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...camera bulbs had barely stopped flashing, but Mahmoud Abbas was already on the spot. After exchanging a photo-op handshake with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh last week, Abbas went into his first meeting with Sharon since Abbas' election as President of the Palestinian Authority. Sitting across a long oblong table in an airy conference room, Sharon reiterated to Abbas his demand that the Palestinians take immediate steps to disarm the militants of Hamas before Israel agrees to resume peace talks. "Wait, wait, give me a break," Abbas said, according...
...damage was confined to areas immediately behind the beach. Today, much of the debris has been cleared away or hidden behind high fences, and damaged hotels and businesses have already reopened or plan to do so in the next few months. "The devastation," says O.B. Wetzell, an American resort developer and chairman of the International Business Association of Phuket, "was surgical. It wasn't total erasure...
...Thailand's Andaman coast?the drop-off in tourist arrivals will cost the island $500 million, or almost double the property damage inflicted by the tsunami. "It's all gone to hell in a handbasket," says James R. Batt, managing director of Laguna Phuket, the island's largest resort, which never closed despite sustaining minor damage. "Phuket is a brand. The association it has in most of the world is as a tropical resort. Now, without question, people know it as an island that was hit [by the tsunami...
...goes well, Vega could have another comedy out before the end of the year: Di que Sí (Say I Do), in which she plays Estrella, an aspiring actress who agrees to star in a TV reality show. The rules: she has to spend a week at a beach resort with a nerdy cinema usher she despises - and pretend to be in love. In the film, Vega will do anything for the spotlight. Luckily for her, in real life, the world is already watching. Cecile De France isn't, strictly speaking, from France. But that hasn't prevented...
...SOMATHEERAM BEACH RESORT, INDIA Choose from 28 wellness programs at this highly regarded Keralan spa, tel: (91) 471 226 8101. A five-time winner of the state's "best Ayurvedic center" award, it also has dozens of therapists on site, and offers music, art and dance programs should you need a break from all the treatments...