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Gaza’s deeply entrenched Hamas rulers won’t be easily toppled, even by Israel’s unprecedented bombings Saturday that killed more than 200 people, most of them men in Hamas uniform.

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Cancer patient Steve Sigur sits in a chair speaking to guests, as his brother Joe Sigur stands above him, in their Atlanta home on June 5, 2008. Sigur underwent experimental treatment for his brain tumor at Duke University, allowing him to return to...