Cricket: Australia crush sorry England (CNN)

Ryan Harris (in the Centre) is swamped by his teammates after the removal of Matt Prior the England at the third test of ash in Perth.Australia on terms level series of ashes after a complete victory in Perth
Side House overthrown in England for 123 just in the second inning to win in 267 tracks
Fast bowler Ryan Harris registered test-best digits 6 to 47

(CNN) – the Australia beat England by 267 runs in the third match of ashes test in Perth, WACA at five game series 1-1.

The side home needed only 50 minutes on the fourth morning to wrap up their first test win six matches as lower ceded England obediently, eventually be reversed for 123.

Ryan Harris is finishing with test-best digits 6 to 47 and game nine 126 bowling figures collection.

First round nemesis England Mitchell Johnson bags second three sleeves make also nine wickets for 82 tracks) game machines.

Queenslander has abandoned for the second test in Adelaide Australia lost by a shaft and 71 tracks also pointed out the man his performance on the price of the game.

This is a case pitch to England lose as they resumed the 81 for five chasing a 391 unlikely victory which saw keep them the ashes.

But their attempts to derail the bowling Australian attack lasted only four overs like watchman James Anderson had its offshore strain abducted by Harris.

Four overs Harris later removed England recognized remaining two drummers.

First Ian Bell was trapped IPN for 16 and then three balls later Matt Prior went to 10 after Mike Hussey has taken an active uptake into the ravine.

Following on Graeme Swann was overthrown by Johnson, until wrapped Harris captures victory as Steven Finn edged one Steve Smith on the third sheet.

The two teams to resume battle in Melbourne at fourth test begins the day after Christmas.

Ricky Ponting not took to the field Sunday after the fracture of a finger or before the third day, but the Australian Captain says was a "good luck" to be able to Melbourne.

Apple iPad lead Android Tablet market in 2012 (eWeek)

Apple iPad Commission 44% of the total market of the Tablet by 2012, with shelves based on the system of Google's Android operating nipping at its heels with 39%, according to researchers at Piper Jaffray.

Apple has the position dominated by 2010, 90 percent of 14.5 million tablets of sale delivered this year after the launch of its major product in April. Apple sold iPads 4.2 million in the fourth quarter, which closed on 19 October.

2010 Of the Android market share will be 11 per cent felt Munster. Global sales of the Galaxy Samsung topped one tab million in December, even though the screen based on Android 2.2, 7-inch Tablet just launched telecommunications from wireless to United States in mid-November.

It was a surprise to Munster, calls to the tab "a small offering, but astonishing success."

"We believe that the Galaxy tab was an unexpected success, considering running a version of Android not optimized for tablets", Munster wrote in his research note on 10 December. "We believe that success is partly due to the fact that it is the only available non-iPad tablet, but also that Android will be a significant competitor."

Analyst expects Android tablets with the arrival of takeoff in 2011, when machines running the Android generation called honeycomb 3.0 operating system.

Android creator Andy Rubin said that honeycomb is optimized for tablets when he demonstrated a prototype Motorola Tablet meddlesome Android 3.0 D diving: mobile show on December 6.

Munster said that showing, combined with the promise of Motorola 7 inch and 10 inch Android tablet in 2011 and proof of a tab 10-inch Samsung next year, bode for Android machines next year.

Munster expects the playground of the Tablet market level some in 2011 and beyond. Apple ends 2011 with 53 per cent of the market, with Google grabbed 32.5%.

This is similar to arc smartphones Android, which had almost caught up Apple iPhone in US market share trend.

Finally, he sees 70.8 million shipments in 2012, with iPad and taking the above actions from 44 to 39% Android tablets.

Microsoft Windows 7, RIM and HP tablets webOS manual probably include the share of the remaining 17 percent of the market compressed in the world at the time.

However, these devices should really start until we can accommodate any meaningful conversation thereon. The manual has been delayed.

WikiLeaks revelations blur policy India (Los Angeles Times)

Escape U.S. diplomatic cables sparked a political battle in India, putting the party in power on the defensive with their revelations about violations of the rights of man and religious extremism.

More damaging to the Party Congress was a first political family descendant reports the India Rahul Gandhi, cable and pegged by many as the next Prime Minister of the nation, said US Ambassador India Hindu extremist groups could be a bigger threat in the Pakistan-based Islamic militants country last year.

Given felt deep mistrust here among others for Pakistan and national attacks in recent years by Muslim and Hindu extremists as, opponents of the party seized the comments published by WikiLeaks Web site.

"I've been asked for long now [how] everyone thinks is a terrorist, State and yet they still the country back" Narendra Modi, a controversial with the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leader said Saturday, calling Gandhi comments "irresponsible."

"Yesterday, after cables were, he [is] clearly giving inspiration to the United States talk about pro-Pakistan," said Modi, Minister head of the State of Gujarat, who was accused of tacit support of anti-Muslim riots there in 2002.

Communications are also likely to other notch the reputation of 125 years Party Congress, which was struck by a series of corruption and scandals, influence traffic leading up to charges that his leadership was adrift.

A second cable retrieved in the Britain's Guardian newspaper disclosure made a presentation of 2005 by the International Committee of the Red Cross for then-U.s. Ambassador David Mulford on the use of torture in the Indian portion of Kashmir. Torture is illegal in India.

The presentation was based on 177 visits by the Red Cross for the detention centres in Kashmir between 2002 and 2004 involving 1,500 prisoner interviews, cited beatings, electrocution, assault sexual on prisoners, grinding of the muscles and other abuse.

Cashmere, divided between the India and Pakistan is a flashpoint between the two countries and has been the cause of two of the three concerned neighbouring nuclear wars since partition in 1947.

In the presentation, the Red Cross has reportedly expressed its concern that Indian Government had not tried to halt current "abuse" of prisoners in Kashmir.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, top elected official of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, said last week that the Government has a policy of zero tolerance towards torture, adding that the alleged violations occurred before, he was elected.

Others said that leaks have stressed the need for a new approach in the troubled region of Kashmir.

"Leaks have defended our stand on systematic torture in prisons in Kashmir," Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman of the Group umbrella Hurriyat moderate in Jammu and Kashmir, told journalists. "It is regrettable that United States America was now an intentional on the situation in Kashmir human rights silence while he spoke about human rights in Burma, and other countries."

But the cable 2005 also indicated that the situation in Kashmir was much better that he was in the 1990s to a conflict that has killed an estimated 70,000 for two decades, including 100 deaths since June civilians.

Mark.Magnier@LAtimes.com

Rana anshul in The Times New Delhi Office has contributed to this report.

Obama generates push for Deal on arms Pact (Wall Street Journal)

?In an attempt to strengthen the support of the New START Russia, President Barack Obama nuclear weapons Treaty sent letters today to the leaders of the Senate, insisting on the fact that the Pact will not affect U.S. determination to press ahead with a missile defence system. ? ? ?

Among the main concerns of the criticisms of the Treaty could paralyse allows United States to carry out a system designed to protect the United States and their allies a missile attack. Such a system has been a favoured cause since the era Reagan conservatives. ?

?Among other things, the critics as the preamble of the Treaty to the United States concern the Russia quote 'interrelationships between strategic offensive and defensive weapons policy ".

Leader of the Democratic majority EPA of Harry Reid, left, with a group of images Senator Mitch McConnell.

Advocates argue that language is nothing more than a non-binding in fact statement.

As the debate on the document continues with the Senate over the weekend, some Republicans seek to change this language. Senator John Kerry (d., Massachusetts), Chairman of the Senate Foreign relations Committee and important funder of the Treaty in the Senate, has warned any change in his language would kill in force of the Treaty. ? ? ?

?In wrote in his letter, Mr. Obama "new START Treaty does no restriction on the development or deployment of our programs of Defence missile."? ? ? ?He adds, "as long as I am President, and as long as the Congress provides the necessary funds, the United States will continue to develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect United States, our deployed forces and our allies and partners. ?."

Senator George Voinovich (r., Ohio) immediately clapped the letter from Mr Obama and announced his support for the Treaty. Mr. Voinovich had not committed prior to vote for her, but his support had been found liable.

Some opponents of the Treaty note the Russia Federation issued a statement saying that it could withdraw from the Treaty if the accumulation of a system of Defence missile American threat the Russia strategic nuclear potential.

The administration says the other party may withdraw from the Treaty in any event, so the statement does not change. U.s. officials also say the system of Defence missile will not threaten the strategic balance u.s. - Russia. ? ? ? "The United States did not and does not share the Russian statement," Mr. Obama writes.

It is unknown whether the letter from Mr Obama to change the dynamics of the process of ratification. The debate in the Senate should extend over several days. Supporters the Treaty believed that they are close to him had 67 votes needed for ratification but are far from declaring victory. ?

