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ISRAEL Palestinians and Israelis in Fierce Battles Israel's armed forces briefly reoccupied part of the Gaza Strip - from which fighters of the Muslim militant organization Hamas had been targeting Israeli positions - before pulling back less than a day later after rare U.S. criticism. Secretary of State Colin Powell termed the offensive an "excessive and disproportionate" retaliation to Palestinian attacks, but also criticized the Palestinians for precipitating violence. In tougher language, the E.U. denounced the bungled land grab - in which orchards were bulldozed, dozens of homes were destroyed and one man was killed - as an "illegal" act that "must...
...INDIA Border Battles Bangladesh and India met to calm hostilities on their disputed border after clashes killed at least 18 soldiers. India's Ministry of External Affairs said the two countries had agreed to return to positions they held before Bangladeshi border guards occupied a strip of land inside India, including a village they claim to be theirs. Some 20,000 civilians fled the fighting, which was halted by the hoisting of white flags...
...Perhaps the biggest problem for independent journalists is the Kremlin's ownership of the airwaves. A source told Time that the regime has ordered Gazprom to cut TV-6 off the satellite that sends the channel's feed to a dozen provinces outside Moscow; the move would strip TV-6 of millions of viewers. Both TNT and TV-6 also rely on local television companies to carry their programming. The Kremlin allegedly has ordered local firms not to cooperate with either channel. Says Oleg Panfilov, a director of the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations: "Once all the media...
Chris Sullivan, the current editor, had faxed me a 10-point response to national press accounts calling Southern Partisan racist, segregationist and secessionist. So I expected to find a considerable operation, one equal to the wrath against it. But at an unremarkable strip mall, I entered an office that contained the entire paid staff: Sullivan and one assistant. The quarterly magazine has 8,000 subscribers and generally runs between 50 and 60 pages. Sullivan uses free-lance writers--columnists and essayists, mostly--who are paid between $200 and $500 per article. "We're not in the news because...
...want to understand the complexity of the battles being fought in the Gaza Strip, take a look at Adnan al-Ghoul's resume. An activist in the first intifadeh, al-Ghoul was deported by Israel to Lebanon in 1992. There he hooked up with Hizballah. Al-Ghoul sneaked back into Gaza City in 1996 with forged documents, but he still maintains close ties with Hizballah--especially since he runs a major bomb factory in Gaza City, according to Palestinian intelligence officials. Al-Ghoul sells hand grenades for $50 and belts packed with TNT for use in suicide bombs...