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...vain to convince the U.S. to do the same, nearly found himself in the uncomfortable position of having to renew political negotiations with Arafat before two incidents saved him. First, a boatload of weapons apparently meant for the Palestinian authority was intercepted by the Israelis. Then, Wednesday, a Hamas raid killed four Israeli soldiers inside Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Now the heat is once more on Arafat...
...this city, where government salaries are not reliable incomes, perhaps the police saw the raid as a bit of tax collection. "It's what the people have been afraid of," says a shopkeeper. It might have stopped there, were this not an excuse to settle a few things...
...YEMEN Showdown A raid on an alleged al-Qaeda hideout highlighted the difficulty of eradicating the radicals. At least 12 tribesmen and soldiers died after leaders in the village of al-Husoun refused to hand over suspected al-Qaeda members, responding to the military operation with gunfire and grenades. Officials said that some suspects were arrested, but several leaders escaped. Even so, Washington praised the move by Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland...
...emergency fund. A Fidelity Investments survey released this month shows that 2 out of 5 families--some 71 million Americans in all--haven't scraped together even a three-month cushion. In a pinch, those surveyed said, they would borrow from friends and family, sell investments and raid their tax-advantaged ira and 401(k) retirement accounts...
...fewer than 20 Iranian grand ayatollahs, the highest order in Shi'a Islam. And coming at a time when the Islamic Republic has "grown up" - which seems to mean that opposition activists are railroaded through the courts instead of being left strangled by the roadside - the raid is a clear message: even in these kinder, gentler times, crossing the lines can have perilous consequences. In Shirazi's case, the lines included questioning the supreme religious leader's absolute power and the theological merits of the man who currently holds that position, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. These academic-sounding matters...