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RIM social aggregator Eyes data Gist in an attempt to Secure Enterprise Dominance (NY Times)

GIST supports piglets and email contacts for other types of information about their web of what either news feeds on LinkedIn pages to build a better profile contact. The company says that he built profiles for approximately 100 million people now.

Very now service integrates with Microsoft outlook and Gmail by adding a separate rail which includes additional information about a contact. The service has plug-ins for web browsers and salesforce.com as the chrome and Firefox. There are also some iPhone and Android applications.

The most important potential here is for enterprise users. IMTS allows users quick access to additional information on clients and potential business partners. It can also speed up the process a bit by dropping the right information in a browser or the E-mail inbox.

It is quite logical that Research in motion would pick up service for BlackBerry email services. Research in motion has always a strong grip on the smartphone market company, but other smartphones as those running Google's Android operating system and the iPhone are starting to creep up on BlackBerry producer. Adding additional business email features and courier services BlackBerry help business users is the only way to get rid of the last wave of challengers.

There is definitely interest in service, the company recently referred to 6.75 million Foundry group and Vulcan capital. IMTS raised an amount undisclosed funds capital of Vulcan, before the tour. Seattle, Washington company was founded in 2008.

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Report: France for sending anti-tank missiles Lebanon 100 (Haaretz)

Lebanon will receive 100 anti-tank missiles France, news agency AFP reported Friday, citing a French civil servant.

First French François Fillon, right, welcomes Lebanese counterpart, Saad Hariri, prior to their meeting at the hôtel de Matignon in Paris, Thursday 2 December 2010.

The French official told the Prime Minister Saad Hariri was informed in a letter from the premier French François Fillon on the decision to supply army Lebanon with 100, anti-tank missiles to be used by Lebanon Gazelle helicopters news agency.

According to the official missiles must be delivered to the Lebanon at the end of February and France provide missiles Lebanon without any preconditions.

The House of representatives of United States expressed in August its disapproval of the agreement, stating that missiles could be used against Israel, due to the increasing influence of Hezbollah Shia militant group the Lebanon.

In the month of August, an IDF reserve battalion commander was killed in fatal clashes between Israel and Lebanese Army along the border. Following the incident, Israel, launched a diplomatic campaign calling on the United States and the France to stop their military assistance to the Lebanon. The United States responded by withholding Lebanon 100 millions of dollars in military aid.

However, last month renewed United States Lebanon after the Lebanese Army military assistance is committed to keep track of developments at the border and prevent funds reach Hezbollah.

The United States gave to the Lebanon approximately $ 400 million year to buy weapons, despite the objections of Israel last. France also sent many advanced Lebanon including anti-tank missile weapons.

Student Exchange teen arrested in school fight died 19 years (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Police have arrested a 17 year-old student exchange in relation to a combat school in Sylmar makes one aged 19 dead.

The student exchange Korea South, who was not identified because of his age, was arrested on suspicion of assault Jin Su Lee is died of head injuries. The two exchanged shots at first Lutheran high school in Sylmar.

A source of law enforcement, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation continues, said show first indications Lee started the fight and student exchange responded with a few strokes.

The 17 year-old boy has been taken in the juvenile room, but the charges were probably not be filed, he said.

Los Angeles County prosecutors said they will not make a formal decision on whether to file so that they get a coroner completed on the cause of the death of Lee report charges.

A mess more for Obama: clean-up after the dog (Los Angeles Times)

If you think the United States President is fantasy travel around the world and hobnobbing with the similar with the great and the famous, well, watch and see the poop. Really.

Speaking to a group of second-graders on the outskirts of Virginia, President Obama took time to explain that there are ups and downs, and that all are political. Some involve the first dog Bo.

"The truth is, I ran in the White House, but most of the time I am working." "So it's not like I am running all around fun," the President said children at elementary school of Long Branch in Arlington, Virginia it called the White House "a magnificent building, and there is a large construction site in the back, called the South Lawn."

"So many times, Bo I walk the night, and it's fun,"Obama said.""Sometimes I run with Bo, even if I - sometimes he must pick up his poop. »

"Eeww," the children reacted.

"Because I want to just in the lawn, leave" Obama continued. "" "" So if you have a dog, you have to walk your dog too and clean up after him. »

Obama went to school to read parts of book child of its new "Of Thee I Sing."

The book is in the form of a letter to her daughters and describes the life of great people 13. Published by Random House children's books illustrated volume was released in the fall. Product go to fund scholarships for children of fallen and disabled soldiers.

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The Lede: Anti-Berlusconi Tweets filling top screens (NYT)

Italian have been scraping the graffiti on the walls since at least the days of ancient Pompeii, but this week, they did their part to move the concept into the 21st century with an EU Summit in Brussels.

As indicated EUobserver.com, the organizers of the Summit, who apparently not suspended to ask the question, "what could possibly evil go?" informs users Twitter Thursday that their comments on the meeting could be streamed live and moderate on a TweetWall building where leaders European were gathering.

Experience think participatory was quickly abandoned after criticism of one of the leaders, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, took the opportunity to decorate screens Summit comments as: "Berlusconi pays for sex, for voices, for the protection of the mafia, for all that he can buy." That may not purchase, will be stolen. »

An Italian who participated in the heckling, Martino Pietropoli virtual said to be "fair retweeting Berlusconi," adding a string of embarrassing rich archives Mr Berlusconi gaffes, including one of his most famous quotes: "Mussolini never killed anyone." Mussolini used to send people on holiday in internal exile. »

Mr. Pietropoli also played a role in urging the other Italians to obtain cover the wall with anti-Berlusconi slogans - by adding the # euco hashtag to critical comments - why, he suggested that they might be rewarded in "paradiso" by 72 virgins.

A spokesman for the organisers, Dana Manescu said EUobserver, "TweetWall for two hours we had in the main lobby, but it is not moderated and many tweets were, well, very, very honest." Ms. Manescu, said plug was drawn on the experience of fear, "If anyone of the Italian delegation has seen, it would hurt their sensitivity."

Robin Wauters from TechCrunch observed, "what the worth, Tweetwall Pro said that they have the necessary tools for living and automatic place, moderation but says press team feel that they need to moderate the chat."

Mixed response to the FDA on Bevacizumab (MedPageToday)

WASHINGTON — Decision the FDA, the requesting the withdrawal of the indication of bevacizumab (Avastin) breast cancer was no great surprise to many experts of breast cancer.

However, oncologists expressed mixed views about the decision. Some agreed with the FDA that four clinical trials of the drug has not demonstrated a substantive effect on metastatic breast cancer. Others worry about the potential loss of approved therapy that has helped some patients.

Others simply expressed disappointment and frustration with research into more effective treatments for metastatic breast cancer.

"We all have seen patients who have clearly benefited the addition of AVASTIN to chemotherapy in this context," Gary Lyman, MD, Duke University in Durham, N.C., said MedPage Today in an email. "The major problem is that we do not have a biomarker or an indicator which will benefit and who will only further experience, sometimes serious, toxicity, as we have for agents hormones, trastuzumab (Herceptin) and others.

"Bevacizumab is clearly active in other cancers, and will continue to be available but will be limited role in breast cancer until we have a marker to indicate who will be without doubt benefit," he said.

Lyman sitting on the FDA oncology drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) who voted against the approval full of bevacizumab for use in combination with chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer.

The voting seems to fly to positive results in clinical trial E2100, conducted by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. That trial has caused a wave of enthusiasm in the breast cancer community by showing an increase of double (SFP) progression-free survival in patients treated with paclitaxel more bevacizumab versus paclitaxel alone.

"The vote does not grant full approval of bevacizumab for first-line metastatic breast cancer is one of the most heartbreaking those that I can remember," Lyman said. "We were all enthusiastic E2100 previous results in combination with paclitaxel and recommended for accelerated approval pending additional test data.

Unfortunately, none of the trials showed an impact on survival of patients and the impact on the progression of the disease was much more modest - or non-existent - compared to the original test. In addition, it y little or no data suggesting an impact on the quality of life of the patient or other outcomes in patients concerned. »

Francisco Esteva, MD, the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. also deplored the failure of the other three clinical trials to confirm or build on the results of E2100, as well as the absence of biomarkers to identify patients most likely to benefit from bevacizumab.

"There was a small improvement in progression-free survival and no improvement in overall survival, I'm surprised the FDA step took this action, but of course, I'm disappointed," Esteva said in an interview with MedPage today. "We must therapies more, not less."

Breast surgeon Susan Love, MD, Santa Monica, California, said noted shortcomings in the current approach to drug development FDA decision points.

