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...meet with Hamas leaders is a sure sign that the U.S.-led boycott of the organization has failed to weaken its influence - and, of course, when the Israelis want to discuss a cease-fire or a prisoner exchange, it is with Hamas that they're forced to deal, albeit via Egyptian mediators. The fast-emerging conventional wisdom is that no peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is possible without the consent of Hamas, which is why Western and Arab governments have set much store by Egypt's efforts to mediate a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. The dynamics around...
...annual fee that is usually less than $100, members can access thousands of listings for apartments, condos, villas, suburban homes and farms around the world. Initial contact is made through the sites via e-mail, with subsequent communication usually by phone. Before a match is made, potential swappers tend to talk a lot as part of a scoping-out phase that one exchange site likens to online dating...
...business plan? That's a risk for budding entrepreneurs who pay $15 at the door or $20 a month to hone their 90-second pitches onstage. Attendees at the biweekly open-mike events in Philadelphia and Los Angeles offer feedback over booze and pizza, while simulcast viewers weigh in via Twitter. The wide reach makes some participants nervous. "You have no control over who's listening," says Michael Riordan, 26, who unveiled his plan for a New Age yearbook company at the inaugural Philly event in January. "I didn't give a lot of details...
Aquino, Copney, and Jiggetts—none of whom were Harvard students—allegedly participated in what investigators have called a failed "drug rip" that left Cosby, 21, dead. Shots were fired, and Copney, Jiggetts, and Aquino fled the scene and returned to New York City via bus that evening, investigators say. Four ounces of marijuana, wrapped in a "bloody work shirt," were found near Cosby after the shooting...
...clashes that protesters stood their ground, using vinegar-soaked rags and surgical masks to deal with tear gas and quickly re-emerging from alleyways during charges by Revolutionary Guards dressed in black riot gear and wielding batons. Several of the protesters interviewed said they had read lengthy handbooks distributed via e-mail on how to act in street protests. (Read: "Crackdown Helps Sustain Iran's Protest Movement...