GAZA,PALESTINIANCIVILIANSWERECAUGHTlN THECROSS-FIREWITH FATAHFORCES
Another Violent L ast week's takeover of Gaza by Ramas is
not just the death knen for Israeli -Pales- tinian peace. It is alsoa historierebufffor George W.Bush. Those places where Washington bas most directly pushed for elections-Iraq, Lebanon, and the West Bank and Gaza-are now the most factionalized and chaotic. Ifs a harsh lesson in the limits of power. Page 26
MIDDLEEAST: When America falters, Gaza fans 20 IRAQ:How Maliki became the Bush of Baghdad 28 WORLD:As politics rails, a new wayto fightglobal warming 30 BUSINESS: Deciphering the economics ofSarkozy 32
WORLDCHANGER:ANGELINAJOLIE TAKESONTHE BIGGESTPROBLEMS
RUSSIA:The rise of the petro- fueled art auction 38 WILDLlFE:The bloodshed in Sudan bas saved big beasts 42 ARTS: Angelina]olie, mission- ary, tums ber sites on terror 44
BOOKS:Gay Talese revisits the Bonanno Mafia family 56 MUSIC:A strange case of fraudulent genius 60
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