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...best interests of Hamas lie in establishing a viable government and restraining militants. But some of that agreement may be tenuous, and Hamas, like Fatah, may face internal political troubles as a result of its ascent. Although the Islamist movement is far more disciplined than its secular nationalist rival, many leaders in Hamas opposed the decision to participate in elections, and they will resist the trend towards reaching any level of accommodation with Israel...
...Ministry troops who were looking for a pretext to start a civil war. Their fears were further fueled in the bloody two days after the attack, when Iraq became a sectarian slaughterhouse. Instead of protecting citizens from each other, National Police units stood by as Shi'ite rioters - and rival militiamen from Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army - stormed Sunni mosques and swarmed over Sunni neighborhoods, according to numerous reports, including some confirmed by U.S. Gen. George Casey, commander of American forces in Iraq...
...ears and two tails during his 34 fights, as well as the Golden Shoe award, perhaps the greatest achievement for a novillero. This year he is again poised to rank near the top before becoming a fully fledged torero in the fall. This Saturday, he faces his rival, Cayetano, a fellow novillero who won 88 trophies last year, in San Sebastián. Cayetano, unlike his challenger, is a purebred torero: his grandfather, Antonio Ordoñez, was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon, and his uncle, father, and brother are all bullfighting legends. It will...
...that just keeps turning the screws," says Gibson, flashing one of his patented bug-eyed expressions. True to the no-pain, no-gain credo of his other films, Apocalypto seeks to deliver enough pre-Columbian punishment--like the decidedly non-CGI mauling of a character by an animal--to rival the medieval gore of Braveheart. "I get pretty banged up in some pretty awful ways," says film newcomer Rudy Youngblood, 25, the Comanche and Cree Indian from Texas who plays Jaguar...
...goaltender John Daigneau, the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.AROUND THE NATIONIn other postseason action, Boston University and Michigan State locked up No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments.The Spartans prevailed, 2-1, over Miami (OH) in the CCHA finals after defeating rival Michigan in the semifinals.Boston College opened up a 1-0 lead over the Terriers, but BU ultimately triumphed in a 2-1 overtime win to clinch the Hockey East title.In the WCHA championship, Wisconsin routed Minnesota 4-0 to claim the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Both...