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...aside the step-by-step road map, which requires that the Palestinians dismantle their terrorist infrastructure before any new phase of negotiations begins, and instead leap right to final-status talks with moderate Palestinians about what a two-state solution would look like. If a suitable framework for a Palestinian state is reached, Abbas would then go to his people with a referendum: Do you want it or not? He is convinced that more than 70% would vote yes, thus marginalizing the Hamas resisters. Olmert would do the same, and probably get close to the same support...
...outlines of a two-state framework are clear. Everyone knows, within a few hundred yards or so, where the borders would be, and a variety of land swaps could be worked out so that Israel could keep some of its major settlements that are on its side of its new security barrier. Perhaps some Israeli land containing Arab communities could be swapped to the Palestinians, but Bush would go along with that only if the affected Arab-Israelis agree. The issue of Jerusalem and the rights of refugees could be compromised along the lines almost agreed to in 2000, with...
...mass destruction was very important. There are significant interests connected with oil production in Libya and it has joined in the struggle to restrict illegal migration from Africa to Europe. These are real interests to the U.S. and Europe. But for Libya to fit in completely in the framework of normal international relations - which we would also like to see - it must convincingly safeguard human rights, including in this trial...
...playdates for the kids, venting about their pretty-boy partners, discussing Third World debt. So when France's Gala magazine quoted Jolie as saying of the Material Girl's adoption of a 1-year-old from Malawi last year, "It's a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption. Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law," it sounded like the makings of an A-list mama brawl. But Jolie, whose adopted children Maddox, 5, and Zahara, 2, are from Cambodia and Ethiopia, later issued a statement saying her words had been taken...
...finite number of major global standards would be good news for consumers, even if they've been a little slow in coming. Big corporations and governments already benefit from a common system of approving offset projects under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. With a common set of rules, voluntary offsetting could see its ranks of followers - and the market's credibility - grow further. That's fine, say many environmental advocates, but they also say customers should be focusing more on cutting emissions in the first place. "Offsets can be seen as an easy...