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...Jerusalem - a Palestinian bottom line - were only one factor complicating Rice's mission. In the same week, the Israeli army announced it had seized West Bank land just east of Jerusalem, giving the impression that it intended to restart a controversial plan to massively expand an already sizable Israeli settlement bloc in the West Bank. Naturally, the announcement was taken as a provocation by the Palestinians, and it was compounded by word that repair work would start anew on a pathway leading to the Temple Mount - a project that caused rioting earlier this year...
...sure that the conference will take place because the Palestinian-Israeli differences are very deep," a Palestinian negotiator told TIME. He claims the Americans are not living up to previous assurances that there would a specific document, that some West Bank checkpoints would be lifted, and that settlement construction would be frozen, at least temporarily, to give Abbas political cover. (A State Department spokesman tells TIME that "Rice is considering a broad range of issues, including settlements," and that "the U.S. urges all parties to avoid actions that might prejudice final status negotiations...
...important collector paintings," says De Lakenhal's chief curator Christiaan Vogelaar of the seven disputed works at his museum. Although his museum has returned art stolen or purchased by the Nazis before, Vogelaar says the Katz claim came as a surprise. "People thought it was over because of the settlement after the war," says Vogelaar, referring to the 28 paintings returned to the Katz family in the 1940s. They include Rembrandt's Portrait of a Man, which is thought to have been bartered by Nathan in exchange for visas for his extended family and his mother's release from...
...local chapter had hired two top Idaho law firms to seal court files related to the cases after settling with two of the victims. The Register also reported that the Boy Scouts of America failed to notify the parents of other known victims who were not included in the settlement. The series, which was entitled “Scout’s Honor,” provoked a wave of fury through Idaho Falls, a predominantly Mormon conservative community with a long tradition of participation in the Scouts that put Miller and his fellow reporters in the spotlight...
...they dutifully followed me into the party. “What charming bohemians these students are! What fashion mavens!” When I got into the party, however, I was shocked.Every single man was wearing skinny jeans. Fedoras were as frequent as typhoid in an early colonial settlement. And all of the girls sported side-swept bangs and vintage leotards. I looked around in astonishment and wondered what crisis was about to take place. Perhaps all the women would realize that they have the same dress on and start fighting each other.But no one seemed to notice that they...