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...fighting in Gaza that left more than 100 Palestinians and three Israelis dead last weekend has turned a routine visit to the region by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday into a desperate mission to salvage U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations...
...last few years the Northeast Regionals have been good to the Harvard fencing squad, with champions coming in various weapons. This year was no different, with the top performances coming in the epee, as sophomore Billy Stallings took home the gold in men’s epee at the event held at Vassar in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Men’s epee continued to be a high point for the squad, as senior Teddy Sherrill took bronze in the meet, and sophomore Karl Harmenberg finished eighth out of 34. The Crimson was the only squad to notch three top-10 epee...
...billion last year, a 25% increase over 2006. Colombia buys Venezuela's petroleum products - Chavez controls the hemisphere's largest reserves - and Venezuela needs Colombia's agricultural produce even more. Despite the massive windfall Venezuelans have accrued from $100-a-barrel oil, they face sharp food shortages and the region's highest inflation rate. If Chavez were to exacerbate the situation by entering a war, his political popularity - which has dropped since he lost a referendum last year in which he sought greater powers and an unlimited tenure - would plummet...
...security. Interest spiked after the 9/11 attacks, says Chris Krolow, CEO of Private Islands Inc., a company specializing in island sales. There are an estimated 700 habitable private islands in the U.S., most located off the coasts of New York, Maine, New Jersey and Connecticut; in the Great Lakes region; along the shores of Florida and the Carolinas; and in the Pacific Northwest. The fact that only 150 are for sale at any given time adds to the allure of owning one. State governments and environmental groups have been limiting construction on many islands off the coasts of Maine...
...Phoenix lander, which is set to land on Mars on May 25, will be looking at a region farther to the north where there is permafrost...