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Anything is possible in the world of hypotheticals, and it is in that realm that the latest Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire plan resides. Transpose it into the harsh light of contemporary reality, and the chances are minimal of it being anything but stillborn. Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres arrived in the U.S. Monday for talks with the Bush administration on the plan put forward by Egypt and Jordan to have Israelis and Palestinians resume political dialog after both sides take steps to reduce the current level of violence...
...Policy Priorities. Leaving aside increases for defense, international affairs and a new reserve fund, "domestic appropriated programs" would increase a total of just 1.5% next year. Since any increase lower than the inflation rate is, by Washington tradition, considered a decrease, Democrats were happy to call the budget politically stillborn...
...doula's presence does not guarantee a complication-free birth, but the emotional support she provides can be invaluable. Ann Grauer's doula was with her in Milwaukee, Wis., when doctors told her that the child she was about to deliver would be stillborn. Her doula consoled her throughout the painful ordeal. Says Grauer: "It was amazing the peace of mind my doula was able to give me." The same doula was there later for the birth of her son. "It was such a celebration. We are still very close...
...that moment and for most of the past week, Bush seemed like one of those mysterious Soviet leaders of the pre-Gorbachev era: much was said and done in his name and under his authority, but the man himself was barely seen or heard. Since the morning after the stillborn election, Austin's strategy was to have Bush be the victor who must patiently tolerate a few technicalities. But Gore's plan to chip away at that notion has had an effect. It helped that Gore won the popular vote. And the Gore message--count all the votes--may have...
...steps toward implementing a cease-fire agreement, terrorists detonated a car bomb in a crowded Jerusalem market, killing two Israelis and injuring nine others. The attack dramatically increases the strain on the agreement reached by Yasser Arafat and former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres late Wednesday to implement the stillborn Sharm el Sheik agreement brokered three weeks ago by President Clinton. And that may have been its precise intention: The Islamic Jihad organization, which has rejected the peace process from the get-go, claimed responsibility for the blast. Its fellow Islamist organization Hamas, which has also used terrorist bombings...