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...Still, can a group sworn to Israel's destruction moderate once in office? Certainly discrepancies between the Hamas charter and its campaign platform suggest moderation is possible, as do initial Hamas statements supporting an extension of the current cease-fire with Israel. But Hamas will immediately face grave challenges such as a bankrupt treasury, nervous international donors and, most importantly, a decentralized security force and the fact that groups such as Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs brigades and Iranian-funded Islamic Jihad are well outside its control. How Hamas handles these three key issues will provide the best guide...
...shun extremes. But it also reflected a rare political trait: the ability to rise above the ideological-hothouse atmosphere of Reform Party politics in the west to become a leader capable of attracting support from skeptics. His core economic conservatism is unlikely to have changed as much as some suggest--Harper is not and never will be a Red Tory--but his stolid textbook campaign managed to attract a diverse group of voters, from rural Albertans to southern Ontarians to nationalist Quebeckers. If Harper proves he can govern as inclusively as he has campaigned, it may give him the makings...
...tanks and helicopters, both manned and unmanned, all bound together with computer data links-will let soldiers "move, shoot and communicate better than ever before." But at a time when the military is still belatedly buying sufficient armor for its Humvees and troops on the ground in Iraq, critics suggest such grandiose schemes only fuel suspicion that the Pentagon itself is a victim...
...believe it may be to their advantage to allow Hamas to take full power, in the expectation that reality will quickly prove the Islamists incapable of governing. Some elements of Fatah may even be inclined to respond violently the outcome, and clashes Thursday outside the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah suggest that there may be more trouble ahead. But Fatah would be foolish to underestimate Hamas' ability to govern: Most of the candidates on their electoral list have post-graduate degrees, and many are experts in various fields of governance. They will certainly be looking to impress the Palestinians...
...title of Pope Benedict XVI's first encyclical, "God Is Love," might suggest a religious twist on a late Beatles song, but to those who know the life's work of Professor Joseph Ratzinger, the 72-page document "Deus Caritas Est" carries the imprint of an exceptionally clear-minded and utterly convinced Catholic theologian...