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Caution: Speed Bumps Ahead (Middle East)

To proceed down the road to peace, Israelis and Palestinians still need to resolve differences

History in a Handshake (Middle East)

The world felt the weight of the moment as two enemies joined in a profound statement of hope

SCIENCE

Hawking Gets Personal

The author of the best-selling A Brief History of Time tries a new formula: less cosmology, more about himself

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

TECHNOLOGY

The Amazing Video Game Boom (Cover Cybertech)

Kid stuff has become serious business as Hollywood and Silicon Valley race to attract a new generation to the information highway

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How Man Created God (Ideas)

In a provocative new book, a former nun explains how God really is in the details

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Bochco Under Fire (Television)

His racy NYPD Blue finally airs after a summer of controversy and a wave of affiliate defections

Two Knights of the Opera (Music)

As they toast 25 years at the Met, Pavarotti and Domingo are still opera's supertenors

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