Protests add pressure for Copenhagen climate deal – The Province
BERLIN/COPENHAGEN — Climate activists staged protests on Saturday to add pressure on leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, to agree a strong deal to combat global warming at talks this month in Denmark. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
The Unrealistic Realist – Article.nationalreview.com
I f you happen to live in Kabul or Jalalabad, Ghurian or Kandahar, then a U.S. presidential speech about Afghanistan is, indeed, about Afghanistan. If you live anywhere else on the planet, a U.S. presidential speech about Afghanistan is really about
Key Dates in the Story of a Warming Planet – Democratic Underground.com
1750 — Before Industrial Revolution, atmosphere holds 280 parts per million of heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2). 1898 — Swedish scientist Svante Ahrrenius calculates that CO2 from coal and oil burning will warm the planet. 1955 — U.S. scientist
The end. – Boston Globe
The movies have always been drawn to the End of the World as We Know It. The first disaster film was arguably 1912 s Night and Ice, a re-creation of the sinking of the Titanic released within months of the actual event, and by the late
George F. Will – Newsweek
An adolescent asked Mozart how to compose symphonies. Mozart said that because the lad was so young, perhaps he should begin composing ballads. “But,” the young man objected, “you wrote symphonies when you were only 10 years old.” Mozart replied
David Leggat : Woods may have copped less flak if he was more human – New Zealand Herald
Some years ago a former New Zealand cricketer expressed a dim view of the then current players. At the time, New Zealand were getting beaten and copping hefty criticism for their performance by the media. They didn’t like it, wanting a bit of privacy
European protests demand tough climate deal – Channel NewsAsia
LONDON : Tens of thousands demonstrated in European capitals on Saturday, two days ahead of the vital Copenhagen summit on tackling climate change. In London, Paris, Stockholm and Dublin, people took to the streets to call for a far-reaching
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