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...Israel's founding fathers. Sharon's credentials as an uncompromising hawk meant the public trusted him to make painful concessions for peace, even if "peace" for him involved imposing territorial boundaries without the negotiated assent of the Palestinians. That process began last August, with Sharon's decision to withdraw Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements. Although there were celebrations in some cities and towns of the West Bank at the news of the Israeli leader's faltering condition, Palestinian officials acknowledged that a less formidable Israeli leader may not have the courage and popularity...
...commercials on NBC are already touting America's medal hopefuls for next month's winter Olympics, and most of them feature fan-favorite figure skater Michelle Kwan. But Kwan's Olympic dream may be in jeopardy after an injury forced her to withdraw from the U.S. national figure skating championship, the qualifying event for the Games. Whether or not she will compete in Torino is now in the hands of the 36 figure skating officials, judges, coaches and athletes that make up the international committee of the U.S. Figure Skating Association (USFSA...
...Sharon had a vision, whether we like it or agree with it or not. His decision to withdraw from Gaza was the best example: He left because he saw it as the best political option for Israel, and he had the courage to face down the challenge from the hotheads in his own party and society who labeled him a traitor. This is leadership. A leader is the one who takes unpopular decisions. Who is going to be this kind of leader in Israel after Sharon? No one, as far as I can tell...
ASSASSINATED. GEBRAN TUENI, 48, outspoken Lebanese journalist and legislator known for his relentless criticism of Syria's influence in Lebanon, where Syrian troops had been stationed for three decades until they were pressured to withdraw this year; in a car bomb attack, less than 24 hours after his return from Paris, where he had taken refuge after being told he was on a hit list; in Beirut. The latest in a series of attacks on anti-Syrian leaders in Lebanon, the bombing occurred hours before an interim U.N. report reinforced the widely held suspicion that Syria was behind the assassination...
...Seeking revenge like so many warlords of Japanese myth and history, Koizumi reserved particular wrath for the 37 lawmakers from his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who had opposed the postal-system bill. He ordered LDP headquarters to withdraw support from those rebels running in the election and personally dispatched a coterie of handpicked, telegenic lieutenants?many of them women, and collectively nicknamed "the assassins" by the media?to take on the rebels. The Japanese media may have derisively coined such stunts Koizumi gekijo (Koizumi theater), but the electorate, usually apathetic, was enthralled. By casting the whole election...