"I think that the FDA is right." We have spent far too much energy on drugs which only add a month or two to the lives of women and consider even felt during this time the woman "love said today MedPage e-mail." "More is not always better." We must be finding medicines which are shots of circuit, not very slightly better, and we must find the cause of the disease and stop it.

Dallas oncologist David Euhus, MD, echoed the sentiments of love in an email.

As with any targeted therapy, Avastin is efficient in the subgroup of patients with breast cancer are dependent on track, the blocks of the agent,"said Euhus, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. "A"one-size-fits-all"approach is not viable in the modern era of personalized medicine."

"I am very concerned that pharmaceutical companies have an economic interest in the advancement of agents for which they can get very broad indications of only." This will create a bottleneck in the testing and licensing of targeted therapies, "Euhus said MedPage today."

Some observers have different concerns the decision by the FDA. Edith Perez, M.D., Jacksonville, Florida, Mayo Clinic said the FDA changed the rules of assessment bevacizumab.

"I am very troubled by this situation, Perez said in an interview with MedPage Today at the San Antonio Breast cancer Symposium before the announcement of the FDA." Clinical trials have been designed for progression-free survival, and they have shown an advantage. The FDA now seems to be rethinking the situation, saying that the drug did not improve overall survival.

Issues are more complex, 60% of patients originally assigned to the chemotherapy alone went to bevacizumab for tracking, it is difficult to look at the overall survival. "I think it is unfair that bevacizumab should be removed on overall survival, because we clear the drug improves progression-free survival and improves survival statistically a year," said Perez.

Esteva also disputed review FDA bevacizumab breast cancer indication, saying that it seems that more weight is given adverse drug for its effectiveness.

Susan g. Komen for the cure, the largest organization devoted exclusively to cancer of the breast, planet is concerned about the potential effect of decision from the FDA on women who received treatment with bevacizumab.

"We want to ensure that women who are using AVASTIN, for which he works, can continue to access their insurers will continue to pay and that Roche/Genentech drug manufacturer continues to make the drug available to women by supporting patient programs and considers an expanded access program,"President Komen Elizabeth Thompson said in a statement.""

Thompson also implored breast cancer researchers to pursue the quest for biomarkers that to identify patients most likely to benefit from treatment with bevacizumab subgroups.

Genentech announced intentions to appeal the decision to request a review and public hearing. Society representatives scheduled a teleconference with media at 3 p.m. et today to discuss the decision by the FDA.

Questions of wealth: tax Cut Package can be a boom of heirs (NY Times)

By one estimate, Alan Rothschild, President of real estate, trust and estate law section of the American Bar Association, less than half of 1 percent of people who die in 2011 is affected by the estate tax. In contrast, 10.5% paid tax estate in 1977.

Even for the few who will be subject to tax, the proposed increase in the tax exemption of Don their will to give to their heirs of the tens of millions of dollars before the same real estate tax comes into play. "I think people will be seizing the opportunity for the next year," said Carol Kroch, head of wealth and financial planning at Wilmington Trust.

Reserve only for the rich is that tax compromise by Republican leaders and President Obama is set to expire within two years and return to much lower levels of exemption and a higher tax rate.

"It seems that me we are just defining us until 2009 and 2010 repetition around once more," said Mr. Rothschild. "It's the most frustrating part for me."

Yet, there is something roller-coaster year for tax on goods, which expired at the end of 2009 and, despite predictions, was reinstated ever in 2010. If the billionaires like Dan Duncan and George Steinbrenner died and their wealth is not subject to inheritance tax. And line they venerate the not-so-rich yet tax would hit more modest estates next year.

But this does not mean that rich people should ignore a multitude of problems in the short term. Here are some of the most important.

OPTIONS for 2010 According to the wording of tax inheritance in the Bill, the heirs of those who have died this year will have two options for a tax bill. If they chose to treat the succession by the tax laws in force in 2010, right, they shall calculate the capital gains on all assets of the estate to determine whether the value is above a level of the Internal Revenue Service. This "including artificial base" is any heir $ 1.3 million and 3 million to the surviving spouse.

Another option consists in applying the Act to 2011, exempt the first $ 5 million of the estate and imposing a rate of 35% on what it higher. It is much more generous than the law 2009 - an exemption of $ 3.5 million and a 45 percent - tax rates that many people have thought should be restored.

Ed Koren, a lawyer in Holland & Knight, who represented Mr. Steinbrenner until his death in July, said that for estates over $ 10 million, it is logical to calculate the capital gains tax rate is only 15 percent.

Estates that benefit most from the application of the Act of 2011 retroactively are those which had not been subjected to real estate tax under the regime of 2009 but may have been forced to pay capital gains taxes this year.

Enforcement of 2011 to successions in 2010 is also a gift to an individual estate worth more than 3.5 million, but less than 5 million. $ 1.5 Million would have been imposed last year.

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Dr. Koren has refused to comment on the details of Mr. Steinbrenner's estate, but he said the family was never in danger of losing control of the New York Yankees to pay a fee. He said: "I can say with certainty that the Yankees have been on the block this year if there is a tax on the goods".

The reason is years of diligent planning. "It must be an aggressive approach and continues," he said. "I've represented George for 22 years."

Yet without the spectre of an estate tax lawyers and accountants fear that people will be any plan. They will leave what is known in the industry as "I Love You" wills, while giving the surviving spouse.

Taking this path, however, control of rich evolving how their assets will be distributed. "Estate attorneys were hidden behind the estate tax discuss assets leaving trust to spouses," said Mr. Rothschild. "It y other less pleasant to leave assets in trust as remarriage and competence reasons."

BONANZA gift. Much is made of low how the estate tax rate is above $ 5 million exemption. Dan Kesten, Davis and Gilbert in New York City lawyer noted that a succession of $ 100 million will contribute $ 20 million less in taxes in 2011 it would have if Congress had not acted and estate tax returned to the level of 2001 - a rate of 55 percent for estates over $ 1 million.

But the problem is that the law is set to return to this level of 2001 in 2013, if nothing is done to make the permanent current figures.

The real advantage to the very rich is an increase of $ 1 million $ 5 million gift exemption. A couple who had given money to limit the exemption of old, this means that they can spend an additional $ 8 million to their heirs tax-free.

DealBook: Counsel brought Deal to recover $ 7.2 billion for the victims of Madoff (NY Times)

Jeffry Picower

14: 08 | Update federal prosecutors and the trustee responsible for recovering assets of the bankruptcy of Bernard l. Madoff institutions announced Friday that would add $ 7.2 billion available Silver to compensate victims of global finance Mr. Madoff Ponzi scheme.

Details of the agreements with the succession of Jeffry M. Picower philanthropist of Palm Beach, who died in October 2009, were released in the documents of the Court and a press conference in Lower Manhattan.

The colonies "will return every penny received nearly 35 years of investing with Bernard Madoff," wife of Mr. Picower, Barbara, said in a statement released by his lawyer, William d. Zabel of Schulte Roth & Zabel.

Irving Picard and 2.2 billion dollars in federal funds victims to resolve legal action filed last year, according to the Prosecutor Mr. Picard and for the southern district, Preet Bharara United States Picower succession will pay $ 5 billion to the trustee.

7.2 Billions of dollars recovered distribute Madoff clients with valid requests, Mr. Picard said in a release.  He said to the press conference that he expected to make a distribution to victims at the end of the first quarter of next year.

Mr. Bharara congratulated Ms. Picower for having agreed to the settlement. "Turning every penny of 7.2 billion at the end it."
"husband received" he said, "Barbara Picower has done the right thing".

The amount considerably broadens 2.3 billion dollars that Mr. Picard had already collected through sales settlements and other assets in the Madoff bankruptcy.  The figure represents the difference between money Mr. Picower his account Madoff and the amount he withdrew the duration of the fraud, according to litigation filed the year last by Mr. Picard.

Mr. Bharara told the colony is the largest single confiscation in American legal history.

Call the "deplorable", said Ms. Picower Madoff scheme in her statement that she was convinced that her husband had not been involved, but gains return is the right thing to do.

"I believe that regulation honors this Jeffry would have liked, which is back this money so that it can go directly to the victims of Madoff", she said, adding she planned to resume the "philanthropic work which was so important to Jeffry and me".

Ron Stein, President of the network action and investor protection, a group created to help the victims said that he hoped that the success of recovery efforts help spare innocent Madoff investors who have also been sued by Mr. Picard.

"It is clear that the trustee will exceed expectations in its colonies with the accomplice," said Mr. Stein, "and there is no reason why he should continue greenhouse investors back who played no role in fraud.

Complex negotiations conclude the case the trustee against Mr. Picower, involved Mr. Picard, lawyers working for Mr. Bharara federal prosecutors and lawyers in the firm Schulte Roth & Zabel. Settlement talks were already underway when Mr. Picower, who had suffered from Parkinson's disease and had a history of heart ailments, was found dead in his Palm Beach oceanfront mansion pool on 25 October 2009.

