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...Zeit University survey, from 38 percent to 52 percent. Turns out that two months of virtual house arrest by the Israelis has been something of a political tonic for the Palestinian leader, his fortunes rising as long as he's allowed to play the victim. And the sharp uptick of violence appears to have reminded a growing number of Israelis that regardless of Arafat's status, resolving the problem of the occupation remains at the center of their conflict with the Palestinians. Arafat and Sharon have both been playing a waiting game since the Israeli leader's election a year...
...game’s final minute. Holding the puck at the right half-boards, she found teammate Dana Antal cross-ice on the left doorstop for the easy finish. After the score, Shewchuk patted Antal’s shoulder, turned back to Botterill and gave her a sharp nod of approval...
...knows? Since the day last June when Milosevic was shut behind the thick red doors of a 10-ft. by 17-ft. cell in a U.N. prison near the sea, he has acted as if the trial was not happening. Every morning, he reportedly dons a sharp suit and tie to greet his fellow inmates. "Good morning, comrades," says Milosevic. "Good morning, Mr. President," comes the reply. Assorted lawyers pay him visits, but he has hired none to defend him. He confers most with his adoring, equally defiant wife Mirjana, who visits occasionally and phones every...
...Maluku Islands signed a deal to end sectarian violence that has killed thousands of civilians over the past three years. Negotiators met on neighboring Sulawesi island and signed an agreement to surrender all weapons and set up joint security patrols. But Laskar Jihad militants from Java, responsible for a sharp escalation in the fighting last year, were not represented...
...Turkey, a country that has long prided itself on being a bridge between East and West, the clash of civilizations begins at home. Two gatherings in Istanbul last week, held about a kilometer apart, again brought into sharp juxtaposition the external role that Turkey craves and the internal realities of a country struggling to improve the quality of its democracy. Both meetings, in their own way, emphasized the duality of a nation that desperately wants to be accepted into Europe, yet finds itself rebuffed time and again - in large measure because of its notoriously poor human-rights record...