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...what you might call Muslim democrats." This turn of events is heartening for Ibrahim, who sees his own trial as part of a struggle between democratic and antidemocratic forces. "I am one of the forces for change," he says. After several minor strokes, Ibrahim's physical force is now somewhat diminished, and his family is anxious for the government to allow him to travel to the U.S. for neurological treatment. The strokes happened while he was in prison, but Ibrahim says he harbors no bitterness. He delights in telling how his guards panicked one day last September when he fell...
...brought on by the prospect of U.S. action in Iraq will force Labor into a coalition. Ironically, the dovish party's presence in government has been made more important precisely because of the strength of Sharon's mandate from the Right, which the prime minister will want to dilute somewhat in order to pursue his own version of a peace plan with his more potent coalition partner in the White House...
...robots or schoolgirl outfits can be found. With Hokusai and Gustav Klimt as his influences Atangan has adapted a pair of Japanese folk tales into a gorgeous hybrid of comix and prints of ancient Japan. The titular story begins when a fisherman collects a yellow jar in his net. Somewhat disappointed that it contains no treasure, instead he finds that it holds a sleeping woman. She agrees to be his wife, but upon discovering that he has hidden her jar, she disappears. Searching for his wife, the fisherman finds her captured by a demon warrior and must rescue her with...
...ideas have made the 34-year-old somewhat of a popular figure...
...have to look towards a narrower coalition of hard-line nationalist and religious parties. The wildcard in the current election, however, is the centrist Shinui party of Tommy Lapid, which has surged from the political margins on a platform of militant secularism. Lapid's peace policies are somewhat vague, but his challenge to the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox who are exempt from military service and study at state expense has proved so popular that Shinui stands to win a potential king-making role with 14 seats. Lapid's dream ticket is a Likud-Labor-Shinui coalition, which would mark...