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...President Bush did leave himself plenty of exit ramps, citing the "road map" and UN Resolution 242 (which requires Israeli withdrawal from territory captured in 1967) as the basis for a political settlement that would determine the final borders. But the real significance of his statement on the issues of borders and refugees may come from the fact that they were made at a moment when there is no peace "process" to speak of, and the "road map" is entirely hypothetical. The only negotiations that went into Sharon's plan, and its endorsement by the Bush administration, have occurred within...
...great extent, the end of their dreams, a very heavy blow to them," which, he said would "force them to give up their aspirations for many years to come, until a new leadership emerges on their side that is ready to fight terror." Sharon helped father the settlement movement in the 1970s despite U.S. objections and nurtured it in the belief that creating demographic "facts on the ground" would force policy changes. Bush's statement not only vindicated that effort, but also appears to have encouraged Mr. Sharon to pursue new "facts on the ground" by building a "security fence...
Danny Meagher, the President of the Harvard University Security, Parking and Museum Guards Union (HUSPMGU), which negotiated the settlement with the University on behalf of the seven guards, said that the University has told the workers that there will be no changes in their wages or benefits if they move to Allied Security...
...meticulously crafted United Nations plan meant to end the 30-year division of the island. The plan is to be put to a vote on April 24. Rejection by either side would likely be final, said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "It is a choice between this or no settlement at all," he said in Switzerland after presenting his latest draft. Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos claimed in a TV address that the plan violates E.U. principles by preventing thousands of Greek Cypriots from returning to homes in the north and "legitimizing the illegal presence of Turkish settlers." Rauf Denktash...
...near the city center where residents forcibly removed in the 1960s are only now finally returning. There's also Langa, the city's oldest black township, where tourists can visit the ghetto hostels set up by the apartheid government to house migrant workers, and Khayelitsha, Cape Town 's largest settlement, now with its own vibrant unofficial economy for everything from clothes to cars. The complete tour costs $45. If you want to stay overnight, Khayelitsha resident Vicki Balman runs a guesthouse from her shanty home. Bed and breakfast costs $25 per person...