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President Obama said that a lasting peace would require two states with secure borders in a speech Thursday that sought to harness the change unfolding in the region.
President Obama left open how far the U.S. could go in matching its enthusiasm with concrete steps to support a transformation in the Middle East.
The speech prompted Israel’s prime minister to push back testily and the Palestinians to call an urgent meeting.
A judge granted Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail, allowing him to stay in a Manhattan apartment while his case is pending.
Lewis Brown seemed destined for N.B.A. stardom. Decades later, his life is an arc of triumph and defeat, as he sleeps on Los Angeles sidewalks and washes car windows.
The State Council, China’s cabinet, said the dam was facing urgent problems involving pollution, geology and the relocation of residents displaced by the project.
In 2001, the Mets considered buying fraud insurance to protect the millions they invested with Bernard L. Madoff.
Tyler Hamilton told CBS that he saw Lance Armstrong inject himself with a performance-enhancing drug.
Dick Ebersol resigned abruptly on Thursday after negotiations on a new four-year contract collapsed.
Cannes declared the Danish director Lars von Trier a persona non grata on Thursday.
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Linda Lausell Bryant, executive director of Inwood House in New York, says that when people view their co-workers as teammates, they can focus on their roles and not on power.
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