The enormous amount involved is certainly plausible: a confidential letter from Goldman Sachs, requested as part of settlement talks extended, confirmed that Mr. Picower was "a valuable client of our investment management Division since close to three decades", and that during this time, it had generated legitimate investment returns of more than 2 billion dollars,"primarily by"self-directed investments in public equities."

A person with knowledge of Goldman Sachs said that 4.5 billion in "unrealized gains" research by Mr. Picower account to the Cabinet at the time of his death.

For a great investor, Mr. Picower had long flown under the radar of Wall Street. Before it appeared as one of the biggest customers of fraudulent investment advisory business by Mr. Madoff, it was known in the financial community primarily for its investments in medical technology. In 2004, a few years after that he took control of Alaris Medical Systems with a stake of approximately $ 86 million, he sold the company Cardinal Health for more than 1 billion.

The complaint against Mr. Picower last year by Mr. Picard claimed that the profit on investments with Mr. Madoff were also stellar - but it is completely false. The complaint alleges that an investor sophisticated as Mr. Picower should recognized Mr. Madoff ran a fraud, requested the return of $ 7.2 billion the amount by which Mr. recalls his Madoff Picower accounts exceeded funding was paid in during the duration of fraud.

Mr. Picard, the trustee has reported losses of money in total Madoff scheme about $ 20 billion. If that figure holds, adding Picower billion mean that investors eligible - those who have less Madoff accounts they place - could retrieve half of their losses.

Jeffry M. Picower widow Barbara Picower statement

Complaint against Picower Estate Over Madoff claims

Agreement pay Picower Estate of $ 7.2 billion

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UN Chief Urges Korea at restraint (Jerusalem Post)

12/17/2010 20: 50 - United NATIONS Secretary General Ban Ki - moon, on Friday urged Korea North to exercise restraint and drew both North and South Korea to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Comments of the leader of A warning monitoring Pyongyang that if Seoul continues with planned artillery known on an island in first line in the next few days he reacts with a larger attack that he did on 23 November, when its bombing killed four Korean.

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Ban, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs Korea South, called attack on 23 November on the tiny island of Yeonpyeong, "one of the most serious provocation since the end of the war of Korea."

The Secretary General also called recent disclosure of Northern new installation "very alarming" uranium enrichment Korea

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Northern Korea threatens attacks more (Wall Street Journal)

Seoul, North Korea warned Friday he would more violently attack that he did so last month Seoul occurs with the island in Pyongyang South Korea artillery fire test plans.

The statement raises issues which was already considered a risky test of courage of the two Koreas to challenge the inter-Korean maritime border.

AFP/Getty Images Korean marine patrol on the island of Yeonpyeong near the maritime border between the two Koreas 17 December 2010.

"There will be more deadly that what was done on November 23 the powerfulness and the sphere of the strike", the Korean people's army said in a statement relayed by the media State North.

Four of South Koreans are dead, including two civilians in North Korea fired artillery on Yeonpyeong, 170 at an island in the Yellow Sea, a few kilometres from Korea North coast which was controlled by the South Korea for decades.

The bombing destroys about 30 houses and damaged almost every building in the small village of the island. Most of the 1,400 inhabitants of the island left and no have not returned.

Most recent statement of North Korea also reiterated request North Korea waters which have long been controlled by Korea South near Yeonpyeong and four other islands. ""The Northern Korea says Korea South and the United States"had better reflect" on his warnings.

South of the island of Yeonpyeong Korea residents fear that a military drill could provoke a new Northern Korea aggression. Video courtesy of Reuters.

Korea South military and Government was not immediately respond the warning.

Korea South military announced Thursday he would again stage its monthly test artillery from his position as a seaman on the Yeonpyeong between Saturday and Tuesday, according to weather and other conditions.

South Korea wants to assert his hold Islands and water, he controlled since the end of the war of Korea in the 1950s, but officials and the public are suspicious actions would be climbing the issue in a dispute more wide.

United States closest military ally of Korea South since the war Korea, officials also worry about retaliation spiral out of control.

"That you want to reach that is for the escalation to be - we lose control of escalation,"General James Cartwright, vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of staff, said the Pentagon Thursday.""

Korea North after attack on 23 November claimed he fired on the island because he defended its territorial waters of South Korea shells fired in a test date here. Claim confused Korea South and its allies for some time because the monthly trial aims consistently far North Korea and its territorial waters, who South Korea was understood long several kilometres to the North of the island.

But as explanations of the Korea attack North has evolved in the following weeks, it later became clear that Northern stated that all the waters around Yeonpyeong belong to it.

Pyongyang spent years on the inter-Korean maritime border drawn at the end of the 1950s, Korea, war which instead of Yeonpyeong in the waters of the South Korea. The maritime border forces ships Korea Northern military and commercial to make a long journey westward prior to reaching the sea.

Pyongyang has tested the border multiple times since the late 1990s, with advances in naval. But the attack last month on the Korea of South-controlled Yeonpyeong Island, which lies a few miles off the coast of Northern Korea scored a violent elevation of its claims.

South Korea Member invited United Nations led by United States, who is responsible for ensuring compliance with the agreement that ended the war Korea and the media to watch the new test 1953 Armistice command.

Separately, U.S. diplomats concluded a trip to Beijing, where they met with a senior Chinese official, State Councillor Dai Bingguo, who visited the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang last week.

Chinese media, Mr. Dai said that he believed the so-called six-party talks, a diplomatic process that began in 2003 to persuade Korea North to put an end to its pursuit of nuclear weapons should be expanded to handle other issues, including the dispute existing between the two Koreas.

The United States and South updated Korea pushed Beijing calls for a discussion of six parties on the attack on the island of Yeonpyeong. In addition to China, North Korea Korea and the United States, the six-party process also includes the Japan and the Russia. American officials have long sought to keep the six-party process on ending the pursuit of weapons of Pyongyang.

In the meantime, Governor Bill Richardson of New - Mexico spent his first full day in Pyongyang Friday. M. Richardson, a former Secretary of the U.S. energy arrived in North Korea Thursday, is a small number of former US officials receiving invitations to his authoritarian regime when it wants to send messages to the Government of the United States by official channels.

The White House said Thursday, it was not coordinated travel by Mr. Richardson in Pyongyang or former member of Congress was transporting any special message from Washington.

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Why Sarah Palin harm on a double-standard tears (Atlantic)

Marika Franke-Ruta - Garance Franke-road is an editor at the Atlantic, and oversees TheAtlantic.com policy coverage. December 2010 17, 1: 22 PM ET

Sarah Palin said Friday there is a "double-standard" for female politicians who obtain verklempt on the public stage.

"I'm sure I could be a bit hit" predicts Palin on ABC "Good Morning America" on what might happen if she shocked by giving a speech on the occasion and children. Tears if often accompany House remarks pending speaker John Boehner on these topics, on the other hand, get a "pass", says.

"I know if a woman would be given a pass necessarily", Palin told Robin Roberts during a walkout at his winter home in Wasilla Alaska.

Women in politics "to be that much more difficult", said Palin.

But this right?

Of the most prominent stories about the impact of public tears on the political fate are also ancient Gran Torino Clint Eastwood polished in the eponymous film.

Today, we're flooded in Misty moments and only they seem poorly politicians is based on the recent instance sex more important to a female politician is strangled really helped his most be difficult or angry at this time would have.

Hillary Clinton could have back in New Hampshire without its vulnerable moment in a Portsmouth coffee in January 2008? Bill and Hillary Clinton have credited his emotions to a question about how she adapts paving the way to victory in the State.

And gets the nucleus of how lacrimose today's politicians are different from those in the past and a significant difference in how male and female emotional responses are interpreted.

Boehner cries when he was hurt or angry, as Ed famous Muskie made in 1972 while defending the character of the wife. He is crying because he felt too. "There are things that are very difficult to talk," Boehner said in an interview with "60 minutes" aired Sunday and renewed conversation on his weepy tracks. "Family." Children. I can't go to school. I used to go to many schools. And you see all these children autour. "Cannot talk about it".

This same excess of feeling is what motivated the tears of Clinton.

Indeed, the real enemy of women in politics is not casual expression of vulnerability, but current expressions of anger.

As on the Science Daily summarizes the latest research on this topic in 2008:

If you're running for President or seeking employment office, you cannot afford to angry if you are a woman, psychologist at the University of Yale Victoria Brescoll found.

Brescoll and Eric Uhlmann at Northwestern recently completed three separate studies exploring a phenomenon that can be all too familiar to women as Senator from New York Hillary Clinton: accept and even reward that angry men but women who lose their temper as less competent advice....

