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...Abbas on a sundeck there. "Their personalities are very similar," says Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. peace negotiator who attended the Wye talks. "They're both very courtly, exceedingly polite and soft-spoken." During Abbas' tenure as Palestinian Prime Minister in 2003, Sharon invited him to Jerusalem and stood with him and George W. Bush at a peace summit in Aqaba, Jordan. Two weeks ago, Sharon privately told a U.S. visitor that he liked Abbas, though he added that he hadn't yet seen any attempt by the new Palestinian chief to rein in the terrorist groups. Sharon...
...votes in the electoral college Labour must convene when it chooses its leader. Although there are other ministers who would win the endorsement of parliamentary colleagues - the final bloc in the electoral college - the Chancellor would almost certainly triumph in an election to succeed the Prime Minister, if Blair stood down voluntarily...
While dramatically increasing judges' sentencing power, the court's controversial decision may heat up a nasty cold war between the federal judiciary and congressional Republicans. Judges used to have almost unlimited discretion. A defendant could receive 15 years in jail or probation, depending on which judge he or she stood before. But two decades ago, in an effort to make the system fairer, Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act, which established a commission of judges and other legal experts to craft a range of penalties for each crime. Judges could increase or decrease the prescribed sentences because of aggravating...
...meet, with a level of respect he never showed Arafat. At peace talks in Wye River, Md., in 1998, Sharon refused to shake Arafat's hand and pointedly ignored him--but he chatted amicably with Abbas on a sun deck there. In 2003, Sharon invited Abbas to Jerusalem and stood alongside him and President George W. Bush at a summit in Aqaba, Jordan. "Their personalities are very similar," says Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. peace negotiator. "They're both very courtly, exceedingly polite and soft-spoken, very measured in their words and tone...
With 10:45 gone by in the first period, assistant captain Ryan Lannon threaded a slapshot through the scrum between the circles and between McKee’s pads. Apparently unaware the effort had slipped behind him, McKee stood pat as the puck glided precariously towards the goal line...