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...similarly restrained by Abbas' weak position. He must wrestle with the new Hamas government, which was sworn in last week--by videophone because Israel refused to let Hamas officials travel between the West Bank and Gaza. Israel refuses to talk with Hamas until the militants disarm and abandon their vow to destroy Israel. And Hamas leaders are incensed by one facet of Olmert's plan: if Hamas refuses to accept Israel, the Israelis will draw up permanent borders unilaterally. "Why should we recognize Israel," asks Aziz Dweik, Hamas' new Palestinian Assembly Speaker, "when Israel won't recognize our existence...
...DEMOCRATS VOW NOT TO GIVE UP HOPELESSNESS...
...Days that Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi sustained his vow to abstain from sex until Italy's April 9 general election before declaring the campaign pledge a joke...
...telling trends that don't bode well for Nagin in the election, now set for April 22. Pinsonat, a partner in Southern Media and Opinion Research in Baton Rouge, notes that New Orleans, once 72% black, is now increasingly white-50% to 60% by some estimates. While Nagin's vow to rebuild a "chocolate" city played with the evacuee crowd in Houston and Dallas, it was not well received by middle class whites, especially those in the largely undamaged Uptown neighborhood who are back working in the city. While they will turn out to vote on election...
...banlieues, he's wary of politicians and their promises. The Intercultural Social Center, where Siby volunteers to help kids with their homework, is still waiting for one-third of the money the government promised for 2005; other associations in the community have similar complaints, despite the state's vow to increase funding in the wake of the riots. "Nothing's happened here yet," says Siby. "Everyone is hoping that's because they're still thinking of what to do. But if the quiet means they've just forgotten, it's going to be bad for everyone...