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...Four Israeli brigades - a tank brigade and three infantry brigades reinforced by extra tanks and other armored vehicles - entered Gaza on Saturday night and have now cordoned the region into four or five sections. Gaza City is surrounded and cut off from the rest of the territory. (Read "Israel Enters Gaza: Negotiating with Extreme Prejudice...
That optimism, however, feels as fragile and uneven as this region's recovery. Huge swaths of the city, particularly the Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans East and the city's heart, appear as they did in the months immediately following Katrina: there are scores of vacant homes, potential magnets for crime...
...region's population stands at roughly 1.1 million, nearly 90% of its pre-Katrina level. But many of the people who've returned to the city have found neighborhoods without restaurants or supermarkets. In the case of New Orleans East, once the hub of the city's black middle class, the main library remains closed, as does the hospital...
...months after Katrina, there was much talk of diversifying the region's economy to liberate it from its dependence on the low-paying tourism industry. That has largely failed to materialize, but there's a silver lining to that news - at least the tourism outlook is good. Stephen Perry, CEO of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, projects that the number of people visiting the city in 2009 could be up 5% to 7% from the 7.5 million visitors in 2008. "We're feeling pretty positive coming into the year," he says. How many people, in New Orleans...
...Given the absence of the U.S.'s traditional lead role in the region until President-elect Barack Obama takes office, Sarkozy finds himself with a rare opportunity to wade into a Middle East crisis as the main diplomatic player. The Elysée hopes Sarkozy's visit to Ramallah to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas can help reverse Abbas' increasing marginalization and make him an active partner in hammering out a truce. But the main event of Sarkozy's peacemaking foray will more likely be in Damascus, where he will meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday. Sarkozy...