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Ten people have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian clashes in different parts of the West Bank and Gaza since Tuesday, when Hamas gunmen entered entered an Israeli settlement in Gaza and killed two teenagers. The latest upsurge in violence despite renewed cease-fire commitments by both sides will be deeply...
African Americans are among America's most observant Muslims. While Yvonne Haddad of Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding estimates the fraction of immigrants who attend mosque at a mere 10%, many American blacks, with converts' zeal, memorize verse after verse of the Koran and are extremely serious...
But what takes longer to realize about the regulated optimism in Japan is that it may not be Panglossian so much as simply pragmatic: the Japanese I know see happiness not as something to be pursued, but as something to be found wherever they happen to find themselves. The first...
The Brewers' new Miller Park also has a funky, fan-shaped retractable ceiling, sports bars and kids' clubs. "It's all about the ancillary experience," Meis says. "People come earlier and stay later, and that obviously translates into people spending more money." Average attendance has doubled since the facility opened...
BOW-LINGUAL Just introduced in Japan, this pager-like device translates dog noises into emotions so you can read Fido's mind. Arf!