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...Mending a Split City After reading "Jerusalem Divided," I can't believe that no one has put forward the obvious solution: make it a federal district similar to Washington or Canberra [Dec. 3]. Palestine and Israel could base their federal government headquarters in the city, which could be ruled by a council made up of equal numbers of Christians, Muslims and Jews. That way, the important religious shrines and places of worship would be available to all, city services would be controlled by people who actually live there, and perhaps emergency personnel would be free to respond to anyone...
Jackson, who directed the Rings trilogy and inherited creative stewardship of Tolkien's massive fan base, will serve as executive producer for The Hobbit with his wife, Fran Walsh. A director and screenwriter will be chosen in the New Year, when Jackson and Walsh meet with the studio heads. MGM, which owns the distribution rights to The Hobbit, will co-finance and co-distribute...
...Colon said the program has reached a broad base of students, noting that the football players often head to the tutoring sessions before their Tuesday practices...
...freedom of the press as well as the changes to the Supreme Court "shall not be called into question by or before any court," a clause in today's order reads. Musharraf's announcement came within hours of a suicide bombing which killed five people outside an army base about 75 miles (120 km) north of the capital Islamabad. Pakistan has faced a growing insurgency from Islamist militants over the past year - a threat that the President has given as another reason behind his decision to call the emergency...
...Douglas Gross, chairman of Romney's campaign in Iowa, points to Romney's relative stability in the polls as evidence that he already has a strong base with defense and fiscal conservatives in Iowa. "What has happened is you've had an underperformance by some of the candidates, particularly [former Tennessee Senator Fred] Thompson, Giuliani and [Arizona Senator John] McCain, and as they've gone down, Huckabee has picked up those numbers," Gross said. "But Governor Romney's support has really been quite stable...