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Fire Leaves 82 Dead. • Leaked Audio Shows Iranian Foreign Minister Criticizing Revolutionary Guard. • Israeli Police Struggle To Maintain Peace In Jerusalem As Tensions Rise. • Somali Capital Rocked By Violence Amid Political Standoff. THE BIG PICTURE • Headlines From Today's Front Pages. WASHINGTON'S

iece based on the News' reporting. Expert Testifies To Mental Health Report On Alleged Maryland Newspaper Gunman. The AP (4/23, Witte) reports from Annapolis, Maryland, "A key expert for prosecutors in the Capital Gazette shooting testified Friday that the gunman's methodical planning both for the attack

-- of the U.S.'s troubles in the Muslim world. Before I go on, the usual caveats: The settlement project -- especially those settlements far from Jerusalem that have been planted in the middle of thickly populated Palestinian areas -- is a strategic and moral disaster for Israel. The settlements should

rerogative is not unexpected. An earlier, similar US effort was attempted during the administration of President George W. Bush. In the wake of the Annapolis conference in November 2007 Bush appointed another Marine Corps general with an outsized reputation, James Jones, to "fly at 30,000 feet" to scope

on particularly bad terms. The Israelis refused to acquiesce to certain preconditions, including the cessation of all settlement building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, enraging Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Negotiations this time around will likely pick up where the 2010 confer

plan in Oslo that would flip the roadmap, whereby borders would be discussed before peace. Neither plan was implemented and violence continued. 9. Annapolis (2007) The Second Intifada left the implementation of the "roadmap" stalled. In 2007, during the last few months of his presidency, George W. Bush

ng an Oxford companion to the Arab-Israeli conflict was first presented to me in 2005 by Markus Bouillon, who served for me both in my UN capacity in Jerusalem and at the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York. Nur Laiq laboriously and faithfully collected most of the relevant documents and contrib-

ia and Lebanon. 16 December 2008 Last meeting of Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas. 16 December 2008 UN Security Council Resolution 1850 on Annapolis process. 27 December 2008 Israel launches Operation “Cast Lead’ against Hamas. 8 January 2009 UN Security Council Resolution 1860 on a Gaza cease-f