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...secular or religious one,” Chivian said. “We all deeply felt that it was sacred and we had to protect it.” At the Alaskan retreat, the scientists and evangelicals signed a document— “Urgent Call to Action: Scientists and Evangelical Unite To Protect Creation”— and since then, Chivian and Cizik have been traveling the country to plead for unity in the fight against global climate change. Chivian stressed that global climate change was more than just an environmental issue. “Many...
...criticized for not taking more disciplinary action against officers in the Seattle Police Department charged with brutality and misconduct. A 2007 citizens review report said Kerlikowske's failure to discipline his officers was a "trend." The NAACP called for his resignation over his handling of police officer misconduct accusations...
...Voting went off without violence in Basra (the only incident to mar the process came when an overenthusiastic Iraqi policeman fired a gun into the air to encourage voters into a polling station). The bloc affiliated with Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, reaped benefits from his strong action against the militias; in Basra, messages of national unity played better with the electorate than did religious or sectarian appeals. "We have a new breed of politicians who can take Basra into a new phase," says Emad al-Battat, the representative to Basra of Iraq's most senior...
...than a breakthrough. A steady stream of U.S. and British envoys have pressed Pakistan to act more decisively, while urging restraint on India. Although Qureshi and his colleagues strenuously deny it, it is widely believed that Holbrooke's four-day visit in Pakistan may have coaxed the government into action...
...hoping that Islamabad will seize the crisis as an opportunity to permanently uproot the training camps that were first used by militant proxies of the Pakistani army to stage raids into Indian-administered Kashmir. Qureshi, the Pakistani Foreign Minister, insists that this has been done. "Absolutely," he said. "Whatever action needed to be taken has been taken." But his counterparts across the border are yet to be convinced...