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...Israeli government ordered the building of 22 homes in a settlement in the Gaza Strip, pushed through a law denying citizenship to Palestinians who marry Israelis and completed the first phase of a $1 billion security barrier that critics say will turn the West Bank into a vast prison. Sharon completed his visit to the U.S. without reprimand for constructing the barrier. U.S. President George W. Bush expressed concern, but dropped the politically loaded term wall in favor of the Israelis' preference: fence...
...He’s able to survey a vast amount of information and see how it fits together,” Sylla said...
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks freely and carries a big stick. He has revolutionized Italy's perennially gray politics but drawn fire for his vast media holdings as well as for gaffes like a tasteless Nazi gibe directed at a German colleague and a knock on German tourists by one of his deputies. TIME's Jeff Israely talked with him on the eve of his visit with President Bush...
...decide on your asset allocation--how much you want to keep in stocks, in bonds and in cash. Evensky takes his clients' cash needs for the next two years off the top and puts them aside. Then, for the vast majority of his clients, he returns to a mix of 40% bonds and 60% stocks, the default position for most professional pension managers...
...minds of many Americans, the chief rationale for going to war in Iraq was that a vast stockpile of WMD was ready and waiting for bin Laden or Saddam to use on Americans. Should no evidence of such weapons be found, what we have is a poorly explained war started for political reasons known only to Washington insiders. Many of us baby boomers remember a similar scenario for the Vietnam War. STEPHEN J. DOHL Concord...