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...election, Lieberman's 10-year-old party, Yisrael Beitenu (Israel Is Our Home), won the third highest number of seats in the Knesset, making him a linchpin of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government. That has complicated the Obama Administration's effort to pressure Israel to freeze settlement growth and restart peace negotiations with the Palestinians. How far Netanyahu travels in Obama's direction may depend on Lieberman's willingness to go along. "Lieberman is the most talented politician on the scene today," says Yaron Ezrahi, a professor of political science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "But his kind...
...privately urging Johnson to establish troop level ceilings and to halt the bombings, which McNamara had come to believe were futile. In 1967, he pressed Johnson more firmly to consider a peace settlement. Johnson, believing that McNamara was aiding a presidential bid by Robert F. Kennedy '48, announced in Nov. 1967 that McNamara would be stepping down as defense secretary to head the World Bank...
...that the region was only brought under Beijing's control in its entirety during the 19th century rein of the Qing dynasty. And this week they have found themselves in violent confrontation with Han Chinese, who have become a significant majority in the capital, Urumqi, thanks to Beijing's settlement policies...
...management knew of an alleged hacking operation targeting his mobile phone. The Guardian does not cite a source but claims that News International paid $1.6 million in damages and legal costs to Taylor and two others involved in professional soccer. The newspaper also claims that clauses in the financial settlement prohibited those receiving money from discussing the cases...
...often aided military coups in Latin America - and "responding to the hemisphere's desire that it take a strong lead in defending democratic norms," says Vicki Gass, senior associate for rights and development at the independent Washington Office on Latin America. "There will have to be a negotiated settlement to this crisis, and while Latin America appreciates the U.S.'s new style of engagement, it's also still wary of Uncle Sam playing the heavyweight in these situations." That's especially true in Honduras, where the Reagan Administration backed a brutal right-wing campaign against leftists during the 1980s. Read...