Clinton Presidential campaign has highlighted the issue of whether anger is wrong for a female candidate. The answer, according to studies, appears to be Yes unequivocally - unless the anger deals with the treatment of a member of the family.

"Angry woman loses status, regardless of its what position," said Brescoll. ".

No wonder that Palin - which is known for its public grievances and disputes these days perhaps more than anything else - is regarded as not qualified to be President. More it supports with and suddenly the press and his enemies more number of autumn survey.

According to Washington Post-ABC new survey today, only 8% of Americans say they would definitely vote for it should challenge the Obama President in 2012 - while 60 percent say that they would certainly not.

Perhaps it is time to give a chance to tears.

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France to provide Lebanon with 100 anti-tank missiles (Jerusalem Post)

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12/17/2010 19: 42 France provide 100 anti-tank missiles to the Lebanon, a government official said Friday, confirming a part which has raised concerns earlier this year, AFP reported.

"Prime Minister [Lebanese] Saad Hariri was informed on Wednesday the French decision to provide the army with 100..." HOT missiles that will be used by the army, "the official told AFP." Gazelle helicopters

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The official confirmed that "missiles will be delivered before the end of February and were given unconditionally committed".

For this purpose a letter was sent to Hariri, confirmed the Office of the French Prime Minister François Fillon.

Israel and the United States attempted to prevent the arm agreement saying that it could lead to Israeli victims in any future confrontation.

The u.s. Department of State has worked since early August to allay the concerns of the members of Congress who have developed a grip on the financing of the Lebanese army in deadly border incident that IDF Colonel (res). Dov Harari dead.

Spokesman for the Department of State P.J. Crowley defended U.S. military assistance from the Lebanese army as something that is "in [the United States of]" the national interest and contributes to stability in the region. ""

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Chernobyl of Woos tourists with promise of risk "Negligible" (LiveScience.com) (Yahoo!)

The site of the nuclear accident at worst in history will be a new tourist attraction, the Ukrainian Government announced Monday (December 13). The area around Chernobyl is scheduled to open next year visitors.

Where tourists are allowed to go, they can remain for how much time and what they eat will be carefully controlled, officials say, the risk of radiation are "insignificant".

"They are properly harnessed anytime," said Vadim Chumak the Ukraine radiation medicine research centre.

Scientific research on the effects of Chernobyl at the U.S. National Cancer Institute has declined comment, refer to Chumak, but a non-affiliated biologist noted that many other adventurous holiday (think a steep climb the mountain) are not safe, either.

Benefits

A nuclear reactor exploded Ukraine, Chernobyl in 1986. Explosion hit cover of 2,000 tons reactor and vomie offshore benefits radioactive 400 times more that the bomb at Hiroshima, contaminating the most 77 miles square (200 000 square kilometres) of Europe. Approximately 600,000 people were exposed to high doses of radiation. [Among the ten biggest explosions already]

Chernobyl - highly contaminated area exclusion zone covering 19 miles (30 km) around the reactor doomed to failure - will be open to visitors next year.

"Tourist visits could be strictly controlled to ensure that the risks of radiation would be negligible," Chumak, who leads the laboratory Ukraine dosimetry external exposure Research Centre said LiveScience.

After the disaster, it was uncertain how contaminated were the environment, and pressed, the authorities have declared an arbitrary distance reactor prohibited. Later, researchers have found that some areas within the exclusion zone contained only low levels of radiation. In addition, radioactive material is disintegrates in time, and some disappear shortly after the explosion.

Still, other areas of the zone of exclusion, such as radioactive waste disposal sites, the sarcophagus covering the remains of the damaged reactor and Red forest where a large part of the radioactive material in the reactor spewed out, are still hazards. Radioactive cesium, strontium and plutonium are also still around. Plutonium is in particular expected to linger. It takes thousands of years to decay.

"However, tourist visits would be strictly will so that they would not have access to the sites with relatively high radiation levels" Chumak said. "Visitors would have been safe from the point of view radiation, as they are not free to go wherever they want."

Do not eat the fruit

Anders Moller at Université de Paris-Sud in France, evolutionary biologist and ecologist said he spent one to three weeks in the exclusion zone each year for the past two decades, to assess the effects of radiation on animals, plants and people.

"Background radiation level I experience during these visits to something like that to a doctor, Cabinet x-ray amounts" said Moller. "But extreme variations in different places are"hot"how." There is more than a difference factor of 10 000 among the cleanest in the warmest areas in the exclusion zone.

The greatest danger to the life in this region, said Moller, would consume all containing radioactive material. "It could end up in your digestive tract problems and causes,", he explained.

"I do not eat the terroir". People living in the contaminated area have this luxury and live what they grow in their gardens. I've seen with my own eyes with a Geiger counter that potatoes grown locally and onions and so forth are often contaminated. »

Tourists will have any food from the region, "and-no radioactivity in the air dust or aerosol - will be present in the areas visited by tourists," Chumak said. (People working in Chernobyl should wear respirators where there is a risk of radioactive particles in the air, and they change inbound and outbound special clothing). (They are sometimes given more comprehensive protection and masks).

A limited amount of Chernobyl tourism is already be tolerated, and taking into account of further focus the new Ukrainian Government on economic development, opening of Chernobyl tourism could pay off the coast. For example, said Chumak, participating in European Cup in 2012, to be held in the Ukraine and Poland, soccer fans might be interested to make excursions aside for Chernobyl

So what is for visitors to see? Ports of call include Chernobyl city "where artificial radiation level is low in the background of natural radiation," said Chumak. (The world is normally bathed in a low level of radiation.)

There is also a special observation terrace which considers the sarcophagus. "You get the sarcophagus, most external radiation, which justifies the use of a place far enough from the sarcophagus to limit exposure to a level two to three times the natural substance,"Chumak said.""

Tourists may also go powerhouse near see and feed on the nuclear power plant cooling pond large catfish. »

You can visit the city of Pripyat "who evacuated the aftermath of the accident," Chumak added. "Radiation levels are relatively high, but because of limited time, cumulative doses remained very low." If they travel back, tourists would be given individual measure their levels of radiation dosimeters, Chumak said.

Called Moller zone of exclusion "a ghostly place." It is strange to many ways. There are all these villages were evacuated permanently, and you can see and hear much of birds and other signs of nature.

"It's a sort of reverse ecotourism," said Tim Mousseau at the University of Carolina's southern Colombia biologist. "It might be useful to raise awareness about the potential consequences of accidents related to nuclear energy, and I think that any type of awareness, it is good.

"As long as people are informed that it is not totally risk-free, I see no problem with him." When people try and climb Mount Everest, they know hundreds of people died trying to, and they still do.

However, Moller added, "I don't know that this is where I go for my honeymoon trip."

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BofA in mortgage Setttlement talks (Wall Street Journal)

Bank of America Corp., after combat requests that he buy certain loans began to potential settlement discussions with some of its largest investors of the mortgage.

The Group of 17 members currently in talks with largest bank nation such as measured by assets includes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a company owned by the Government mortgage Freddie Mac, BlackRock Inc. and Allianz are Pacific Investment Management Co. or Pimco.

Reuters CEO Brian Moynihan told BofA was engaging in "at par" combat on mortgage redemption requests.

Approach to the Bank with this group appears to signal a change in tone for Chief Executive Brian Moynihan, which, in November, is committed to participate in the "daily struggle, body to body" on requests for the investor to buy up bad mortgages made before U.S. housing collapse.

Spokesperson for the Bank James Mahoney said the decision to enter into talks with the Group of investors is not incompatible with the previous approach by Mr. Moynihan.

"Our strategy has not changed", he said. "Bank of America and investors, solve these problems quickly in the interests of all." If resolution is a long-term process, or it can be speeded up, say. »

Investors, some of which are acting on behalf of clients, sent a letter October alleging that a unit of Bank of America has not properly 115 trading link service consisting of residential mortgages. It gives the Bank 60 days to respond.

Disclosure of stock of the Bank of America tumbling 4.4% letter on 19 October, as investors grappled with door that the Bank could be overwhelmed with these demands of the investor. The Group has since expanded and now includes 17 investors and 167 treats binding.

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"Our clients are of course very pleased that we were able to open this dialogue and we hope to move it in a positive direction," said Kathy Patrick, a lawyer for the holders of bonds. Mrs. Patrick said that initial extension in the period of negotiations will be January 30, but it can of course be extended if discussions are productive. »

The talks could disintegrate, but conversations are an attempt by the Bank to put the question behind him, people familiar with the situation said.

No American Bank is more vulnerable to an array of the policies and financial threat posed by the misfortunes of loans. Bank of America has repurchased requests more than any of his rivals. It services a mortgage every U.S. five, many of them for the acquisition of Bank of America lender program national Financial Corp. in 2008.

