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...pictures of Obama in the west...
...that have barely changed since Jesus stayed here. Madees's father and uncle were born here, and moved to Boston. When they returned to start the brewery in 1995, they met open hostility from the 16 Muslim villages surrounding them. Alcohol is banned by Islam. (Watch TIME's video "West Bank Brew: The Beer That Made Taybeh Famous...
...Sotheby's auction, a six-Liter bottle of 1982 Chateau Petrus Imperial - described as having a sweet leather taste and a pruney finish - was gaveled off to a mainland Chinese bidder for a record $93,000. "The balance of power in the wine world is now shifting from West to East," explains Gregory De'eb, co-founder of a Hong Kong wine storage facility called Crown Wine Cellars. (Read "Cape Crusaders: South African Wine...
...throughout the region, and even includes a tasting competition to determine what wines best complement traditional Asian dishes. Vintners and wine buffs, take note: with Asia rising, the flavors that please regional palettes could some day drive the decisions wineries make when growing, aging and blending their products. The West needs to face a sobering reality: Hong Kong is a new center of the world's wine trade, and it's here to stay...
...Hamas had been unsure of how to act on the Goldstone report, Abbas made it easy for them by his Geneva intervention. The decision spurred a flurry of demonstrations in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, drawing furious condemnation from leaders of Hamas and Fatah and demands for an inquiry into how it came about. Hamas legislators convened to discuss the issue in Gaza City, with some of the movement's leaders accusing Abbas of treason. "If the Palestinian Legislative Council, which represents the Palestinian people and which is freely elected [and in which Hamas is the ruling party...