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...That won?t be easy. Some of the hapless conspirators aren?t ready to apologize. Pedro Carmona, the interim President (now under house arrest), denies there even was a coup. He prefers to call it a "vacuum of power." And the U.S. has yet to acknowledge that it might have been inappropriate to suggest that Ch?vez, a left-wing leader whose policies and statements often irk Washington, had it coming. Instead, the White House chided the restored President: National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice suggested that he needed to "respect the constitutional processes," sidestepping the question as to whether Washington...
...civil authority in the West Bank appears to have been critically impaired, if not destroyed. And "Operation Defensive Shield" has destroyed to much of the Palestinian Authority's security apparatus, on whose enforcement powers any cease-fire would rest. The Israelis are unlikely to tolerate a power vacuum in towns they characterize as hotbeds of terrorism, and that may leave them inclined to maintain security control - from their "buffer zones" - over the major West Bank cities, creating a de facto reoccupation that turns the clock back a decade to the pre-Oslo...
...Many commentators in the region had expected an uptick in violence following the departure of the Secretary of State, who left in his wake what the Israeli daily Haaretz called "a dangerous vacuum" - no substantial movement toward ending the current violent standoff in the West Bank, and vague talk about a regional peace conference that has been skeptically received on both sides of the divide. Powell's efforts to reassure Washington's Arab allies of America's bona fides as a peace broker weren't helped by President Bush's remarks Thursday certifying that Ariel Sharon was in compliance with...
...ultimate demise of the mythological tower. The vaguely phallic structure references the Biblical tale of the Babylonians who attempted to construct a tower that would ascend to the heavens. Despite the provocative titling, however, his monochromatic apocalypses are more concerned with “mortality, power and a vacuum,” as Bergstein told The Crimson at the exhibit’s opening. They possess a vibrating, quivering energy and darkly morbid overtones from penetrating lines...
...fate of the Palestinian Authority. It was threatening to collapse even before the latest invasion, and even if it manages to survive the current Israeli onslaught, its ability to ensure order will be considerably diminished. Israel, of course, will be reluctant to leave behind a power vacuum in West Bank towns that have cradled Palestinian militancy, and that suggests a de facto reoccupation lasting a lot longer than Powell is predicting...