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...Israel has expressed a desire for peace, most recently with Netanyahu’s (albeit conditional) acceptance of the idea of an autonomous Palestinian state. But how can it realistically expect to achieve any peace at all with a man like Lieberman in the all-too-important position of foreign minister...
...have lost count of the number of people I know who have been inspired and mobilized by Obama," Richardson wrote on the website ModernGhana.com in April. "My dear old mother, who previously had little interest in political matters, has been energized to an extent that she now frequently speaks, albeit jokingly, of standing as an MP for her hometown...
...check with other airlines shows that Air France, British Airways, Air Kenya and others offer similar service to Moroni, albeit with stopovers in Africa, rather than Yemen - some even at lower prices. When questioned about this, SOS Voyages to Comoros argued that seats on other airlines are often fully booked, leaving travelers no choice but to fly Yemenia. "People only fly Yemenia if they can't get on the others," explains Mustapha Abdou-Raouf, the association's Paris representative. "Those who died had to fly Yemenia if they wanted to get to the Comoros this summer...
While the upgraded meals are virtually unrecognizable, Trinidad says the concoctions taste basically the same as the original grub, albeit with different textures. His favorite menu choice is the "Tacobellini" - a pair of Burrito Supremes sliced to resemble tortellini - though he's not that crazy about fast food to begin with. In fact, one New Year's resolution was to stop eating it entirely except for road trips, but "this thing kind of broke that rule...
Netanyahu and Obama have made some progress on other aspects of restarting a peace process. The Israeli leader has finally accepted the idea of a Palestinian state, albeit with limited sovereignty, and he has signaled an intent to ease the Gaza blockade, remove some West Bank roadblocks, release some Palestinian prisoners and transfer more security responsibility in West Bank towns to Palestinian forces. But in publicly and repeatedly demanding a settlement freeze, even after Israel objected, Obama has made it not only a test of Netanyahu's bona fides as a peacemaker, but also of U.S. credibility. The President hasn...