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...official trade, political and cultural relations between nations--Syrian officials want to change the language to "complete peace," a far less generous phrase that would remain unpalatable to Israel. Though Bush expressed tentative agreement with the Abdullah plan when it was unveiled last month, his Administration hasn't offered formal support for it. Said a senior White House aide: "I've never been sure if the Crown Prince intended this...
...society, including those that may be hostile to the government, than does the CIA. To stay neutral in a conflict, some businesses even risk irritating their host governments by hiring members of rebel groups. The CIA, as Badolato puts it, "doesn't stay in with the outs." A formal agreement between the U.S. and Britain prevents the two from spying in each other's country, Baer says. That means the U.S. could not have useful operatives in London mosques, and the British just did not. And some businesses make the same mistake, according to George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR...
...Liaoyang, labor leaders are on the run after last week's dramatic protests; according to fellow demonstrators, they sleep at friends' houses to avoid arrest. "There's not really any formal organization here," says a worker. "But we still have a good many people with the will to protest." More street action is planned for this week. But if the government gives concessions?releasing the detained leaders, coughing up some cash?things could simmer down fast. As the military police who cruised the streets of two industrial cities last week remind us, workers in China are trying to unite...
...abuse - he and his Minnesota attorney, Jeff Anderson, feel they have grounds to sue O'Connell and the diocese under federal racketeering (RICO) laws usually used to convict mafiosos. "Crime is crime," says Doe, "whether it's for God or for Tony Soprano." Though no one brought a formal suit against O'Connell until 1996 (which was subsequently and secretly settled), Anderson claims he and Doe have evidence that the Jefferson City diocese had been receiving complaints about sexual abuse by O'Connell as early as 1967 - and that, under Catholic canon law, the diocese would have been required...
...yearly “Naked Formal,” Adams House residents would invite models for classes in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies to come nude...