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...brothers they had not seen in weeks and might not see again. The 13 gunmen most wanted by Israel were flown to Cyprus, on their way into exile in Europe and possibly Canada. Twenty-six others, considered less dangerous, were handed over to Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip, while the rest of the captives, excluding the clerics, were interrogated by the Israelis, then released...
...women who take off most of their clothes to musical accompaniment. Each woman is armed with a gimmick, playing, say, a cowgirl on a hot day in Texas or a French maid hanging her culottes on a line. The performers are women of widely varying body types who see stripping as self-expression rather than a job, and they draw audiences of both sexes in equal numbers. New Burlesque bears almost no resemblance to modern strip clubs, which have been pushed to extremes in order to attract an increasingly demanding clientele...
...fine with strip-club stripping," says Katherine Valentine, the affable redhead who plays the stern Teutonic M.C. Miss Astrid in Manhattan's Va Va Voom Room burlesque show. "But stripping is a man giving money to a woman in exchange for a sexual feeling. The burlesque thing has very little to do with that." Michelle Carr, who founded Los Angeles' Velvet Hammer in 1995, puts it another way: "Go to a strip club, and everyone out of the gate looks exactly the same. What we get is a chance to express ourselves creatively...
...first, the Palestinians considered themselves lucky. Captured fighters later told Israeli interrogators they had expected an air strike. The Israelis had repeatedly bombed police barracks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; they didn't seem eager to risk the casualties of house-to-house combat. Ata Abu Roumeileh, a leader of the Fatah gunmen in the camp, now in hiding, told TIME that it was only when his forces saw the Israelis advancing on foot that they decided to stay and fight...
...farmland 10 years ago," says Junfong Suphan, 48, a farmer who now sells counterfeit Nike clothing shipped down from China. Her stall in the town of Chiang Rai is one of dozens clustered near a towering sign that welcomes visitors to the Golden Triangle. Across the main road, the strip of guesthouses, bars, restaurants, souvenir shops and accompanying lurid signage expands daily. "I used to grow tomatoes and tobacco, but I can make a lot more money selling shirts," she says. Does she miss the old days? "Well, it used to be quieter. It's not beautiful here like before...