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Greenland ice loss 'accelerating'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 12 (News Report) - The Greenland ice sheet is losing its mass faster than in previous years and making an increasing contribution to sea level rise, a study has confirmed. Published in the journal Science, it has also given scientists a clearer view of why the sheet is

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In the shadow of the wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - By Melita Richter Malabotta - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - research showed East Germans felt deprived of any role in the future development of society and felt they did not have any input on the level where things were actually being decided. This shaped their identity of being separate citizens; “Easterners” whose life-ethic and “nobility of thought” (10) had somehow been hampered by reunification.

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The St. Petersburg Times - News - Gorbachev, Bush, Kohl Remember Cold War

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

sptimes.ru - By Agence France Presse - Nov. 03 (News Report) - Helmut Kohl, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev hailed their excellent relations at a Berlin cabaret on Saturday, 20 years after the Cold War leaders watched over the Wall’s fall.

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Mapping out refugees and asylum seekers worldwide

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Worldfocus - Oct. 14 (News Report) - In our show tonight, we take a look at Indonesia, where hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who fled the violence back home are now threatening to blow themselves up. We also explore how police have mounted operations to wipe out makeshift camps around Calais in northern France. Hamish MacDonald reports on the predominantly Afghan [...]

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In Netherlands, Insurers Compete Over Quality of Care

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

NewsHour - By Ray Suarez - Oct. 07 (Special Report) - By world standards, the Dutch are wealthy and healthy, but the country's changing. With each year, it's home to more Dutch elderly and more young immigrants from the developing world. The queen opened a parliament once again wrestling over health care, still trying to contain costs after a massive overhaul designed four years ago.

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Globalist: The Public Imperative

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Roger Cohen - Oct. 06 (Opinion) - Whatever may be right, something is rotten in American medicine. It should be fixed. But fixing it requires the acknowledgment that, when it comes to health, we’re all in this together. Pooling the risk between everybody is the most efficient way to forge a healthier society.

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Europe's Verdict on the Georgia War

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - Oct. 03 (Opinion) - Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed.

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For opportunities in the new green economy, we should look to Norway

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

minnpost.com - By Lois Quam - Oct. 01 (Opinion) - Over the past several days the University of Minnesota and the Royal Norwegian Embassy have hosted Transatlantic Science Week. These annual meetings were initiated by the Norwegian government beginning in 2001 to strengthen cooperation in research, innovation and higher education between Norway, the United States and Canada.

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Coalition Talks: Merkel's New Government Unlikely to Pursue Radical Reforms

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Sep. 28 (News Report) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their new partners, the Free Democrats, could reach a coalition deal by the end of October. But it may not be easy. Tax cuts and burgeoning government debt could slow down the talks.

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Mandate for Change in Germany

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Marcus Walker - Sep. 28 (News Report) - A center-right alliance led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set for victory in Germany's national elections on Sunday, opening the door to modest tax cuts and labor-market changes that could help strengthen the fragile recovery in Germany's crisis-battered economy.

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A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Robert M. Gates - Sep. 20 (Opinion) - The new missile defense proposal will give needed capacity earlier than the original plan, and will provide more robust protection against longer-range threats.

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Missile defence in Europe: Pie in the sky

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Sep. 18 (News Analysis) - Maybe some jam tomorrow, but none today. That is the American message to its most stalwart allies in the ex-communist world as Barack Obama’s administration shelves plans to deploy ten interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic.

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European Dispatch Articles | Higher Costs Also Afflict Europe's 'Socialized Medicine'

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Michael Scott Moore - Sep. 16 (Special Report) - Europe, as everyone knows, has just and decent health coverage; America doesn't. But three years ago the streets of Swiss and German cities rang with noisy labor marches — drums, chants, whistles, hand-drawn signs — consisting of doctors in hospital scrubs. It was disturbing to watch. First you thought: Who let all those doctors out of the hospital? Are the patients OK? Then you thought: Wait, why are doctors protesting?

