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...were killed by what is suspected to have been a stray Israeli shell. Soon after Hamas declared an end to its unilateral cease-fire. Though Israeli officials might scoff at that statement - given the involvement of Hamas leaders in many previous rocket attacks against Israel from inside Gaza - the prospect of Hamas resuming terror attacks and Israeli plans for a broad offensive in northern Gaza suggest that a new wave of violence and political instability may be building...
...estimated 2.5 million residences in Spain - more than 10% of the total residential stock - are owned by non-Spaniards. Last year foreigners bought 20% of the 650,000 new housing units that went up in Spain. They are drawn more than anything by the prospect of vacations or retirement in "Europe's Florida." "It's a question of supply and demand," says Karl Morris, managing director of Simple Overseas Properties in Benalmadena, near Málaga. "Flights are getting cheaper and Brits, Germans, Irish or French, for example, can be in Málaga in less than 21/2 hours. Many...
...Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' proposed vote on a plan to recognize Israel's pre-1967 borders? More than before, "the Palestinian street is furious with Israel," says an official in Abbas' Fatah bloc. Through that lens of anger, Abbas' plan looks too conciliatory , and peace seems an ever dimmer prospect...
...darting stopovers, they are exactly as exciting as they sound, at least to my jaded ear, but those in the sessions are attentive and enthusiastic, practically bursting with anticipation at the creation of a left-wing political machine. Only people new to organizing could get excited about the prospect of learning how to fill out fundraising expenditure forms...
...them. One organizer put the ratio of conference-goers to reporters at eight to one, which seemed high until I visited one workshop that managed to score drive-bys from the Chicago Tribune, the National Review, the Weekly Standard, Salon, The New Republic and the American Prospect. At one point the room held more representatives from the New York Times (three) than workshop leaders...