Word: stripping
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...Friday in exchange for a videotape. The footage, which was verified by Israeli intelligence officials, shows Israeli Sergeant Gilad Shalit alive and well as recently as two weeks ago, more than 1,000 days after he was captured by the Palestinian militant group Hamas and dragged into the Gaza Strip...
Anger among Bank of America investors about the Merrill Lynch deal has been brewing for months. In April, shareholders voted to strip Lewis of the title of chairman. Even then, some people predicted Lewis was not long for the bank, but he managed to hold on to his CEO title for six more months...
...Anger over the Merrill Lynch takeover led shareholders to strip Lewis' chairman title in April...
...George Street St. John's boasts a grand total of 71 pubs. Many of these are Irish (around 40% of Newfoundlanders are of Celtic descent), feature live music and are squashed into George Street - the city's pedestrianized nightlife strip. After a evening on the tiles in O'Reillys, www.oreillyspub.com, downing screech (the local rum) and dancing jigs, you'll feel half-Newfoundlander yourself. Want to make friends? Break into a ballad or sea shanty, which the locals love...
...recent U.N. report estimates that 1,387 civilians lost their lives, and much of the Gaza Strip's infrastructure was destroyed, in Israel's January invasion. The government and aid groups have been unable to rebuild because of an Israeli blockade that bars the import of cement and other building materials. The U.N.'s Ging says it was local frustration with the blockade - now in place for more than two years - that led to the spike in Hamas rocket fire, which in turn sparked Israeli bombardment in late December 2008 and invading troops on Jan. 4. Now, he warns...