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...Still, Olmert's backtracking on Jerusalem - a deal breaker for the Palestinians - is a significant splash of cold water on the enthusiasm that the Israeli Prime 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...
Gadgets don't like the great outdoors. Your iPhone and digital camera were designed for a quiet life in the city, not the crash and splash of a kayak ride through the rapids. But if you're planning a wilderness adventure this summer, no need to leave the hi-tech world behind. Here's a roundup of rugged gizmos built to survive even the most hard-core holiday destinations...
...launching of a barge usually brings a splash of cheer. But as the Jeffboat shipyard in Jeffersonville, Ind., dispatched barge No. 6402 last week, a touch of sadness hung by the Ohio River across from Louisville. The occasion marked the waning of the era of riverboat building, if not its end. Jeffboat, Inc., once launched up to 15 barges a week. This barge, a grain vessel, was the last. The inland waterway fleet is overbuilt and underused, and Jeffboat, its work force reduced to 70 from a 1981 peak of 2,300, will retreat into the repair business. Jeffboat folds...
...According to campaign officials, what finally launched Obama into a full rumor counteroffensive was a story that apparently first made a big splash on the Internet in late May in a post by pro-Hillary Clinton blogger Larry Johnson. Quoting "someone in touch with a senior Republican," Johnson claimed that there was a video of Michelle Obama "blasting 'whitey' during a rant at Jeremiah Wright's church." (Later versions of the rumor had Michelle's "rant" happening at a Rainbow/PUSH Coalition conference.) No such videotape has surfaced...
...early 1990s," when the old Soviet sports structures collapsed and young people abandoned the game in droves. But with Russia's corporations and businessmen flush with cash, there's a chance to build something again. And even if the Russians don't make much of a splash at Euro 2008, there is another prize in their sights: officials are already talking about a bid to host the 2018 World...