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Chehadeh Jawhar, the Palestinian military commander of Jund al-Sham (Soldiers of Greater Syria), trained al-Qaeda militants in Iraq before moving to Ein el Hilweh. When Jawhar spoke with TIME in March last year, he said that the jihadist factions in the camp were supported by intelligence agencies from the countries that have turned Lebanon into a battlefield. "Anyone who has a project in Lebanon can use the Palestinians to create chaos," he said. Four months later, Jawhar died in a street fight...
...spoke of the whole country as a single team, evoking a patriotic spirit that has brought the nation back from the brink of collapse before. "Even in the most trying times, amid the most difficult circumstances, there is a generosity, a resilience, a decency and a determination that perseveres, a willingness to take responsibility for our future and for posterity," he said...
...crowd, as is tradition, repeatedly came to its feet. They cheered collectively when Obama spoke again of an "America that does not quit" and when he called on his countrymen to be "something worthy to be remembered." They cheered when he predicted, as others had before him, a "cure for cancer in our time" and when he announced a suite of new initiatives, including the promise of an affordable education for all Americans if they volunteer in their community or serve their country. "By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world...
...everyone in the room received the speech with the same eager delight. At one end of the chamber, Jon Favreau, Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter, stood nervously with his back against the wall, alternately mouthing the words as Obama spoke them, applauding and checking his BlackBerry for reactions from the ether. At the other end of the chamber sat a diminished Republican caucus, self-consciously rising and falling like pistons to show their alternate approval and disdain for the President's policy prescriptions...
...film for old people and it became a mass phenomenon in Japan." Takita, 53, got his start in adult films but, until now, is probably most remembered as the director of the 1999 film Secret (Himitsu), which was eventually reamde by French director Luc Besson. Takita beamed as he spoke upon receiving the Oscar. "This is a new 'departure' for me. And I will - we will - be back." he said. Perhaps this year is the harbinger of future Hollywood endings for the Japanese film industry...