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...FIFA Under-20 World Cup, held every two years by soccer’s largest governing body, is being hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22. A total of 24 teams qualify for the biennial competition, with the teams being split into six groups of four for the tournament’s opening group stages...
...parents seem to split after this: while 57 percent of parents who have children in the schools call for a review of the system, this sentiment is shared by nearly 20 percent more of the parents who have withdrawn their children. Likewise, 29 percent of current parents believe no review is necessary, while only 18 parents of withdrawn parents feel the same...
...Split Personalities. A look at the struggle for the soul of the Palestinian people...
Then there is the emotional price that children pay. In her 15 years tracking the lives of children of divorced families, Judith Wallerstein found that five years after the split, more than a third experienced moderate or severe depression. After 10 years a significant number of the young men and women appeared to be troubled, drifting and underachieving. At 15 years many + of the thirtyish adults were struggling to create strong love relationships of their own. Daughters of divorce, she found, "often experience great difficulty establishing a realistic view of men in general, developing realistic expectations and exercising good judgment...
...Israel now faces the sobering fact that Palestinians have split into two dangerous entities: the West Bank under Abbas' chaotic organization and weak leadership, and Gaza under Hamas - an organization pledged to destroy the Jewish state. So far, the Israelis have ruled out any offensive against Gaza's new rulers, but the military has sealed off the 30-mile-long strip's access by air, sea and land. Defense Minister Amir Peretz declared that Israel would not allow the violence in Gaza to spill over into attacks on southern Israel, and the Israelis have plenty of ways to strike back...