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...would threaten Netanyahu's coalition with the right-wing parties that are committed to expanding settlements. For now, at least, Netanyahu is talking tough: "The building in Jerusalem - and in all other places - will continue in the same way as has been customary over the last 42 years," he told a meeting of fellow Likud Party members on Monday. (See pictures of Jerusalem, a divided city...
...government bureaucracy responsible for settlement construction, and precedent suggests they would find a way to continue building regardless even of any secret promises to the U.S. by Netanyahu. "Everything in East Jerusalem is under a magnifying glass and involves too many people and politics," a senior government source told TIME. "A de facto construction freeze in this part of the world is doomed to fail...
...suspended from his current position, and his supervisor, Prelate Josef Obermaier, resigned. For some Catholic faithful in Germany, however, the case must be addressed directly by the Pope. "The Holy Father needs to say something about this," Dirk Taenzler, head of the Federation of German Catholic Youth, told the daily Berliner Zeitung. The Vatican is expected to release a letter soon regarding similar abuse cases that hit Ireland in the past decade. It is not clear whether the document will mention either Germany in general or the Munich case in particular...
...They will have to walk on the blood of the people,'' protest leader Nattawut Saikua told demonstrators when asking for the donations. Other leaders have threatened to throw the blood at the building, but it is unlikely they could get close enough; Government House is ringed by thousands of troops in riot gear. More than 30,000 troops have been stationed around Bangkok since Friday to keep order during the demonstrations. A similar protest by the Red Shirts last April turned violent...
...blood for the purpose of a political protest. Thailand's Nurse and Midwife Council considered the blood letting unethical and possibly dangerous, and that the group might take action against nurses who participate. "We will consider punishing them on a case-by-case basis," council president Prof Vijit Sriruphan told The Nation newspaper. "They should know that collecting blood is only done for research or medical purposes...