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...losses, to serve as a "reminder" of the war's consequences. Sharon Resolute MIDDLE EAST Israel's security cabinet approved a compensation package that would give up to $500,000 per family to settlers who voluntarily leave the Gaza Strip and West Bank as part of the planned pullout next year. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected a call by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the "disengagement" policy to be put to a referendum, arguing that it was a ploy to delay its implementation...
...clear if her relationship with Washington is intact. There have been no changes in the estimated $724 million package of military-and-economic aid Washington has promised cash-strapped Manila this year, and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the two countries "remain friends." But how the pullout "might affect our policies in the future remains to be seen," he added. Asiri Abubakar, a political scientist at the University of the Philippines, called Arroyo's decision a big gamble: "The administration may be celebrating now, but maybe not in the long run." Arroyo may have traded foreign support...
...which events in Gaza can imperil its own goals in Iraq, refrained from its customary veto of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Israeli action. But the Israelis showed no sign of letting up on an offensive they say is essential to prepare the way for the pullout plan currently under consideration. The plan enthusiastically backed by President Bush involves Israel leaving all of Gaza and abandoning four isolated settlements in the West Bank, in exchange for U.S. endorsement of Israel's claim to hang on to the broad swathes of occupied territory on which its major West Bank...
amNewYork is one of the latest bids in a broad effort to revive the newspaper industry after more than a decade of eroding circulation and closures. For years, papers have tried to attract gens X and Y with everything from hipper coverage to school partnerships to targeted pullout sections. Now several publishers are launching stand-alone papers with content tailored to the under-35 crowd, which tends to get its news from cable TV, websites and niche publications. According to a University of Chicago survey, fewer than a quarter of Americans ages 18 to 29 read a newspaper every...
...going home by expanding their occupation zone. Saying yes would require dispatching several thousand British soldiers to Iraq. Blair's strong instinct is to accede. But British officers fear that what one calls the "Fort Apache tactics" of American forces, most notably in Fallujah before last week's pullout, are starting to suck the country into a spiral of bloody resistance and bloodier response. General Mike Jackson, Chief of the General Staff, alluded to this two weeks ago when he said, "We must be able to fight with the Americans, but we don't have to fight as the Americans...