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...Israel believes for one moment that the soldier was dead, I think they will go inside Gaza [City]. But because they believe he is alive, they have given a chance to negotiation. They want to bring him back. Because if they killed hundreds of people and did not succeed in bringing him back alive, this would be a big loss for Israel...
Whether Israel can succeed in bringing down Hamas is also questionable. In Gaza there are signs that the Israeli offensive has bolstered support for the beleaguered Hamas leadership. In Rafah and other Gaza cities, Hamas' resistance to the pressure is being seen as almost heroic. Even if the government falls, Hamas won't go away. Indeed, a collapse could boost the group's more militant factions, which would prefer to abandon the political process and return to armed struggle. "This will help Hamas because they have been saying they do not trust the Israelis," says Saied Zourob, an official...
...Netcom to retain up to 50% of the restructured assets of PCCW. Meanwhile the bank is looking for partners. Star Group, an Asian broadcasting subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media conglomerate, was considering joining Macquarie's bid?even though Murdoch himself expressed doubt that the deal would succeed. China is "treating Macquarie as hostile invaders," Murdoch told The Australian newspaper, which News Corp. owns. "It would be an amazing achievement if Macquarie managed to turn the situation around." Win or lose, though, the PCCW bid won't be the last Mac attack in Asia...
...detainees saw that we got worried if they were not eating," he says."Now we have a system. I tell them, 'Have at it. If you want to have 460 hunger strikers, we'll get 460 doctors in here to take care of you.' They will not succeed...
...historical distortions at Yasukuni museum are disseminated by an ultra-conservative minority affiliated with the shrine, and that mainstream Japan has confronted its war past head on. Koizumi's Yasukuni visits are highly controversial in Japan itself, with public opinion split roughly in half. Yasuo Fukuda, a candidate to succeed Koizumi, has picked up support by publicly criticizing Koizumi's Yasukuni fetish. One of Japan's most influential business associations has called for the erection of a new, non-denominational memorial where the next prime minister can pay his respects instead. That may be the only way to prevent Asia...