with an approval rating in Turkey above 50%. Even the typically antagonistic Turkish press - left, right, secularist and Islamist - were united in their praise on Tuesday. "He won our hearts," read the banner headline on the mainstream daily Vatan. More important, all referred to Obama's message urging democratic progress. "We must all change," said the top-selling Hurriyet...