In a move aimed at reviving the moribund peace process, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a proposed West Bank troop pullback to his Cabinet for approval Wednesday. At least 2,000 prisoners were being held in the facility built to hold 800 people. Now this city is reviving memories of a pious people who eventually found Dutch tolerance too much to bear. On Thanksgiving Day, the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum opens to the public, born of one man's lifelong passion to illuminate the Pilgrims' largely forgotten 11 years in exile in Holland. More than 30 million people worldwide are now living with the AIDS virus, and about 16,000 new victims are infected every day, the United Nations said today in a report that showed previous figures underestimated the contagion's reach by one-third.
Long speeches are out.
Taiwan's main opposition party is hoping that young women in tight black outfits dancing the Macarena will give it an edge in local elections Saturday.