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Scientists Sound Biomass Alarm; Is Copenhagen Listening?
Current climate legislation and the Kyoto Protocol are undermining the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Or so contends a cautionary article that appeared in October's peer-reviewed journal of …
In Dubai, Financial Crisis Looms
Dubai, UAE - Last year, when major banks in the U.S. and Europe were teetering on the brink of collapse, Middle Eastern and Asian banks that specialize in Islamic …
The Dust Bowl of Babylon: Are Crippling Droughts the Next Great Threat to Iraq?
[This report appears in the winter 2009/10 issue of World Policy Journal and is posted here with the kind permission of the editors of that magazine.]
Italy: Berlusconi in Hospital After Attack
"Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was attacked after a rally in central Milan today and was taken to hospital with a gash on his upper lip and blood on …
Argentina: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes
Buenos, Aires - The residents of the Puna, the dry Andean highlands in northern Argentina, are cut off from everything - except the sun. Living on arid land thousands …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Obama: Squaring Idealism and Realism
Paris - Europeans are coming to terms with the fact that President Obama is not a miracle worker, and with the reality that everything he does is not magic. …
Veterans Group Calls On Soldiers to Refuse Orders to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq
In response to President Barack Obama's announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward!, comprising both veterans and active-duty …
In New Orleans, Chaos in the Streets and in Police Ranks, Too
During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interviews and internal police documents. Some …
Less Than Citizens (Part Two): Occupation Wars and Rights
"I just want to say that most of us are tired mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Our children really don't know their parents. Marriages are suffering. Our spouses are …
Nuclear Power Protested From Copenhagen to Washington
At the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen yesterday, members of environmental groups that are part of the international Don't Nuke the Climate campaign placed a radiation-protection mask on the …