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...resist the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. But this café meeting was taking place in the spring of 2005, after mass demonstrations and U.S. pressure had helped force one of Hizballah's patron states, Syria, to end its occupation of Lebanon. The American official was thrilled by the turn of events ("There's going to be a whole new Lebanon," she said) and was feeling sanguine enough to venture out for coffee with journalists, albeit with several bodyguards...
...protesters, most notably during the so-called Summer of Mercy in 1991, and thousands of patients, month in and month out, for heartache knows no season. One of those drawn to him, a Kansas City-area man named Scott Roeder, allegedly shot Tiller dead on May 31 - which in turn attracted reporters from across the country...
...Concerns have also been aired over rumors that thousands of army conscripts had been given leave until Saturday - the day after the elections. To go on leave, conscripts must leave their birth certificates with their army garrisons, which in turn can be misused by others for voting. At a street rally last week, where a group of Mousavi supporters facing a smaller group of Ahmadinejad supporters were chanting, "If there is no cheating, Mousavi will be first," an army conscript said confidentially, "We were told this morning by our commander that we should vote for the current head of government...
Which side of this Janus face would you say is more prominent currently in Iran? This face currently exhibits an oppositional stance. If it is embraced, it can lead to good opportunities for our country. If it is rejected, it could turn into a threat...
...executive Curt Knox, was in the courtroom, following the testimony with the help of an interpreter. "I'm very happy," he told TIME at the end of the day. "She's done a fantastic job. She has cleared up a lot of questions; for example, Why did she turn off her cell phone that night? She turned off her cell phone because she didn't want to get called back to work that night. She has nothing to hide...