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...fugitive since 1963 and is believed to be hiding out in the hills near Trapani on the far western tip of Sicily - decided that the Mob needed to cool its killer instincts after the state cracked down in response to the magistrates' slaying. In a move that symbolizes the shift in the Mafia's strategy, Provenzano - once known as the Tractor for clearing away rivals - is now referred to as the Accountant. Dino Paternostro, a Corleone native who has written several books on the Mafia, said Provenzano has succeeded in returning the Mafia to a state of normalization...
...described by Mueller, will shift its focus to "prevention above all else." The emphasis will move from law enforcement to intelligence and counter-terrorism, and agents will be reassigned from domestic units (where the emphasis is on drug-related and white-collar crime) to ones dealing in terror prevention. The director also wants to add 900 new employees, 500 of whom would work as analysts. This is a sea change for the embattled agency - and an answer to critics who maintain it has wasted its manpower on following up traditional crime rather than preventing new waves of terror. But will...
...Defensive Shield" marked a paradigm shift for the Israelis: The foundation of Oslo was that the Palestinian Authority would assume security control of the territories designated "Area A" - under full Palestinian control - and prevent attacks on Israel from such areas, while the Israelis would recognize PA control and keep their own forces out of Area A. "Defensive Shield" sounded notice that from an Israeli security point of view, Area A has ceased to exist. Israel now conducts daily operations inside the towns that Oslo placed under PA control, and is, as far as the lives of ordinary Palestinians are concerned...
...lately there has been a seismic shift in his thinking that could accelerate the anti-embargo movement in Washington and open the doors to hundreds of thousands of American visitors to Cuba each year. Sources close to the Cuban leader confide that in the past year, he has been feeling uncharacteristic pangs of regret about the island's wrecked economy and what it will say about his legacy as a 20th century populist icon. As a result, they say, Castro is finally, genuinely behind the anti-embargo push and doesn't want to botch it. "He knows this...
...hold overdue elections by year's end and signing a two-year-old bill guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary. But for a growing number of people within his organization, it's too little too late. Palestinian Authority members are haggling over reforms that include a plan to shift Arafat to a symbolic role as President. Senior Palestinian officials tell TIME that the shake-up would install Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Mahmoud Abbas--an Arafat ally who has recently been critical of him in private--as Prime Minister, responsible for creating an accountable administration. Among other proposed reforms: folding...