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...recent war against it.. The Israeli occupation—now largely forgotten or denied by the international community—has devastated Gaza’s economy and people, especially since 2006. Although economic restrictions actually increased before Hamas’ electoral victory in January 2006, the deepened sanction regime and siege subsequently imposed by Israel and the international community, and later intensified in June 2007 when Hamas seized control of Gaza, has all but destroyed the local economy. If there has been a pronounced theme among the many Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals who I have interviewed...
...neurosurgeon in New York now. One way or another, it's an expense that gets passed down to all. Can our country afford this luxury at this time? Want more medical care for less money? Get the lawyers out of our garden, and find a better way to sanction bad practices without damaging everyone. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...that period - to more than 80 developing nations on every populated continent. Russian arms manufacturers have cut deals for everything from helicopters to tanks and rifles. Among eager customers have been North Korea, Iran, China and Venezuela, which are barred from buying Western weaponry under various sanction regulations. The embargoes have had the effect of recruiting new clients for Moscow. "Venezuela's jets used to be [American] F-16s," says Richard Grimmett, who tracks global arms sales for the Congressional Research Service in Washington. "Well guess what? We ain't selling squat to Venezuela...
...habit of ending up in front of cameras, the 61-year-old native of the Nile Delta town of Damietta is the government-appointed custodian of Egypt's monuments and the greatest promoter of its mysteries. Archaeological expeditions don't take place without his agency's sanction (and more than a few foreign Egyptologists have been frozen out of work as a result); any sensational discovery is invariably announced by him. "In Egypt," Hawass writes on his personal website, "archaeologists are bigger than movie stars!" His quest for Cleopatra's grave is spawning comparisons with the 1922 discovery of King...
...between the Freedom and the Los Angeles Sol (the Tinsletown team features Brazilian phenom Marta, the top female player in the world), one reserve player from each team will blast their 140-character-or-less observations over the web. Antonucci isn't sure if the league's coaches will sanction player "tweets" during every game. "The question is how far do you push the medium without disrupting the integrity of the game," she says. "We're a major league. We don't want to become a sideshow." (See the top 10 female sports heroes...