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...Abbas just yet. The Israeli Prime Minister said that while the fate of Jerusalem would remain unresolved, the remainder of a peace agreement that would give the Palestinians control over much of the land occupied by Israel in 1967 was still probable. The proposed deal, of course, is a "shelf agreement," an exercise in marking out the parameters of a future peace process that would be implemented only when Israel's security demands are met. The assumption, in the talks, is that the current Palestinian leadership would be unable to enforce a peace deal, and that it would instead serve...
...Minister himself expressed two weeks ago in Paris, when he told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Palestinians and Israelis have never been closer to a peace agreement. Until now, Olmert had been playing along with a rosy Bush Administration-scenario that predicted a peace agreement (if destined for the shelf, rather than implementation) by the end of 2008. Palestinian negotiators are now saying that without an agenda that includes Jerusalem, which Palestinians want to share and make the capital of a future Palestinian state, even the shelf-agreement talks are meaningless...
...bears from admirers landed at her feet in Toronto, she begged, ''Just throw soft things at me, please.'' But Madonna is no Garland or Monroe, a prisoner to her neuroses. This is a woman in complete control of her career, canny about her image and ever protective of her shelf life. She made millions from going too far; it's just that for a while she went too too far. Now it is time for her to step back and appraise -- what else? -- herself. The result is Girlie Show, an essay in retro show biz. As another star with some...
...Stanford Physicist Sidney Drell, why has the Administration dropped all funding for the one defensive system now known to be an effective terminal defense: nuclear-tipped interceptor missiles? Though he personally does not favor an active missile defense, Drell questioned the logic of diverting money from available off-the-shelf technology and using it to chase Reagan's dream of a multilayered shield against all Soviet missiles. Protecting specific targets, be they cities or silos, is not a new idea. Every President from Eisenhower to Nixon considered some kind of terminal defense, said M.I.T. Engineering Professor Jack Ruina, who began...
...original iPhone was a high-tech indulgence. From its gorgeous touchscreen to its classy Web browser, it set a new bar for the look and feel of mobile phones. Naysayers nitpicked about its technical shortcomings - and its top-shelf price - but its breakthrough design won it millions of fans nonetheless...