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...facilitate the less lethal aspects of the intifadeh, such as political rallies and funerals for slain compatriots, the two factions formed a National and Islamic Committee in every Palestinian town. The committee includes members of Hamas and its spin-off, Islamic Jihad, as well as the various components of the Palestine Liberation Organization, including Arafat's party, Fatah. Contacts on this level helped foster similar ties on the military front. "Joint attacks," notes a senior official in Israeli military intelligence, "are not a marginal phenomenon lately." The links between these organizations, as well as between the Islamists and the official...
...components, then putting out a report at fixed intervals, up to 48 times a day. At its core is a flow cytometer--or cell sorter--that Langlois co-invented in the late 1970s. The device shines laser beams on chromosomes within cells to make a quick genetic ID. A spin-off of early research into mapping the human genome, the cell sorter is now a standard tool for diagnosing AIDS, leukemia and other cancers. Langlois even took it to Chernobyl to assess workers' genetic damage from radiation exposure after the 1986 nuclear reactor accident...
That said, I'd recommend that anyone with young kids lean toward the cute and lovable GameCube. Nintendo has mastered that market, and by mid-December should have 20 titles ranging from new twists on old characters--Luigi's Mansion, a Mario spin-off--to Pikmin, the latest from Shigeru Miyamoto, the genius behind the Zelda franchise. The GameCube has abandoned its cartridge format; games now come on adorable mini...
...crew is waiting nearby to do an interview. A couple of years ago, Shakira did an MTV Unplugged show that MTV passed on but that aired on MTV Latin America. Now, with her new CD getting revved up, the network plans to air the show on its spin-off channel MTV2, along with some spliced-in interviews with the star herself. Her mainstreaming moment has finally arrived. A couple of years back, when Latin stars weren't so much in vogue, Shakira's stuff couldn't have got play on MTV2...
...Judah, asked God to bless him and enlarge his territory. He had no idea that his 32-word prayer, wrapped inside an inspirational book by evangelist Bruce Wilkinson, would become a No. 1 best seller. Publishers of the modern world, however, have seen the light. In addition to three spin-off books from Multnomah, the tiny publisher of The Prayer of Jabez, five other publishers have Jabez-inspired books out now or in the works. Among them: Praying Like Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco), I Just Wanted More Land (Xulon Press) and a parody, The Mantra of Jabez (Canon). What, no TV series...