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Cap-and-trade & Health Care & Insurance Reform I see these two issues as one and the same thing. The first one is to heal our planet, and the second is to heal our human bodies. Also, both issues have to deal with how the 'healing' is delievered and wh

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Foreign policy, EU news, climate, green technology, health. - Aug. 21 (Investigative Report) - Experts and politicians on whether health care reform will trump climate change.

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UBS will give IRS 4,450 names of suspected tax cheats

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Stephen Ohlemacher, Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writers - Aug. 19 (News Report) - Swiss banking giant UBS agreed Wednesday to turn over to the IRS details of 4,450 accounts suspected of holding undeclared assets by U.S. customers, ending an intense trans-Atlantic legal fight. IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman says the accounts held $18 billion in assets at one time. Many have since been closed, he said.

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The fog of war

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Aug. 13 (Opinion) - ONE year after the Georgian war, its outcome is as debatable as the cause. Depending on where you stand, the war can be seen as the sinister culmination of a systematic provocation by a neo-imperialist Russia or as a murderously aggressive gambit by a

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Cohn-Bendit Advocates "Revolutionary" Carbon Tax

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Pierre-Alain Furbury, Lucie Robequain - Jul. 31 (Interview) - Michel Rocard, president of the Conference of Experts on the "climate-energy tax," must hand in proposals to Christine Lagarde and Jean-Louis Borloo. The former prime minister envisions the establishment, by 2010, of a carbon tax on fossil energy, but also on electricity. The cost would be 32 euros per ton of CO2 emitted next year and 100 euros as of 2030.

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Europe Eyes Africa for Solar Power

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Paul Voosen - Jul. 24 (Special Report) - European government and industry have been eyeing tracts of sun-drenched, vacant land in North Africa and the Middle East for some time. And now, officials and business executives are beginning to sweat out the details that could see renewable power sprouting in the desert.

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Ukraine general 'killed reporter'

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jul. 22 (News Report) - Page last updated at 14:31 GMT, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 15:31 UK Ukrainian police have arrested a key suspect in the murder of the journalist Georgiy Gongadze, whose killing nine years ago prompted widespread protest. Oleksiy Pukach was the chief of

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Science & Environment | Space cone to acquire expert data

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Jonathan Amos - Jul. 21 (News Report) - Europe continues to develop the technologies needed to bring spacecraft safely back to the Earth's surface. The European Space Agency has signed the contract with industry that will lead to the production of a cone-shaped demonstration vehicle known as EXPERT.

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Ireland’s bizarre war on blasphemy

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

spiked-online.com - By Jason Walsh - Jul. 20 (Opinion) - It does seem bizarre that, in 2009, a modern European nation would seek to shield religious belief from criticism – yet that is what is happening in Ireland right now. In repealing the 1961 Defamation Act, the Irish government sought to expunge the worst excesses of Ireland’s draconian laws restricting free speech, but in the process it has ended up making offending religious belief a criminal offence

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Health, American-Style

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Jacob Weisberg - Jul. 18 (Opinion) - America's system has become wildly unfair and expensive. In fixing it, Reid says, we should follow other countries where health care is fairer, cheaper, and produces better results. He's right that we can learn much from practices elsewhere—why, for instance, can't we have those nifty smart cards the French use instead of paper records?

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Court Reverses Ruling Dealing With Visa of Muslim Scholar, Tariq Ramadan - NYTimes.com

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Benjamin Weiser - Jul. 18 (News Report) - Tariq Ramadan, who has been denied entry into the United States, said that he did not know that the recipient of his donations had connections to a terrorist organization.

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New Bulava missile test results in failure - Russian military | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

RIA Novosti - Jul. 16 (News Report) - A scheduled test of Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on July 15 was a failure, the Defense Ministry's press service said on Thursday. "The missile self-destructed after a malfunction of the first stage," the ministry said.

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Anglo-Swedish rift over church gay marriage - The Local

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

thelocal.se - Jul. 16 (News Report) - The Church of England has condemned a proposal by the Church of Sweden to grant same-sex couples the right to religious wedding ceremonies.

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