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...While there has been scant public evidence of what might be causing the rift, sources close to the Langkawi negotiations say that the new Thai leadership is balking over elements of a secret peace plan drafted by the negotiators in Langkawi. Titled "A Joint Peace and Development Programme for Southern Thailand" and shown to TIME by an insurgent leader who represented his group at the talks and requested that his name not be published, the 16-page document outlines seven points of agreement reached by Thai officials and rebels during the Langkawi meeting. They include the reestablishment of the Southern...
...Harvard lecturer has been brought into a dispute over increasing the presence of the police in Cambridge, revealing a rift between one city councillor and the police commissioner during yesterday’s City Council meeting...
...With the December 3 election now less than two weeks away, the rift between devotees and foes of Chavez is widening. Chavez, who famously called President Bush "the devil" at the United Nations, will face opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, who Chavez accuses of being backed by the "empire" - in other words, the United States. For his part, Rosales says he will tackle the country's rampant crime and corruption problems, end Chavez's abundant aid to other leftist countries like Cuba and stop basing the distribution of government funding at home on political loyalty...
Perhaps the industry would have acted anyway, or perhaps all the publicity nudged it forward a year or two. Whatever the case, it's hard to imagine that the rift between the gem biz and show biz is going to be permanent. While DiCaprio says he would no longer let any date of his wear diamonds, the years of jewelers lending free baubles to stars and their wives have to count for something. Come Oscar time, we'll see who gets iced...
...turn, has failed to register with homeowners yet. "It's unimaginable that a Republican in Texas would pass the biggest tax increase in history," says Steven Hotze, a long-time Republican fundraiser and Perry supporter who's sitting on the sidelines for this gubernatorial race. "It's caused a rift in the state party...