"The objective set out Brian is to put the issues behind us as quickly as possible and in the best interests of the shareholders"Bank spokesman, said Mr. Mahoney."Virgin"

Purchase loan mortgage new claims amounted to 12.8 billion at the end of the third quarter, up to 7.5 billion for the quarter of the year - ago in total. The Bank has set aside $ 4.4 billion in reserves for these restore attempts.

M. Moynihan said analysts on 19 October that he was not interested by a lump sum payment large obliterating the question of redemption.

"We want to put this behind us to make us feel that good", he said. "We will make sure we are going to pay when due, but not just to make a regulation to move the issue behind us."

-Ruth Simon
has contributed to this article.

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Lebanon says he discovered Israeli spy devices (Reuters) (Yahoo!)

Beirut (Reuters) - the Lebanese army said Wednesday that he had discovered sophisticated monitors two Israeli in the mountains above Beirut that could have helped Israel monitor sites and target for attack.

The equipment was discovered in information passed to the Lebanese intelligence by "sources of resistance", he said in a statement, referring to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

The army said that Israel had planted devices Sanin and Barouk respectively mountain districts in the North and South of the capital.

They may establish targets and included lasers capable of up to 20 km (12 miles) coordinates, independent food and equipment for transmitting images.

A military source said the equipment dismantled Wednesday could also followed a large part of the border with neighboring Syria Lebanon.

Images published on the website of the Army (www.lebarmy.gov.lb) appear to show devices partly covered by stones on the slopes of the rocky hills.

Shortly after the army announces Israeli aircraft flew south Lebanon at low altitudes said resident cities.

But the Israeli army has issued a statement saying: "it is no unusual activity (military) in the box".

There are two weeks at the Lebanon said that Israel had exploded two communications devices, that he had planted in the South of the country monitoring remotely.

(Additional by Ori Lewis in Jerusalem;) (Editing by David Stamp)

How iPhone, gadgets "Deformation" of trade data (Wall Street Journal)

BEIJING – a popular solution for current economic woes of the U.S. is America's most successful high-tech gadgets sucks the rest of the world.

Associated press researchers estimated that iPhone added 1.9 billion for the trade deficit with China last year. Above, an Apple store in Palo Alto, California.

However, two scholars believe iPhone as Inc. Apple - a commodity technology U.S. bestseller - added really 1.9 billion for the trade deficit with China last year.

How is this possible? Researchers say traditional ways to measure global trade produced the number but fail to take account of the complexity of global trade where the design, manufacture and Assembly of products often involve many countries.

"A distorted image" is the result, they say, that exaggerates the trade imbalances between nations.

Statistics on trade in both countries consider the iPhone, a Chinese export United States, although it is entirely designed and owned by an American company and consists largely of exhibits in the country several European and Asian. China's contribution is the last step - mounting and telephone shipping.

All $178.96 approximately the amount will be credited with big costs phone shipped to China, even if the value of the work done by the Chinese to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. workers represents only 3.6%, or $6.50, of the total, researchers calculated in a report published this month.

An Apple spokesman said that the company refused to comment on the research.

European Agency for the two University researchers have found that the Apple iPhone actually added 1.9 billion for the trade deficit with China last year.

The result is that, according to official statistics, "same hi-tech products invented by us firms will not increase u.s. exports," write Yuqing Xing and Neal Detert, two researchers at a think tank in Tokyo, Asian Development Bank Institute in their report.

This is not a problem with high-tech products, but with the way in which the exports and imports are measured, they say.

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Research adds to debate on traditional trade statistics which could have consequences for the real world. Conventional trade figures are the basis of political struggles leads to Washington and Brussels what China's currency policy and its business practices would have been unfair.

"What we call"Made in China"is indeed assembled in China, but what makes the commercial value of the product comes from many countries," Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization said in a speech in October. "The concept of country of origin of the manufactured products gradually became obsolete.

Mr Lamy said if trade statistics have been adjusted to take account of the actual value contributed to a product by the different countries, the size of the u.s. trade deficit with China - 226.88 billion, according to the figures in the United States – would be reduced by half.

To correct this bias is difficult because it requires a detailed how products are put together knowledge.

Unseat imports and exports of value added in different countries can lead to some controversial conclusions. For example, some U.S. lawmakers argue that China needs to let its currency increase significantly against the US dollar to reduce the trade deficit between the two countries.

The value-added approach shows, iPhone sales are added to the US - economy rather than the subtraction, the traditional approach would entail.

Based on the sales of U.S. iPhone 11.3 million in 2009, researchers believe iPhone Chinese exports to 2.02 billion. After deducting 121.5 million in Chinese imports parts produced by American firms such as chip maker Broadcom Corp., they arrive at the figure of Chinese trade surplus of $ 1.9 billion and the trade deficit - in iPhone.

If China was credited only its share of the value of an iPhone production, exports to the United States for the same amount of iPhone would be a trade surplus of U.S. 48.1 million, after U.S. parties business accounting help.

Other economists say that certain aspects of the methodology of researchers may have led to exaggerate their case. The study, for example, implies that companies like Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co. are components for iPhone fully assemblies in their country of origin.

But many vendors Apple have facilities for manufacturing in China, it is likely only a portion of the components that they build for iPhone are manufactured in China as well.

The last results are generally similar analyses made by the Center for it staff at the University of California, Irvine, trade and the manufacture of another product Apple iPod. This research has also found that Chinese labour represented only a few dollars value of iPod, even if the statistics credited trade China to produce its full value.

In a speech delivered in September in New York, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao cited research to say that trade tensions between the United States and China are exaggerated. Many of China's exports are products which are manufactured in China on the contract for foreign companies, he said, they should not criticize China for execution of a large trade surplus.

"Companies foreign-funded, including United States, are the main beneficiaries" of this system, said Mr. Wen.

-Loretta Chao has contributed to this article.

Write toAndrew Batson at andrew.batson@wsj.com

House repeals "Don't ask" (WSJ)

The Assembly voted Wednesday to overturn ban on army gays openly serving in uniform, laying the groundwork for a showdown in the Senate on the repeal of the policy.

Legislators are engaged in a last-minute bid to push back the policy, called "not, ask not explain," before the end of the current legislative session. But the extent will require a minimum of 60 votes to move forward in the Senate, and previous to urge the repeal by the upper house efforts have failed to Republican opposition.

The vote of the Assembly was 250-175. 15 Republicans joined 235 Democrats in favor, while the 160 Republicans and 15 Democrats voted no.

Repeal supporters are now focusing efforts on persuading them to at least two and perhaps three Republicans in the Senate cross lines part and support the Bill.

The Senate last week fell three voice of 60 needed to overcome a Republican Flibustier greater political act of Defense which contained a measure of the repeal. Senator Susan Collins (r., Maine) and Senator Joe Lieberman (i., Conn.) presented a stand-alone Bill offering a vote top or bottom most simple abrogation.

"60 Is the name of the game here, and this is why there is effort recruiting with Republican senators," said Fred Sainz, Vice President of marketing and communications for the gay-rights group Human Rights Campaign.

Currently, more than 40 senators signed as a stand-alone Bill sponsors.

Support from Senate said the legislation now goes to the Senate as a "special message" of the House, thus eliminating the need for a procedural vote and accelerate a multi-day possible Senate vote. Support said that the Bill would probably not offer a vote in the Senate until the end of this week at the earliest.

Administration of Obama back strongly repeal. House Republicans, however, criticized for giving priority to repeal while several key - including an invoice authorization of defence, traditionally considered as "must-pass" legislation - measures expected completion democratic leaders.

In a statement floor Rep Howard "Buck" McKeon (r., California) said democratic management "has decided once more to reverse the regular order in the waning moments of this Congress" by providing a vote on the repeal of the floor without examination by the Committee of the armed forces of the Chamber.

Leader of the majority of Senate Harry Reid, d., Nev.) acknowledged Tuesday that the clock operated on the legislative calendar. "Christmas is a week on Saturday," he said. "I understand that." But I hope that Republicans include also, because we're going to do our job, regardless of how long it takes in this Congress.

Chamber open votes to repeal the ban on gays in the military (PA) (Yahoo!)

WASHINGTON--the House voted Wednesday to repeal the policy "not requested, not explain", 17 years has forced gay men wishing to serve in the armed forces to hide their sexual identity. 250-175 Vote propels the issue to the Senate for what could be the last chance for the moment to put an end to the 1993 Act which prohibits recruiters ask on sexual orientation, while prohibiting the soldiers to recognize that they are homosexual.

This is "the only law of the country which requires dishonest people or be fired if they choose to be honest," said Rep Jared Polis, D-Colo..

