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...Noted "There is a common enemy out there." LORD ROBERTSON, Secretary-General of nato, on why the alliance that was established to contain Russia now accepts this former foe as a junior partner...
...verdict was read, Cherry slumped back in his chair. He had been convicted of plotting the blast and planting the bomb that killed Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Carole Robertson, all 14, and Denise McNair, 11. But Cherry remained unrepentant. "I have done nothing," he told the court after the verdict. "For years Doug Jones and some others have been telling lies about me. I don't know why I'm having to go to jail...
Evangelicals have long supported the existence of the Jewish state. Fundamentalists believe that Israel is a covenant land promised to the Jews by God. "It doesn't belong to a group called the Palestinians," Pat Robertson said last month. To Evangelicals, the attacks on Israel by Palestinian suicide bombers are an important test in the global fight against Islamist terrorism, a campaign fiercely backed by the Christian right. So Israel is now the hottest political button for American Evangelicals. "You hear about it in the churches, on talk radio," says Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition...
...warning Bush against ceding the "moral clarity" of the war on terrorism. "We're concerned there's a duplicitous interpretation of the Bush doctrine--one for America and one for Israel," says Texas pastor John Hagee, who broadcasts his message on more than 230 TV and radio stations nationwide. Robertson told CNN that Bush's Evangelical support is "wavering a little bit" and that Bush made "a big mistake" by allowing Powell to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Falwell claims that for Christian conservatives, Israel's security and abortion are the two issues "that surpass all human alliances...
...dashing crime fighter in a red-and-black bodysuit but the introspective nerd who both endears and exasperates. Perhaps that's artistically appropriate, for Spider-Man is about the awkward process of becoming, of somehow surviving teen turmoil to turn into, as Peter's saintly Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) tells him, "the man you're going to be for the rest of your life." Why shouldn't there be growing pains in the Spider-Man movie? Just as Peter's transformation is a process of trial and error, so the series may be able to mature in the planned sequels...