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...Lieberman will swap his support for key Cabinet posts for himself and his party leaders, perhaps including the all-important job of Defense Minister. He will also press for the next Israeli government to force Israel's Arab citizens to sign a loyalty oath. For many left-wing Israelis, this smacks of unforgivable racism. Arabs make up nearly 20% of Israel's population, and they already complain that they are treated as second-class citizens in the Jewish state - or worse, as a fifth column of supporters for armed Palestinian militants in Gaza and the West Bank. Israel's Arab...
...several recent bombings that security officials have linked to the FARC. Meanwhile, the rebels continue to traffic cocaine, a lucrative business that provides the guerrillas some 70% of their income. In addition, the guerrillas still hold 23 police and army NCOs as bargaining chips for a prisoner swap, and are still kidnapping regular civilians for ransom. "The fact that they released a few prisoners is welcome," says Jose Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch in Washington, D.C. "But I don't see any fundamental change in the FARC. I'm very skeptical about all this...
...FARC, then one of the world's largest and fiercest insurgencies, started targeting Colombian senators, governors and other power brokers, hoping to swap them for imprisoned guerrillas. The rebels also demanded a demilitarized zone to negotiate prisoner exchanges with government envoys. But conservative President Alvaro Uribe, who took office in 2002, refused to play along. With strong U.S. backing, he beefed up Colombia's once dysfunctional military and started delivering body blows to the FARC. Last year was the guerrillas' most disastrous year ever. The rebels lost three of their top seven commanders (two were killed, one died...
...Lifetime" with the chance to ride in the Feb. 23 parade. You'll stay in a first-class suite, with costumes provided and a personal photographer to record the day, plus a limo driver on hand all weekend. It costs a sweet $25,000 clams. Or you can swap the parade, and its trappings, for a massage and a traditional New Orleans king cake served at turndown, for a comparatively modest $699 per night. Available Feb 22-24.921 Canal St, New Orleans...
Even non-industrial groups not yet affected by the recession have kept the 35-hour week - or developed alternatives to it. Executives at the Paris headquarters of communications company Vivendi continue to work 35-hour weeks, or swap it for an arrangement in which extra hours worked can be exchanged for days off. (Vivendi's other workers continue to work under the 35-hour arrangement...