What's Going On in Gaza?  —  Civil war: That's what both sides were calling last week's sharp Palestinian-vs.-Palestinian clashes in the Gaza Strip.  So who was fighting whom, and how did this rivalry get so murderously bitter?  —  In one corner, you'll find Hamas, the rising new power …

Hamas May Find It Needs Its Enemy  —  ISLAMIST fighters of Hamas seized control of Gaza last week.  For the first time in the history of the Palestinians' fight for nationhood, there seemed a real possibility that two Palestines rather than one might emerge — one in Gaza, dominated by Hamas, the other in the West Bank, led by Fatah.

"I am both Muslim and Christian"  —  Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.  —  On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.  —  She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim.

Gonzales plans to 'tighten the leash' on attorneys.  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales "recently proposed tightening the leash on the men and women who prosecute federal crimes across the nation.  Gonzales described what he delicately calls 'a more vigorous and a little bit more formal process' for annually evaluating prosecutors.

The Putin Bait-And-Switch  —  Vladimir Putin surprised George Bush at the G-8 summit by offering to help the US place the missile-shield system in Azerbaijan rather than Poland and the Czech Republic.  Given the conditions of the offer, which was that the system would remain in Russian control rather …