Senate Democratic leaders say they are committed to putting the Bill on the floor before Congress Adjourns for the year. But they are contested by the opposition of some Republicans and a formidable program which includes finishing work on legislation to fund the Government and the ratification of a treaty with the Russia nuclear weapon.

Failure to reverse policy this year may relegate the question of the incinerator return next year when the Republicans, who are much less favourable allowing openly gay individuals to serve in the armed forces, back at home and develop resistance to the Senate.

"It is time for us to act," said Nancy Pelosi Chamber President and "close the door to a fundamental injustice in our country."

Many Republicans led by Senator John McCain of Arizona, argue that it would be an error for the military to undergo a major cultural change while the nation is fighting two wars.

Implementation of a new policy is expected to begin "when our singular focus is more on preparation of combat units or combat operations", said the REP Howard "Buck" McKeon in California, top Republican on the Commission to the armed forces.

The issue was also split the military. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and other senior military leaders support lifting restrictions on gay service, pointing to a recent study by the Pentagon showing most of the people in uniform opposed to serve with gays. But head body marine Commander General James Amos, repeating his opposition this week, saying that the lifting of the ban in time of war could cost lives. "I want to lose any marine to distraction", he said.

The White House, making a statement in support of the repeal, stressed that change would be effective only after the President, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the chiefs of staff certify the application conforms to the cohesion of preparation, recruitment and retention and military unit.

The House of Commons in May was voted 234-194 to be repealed the law on a draft law of greater defence. Measure blocked twice in the Senate where Republicans have objected to invoice defence laded with contentious issues, including "not, ask explain."

Joe Solmonese, President of the rights of homosexuals, that the human rights campaign said vote Wednesday group means the Chamber confirmed for the second time that military leaders, most of the troops and the American public was told, "the only thing that counts on the battlefield is the ability to do the job."

"It's place in the Senate so that this law has failed and discriminatory to the dustbin of history," added Solmonese.

Home, featuring stand-alone Bill seeks to avoid the complications of combining a General Defense Bill. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, are also promoting a stand-alone Bill to the Senate and supporters say that they have the 60 votes for passage if they can get it on the floor of the Senate.

A major obstacle was a Republican commitment to block any legislation until the Senate completes work on taxes and Government funding. The Senate on Wednesday passed the compromise on the extension of tax cuts made by the White House and Republicans.

More than 13,500 military were rejected by the 1993 Act.

Obama, while supporting the repeal, administration is appealing from a decision of a federal judge in California that the ban on gays serving openly in the military is unconstitutional. The administration says that Congress should return to politics. But the rights of homosexuals groups say that they will change their attention to the courts if Congress fails to act.

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The Bill is H.R. 2965.

Online: http://thomas.loc.gov

Mitchell offers talks "parallel" but separate U.S. with Israel, Palestinians (Haaretz)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to convene his inner forum of seven senior cabinet ministers on Thursday morning, to discuss a new proposal by the United States’ Middle East envoy George Mitchell aimed at restarting indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

According to the French news agency AFP, Mitchell suggested that the U.S. hold separate but "parallel" talks with both sides, for a period of six weeks. A Palestinian source told AFP Mitchell had proposed that the U.S. conduct bilateral talks with each side, rather than any direct peace negotiations.

Hillary Clinton, George Mitchell, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas at talks in Washington D.C., September 2, 2010.

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Representatives from both sides will, under the terms of the proposal, meet separately with officials from the Obama administration, to discuss security and borders, as well as other issues.

"What is discussed with each side will not be divulged to the other, but the aim is for the U.S. administration to form an idea of what the two parties want with a view to drawing up a strategy to relaunch direct negotiations at the time it deems appropriate,” AFP quoted the Palestinian official as saying.

Mitchell was in Cairo on Wednesday, where he met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as he continues his drive to breathe new life into the moribund talks. The official Egyptian news agency MENA said Wednesday that Mubarak and Netanyahu had spoken by phone, and had discussed the stagnant peace process. Mubarak also met Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Egyptian capital.

Netanyahu was expected to hash out with his ministers Israel’s positions on a variety of issues considered to be at the core of the negotiations for a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Meanwhile, foreign ministers from Arab nations came out out Wednesday against any talks between Israel and the Palestinians, direct or indirect, unless the United States takes a firm stance on the future borders of a Palestinian state. 

The Palestinian Authority is also demanding that Israel reinstate its freeze on settlement construction in order for talks to go ahead, while Netanyahu has said that such a move would bring down his coalition government. His coalition comprises of right-wing parties who are staunchly opposed to any new moratorium on settlement construction, as are key members within the prime minister’s own center-right Likud party.
 

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Reply again LatestMost ViewedMost RatedOpen all 21.262View >Mitchell - offers Florida for the new Palestinian state fredrich de goy 16.12.10 06:24

Who do these people - all of them - think they are fooling any more?

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20.278View >What They Want????????? Polo 16.12.10 06:03

It just shows you that the USA hasn't been listening for 60 years! Howin the world could they not know what the two sides want? It's no wonderpeace is unachievable with the USA as an "honest broker"!

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19.1831View >what the two parties want... e l pratt 16.12.10 04:33

All the Israelis want is to have their country back. All the arabs wantis to have some place to dump the so-called palesitians who areapparently unwelcome in Jordan or Egypt which are the two countries fromwhich they come. All the muslims want is to take over another countryfor the glory of islam (they are the third group that nobody wants totalk about). So, what good will six weeks of talks do? No good at all.By the end of January, we will be still on first base with two outs andtwo strikes and two balls in an otherwise scoreless game. In themeantime, Gilad Shalit still needs to be rescued.

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18.2439View >The ugly truth BEAR JEW 16.12.10 04:04

All the players know what each side wants. The trouble is no one wantsto admit the ugly truth that the arabs just don't want to have truepeace for 2 peoples, They want oeace on their terms, which doesn'tinvolve israel long term and no one will admit it publicly...the"west" knows what a problem this is and rather than confrontit, they are just trying to appease the arabs....KNOWING it won'twork...does anyone really think a palestinian state next door is neveragain going to be a problem for israel? come onnnnnnnn...stop the charade.

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157View >The Palestinians - your so-called Arabs - have already submitted theircore issues for discussion yo'duh 16.12.10 06:51

THIS fiasco is happening because Netanyahu has refused to discussanything but inane demands and issues that can only be determined bythose he refuses to address.

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17.1112View >If US doesn't know by now, they will never know steve.benassi@gmail.com 16.12.10 03:57

..what both sides want, they both want it all.

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16.258View >Meanwhile, foreign ministers from Arab nations came out out Wednesdayagainst any talks between Israel and the Palestinians, direct orindirect, unless the United States takes a firm stance on the futureborders of a Palestinian state jake 16.12.10 02:42

All that is of importance in these peace talks as the rest will thenfall into place. Fortunately due to guaranteed Israeli intractability itseems a certainty that the U.S. for all its known to be doomedinitiatives shall shortly be joining the entire international communityand this matter will be addressed where it properly should. That ofcourse being the UN. The Palestinians will most definitely not bedisappointed with the results.

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15.364View >Another ploy to waste time. li 16.12.10 02:30

Everybody is having fun pretending to negotiate. Good food at thehotels. Sightseeing trip after a day of negotiating. All over the regionare signs violence is going to flair up but it's okay. So long asHillary and Bibi get some nice photos.

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14.256View >despondency Fortuna Benmayor 16.12.10 02:26

Whatever outcome this has, Mitchell's patience has to be commended. Itseems so remote at this point that these parallel talks, between thesides and the USA will be effective to bridge the moribund process.Probably, both sides will be maximalist in their demands, so as to putany negotiations starting as close to their positions as possible. Tothe USA, Obama, Clinton and Mitchell, these positions will appear asirreconcilable, with no point in common. And moreover, there is a gapbetween words and deeds. The fact the USA doesn't give up out of totalexasperation is in itself something both sides will have to thankforever.

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13.1528View >Pre-conditions Arie 16.12.10 02:22

If the palis can have all those preconditions, so can we: openrecognition of the State of Israel; compensation for Jews displaced byArab aggression

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12.1532View >Arabs would never recognize Jewish state in Palestina. End of story. 17 16.12.10 02:14

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319View >Enough with these shibboliths Billclock 16.12.10 04:07

Of course the Palestinians will recognize Israel as a Jewish state butnot until negotiations are complete with Israel recognizing a viablePalestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem, the end of theoccupation and fair division of water and other rights. It all isdoable but it requires the crazies to just shut up!

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255View >And..... so? Johnboy 16.12.10 04:33

The PLO recognizes the state of Israel, and it recognizes that Israel issovereign. Which means that as far as they are concerned"Israel" can do whatever it wants inside its own borders, andwhatever is done there is of no concern to them. Why should you even*want* anything more than that, 17?

