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...Still, long-time observers of Israeli politics won't write off Olmert. Four previous investigations into suspected bribery and influence peddling produced no charges, which could well be the outcome of the latest probe. Olmert has vowed that if he is indicted he will resign, which would trigger off a messy war of succession within his own centrist Kadima party - a scenario nobody wants. Should Olmert be ousted, Israel would face early elections, which polls currently show would be won by the conservative Likud party, led by ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, a staunch critic of Olmert's peace efforts...
Nevertheless, the government seems to know that a natural disaster on this scale could trigger revolutionary change. Aung Thwin says this could be "a make or break time," and that there have been signs that the regime realizes it will be held accountable for what happens next. At the same time, though, she says they're trying to stage manage the entire process, skirting the fact that even if they do have the will to do what needs to be done, they have neither the capabilities nor the resources to pull it off. For at the heart of the junta...
Kerstin is fighting for her life. She has been sedated and is on a respirator and is undergoing dialysis. Doctors say she is in a critical but stable condition. Doctors have not specified what she is suffering from. Her admission to a hospital in Amstetten was the trigger that led to the unraveling of Josef Fritzl's double life. The fate of her family came to light after doctors, mystified by her ailment, publicly appealed for her mother to come forward because they needed her medical history. Josef and Elisabeth were then seized by police near the hospital. (See photos...
...three city airports into one by 2012. Proposals for repurposing the 890 acres (360 ha) in the heart of the capital range from establishing a German version of Central Park to turning it into grazing land for buffalo (really). Opponents gathered enough signatures in a citywide petition to trigger the referendum on the closure. Backed by prominent German businessmen, they say the airport is stimulating the local economy and that to pay for itself, parts of the Nazi-era arrival hall - still one of the largest freestanding buildings in the world - could be spun off for hotels and commercial...
...election that these issues should be getting thrashed out. To encourage that, Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection is spending $300 million over three years on advertising meant to trigger what Gore adviser Kalee Kreider calls a "storm surge" of debate and action. With economic concerns now crowding everything else out, there's a danger that nothing like that will happen. But if the candidates play it right, those same economic concerns could be what gets the environmental conversation going...