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85View >so 17 16.12.10 05:30

Both Abbas and PM differentiate between recognition of Israel and Jewishstate in Palestina. If it is the same there should be any problem withthe matter. Would you recognize Jewish state in Palestina? Partition wasbetween Jewish state and Arab state.

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11.720View >Land or Peace... John 16.12.10 01:51

George, "Location. Location. Location. With an army like this,who needs peace?" - Ben

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10.3714View >US has no power anymore to influence Israel Jenny 16.12.10 01:50

The PA knows this, so they won't agree because they can't rely on the USto enforce anything that is agreed to.

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9.312View >Wants Philemon 16.12.10 01:50

Abbas wants 1967 lines for a Palestinian state. Netski wants EretzIsrael at the very least. The world is at last wising up.

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8.3719View >This is bad news for Bibi.... Johnboy 16.12.10 01:48

Very bad news indeed, because it means the USA isn't planning on beingmerely the messenger-boy between Abbas and Netanyahu. Rather, theAmericans will listen to each in turn and then make up its own mindwhich side is making reasonable proposals, and which side wants theEarth and the Moon and the Stars. The only reason for doing that is sothat the Americans can THEN come up with their own proposal, and thereis no doubt that this will be much, much closer to the Palestiniandemands than it will be to the Israeli demands. Indeed, dare I suggestthat it will look very, very much like a fleshed-out version of theSaudi Plan.....

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716View >Undoubtly any American proposal will include recognition of Jewish statein Palestina... 17 16.12.10 02:27

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615View >Really? Try to rfemember that the US Congress passed a 1994 lawdirecting the President to regard unified Jerusalem as the capital ofIsrael, and only of Israel Dr. L. Brnd 16.12.10 02:41

In our system, the President conducts foreign policy "with theadvice and consent of the Congress". There won't be any US embassyin "Palestine" if Congress refuses to fund it. And Congressthis week is now close to cutting off all funds to Abbas if hecontinuesto refuse to negotiate, because PLO talking to Israel andrecognizing Israel is the only basis in US law that the President getsmoney to give them in the first place. Not a damn thing Obama can doabout it if Congress says "NO", unless he wants to get himselfimpeached.

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17View >Of course, TC, California 16.12.10 05:01

but not in the W. Bank nor sovereignty over E. Jerusalem.

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112View >I hope you are right, TC, California 16.12.10 05:03

otherwise this is another waste of time. The Pals have already statedpositions on the major issues, only Bibi has refuse to state Israel'sposition on borders, refugees, or Jerusalem.

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143View >LOL...yup Giggles 16.12.10 05:07

Obama has always been partial to the pragmatism of the Saudi Initiative- as are most objective observers.

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7.3733View >parallel universe Martin Jeffrey 16.12.10 01:32

these parallel talks .......lines will never meet....the gap is too widebetween the two sides...but unlike the other comments I've read, thepressure should be applied to the Arab side for compromise....a wordapparently not in their dictionary.......they are still after 60 yearsunable to accept the fact of a Jewish State............

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114View >Think about it, Martin Johnboy 16.12.10 02:37

"these parallel talks .......lines will never meet....the gap istoo wide between the two sides..." Yeah, agreed, and that's whythe Americans want PARALLEL talks i.e. the USA is going to listen to thePalestinians, and the USA is going to listen to the Israelis, and***then*** the USA is going to come up with its own proposal that itwill ram down the throat of both of these recalcitrants.

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30View >talks - the us now plays psychiatrist fredrich de goy 16.12.10 06:30

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6.120View >we all can relax not the magnificent seven is to convene. to cry or to laugh? 16.12.10 01:25

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5.4615View >Bibi's government represents the Israeli side, but Abbas and the PLO donot represent the Palestinian Arab side... Dr. L. Brnd 16.12.10 01:21

Abbas does not represent the 50% of his "people" ruled byHamas (which rejects and peace treaty or recognition of Israel), andAbbas can not even agree to anything Israel roposes, because he has toget permission from the Arab League Foreign Ministers for everything.Mitchell talking to Abbas is just one messenger boy talking to anothermessenger boy. Israel does not have a "peace partner" tonegotiate with. Arab League won't talk to Israel because this motleycollection of potentates and military dictators also reject everrecognizing the Jewish State of Israel, as Egypt and Jordan have bothdone. Israel needs to talk to actual decision makers who represent theirpeople, for there to ever be peace negotiations that can go anywhere.I'm trying to figure out what the point is of a "Palestinian ArabState of their own" if the Arab League is going to run it and callthe shots.

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1211View >Ever look at the polls, Doc? yo'duh 16.12.10 02:10

Poll after poll after poll?

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203View >Dear Dr Brnd JJ 16.12.10 02:24

Israel signed peace agreements with Jordan and Egypt and the governmentsof these two countries hardly represent the people. Yours is a lame excuse!

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76View >Arab League won't talk to Israel because this motley collection ofpotentates and military dictators also reject ever recognizing theJewish State of Israel jake 16.12.10 03:36

My how often this mendacity is repeated. The Arab peace initiative of2002 contained provisions such as considering the Arab-Israeli conflictover, signing a peace agreement with Israel, and establishing normalrelations with Israel. One wearies of having his intelligence insultedparticularly so from a supposed Dr.

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4.3112View >above moishe 16.12.10 01:16

parallel, single, converging, diverging....'vots the difference'... theyall seem to go nowhere! all talk...no action. you cant deal with apeople that want to eradicate you. look at surrounding States and youwill see what happened when they got rid of the Jews. now they hate andkill themselves. they should be thankfull that there are Jews around tohate and kill! one GOD; lots of crazy people. go figure!

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3.7654View >Parallel PATHETIC - What a Joke! Baloney 16.12.10 01:15

This is not funny. Anyone who is involved in these peace talks needs towake up and stop deluding themselves into thinking they are actuallydoing something important. Because they are NOT! The US needs to applyreal pressure on Israel to start acting like the Democracy it claims tobe.

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2725View >Nobody is doing this to you, your doing this to yourselves. What a bunchof pathetic losers. Keep listening to The Arab League; Moussa.. No4fit 16.12.10 01:41

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2.6048View >How many F-35s does it cost the American taxpayers Momo 16.12.10 01:05

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2019View >Momo None ! Israel refused them after the Pals wasted the last ( 10months) freeze,evading negotiations.How much US /EU aid PETER SM 16.12.10 02:27

to Arabs sits in Switzerland? How much EU aid is given under the table?How much US/EU taxpayer funds go to maintain Sister Suha Arafats lifestyle?

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1.6858View >Palestinians have already given a core list Rose 16.12.10 00:54

Netanyahu is the obstacle to peace.

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3132View >Nonsense SDHD 16.12.10 01:55

Netanyahu enacted a 10-month moratorium. The Palestinians refused tojoin direct negotiations until the 10th month. They refuse to rejoinsuch negotiations even if the moratorium is put back into place. ThePalestinians have rejected every peace offer evre made to them. ThePalestinians are the obstacle to peace.

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1524View >Core Palestinian Demand Arie 16.12.10 02:23

The demise of the Jews. They insist no peace unless that is achieved

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1013View >Rubbish Rose..The Palestinians merely are regurgitating the samedemands. The whole thing has become a big charade.Why? Stephen A.A 16.12.10 02:27

Because Abbas has not changed one iota he is still asking for RoR,Jerusalem while his chum Haniyeh is adamant on NEVER recognizingIsrael,what is more he is saying the whole of Palestine (fakenomeclature)To be theirs from the river to sea and beyond.Twocontradictory statements. Those smiles must be hurting their jaws forsure.As SDHD pointed out during the ten month moratorium Abbas did notbother to discuss by sitting down round the table twiddling his thumbsthinking his wishes will come down from the sky and all will be hunkydorey. As a friend called Khaduri said on another forum: On Abba Eban'sthe pals will not miss an opportunity to MISS AN OPPORTUNITY.(incidentlyif I am not mistaken the Jewish Khaduries from Hong Kong were one ofthe families who donated to several charitables organizations)know itthrough a family connection.thought I'd inform you in case you were not aware.

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1919View >Israel had 10 months to produce a position paper and never did it. 005veiK 16.12.10 06:29

So... for all you pro-Settlement fellas posting tripe in this string,what exactly stopped Israel from presenting a paper on it's positionsduring that 10 month term? Anyone want to answer that? The Palestiniansonly needed 1 month to present a detailed paper, yet no one involved inthis process has anything on paper regarding core issues from Netanyahuand the rest of the pro-Settlement crowd. WHY? The answer seems to bethey are not serious about negotiation, and only wish to delay and drawout the process forever so that the end goal is never reached. I dareyou to prove otherwise.

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